Pre-Trip Report: The Loaded Tots and the Most Alarming runDisney Trip Ever (April 2025)

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VIRGINIA: Welcome to Where I Long To Be, A Magical Trip Report Podcast.

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VIRGINIA: My name is Virginia, and I am your host.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you so much for being here today.

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VIRGINIA: If you are a long-time listener, you'll recognize two of my three guests today, Jeanette and Maren, who have been on the show multiple times.

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VIRGINIA: Today, they bring with them their friend Amber.

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VIRGINIA: So it was a lot of fun to get to know her as well.

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VIRGINIA: As a note, you will hear them mention their friend Mariah, who is also a member of the Loaded Tots and was not on the show.

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VIRGINIA: But if you listen to last week's episode, you'll remember that last week's guest was named Mariah as well.

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VIRGINIA: And so I just want to clarify that this is a totally different Mariah, didn't want anyone to be confused.

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VIRGINIA: So let's not delay any further.

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VIRGINIA: Here are the Loaded Tots.

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VIRGINIA: Welcome to the podcast, The Loaded Tots.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you.

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AMBER: Thank you.

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MAREN: Thank you.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: So Loaded Tots, that's a loaded name that you've given yourselves.

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VIRGINIA: So I need someone to explain what that means.

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MAREN: Oh, I guess that would be me as someone.

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MAREN: So when you have a group of three of us, namely our friend Mariah, who could not join us this evening, Jeanette and myself, we are the sweet potatoes.

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MAREN: Oh, I'm Maren.

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MAREN: Hi.

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VIRGINIA: Right.

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VIRGINIA: Who's talking?

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VIRGINIA: It's Maren.

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MAREN: I hope everyone remembers my voice from when I'd been previously on the podcast.

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VIRGINIA: Yes, Maren and Jeanette have both been on multiple times.

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JEANETTE: Unforgettable.

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VIRGINIA: That's what you are.

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MAREN: We are that unforgettable.

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MAREN: You don't want me to sing.

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MAREN: Yeah.

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MAREN: Hi, it's Maren.

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MAREN: And yes, so we are the Loaded Tots because Jeanette, Mariah and I embraced the nickname of the sweet potatoes and my dad being my dad took to calling us the Tater Tots.

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MAREN: And then when we added the very strong athletic running delicious Amber to our mix, we became the Loaded Tots.

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VIRGINIA: I love it.

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VIRGINIA: I love it.

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VIRGINIA: Let's go around the room real quick and everybody can say your name and just like a couple of sentences about who you are, where you are in the world and how you came to Disney.

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VIRGINIA: Maren and Jeanette have both been on the show multiple times.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm sure you've got your little summary down.

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VIRGINIA: Let's start with Maren.

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MAREN: Oh boy.

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MAREN: Hopefully I say something similar to what I said last time.

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MAREN: So this is Maren.

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MAREN: I'm from the very toasty and humid city of Houston, Texas.

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MAREN: I have been a Disney fan since childhood.

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MAREN: My parents used to take me to Disneyland.

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MAREN: And we moved a bit as a kid.

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MAREN: And so every time we'd move, my reward for putting up with another move would be a trip to Disneyland.

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MAREN: I then got to go to Disney World actually for my first time when I was 18, after Hurricane Katrina, when I was living in New Orleans.

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MAREN: And that was, I guess, a reward for surviving a hurricane.

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MAREN: That sounds terrible.

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MAREN: But I went from post-Katrina New Orleans to Disney World, and the magic, the release of wonder really stuck with me even more.

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MAREN: And I found out that Disney World has a lot more going on than Disneyland, though I love them both.

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MAREN: And thus I become even more of a Disney fanatic.

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VIRGINIA: Well, it's really true that when you go to Disney, you can tune out what's going on in the outside world, even something catastrophic like that.

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MAREN: It's true.

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MAREN: It really is a stress reliever.

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MAREN: And this upcoming trip is going to be that for me too.

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VIRGINIA: All right, Jeanette, take it away.

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JEANETTE: I'm Jeanette.

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JEANETTE: I'm in Brooklyn, just south of Virginia.

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JEANETTE: And I am part of Virginia's Disney James.

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JEANETTE: And I first went to Disney World when I was three years old.

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JEANETTE: So we are many decades past that now.

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JEANETTE: And I've been many, many times since, and especially since I became a sweet potato and befriended Maren.

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JEANETTE: Our love of Disney definitely brought us together.

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JEANETTE: And her love of Disney has inspired me to become an annual pass holder and go multiple times a year and become a run Disney person, which I never would have thought would have happened.

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JEANETTE: So that's a little bit about me.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: And I know that Maren and Jeanette met through their love of sewing and making their Disney bounds and that sort of thing.

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VIRGINIA: So Amber, in addition to just explaining your background, can you tell us how you met these lovely ladies?

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AMBER: Sure can.

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AMBER: My name is Amber.

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AMBER: I am currently in Houston, Texas, recently moved from Austin back to the lovely human Houston as well.

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AMBER: And I am more of a Disney novice than these guys, if you will.

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AMBER: I went to Disney for the first time in 2011, I believe, to run the wine and dine half when it was still at night.

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AMBER: And we did Soarin at two o'clock in the morning, that sort of situation.

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AMBER: And then I hadn't been back until 2024 when Maren convinced me to, yes.

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AMBER: So Maren convinced me to go do the springtime surprise last year and to make it the most financially responsible.

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AMBER: I went ahead and just bought that annual pass and decided to do all of the races I possibly could in the year.

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AMBER: And that is how I have done Disney.

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AMBER: This will be my fourth time in a calendar year, which is quite a bit for me, considering I've only gone once prior to that.

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AMBER: And so Maren and I go way back.

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AMBER: I think we decided we met in 2010, 11, something like that.

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MAREN: Nine or ten?

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AMBER: Nine or ten.

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MAREN: We'll go with ten.

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MAREN: Yeah.

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AMBER: Ten with a mutual friend.

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AMBER: And then I met Jeanette for Springtime Surprise in Disney last year, last April.

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AMBER: So that is how we've connected through Disney.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: So you're more of coming to Disney because you happen to want to do a race.

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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VIRGINIA: And you weren't seeking out a Disney race in particular.

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VIRGINIA: You were just looking for a race and happened to choose one at Disney.

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AMBER: Yes, because it looked fun.

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AMBER: It was something on my bucket list to do.

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AMBER: And then did Springtime Surprise and then went back in January.

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AMBER: And what else did I miss?

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MAREN: You did Princess.

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AMBER: Princess in February.

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AMBER: And now Springtime Surprise since they moved it up.

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AMBER: Get to do that challenge again.

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MAREN: Also my running coach.

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MAREN: Yes, she's an amazing running coach, just in case anyone was wondering.

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VIRGINIA: Can I ask you, Amber, because you do other races, are other races just as competitive to sign up for as a Disney race?

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VIRGINIA: Because Disney races are crazy.

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AMBER: Yes, this is intense.

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AMBER: I think the only thing that trumps it essentially would be some of the world majors which have just blossomed in notoriety.

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AMBER: There's only like 1% of people that go into the lottery that get into those currently.

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AMBER: I equate it to some of the biggest races in the world is what it feels like when you're trying to get into Disney as well.

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MAREN: At least those have a lottery where there's like, it's a little bit out of your control.

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MAREN: Disney races, you feel like I'm the one who is going to get myself into this race.

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MAREN: It is on me to get myself and potentially a bunch of friends into this race.

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MAREN: The lottery, it's like, I can sign up and cross my fingers.

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MAREN: See what happens.

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AMBER: Yeah, I feel like some of you guys have a strategy.

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JEANETTE: You sign up to 12 people and your credit card fails and you cry because the race you wanted is sold out.

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MAREN: It's a sign to do the shorter distance.

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MAREN: Just don't tell my coat, uh-oh.

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VIRGINIA: Uh-oh, you just did.

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AMBER: Should I take my headphones out and put them back in?

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MAREN: Okay, got it.

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VIRGINIA: Yeah, when I signed up for the princess race, which is the only one I've ever done, I just did it for the 5K.

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VIRGINIA: And I had two computers, an iPad and my phone going just to get signed up for it.

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VIRGINIA: It was very intense.

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VIRGINIA: That's all?

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MAREN: Just kidding.

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VIRGINIA: All right, Jeanette, what are the dates of this trip?

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JEANETTE: So the dates of this trip are April 3rd through 7th.

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JEANETTE: We are arriving on Thursday, which is the first day of the Expo because Maren and Amber are actually doing the full challenge for Springtime Surprise.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Besides picking up bibs, are you going to be doing the virtual queue to get into the runDisney merch?

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JEANETTE: Speaking for myself, no, I don't think anybody because we run so many runDisney races and you get the shirts with the race.

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JEANETTE: It feels like buying a bunch of runDisney merch is a little extraneous.

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JEANETTE: Does you guys feel that?

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MAREN: Yeah.

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MAREN: I have mixed emotions because we think the Brooks merch is finally out for this race.

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MAREN: On one hand, I would love to get some of the new Brooks merch, but on the other hand, I think that's going to make it even more ridiculous to get it into the merch queue and I don't know that I need it that bad.

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MAREN: I can probably wait it out for another race when things get a little less.

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JEANETTE: Or if they have it, I'm sure eventually they're going to sell it online because they want to make as much money as possible.

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JEANETTE: But I thought maybe they would do it on the floor, not in the merch building.

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JEANETTE: Fingers crossed that it's just on the floor.

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VIRGINIA: But wait, is it Disney branded merch made by Brooks?

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JEANETTE: Last year, they announced that there would be a Collab.

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JEANETTE: Everybody says I say that funny, but Brooks and Disney Collab.

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MAREN: Brooks x Disney.

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JEANETTE: Yeah.

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JEANETTE: We're fans of Brooks and obviously, we're fans of Disney and so we're like, okay, when is this thing coming out?

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JEANETTE: When is this thing coming out?

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JEANETTE: Just today online, they posted that after 18 months and experiencing the Disney marathon weekend for ourselves, we are ready.

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MAREN: It's coming in April.

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JEANETTE: So it's coming to Springtime Surprise.

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VIRGINIA: Oh, wow.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: And all three of you have done Springtime Surprise before?

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VIRGINIA: Yes.

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JEANETTE: Yes.

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MAREN: It's one of my favorite races.

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JEANETTE: Springtime Surprise was my first race weekend in 2023?

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MAREN: Two.

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MAREN: One?

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JEANETTE: Not one.

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JEANETTE: Maybe two.

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MAREN: I think it was 22.

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JEANETTE: Yeah, maybe 22.

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JEANETTE: And then 23 was my first princess.

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JEANETTE: Yes, you're right, 22.

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JEANETTE: And then last year, I was like, I want to do a challenge, but I don't want to do like a really hard challenge.

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JEANETTE: So I'm going to do the Springtime Surprise because it's like the shortest distance challenge.

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MAREN: You realize it's not.

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JEANETTE: It's three days in a row.

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MAREN: But technically-

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JEANETTE: That's why I'm not doing it again.

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MAREN: So it's not the shortest distance challenge.

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MAREN: It's the same distance as if you do a 10K and a half, and those only require you to do two days.

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JEANETTE: So I should have done a princess challenge is what you're saying.

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MAREN: Probably would have made more sense, but I love the springtime surprise challenge myself because I think 10 miles is a really fun distance.

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JEANETTE: Ten miles is the best distance.

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MAREN: Yeah.

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VIRGINIA: Amber, between all of the different Disney races that you've done, how would you rank them?

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AMBER: I'd say besides it being a little warmer for springtime surprise, I really like springtime surprise because like Maren, I really enjoy the distances and just accomplishing that.

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AMBER: I would probably go after that to Princess and then to January.

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AMBER: I haven't done wine and dine since 2011, so I haven't done that recently, so I can't speak to that as current, but I put that as my hierarchy.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: Let's walk through the details of this trip.

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VIRGINIA: So Thursday, April the 3rd, when are each of you arriving?

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JEANETTE: Yeah, so I'll jump in on our first day, our arrival day.

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JEANETTE: We all have flights that arrive at MCO at about 11 a.m.

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JEANETTE: I actually just changed my flight so that I arrived at 11 a.m.

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JEANETTE: because two hours without my friends is not that much fun.

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JEANETTE: So I'll wait.

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JEANETTE: I'm going to take a different flight, meet up with them.

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JEANETTE: And Maren and Amber are on the same flight because they're both coming from Houston and Mariah also arranged her flight so that she gets in at 11 o'clock 5 a.m.

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JEANETTE: Actually, she's on the same flight too now.

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MAREN: Oh, wow.

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MAREN: There weren't good options from New Orleans.

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JEANETTE: So she's coming in for What The Wine.

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MAREN: She's going to come drink wine with us and then fly.

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MAREN: Yes.

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MAREN: There's a lovely wine bar here in Houston that the first Wednesday of every month, they have an event called What The Wine Wednesday and so Mariah is going to join us for that and then take the same flight with us because if she didn't do that, her flight options were really bad for Thursday.

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JEANETTE: Dang, I should have done that too.

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JEANETTE: Instead, I have to go out to dinner with my mother-in-law.

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MAREN: It's a little bit further for you to come to Houston, dear.

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AMBER: You could always change it.

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VIRGINIA: Oh my goodness.

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VIRGINIA: All right.

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VIRGINIA: How are you all getting from the airport to where you're staying?

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VIRGINIA: Where are you staying, I should ask?

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JEANETTE: Maren gets an awesome deal through her work on car rentals.

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JEANETTE: We are renting a car.

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JEANETTE: We generally find that it is very useful to have a car for Expo Week because you have to get to the Expo and the bus situation there isn't quite as easy as it is to the parks.

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JEANETTE: We're going to pick up our car and then drop our bags at Animal Kingdom Lodge.

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JEANETTE: We did David's Disney Point Rentals for a studio with a Savannah View.

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VIRGINIA: Okay.

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VIRGINIA: Mariah will be staying, so it will be the four of you in the room.

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VIRGINIA: When is Mariah going to come on the show?

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MAREN: It's a wonderful question.

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VIRGINIA: I feel like she's avoiding me.

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JEANETTE: She's incognito.

00:14:46.826 --> 00:14:48.726
JEANETTE: She doesn't like the publicity.

00:14:50.666 --> 00:14:51.226
VIRGINIA: It's okay.

00:14:51.426 --> 00:14:54.566
MAREN: We take pictures, and we're like, Mariah, can we post this?

00:14:54.626 --> 00:14:59.766
MAREN: She's like, she's a bit more private than, can you believe it, Jeanette and I?

00:15:00.526 --> 00:15:01.826
VIRGINIA: Well, I mean.

00:15:01.826 --> 00:15:07.186
MAREN: Amber needs to have a very public image as the amazing run coach she is.

00:15:07.186 --> 00:15:11.206
MAREN: Jeanette and I just need a public image because we like validation from people off the internet.

00:15:11.206 --> 00:15:15.786
JEANETTE: We have to show off our makes and our creative running costumes.

00:15:17.986 --> 00:15:20.286
VIRGINIA: It's okay.

00:15:20.286 --> 00:15:21.526
JEANETTE: We travel well together.

00:15:21.526 --> 00:15:25.226
JEANETTE: That's definitely one of the things like we vibe.

00:15:25.826 --> 00:15:27.546
JEANETTE: We like good food.

00:15:27.546 --> 00:15:30.446
JEANETTE: We like the vibes of Disney.

00:15:30.446 --> 00:15:33.026
JEANETTE: We don't need all the rides constantly.

00:15:35.186 --> 00:15:36.006
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:15:36.006 --> 00:15:42.886
VIRGINIA: Picking up your rental car and heading over to Animal Kingdom Lodge or are you going straight to the expo to grab your bibs?

00:15:42.886 --> 00:15:44.246
MAREN: I think we'll drop the bags first.

00:15:45.066 --> 00:15:51.206
MAREN: I will admit, I am very weird and paranoid about having luggage in a car anywhere.

00:15:51.206 --> 00:15:59.286
MAREN: So I would probably have made someone sit in the car with the bags if we went to the expo with the bags in the car.

00:15:59.286 --> 00:16:00.566
JEANETTE: That doesn't really work.

00:16:00.806 --> 00:16:01.426
MAREN: No.

00:16:01.446 --> 00:16:03.966
JEANETTE: Each person has to be there to pick up their own bib.

00:16:03.966 --> 00:16:04.946
MAREN: We take shifts.

00:16:05.386 --> 00:16:07.126
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:16:07.126 --> 00:16:07.606
MAREN: Jokes.

00:16:07.606 --> 00:16:09.666
JEANETTE: So we'll drop the bags at the hotel.

00:16:09.666 --> 00:16:10.166
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:16:11.326 --> 00:16:15.106
VIRGINIA: What is the theme of the springtime surprise?

00:16:15.326 --> 00:16:20.406
VIRGINIA: Are there certain characters that are the, what are they called, mascots?

00:16:20.406 --> 00:16:22.126
MAREN: Yes.

00:16:22.126 --> 00:16:22.866
MAREN: Jeanette, do you remember?

00:16:22.866 --> 00:16:23.966
MAREN: Because you're making a face.

00:16:23.966 --> 00:16:26.406
JEANETTE: I mean, I remember, but I'm not doing all the races.

00:16:26.406 --> 00:16:28.206
JEANETTE: So I feel like one of you should share.

00:16:28.206 --> 00:16:28.786
MAREN: Okay.

00:16:28.786 --> 00:16:29.086
MAREN: Okay.

00:16:29.086 --> 00:16:34.706
MAREN: So the 5K is I am Groot-themed or just Groot-themed or guardians, however you want to put it.

00:16:34.706 --> 00:16:36.246
MAREN: But it's definitely Groot on the medals.

00:16:37.406 --> 00:16:39.146
MAREN: The 10K is Hercules.

00:16:40.366 --> 00:16:42.206
MAREN: He put the glad and gladiators.

00:16:42.206 --> 00:16:46.546
MAREN: And then the 10 Mylar is the Incredibles.

00:16:46.546 --> 00:16:50.526
MAREN: And we will happily tell you about our costumes on each day.

00:16:50.526 --> 00:16:51.286
MAREN: Amber and I will.

00:16:51.286 --> 00:16:53.266
JEANETTE: Yes, we will.

00:16:53.266 --> 00:16:56.946
AMBER: And then the whole challenge is Baymax, right?

00:16:56.946 --> 00:16:57.606
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:16:57.606 --> 00:16:58.406
VIRGINIA: Baymax.

00:16:58.406 --> 00:16:59.066
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:16:59.206 --> 00:17:01.326
JEANETTE: She's a favorite of Maren.

00:17:01.326 --> 00:17:04.946
MAREN: We need to acknowledge that Big Hero 6 is a very underrated movie.

00:17:05.206 --> 00:17:05.326
MAREN: It is.

00:17:05.326 --> 00:17:07.386
MAREN: And Big Hero 6, the series.

00:17:07.386 --> 00:17:12.246
MAREN: If anyone watched Big Hero 6, the series on Disney Channel before it got canned and then they did that cute.

00:17:12.246 --> 00:17:14.646
MAREN: The Baymax shorts on Disney Plus are cute.

00:17:14.646 --> 00:17:22.066
MAREN: But the Big Hero 6 series, it ended before it should have ended as many Disney Channel cartoons do nowadays.

00:17:22.066 --> 00:17:29.086
JEANETTE: If you can watch Big Hero 6 and not cry, you might not have a soul.

00:17:29.086 --> 00:17:30.546
VIRGINIA: You heard it here, folks.

00:17:30.546 --> 00:17:32.406
JEANETTE: So that's Jeanette Hot Take for you.

00:17:32.406 --> 00:17:33.386
MAREN: It's not a hot take.

00:17:33.386 --> 00:17:34.126
MAREN: It's a fact.

00:17:34.606 --> 00:17:37.606
VIRGINIA: If you're wondering if you have a soul, perfect test.

00:17:37.606 --> 00:17:39.306
VIRGINIA: Go watch Big Hero 6.

00:17:39.306 --> 00:17:41.246
AMBER: Evidence based, yes.

00:17:41.246 --> 00:17:50.786
VIRGINIA: Then why not since you brought up your running outfits, bounds, whatever we want to call them, what are they for each day?

00:17:50.786 --> 00:17:51.906
MAREN: Sure, we can jump to that.

00:17:51.906 --> 00:18:02.646
MAREN: So for the 5K, if you haven't done a Disney 5K, people just know it's a very challenging race to run because it's a lot of walkers.

00:18:02.726 --> 00:18:04.546
MAREN: And that's great, that's fun.

00:18:04.546 --> 00:18:08.206
MAREN: But it's very crowded because there's not really a time requirement.

00:18:08.206 --> 00:18:13.846
MAREN: And so unless you can get to the front of a corral or a staging line, you're probably walking.

00:18:13.846 --> 00:18:17.566
MAREN: Thus, you can do very uncomfortable costumes.

00:18:17.566 --> 00:18:24.006
MAREN: So Amber and I are going to be Awesome Mixtape Volume 1 and Volume 2.

00:18:24.006 --> 00:18:29.586
MAREN: We found some really ridiculous cassette costumes.

00:18:29.586 --> 00:18:30.766
MAREN: They're soft material.

00:18:31.926 --> 00:18:36.586
MAREN: But they're like, you know, like a dress but stiff cassettes.

00:18:36.586 --> 00:18:41.086
MAREN: And so we will write Awesome Mixtape Volume 1 and Volume 2 on them.

00:18:41.086 --> 00:18:48.686
AMBER: She had initially wanted to do a QR code on the back where you could scan it and it would start playing the soundtracks from the appropriate versions.

00:18:48.686 --> 00:18:51.106
AMBER: But we just didn't get to that this time around.

00:18:51.106 --> 00:18:51.566
MAREN: You know what?

00:18:51.566 --> 00:18:52.586
MAREN: I still have a weekend.

00:18:52.586 --> 00:18:55.886
MAREN: I can't guarantee I won't get a while to do that.

00:18:55.886 --> 00:18:57.866
JEANETTE: Things this woman could do in a weekend.

00:18:58.886 --> 00:19:03.626
VIRGINIA: Maren is known for her last-minute makes.

00:19:03.626 --> 00:19:03.946
MAREN: I know.

00:19:03.946 --> 00:19:04.846
JEANETTE: Always amazing.

00:19:04.846 --> 00:19:06.066
JEANETTE: Always perfect.

00:19:06.066 --> 00:19:15.986
MAREN: I am worried that if I tried to do that, I might burn this costume material because it's a very lovely cheap polyester that I'm sure will be delightful to wear for 3.1 miles.

00:19:17.346 --> 00:19:18.826
MAREN: Yeah, it's going to be good.

00:19:18.826 --> 00:19:20.746
VIRGINIA: Amber, what's the outfit for the 10K?

00:19:22.086 --> 00:19:32.286
AMBER: So the 10K is the Hercules and I had not seen Hercules prior to last week, actually.

00:19:32.286 --> 00:19:35.986
AMBER: So Maren and I watched it to get Cartoon, not Cartoon.

00:19:35.986 --> 00:19:37.966
MAREN: Y'all, you should see Virginia's face right now.

00:19:37.966 --> 00:19:46.086
MAREN: This has been like an ongoing thing where I'm like, Amber, this is a very big gap in your life.

00:19:48.806 --> 00:19:49.446
MAREN: I know.

00:19:49.446 --> 00:19:52.786
AMBER: I've been educated on Disney things, yes, yes.

00:19:52.786 --> 00:19:55.326
AMBER: I've watched more Disney movies in the last year.

00:19:57.746 --> 00:19:59.026
AMBER: I didn't have cable growing up.

00:19:59.026 --> 00:20:04.446
AMBER: I mean, like, okay, I wasn't exposed to Disney Channel or anything like that.

00:20:04.446 --> 00:20:07.526
AMBER: So Maren and I were watching the movie trying to figure out, all right, what are we going to be?

00:20:07.526 --> 00:20:11.126
AMBER: Because this was the hardest one to figure out our costume.

00:20:11.126 --> 00:20:17.606
AMBER: And we were going back and forth with ideas as we were watching, like, is the muse is the correct word that I'm supposed to use for that?

00:20:17.606 --> 00:20:18.426
MAREN: Yes, yes.

00:20:18.426 --> 00:20:21.606
MAREN: We think a lot of people be wearing togas and being muses.

00:20:21.606 --> 00:20:24.486
MAREN: We see pain and panic all the time.

00:20:24.486 --> 00:20:25.626
AMBER: Yes.

00:20:25.626 --> 00:20:30.606
AMBER: So the quote came up, I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this, have a nice day.

00:20:30.606 --> 00:20:40.506
AMBER: And that is what we bought iron-ons to put on our shirts so that we can wear that as our quote for the race and wear the most comfortable costume of the whole weekend.

00:20:40.506 --> 00:20:40.906
MAREN: Yes.

00:20:40.906 --> 00:20:42.246
MAREN: We're going comfortable for the 10K.

00:20:43.466 --> 00:20:49.586
MAREN: Just in case Amber gets a wild hair and wants to go run fast, and I'm like, bye Amber, I'll see you at the finish line.

00:20:49.606 --> 00:20:52.026
VIRGINIA: Could happen, but probably not.

00:20:52.026 --> 00:20:54.226
VIRGINIA: All right, what about the 10 miler?

00:20:54.226 --> 00:20:58.346
JEANETTE: I think Maren has to explain this because it is her brainchild.

00:20:58.346 --> 00:21:01.966
AMBER: It is gonna be, oh, interesting.

00:21:01.966 --> 00:21:04.766
MAREN: So, I love the Muppets.

00:21:04.766 --> 00:21:09.966
MAREN: I'm having a very difficult time with the whole Muppet Courtyard situation.

00:21:10.106 --> 00:21:14.946
MAREN: So, pretty much any excuse I have to do anything Muppet related, I'm going to take.

00:21:14.946 --> 00:21:17.546
JEANETTE: We did Muppets for Dapper Day.

00:21:17.546 --> 00:21:20.386
MAREN: Yes, we did Muppets for Dapper Day.

00:21:21.586 --> 00:21:23.706
MAREN: I have a Miss Piggy tattoo, right?

00:21:23.986 --> 00:21:25.566
MAREN: There's things, guys.

00:21:25.566 --> 00:21:31.226
MAREN: Highly recommend everyone, before Pizza Rizzo closes, one eat there because it's delicious.

00:21:31.226 --> 00:21:32.686
MAREN: It's not delicious, but that's fine.

00:21:32.686 --> 00:21:33.746
MAREN: It's Pizza Rizzo, right?

00:21:33.746 --> 00:21:35.666
MAREN: It's the ambiance that matters.

00:21:35.726 --> 00:21:37.346
VIRGINIA: It's rat pizza.

00:21:37.346 --> 00:21:40.086
MAREN: It's great fluffy rat pizza.

00:21:40.086 --> 00:21:45.266
MAREN: But before it closes, make sure to go get your Muppet pressed pennies, right?

00:21:45.266 --> 00:21:51.086
MAREN: You don't have to bring your own penny anymore, but you need your Muppet pennies before Pizza Rizzo is gone.

00:21:51.086 --> 00:21:52.806
VIRGINIA: Don't you think they'll move the machine?

00:21:52.806 --> 00:21:55.066
MAREN: Well, one of them is Pizza Rizzo specific.

00:21:55.066 --> 00:21:58.426
MAREN: I hope they move the more generic Muppet ones.

00:21:58.726 --> 00:22:01.206
MAREN: That's a good point, but who knows?

00:22:01.266 --> 00:22:03.266
MAREN: Maybe there'll be a Rock and Rollercoaster press pinning with Muppets.

00:22:03.266 --> 00:22:04.606
VIRGINIA: I bet there will be.

00:22:04.606 --> 00:22:06.186
MAREN: That would be great.

00:22:06.186 --> 00:22:12.186
MAREN: But all that rambling was to say, we are doing a mashup of the Muppets and the Incredibles.

00:22:12.186 --> 00:22:16.506
MAREN: And this came from my desire to wear underwear on top of my pants.

00:22:19.986 --> 00:22:21.546
AMBER: And make us all do it, too.

00:22:21.546 --> 00:22:23.246
MAREN: And make everyone else do it.

00:22:23.246 --> 00:22:24.606
MAREN: So I am Mrs.

00:22:24.606 --> 00:22:26.046
MAREN: IncrediPig.

00:22:26.046 --> 00:22:28.346
MAREN: So Miss Piggy matched with Mrs.

00:22:28.346 --> 00:22:28.786
MAREN: Incredible.

00:22:28.946 --> 00:22:32.766
MAREN: So I will be wearing, you know, pink tights and a pink shirt and purple.

00:22:32.766 --> 00:22:34.046
JEANETTE: Are you Elastapig?

00:22:36.426 --> 00:22:37.546
VIRGINIA: Oh, no.

00:22:37.546 --> 00:22:38.766
MAREN: Don't do that.

00:22:39.926 --> 00:22:42.286
MAREN: Elastapig.

00:22:42.286 --> 00:22:44.226
MAREN: Oh, gosh, that's going to hurt some listeners' eardrums.

00:22:44.226 --> 00:22:45.846
MAREN: I'm so sorry.

00:22:45.846 --> 00:22:47.406
MAREN: That's a great question.

00:22:47.406 --> 00:22:48.186
MAREN: I don't know.

00:22:48.186 --> 00:22:51.006
MAREN: Because Piggy and Kermit, they're not together.

00:22:51.226 --> 00:22:52.206
MAREN: But they're not married.

00:22:52.206 --> 00:22:53.426
MAREN: So I don't know.

00:22:53.426 --> 00:22:56.206
MAREN: So anyway, I am a mashup of either Elastagirl or Mrs.

00:22:56.346 --> 00:23:00.366
MAREN: Incredible, depending on how you view her and Ms.

00:23:00.366 --> 00:23:01.626
MAREN: Piggy.

00:23:01.626 --> 00:23:04.686
MAREN: Amber is Kermit and Mr.

00:23:04.686 --> 00:23:05.546
MAREN: Incredible.

00:23:05.546 --> 00:23:09.686
MAREN: So she also has volunteered to wear underwear outside of her pants.

00:23:09.686 --> 00:23:10.806
MAREN: To be clear, we're not wearing underwear.

00:23:10.806 --> 00:23:12.026
MAREN: We're wearing swimsuit bottoms.

00:23:12.026 --> 00:23:13.786
MAREN: But it's funnier to say underwear.

00:23:13.786 --> 00:23:15.906
VIRGINIA: Thank you so much for clarifying.

00:23:15.906 --> 00:23:17.026
MAREN: Yes, you're welcome.

00:23:17.026 --> 00:23:18.286
MAREN: I did a test run.

00:23:18.286 --> 00:23:21.726
MAREN: We both done test runs in ours recently, and this is going to be fine.

00:23:21.986 --> 00:23:22.926
MAREN: We'll leave it at fine.

00:23:24.686 --> 00:23:26.366
MAREN: Yes, it's not going to be great.

00:23:27.546 --> 00:23:28.066
MAREN: No, not great.

00:23:28.066 --> 00:23:30.386
AMBER: The pictures will be very interesting.

00:23:30.386 --> 00:23:31.906
MAREN: It's going to be really flattering.

00:23:32.266 --> 00:23:33.706
MAREN: I'm just really happy that Ms.

00:23:33.706 --> 00:23:37.126
MAREN: Piggy, like myself, is a very curvaceous woman.

00:23:37.126 --> 00:23:39.046
MAREN: So we'll look great together.

00:23:39.046 --> 00:23:42.486
MAREN: And Jeanette, I forgot, how exactly are we phrasing you?

00:23:42.486 --> 00:23:43.966
MAREN: Are you Fawzone?

00:23:43.966 --> 00:23:44.926
JEANETTE: Fawzone.

00:23:45.826 --> 00:23:48.026
MAREN: So Fawzy Bear Frozone.

00:23:48.026 --> 00:23:48.966
MAREN: It's very cute.

00:23:49.886 --> 00:24:00.306
MAREN: She probably has one of the more cute, not ridiculous looks, but I can't say I blame her, because Jeanette's adorable and Amber just gets suckered into doing bad ideas thanks to me.

00:24:00.306 --> 00:24:07.466
JEANETTE: I did order these brown sunglasses though, that are like flat, like thin, like Frozone.

00:24:07.466 --> 00:24:07.946
MAREN: Those are cute.

00:24:07.946 --> 00:24:12.526
JEANETTE: And I ordered them from a company that puts names on the sides of the glasses.

00:24:12.526 --> 00:24:14.166
JEANETTE: So they will say Fawzone.

00:24:14.806 --> 00:24:15.466
MAREN: Stop it.

00:24:15.466 --> 00:24:17.186
JEANETTE: On the sides of the glasses.

00:24:17.186 --> 00:24:19.026
VIRGINIA: Oh my god.

00:24:19.026 --> 00:24:22.066
MAREN: And I made my dad do a Fawzi Bear costume.

00:24:23.246 --> 00:24:23.906
MAREN: When was that?

00:24:23.906 --> 00:24:25.286
MAREN: A couple of recent...

00:24:25.286 --> 00:24:26.326
MAREN: That wasn't springtime.

00:24:26.326 --> 00:24:27.426
MAREN: Was that two springtimes ago?

00:24:27.426 --> 00:24:29.586
MAREN: Two springtimes ago.

00:24:29.586 --> 00:24:35.946
MAREN: So I have a hat that's more like fascinator size that Jeanette can use for her hat.

00:24:36.346 --> 00:24:39.866
JEANETTE: And I'm loaning her some pig ears because I have missed pig ears.

00:24:40.326 --> 00:24:41.286
MAREN: Yes.

00:24:41.286 --> 00:24:46.226
MAREN: So we're being socially or environmentally responsible.

00:24:46.226 --> 00:24:47.166
MAREN: That's what I was looking for.

00:24:47.166 --> 00:24:47.526
MAREN: There we go.

00:24:47.526 --> 00:24:49.066
JEANETTE: Sharing is caring.

00:24:49.066 --> 00:24:50.486
MAREN: Yes.

00:24:50.486 --> 00:25:00.966
MAREN: And then Mariah being our modest and not completely ridiculous friend, she is going to be a mashup between Edna Mode and Janice.

00:25:01.006 --> 00:25:05.346
MAREN: So Janice Mode, like, wow, no capes.

00:25:05.346 --> 00:25:05.806
MAREN: Yes.

00:25:05.806 --> 00:25:09.946
MAREN: So she's got a black and white tie-dye shirt to go with Edna Mode.

00:25:09.946 --> 00:25:15.206
MAREN: And I think this weekend probably I'll put, oh, yes, she's got ridiculous glasses.

00:25:15.206 --> 00:25:24.806
MAREN: And probably this weekend I'll put like, wow, no capes using my little cricket machine on the back of her shirt to make it a little clearer who she is, hopefully.

00:25:25.446 --> 00:25:28.746
MAREN: It's an aggressive mashup, but it's going to work.

00:25:28.786 --> 00:25:30.026
MAREN: People will love it.

00:25:30.026 --> 00:25:30.446
MAREN: I've declared it.

00:25:30.446 --> 00:25:33.726
JEANETTE: I don't think there'll be anyone else dressed like us.

00:25:33.726 --> 00:25:34.146
VIRGINIA: Oh, no.

00:25:34.146 --> 00:25:37.066
MAREN: If there is, I will lose my mind.

00:25:37.066 --> 00:25:39.406
AMBER: We need a picture if there is.

00:25:39.406 --> 00:25:42.206
MAREN: Yes, yes, couple's costumes.

00:25:42.206 --> 00:25:43.186
VIRGINIA: Yes, I love it.

00:25:43.186 --> 00:25:45.106
VIRGINIA: I cannot wait to see these.

00:25:45.106 --> 00:25:46.286
VIRGINIA: I cannot wait to see these.

00:25:46.286 --> 00:25:47.506
MAREN: Thank you, thank you.

00:25:47.506 --> 00:25:49.206
MAREN: We're very excited ourselves.

00:25:49.206 --> 00:25:54.666
VIRGINIA: All right, how many days of this trip are you going into a park?

00:25:54.666 --> 00:25:56.586
JEANETTE: Every day.

00:25:56.586 --> 00:25:57.606
VIRGINIA: Every day, every second?

00:25:58.546 --> 00:26:00.166
JEANETTE: Probably not the first day.

00:26:00.166 --> 00:26:34.866
JEANETTE: I think the first day because our flights are a little bit later in the morning and we have the expo and it's the first day of the expo and we're also trying to do the happy hour at Summer House on the Lake, which goes from three to five, but you have to get a seat at the bar and I've heard that they do fill up in the three o'clock hour, so a little like crunch for time, so I don't think we'll make it to a park that day, so we'll probably do airport, big drop, expo, Summer House.

00:26:34.866 --> 00:26:35.846
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:26:35.846 --> 00:26:40.786
VIRGINIA: And then you have a bed, because that's exactly what I was about to say, is you have a race the very next morning.

00:26:40.786 --> 00:26:54.026
JEANETTE: Except I'm not going to bed right away, because I don't have to get up really early, so I'm going to take advantage of the fact that Animal Kingdom Lodge and we're in the Jambo House has the most incredible pool, the Uzima Pool.

00:26:54.806 --> 00:26:57.866
JEANETTE: I don't know if that's how you pronounce it, to be honest, but that's kind of...

00:26:57.866 --> 00:26:59.086
VIRGINIA: I don't either.

00:26:59.086 --> 00:26:59.666
MAREN: Like not one of the...

00:26:59.666 --> 00:27:00.766
MAREN: Uzima?

00:27:00.806 --> 00:27:01.206
MAREN: Yes.

00:27:01.206 --> 00:27:02.726
JEANETTE: No, you, Uzima.

00:27:04.286 --> 00:27:06.986
JEANETTE: And this pool is so cool.

00:27:06.986 --> 00:27:28.786
JEANETTE: They have a flamingo viewing area and they have a really great pool bar that just mudslides and rum drinks and so I'm going to just go like do a little pool, drinky drinky, go down a water slide in my middle age and then and then still go to bed pretty early.

00:27:28.786 --> 00:27:29.206
VIRGINIA: Right.

00:27:29.206 --> 00:27:47.866
VIRGINIA: But this is the kind of race where you actually are going to have weather that is okay for going in a pool because when we were there in February, it was absolutely freezing for the 5K and it was not that much warmer for the other days, only slightly warmer.

00:27:47.866 --> 00:27:51.386
JEANETTE: Right now the forecast is like 60 to 80s.

00:27:53.326 --> 00:28:04.286
MAREN: It's so hard to believe this is one of my favorite races when the weather is terrible, but I know the weather is going to be terrible whereas Princess, because the weather is so hit or miss, it can be very disappointing.

00:28:04.286 --> 00:28:06.766
MAREN: I'm prepared for the weather to be bad for this race.

00:28:07.646 --> 00:28:08.686
JEANETTE: And I love this weather.

00:28:08.686 --> 00:28:10.726
JEANETTE: This is like perfect weather for me, so.

00:28:10.726 --> 00:28:12.746
MAREN: Not for running.

00:28:12.746 --> 00:28:15.186
JEANETTE: 60s, I love running in 60s, the degree of weather.

00:28:15.186 --> 00:28:16.446
MAREN: Low 60s.

00:28:17.646 --> 00:28:19.966
AMBER: I'd rather 40s.

00:28:19.966 --> 00:28:25.466
JEANETTE: We can and have argued about weather preferences for hours of our lives.

00:28:25.466 --> 00:28:30.186
MAREN: The Southerners and the Northern Girl just can't seem to agree on the weather.

00:28:30.186 --> 00:28:32.706
JEANETTE: I have cold, Virginia, we have cold weather.

00:28:32.706 --> 00:28:35.786
JEANETTE: We have a lot of cold weather throughout the year, and I crave the warmth.

00:28:36.266 --> 00:28:37.606
JEANETTE: They have a lot of hot weather.

00:28:38.046 --> 00:28:40.826
JEANETTE: They prefer the more temperate temperatures.

00:28:43.366 --> 00:28:44.126
VIRGINIA: I get it.

00:28:44.166 --> 00:28:45.446
VIRGINIA: I get it.

00:28:45.446 --> 00:28:47.146
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:28:47.146 --> 00:28:50.286
VIRGINIA: Friday the 4th is the 5K.

00:28:51.486 --> 00:28:54.786
VIRGINIA: What park will you be going into for the afternoon?

00:28:57.066 --> 00:28:59.846
MAREN: Well, I mean, we're very fast.

00:28:59.846 --> 00:29:08.826
MAREN: No, I just went on my whole tie-rate earlier about how long it might take to do a 5K because, yeah, traffic and character stops and comfortable costume.

00:29:08.826 --> 00:29:18.966
MAREN: So we're planning to go to Magic Kingdom after we finish because in theory of the races, that should be the one we do finish the fastest and that gives us lots of Magic Kingdom time.

00:29:18.966 --> 00:29:21.746
MAREN: So yeah, that's gonna be our Magic Kingdom day.

00:29:21.746 --> 00:29:24.326
VIRGINIA: Jeanette, are you going to sleep in?

00:29:24.386 --> 00:29:27.446
VIRGINIA: What are you going to do while they're off doing their race?

00:29:27.446 --> 00:29:28.406
MAREN: She's gonna come cheer for us.

00:29:28.406 --> 00:29:30.346
MAREN: I'm joking.

00:29:30.346 --> 00:29:40.706
JEANETTE: I mean, I probably, honestly, will straighten my hair because I will have gone swimming the night before and have to wash my hair that night.

00:29:40.706 --> 00:29:44.206
JEANETTE: So I will probably take the time to make my hair nice.

00:29:45.926 --> 00:29:47.866
JEANETTE: You've been with me when I have to get ready.

00:29:47.866 --> 00:29:51.486
JEANETTE: You know how high maintenance I am, but I'm not gonna get up at 3 a.m.

00:29:51.486 --> 00:29:51.906
JEANETTE: to do that.

00:29:51.986 --> 00:29:54.146
JEANETTE: I'll probably get up at 7 a.m.

00:29:54.146 --> 00:29:55.026
JEANETTE: to do that.

00:29:55.026 --> 00:29:56.986
VIRGINIA: Do you have any fun breakfast plans?

00:29:56.986 --> 00:29:59.466
JEANETTE: No, but I'm sure Mariah and I will find something fun.

00:29:59.466 --> 00:30:04.986
JEANETTE: I mean, even the Marah that's on site at Jambo House is really good.

00:30:04.986 --> 00:30:05.326
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:30:05.326 --> 00:30:06.946
MAREN: We might come join you for that.

00:30:06.946 --> 00:30:07.266
JEANETTE: Yeah.

00:30:07.266 --> 00:30:11.006
JEANETTE: I mean, that will probably coincide.

00:30:11.326 --> 00:30:17.006
JEANETTE: They're coming back and having breakfast with me finally being ready and my hair done and breakfast.

00:30:17.006 --> 00:30:22.366
MAREN: We might be sweaty cassette tapes at breakfast, but it's fine.

00:30:22.366 --> 00:30:24.486
MAREN: No, we will definitely go get cleaned up before we...

00:30:24.486 --> 00:30:25.046
MAREN: I don't know.

00:30:25.046 --> 00:30:26.406
MAREN: It depends how hungry I am.

00:30:26.406 --> 00:30:28.646
AMBER: I say gear check.

00:30:28.646 --> 00:30:30.306
MAREN: Change of clothes.

00:30:30.306 --> 00:30:31.126
MAREN: What?

00:30:31.126 --> 00:30:34.086
MAREN: No, I'm going to be wearing that cassette until I get back in the room.

00:30:34.086 --> 00:30:38.246
VIRGINIA: Are you going to be getting any multi-pass days for this trip at all?

00:30:38.246 --> 00:30:38.586
MAREN: Yes.

00:30:38.586 --> 00:30:40.926
MAREN: We've become very spoiled with those.

00:30:41.046 --> 00:30:48.126
MAREN: Even though I believe, Jeanette, this was one of the more expensive weeks we've seen based on what Jeanette was saying.

00:30:48.126 --> 00:30:49.126
MAREN: I have to give Jeanette credit.

00:30:49.126 --> 00:30:51.946
MAREN: She is our multi-pass queen.

00:30:51.946 --> 00:30:59.166
MAREN: But yes, we will be getting them, I think, every day that we hit the parks or maybe not the last day.

00:30:59.166 --> 00:31:00.546
MAREN: I don't remember now.

00:31:00.546 --> 00:31:01.946
MAREN: I'll read my notes in a moment.

00:31:01.946 --> 00:31:02.146
MAREN: Yeah.

00:31:02.146 --> 00:31:05.026
JEANETTE: Because we have our APs.

00:31:05.026 --> 00:31:13.566
JEANETTE: We just want to skip those lines and have it be easy to get into a ride and then be done with the ride and move on to snacks and things.

00:31:13.566 --> 00:31:18.906
MAREN: Do the rides we want and if we don't hit the other things, it's okay because we'll be back later.

00:31:20.066 --> 00:31:22.406
MAREN: We're becoming very spoiled.

00:31:22.406 --> 00:31:30.066
VIRGINIA: Tomorrow is your one week out, so you'll be making your advance selections tomorrow, right?

00:31:30.066 --> 00:31:32.406
JEANETTE: Setting my alarm for 6:50 AM.

00:31:32.426 --> 00:31:33.086
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:31:33.086 --> 00:31:34.126
MAREN: She will do an amazing job as always.

00:31:34.126 --> 00:31:37.846
JEANETTE: Which is good because it would be 5.50 for either of them.

00:31:37.886 --> 00:31:39.366
MAREN: That's true.

00:31:39.366 --> 00:31:40.926
MAREN: That is true.

00:31:40.926 --> 00:31:44.626
VIRGINIA: What are your three advance selections you're going to try for?

00:31:44.626 --> 00:31:49.066
MAREN: I'm a big Tiana's fan, which is a big problem.

00:31:49.066 --> 00:31:52.086
MAREN: I lived in New Orleans for a long time, so I love Tiana.

00:31:53.346 --> 00:31:59.186
MAREN: We always keep going for Tiana now that it exists, but it's the same tier as the Jungle Cruise.

00:31:59.686 --> 00:32:11.006
MAREN: That's my chief complaint right now, Disney, if you're listening, is it would be nice to be able to have, what are we calling them now, Lightning Lane Multipass, for both of those.

00:32:11.006 --> 00:32:14.646
MAREN: We're going for Tiana, Haunted Mansion and Pirates.

00:32:14.646 --> 00:32:16.346
MAREN: That's our top three.

00:32:16.346 --> 00:32:20.086
MAREN: Then of course, we've got some Tron heads.

00:32:20.086 --> 00:32:20.406
MAREN: Yes.

00:32:20.446 --> 00:32:20.986
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:32:21.626 --> 00:32:24.166
MAREN: I'm hit or miss on Tron.

00:32:24.166 --> 00:32:27.646
MAREN: I really enjoy it, but it can make me have a bit of motion sickness.

00:32:28.186 --> 00:32:32.806
JEANETTE: I'm not willing to spend a dollar for a second to ride a roller coaster.

00:32:32.806 --> 00:32:34.426
AMBER: Yeah, Mariah and I definitely spend the money.

00:32:34.986 --> 00:32:35.806
VIRGINIA: Oh, okay.

00:32:35.806 --> 00:32:38.566
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I'm in the same boat as Jeanette.

00:32:38.566 --> 00:32:46.026
VIRGINIA: I spent money on it when it first came out, and now I'm just not into spending money on that one.

00:32:46.026 --> 00:32:50.306
VIRGINIA: But Guardians Cosmic Rewind every time.

00:32:50.306 --> 00:32:52.926
VIRGINIA: Any day I'm in that car, I will pay for it.

00:32:52.926 --> 00:32:53.466
VIRGINIA: I don't care.

00:32:53.466 --> 00:32:55.926
MAREN: It's so good, but it makes me so sick.

00:32:55.926 --> 00:32:57.586
MAREN: I really wish I could handle it.

00:32:57.906 --> 00:33:01.746
MAREN: It really is well done, but it'll take me out for the rest of the day.

00:33:01.746 --> 00:33:03.106
VIRGINIA: I feel so bad for you, Maren.

00:33:03.346 --> 00:33:04.506
VIRGINIA: It's my favorite.

00:33:04.706 --> 00:33:09.566
VIRGINIA: If that one made me feel ill, I would be so upset.

00:33:09.566 --> 00:33:11.566
JEANETTE: I still want you to try the bracelets.

00:33:11.566 --> 00:33:12.226
MAREN: Okay.

00:33:12.226 --> 00:33:13.166
MAREN: We'll buy them for me, Maren.

00:33:13.166 --> 00:33:14.486
VIRGINIA: You haven't tried the bracelets yet?

00:33:14.566 --> 00:33:15.566
VIRGINIA: You should try them.

00:33:15.566 --> 00:33:16.426
MAREN: People tell me things.

00:33:16.426 --> 00:33:19.206
MAREN: I forget these things.

00:33:19.206 --> 00:33:22.766
VIRGINIA: I've also heard about the stick on things that go behind your ear.

00:33:22.766 --> 00:33:23.546
MAREN: Behind the ear?

00:33:23.546 --> 00:33:24.086
MAREN: Yeah.

00:33:24.106 --> 00:33:25.466
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:33:26.066 --> 00:33:28.166
VIRGINIA: I don't know what works.

00:33:28.166 --> 00:33:31.286
VIRGINIA: Let's talk about Saturday, April the 5th.

00:33:32.286 --> 00:33:33.466
VIRGINIA: That's the 10K.

00:33:33.466 --> 00:33:34.646
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:33:34.646 --> 00:33:39.366
VIRGINIA: Are all four of you doing the 10K or only Amber and Maren?

00:33:39.366 --> 00:33:41.746
AMBER: It's just Maren and I doing the 10K.

00:33:41.746 --> 00:33:42.506
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:33:42.506 --> 00:33:46.666
AMBER: Then we're heading to Animal Kingdom post-race after that one.

00:33:46.666 --> 00:33:47.946
MAREN: After showers.

00:33:47.946 --> 00:33:51.606
AMBER: After showers and getting cleaned up, yes, that'll still be relatively early.

00:33:51.606 --> 00:33:57.746
AMBER: The place that we really like to go is the Nomad Lounge.

00:33:57.746 --> 00:34:04.486
AMBER: That opens at 1030, so we like to get there right at 1030 to make sure we get a table and can eat all the yummy food and drinks.

00:34:04.486 --> 00:34:05.166
VIRGINIA: Does it open at 1030?

00:34:05.166 --> 00:34:07.266
AMBER: I've only been once and I remember the churros.

00:34:07.266 --> 00:34:08.686
JEANETTE: It does.

00:34:08.686 --> 00:34:09.886
MAREN: Yeah, they made it earlier.

00:34:09.886 --> 00:34:11.026
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:34:11.026 --> 00:34:12.906
AMBER: I did research and checked right before so I made sure I said the right thing.

00:34:12.906 --> 00:34:15.126
JEANETTE: So you have your cocktails at 1030 in the morning.

00:34:15.126 --> 00:34:16.346
MAREN: It's brunch.

00:34:17.886 --> 00:34:19.726
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:34:19.726 --> 00:34:23.606
MAREN: She tells herself as she drinks gin at 1030 in the morning.

00:34:23.606 --> 00:34:24.346
JEANETTE: It will be for us.

00:34:24.386 --> 00:34:25.826
AMBER: It's bread service.

00:34:25.846 --> 00:34:27.586
VIRGINIA: It's five o'clock somewhere.

00:34:29.386 --> 00:34:30.466
JEANETTE: I am.

00:34:30.466 --> 00:34:34.046
JEANETTE: I always say that the Nomad Lounge is our clubhouse.

00:34:34.046 --> 00:34:34.546
MAREN: It is.

00:34:34.546 --> 00:34:36.646
JEANETTE: It's like our adventures clubhouse.

00:34:37.706 --> 00:34:39.926
MAREN: It's a loaded tot clubhouse.

00:34:39.926 --> 00:34:41.126
AMBER: What are your favorite foods there, guys?

00:34:41.126 --> 00:34:42.066
AMBER: I know we got churros.

00:34:42.066 --> 00:34:45.186
AMBER: I don't remember all the favorite stuff you guys get there.

00:34:45.186 --> 00:34:48.286
MAREN: Well, Jeanette and I are very into the lobster mac and cheese.

00:34:48.286 --> 00:34:49.846
JEANETTE: I love the lobster mac and cheese.

00:34:49.886 --> 00:34:52.266
JEANETTE: It's so bougie, so delicious.

00:34:52.266 --> 00:34:58.026
VIRGINIA: I love the bread service and I love the churros, obviously, and the land salad.

00:34:58.026 --> 00:34:59.246
VIRGINIA: The land salad is really good.

00:34:59.246 --> 00:35:00.986
MAREN: The land salad is great.

00:35:00.986 --> 00:35:01.666
JEANETTE: It's a great salad.

00:35:01.666 --> 00:35:03.326
JEANETTE: You got to have the land salad.

00:35:03.326 --> 00:35:08.406
JEANETTE: It's that bit of fresh green to go with all the rich food and the cocktails.

00:35:08.406 --> 00:35:13.066
MAREN: Mariah always is requesting vegetables, and so that's one of her favorites.

00:35:13.066 --> 00:35:16.886
MAREN: Also, my stomach appreciates that I occasionally get a vegetable at Disney.

00:35:17.526 --> 00:35:20.546
MAREN: So it's a great choice to have.

00:35:20.546 --> 00:35:22.126
JEANETTE: So don't get scurvy.

00:35:25.106 --> 00:35:27.246
VIRGINIA: On the Jungle Cruise.

00:35:27.246 --> 00:35:29.526
MAREN: Jungle Cruise pirates, scurvy.

00:35:29.526 --> 00:35:30.166
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:35:30.166 --> 00:35:32.006
MAREN: Very adventurelandy.

00:35:32.006 --> 00:35:33.506
AMBER: Yes, definitely.

00:35:34.526 --> 00:35:39.386
VIRGINIA: What are the three advanced lightning lanes that you're aiming for for Animal Kingdom?

00:35:39.386 --> 00:35:41.666
VIRGINIA: Because there's not a ton right now.

00:35:41.666 --> 00:35:49.106
AMBER: So Safari, Dinosaur, and Everest are the three that we're going to go for for our lightning lane passing.

00:35:49.106 --> 00:35:49.946
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:35:49.946 --> 00:35:52.366
VIRGINIA: Do we have an end date for Dinosaur yet?

00:35:52.366 --> 00:35:54.026
MAREN: I think we have a whole year, right?

00:35:54.026 --> 00:35:54.566
VIRGINIA: A year.

00:35:54.586 --> 00:35:55.366
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:35:55.366 --> 00:36:05.506
VIRGINIA: Every time I've been on it, the past, I would say full year, every single time I'm like, this is it, this is goodbye, and then it's not.

00:36:05.506 --> 00:36:07.506
VIRGINIA: Not that I'm rushing it or anything, but.

00:36:07.506 --> 00:36:07.626
AMBER: Yeah.

00:36:07.626 --> 00:36:10.746
AMBER: The website I saw said it would be good through 2025.

00:36:11.226 --> 00:36:13.046
AMBER: It will close in 2026.

00:36:13.046 --> 00:36:15.126
AMBER: That was dated January of this year.

00:36:15.126 --> 00:36:15.766
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:36:16.246 --> 00:36:21.586
MAREN: We need to acknowledge that Muppet Vision closes before that, and that's just really rude.

00:36:21.586 --> 00:36:25.786
MAREN: So okay, I promise I won't go on my muppet tirade too many more times.

00:36:25.786 --> 00:36:31.506
VIRGINIA: Oh, Maren, I'm going to keep you in my prayers and get through this hard time.

00:36:34.206 --> 00:36:34.626
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:36:34.626 --> 00:36:35.946
VIRGINIA: Sunday, April 6th.

00:36:35.946 --> 00:36:37.766
VIRGINIA: That's the 10-miler.

00:36:37.766 --> 00:36:38.686
MAREN: Yeah.

00:36:38.686 --> 00:36:49.926
VIRGINIA: So what's the plan there with a park, with lightning lanes and any kind of maybe dining plans you might have for the evening because you don't have a race the next morning?

00:36:49.926 --> 00:37:00.106
MAREN: So we have forgotten to mention actually that the other two days, we are doing very early dinners to make sure that we can get some good carbs.

00:37:00.106 --> 00:37:01.206
MAREN: Okay.

00:37:01.206 --> 00:37:03.666
MAREN: But also get some good rest.

00:37:03.806 --> 00:37:07.286
MAREN: So on Friday, we're doing Sanaa.

00:37:07.286 --> 00:37:13.546
MAREN: But actually, Jeanette, you're going to ditch us while we go eat our early Sanaa dinner and then go to bed.

00:37:13.546 --> 00:37:13.766
JEANETTE: Yeah.

00:37:13.766 --> 00:37:27.686
JEANETTE: My cousin lives in Orlando and has previously worked for Disney, doesn't at this point, but she just got an AP, like her first non-Disney employee AP, and so I'm going to meet her in UPCOT.

00:37:27.706 --> 00:37:29.206
VIRGINIA: Baby's first AP.

00:37:29.206 --> 00:37:30.846
VIRGINIA: It's a slippery slope.

00:37:30.846 --> 00:37:31.966
VIRGINIA: Get ready.

00:37:31.966 --> 00:37:36.506
JEANETTE: Well, and she's a local, so I'm sure she's going to keep it rolling.

00:37:36.506 --> 00:37:36.866
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:37:36.866 --> 00:37:38.946
VIRGINIA: What about Saturday's dinner?

00:37:38.946 --> 00:37:40.026
AMBER: Napoli for dinner.

00:37:40.026 --> 00:37:41.546
MAREN: Via Napoli at UPCOT.

00:37:42.066 --> 00:37:46.506
MAREN: Mariah thinks that pizza is the best pre-race food, and I just like pizza.

00:37:46.506 --> 00:37:47.926
JEANETTE: I love pizza.

00:37:47.926 --> 00:37:49.166
MAREN: No one's going to argue with her?

00:37:49.166 --> 00:37:50.406
VIRGINIA: No.

00:37:50.406 --> 00:37:51.646
VIRGINIA: Even rat pizza.

00:37:51.706 --> 00:37:53.026
MAREN: Team rat pizza.

00:37:53.026 --> 00:37:54.886
MAREN: Fluffy rat pizza.

00:37:54.886 --> 00:37:55.246
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:37:55.246 --> 00:37:58.326
VIRGINIA: So Sunday, April 6th, what is the park of the day there?

00:37:58.326 --> 00:38:15.646
MAREN: The park's Hollywood Studios, but we have established, I guess, a tradition that after our longest race of the weekend, we take the bus from the race to the Riviera to get pancakes at...

00:38:15.646 --> 00:38:16.266
MAREN: Oh my goodness.

00:38:16.266 --> 00:38:16.766
MAREN: I'm blanking out.

00:38:16.786 --> 00:38:17.766
JEANETTE: Piatto.

00:38:17.766 --> 00:38:18.906
MAREN: Prima Piatto.

00:38:18.906 --> 00:38:19.486
MAREN: Thank you.

00:38:19.486 --> 00:38:20.266
MAREN: I was blanking out.

00:38:20.266 --> 00:38:24.966
MAREN: And I'm like, at Riviera Pancake Place, of course.

00:38:25.286 --> 00:38:26.746
JEANETTE: The Riviera Pancake House.

00:38:26.746 --> 00:38:30.486
VIRGINIA: It's literally the International House of Pancakes.

00:38:30.486 --> 00:38:32.446
MAREN: Yes.

00:38:32.986 --> 00:38:36.586
MAREN: It's IHOP, the Italian House of Pancakes.

00:38:36.586 --> 00:38:40.466
MAREN: And then also we really like the coffee at the Riviera as well.

00:38:40.466 --> 00:38:45.446
MAREN: So yeah, that's become a tradition for us, is to go over there to get pancakes and coffee.

00:38:45.886 --> 00:38:47.766
MAREN: And then, yes.

00:38:47.766 --> 00:38:50.886
MAREN: And then I guess we can either uber.

00:38:50.886 --> 00:38:58.486
MAREN: Usually we time this and someone else in the family's got the rental car and they have to go back to the resort and then come pick us up.

00:38:58.486 --> 00:39:01.266
MAREN: Oftentimes my husband, we've made him do that on trips.

00:39:01.266 --> 00:39:04.966
MAREN: You know, we load up our to-go boxes and coffees and then get picked up.

00:39:04.966 --> 00:39:10.346
MAREN: But when we don't have an accomplice, we'll have to either uber or bus.

00:39:10.346 --> 00:39:13.766
MAREN: I guess we could bus to Animal Kingdom and then bus to Animal Kingdom Lodge.

00:39:14.006 --> 00:39:14.926
MAREN: We'll come up with a plan.

00:39:15.086 --> 00:39:22.986
JEANETTE: I have a possible maniacal plan where we could go right from Riviera to Hollywood Studios.

00:39:22.986 --> 00:39:24.966
MAREN: No.

00:39:24.966 --> 00:39:26.906
JEANETTE: It involves a shower.

00:39:26.906 --> 00:39:31.366
VIRGINIA: Yeah, I was going to say, are you going to use the shower in the pool area?

00:39:31.366 --> 00:39:31.526
JEANETTE: Yeah.

00:39:31.526 --> 00:39:32.066
VIRGINIA: The dressing room?

00:39:32.066 --> 00:39:34.286
JEANETTE: There's a shower in the pool area.

00:39:34.286 --> 00:39:37.206
VIRGINIA: It does not require scanning in to get to it?

00:39:37.206 --> 00:39:38.086
JEANETTE: Nope.

00:39:38.086 --> 00:39:39.166
MAREN: Stop it.

00:39:39.166 --> 00:39:41.506
JEANETTE: It's a shower room, so it's very private.

00:39:41.506 --> 00:39:44.566
VIRGINIA: It's over by the quiet pool, between the quiet pool and the gym area.

00:39:44.566 --> 00:39:46.046
JEANETTE: I bring my shower cap.

00:39:46.046 --> 00:39:57.826
JEANETTE: One at a time, we go in, we get rinsed off, we bring a change of clothes, we check our bag with a change of clothes for the race, and we could go right to Hollywood Studios from Riviera.

00:39:57.826 --> 00:39:58.926
JEANETTE: Throwing it out there.

00:39:58.926 --> 00:40:00.006
VIRGINIA: The wheels are turning.

00:40:00.006 --> 00:40:02.846
JEANETTE: I didn't share this maniacal plan before.

00:40:02.846 --> 00:40:04.986
AMBER: This is new knowledge.

00:40:05.146 --> 00:40:12.346
MAREN: I wish this was a video web series kind of thing, so people can see my face just being like, what?

00:40:14.106 --> 00:40:16.566
MAREN: I'm in shock.

00:40:16.566 --> 00:40:18.166
MAREN: Okay.

00:40:18.166 --> 00:40:20.226
JEANETTE: Ruminate on that for the next week.

00:40:20.226 --> 00:40:21.686
JEANETTE: Yeah.

00:40:21.686 --> 00:40:26.406
MAREN: I was worried you wanted me to wear my underwear outside of my pants to Hollywood Studios.

00:40:26.406 --> 00:40:27.066
JEANETTE: Well, I do want that.

00:40:27.066 --> 00:40:27.646
MAREN: You know what?

00:40:28.146 --> 00:40:29.886
JEANETTE: I really do want that.

00:40:31.886 --> 00:40:36.486
VIRGINIA: Well, this will be interesting to see how that actually all turns out.

00:40:36.486 --> 00:40:43.286
VIRGINIA: So after spending your time at Hollywood Studios in Epcot, do you have a dinner reservation that night?

00:40:43.286 --> 00:40:43.926
MAREN: We do.

00:40:43.926 --> 00:40:48.166
MAREN: So we will be doing our lightning lanes again, of course.

00:40:48.166 --> 00:40:48.806
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:40:48.806 --> 00:40:51.106
VIRGINIA: What are those three?

00:40:51.106 --> 00:40:52.706
MAREN: Mickey and Minnie.

00:40:52.706 --> 00:40:54.126
MAREN: Toy Story for most of us, though.

00:40:54.126 --> 00:40:57.706
MAREN: I'm thinking Jeanette will probably want to get herself Star Tours.

00:40:57.706 --> 00:41:00.266
JEANETTE: That's usually my way, but we'll see because there's four of us.

00:41:00.266 --> 00:41:02.846
JEANETTE: Maybe I'll be game and play.

00:41:02.846 --> 00:41:07.826
MAREN: I mean, I am happy to dominate whoever wants to come up against me in Toy Story Midway Mania.

00:41:10.086 --> 00:41:14.286
JEANETTE: No, you're a contender and I'm a quitter.

00:41:15.426 --> 00:41:22.266
AMBER: Mariah did beat me last time and I was very, very sad that I got beat by Mariah and we got evacuated from the ride.

00:41:22.266 --> 00:41:23.826
AMBER: It was kind of crazy.

00:41:23.826 --> 00:41:26.886
MAREN: Oh, I sadly missed the evacuation.

00:41:26.886 --> 00:41:28.326
VIRGINIA: How?

00:41:28.326 --> 00:41:30.166
JEANETTE: Maren and I were sick.

00:41:30.186 --> 00:41:34.786
MAREN: Jeanette got sick sick and I got motion sickness from Slinky Dog.

00:41:34.866 --> 00:41:38.526
MAREN: Yes, yes, listeners, that is how ridiculous my motion sickness is getting.

00:41:38.526 --> 00:41:40.226
MAREN: I can't handle Slinky Dog.

00:41:40.226 --> 00:41:42.866
MAREN: Also, it was raining and so I was like blinking the whole time.

00:41:42.866 --> 00:41:45.806
MAREN: So it was this weird strobe light effect on, it was bad.

00:41:45.806 --> 00:41:48.066
JEANETTE: It was not an enjoyable ride of Slinky Dog.

00:41:48.066 --> 00:41:49.306
JEANETTE: Let's not kid ourselves.

00:41:49.306 --> 00:41:55.886
JEANETTE: We had like our ponchos on and we're like trying to hold our ponchos against the wind as it's slinking up and down.

00:41:55.886 --> 00:41:57.806
JEANETTE: It was not pretty or fun.

00:41:57.806 --> 00:41:58.286
MAREN: Not good.

00:41:58.286 --> 00:42:01.926
AMBER: It made me nauseous too and I ride all the things.

00:42:01.926 --> 00:42:03.226
AMBER: So that was a weird day.

00:42:04.046 --> 00:42:09.166
MAREN: But then our other lightning lane is Tower of Terror, which I can handle usually.

00:42:09.166 --> 00:42:16.206
MAREN: So at least that is, so my dad and I both suffer from motion sickness and that is like our joint daddy daughter ride.

00:42:16.206 --> 00:42:25.906
MAREN: And so when it comes, if it ever comes a day, because as we get older, though he is slightly older as my father, our motion sickness seems to get worse.

00:42:25.906 --> 00:42:30.946
MAREN: If there's ever a day that we both struggle with Tower of Terror, we're just going to be doping up on Dramamine and making it work.

00:42:32.246 --> 00:42:36.026
JEANETTE: Maybe that will be a good test for the acupressure bracelets.

00:42:36.026 --> 00:42:36.706
MAREN: That's a good point.

00:42:36.706 --> 00:42:39.166
JEANETTE: Put them on you and talk to them and see how that goes.

00:42:39.166 --> 00:42:40.606
MAREN: Hot it up.

00:42:40.606 --> 00:42:53.206
MAREN: But then to your original question, Virginia, before I took us on a side track there, we have two dining reservations for that night at Ravello at the Four Seasons.

00:42:53.206 --> 00:42:56.486
MAREN: Jeanette's been there, but the rest of us have not.

00:42:56.486 --> 00:42:59.206
VIRGINIA: I just ate there for the first time in February.

00:43:01.026 --> 00:43:02.566
MAREN: I've heard wonderful things.

00:43:02.566 --> 00:43:12.466
MAREN: But then our other plan is potentially Citricos at Grand Floridian because they recently had a facelift there.

00:43:12.466 --> 00:43:15.286
MAREN: I don't think any of us have been since the facelift.

00:43:15.286 --> 00:43:18.526
MAREN: I don't think Amber's ever been actually.

00:43:19.926 --> 00:43:22.666
MAREN: It's going to be a game time decision, I think.

00:43:22.666 --> 00:43:32.706
JEANETTE: We'll see how we feel, but I made both reservations because I was thinking about Ravello, Via Napoli, Do We Want Italian?

00:43:32.726 --> 00:43:33.806
VIRGINIA: Italian both.

00:43:33.806 --> 00:43:36.246
JEANETTE: I mean, I could have pizza every single night.

00:43:36.246 --> 00:43:37.126
VIRGINIA: I fully support.

00:43:37.126 --> 00:43:41.586
JEANETTE: But I just thought, let's just have the option available to us.

00:43:41.586 --> 00:43:45.226
MAREN: I'm eating at the same Italian restaurant twice this week, so.

00:43:46.386 --> 00:43:48.566
MAREN: Yes, you are.

00:43:48.566 --> 00:43:55.546
MAREN: I had a girl's dinner planned for tomorrow and then a work dinner popped up Monday with a former boss and I was like, oh, this is a great option.

00:43:55.606 --> 00:43:56.986
MAREN: And I was like, I'm going there Thursday.

00:43:56.986 --> 00:43:58.166
JEANETTE: Oh, well.

00:43:59.246 --> 00:44:01.426
MAREN: So clearly I can do repeats.

00:44:01.426 --> 00:44:08.466
MAREN: So just like Pizza Rizzo and Nomad Lounge, it's completely acceptable to repeat restaurants sometimes.

00:44:09.586 --> 00:44:10.066
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:44:10.066 --> 00:44:15.586
VIRGINIA: So that will be another thing we will look forward to hearing how it all plays out.

00:44:15.586 --> 00:44:19.646
VIRGINIA: That brings us to your departure day, Monday, April 7th.

00:44:19.646 --> 00:44:21.726
VIRGINIA: What time are these flights?

00:44:21.726 --> 00:44:26.326
VIRGINIA: Are all of the three that are flying in together, are flying out together?

00:44:26.326 --> 00:44:30.246
VIRGINIA: Or was Mariah able to get a better deal on her return flight?

00:44:30.246 --> 00:44:32.746
MAREN: Yeah, she got a better return flight back to New Orleans.

00:44:32.746 --> 00:44:36.126
MAREN: I couldn't abduct her to Houston for a little longer.

00:44:36.126 --> 00:44:37.946
VIRGINIA: I mean, you could, but you might get arrested.

00:44:37.946 --> 00:44:38.986
VIRGINIA: I could.

00:44:40.686 --> 00:44:48.606
JEANETTE: So funnily enough, now, my flight time and Amber and Maren's flight time are exactly the same, although going to different destinations.

00:44:48.606 --> 00:44:54.106
JEANETTE: So we fly out 5:45 PM and then Mariah's the latest flight at 6:25 PM.

00:44:54.266 --> 00:44:57.426
JEANETTE: And we're all either in A or B terminal.

00:44:57.426 --> 00:45:00.806
JEANETTE: So we're all going back to the same big building.

00:45:00.806 --> 00:45:01.346
VIRGINIA: Okay.

00:45:01.346 --> 00:45:03.666
VIRGINIA: What are you going to be doing with your day up until then?

00:45:03.666 --> 00:45:07.386
VIRGINIA: Because that's a really good amount of time for a departure day.

00:45:07.386 --> 00:45:07.586
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:45:07.586 --> 00:45:18.666
JEANETTE: So we took advantage of the fact that we're at Animal Kingdom Lodge and we booked a 9 AM brunch at Boma, which should be delicious and exciting, an adventure for our taste buds, if you will.

00:45:19.986 --> 00:45:21.686
VIRGINIA: That was good.

00:45:21.686 --> 00:45:28.146
JEANETTE: And then we'll be continuing the taste bud adventure by going to Epcot.

00:45:28.146 --> 00:45:32.766
JEANETTE: We're going to do a multi-pass for Frozen, hopefully.

00:45:32.766 --> 00:45:36.526
JEANETTE: Hopefully we can get all these, Frozen, Soren and Living With the Land.

00:45:36.526 --> 00:45:42.026
JEANETTE: Amber's actually never written Frozen, so we need to get her on there.

00:45:43.246 --> 00:45:47.346
JEANETTE: And then Living With the Land is always a must, especially during Flower and Garden.

00:45:47.486 --> 00:45:51.926
JEANETTE: I love the little decorations they do for Flower and Garden the best.

00:45:51.926 --> 00:45:53.566
MAREN: I love all the overlays.

00:45:53.766 --> 00:45:58.146
MAREN: I just really love that they do overlays for festivals at Living With the Land.

00:45:58.146 --> 00:46:03.486
JEANETTE: Well, last year they did an Alice in Wonderland one, and that's just my heart.

00:46:03.486 --> 00:46:05.366
JEANETTE: So I hope they have that one again.

00:46:05.686 --> 00:46:11.166
MAREN: So when everyone hears a report of Jeanette, of a person hopping off the Living With the Land boat.

00:46:11.166 --> 00:46:12.566
JEANETTE: To steal props.

00:46:12.566 --> 00:46:14.386
VIRGINIA: To get a cucumber.

00:46:14.386 --> 00:46:15.366
JEANETTE: Steal props.

00:46:16.826 --> 00:46:18.886
JEANETTE: Steal a painted rose red.

00:46:18.886 --> 00:46:26.146
JEANETTE: Actually, I'm going to be wearing a painted the rose red outfit, which I wore in Japan, but I'm going to wear it again in her flowering garden.

00:46:26.146 --> 00:46:27.106
JEANETTE: Love it.

00:46:27.106 --> 00:46:31.546
JEANETTE: And maybe try to sneak over and meet Alice while I'm wearing it.

00:46:31.546 --> 00:46:39.946
VIRGINIA: Maren, you're always cute, but I'm absolutely certain you have something cute you could wear that would coordinate with Jeanette already.

00:46:39.946 --> 00:46:43.746
VIRGINIA: But I know that you're thinking about what can I make as I am talking.

00:46:46.186 --> 00:46:47.846
AMBER: No, dear.

00:46:47.846 --> 00:46:53.426
JEANETTE: Amber and I will also be writing Guardians of the Galaxy.

00:46:54.666 --> 00:46:55.466
AMBER: Yes, we will.

00:46:55.466 --> 00:46:56.126
JEANETTE: Cosmic Rewind.

00:46:56.126 --> 00:46:57.306
JEANETTE: See what song we get this time.

00:46:57.306 --> 00:46:59.626
JEANETTE: I had to stop myself from saying Mission Breakout.

00:46:59.626 --> 00:47:02.706
AMBER: Well, last trip was the first time you got, you've gotten through all the songs, right?

00:47:02.706 --> 00:47:03.546
AMBER: Last trip was Guardians.

00:47:03.546 --> 00:47:05.806
JEANETTE: I got, yeah, I finished all the songs.

00:47:05.806 --> 00:47:06.786
VIRGINIA: Finally.

00:47:06.786 --> 00:47:07.506
JEANETTE: I know.

00:47:07.506 --> 00:47:08.786
JEANETTE: Now I'm ready to die.

00:47:08.846 --> 00:47:09.366
VIRGINIA: No, I'm kidding.

00:47:09.366 --> 00:47:11.286
AMBER: Should I do it this trip?

00:47:11.586 --> 00:47:13.786
MAREN: Should we book me just in case the bands work?

00:47:13.786 --> 00:47:14.546
AMBER: Let's book me.

00:47:14.546 --> 00:47:16.146
JEANETTE: Let's book you.

00:47:16.146 --> 00:47:17.006
MAREN: Why am I saying this?

00:47:17.006 --> 00:47:18.746
MAREN: I'm going to regret this on the day.

00:47:18.746 --> 00:47:22.686
MAREN: But let's get me my lightning lane for that.

00:47:22.686 --> 00:47:24.686
AMBER: Then you can just get Jen and fall asleep on the plane.

00:47:24.686 --> 00:47:25.686
JEANETTE: That's fine.

00:47:25.686 --> 00:47:26.586
VIRGINIA: Yeah.

00:47:26.586 --> 00:47:27.026
VIRGINIA: I like that plan.

00:47:27.026 --> 00:47:28.186
MAREN: I'll throw up on the plane either way.

00:47:28.186 --> 00:47:29.706
VIRGINIA: Amber, you're great.

00:47:29.706 --> 00:47:31.406
VIRGINIA: You can come up.

00:47:31.406 --> 00:47:31.946
VIRGINIA: Thank you.

00:47:31.946 --> 00:47:43.326
JEANETTE: So it's going to be all those rides, including Maren, Ready, and Guardians, even after we've eaten at Beaumont, trying to cram in as many festival foods as we possibly can.

00:47:43.326 --> 00:47:50.706
JEANETTE: But then you've got to do it because you're going to go to the plane and there's not going to be that great of food at the airport.

00:47:51.466 --> 00:47:53.126
VIRGINIA: Especially in Terminal A and B.

00:47:53.126 --> 00:47:53.606
VIRGINIA: I'm sorry.

00:47:53.606 --> 00:47:54.606
VIRGINIA: Enjoy your apka food.

00:47:54.626 --> 00:47:56.246
VIRGINIA: I said it.

00:47:56.426 --> 00:47:58.186
JEANETTE: I said it and I mentioned it.

00:47:58.186 --> 00:48:05.626
MAREN: Mariah and I have had plenty of stops at the Cascon Lager place.

00:48:05.626 --> 00:48:06.966
AMBER: Yeah, that's pretty good.

00:48:06.966 --> 00:48:08.686
MAREN: Mostly because I want their gin and tonic.

00:48:09.146 --> 00:48:15.506
JEANETTE: That's in A and B is sad city for food.

00:48:15.506 --> 00:48:22.906
MAREN: Well, sometimes you're in C where there's the Wine Bar George, and we all know that Wine Bar George is also one of the greatest Disney restaurants of all time.

00:48:22.986 --> 00:48:33.006
JEANETTE: And I like to get macaroni and cheese from Sunshine Diner in C and have a little plain macaroni and cheese.

00:48:33.006 --> 00:48:33.666
VIRGINIA: Well, and besides food...

00:48:33.666 --> 00:48:38.166
MAREN: Amber just pointed out a big gap in our trip is our lack of Wine Bar George.

00:48:38.166 --> 00:48:41.366
JEANETTE: It's true, but we have to miss it.

00:48:41.366 --> 00:48:44.846
JEANETTE: You know, like absence makes the heart grow fonder.

00:48:44.846 --> 00:48:48.526
JEANETTE: And or we could stop there for a drink after Summer House.

00:48:48.526 --> 00:48:49.086
MAREN: Ding, ding, ding.

00:48:49.086 --> 00:48:49.646
MAREN: It's only a 5K.

00:48:49.806 --> 00:48:50.966
MAREN: 5K.

00:48:50.966 --> 00:48:52.046
VIRGINIA: There you go.

00:48:52.046 --> 00:48:53.786
VIRGINIA: There you go.

00:48:53.786 --> 00:48:56.886
AMBER: The statement will be arisen multiple times during this trip.

00:48:56.886 --> 00:48:57.966
AMBER: It's only a 5K tomorrow.

00:48:57.966 --> 00:48:58.646
AMBER: It's fine.

00:48:58.646 --> 00:49:01.466
JEANETTE: We're already saying like it's only going to be a 10-miler.

00:49:01.466 --> 00:49:02.306
JEANETTE: It's only going to be a 10-miler.

00:49:02.306 --> 00:49:03.046
VIRGINIA: That is true.

00:49:03.046 --> 00:49:03.546
JEANETTE: It's fine.

00:49:03.546 --> 00:49:04.546
AMBER: It's not a half.

00:49:04.546 --> 00:49:05.926
VIRGINIA: It's not a half.

00:49:06.126 --> 00:49:06.906
AMBER: 10 miles.

00:49:06.906 --> 00:49:08.126
VIRGINIA: Easy breezy.

00:49:08.126 --> 00:49:09.326
VIRGINIA: Ha ha.

00:49:11.346 --> 00:49:12.266
VIRGINIA: All right.

00:49:12.266 --> 00:49:13.806
VIRGINIA: Loaded Tots.

00:49:13.806 --> 00:49:15.586
VIRGINIA: It's been so much fun talking through your plans.

00:49:15.586 --> 00:49:18.686
VIRGINIA: I can't wait to hear how all of these loose ends get tied up.

00:49:19.046 --> 00:49:22.146
VIRGINIA: Once you are there and in the magic.

00:49:22.146 --> 00:49:25.386
VIRGINIA: So I hope that everybody has great races.

00:49:25.386 --> 00:49:32.466
VIRGINIA: I wish you personal bests, personal records, whatever you call it in the running world for all of your races.

00:49:32.466 --> 00:49:33.866
JEANETTE: We are in fun.

00:49:33.866 --> 00:49:34.106
VIRGINIA: Yes.

00:49:34.106 --> 00:49:35.366
MAREN: We are in fun.

00:49:35.366 --> 00:49:35.886
MAREN: That's our motto.

00:49:35.886 --> 00:49:37.426
AMBER: That's what Disney is for.

00:49:37.426 --> 00:49:38.106
VIRGINIA: Love it.

00:49:38.106 --> 00:49:38.966
VIRGINIA: Love it.

00:49:38.966 --> 00:49:42.586
VIRGINIA: All right, ladies, I will talk to you when you are back.

00:49:42.586 --> 00:49:43.966
VIRGINIA: Thank you so much.

00:49:45.046 --> 00:49:48.466
VIRGINIA: Thank you so much to the Loaded Tots for joining me on the show.

00:49:49.166 --> 00:49:56.926
VIRGINIA: You know, the post trip episode is up and waiting for you, so make sure you're subscribed to the show so it will be up next in your queue.

00:49:56.926 --> 00:50:00.086
VIRGINIA: It's been a long week for me, so I'm just gonna leave it at that.

00:50:00.086 --> 00:50:03.426
VIRGINIA: Until next time, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.