Pre-Trip Report: Sav & Piff Celebrate Sav’s Birthday (July 2024)

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VIRGINIA: Welcome to Where I Long To Be, a magical trip report podcast.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome back to season three.

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VIRGINIA: As I said, when I changed over to the season format, my seasons will be based around what works best for my schedule, as opposed to a certain number of months or a particular number of episodes.

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VIRGINIA: This season is currently scheduled to run through the holidays, so I anticipate the next break will be at the beginning of the new year.

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VIRGINIA: Speaking of the new year, if you are interested in being a trip report guest, I am currently looking for people traveling in early 2025.

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VIRGINIA: The details are in the show notes, so please check it out.

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VIRGINIA: The sooner you submit, the more likely it is you will be selected.

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VIRGINIA: On today's pre-trip, I'm excited to introduce you to Sav and Piff of the Pixie Dust with a Twist Podcast.

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VIRGINIA: You can find them on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most major podcast platforms.

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VIRGINIA: Their show is a lot of fun and is centered around discussing Disney movies.

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VIRGINIA: Also, every episode, they come up with a themed cocktail to make, so that adds to the fun.

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VIRGINIA: You can find the links to their podcast as well as to their Instagram and TikTok in the show notes.

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VIRGINIA: With that, here are Sav and Piff.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome to the podcast to Sav and Piff of the Pixie Dust with a Twist Podcast.

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VIRGINIA: Hello, ladies.

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SAV: Hello.

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VIRGINIA: It's so exciting to have other podcasters on the show.

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SAV: Yeah.

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PIFF: It's always different.

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SAV: It is always different.

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SAV: It's fun to do a show with another podcast.

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SAV: This is actually our first time guesting on something, so it's so exciting.

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SAV: We've had guests on ours, but they have been fellow Disney lovers, but not podcasters, so this will be fun.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, I'm excited.

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VIRGINIA: I want to hear all about the two of you because I've listened to some episodes of your show, but I don't really know anything about you, so can you just tell me a little bit about how you know each other, where you are within the world, and what made you want to start a Disney-themed podcast?

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VIRGINIA: Tell everybody what your show is about.

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SAV: I'm Sav.

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PIFF: And I'm Piff, and we are sisters-in-law, and her claim on me is that she met me before her brother met me, who is the one I ended up marrying.

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SAV: Yes, a year before they met, so I'm always like, I've known her longer now.

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SAV: Never mind.

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SAV: We didn't know each other very well, but I still have known her longer than him.

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VIRGINIA: Well, that's cool.

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VIRGINIA: So sisters-in-law, sisters-in-Disney love.

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SAV: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: Very exciting.

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VIRGINIA: Where are you in the world?

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SAV: We live in a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Tell everybody what your amazing podcast is all about.

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PIFF: Yes.

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PIFF: So we started our podcast because as Sav will tell you, she is a Disney lover.

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PIFF: She's an addict.

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PIFF: She knows all the things and all the history.

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PIFF: I was a DCOM kid.

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PIFF: So I haven't seen a lot of the movies of our youth.

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PIFF: So a lot of what we do is watching movies that I have never seen before and then talking our way through it and pointing out all the things that you don't notice as a kid.

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SAV: Like what is it with Disney and having people fall to their death?

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SAV: Because it happens so much more frequently than you would think.

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SAV: And you don't realize it until you start talking about it.

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SAV: And then you start looking for it.

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SAV: And so then you notice it every single time.

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PIFF: Every movie.

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SAV: Every movie.

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SAV: And a lot of them.

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SAV: It's a lot.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So yeah, my most recent episode that I listened to was the Aladdin episode.

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VIRGINIA: And I was shocked that you had not seen the cartoon version of Aladdin.

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VIRGINIA: I was like, how?

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VIRGINIA: How did that happen?

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SAV: Yeah, she was a decom kid.

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SAV: And then with our show, the Twist part of the name is because we come up with a, not come up with, we are not mixologists over here, but we add a cocktail pairing with every movie, which is fun, but also really hard.

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SAV: Sometimes you get really weird movies and you're like, like Aladdin was one of the hardest ones because I was like, okay, like, oh, I almost named one that we, well, it will have released by the time this comes out.

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SAV: So I don't guess it matters.

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SAV: Like Anastasia was really easy.

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SAV: White Russian.

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SAV: Like it's done.

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SAV: Easy.

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SAV: And then, but yeah, Aladdin, I was like, I don't know.

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SAV: So we ended up making something blue, I'm pretty sure.

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PIFF: So it's like, no, we did the Morocco Rita.

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PIFF: Oh, yeah, we did the Epcot Pavilion.

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SAV: We tried to find it in Epcot.

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SAV: We couldn't find it.

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SAV: It was like, it's fine.

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PIFF: Here you go.

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SAV: This is we're just found an old archaic recipe from several years ago.

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SAV: Archaic hardly, but, you know, it was a lot of fun, though.

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SAV: But yeah, so that's the twist.

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SAV: And that's what our name means.

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VIRGINIA: So I heard you recently, though, say, I'm going to use a recipe for the first time in a long time.

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VIRGINIA: So I feel like you can call yourself a mixologist.

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SAV: Kind of.

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SAV: So like, I will know what the recipe calls for, but I won't remember.

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SAV: So like, well, you're using a recipe, but I won't remember exactly, like how much it's said to use or like stuff like that.

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SAV: So yeah, so that's why we call it chaotic cocktails.

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SAV: That came out once when I was just feeling goofy.

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SAV: And then we've just kept it.

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SAV: So now it's in every TikTok we make of cocktails.

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VIRGINIA: Just measure with your heart.

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PIFF: Yeah.

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PIFF: And I would say a lot of times we have the said ingredients, but the amounts change.

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PIFF: So we'll make it, we'll be like, oh, this needs more of XYZ thing, add it in.

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PIFF: And now we have made our own thing and it might be better and it might be worse.

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PIFF: Often it's worse.

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SAV: Often, quite often.

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SAV: We just now did one with a cocktail that I actually really liked, but it was store bought.

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SAV: So it's hardly a cocktail.

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SAV: I mean, it's a cocktail, but like, I don't know, it was weird.

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SAV: It's a lot of fun though.

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SAV: And it's funny because I'm not a big drinker either.

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SAV: Like I, I don't know, like I like the occasional cocktail, but just like, so it's just fun because I'm like, oh, I've never had creme de menthe.

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SAV: What's this going to be like?

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SAV: You know, I've had it way too many times because we've had like three episodes and we've used it.

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SAV: So I just have this random assortment of bottles of liquor and mixers and things on.

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SAV: We have a bar in our basement and it started out as my husband's bourbon bar in Kentucky.

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SAV: Of course, it's bourbon.

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SAV: And now there's just like random bottles of like creme de cacao and creme de menthe and blue curacao, just these random other things, just chilling.

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SAV: There's a whole shelf now dedicated to the random stuff we've had to buy for this podcast.

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SAV: So it's fun.

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VIRGINIA: Well, you could probably throw a pretty good party.

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SAV: It's a great party.

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SAV: Yeah, a great party.

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SAV: And we do.

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SAV: For Piff's birthday last year, we forced every week.

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SAV: She forced everyone to take creme de menthe shots.

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SAV: Creme de menthe shots.

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PIFF: It was creme de menthe and whipping cream.

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SAV: Yeah, there were topper shots.

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SAV: That's how you make a grasshopper.

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SAV: So yeah, she was like, everybody gets a thing.

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PIFF: And it was because we need, we have a big bottle of it.

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PIFF: We're never going to drink all that.

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SAV: Yeah.

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SAV: If you've ever seen like triple sec, like a regular bottle of triple sec, it's the same thing.

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SAV: It's by DeCruyff.

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SAV: It's a lot and it's alarmingly green, like alarming.

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SAV: Like when you pour it out, you're like, oh, wow.

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SAV: This is St.

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SAV: Patrick's Day in a bottle.

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SAV: Like it's a lot.

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VIRGINIA: It's very green.

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SAV: But it's been fun.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Sounds like a lot of fun.

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VIRGINIA: I would love to come up with a cocktail myself.

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VIRGINIA: I just don't think, I don't feel like I'm that creative.

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VIRGINIA: I have my go-tos, right?

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SAV: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Every time.

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SAV: We have our go-tos.

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SAV: I feel like I always default to, we call it the Freddie Teddy.

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SAV: If you've not come across that episode yet, I highly recommend.

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SAV: It's hilarious.

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SAV: We talk about it because we got stranded in Orlando.

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SAV: Our flight got canceled on the way back home with our husbands when we were on a trip, and Tori, who has been a guest on our show.

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SAV: And we had to very abruptly find a hotel.

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SAV: And there's a whole thing about that, but the bar was still open at the hotel.

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PIFF: The bar's tender stayed open late for all the people that canceled flights because we were all so stressed and we just needed a drink and we tipped well.

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PIFF: So he stayed open.

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SAV: We did.

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SAV: We did.

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SAV: And his name was either Freddy or Teddy.

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SAV: Neither one of us can remember.

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SAV: Even the husbands can't remember it.

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SAV: Like none of us can remember.

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SAV: So we call this drink the Freddy Teddy because I went up and asked for the coconut rum and Sprite because that's my go to at any bar because everyone's going to have some type of coconut rum and Sprite.

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SAV: So I can find it everywhere.

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SAV: And he said, would you like it?

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SAV: Would you like coconut rum and pineapple juice instead?

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SAV: Because it's this drink that people always order when they come back off of the cruise ships and they ask me to make it.

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SAV: And so would you like that?

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SAV: And I was like, oh, my gosh, that sounds delicious.

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SAV: I'm ashamed.

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SAV: I've never thought of that before.

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SAV: That would be great.

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SAV: He makes it.

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SAV: I come back to our group wallowing in in the stress of us having our flight canceled and we taste it.

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SAV: And it was so good.

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SAV: And so then Tory wanted one or something.

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SAV: I don't know.

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SAV: So then either way, eventually we all, me and Piff and Tory, we all had at least two each and they were tall.

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SAV: Like he did hefty pours for us, which was so nice.

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SAV: And so we call it the Freddy Teddy for him.

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SAV: And so now every time I'm like, I'm just having a Freddy Teddy.

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SAV: Like if I don't end up drinking the actual cocktail we made for the show, I'm like, oh, I'm just drinking a Freddy Teddy today.

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VIRGINIA: I think that at some point you should go back and visit him.

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SAV: We should.

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PIFF: We should.

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SAV: We honestly should.

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PIFF: If I can remember what hotel that was.

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SAV: It was really close to the airport.

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SAV: I'm sure we should be able to figure it out.

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PIFF: I'm sure it's somewhere in my e-mail probably.

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VIRGINIA: Please report back if you figure that out.

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VIRGINIA: The trip that we're going to talk about today is actually in honor of Sav's birthday, correct?

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SAV: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Do you often go on trips for your birthdays together?

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SAV: No.

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PIFF: This will be the first time.

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SAV: Yeah, the first birthday trip.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, that's exciting.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: And I know you have another birthday trip coming up because we've already discussed that we will get together again for that one.

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VIRGINIA: So listeners can look forward to that.

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VIRGINIA: But this trip is Friday, July 26th through Monday, July 29th.

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VIRGINIA: So we are talking here on July 15th.

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VIRGINIA: So you have a little bit more time to go and to get planned out.

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VIRGINIA: But I want to hear everything that you have on the book so far, starting with where will you be staying?

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PIFF: We are staying at our favorite all-star, all-star movies, which arguably is the best all-star.

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SAV: It is the best all-star.

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SAV: There's no argument, in my opinion.

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VIRGINIA: I have heard that it's the best all-star.

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VIRGINIA: Who will be on this trip?

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VIRGINIA: Is it just the two of you, our husbands?

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VIRGINIA: Just the two of us?

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VIRGINIA: Just the girls.

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VIRGINIA: Fantastic.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: You're staying at movies the entire time?

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SAV: Our trips are usually on the cheap.

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SAV: We both became annual pass holders for the first time this year.

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VIRGINIA: Congratulations.

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SAV: We loved it.

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SAV: It started out as a conversation around Christmas this last year.

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SAV: We went on a trip together in June of last year.

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SAV: At Christmas, we were both like, Oh my gosh, you know what I could use for Christmas?

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SAV: You know what I could use for Christmas?

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SAV: A Disney trip.

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SAV: One of us said, it would be wild if we actually got annual passes.

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SAV: How wild would that be?

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SAV: Just like, oh, it's such a far-fetched idea.

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SAV: But then the more we looked into it, the more we realized that it was so crazy, it might actually work.

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SAV: We've done it and I have been to Disney at least once a month every month this year, except for January because we didn't buy our passes until February.

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SAV: So I've been once a month since we got the passes.

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SAV: When we go together, it is like a Friday to a Sunday, like really quick.

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SAV: We both work remotely, so it works out really well.

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SAV: But we do really cheap Spirit Airlines flights, backpacks only, only a personal item.

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SAV: We do it on the cheap.

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SAV: So we were like, well, the cheaper we do the accommodations, the more money we have for other stuff.

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SAV: I wanted to do a really fun thing for our trip, which we'll talk about, I'm sure.

00:12:35.883 --> 00:12:37.243
SAV: So I won't get into it right this second.

00:12:37.243 --> 00:12:39.403
SAV: But I want to do something really fun for the trip.

00:12:39.403 --> 00:12:43.943
SAV: I was like, and the more money we save on the hotel, the more things we can do really fun for the trip.

00:12:43.943 --> 00:12:48.103
SAV: So and the more pins I can buy or a lounge bar or whatever.

00:12:48.103 --> 00:12:49.483
SAV: The more merch I can buy.

00:12:49.483 --> 00:12:50.903
SAV: The pins.

00:12:50.903 --> 00:12:53.743
PIFF: I don't know how we ended up being pin people, but we are.

00:12:53.763 --> 00:12:56.483
PIFF: And I have spent so much money on pins this year.

00:12:56.483 --> 00:12:58.523
SAV: I have also spent so much money on pins.

00:12:58.523 --> 00:12:59.203
PIFF: We don't talk about it.

00:13:00.823 --> 00:13:04.463
VIRGINIA: So do you ever trade the pins or you're just purchasing them?

00:13:04.463 --> 00:13:05.763
SAV: Yeah, we trade.

00:13:05.763 --> 00:13:09.283
PIFF: Yeah, we'll buy like the mystery packs and we keep the ones that we wanted to get.

00:13:09.283 --> 00:13:12.943
PIFF: And then the ones that we weren't as excited about become our traders.

00:13:12.943 --> 00:13:13.683
SAV: We'll trade.

00:13:13.683 --> 00:13:21.043
SAV: And luckily, which I'm surprised about this, like I'm surprised by this about the two of us just knowing us.

00:13:21.043 --> 00:13:24.823
SAV: We are pretty perfectionist, completionist people.

00:13:25.603 --> 00:13:32.683
SAV: But luckily, that has not spread to our pin obsession yet, like at the moment.

00:13:32.683 --> 00:13:37.163
SAV: Like there has not been a set that I've seen that I'm like, I need every single one of these.

00:13:37.163 --> 00:13:38.483
SAV: Like I need to complete this set.

00:13:38.483 --> 00:13:40.543
SAV: I have not gotten there.

00:13:40.543 --> 00:13:44.683
SAV: So I'm very thankful about that because that would be very expensive.

00:13:44.683 --> 00:13:45.423
SAV: It's expensive enough.

00:13:45.423 --> 00:13:45.783
SAV: It would be.

00:13:45.783 --> 00:13:47.903
VIRGINIA: Have you ever seen the TikToker?

00:13:47.903 --> 00:13:49.883
VIRGINIA: I think his name is like Blake or something.

00:13:49.883 --> 00:13:52.843
PIFF: Blake, he does like complete pin sets all the time.

00:13:54.143 --> 00:13:56.943
VIRGINIA: He is constantly pin shopping and I really like him.

00:13:56.943 --> 00:13:59.763
VIRGINIA: He just has such a joyful personality.

00:13:59.763 --> 00:14:05.223
VIRGINIA: But every time he's buying pins in my head, I'm going, all right, $12, $18.

00:14:05.983 --> 00:14:10.043
SAV: Oh no, and mystery packs are even more than that.

00:14:10.043 --> 00:14:16.783
SAV: They are like what, $39.99 for the big bags and the boxes are like-

00:14:16.783 --> 00:14:18.603
PIFF: Wait, don't forget your pass holder discount.

00:14:19.023 --> 00:14:20.343
PIFF: Oh, that's true.

00:14:20.343 --> 00:14:21.063
SAV: That is true.

00:14:21.063 --> 00:14:22.863
VIRGINIA: That's a dangerous game to play, Piff.

00:14:22.863 --> 00:14:23.743
SAV: It is.

00:14:24.543 --> 00:14:26.703
SAV: She's the one who does it every single time.

00:14:26.703 --> 00:14:29.143
SAV: I'll be like, oh, I don't know.

00:14:29.143 --> 00:14:30.863
SAV: She's like, you get a discount.

00:14:30.863 --> 00:14:31.923
PIFF: You get 20 percent off.

00:14:32.163 --> 00:14:35.323
SAV: I am a sucker for a discount.

00:14:35.323 --> 00:14:36.743
SAV: I am.

00:14:37.403 --> 00:14:38.303
SAV: I love a deal.

00:14:38.303 --> 00:14:39.203
SAV: I love a deal.

00:14:39.203 --> 00:14:41.123
PIFF: When you don't get the discount online.

00:14:41.183 --> 00:14:43.983
SAV: You're responsible to not use your discount.

00:14:43.983 --> 00:14:48.323
SAV: Like girl math, like it's like I'm losing money if I do.

00:14:48.323 --> 00:14:49.423
SAV: It's ridiculous.

00:14:49.423 --> 00:14:51.883
VIRGINIA: That's how I feel about the memory maker.

00:14:51.883 --> 00:14:56.883
VIRGINIA: I'm like, I am losing money unless I take as many photos as possible.

00:14:56.883 --> 00:15:01.083
SAV: We added that to my pass, but we share it.

00:15:01.083 --> 00:15:03.443
SAV: But like, you know, we added it to my pass.

00:15:03.443 --> 00:15:05.043
PIFF: It's her responsibility.

00:15:05.043 --> 00:15:08.263
VIRGINIA: I just renewed our three annual passes.

00:15:08.403 --> 00:15:09.783
VIRGINIA: I just renewed like two days.

00:15:09.783 --> 00:15:11.683
VIRGINIA: Well, not even two days ago.

00:15:11.683 --> 00:15:12.783
VIRGINIA: Yesterday was the last day.

00:15:12.783 --> 00:15:13.583
VIRGINIA: Yesterday, I did it.

00:15:13.583 --> 00:15:14.623
VIRGINIA: Yesterday, it's fresh.

00:15:14.623 --> 00:15:15.543
VIRGINIA: It's fresh.

00:15:15.543 --> 00:15:20.243
VIRGINIA: I called up and she goes, you know, you got like 30 days after it expires.

00:15:20.243 --> 00:15:25.743
VIRGINIA: I was like, I know, and I don't have any plans to go in the next 30 days, but I don't like knowing that I couldn't.

00:15:25.743 --> 00:15:27.323
VIRGINIA: So I will take care of that now.

00:15:27.323 --> 00:15:27.683
PIFF: Thank you.

00:15:27.683 --> 00:15:33.463
PIFF: I want to be able to see a $30 Spirit Airlines flight and decide last minute that I'm going to Disney this weekend.

00:15:33.623 --> 00:15:33.923
SAV: Okay?

00:15:33.923 --> 00:15:34.623
VIRGINIA: Exactly.

00:15:34.623 --> 00:15:36.123
SAV: I just want to.

00:15:36.123 --> 00:15:44.563
SAV: And honestly, our first trip kind of came from that because she was like, hey, there's these Spirit Airlines flights and they're super cheap right now.

00:15:44.563 --> 00:15:45.363
SAV: Do you want to go?

00:15:45.363 --> 00:15:47.763
SAV: And I was like, yes, I do.

00:15:47.763 --> 00:15:48.983
PIFF: And we hadn't bought our passes.

00:15:48.983 --> 00:15:50.323
PIFF: Yeah, it was fantastic.

00:15:50.323 --> 00:15:51.143
SAV: We've got to go.

00:15:51.143 --> 00:15:58.143
VIRGINIA: I just I don't think I could do the Spirit Airlines flights because I can't imagine not having a bag with me.

00:15:58.383 --> 00:16:10.743
SAV: We have tested and trialed every variation of, well, not every variation, but most variations of park bag situations.

00:16:10.743 --> 00:16:21.543
SAV: So we are both now like belt bag girlies, but we have the Corksicle bags that we got on like Poshmark and or Macari because I can't remember where you got yours.

00:16:21.543 --> 00:16:22.443
SAV: I got mine on Poshmark.

00:16:23.383 --> 00:16:27.823
SAV: But it is like I'm not going to pay full price because they're very expensive, full price.

00:16:27.823 --> 00:16:36.283
SAV: But I am the type of person that if I have to hold my water bottle in my hand, I don't want to.

00:16:36.743 --> 00:16:37.843
SAV: Also, I'm going to set it down.

00:16:37.843 --> 00:16:38.943
SAV: I'm going to forget about it.

00:16:38.943 --> 00:16:47.003
SAV: So but if it's not easily accessible, I'm not going to drink it, which is not good whenever you're in the Florida heat.

00:16:47.223 --> 00:16:49.803
SAV: So we've tried like I have an Ouala.

00:16:49.803 --> 00:16:51.003
SAV: I don't have it up here with me.

00:16:51.003 --> 00:16:55.263
SAV: But it has like a little loop on the top, like a little little like locking mechanism on the top.

00:16:55.263 --> 00:16:56.763
SAV: That's like a little finger loop, which is great.

00:16:56.763 --> 00:17:01.383
SAV: I have strung my belt bag strap through that to like have it hang in there.

00:17:01.383 --> 00:17:07.063
SAV: But then in order to drink it, at least the way my Ouala like ended up on it, I had to like take it all the way off.

00:17:07.063 --> 00:17:07.923
SAV: It was a whole thing.

00:17:07.923 --> 00:17:12.063
SAV: And I was like, I'm not going to drink this if it's such a pain in the butt to do.

00:17:12.063 --> 00:17:15.243
VIRGINIA: I have to have my my actual like backpack part.

00:17:15.443 --> 00:17:23.423
VIRGINIA: It's a small backpack, but I don't like not having access to the things I feel I need access to in the park, which include a water bottle.

00:17:23.423 --> 00:17:34.043
VIRGINIA: But also I have to have a light jacket because when we go into air conditioning, I don't want to freeze, I need my sunscreen, like I need access to all those things.

00:17:34.043 --> 00:17:38.643
VIRGINIA: I think I could do it without them if I really had to, but I'm just extra like that.

00:17:39.503 --> 00:17:57.183
SAV: I'm about to take like so much extra stuff in this time, and I'm probably going to pay for a carry-on, which is so expensive through Spirit Airlines, but in order to take a backpack, or maybe a lounge flight and be able to have more stuff, because it's going to be July, and it's really, really hot, really hot.

00:17:57.183 --> 00:17:58.663
SAV: We both almost died in June.

00:17:58.663 --> 00:18:03.043
SAV: Like we went in June for a weekend and oh my Lord, it was so hot.

00:18:03.043 --> 00:18:03.683
VIRGINIA: Yeah, it was really hot.

00:18:03.683 --> 00:18:15.563
PIFF: Yeah, but we have decided that for our July trip, the trip we are here to talk about, we're going to both try to take our lounge flys just because we want to have our fans and our cooling towels and our little extra things.

00:18:15.963 --> 00:18:18.883
PIFF: And I can fit a lot of stuff in a bell bag.

00:18:19.723 --> 00:18:21.923
PIFF: But I can fit even more in my lounge fly.

00:18:21.923 --> 00:18:26.523
PIFF: So as long as I can get my lounge fly and my popcorn bucket in my backpack.

00:18:26.523 --> 00:18:27.223
SAV: Yeah.

00:18:27.223 --> 00:18:28.003
PIFF: Will be good.

00:18:28.003 --> 00:18:35.003
SAV: And also if I break down and I'm like, you know what, screw it, I'm going to get the carry on.

00:18:35.003 --> 00:18:37.583
SAV: We can put some of your stuff in my carry on.

00:18:38.623 --> 00:18:40.143
PIFF: We can put the popcorn bucket in there.

00:18:40.143 --> 00:18:41.063
PIFF: That's really the only thing.

00:18:41.063 --> 00:18:42.283
SAV: We can split it or whatever.

00:18:42.283 --> 00:18:42.663
SAV: Yeah.

00:18:42.663 --> 00:18:44.843
SAV: So we're going to get it figured out.

00:18:44.843 --> 00:18:47.203
SAV: But yeah, but we've perfected.

00:18:47.203 --> 00:18:50.163
SAV: It's so funny because I can't go...

00:18:50.163 --> 00:18:56.723
SAV: Like one of the things I have to have in my bag, in my park bag is like a thing of medications that you may or may not need.

00:18:56.723 --> 00:19:00.503
SAV: I have not needed them way more than I have needed them.

00:19:00.503 --> 00:19:03.603
SAV: But and I know everybody's like, oh, but the first aid center, like don't take...

00:19:03.603 --> 00:19:09.963
SAV: I see people on TikTok be like, don't take Tylenol, like don't take whatever into the park with you because you could just go to the first aid center and get that.

00:19:09.963 --> 00:19:26.943
SAV: And I'm like, listen, if I'm in line for Space Mountain and I'm like, I'm starting to get a headache, I want to be able to reach in my bag and bring out my Tylenol and take it and not have to like hang out and wait and then walk all the way back across Magic Kingdom in order to get to the first aid center.

00:19:26.943 --> 00:19:31.623
SAV: And if I'm getting a blister, I want to have a bandaid in my bag ready to go to fix it.

00:19:31.743 --> 00:19:34.563
SAV: Right then, like I'm just like, I need it right now.

00:19:34.563 --> 00:19:38.523
VIRGINIA: To be fair, everything you've just mentioned is very small and doesn't take up very much space.

00:19:38.523 --> 00:19:45.003
VIRGINIA: If anybody's giving you a hard time about Advil or Tylenol or bandages, then they've got a problem.

00:19:45.003 --> 00:19:55.143
VIRGINIA: What I like to do is I like to bring a, I have a foldable bag I got at the Vera Bradley outlet, that it's like a duffel, but it folds up really tight.

00:19:55.143 --> 00:20:00.583
VIRGINIA: I bring that on every Disney trip with me because I'm like, I don't know what I'm going to buy with my discount, but what if I need an extra bag on the way home?

00:20:01.123 --> 00:20:01.943
SAV: Yeah.

00:20:04.523 --> 00:20:11.543
SAV: I think my mom about it or somebody, and she was like, I just need so much stuff like my shampoo in my hand.

00:20:11.543 --> 00:20:17.763
SAV: I'm like, we're both naturally curly hair girlies, so we need all the things for our hair.

00:20:17.763 --> 00:20:20.383
SAV: Our hairs are very picky.

00:20:20.383 --> 00:20:21.683
SAV: I need my shampoo and my conditioner.

00:20:22.643 --> 00:20:26.583
SAV: People love, okay, here's the first hot take of the episode.

00:20:26.583 --> 00:20:27.483
SAV: Here it is.

00:20:27.483 --> 00:20:28.023
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:20:28.023 --> 00:20:30.903
SAV: I don't like H2O products.

00:20:30.903 --> 00:20:32.103
SAV: I don't.

00:20:32.103 --> 00:20:34.543
SAV: All the stuff that's in the rooms, I don't like it.

00:20:34.543 --> 00:20:36.883
SAV: I like the hand soap, that's nice.

00:20:36.883 --> 00:20:38.703
SAV: But I don't like the lotion.

00:20:38.703 --> 00:20:39.543
VIRGINIA: I like the lotion.

00:20:39.543 --> 00:20:41.623
SAV: But I don't like the shampoo, conditioner, or the body wash.

00:20:41.623 --> 00:20:43.743
SAV: I don't like any of that.

00:20:43.743 --> 00:20:44.703
VIRGINIA: I like the body wash.

00:20:44.703 --> 00:20:46.163
VIRGINIA: I like how it smells.

00:20:46.163 --> 00:20:49.903
VIRGINIA: But I do not like the shampoo and the conditioner.

00:20:49.903 --> 00:20:50.503
VIRGINIA: I don't use them.

00:20:50.703 --> 00:20:59.563
VIRGINIA: And I used to do the thing where I would like buy the little travel size bottles and squeeze my favorite curly hair shampoo and conditioner into them.

00:20:59.563 --> 00:21:01.723
VIRGINIA: And then finally, you know what I decided?

00:21:01.723 --> 00:21:08.603
VIRGINIA: I decided I am worth buying the actual travel size of the brand I like from Sephora.

00:21:08.603 --> 00:21:09.283
SAV: You are.

00:21:09.283 --> 00:21:10.463
VIRGINIA: I'm worth that.

00:21:10.463 --> 00:21:13.143
SAV: Do you refill it or do you just keep rebuying it now?

00:21:13.143 --> 00:21:13.903
VIRGINIA: I just keep rebuying it.

00:21:13.903 --> 00:21:14.743
SAV: You're worth it.

00:21:14.743 --> 00:21:15.623
SAV: You are worth that.

00:21:15.623 --> 00:21:16.443
VIRGINIA: I'm worth it.

00:21:16.443 --> 00:21:33.623
VIRGINIA: And you know what my next step is going to be in this, like, I'm worth it thing that I'm starting here is I am going to begin, not obviously all at once, I'm going to begin purchasing duplicates of all the things that I normally have in my travel bag anyway.

00:21:33.623 --> 00:21:34.823
VIRGINIA: I want my tweezers.

00:21:34.823 --> 00:21:36.403
VIRGINIA: I want my all the stuff.

00:21:36.403 --> 00:21:39.143
VIRGINIA: I do not want to have to pack all that stuff every single time.

00:21:39.143 --> 00:21:40.443
VIRGINIA: I just want to pick it up and go.

00:21:40.443 --> 00:21:42.423
SAV: I used to have to travel for work a lot.

00:21:42.423 --> 00:21:44.403
SAV: Thank God I don't have to anymore.

00:21:44.403 --> 00:21:45.983
SAV: But I did do that.

00:21:45.983 --> 00:21:46.583
SAV: I did do that.

00:21:46.583 --> 00:21:54.963
SAV: I bought duplicates of just about everything, except I used one hair product that was a little more expensive, so I did not buy a duplicate of that one.

00:21:54.963 --> 00:22:00.403
SAV: I kind of wished that I did, but I squeezed it into a travel size thing, so I was like, whatever, it's fine.

00:22:00.403 --> 00:22:04.683
SAV: But I did do that, and it was a game changer because I knew I wasn't forgetting anything.

00:22:04.683 --> 00:22:07.583
SAV: What we do, we have an owner's locker.

00:22:07.583 --> 00:22:08.443
VIRGINIA: Oh, you do.

00:22:08.443 --> 00:22:10.203
VIRGINIA: You two share an owner's locker.

00:22:10.203 --> 00:22:11.843
PIFF: We share an owner's locker.

00:22:11.843 --> 00:22:15.123
PIFF: A lot of those things we don't have to travel with, they're already there.

00:22:15.823 --> 00:22:22.423
VIRGINIA: For our listeners who do not know anything about owner's lockers, I would love it if one of you would volunteer to explain it.

00:22:22.423 --> 00:22:34.803
PIFF: Basically, it is a big purple tote, and you can fill it with whatever you want, and the company owner's locker will drop it off at your resort so that it's there when you check in, and then they'll pick it up at the end of your stay.

00:22:34.803 --> 00:22:41.523
PIFF: We pay a flat fee because we have the highest tier, so no matter how many times we use it throughout the year, it's the same flat fee.

00:22:42.363 --> 00:22:46.423
PIFF: And it's a game changer if you are an out-of-state pass holder.

00:22:46.423 --> 00:22:48.323
SAV: Which we all are on this call.

00:22:48.323 --> 00:22:49.263
SAV: They are great.

00:22:49.263 --> 00:22:50.583
SAV: I really loved it.

00:22:50.583 --> 00:22:55.903
SAV: So the one time, just the one time I've been that you have it twice.

00:22:56.203 --> 00:22:56.843
SAV: Oh, yeah.

00:22:57.043 --> 00:23:01.183
SAV: So the one time that I've been that Piff wasn't there, I could still get it, which was great.

00:23:01.183 --> 00:23:07.723
SAV: And so my husband and I, we went to Disney and Universal Studios, we went to Disney on our honeymoon.

00:23:07.723 --> 00:23:10.063
SAV: And this year we celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary.

00:23:10.363 --> 00:23:13.383
SAV: So we went back, because I was like, it feels just kind of like, thank you so much.

00:23:13.383 --> 00:23:15.183
SAV: It feels just kind of like a full circle.

00:23:15.183 --> 00:23:16.903
SAV: Like, I don't know, it felt good.

00:23:16.903 --> 00:23:28.443
SAV: And we got him an annual pass this year as well, because we went, Piff and I and our husbands and her little one and my mom, we all went in April for a family trip.

00:23:28.443 --> 00:23:30.643
SAV: And so, and it was awesome.

00:23:30.643 --> 00:23:33.403
SAV: That's when we got it initially.

00:23:33.403 --> 00:23:33.603
SAV: Yeah.

00:23:34.283 --> 00:23:39.843
PIFF: Yeah, because we checked bags for that, because you can't travel with a toddler in it, only a backpack, it's just not going to happen.

00:23:39.843 --> 00:23:43.123
SAV: And my mom refuses, so she's like, I need too much stuff.

00:23:43.123 --> 00:23:43.743
SAV: I am not.

00:23:43.743 --> 00:23:45.943
SAV: I was like, okay, whatever you need.

00:23:45.943 --> 00:23:48.123
SAV: And so we booked it then.

00:23:48.123 --> 00:23:53.763
SAV: And so then in May, when we went for our anniversary, I got to bring it or I got to have it brought to the room and all that.

00:23:53.763 --> 00:23:55.543
SAV: So that was awesome to still be able to use it.

00:23:55.963 --> 00:24:03.623
SAV: And so and he got a pass because once you look at park hopper tickets for the April trip and then our May trip, it equaled an AFS.

00:24:03.623 --> 00:24:05.083
SAV: So I was like, well, you might as well.

00:24:05.083 --> 00:24:11.243
SAV: And then we'll go back in like September when it's not quite so hot because he does not like the heat.

00:24:12.543 --> 00:24:15.803
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I still have not jumped on to the owner's locker bandwagon.

00:24:15.803 --> 00:24:19.063
VIRGINIA: I keep considering it and then I just haven't.

00:24:19.063 --> 00:24:24.763
VIRGINIA: And I think it's because like the flights that I'm getting coming down from New York are not cheap.

00:24:25.543 --> 00:24:33.623
VIRGINIA: And generally will either come with some sort of bag accommodation in there or I'm willing to pay for it.

00:24:33.623 --> 00:24:35.923
VIRGINIA: And I don't know, I just keep doing the math on it.

00:24:35.923 --> 00:24:39.903
VIRGINIA: I'm like, I just, I don't know that it's working for me at this time.

00:24:39.903 --> 00:24:48.783
VIRGINIA: Because I usually go down at least twice a year, but more likely like three to four times a year is what's been happening.

00:24:48.783 --> 00:24:58.023
SAV: I think the cheap flights that we're able to get out of Louisville for, through Spirit kind of helps us to justify that cost.

00:24:58.023 --> 00:25:02.743
PIFF: Like our round trip flight will cost somewhere between like $50 and $100 each time.

00:25:02.743 --> 00:25:07.523
SAV: Which makes it like, you want to go to the So for that we're like, yeah.

00:25:07.523 --> 00:25:18.843
VIRGINIA: Whereas I recently went in June and I think my son and I originally, our original flights before, spoiler alert, our flights were canceled.

00:25:18.843 --> 00:25:22.523
VIRGINIA: Although I think people will have heard that episode by now.

00:25:22.523 --> 00:25:26.783
VIRGINIA: Were, I think they were like $250 or $275 apiece.

00:25:26.783 --> 00:25:28.563
VIRGINIA: And I was like, oh, that's good.

00:25:28.563 --> 00:25:30.003
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:25:30.003 --> 00:25:32.083
VIRGINIA: So I jumped on that.

00:25:32.083 --> 00:25:40.683
VIRGINIA: And then we go every year in February for the President's Day week, because that's a holiday week for schools up here.

00:25:40.683 --> 00:25:47.283
VIRGINIA: So it makes the most sense because the line of work that I'm in April is always busy.

00:25:47.283 --> 00:25:49.303
VIRGINIA: So I'm like, and that's when their spring break is.

00:25:49.303 --> 00:25:51.503
VIRGINIA: So we go to the midwinter break.

00:25:51.503 --> 00:26:06.303
VIRGINIA: And the tickets for that holiday week for us every year are generally between like $650 and $700 apiece for a family of three.

00:26:06.303 --> 00:26:07.163
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:26:07.163 --> 00:26:09.183
VIRGINIA: So I would drive.

00:26:10.223 --> 00:26:11.383
PIFF: From New York City?

00:26:11.383 --> 00:26:12.363
VIRGINIA: No, thank you.

00:26:12.363 --> 00:26:14.863
VIRGINIA: That's going to eat up half my week.

00:26:14.863 --> 00:26:16.463
PIFF: I've driven from Ohio to Miami.

00:26:16.463 --> 00:26:17.083
SAV: In a day?

00:26:17.083 --> 00:26:17.943
PIFF: It's fine.

00:26:17.943 --> 00:26:18.443
PIFF: You can do it.

00:26:18.443 --> 00:26:21.863
VIRGINIA: But then to drive back, that's like two of my days gone.

00:26:21.863 --> 00:26:25.183
VIRGINIA: So we make it work.

00:26:25.183 --> 00:26:27.723
VIRGINIA: Like usually we have enough airline miles.

00:26:27.723 --> 00:26:30.163
VIRGINIA: My husband never wants to spend airline miles.

00:26:30.163 --> 00:26:31.983
VIRGINIA: He's like saving them for the apocalypse.

00:26:32.083 --> 00:26:32.663
VIRGINIA: I don't know what he's doing.

00:26:32.663 --> 00:26:36.383
SAV: But the apocalypse says he's going to be flying the apocalypse.

00:26:36.383 --> 00:26:40.483
VIRGINIA: Every year, every year, I'm like, the tickets are just so expensive.

00:26:40.483 --> 00:26:41.123
VIRGINIA: We got to use the miles.

00:26:41.123 --> 00:26:44.243
SAV: Well, and miles are used or lose it eventually.

00:26:44.243 --> 00:26:46.443
SAV: It's like they're just going to say, his don't expire.

00:26:46.463 --> 00:26:47.303
VIRGINIA: That's good.

00:26:47.303 --> 00:26:48.423
SAV: Some miles expire.

00:26:48.423 --> 00:26:51.623
SAV: I was like, you're just going to lose them if you don't use it.

00:26:51.623 --> 00:26:51.923
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:26:51.923 --> 00:26:55.003
VIRGINIA: The only problem is they are United miles.

00:26:55.003 --> 00:27:00.803
VIRGINIA: So the United hub up here is in Newark, which means I have to drive across the entire city to get to it.

00:27:01.443 --> 00:27:09.403
VIRGINIA: So I much prefer JFK or LaGuardia, which just don't have as many United flights.

00:27:09.403 --> 00:27:17.623
VIRGINIA: But anyway, all that to say, that's why I can't justify the cost of the owner's luggage, because I'm already paying so much for my...

00:27:17.823 --> 00:27:32.903
VIRGINIA: And I've even added up the times that I've paid for luggage, I think it still comes out to less when you consider what it costs to get the one where you can go unlimited back and forth versus paying the cheaper amount, but then having to pay every time.

00:27:32.903 --> 00:27:36.003
VIRGINIA: Like I might as well just pay for the luggage at that point.

00:27:36.003 --> 00:27:39.923
VIRGINIA: I love the idea of it though, especially like we're DVC members.

00:27:39.923 --> 00:27:44.163
VIRGINIA: So it's like, I would love to be able to like really set up shop.

00:27:44.163 --> 00:27:48.483
SAV: See, DVC is my next like, that's the next step.

00:27:48.483 --> 00:27:52.323
PIFF: That's the next evolution in her Disney adulthood.

00:27:52.323 --> 00:27:57.283
SAV: We talked about like, you know, you can like purchase DVC points or rent DVC points or like whatever.

00:27:57.763 --> 00:28:01.363
SAV: We've thought about that like for our birthday trips and stuff.

00:28:01.363 --> 00:28:07.023
SAV: Also, I meant to say this earlier, we have actually shortened my birthday trip by one day.

00:28:07.023 --> 00:28:10.083
SAV: So it's actually the 28th, sorry.

00:28:10.083 --> 00:28:11.823
SAV: Okay, that's okay.

00:28:11.823 --> 00:28:19.603
SAV: When we were looking at just the amount of days that we were able to do, and you know, like adding up the cost of like running the points and like all that stuff.

00:28:19.603 --> 00:28:23.523
SAV: I was like, that would be so cool, but I would rather, I am so cheap anyway.

00:28:23.963 --> 00:28:28.303
SAV: Like I would rather, I am, I don't do well like spending money on myself.

00:28:28.303 --> 00:28:34.303
SAV: Like doing the pass, like I asked my husband like so many times, like, are you sure?

00:28:34.303 --> 00:28:34.843
SAV: Are you sure?

00:28:34.843 --> 00:28:42.263
SAV: And I mean, like it came out of like, we combine like all of our finances, but we both have our own like fun money, I guess you could call it.

00:28:42.263 --> 00:28:47.603
SAV: Like, so it came out of that, like it didn't touch like bill money or anything, but I was like, are you sure?

00:28:47.603 --> 00:28:48.063
SAV: Are you sure?

00:28:48.063 --> 00:28:50.303
SAV: And he was like, just do it.

00:28:50.303 --> 00:28:50.723
SAV: Please.

00:28:50.903 --> 00:28:54.483
SAV: Just jeez, like just do it at this point.

00:28:54.483 --> 00:28:55.383
SAV: So many times.

00:28:55.383 --> 00:28:57.123
SAV: Fun hack though.

00:28:57.123 --> 00:29:04.963
SAV: We got Disney gift cards from Sam's Club because you get a little bit of a discount, like not a whole ton, but enough to make a difference.

00:29:04.963 --> 00:29:09.743
SAV: And so we bought those and then used those to pay for our passes.

00:29:09.743 --> 00:29:13.883
SAV: So we saved like 50 bucks or something like that on our passes.

00:29:13.883 --> 00:29:14.983
SAV: So that was a lot of fun.

00:29:14.983 --> 00:29:16.283
SAV: That was really nice too.

00:29:16.283 --> 00:29:18.543
SAV: So I was like, all right, well, I saved this much money, so that's good.

00:29:18.663 --> 00:29:20.003
SAV: And so what do I get to spend it on?

00:29:20.003 --> 00:29:22.463
SAV: Because girl math, because it's pins.

00:29:22.643 --> 00:29:24.603
PIFF: The answer is pins.

00:29:24.603 --> 00:29:34.343
VIRGINIA: Listen, with my DVC, the girl math is math and hard because especially for our February trip, we always use our DVC for that trip in particular.

00:29:34.343 --> 00:29:36.603
VIRGINIA: And so it's like, I don't have to pay for the hotel.

00:29:36.603 --> 00:29:37.103
VIRGINIA: I paid for that.

00:29:37.103 --> 00:29:38.123
SAV: Yeah, I already paid for that.

00:29:38.123 --> 00:29:42.003
VIRGINIA: And then I don't have to pay for the airline tickets because I used my miles.

00:29:42.003 --> 00:29:43.563
VIRGINIA: And it's just continuing.

00:29:43.783 --> 00:29:45.303
VIRGINIA: And I get a discount on all this stuff.

00:29:46.383 --> 00:29:48.823
PIFF: So how many character dinings are you doing?

00:29:48.823 --> 00:29:50.143
PIFF: That's the real question here.

00:29:50.163 --> 00:29:51.603
VIRGINIA: Exactly.

00:29:51.603 --> 00:29:52.483
VIRGINIA: So, all right.

00:29:52.483 --> 00:29:56.703
VIRGINIA: Well, we have now talked for almost 30 minutes.

00:29:56.703 --> 00:29:58.883
SAV: We haven't even gotten to the trip yet.

00:29:58.883 --> 00:30:02.603
VIRGINIA: We haven't even gotten to the trip, but you guys are so much fun to talk to.

00:30:02.603 --> 00:30:05.523
VIRGINIA: So hopefully listeners are enjoying the ride.

00:30:05.523 --> 00:30:08.563
VIRGINIA: But let's get into the details of the trip.

00:30:08.563 --> 00:30:14.623
VIRGINIA: So Friday, July the 26th, what time are you leaving?

00:30:16.803 --> 00:30:22.123
SAV: Our flight departs at, I think, I think it's 5:30 AM.

00:30:22.123 --> 00:30:23.543
VIRGINIA: It departs at 5:30 AM?

00:30:23.543 --> 00:30:25.143
SAV: No, it departs a little bit after that.

00:30:25.143 --> 00:30:28.263
SAV: It's still very, it departs at 6:55 AM.

00:30:28.263 --> 00:30:33.763
SAV: We have TSI pre-check, so we're not doing the whole get there three hours ahead of your flight thing.

00:30:33.763 --> 00:30:34.423
SAV: We're not doing that.

00:30:34.423 --> 00:30:41.803
SAV: We actually might a little bit earlier than we would have this time because there's a lot of construction around us and around our airport right now.

00:30:41.803 --> 00:30:43.263
SAV: So we might do that just in case.

00:30:43.503 --> 00:30:46.323
SAV: But no, it departs at 6:55 a.m.

00:30:46.323 --> 00:30:49.923
SAV: and we should land in Orlando around 9:06 a.m.

00:30:49.923 --> 00:30:50.723
SAV: Okay.

00:30:50.723 --> 00:30:55.383
VIRGINIA: How are you going to get from MCO to all-star movies?

00:30:55.383 --> 00:31:01.503
SAV: We had talked about Mears, but I think we actually might Uber instead, which is news to Piff.

00:31:01.503 --> 00:31:02.803
VIRGINIA: Have you used Mears before?

00:31:02.803 --> 00:31:04.603
SAV: Yes, we have used Mears before.

00:31:04.603 --> 00:31:05.463
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:31:05.463 --> 00:31:05.743
PIFF: All right.

00:31:05.743 --> 00:31:07.223
VIRGINIA: How do you feel about this news, Piff?

00:31:07.223 --> 00:31:10.783
SAV: I was going to say that might be news to Piff because she was like, can you decide if we're doing Mears or not?

00:31:10.783 --> 00:31:11.763
SAV: I was like, I'll think about it.

00:31:12.843 --> 00:31:22.423
PIFF: The thing about this trip is that because it's Sav's birthday trip, she gets to make all of the decisions, which means sometimes she makes a decision and I don't know about it.

00:31:22.583 --> 00:31:22.923
VIRGINIA: Got it.

00:31:22.923 --> 00:31:26.083
PIFF: That we're Ubering instead of using Mears, which is fine.

00:31:26.083 --> 00:31:27.443
PIFF: I just didn't know until this moment.

00:31:27.443 --> 00:31:30.643
SAV: She knows all of the important things though, like where are we going to go eat?

00:31:30.643 --> 00:31:32.683
SAV: What are we wearing?

00:31:32.683 --> 00:31:33.703
SAV: All of that stuff.

00:31:33.723 --> 00:31:35.343
SAV: Where we're staying.

00:31:35.343 --> 00:31:38.203
SAV: She actually made a lot of those reservations.

00:31:38.203 --> 00:31:42.543
SAV: I made the hotel reservation, but she made the dining reservations for me.

00:31:42.543 --> 00:31:44.503
VIRGINIA: The dining reservation, do you have to get up early for it?

00:31:44.703 --> 00:31:45.423
SAV: She did that for me.

00:31:45.423 --> 00:31:46.083
VIRGINIA: That's friendship.

00:31:46.083 --> 00:31:47.923
SAV: That is friendship.

00:31:47.923 --> 00:31:48.843
VIRGINIA: That was your birthday gift.

00:31:48.983 --> 00:31:49.883
VIRGINIA: Enjoy.

00:31:49.883 --> 00:31:55.043
SAV: I got a lot of presents for my birthday from her actually already, but yes.

00:31:56.283 --> 00:31:59.943
VIRGINIA: You are going straight to the resort though to drop off your things?

00:31:59.943 --> 00:32:00.383
SAV: Yeah.

00:32:00.383 --> 00:32:00.663
PIFF: Yes.

00:32:00.663 --> 00:32:02.103
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:32:02.443 --> 00:32:05.183
VIRGINIA: What are your park plans for this day?

00:32:05.183 --> 00:32:05.983
VIRGINIA: Are you going to hop?

00:32:05.983 --> 00:32:07.623
VIRGINIA: Are you going to stick with one?

00:32:07.623 --> 00:32:08.083
VIRGINIA: What's happening?

00:32:08.123 --> 00:32:09.103
SAV: I'm sticking with one on.

00:32:09.103 --> 00:32:11.523
SAV: So the 26th is my actual birthday.

00:32:11.523 --> 00:32:16.563
SAV: So I was like, well, I want to be in Hollywood Studios on my birthday.

00:32:16.563 --> 00:32:17.963
SAV: That's where I want to be.

00:32:17.963 --> 00:32:19.023
VIRGINIA: Are you a Leo?

00:32:19.023 --> 00:32:20.263
SAV: I am a Leo.

00:32:20.263 --> 00:32:21.583
SAV: Okay.

00:32:21.583 --> 00:32:23.623
VIRGINIA: My mom was a Leo.

00:32:23.623 --> 00:32:24.883
SAV: I am a Leo.

00:32:24.883 --> 00:32:29.043
SAV: Sometimes I read that and I'm like, they love to be the center of attention and I'm like.

00:32:31.263 --> 00:32:33.803
VIRGINIA: Her face right now for the listeners was like.

00:32:35.563 --> 00:32:38.543
SAV: But anyway, so we're going to be in Hollywood Studios.

00:32:38.543 --> 00:32:41.563
SAV: I am not the world's biggest Star Wars fan.

00:32:41.703 --> 00:32:42.583
SAV: I like Star Wars.

00:32:42.583 --> 00:32:43.263
SAV: Don't get me wrong.

00:32:43.263 --> 00:32:43.903
SAV: I like it.

00:32:43.903 --> 00:32:48.023
SAV: But like between the two of us, it's definitely who's the big like Star Wars person.

00:32:48.023 --> 00:32:52.043
SAV: But I love film and that's why I love Hollywood Studios.

00:32:52.043 --> 00:33:00.803
SAV: I remember going when I was little, the very first time I ever went to Disney World, I was going into the fifth grade and it was still MGM Studios.

00:33:00.983 --> 00:33:05.763
SAV: So I remember the Backlot Tour and I remember all of that stuff.

00:33:05.763 --> 00:33:07.323
SAV: The Golda Girls House.

00:33:07.323 --> 00:33:08.443
SAV: I do.

00:33:11.423 --> 00:33:15.443
SAV: I don't remember if I rode the great movie ride, but it's very nostalgic for me.

00:33:15.443 --> 00:33:19.603
SAV: So I think I did, but I can't fully remember because I was still so young.

00:33:19.603 --> 00:33:24.283
VIRGINIA: I can't imagine that you would go to Hollywood Studios slash MGM and not ride it.

00:33:24.343 --> 00:33:38.763
SAV: I feel like I did, and then I grew up and went to college and have a multimedia communications degree and studied film for a lot of my collegiate career, and I love to analyze film, which is something that's really fun that we get to do on our show.

00:33:38.763 --> 00:33:39.983
SAV: So I just love it.

00:33:39.983 --> 00:33:41.683
SAV: I love all the little nods and all of the little.

00:33:41.683 --> 00:33:44.823
SAV: I feel like Hollywood has a lot of little Easter eggs for you to find.

00:33:44.823 --> 00:33:46.943
SAV: And so I just love it, and I love the vibes.

00:33:46.943 --> 00:33:49.683
SAV: Who doesn't love the vibes of Hollywood Studios?

00:33:49.683 --> 00:33:52.663
PIFF: The vibes of Hollywood Studios are immaculate.

00:33:52.763 --> 00:33:55.083
SAV: So that's where I wanted to spend my whole birthday.

00:33:55.083 --> 00:34:01.063
SAV: I'm not opposed to park hopping, love park hopping, but I'm like, I want to be in Hollywood on my birthday.

00:34:01.063 --> 00:34:02.263
SAV: So pretty much all day.

00:34:02.263 --> 00:34:03.143
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:34:03.143 --> 00:34:05.883
SAV: With a midday break for the heat.

00:34:05.883 --> 00:34:06.223
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:34:06.483 --> 00:34:08.863
VIRGINIA: Good plan.

00:34:08.863 --> 00:34:16.743
VIRGINIA: Well, two questions stem from that is number one, when the vibes arrive in, where is your favorite place to sit in Hollywood Studios?

00:34:16.743 --> 00:34:20.563
SAV: That's such a hard question for me.

00:34:20.563 --> 00:34:21.843
SAV: It's so easy for Piff.

00:34:21.923 --> 00:34:22.963
SAV: I feel like I could answer.

00:34:22.963 --> 00:34:24.343
SAV: I have an answer.

00:34:24.343 --> 00:34:26.443
VIRGINIA: Piff, go while she thinks about it.

00:34:26.443 --> 00:34:35.583
PIFF: So when you enter Galaxy's Edge from Toy Story World, there is a bunch of junk by the stairs and I like to sit there.

00:34:35.583 --> 00:34:38.643
PIFF: Right across from it is where a bunch of characters will come out.

00:34:38.643 --> 00:34:46.523
PIFF: You can see people, they take photos on the stairs and you're close enough to a variety of shops and things to eat at.

00:34:46.523 --> 00:34:47.823
PIFF: So that's my favorite spot.

00:34:47.823 --> 00:34:49.983
PIFF: I like to go there and I like to sit and people watch.

00:34:51.163 --> 00:34:52.143
PIFF: Get a little cold brew.

00:34:52.143 --> 00:34:52.943
SAV: That is a good.

00:34:52.943 --> 00:34:53.383
PIFF: Oh, wait.

00:34:53.383 --> 00:34:55.703
VIRGINIA: The one with the Cocoa Puffs on the top?

00:34:55.703 --> 00:34:57.163
PIFF: Yes, the one with the Cocoa Puffs.

00:34:57.163 --> 00:34:58.003
PIFF: The black calf.

00:34:58.003 --> 00:34:58.803
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I have to say.

00:34:58.923 --> 00:35:01.803
SAV: It's like Spedcats where we get beignets.

00:35:01.803 --> 00:35:03.143
SAV: French quarter.

00:35:04.303 --> 00:35:08.583
VIRGINIA: I tried the black calf for the first time and I wasn't a fan.

00:35:08.583 --> 00:35:10.523
VIRGINIA: It's okay to me.

00:35:10.523 --> 00:35:12.923
PIFF: I'm a big cold brew person.

00:35:12.923 --> 00:35:15.043
PIFF: So I think if you like cold brew generally.

00:35:15.043 --> 00:35:15.983
VIRGINIA: I love cold brew.

00:35:15.983 --> 00:35:17.083
VIRGINIA: I love it.

00:35:17.083 --> 00:35:17.643
PIFF: I love it.

00:35:17.643 --> 00:35:18.883
VIRGINIA: I just did not care for that.

00:35:19.223 --> 00:35:24.443
VIRGINIA: And Alex, who is my newly 14-year-old son, also loves cold brew.

00:35:24.443 --> 00:35:29.543
VIRGINIA: And so we went together and we both got one and we were like, the cocoa puffs are good.

00:35:30.823 --> 00:35:31.783
VIRGINIA: I don't know what it was about it.

00:35:31.783 --> 00:35:39.303
PIFF: See, I also think I went into it with really low expectations because the food at Walt Disney World is nowhere near as good as the food at Disneyland.

00:35:39.303 --> 00:35:41.583
PIFF: And I know their black calf cold brew is phenomenal.

00:35:41.583 --> 00:35:42.583
VIRGINIA: I heard this is better.

00:35:42.583 --> 00:35:54.883
VIRGINIA: So my friend Jeanette, who is Pixie Jeanette on Instagram, will say every day of the week that in Disneyland, the black calf is consistent and it's good, and you know what you're going to get.

00:35:54.883 --> 00:35:59.663
VIRGINIA: And then when you get it in Hollywood studios, it is back and forth on how it tastes.

00:35:59.663 --> 00:36:01.623
VIRGINIA: And so there's no consistency.

00:36:01.623 --> 00:36:03.083
SAV: I'm excited.

00:36:03.083 --> 00:36:04.943
PIFF: So it's like Starbucks versus Dunkin.

00:36:04.943 --> 00:36:08.123
PIFF: At Starbucks, there's a recipe and at Dunkin, you get whatever the barista is giving you that day.

00:36:09.303 --> 00:36:10.003
SAV: Yeah, 100%.

00:36:10.823 --> 00:36:12.403
VIRGINIA: All right, Sav, what's your answer?

00:36:12.403 --> 00:36:21.083
SAV: I have to say, and this is such a basic answer, but I have to say, in front of the Chinese theater, I love, listen, we did this.

00:36:21.083 --> 00:36:23.603
SAV: It's your fault too, because we did it.

00:36:23.603 --> 00:36:26.523
SAV: It's actually my fault, but we did it together, so it's your fault.

00:36:26.523 --> 00:36:28.743
SAV: We did it.

00:36:28.743 --> 00:36:29.683
SAV: We got snacks.

00:36:29.683 --> 00:36:39.763
SAV: So we got some popcorn and we got a pretzel and we split all of it and we sat down on this low cement wall right outside of, oh, what is that called?

00:36:39.763 --> 00:36:41.463
SAV: Where you go to meet Vader in BB-8.

00:36:42.363 --> 00:36:43.303
SAV: Launch Bay.

00:36:43.303 --> 00:36:59.923
SAV: So right outside of that, where you can see the Chinese theater, you can see, but you can see all of the offshoots of the spoke, the wheel spoke, I guess, where you can see who's going towards Toy Story Land, who's going towards the Muppet Plaza, who's going towards the Mickey and Minnie Runaway Railway, who's going where.

00:36:59.923 --> 00:37:01.243
SAV: You could just see all the people.

00:37:01.243 --> 00:37:04.943
SAV: So you see the people who are dressed up and bounding for Galaxy's Edge.

00:37:04.943 --> 00:37:06.203
SAV: You see the Toy Story fans.

00:37:06.203 --> 00:37:08.563
SAV: You see the little kids who are so excited to meet Buzz and Woody.

00:37:09.543 --> 00:37:14.163
SAV: You could do all the greatest general people watching there.

00:37:14.163 --> 00:37:28.203
SAV: But I do love that specific spot in Batuu for people watching, specifically for Star Wars, because that is the peak people watching in Hollywood Studios for me, because they are so into it.

00:37:28.203 --> 00:37:29.723
SAV: It feels like you're walking onto a movie set.

00:37:29.823 --> 00:37:32.863
SAV: It quite seriously feels like you're walking into the real place.

00:37:32.863 --> 00:37:33.963
SAV: So that's really fun.

00:37:33.963 --> 00:37:37.603
SAV: So for the vibes, I guess, there, but for the people watching outside of the Chinese theater.

00:37:39.723 --> 00:37:42.223
SAV: With the Starbucks, because I don't like that.

00:37:42.223 --> 00:37:44.283
SAV: It's okay, but I'd rather have a Starbucks.

00:37:44.283 --> 00:37:46.403
VIRGINIA: Well, how do you feel about Drawfries?

00:37:46.403 --> 00:37:52.223
SAV: I have yet to have a specialty drink from Drawfries.

00:37:52.223 --> 00:37:54.803
SAV: The regular drip coffee, great.

00:37:54.803 --> 00:37:55.543
SAV: So good.

00:37:55.543 --> 00:37:56.103
SAV: Love that.

00:37:56.103 --> 00:38:00.683
SAV: If you just go get a regular coffee in a resort, fantastic.

00:38:00.683 --> 00:38:07.683
SAV: I have yet to have a specialty drink from Drawfries that I thought was like, oh my God, because everybody is obsessed.

00:38:07.683 --> 00:38:12.383
SAV: But I do like the standard regular drip.

00:38:12.383 --> 00:38:14.723
SAV: I do like that.

00:38:14.723 --> 00:38:24.203
VIRGINIA: I'll tell you, recently, it was basically a dirty chai, so an iced chai latte with a shot of espresso in it.

00:38:24.203 --> 00:38:24.763
VIRGINIA: It was so good.

00:38:24.763 --> 00:38:25.403
SAV: From Drawfries?

00:38:25.403 --> 00:38:25.743
SAV: Okay.

00:38:25.743 --> 00:38:26.543
SAV: We might have to try that.

00:38:26.543 --> 00:38:28.743
SAV: We both like chai, so we might have to try that.

00:38:28.743 --> 00:38:29.063
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:38:29.063 --> 00:38:29.963
SAV: Do you like it?

00:38:29.963 --> 00:38:31.903
SAV: Piff, do you even like iced chai?

00:38:31.903 --> 00:38:32.243
SAV: You do.

00:38:32.243 --> 00:38:33.343
SAV: I was going to say you do, right?

00:38:34.023 --> 00:38:40.303
VIRGINIA: Back in the day, I was a barista in college, and I remember people would order chai, and I was like, I don't know why they like this.

00:38:40.303 --> 00:38:41.803
VIRGINIA: It smells like potpourri.

00:38:41.803 --> 00:38:42.683
SAV: Oh, I love chai.

00:38:42.683 --> 00:38:46.223
VIRGINIA: But then I came to love the taste of potpourri.

00:38:46.223 --> 00:38:49.023
SAV: I only like a chai latte.

00:38:49.543 --> 00:38:52.943
SAV: I couldn't do just straight up chai tea.

00:38:52.943 --> 00:38:54.863
SAV: I don't think I could do that without them though.

00:38:54.863 --> 00:38:58.543
VIRGINIA: If I did, I would add milk to it, like it was English breakfast or something.

00:38:58.543 --> 00:39:00.183
SAV: Yeah, I would have to.

00:39:00.183 --> 00:39:00.643
SAV: But I do like it.

00:39:00.643 --> 00:39:01.103
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:39:01.103 --> 00:39:02.043
VIRGINIA: Second follow-up question.

00:39:02.883 --> 00:39:04.403
VIRGINIA: You said you were going to take a midday break.

00:39:04.403 --> 00:39:14.363
VIRGINIA: Are you going all the way back to all-star movies or are you going to do an alternate midday break, doing drinks somewhere in a resort nearby?

00:39:14.363 --> 00:39:22.383
SAV: That actually is a really interesting question for Hollywood specifically, because I think originally we had in mind we were going to go back to the room.

00:39:22.383 --> 00:39:28.343
SAV: Because in our trip in June, we spontaneously had that decision or made that decision to go back.

00:39:28.903 --> 00:39:49.363
SAV: And it was like we showered like rinsed off and changed clothes until like our lazy clothes for a bit and sat and laid in bed and got out of the heat and she fell asleep while I was watching Tangled, which is my favorite movie, took a little nap and then went back and that was lovely.

00:39:49.363 --> 00:39:50.983
SAV: So I think it'll depend on how we're feeling.

00:39:50.983 --> 00:39:55.163
SAV: It'll depend on if it is actually as oppressively hot as it was then.

00:39:55.163 --> 00:39:57.703
SAV: The humidity, I think, is really what killed it.

00:39:58.003 --> 00:40:08.563
SAV: Like the heat itself was awful, but oh God, that humidity was, I've never been so wet walking through the air in my life.

00:40:08.563 --> 00:40:10.903
VIRGINIA: So it's like walking in soup.

00:40:10.903 --> 00:40:20.003
SAV: And so I am all about some Muppet Vision in the middle of a Hollywood day, all about some Muppet Vision or make you feel her magic at Magic Kingdom.

00:40:20.003 --> 00:40:21.083
SAV: All about that.

00:40:21.083 --> 00:40:22.963
SAV: And then you said some drink somewhere.

00:40:22.963 --> 00:40:24.963
SAV: And honestly, I don't think you can.

00:40:25.223 --> 00:40:28.583
VIRGINIA: I'm thinking like Skyliner to Riviera.

00:40:28.583 --> 00:40:29.843
SAV: Skyliner is a lot of fun.

00:40:29.843 --> 00:40:31.343
PIFF: Get a little bit of a baby.

00:40:31.343 --> 00:40:31.803
SAV: Yeah.

00:40:31.803 --> 00:40:32.363
SAV: Enjoy.

00:40:32.363 --> 00:40:32.623
SAV: Yeah.

00:40:32.623 --> 00:40:33.223
VIRGINIA: Go to Barriva.

00:40:33.223 --> 00:40:36.143
SAV: Actually in June, we flew in on Friday.

00:40:36.143 --> 00:40:37.603
SAV: I still had to work.

00:40:37.603 --> 00:40:38.443
SAV: She took the day off.

00:40:38.443 --> 00:40:39.683
SAV: I still had to work.

00:40:39.683 --> 00:40:42.583
SAV: It was before I left my previous job.

00:40:42.583 --> 00:40:49.283
SAV: For the listeners, I am three weeks into a new job, which is awesome, which is fully remote, which I love.

00:40:49.283 --> 00:40:51.283
SAV: And my previous job was pretty much fully remote.

00:40:51.283 --> 00:40:56.243
SAV: But during my notice period, I could not, I gave a 30-day notice too, which is a thing.

00:40:56.243 --> 00:40:59.723
SAV: During my notice period, I wasn't allowed to take any PTO because it was dumb.

00:40:59.723 --> 00:41:01.583
SAV: It's a dumb rule, but whatever.

00:41:01.583 --> 00:41:03.283
SAV: So, but my boss was awesome.

00:41:03.283 --> 00:41:06.923
SAV: And I was just like, hey, can I just like work a half day from Disney?

00:41:06.923 --> 00:41:08.183
SAV: And she was like, yeah, it's fine.

00:41:08.183 --> 00:41:08.803
SAV: Sure.

00:41:08.803 --> 00:41:10.683
SAV: So I worked a half day from Disney.

00:41:10.683 --> 00:41:17.783
SAV: So I actually went to the Riviera because I had never done like a resort hop work from Disney day.

00:41:17.783 --> 00:41:18.983
SAV: And I see that all over TikTok.

00:41:18.983 --> 00:41:20.603
SAV: And I was like, that would be so much fun.

00:41:20.603 --> 00:41:22.723
SAV: The Riviera sounds fantastic.

00:41:22.723 --> 00:41:23.223
SAV: Let's do it.

00:41:23.643 --> 00:41:27.823
SAV: So I rode the bus from, where did we stay?

00:41:27.823 --> 00:41:28.303
SAV: Movies?

00:41:28.663 --> 00:41:31.523
SAV: I rode the bus from Movies to Magic with her.

00:41:31.523 --> 00:41:38.103
SAV: And then from Magic, fun fact, right across from our bus stop for Movies is the Riviera.

00:41:38.103 --> 00:41:38.883
SAV: So that was so nice.

00:41:38.883 --> 00:41:42.783
SAV: So I just walked right across the way and got on the bus from the Riviera and worked.

00:41:42.783 --> 00:41:43.423
SAV: And it was so fun.

00:41:43.423 --> 00:41:48.043
SAV: And like Daisy and Chip and Dale walked in, in the middle of me working.

00:41:48.043 --> 00:41:49.363
SAV: And it was just lovely.

00:41:49.363 --> 00:41:56.823
SAV: So I don't think I will ever, if I ever have to work from Disney again, I don't think I will ever do it from the lobby of the hotel while we're waiting on the room ever again.

00:41:56.823 --> 00:42:01.163
SAV: So I'm like, if the room's not ready, might as well go somewhere fun.

00:42:01.163 --> 00:42:03.943
VIRGINIA: No, there's so many good places to work around.

00:42:03.943 --> 00:42:06.923
SAV: I'm thinking Wilderness Lodge might be my next one.

00:42:06.923 --> 00:42:08.063
VIRGINIA: That's my home resort.

00:42:08.063 --> 00:42:16.943
VIRGINIA: Yeah, they have some good on the, I think it's the second or the third floor of the lobby, kind of tucked behind one of those fireplaces.

00:42:16.943 --> 00:42:22.703
VIRGINIA: There's like one of those library style tables that you can sit at, that has like the lights and everything.

00:42:22.703 --> 00:42:25.583
VIRGINIA: And you're like looking over the lobby.

00:42:25.863 --> 00:42:26.603
VIRGINIA: Don't tell anyone.

00:42:26.603 --> 00:42:26.943
VIRGINIA: I won't.

00:42:26.943 --> 00:42:28.023
SAV: It's a hidden secret.

00:42:28.023 --> 00:42:29.123
SAV: Yes.

00:42:29.123 --> 00:42:32.483
SAV: I sat in their cafe at the window.

00:42:32.483 --> 00:42:34.783
SAV: There's like a bar in the window.

00:42:34.783 --> 00:42:41.183
SAV: So I could look through some glass into the lobby, and I got to smell like fresh coffee the whole time that I was in there.

00:42:41.183 --> 00:42:42.123
SAV: It was very vibey.

00:42:42.123 --> 00:42:43.663
SAV: And I got lunch.

00:42:43.663 --> 00:42:50.463
SAV: I got a delicious margarita flatbread pizza for lunch from their more quick service restaurant.

00:42:50.463 --> 00:42:52.203
SAV: And it was just lovely.

00:42:52.203 --> 00:42:52.983
SAV: It was awesome.

00:42:52.983 --> 00:42:57.123
SAV: And if I just turned my head a little to one side, I could see the skyliner.

00:42:57.123 --> 00:42:59.763
SAV: So it was just very, very nice.

00:42:59.763 --> 00:43:05.443
SAV: I would have worked outside because I've seen people working outside there before, but it was way too hot for that.

00:43:06.703 --> 00:43:07.183
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:43:07.183 --> 00:43:11.483
VIRGINIA: You know where else has really good work spots is over at Coronado.

00:43:11.483 --> 00:43:18.123
VIRGINIA: Because it's attached to a convention center, there's like a pass through that it has a lot of places to sit.

00:43:18.123 --> 00:43:26.503
VIRGINIA: But also in the Grand Destino lobby itself, there's like little nooks with tables and things that people frequently will put their computers on.

00:43:26.543 --> 00:43:35.083
SAV: Because power is so important because I had to get on a meeting and like everything and I was like I cannot afford for my laptop to die on me while I'm sitting here trying to do this.

00:43:35.083 --> 00:43:47.383
SAV: I have also like, because this is my old job, I have also like worked heavy air quotes, heavy air quotes works also for a half a day.

00:43:47.383 --> 00:43:49.043
SAV: I was just checking my emails.

00:43:49.463 --> 00:43:53.363
SAV: And my boss knew though, I was like, are you cool if I just keep up with my email?

00:43:53.363 --> 00:43:54.443
SAV: And she was like, oh yeah, that's fine.

00:43:54.703 --> 00:43:57.943
SAV: I was like, cool, because I would always get all my stuff done beforehand.

00:43:57.943 --> 00:44:07.403
SAV: But anyway, yeah, that was, for midday break, I've never, we've never gone to, at Hollywood, I was thinking like midday break with drinks.

00:44:07.403 --> 00:44:11.703
SAV: You know, we've never gone to baseline tap house.

00:44:11.703 --> 00:44:14.743
SAV: We've never done that, but I don't know if they have indoor seating or not.

00:44:14.743 --> 00:44:16.043
SAV: I don't think they do that.

00:44:16.823 --> 00:44:20.963
VIRGINIA: They have a couple of indoor seats, but majority of the seats are outside.

00:44:20.963 --> 00:44:22.603
SAV: If we could swing indoor, that could be fun.

00:44:23.103 --> 00:44:27.723
VIRGINIA: Yeah, that could be if you're if you're trying to do something in the park.

00:44:27.843 --> 00:44:30.383
VIRGINIA: I'm trying to think where else.

00:44:30.383 --> 00:44:32.803
VIRGINIA: Maybe Brown Derby Lounge.

00:44:32.803 --> 00:44:41.583
VIRGINIA: If you could get, even if it's outside, if you could get a table that's near the door where the waitstaff is coming in and out, you would feel the AC there.

00:44:41.583 --> 00:44:43.883
SAV: We might have to scope it out and see.

00:44:43.883 --> 00:44:49.603
SAV: End of July, I feel like it's gonna be crazy busy, so I don't know how lucky we'll get with stuff like that, but that could be fun.

00:44:49.603 --> 00:44:50.123
SAV: I would like that.

00:44:50.583 --> 00:44:57.283
VIRGINIA: You could also take a little walk, if you're up for a walk, over to the boardwalk area.

00:44:57.283 --> 00:45:08.343
VIRGINIA: I know that inside the Swan and Dolphin, because they also have conventions there, there are a lot of nooks and places to sit, and lots of little food options and stuff.

00:45:08.343 --> 00:45:09.403
VIRGINIA: That might be a good place as well.

00:45:09.403 --> 00:45:17.163
SAV: We could skynline to Riviera or to boardwalk, and check that out because I've never been over to the boardwalk, so that could be fun.

00:45:17.163 --> 00:45:17.743
SAV: Oh, you haven't?

00:45:17.963 --> 00:45:21.603
SAV: There's a lot of resorts I have never set foot on, set foot on property.

00:45:21.603 --> 00:45:25.503
SAV: Honestly, I could easily tell you all the ones I have, and then that just leaves everything else too.

00:45:25.503 --> 00:45:27.203
SAV: I've never been there.

00:45:27.203 --> 00:45:32.063
PIFF: All of the All-Stars, Port Orleans, both of them.

00:45:32.063 --> 00:45:33.123
SAV: That's my list.

00:45:33.123 --> 00:45:33.563
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:45:33.563 --> 00:45:46.943
SAV: Both Port Orleans, all of the All-Stars, and we have had, my husband and I had breakfast at Boma at Animal Kingdom Lodge, and we, oh, and a little side plug, we've done the night safari at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, and it was amazing.

00:45:46.943 --> 00:45:47.763
SAV: The Starlight Safari.

00:45:47.763 --> 00:45:48.203
SAV: It was amazing.

00:45:48.203 --> 00:45:49.023
SAV: Okay.

00:45:49.023 --> 00:45:50.023
SAV: So yeah, that's my list.

00:45:50.023 --> 00:45:55.983
VIRGINIA: Tomorrow's my seven-month marker for my DVC, so I'm going to try to switch from my home resort to somewhere else.

00:45:55.983 --> 00:46:01.443
VIRGINIA: And I noticed that when I checked today, they had Savannah View at Jumbo available.

00:46:02.103 --> 00:46:02.323
VIRGINIA: Do it.

00:46:02.323 --> 00:46:03.223
SAV: Do it.

00:46:03.223 --> 00:46:04.863
VIRGINIA: Well, here's my thing.

00:46:04.863 --> 00:46:17.103
VIRGINIA: If it's still available and Riviera is not for the week I want, and Grand Floridian is not, then I will do Animal Kingdom, Savannah View, because we're trying to get around to all of them.

00:46:17.103 --> 00:46:22.583
VIRGINIA: And so those are my preferences, because I feel like those are harder to get.

00:46:22.583 --> 00:46:25.863
VIRGINIA: It will be easier for me to get Animal Kingdom at some point in the future.

00:46:25.863 --> 00:46:31.923
PIFF: How do we get invited on your family trip to use your DVC points?

00:46:31.923 --> 00:46:35.083
VIRGINIA: I use every point available to me.

00:46:35.083 --> 00:46:36.803
VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

00:46:38.023 --> 00:46:44.223
VIRGINIA: I am always so cheap with my points too, because I want to stretch them as far as I can.

00:46:44.223 --> 00:46:51.963
VIRGINIA: And in February, we did a two-bedroom, because we brought my sister and her family and everything.

00:46:51.963 --> 00:47:01.703
VIRGINIA: And maybe I'm just getting off on the wrong foot now that we had that experience, because for this trip, for this coming February, I'm like, yeah, let's do the Riviera.

00:47:03.143 --> 00:47:04.463
SAV: Let's just do that.

00:47:04.463 --> 00:47:09.023
SAV: The Riviera is so pretty, so pretty.

00:47:09.023 --> 00:47:14.963
SAV: Also Tangled being my favorite Disney movie, one of my favorite movies in general.

00:47:14.963 --> 00:47:20.423
SAV: I have a tattoo that is a nod to Tangled is right there.

00:47:20.443 --> 00:47:21.523
SAV: I just love it.

00:47:21.523 --> 00:47:26.563
SAV: And so when I and I knew the mosaic was there, like I knew it existed.

00:47:26.563 --> 00:47:33.783
SAV: But when I am being super dramatic, but I'm being so real with you and I tell you, I almost cried when I saw it.

00:47:33.783 --> 00:47:35.363
SAV: Like it's so pretty.

00:47:35.363 --> 00:47:36.103
VIRGINIA: It's gorgeous.

00:47:36.103 --> 00:47:37.383
SAV: It's so pretty.

00:47:37.383 --> 00:47:38.663
VIRGINIA: I was like, oh my God.

00:47:38.663 --> 00:47:43.883
SAV: So then we got all cute that night and I was like, we have to go back to the Riviera and we have to take pictures because I was in a Rapunzel bound.

00:47:43.883 --> 00:47:44.623
SAV: This is the whole thing.

00:47:44.623 --> 00:47:45.903
SAV: And I was like, we have to go back.

00:47:46.363 --> 00:47:48.263
SAV: So we did and it was fantastic.

00:47:48.843 --> 00:47:52.463
SAV: But yes, that's a long tangent off of our midday break.

00:47:52.463 --> 00:47:52.923
VIRGINIA: I know.

00:47:52.923 --> 00:47:57.263
VIRGINIA: Do you have any other dining plans on this day?

00:47:57.263 --> 00:47:58.163
PIFF: Yes.

00:47:58.163 --> 00:47:59.423
PIFF: We actually have three other.

00:47:59.423 --> 00:48:01.203
PIFF: We have three plans within Hollywood Studios.

00:48:01.203 --> 00:48:02.363
VIRGINIA: That's a lot of dining plans.

00:48:02.363 --> 00:48:03.763
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:48:03.763 --> 00:48:06.383
PIFF: So for lunch, we're going to Mama Melrose.

00:48:06.383 --> 00:48:07.643
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:48:07.643 --> 00:48:11.443
PIFF: Which is Sav's go-to favorite lunch spot at Hollywood.

00:48:11.443 --> 00:48:12.143
SAV: It's underrated.

00:48:12.143 --> 00:48:17.763
SAV: And I understand, like it is not the most phenomenal Italian food I've ever had.

00:48:17.763 --> 00:48:20.283
SAV: Like I'm not going to say like, oh my gosh, it's amazing.

00:48:20.283 --> 00:48:21.683
SAV: It is consistent.

00:48:21.683 --> 00:48:23.063
SAV: It is consistently good.

00:48:23.063 --> 00:48:26.263
SAV: It has amazing air conditioning and it's really cute.

00:48:26.263 --> 00:48:27.323
SAV: Like who doesn't love that?

00:48:27.323 --> 00:48:28.543
SAV: Like it's great food.

00:48:28.543 --> 00:48:30.723
SAV: It's, you know, like I love it.

00:48:30.723 --> 00:48:31.483
VIRGINIA: I have a confession.

00:48:31.483 --> 00:48:32.023
VIRGINIA: I've never been there.

00:48:32.023 --> 00:48:32.943
SAV: It's so good.

00:48:32.943 --> 00:48:33.983
SAV: It's worth it.

00:48:33.983 --> 00:48:38.103
VIRGINIA: I mean, I've walked through it, but I've never sat down for a meal there.

00:48:39.043 --> 00:48:40.363
SAV: And the wait stuff is always amazing.

00:48:40.363 --> 00:48:43.623
SAV: Like they're always just so nice and I love it.

00:48:43.623 --> 00:48:43.843
PIFF: Yeah.

00:48:44.303 --> 00:48:45.683
SAV: That's one.

00:48:45.683 --> 00:48:55.483
PIFF: And then the experience that we will be doing at some point via Sav's insistence is we're going to get a little themed cocktail and go watch the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular.

00:48:55.483 --> 00:48:59.143
SAV: It's not quite a reservation, but it's part of the plan.

00:48:59.343 --> 00:48:59.923
PIFF: It's a plan.

00:48:59.983 --> 00:49:00.523
VIRGINIA: It's a plan.

00:49:00.523 --> 00:49:01.063
PIFF: It's a plan.

00:49:01.063 --> 00:49:02.103
SAV: Whatever.

00:49:02.103 --> 00:49:02.863
VIRGINIA: That's what I asked about.

00:49:02.863 --> 00:49:04.863
VIRGINIA: I asked about dining plans, not reservation.

00:49:04.863 --> 00:49:05.883
SAV: Okay.

00:49:05.883 --> 00:49:10.863
SAV: There's a drink kiosk outside of Indie and they have themed cocktails.

00:49:10.863 --> 00:49:12.383
SAV: And I was like, that's just so fun.

00:49:12.383 --> 00:49:16.163
SAV: Also, it's so on par for like who we are as people.

00:49:16.163 --> 00:49:16.903
SAV: We love a theme.

00:49:16.903 --> 00:49:17.263
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:49:17.263 --> 00:49:18.123
SAV: We love a theme.

00:49:18.143 --> 00:49:19.783
SAV: So I was like, we've got to do that.

00:49:19.783 --> 00:49:21.443
SAV: And she'll be bounding with Indie stuff.

00:49:21.443 --> 00:49:22.783
SAV: So it'll be cute.

00:49:22.903 --> 00:49:23.563
VIRGINIA: What are you going to bound?

00:49:23.683 --> 00:49:31.823
SAV: I am doing a Rockin bound, like a Rockin roller coaster themed outfit because it's reopening just before my birthday, like just in time.

00:49:31.823 --> 00:49:33.683
VIRGINIA: So just in time.

00:49:33.683 --> 00:49:36.923
VIRGINIA: Yeah, that's your birthday gift from a hundred years.

00:49:39.563 --> 00:49:48.243
PIFF: And our last reservation for Food Things is we have the last August Cantina reservation, which is our favorite thing to do.

00:49:48.243 --> 00:49:52.363
PIFF: We do it every time we go to Hollywood because it's after part clothes.

00:49:52.443 --> 00:49:57.343
PIFF: You can see Fantasmic still make your reservation and then you have an empty galaxy set.

00:49:57.343 --> 00:50:02.883
SAV: To me, it's an empty Hollywood studios, but to her, it's an empty galaxy set because that's all she cares about.

00:50:02.883 --> 00:50:08.663
SAV: But I love being able to see all the neon, first of all, because like in Summer, the sun sets so later.

00:50:08.663 --> 00:50:13.483
SAV: So like you don't get the really nice, like punch of the neon at night.

00:50:13.483 --> 00:50:19.403
SAV: And I just love like that old Hollywood era kind of look of everything.

00:50:19.603 --> 00:50:28.623
SAV: So it's just fun to be one of the last people to leave the park that day, and to just enjoy an empty Hollywood studio.

00:50:28.623 --> 00:50:30.623
SAV: So I really love it.

00:50:30.623 --> 00:50:31.423
SAV: We do it all the time.

00:50:31.423 --> 00:50:34.583
VIRGINIA: Make sure you get some photo past pictures if they're still hanging out.

00:50:34.583 --> 00:50:37.123
SAV: They don't that late.

00:50:37.183 --> 00:50:38.823
SAV: No, not quite that late.

00:50:38.823 --> 00:50:41.523
SAV: But we always get to snap a couple of good pictures ourselves.

00:50:41.863 --> 00:50:43.023
SAV: So that's always really fun.

00:50:44.703 --> 00:50:57.663
SAV: And then before Fantasmic, we'll grab lunch at or we'll grab dinner at Backlot Express because that's like the most consistent, it has never failed me, like quick service restaurant in Hollywood.

00:50:57.663 --> 00:50:59.283
SAV: So we go there.

00:50:59.283 --> 00:51:00.243
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:51:00.243 --> 00:51:04.543
VIRGINIA: I'm going to suggest that at some point in the near future, you give ABC Commissary a try.

00:51:04.543 --> 00:51:05.383
SAV: We haven't tried that.

00:51:05.383 --> 00:51:06.403
SAV: So maybe we will.

00:51:06.403 --> 00:51:07.923
VIRGINIA: It's my consistent place.

00:51:07.923 --> 00:51:11.323
VIRGINIA: And it's not like your typical, I think you can get burgers there.

00:51:11.323 --> 00:51:11.703
VIRGINIA: I don't know.

00:51:12.263 --> 00:51:17.023
VIRGINIA: But they have a really good Mediterranean bowl that you can get either with chicken or not.

00:51:17.023 --> 00:51:20.683
VIRGINIA: So it's got hummus and feta and really good.

00:51:20.683 --> 00:51:26.243
VIRGINIA: And then they also have a buffalo chicken grilled cheese.

00:51:26.243 --> 00:51:26.803
SAV: That's right.

00:51:28.983 --> 00:51:32.423
VIRGINIA: I didn't even think I liked buffalo.

00:51:32.423 --> 00:51:36.963
VIRGINIA: Then I interviewed Jon, who's the WDW runner.

00:51:36.963 --> 00:51:42.663
VIRGINIA: And he's going to laugh when I'm going to tag him in this episode again, because I was like, you know, I'm mentioning you every time I mentioned that sandwich, right?

00:51:42.663 --> 00:51:45.183
VIRGINIA: Because he was like, it's the best ever.

00:51:45.183 --> 00:51:46.943
VIRGINIA: And I was like, okay, whatever.

00:51:46.943 --> 00:51:48.563
VIRGINIA: I don't really like buffalo.

00:51:48.563 --> 00:51:50.283
VIRGINIA: And he was like, trust me, give it a try.

00:51:50.283 --> 00:51:50.923
VIRGINIA: And I did.

00:51:50.923 --> 00:51:56.583
VIRGINIA: And ever since then, I'm like, that is one of the best things I've had quick service wise in a Disney park.

00:51:56.583 --> 00:51:59.483
VIRGINIA: And they have like some sides you can pick from.

00:51:59.483 --> 00:52:02.003
VIRGINIA: And I always get the Farrow salad that they have.

00:52:02.003 --> 00:52:04.843
VIRGINIA: And it is so fresh tasting.

00:52:04.843 --> 00:52:07.063
VIRGINIA: And that would like that's the healthy part of it.

00:52:07.223 --> 00:52:10.483
VIRGINIA: And then you have your buffalo grilled cheese.

00:52:10.483 --> 00:52:10.803
SAV: It's so good.

00:52:10.803 --> 00:52:12.563
SAV: I love a good Mediterranean bowl.

00:52:12.563 --> 00:52:13.263
SAV: I do.

00:52:13.263 --> 00:52:15.463
SAV: I love Mediterranean food.

00:52:15.463 --> 00:52:15.903
VIRGINIA: It's good.

00:52:15.903 --> 00:52:18.023
VIRGINIA: The air conditioning is good.

00:52:18.023 --> 00:52:20.543
VIRGINIA: It is easy to get a mobile order there.

00:52:20.543 --> 00:52:24.983
VIRGINIA: It's generally even when it's busy, it's easy to find a table because they have so many tables.

00:52:24.983 --> 00:52:34.283
VIRGINIA: My only complaint about it is that they share a set of restrooms with sci-fi diners.

00:52:34.303 --> 00:52:36.863
VIRGINIA: I don't think that's enough stalls for that many people.

00:52:36.863 --> 00:52:39.123
VIRGINIA: Based on how many seats you have.

00:52:39.123 --> 00:52:41.623
VIRGINIA: But that is literally my only complaint.

00:52:41.623 --> 00:52:45.363
VIRGINIA: Go to the bathroom before you go in there, just so you don't have to fight with the sci-fi people.

00:52:45.363 --> 00:52:46.063
SAV: Good deal.

00:52:46.063 --> 00:52:47.043
SAV: Good to know.

00:52:47.303 --> 00:52:49.843
SAV: I'm taking all kinds of mental notes now.

00:52:51.103 --> 00:52:51.483
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:52:51.483 --> 00:52:55.863
VIRGINIA: Well, we're nearly in an hour, so let's wrap up these trip plans.

00:52:57.943 --> 00:53:04.163
VIRGINIA: So Saturday, July 27th, what is the park of choice or parks of choice for this day?

00:53:04.163 --> 00:53:06.763
PIFF: So we are starting off at Animal Kingdom.

00:53:06.763 --> 00:53:10.423
PIFF: We are doing the Wild Africa Trek at 845.

00:53:10.423 --> 00:53:14.723
SAV: That was my big, like, I want to do this on this trip.

00:53:14.723 --> 00:53:18.423
SAV: That was my big splurge thing I wanted to do.

00:53:18.423 --> 00:53:18.843
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:53:18.843 --> 00:53:22.563
VIRGINIA: I know people who did it very recently and they were just like, it was amazing.

00:53:23.203 --> 00:53:23.963
VIRGINIA: It's on my bucket list.

00:53:23.963 --> 00:53:24.523
SAV: I'm so excited.

00:53:24.923 --> 00:53:26.343
PIFF: I'm also very excited.

00:53:26.343 --> 00:53:28.323
VIRGINIA: So the tour itself is at 845.

00:53:28.323 --> 00:53:31.223
VIRGINIA: What time do you have to check in?

00:53:31.223 --> 00:53:32.543
PIFF: Fifteen minutes early.

00:53:32.783 --> 00:53:33.403
PIFF: So at 830.

00:53:33.403 --> 00:53:33.903
VIRGINIA: That's not bad.

00:53:33.903 --> 00:53:34.643
PIFF: Yeah, not too bad.

00:53:34.643 --> 00:53:36.003
VIRGINIA: Not bad at all.

00:53:36.003 --> 00:53:36.903
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:53:36.903 --> 00:53:37.243
SAV: All right.

00:53:37.243 --> 00:53:38.763
VIRGINIA: What else are you doing on this day?

00:53:38.763 --> 00:53:47.463
PIFF: The trek lasts three hours and then after that, we're going to do a little Animal Kingdom hanging out, probably ride Everest because we love Everest.

00:53:47.463 --> 00:53:50.003
PIFF: Then we have a late lunch at Yakin Yeti.

00:53:50.383 --> 00:53:51.723
SAV: Love Yakin Yeti.

00:53:51.723 --> 00:53:56.043
PIFF: Then our, which is also one of Sav's go-to favorites.

00:53:57.523 --> 00:54:05.323
PIFF: Then after that, we're taking a break to change our clothes, get a little drier, and we will be hopping to Magic.

00:54:05.323 --> 00:54:07.143
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:54:07.143 --> 00:54:16.783
VIRGINIA: For Yakin Yeti, are you all members of the, whatever it is, the dining thing with the company that owns Yakin Yeti?

00:54:16.783 --> 00:54:19.183
SAV: No, I have never even heard of this.

00:54:19.183 --> 00:54:19.643
SAV: Should we be?

00:54:19.723 --> 00:54:20.623
PIFF: Should we be?

00:54:20.923 --> 00:54:21.183
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:54:21.183 --> 00:54:23.063
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:54:23.103 --> 00:54:24.243
VIRGINIA: Oh, god.

00:54:24.243 --> 00:54:24.923
VIRGINIA: Landry's.

00:54:24.923 --> 00:54:26.343
VIRGINIA: Landry's card.

00:54:26.343 --> 00:54:27.263
VIRGINIA: Thank god I thought of it.

00:54:27.263 --> 00:54:27.783
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:54:27.783 --> 00:54:31.723
VIRGINIA: I'll have to tag Amanda from Amanda Does Disney.

00:54:31.723 --> 00:54:39.163
VIRGINIA: I interviewed her and she was telling, I'd heard about it before, but I was like, I don't know if I need that.

00:54:39.163 --> 00:54:43.123
VIRGINIA: I looked it up and basically it's like a loyalty card.

00:54:43.123 --> 00:54:52.463
VIRGINIA: It costs $25, but it's a one-time fee, and then they give you $25 of credit to use at any of the Landry's restaurants.

00:54:52.463 --> 00:54:54.023
VIRGINIA: You're not really paying anything.

00:54:54.023 --> 00:54:55.603
VIRGINIA: No, so we need that.

00:54:55.603 --> 00:55:04.163
VIRGINIA: They run Yakinere, they run, I think, maybe Rainforest Cafe.

00:55:04.163 --> 00:55:06.183
VIRGINIA: There's some famous steakhouse.

00:55:06.183 --> 00:55:11.663
VIRGINIA: Look up Landry's and it will tell you all the restaurants, because there are restaurants here in New York that it works with.

00:55:11.663 --> 00:55:21.583
VIRGINIA: Then you get points every time you eat there, just like you would when you scan your card at the grocery store to show that you're shopping again.

00:55:21.583 --> 00:55:34.783
VIRGINIA: But also what it does is that if you show up as a walk-in to any of these restaurants, and you are a Landry's card member, they will get you seated very quickly without a reservation.

00:55:34.783 --> 00:55:35.363
SAV: Doing that.

00:55:35.363 --> 00:55:37.003
SAV: Does that work at Yakinere?

00:55:37.003 --> 00:55:38.043
SAV: Doing that.

00:55:38.043 --> 00:55:38.243
SAV: Yes.

00:55:38.243 --> 00:55:39.043
SAV: Oh my God.

00:55:39.043 --> 00:55:39.423
SAV: Yes, it does.

00:55:39.423 --> 00:55:41.303
SAV: That's amazing.

00:55:41.303 --> 00:55:42.743
SAV: Who did you say told you about this?

00:55:42.743 --> 00:55:43.743
SAV: Because shout out to them.

00:55:44.963 --> 00:55:46.403
VIRGINIA: Amanda, from Amanda Does Disney.

00:55:46.403 --> 00:55:47.763
SAV: Thank you, Amanda.

00:55:49.783 --> 00:55:53.103
VIRGINIA: So it was funny because we were talking all about it during her pre-trip.

00:55:53.103 --> 00:55:58.863
VIRGINIA: And then like the day before I interviewed her again, I was like, I'm going to go ahead and sign up for it.

00:55:58.863 --> 00:55:59.703
VIRGINIA: And so I did it.

00:55:59.703 --> 00:56:01.723
VIRGINIA: So when I talked to her, I was like, I did it.

00:56:01.723 --> 00:56:02.483
VIRGINIA: I did it.

00:56:02.483 --> 00:56:03.943
VIRGINIA: I'm a card carrying member.

00:56:03.943 --> 00:56:05.583
VIRGINIA: Now I can skip the line.

00:56:05.583 --> 00:56:07.123
SAV: Oh my gosh.

00:56:07.123 --> 00:56:08.783
VIRGINIA: It's like a fast pass to Yakinere.

00:56:09.163 --> 00:56:10.563
SAV: Oh my gosh.

00:56:10.563 --> 00:56:16.423
PIFF: Speaking of fast pass, the system will have officially changed two days before our trip.

00:56:16.423 --> 00:56:20.303
PIFF: So we'll let you know how that goes.

00:56:20.303 --> 00:56:20.763
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:56:20.763 --> 00:56:28.723
VIRGINIA: So are you planning on getting a multi pass, as they're now calling it for any or all days of the trip?

00:56:28.723 --> 00:56:36.483
SAV: We were going to do Genie Plus for all days, but now I'm scared because I don't know how it's actually going to work because people can book ahead of time.

00:56:36.483 --> 00:56:38.563
SAV: And then is it going to be worth it if you buy it?

00:56:39.063 --> 00:56:41.103
SAV: Because we can't buy it a week ahead of time.

00:56:41.203 --> 00:56:43.503
SAV: So we've only got two days.

00:56:43.503 --> 00:56:44.683
PIFF: Well, we don't know yet.

00:56:44.683 --> 00:56:46.543
SAV: So I'm like, I don't know.

00:56:46.543 --> 00:56:49.503
SAV: We wanted to, but now I don't know.

00:56:49.503 --> 00:56:50.503
VIRGINIA: Well, okay.

00:56:51.263 --> 00:56:52.423
VIRGINIA: Here's what I'm going to recommend.

00:56:52.423 --> 00:56:54.103
VIRGINIA: Since you like podcasts.

00:56:54.103 --> 00:56:57.403
VIRGINIA: I was literally just, I went and got my nails done right after work.

00:56:57.403 --> 00:57:00.003
VIRGINIA: And I was listening to that Parklife podcast.

00:57:00.003 --> 00:57:01.883
VIRGINIA: I don't know if you all listen to that.

00:57:01.883 --> 00:57:03.443
VIRGINIA: It's one of my favorite Disney podcasts.

00:57:03.683 --> 00:57:07.243
VIRGINIA: And the hosts are named Beth and Greg.

00:57:07.243 --> 00:57:08.303
VIRGINIA: They are not a couple.

00:57:08.303 --> 00:57:09.503
VIRGINIA: They're friends.

00:57:09.503 --> 00:57:10.903
VIRGINIA: She lives out of state.

00:57:10.903 --> 00:57:13.563
VIRGINIA: He lives in Orlando and is a cast member of some sort.

00:57:13.563 --> 00:57:18.683
VIRGINIA: I think he is an administrative, like he's in the offices.

00:57:18.683 --> 00:57:22.723
VIRGINIA: And so I think it's their most recent episode.

00:57:22.723 --> 00:57:30.223
VIRGINIA: They're talking about the new system and going through the basics of it, but then also talking about strategies.

00:57:30.583 --> 00:57:31.423
SAV: Okay.

00:57:31.423 --> 00:57:48.703
VIRGINIA: So from what he was saying, it sounded to me like not only can you buy it in advance of your trip, because you're staying on property seven days before, you can decide to buy it and you can pick three rides per day, depending on what parks you're going to or whatever.

00:57:48.703 --> 00:57:59.223
VIRGINIA: But he made it sound like you're going to be able to look at the choices that you have and go, oh, none of these times for these rides are what we would want anyway.

00:57:59.323 --> 00:58:00.483
VIRGINIA: Let's not buy it.

00:58:00.483 --> 00:58:04.623
VIRGINIA: Not only are you going to have the option to buy it, but you'll see what you're going to get before you decide to get it.

00:58:04.623 --> 00:58:05.503
SAV: That's nice.

00:58:05.503 --> 00:58:06.603
SAV: I like that.

00:58:06.603 --> 00:58:07.763
SAV: Yeah.

00:58:07.763 --> 00:58:09.143
SAV: That helps.

00:58:09.143 --> 00:58:12.003
VIRGINIA: Something to look into.

00:58:12.703 --> 00:58:14.603
VIRGINIA: You said it's only a couple of days before.

00:58:14.603 --> 00:58:15.763
VIRGINIA: So does that mean?

00:58:15.763 --> 00:58:16.363
SAV: Yeah.

00:58:16.363 --> 00:58:20.703
SAV: It's alive on the 24th and we leave the 26th.

00:58:20.703 --> 00:58:23.963
VIRGINIA: But they won't let you book seven days before the 26th.

00:58:23.963 --> 00:58:24.383
SAV: I don't know.

00:58:24.383 --> 00:58:26.663
PIFF: We're not sure if they're going to or not.

00:58:27.703 --> 00:58:33.483
PIFF: So I have an alarm set to look seven days before, to see if I can go in and do it.

00:58:33.483 --> 00:58:40.103
PIFF: But as of right now, we don't know when they're going to actually let people start once the system is implemented.

00:58:40.103 --> 00:58:48.543
VIRGINIA: It seems to me that it would only be fair if it was seven days before the start of the actual being able to use it.

00:58:48.603 --> 00:58:49.543
SAV: Yeah.

00:58:49.563 --> 00:58:50.203
SAV: I would hope.

00:58:50.203 --> 00:58:50.683
PIFF: I would hope.

00:58:50.683 --> 00:58:59.123
SAV: Because if your trip falls seven days by or before the 24th, seven days before that, then you should be able to.

00:58:59.123 --> 00:59:00.363
SAV: That's what I would hope.

00:59:00.363 --> 00:59:01.703
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:59:01.703 --> 00:59:04.843
VIRGINIA: I'm thinking like, I'm no IT professional.

00:59:04.843 --> 00:59:06.883
VIRGINIA: I can't be that far to do this.

00:59:06.883 --> 00:59:16.743
VIRGINIA: But it seems like it would be a nice smaller pilot group of people to have for a few days running, doing what they need to do in the system and catching things that don't go well.

00:59:18.223 --> 00:59:20.963
VIRGINIA: But again, I'm not an IT professional.

00:59:20.963 --> 00:59:21.143
SAV: We'll see.

00:59:21.363 --> 00:59:24.523
SAV: We'll let you know when we launch things the way that I would.

00:59:24.523 --> 00:59:25.683
VIRGINIA: No.

00:59:25.683 --> 00:59:26.903
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:59:26.903 --> 00:59:27.323
VIRGINIA: Anyway.

00:59:27.323 --> 00:59:27.643
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:59:27.643 --> 00:59:29.883
VIRGINIA: Well, we will hear how that goes.

00:59:29.883 --> 00:59:30.223
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:59:30.223 --> 00:59:36.423
VIRGINIA: So Saturday, July the 27th, you said you're going to Animal Kingdom.

00:59:36.423 --> 00:59:38.683
VIRGINIA: You're doing a three-hour tour.

00:59:38.683 --> 00:59:40.503
VIRGINIA: And then what are you doing after that?

00:59:40.503 --> 00:59:41.203
VIRGINIA: You said Magic Kingdom?

00:59:42.403 --> 00:59:43.263
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:59:43.263 --> 00:59:45.643
VIRGINIA: Any dining plans for this day besides Yak and Yeti?

00:59:45.643 --> 00:59:48.043
SAV: Casey's.

00:59:48.103 --> 00:59:50.203
SAV: Poor dog, Nugget said Casey's.

00:59:50.203 --> 00:59:51.423
SAV: Because I'm so easy to please.

00:59:51.523 --> 00:59:52.183
SAV: All right.

00:59:52.183 --> 00:59:52.723
SAV: Casey's.

00:59:52.723 --> 00:59:53.143
SAV: Yeah.

00:59:54.143 --> 00:59:54.463
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:59:54.463 --> 00:59:57.143
SAV: And that's really about it.

00:59:57.143 --> 01:00:02.783
SAV: Probably ice cream at some point, but like, yeah, it's probably.

01:00:02.783 --> 01:00:04.323
VIRGINIA: Are you doing any individual?

01:00:04.323 --> 01:00:05.643
VIRGINIA: Well, they're not even called individual.

01:00:05.643 --> 01:00:08.683
VIRGINIA: Lightning Lanes at this point, they will be called single pass.

01:00:09.583 --> 01:00:11.003
SAV: Um, no, probably not.

01:00:11.003 --> 01:00:14.703
SAV: I am firmly in the camp that Tron's not worth it.

01:00:14.703 --> 01:00:16.423
SAV: So, okay.

01:00:16.423 --> 01:00:20.263
SAV: And so, but, and I don't love water rides.

01:00:20.263 --> 01:00:22.983
SAV: Like, I would love to experience Tiana's.

01:00:22.983 --> 01:00:25.923
SAV: I know that's on Piff's list for her birthday trip.

01:00:25.923 --> 01:00:27.663
PIFF: Don't worry, you will for my birthday.

01:00:28.183 --> 01:00:33.163
SAV: Until we go for hers, because I am very excited to try it.

01:00:33.163 --> 01:00:35.923
SAV: The one time I'm going to do it and then we'll be done.

01:00:35.923 --> 01:00:37.223
SAV: I don't like water rides.

01:00:37.983 --> 01:00:38.743
SAV: So I don't know.

01:00:38.743 --> 01:00:43.843
SAV: And I might be like, even in the high heat of the summer, I don't like having wet feet, if that makes sense.

01:00:43.843 --> 01:00:45.723
SAV: Like, I hate having wet shoes.

01:00:45.723 --> 01:00:46.923
SAV: Really, it's a sensory thing.

01:00:46.923 --> 01:00:49.623
SAV: We both have ADHD and it's just a thing.

01:00:49.763 --> 01:00:50.763
SAV: I don't like it.

01:00:50.823 --> 01:00:52.423
VIRGINIA: I totally get that.

01:00:52.423 --> 01:00:53.443
VIRGINIA: I totally get that.

01:00:53.443 --> 01:00:59.483
VIRGINIA: That's if I go into a park knowing I'm going to potentially ride a water ride, I want to be wearing like Tivas or something.

01:00:59.483 --> 01:01:00.283
SAV: I love Tivas.

01:01:00.283 --> 01:01:01.863
VIRGINIA: I can handle it with that.

01:01:01.863 --> 01:01:10.523
SAV: If I know that, I will probably plan to wear Tivas that day for her birthday trip because I, well, and that would actually work out pretty well.

01:01:10.523 --> 01:01:13.563
SAV: For the bounds we want to do, I think, or I'm thinking you want to do.

01:01:13.563 --> 01:01:19.783
SAV: So, but yeah, I don't like being wet.

01:01:19.783 --> 01:01:20.583
SAV: I don't know.

01:01:20.583 --> 01:01:22.263
SAV: I still like it.

01:01:22.263 --> 01:01:23.483
VIRGINIA: What about Flight of Passage?

01:01:23.483 --> 01:01:25.743
SAV: I love Flight of Passage.

01:01:25.743 --> 01:01:32.103
SAV: Shout out to, I have a friend who's currently on the cultural exchange program, cultural.

01:01:32.103 --> 01:01:34.863
SAV: It's kind of like the college program, but it's different.

01:01:34.863 --> 01:01:36.383
SAV: It's like college graduates.

01:01:36.383 --> 01:01:37.943
SAV: Epcot?

01:01:37.943 --> 01:01:39.603
SAV: Well, she actually is at Anel.

01:01:39.603 --> 01:01:42.443
SAV: Now, this is her second year though, so I think she got to move.

01:01:42.443 --> 01:01:45.783
SAV: She was in Canada, she's from Canada.

01:01:45.783 --> 01:01:50.003
SAV: Last year, her name, actually, never mind, I'm not going to give her name.

01:01:50.003 --> 01:01:53.203
SAV: I was going to say her name, never mind.

01:01:53.203 --> 01:01:54.123
SAV: But she's wonderful.

01:01:54.523 --> 01:02:01.283
SAV: When we were there, June, she hung out with us and got us into Flight of Passage, which was pretty cool.

01:02:01.283 --> 01:02:02.103
SAV: She works in Pandora.

01:02:02.223 --> 01:02:04.963
SAV: Works on that ride and was able to.

01:02:04.963 --> 01:02:07.103
SAV: We followed all the rules.

01:02:07.103 --> 01:02:14.803
SAV: She walked up and asked, because they were low at the time, like low wait time though for Flight of Passage, it's still an hour and a half.

01:02:14.803 --> 01:02:15.683
SAV: Forty minutes.

01:02:15.683 --> 01:02:18.183
SAV: But we got us on and then we came out.

01:02:18.183 --> 01:02:24.623
SAV: As we were walking out, she asked a coworker she actually works with, so they definitely know she works there.

01:02:24.623 --> 01:02:27.963
SAV: She actually had just done a shift with her, and was like, can we go again?

01:02:27.963 --> 01:02:28.763
SAV: It was so cool.

01:02:28.763 --> 01:02:31.523
SAV: We got to ride it back to back, so that was really cool.

01:02:31.523 --> 01:02:31.803
SAV: Nice.

01:02:31.803 --> 01:02:39.863
SAV: I don't know if I would want to do an individual lane, but if she happens to be able to get us in, that'd be cool.

01:02:39.863 --> 01:02:40.423
SAV: Probably not.

01:02:40.423 --> 01:02:44.683
SAV: I've also though ridden it several times.

01:02:44.683 --> 01:02:50.223
SAV: By then, after the trek and all of that, I'll probably be like, I'm ready to go take a nap for a minute.

01:02:50.223 --> 01:02:51.503
SAV: It doesn't matter.

01:02:52.203 --> 01:02:52.723
SAV: Yeah.

01:02:52.723 --> 01:02:53.783
SAV: But I do love it though.

01:02:53.783 --> 01:02:54.443
PIFF: Change our clothes.

01:02:54.583 --> 01:02:56.983
SAV: Change our clothes, but I do love that, right?

01:02:56.983 --> 01:03:00.023
VIRGINIA: Are you going to stay till part close at Magic Kingdom?

01:03:00.023 --> 01:03:07.483
PIFF: So we actually have a plan to go to the Poly and watch the fireworks there on the beach.

01:03:08.043 --> 01:03:08.403
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:03:08.403 --> 01:03:13.403
VIRGINIA: And what is your plan for getting from Poly back to all-star movies?

01:03:13.403 --> 01:03:15.923
VIRGINIA: Are you going to uber it?

01:03:15.923 --> 01:03:19.223
SAV: To be completely honest, hadn't thought that far in advance.

01:03:21.543 --> 01:03:29.283
PIFF: We should be able to get back to the park because the fireworks, when they end, park closes still like an hour and a half later.

01:03:29.383 --> 01:03:31.763
PIFF: So we should be able to, yeah, monorail back.

01:03:31.763 --> 01:03:35.123
SAV: And if all else fails, Poly would have a bus to Springs.

01:03:35.123 --> 01:03:39.503
SAV: So if all else fails, we could go to Springs and then go to our resort from there.

01:03:39.503 --> 01:03:40.963
VIRGINIA: I don't think that's going to be necessary.

01:03:40.963 --> 01:03:43.103
SAV: I don't like bringing Springs transfers.

01:03:43.103 --> 01:03:45.283
SAV: If I can avoid it, I don't love it.

01:03:45.663 --> 01:03:48.823
SAV: But worst-case scenario, worst-case scenario, we'll uber it.

01:03:48.823 --> 01:03:52.823
SAV: But next to worst-case scenario is go to Springs.

01:03:52.823 --> 01:03:55.743
SAV: Love Springs, I hate transferring from there.

01:03:56.763 --> 01:03:57.063
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:03:57.063 --> 01:04:01.083
VIRGINIA: So Sunday, July 28th, this is your departure day.

01:04:01.083 --> 01:04:03.323
VIRGINIA: What time are you departing?

01:04:04.583 --> 01:04:05.963
VIRGINIA: How much time do you have to play around with?

01:04:05.963 --> 01:04:07.123
SAV: We have several hours.

01:04:07.123 --> 01:04:09.423
PIFF: So our flight leaves at 1030 P.

01:04:09.423 --> 01:04:09.963
VIRGINIA: Oh, perfect.

01:04:09.963 --> 01:04:13.023
SAV: I'm glad you had that pulled up because I was like, my Spirit app is being really dumb.

01:04:13.163 --> 01:04:14.323
SAV: I can't.

01:04:14.323 --> 01:04:16.163
PIFF: Your Spirit is broken?

01:04:16.163 --> 01:04:18.423
SAV: No, it was just not loading.

01:04:18.543 --> 01:04:21.243
SAV: Now it's loaded now, but it didn't want to load.

01:04:21.243 --> 01:04:23.283
VIRGINIA: Thank you, Piff, for that too.

01:04:23.483 --> 01:04:24.443
PIFF: I got you.

01:04:24.443 --> 01:04:25.763
SAV: I didn't until right then.

01:04:25.763 --> 01:04:29.623
SAV: I was like, oh.

01:04:29.623 --> 01:04:32.363
SAV: Then we'll get home at 12:45 AM.

01:04:32.363 --> 01:04:33.143
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:04:33.143 --> 01:04:36.523
VIRGINIA: What park are you going to do or parks on your departure day?

01:04:36.523 --> 01:04:37.463
SAV: Epcot.

01:04:37.463 --> 01:04:38.183
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:04:38.183 --> 01:04:39.063
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:04:39.063 --> 01:04:41.803
VIRGINIA: What is your favorite place to hang out in Epcot?

01:04:42.523 --> 01:04:43.703
VIRGINIA: Are you a World Showcase?

01:04:43.703 --> 01:04:48.223
VIRGINIA: Are you the artist formerly known as Future World?

01:04:48.223 --> 01:04:56.643
SAV: Guardians is my favorite ride, just point blank in general, but also my favorite ride in all of Disney.

01:04:58.803 --> 01:05:02.603
SAV: But it's not really a fun area to hang out in after you're done.

01:05:03.343 --> 01:05:07.383
SAV: If we're just going to sit down and people watch, I like to be in World Showcase.

01:05:07.383 --> 01:05:10.323
SAV: But I'm really digging Dreamer's Point.

01:05:10.563 --> 01:05:13.943
SAV: I'm really digging that right now with the new Walt, the Dreamer statue.

01:05:13.943 --> 01:05:15.823
SAV: That's a very vibey area.

01:05:15.823 --> 01:05:20.463
SAV: I really like it with all the ambient lighting and all the seating now, which is nice.

01:05:20.463 --> 01:05:23.303
SAV: It's something Epcot desperately needed, so I love that.

01:05:23.303 --> 01:05:26.083
VIRGINIA: I like it first thing in the morning.

01:05:26.083 --> 01:05:29.623
VIRGINIA: First thing in the morning or after it's gotten a little dark.

01:05:29.623 --> 01:05:30.703
SAV: I love that.

01:05:30.703 --> 01:05:33.063
VIRGINIA: Because it is a hotspot literally.

01:05:33.283 --> 01:05:34.763
SAV: It's concrete, that's it.

01:05:34.763 --> 01:05:37.923
VIRGINIA: People want to be there and a tot.

01:05:37.923 --> 01:05:39.583
SAV: Yeah, so I love that.

01:05:39.583 --> 01:05:45.763
SAV: But yeah, if we're just kind of hanging out, just casually, like maybe just strolling around.

01:05:45.763 --> 01:05:48.003
SAV: I do like World Showcase.

01:05:48.003 --> 01:05:50.123
SAV: I have done the drinking around the world thing.

01:05:50.123 --> 01:05:52.903
SAV: We will not be doing that on this trip.

01:05:52.903 --> 01:05:55.383
SAV: I'm getting too old for that, not this trip.

01:05:55.383 --> 01:05:56.503
SAV: I'm getting too old for that.

01:05:57.803 --> 01:06:03.863
SAV: But I love getting a nice little Ottawa apple in Canada.

01:06:03.863 --> 01:06:05.303
SAV: That's one of my favorite drinks.

01:06:05.303 --> 01:06:09.263
SAV: And then just strolling around and enjoying.

01:06:09.263 --> 01:06:12.823
SAV: We don't really ever go into the countries.

01:06:12.823 --> 01:06:18.143
SAV: So it's nice to go back into them and just kind of check them out and enjoy them.

01:06:20.043 --> 01:06:29.843
VIRGINIA: I would say if you're going to be there in the heat of summer, you might want to do some country exploring, just to get the AC every little bit.

01:06:29.843 --> 01:06:31.123
SAV: Yeah, for sure.

01:06:31.123 --> 01:06:32.443
VIRGINIA: All right.

01:06:32.443 --> 01:06:34.923
VIRGINIA: Any dining plans for Epcot?

01:06:34.963 --> 01:06:38.363
VIRGINIA: Or are you going to kind of do a lot of little snacking?

01:06:38.363 --> 01:06:42.043
VIRGINIA: Because Epcot is a snacking park to me.

01:06:42.043 --> 01:06:48.003
PIFF: So we are going to be at Epcot for the first time when there is not a festival going on.

01:06:48.023 --> 01:06:52.663
PIFF: And so we have a lunch and dinner reservation for lunch.

01:06:52.823 --> 01:06:56.863
PIFF: We are going to be in Italy at, and I'm going to try my best to say this.

01:06:56.863 --> 01:06:58.743
SAV: If you want to try it, go for it.

01:06:58.743 --> 01:06:59.843
PIFF: Via Napoli.

01:06:59.843 --> 01:07:00.563
SAV: Well done.

01:07:00.563 --> 01:07:01.283
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:07:01.283 --> 01:07:04.443
PIFF: And then for dinner, we have a Teppanito reservation.

01:07:04.443 --> 01:07:06.103
VIRGINIA: You didn't even hesitate on Teppanito.

01:07:06.123 --> 01:07:09.803
PIFF: And that's to be harder to say all the time.

01:07:09.803 --> 01:07:15.903
VIRGINIA: I feel like that's easier to say than, Via Napoli is super easy to say.

01:07:15.903 --> 01:07:18.383
VIRGINIA: Teppanito is one of our favorite.

01:07:18.383 --> 01:07:19.403
VIRGINIA: Maybe Teppanito is too.

01:07:19.403 --> 01:07:19.903
VIRGINIA: I don't know.

01:07:19.903 --> 01:07:21.463
SAV: It is exactly as it's spelled.

01:07:21.643 --> 01:07:22.943
SAV: In both cases, those.

01:07:22.943 --> 01:07:26.743
SAV: But I feel like with Japan, like you're going to question it more.

01:07:26.743 --> 01:07:29.703
SAV: Like you're like, I feel like I'm saying that wrong.

01:07:29.703 --> 01:07:30.403
SAV: And sure.

01:07:30.403 --> 01:07:31.903
SAV: But I don't know.

01:07:31.903 --> 01:07:34.543
SAV: And also she she studied French.

01:07:34.543 --> 01:07:40.163
SAV: So she's going to get that that Italian probably a little bit better, I would think.

01:07:40.163 --> 01:07:41.563
SAV: So you've nailed it.

01:07:41.563 --> 01:07:48.263
SAV: But Teppanito is something that my husband and I kind of like accidentally discovered at one point.

01:07:48.363 --> 01:07:57.023
SAV: Like we went not to, I mean, you know, but in June of last year, Piffna, we went on that trip with our spouses and our friends Tori.

01:07:57.023 --> 01:08:00.143
SAV: They wanted to go to, you're going to have to say this one.

01:08:00.143 --> 01:08:01.563
SAV: Where did you go in France?

01:08:01.563 --> 01:08:02.663
PIFF: I don't remember the name of it.

01:08:02.663 --> 01:08:04.463
PIFF: It's the Creperie.

01:08:04.463 --> 01:08:06.803
VIRGINIA: Oh, I think it's called the Creperie.

01:08:06.803 --> 01:08:07.803
SAV: Like I'm pretty sure it's what it is.

01:08:07.803 --> 01:08:10.063
SAV: But I was like, I can't say it with a French accent.

01:08:10.063 --> 01:08:13.063
SAV: So you're going to have to do it.

01:08:13.063 --> 01:08:14.183
SAV: But they wanted to go there.

01:08:14.183 --> 01:08:16.503
SAV: And my husband is notoriously a picky eater.

01:08:17.083 --> 01:08:18.983
SAV: He has gotten a lot better since then, really.

01:08:18.983 --> 01:08:21.383
SAV: But at the time, he was a very picky eater.

01:08:21.383 --> 01:08:24.383
SAV: And so I was like, well, we're going to have to find something else.

01:08:24.383 --> 01:08:27.983
SAV: And so we kept looking at things and I was like, I don't know.

01:08:27.983 --> 01:08:29.963
SAV: I want to do something that we can't really get at home.

01:08:29.963 --> 01:08:31.143
SAV: We can get hibachi at home.

01:08:31.143 --> 01:08:32.263
SAV: But like, I don't know.

01:08:32.263 --> 01:08:35.683
SAV: I was like, I don't want to go to like the steakhouse in Canada.

01:08:35.683 --> 01:08:36.723
SAV: I'm sure it's amazing.

01:08:36.723 --> 01:08:38.483
SAV: But like their steakhouse is here.

01:08:38.483 --> 01:08:38.783
SAV: I don't know.

01:08:38.783 --> 01:08:39.723
SAV: I wanted something different.

01:08:39.723 --> 01:08:42.723
SAV: And so we found that and decided to go.

01:08:42.723 --> 01:08:44.903
SAV: And we had the most incredible experience.

01:08:45.343 --> 01:08:47.383
SAV: It is sensory overload, though.

01:08:47.383 --> 01:08:48.603
SAV: I will say that.

01:08:48.603 --> 01:08:52.663
SAV: But we had a great experience and we've been back.

01:08:52.663 --> 01:08:56.063
SAV: I think this will be my fourth time dining there.

01:08:56.063 --> 01:08:59.683
SAV: I think it within a year, like June was a year.

01:08:59.683 --> 01:09:01.303
SAV: So like three times in a year.

01:09:01.303 --> 01:09:03.983
SAV: So it was awesome.

01:09:04.363 --> 01:09:05.463
SAV: I really enjoy it.

01:09:05.463 --> 01:09:08.803
SAV: It is again, I'm not going to say it's the most incredible.

01:09:08.803 --> 01:09:11.723
SAV: It's the most delicious hibashi I've ever had, to be completely honest.

01:09:11.723 --> 01:09:13.223
SAV: But like, I'm sure.

01:09:13.443 --> 01:09:14.523
SAV: And I've never had their sushi.

01:09:14.523 --> 01:09:15.263
SAV: I'm not a sushi eater.

01:09:15.263 --> 01:09:16.763
SAV: So it's like, don't take this.

01:09:16.763 --> 01:09:17.983
SAV: It's like, the sushi is also great.

01:09:17.983 --> 01:09:18.483
SAV: I'm sure it is.

01:09:18.483 --> 01:09:20.943
SAV: I've heard great things, but it's just fun.

01:09:20.943 --> 01:09:22.363
PIFF: It's just fun.

01:09:22.363 --> 01:09:24.923
SAV: And it's a great experience to, you know, they cook right in front of you.

01:09:24.923 --> 01:09:29.303
SAV: They make a Mickey like on the grill, but everybody does it differently.

01:09:29.303 --> 01:09:30.743
SAV: So that's fun.

01:09:30.743 --> 01:09:35.623
SAV: But yeah, it's just a fun experience, but we will definitely be bringing, I just saw the box right here.

01:09:35.623 --> 01:09:36.763
SAV: I just got a new pair.

01:09:36.763 --> 01:09:38.163
SAV: These loops earplugs.

01:09:38.163 --> 01:09:41.583
SAV: I will definitely be using those whenever we go, because it is a lot of noise.

01:09:41.583 --> 01:09:43.123
SAV: There's like four different grill stations.

01:09:43.163 --> 01:09:47.383
SAV: It's like all in one room, and then there's another room that you open into.

01:09:47.383 --> 01:09:55.903
SAV: There's four other grill stations there, so there's a lot of metal on metal clanging and the sounds of the cooking, and people talking, so it is a lot.

01:09:55.903 --> 01:09:58.463
SAV: But it's cool though.

01:09:58.463 --> 01:09:58.843
VIRGINIA: Okay.

01:09:58.843 --> 01:09:59.623
SAV: Not low sens.

01:09:59.623 --> 01:10:03.143
VIRGINIA: Well, no, not at all.

01:10:03.963 --> 01:10:08.103
VIRGINIA: What time do you think you need to leave to make it to your flight?

01:10:08.103 --> 01:10:14.303
VIRGINIA: Are you going back to movies, or are you going to go straight from Epcot to the airport?

01:10:14.303 --> 01:10:16.163
PIFF: So we're going to go back to movies.

01:10:16.163 --> 01:10:23.483
PIFF: We've had to take our personal items through Disney Security one time, and I will never be doing that again.

01:10:23.483 --> 01:10:24.683
PIFF: My underwear fell out.

01:10:24.683 --> 01:10:25.643
PIFF: It was a whole thing.

01:10:25.643 --> 01:10:33.863
SAV: That is a great story that we can say when we're done recording, but because it is a bit of a long story, but it's a great one.

01:10:33.863 --> 01:10:38.323
PIFF: So our plan is we actually were discussing this before we hopped on here.

01:10:38.323 --> 01:10:51.783
PIFF: We're going to need to move our Teppanito because originally because we were staying the extra day, we were going to eat at Teppanito and then watch Luminous from the deck, which is a great place to watch that particular show.

01:10:51.783 --> 01:10:56.743
PIFF: But because our flight leaves at 1030, we're going to try to bump it up about an hour.

01:10:56.743 --> 01:11:03.383
PIFF: So we'll eat at 630 to 730, bus back to our resort, and then Uber to the airport.

01:11:03.383 --> 01:11:09.983
SAV: Which I just checked right before we got on here just to make a new reservation just to see because Piff owns that dining reservation.

01:11:10.063 --> 01:11:12.523
SAV: But I saw like a 655, I think, was available.

01:11:12.523 --> 01:11:14.183
SAV: So I was like, that'll be great.

01:11:14.183 --> 01:11:22.803
SAV: Move it up just a bit, you know, because we are, worst case scenario, I'm taking a carry out, but we're not checking any luggage or anything.

01:11:22.803 --> 01:11:24.163
SAV: And we both have TSA pre-checks.

01:11:24.163 --> 01:11:29.083
SAV: So we don't we don't tend I get more stressed than Piff does getting to the airport.

01:11:29.083 --> 01:11:30.603
SAV: But I don't need to.

01:11:30.603 --> 01:11:31.863
SAV: And I recognize that.

01:11:31.863 --> 01:11:35.083
SAV: But, you know, you really don't need to.

01:11:35.083 --> 01:11:38.363
PIFF: I'm just like wandering in and she's like, we need to get through security.

01:11:38.443 --> 01:11:40.503
PIFF: And I'm like, but the Disney store is outside of security.

01:11:40.503 --> 01:11:43.103
PIFF: And I'm like, security is right there.

01:11:43.103 --> 01:11:44.123
PIFF: We'll get through.

01:11:44.123 --> 01:11:45.283
PIFF: We have TSA pre-check.

01:11:45.283 --> 01:11:47.883
VIRGINIA: The downside of A and B.

01:11:47.883 --> 01:11:49.243
VIRGINIA: C is where it's at.

01:11:49.243 --> 01:11:49.983
VIRGINIA: Oh, my gosh.

01:11:49.983 --> 01:11:52.003
VIRGINIA: If I could fly into C every single time, I would.

01:11:52.483 --> 01:11:55.043
VIRGINIA: Just for access to the Disney and Universal Store.

01:11:55.063 --> 01:11:55.523
SAV: Oh, yeah.

01:11:55.523 --> 01:11:57.763
VIRGINIA: While I wait for my flight.

01:11:57.763 --> 01:12:01.483
SAV: I think that's the only terminal we've ever been in.

01:12:02.903 --> 01:12:04.023
PIFF: We're always in A or B.

01:12:04.023 --> 01:12:10.403
VIRGINIA: I'm usually in A or B, but I get excited if I get the opportunity to be in C.

01:12:10.403 --> 01:12:16.203
VIRGINIA: Well, this is going to be a short but sweet birthday trip for Sav.

01:12:16.203 --> 01:12:18.583
VIRGINIA: I love the relationship that the two of you have.

01:12:18.583 --> 01:12:21.643
VIRGINIA: You seem like such good friends and your sisters-in-law.

01:12:21.643 --> 01:12:23.603
VIRGINIA: That's just so cool.

01:12:23.603 --> 01:12:26.743
VIRGINIA: I can't wait to hear how the trip goes.

01:12:26.743 --> 01:12:40.303
VIRGINIA: I hope listeners will be back to hear the post-trip for that, and that they will also come back later in weeks time from whenever you're hearing this to hear about Piff's birthday trip.

01:12:40.303 --> 01:12:41.303
SAV: It will be much more dramatic.

01:12:41.303 --> 01:12:43.003
SAV: There will be much more plans.

01:12:43.003 --> 01:12:47.423
SAV: As you can tell, the majority of my plans are like, where are we going to eat?

01:12:47.423 --> 01:12:48.603
SAV: That's the majority of my plans.

01:12:48.603 --> 01:12:49.943
SAV: But that's how my mom travels too.

01:12:49.943 --> 01:12:52.063
SAV: So I'm like, if you're going to travel, you have to have good food.

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SAV: So that's the theme of my life, really.

01:12:55.563 --> 01:12:56.523
VIRGINIA: Exactly.

01:12:56.523 --> 01:13:02.003
VIRGINIA: I think the theme of each of your trips should be, it's my birthday and I just want to do what I want to do.

01:13:02.783 --> 01:13:04.583
PIFF: Exactly.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Well, ladies, it has been so much fun and I can't wait to talk to you again very soon to hear how all of this goes.

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SAV: Thanks.

01:13:11.963 --> 01:13:12.383
PIFF: Thanks.

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PIFF: Bye.

01:13:14.383 --> 01:13:18.043
VIRGINIA: Thank you so much to Sav and Piff for joining me on the show.

01:13:18.043 --> 01:13:23.363
VIRGINIA: Their post-trip report is up next, so just leave your headphones on and get comfy.

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VIRGINIA: As always, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.