Pre-Trip Report: Virginia & Alex’s Annual Trip/First runDisney Race (February 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: It's that time of year again, when I get to share all the details of our annual family trip.

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VIRGINIA: While I go to Walt Disney World a couple times a year, February and specifically Presidents Week is always the week that we go as a family.

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VIRGINIA: On today's pre-trip report episode, it's just me you're going to hear, since Alex was busy having a social life and couldn't be home to record.

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VIRGINIA: But never fear, he's in the post-trip interview, so you have a lot to look forward to.

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VIRGINIA: Let's jump right in with all the pre-trip plans.

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VIRGINIA: Here's me.

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VIRGINIA: Hello.

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VIRGINIA: Let's get into all of our trip plans.

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VIRGINIA: We go down to Walt Disney World every year on Presidents Week, mostly because that is the midwinter break for the New York City public school, so Alex is always off that week.

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VIRGINIA: The spring break for New York City is usually in April, and April is a super busy time for me at work, so I can never take that week off, so February it is, which is fine because then it is not too hot.

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VIRGINIA: Sometimes it can get kind of chilly, but generally it's pleasant temperatures.

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VIRGINIA: I can wear jeans and maybe a t-shirt and feel totally comfortable in that weather.

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VIRGINIA: So I kind of like going in February, and also because it is so cold in New York City, it's always nice to get out of the cold for a little bit at that time.

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VIRGINIA: For our February trip, we always use our DVC points, so this time, we are going to be doing a split stay.

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VIRGINIA: We are on a mission to visit every single Disney Resort, so we're working our way through them.

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VIRGINIA: The way that DVC works, we are able to schedule our home resort 11 months out, and then at the seven-month mark, we are able to then potentially switch over to a resort that is not our home resort as long as there's availability.

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VIRGINIA: So at the 11-month mark, I book us for Copper Creek, which is at Wilderness Lodge, and then at the seven-month mark, I go and see what's available.

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VIRGINIA: So in this case, we wanted to try to stay at the Grand Floridian or Riviera or Animal Kingdom or Old Key West, because those are the ones we had not stayed at yet.

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VIRGINIA: And then I think Charles and Alex have also not stayed at Boardwalk yet, although I have.

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VIRGINIA: We were able to get the Grand Floridian for a majority of the trip.

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VIRGINIA: And what I ended up doing was booking us for two nights at Old Key West and for the remainder of the trip in Grand Floridian in one of the resort studios.

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VIRGINIA: So this will kill two birds, one stone.

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VIRGINIA: We'll get to not two of those resorts we had not stayed in yet off of our list.

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VIRGINIA: So we will be arriving Saturday, February the 15th.

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VIRGINIA: And we are taking a super early morning flight, leaving at 6:55 a.m.

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VIRGINIA: out of LaGuardia, getting us down to Orlando around 10 a.m.

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VIRGINIA: We will be planning to take a lift from MCO over to Old Key West and I've already got us scheduled for a brunch reservation at 1 p.m.

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VIRGINIA: at Summerhouse on the Lake because when I visited that restaurant during my girls trip, I absolutely fell in love with it.

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VIRGINIA: It was so good and I cannot wait to get there again myself and also to let Charles and Alex give it a try because I know they're going to like it.

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VIRGINIA: So we're going to drop our things at Old Key West and then immediately head over to Disney Springs, probably by boat since that's how you can get to Disney Springs easily from Old Key West.

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VIRGINIA: I'm really looking forward to checking out Old Key West.

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VIRGINIA: It is the original Disney Vacation Club Resort.

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VIRGINIA: I know that it does seem to have a kind of cult fan following because people who have owned DVC the longest may have their contract there and so they're very devoted to it.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm looking forward to seeing what they enjoy about it.

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VIRGINIA: I also know that it is a resort that has more of like an apartment type feel to it, like an apartment complex rather than a more themed resort.

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VIRGINIA: So we will see, it's for two nights.

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VIRGINIA: So hopefully I will really enjoy that time.

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VIRGINIA: And if I don't, I'll be moving on to the next resort anyway.

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VIRGINIA: After our brunch at Summer House on the Lake, we will either go to Blizzard Beach to use that free time that we have for our arrival day or we'll head over to Epcot.

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VIRGINIA: I'm guessing we'll head over to Epcot, even though it's supposed to be amazing weather tomorrow when we arrive because of our brunch at 1 p.m.

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VIRGINIA: That would not really leave us very much time at Blizzard Beach.

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VIRGINIA: So that's probably going to be an Epcot day.

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VIRGINIA: I did already book as a single pass, Lightning Lane for Guardians of the Galaxy that evening at 730.

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VIRGINIA: So that is the plan for our arrival day.

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VIRGINIA: On our first full day, which is Sunday, February 16th, we have a breakfast reservation at Olivia's Cafe at Old Key West because devotees to Old Key West seem to absolutely love Olivia's.

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VIRGINIA: I hear nothing but good things about it.

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VIRGINIA: So we're going to check it out for breakfast that morning.

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VIRGINIA: And then we'll be heading over to Hollywood Studios for the day, where I have some pre-booked lightning lanes.

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VIRGINIA: I have Rock and Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror, and Toy Store Mania.

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VIRGINIA: And we also have two dining reservations that day.

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VIRGINIA: One is for Oga's Cantina for a late afternoon snack because Alex always requests to go to Oga's.

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VIRGINIA: He loves it.

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VIRGINIA: And then we have a dinner reservation at Roundup Rodeo Barbecue at 6:25 p.m.

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VIRGINIA: And I'm very excited about that because I've had reservations for that restaurant, I think two separate trips before and have canceled both times.

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VIRGINIA: So we are definitely making this one happen.

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VIRGINIA: Can't wait to finally check out Roundup Rodeo Barbecue.

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VIRGINIA: Monday, February 17th will be the day that we switch from Old Key West over to Grand Floridian.

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VIRGINIA: So the plan for that is to get checked out of Old Key West and send our things over to Grand Floridian using Bell Services.

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VIRGINIA: Because we are checking into a new resort, this is also a free Blizzard Beach day that we can possibly take advantage of.

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VIRGINIA: I have not booked us with Multi Pass for this day, primarily for that reason, so that we can have flexibility and decide what we want to do.

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VIRGINIA: I don't know yet what the weather is going to be like for that day.

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VIRGINIA: In fact, I'm just going to pull up my phone right now and take a look.

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VIRGINIA: So Monday, the 17th, it looks like there's a high of 71.

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VIRGINIA: So that is not looking great.

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VIRGINIA: Our original arrival day on Saturday, it's a high of 83.

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VIRGINIA: So that would be a much better day to go to Blizzard Beach, but Summer House on the Lake and using some time for Disney Springs because we'll be at Old Key West makes more sense to me.

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VIRGINIA: So we're just going to do that.

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VIRGINIA: If we don't make it to Blizzard Beach on this trip, that's fine.

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VIRGINIA: We'll make it some other time.

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VIRGINIA: So for Monday, we will decide Blizzard Beach or Magic Kingdom.

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VIRGINIA: We can do that spur of the moment.

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VIRGINIA: If we end up going to Magic Kingdom, I'll probably try for a Tiana queue.

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VIRGINIA: Then we will definitely be hopping over to Epcot in the evening because those are the extended evening hours that night for people staying at deluxe resorts and villas.

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VIRGINIA: So I have booked us a single pass lightning lane for Guardians of the Galaxy that evening as well.

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VIRGINIA: So that is the plan for that day.

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VIRGINIA: Moving into Tuesday, February 18th.

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VIRGINIA: This is an Animal Kingdom Day and I did book us Multi Pass for this day since we plan to be there for most of that day.

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VIRGINIA: I have pre-booked us Safari, Dinosaur and Navi River Journey, and a single pass for Flight of Passage.

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VIRGINIA: Alex and I always like to rope drop Everest.

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VIRGINIA: So this will be a morning when we will try to rope drop.

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VIRGINIA: Charles, a lot of times will opt to sleep in on the Animal Kingdom Day and then join us later.

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VIRGINIA: So we'll see what will happen.

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VIRGINIA: I've purposely booked our first Multi Pass lightning lane to start at 10, 15 a.m.

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VIRGINIA: So that we'll have that whole hour to check into that first one so that Charles can sleep in a little bit if he wants and then join us or maybe he'll rope drop with us.

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VIRGINIA: I highly doubt it but maybe he will.

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VIRGINIA: We'll see.

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VIRGINIA: And then as I've mentioned, multiple episodes before, Alex likes to try to do Everest as many times as possible in a row at rope drop.

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VIRGINIA: So we'll see how many I have in me this time.

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VIRGINIA: I think our record up to this point is either five or six.

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VIRGINIA: I'll ask him and I'm sure he will remember.

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VIRGINIA: Wednesday, February 19th is going to be a Magic Kingdom Day and this is another day that I booked Multi Pass for.

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VIRGINIA: I booked our first Multi Pass for starting at 9:25 a.m.

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VIRGINIA: because you have a whole hour to use it.

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VIRGINIA: And I figure even if Charles wants to sleep in a little bit, we're staying at the Grand Floridian and he could easily get over there fairly early even with sleeping in a bit.

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VIRGINIA: So the three that I've booked in advance for us are Buzz Lightyear, Haunted Mansion and Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

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VIRGINIA: I did not book a single pass for Tron or for Seven Dwarfs of Mine Train.

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VIRGINIA: I just think Tron is so short.

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VIRGINIA: I paid for it when it first came out a couple of times.

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VIRGINIA: And now I'm just kind of of the opinion that I will write it when the line is low.

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VIRGINIA: I don't necessarily feel like I need to pay to write it again because it's so short.

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VIRGINIA: And that's a lot of money for like a 90 second ride or however long it is.

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VIRGINIA: So we will probably try for Tiana's virtual queue that day as well.

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VIRGINIA: Just because the chance to write it twice would be nice.

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VIRGINIA: These are extended evening hours on this evening for Magic Kingdom.

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VIRGINIA: So we may take advantage of that.

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VIRGINIA: I also have a dinner reservation at 6 p.m.

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VIRGINIA: over at Ravello, which is at the Four Seasons, which is on Disney property.

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VIRGINIA: I've heard such rave reviews about it from specifically the Main Street Dish podcast that I am really looking forward to checking that out.

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VIRGINIA: I figure if we have a 6 p.m.

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VIRGINIA: dinner reservation, that still gives us time to eat and then come back over to Magic Kingdom to use some of those extended evening hours, and it will make a nice break there in what will otherwise be a long day.

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VIRGINIA: Thursday, February 20th is a Hollywood Studios Day, but it's also the day that we need to pick up our Run Disney bibs for the 5K that we'll be doing.

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VIRGINIA: You can join the virtual queue for the Run Disney Expo at 8:30 a.m., I think.

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VIRGINIA: So we'll join that.

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VIRGINIA: That virtual queue is specifically to get into the section where you can purchase the Run Disney merchandise that is specifically, I think, for the Princess Races and specifically Run Disney branded merch.

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VIRGINIA: You can get into the Expo to pick up your bib, and you can get into the Expo to shop for the normal running things like all of the different brands that will be there with all of their products without a virtual queue.

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VIRGINIA: But if you want some of that Run Disney merch, which apparently is really popular and could potentially sell out, you have to get into that virtual queue.

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VIRGINIA: So I want some of that, so we're going to try for it.

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VIRGINIA: We will be visiting Hollywood Studios that day.

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VIRGINIA: I do not have multi pass because I need the flexibility to be able to do the Run Disney Expo, and also because our race is the very next day, we have to get up at the crack of dawn.

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VIRGINIA: So we'll do Hollywood Studios for as much time as we feel like, and then we will be getting to bed early that night because of the 5K.

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VIRGINIA: Friday, February 21st, we will be getting up super early for that race, and I think the buses start running at 3 AM, so we will see.

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VIRGINIA: My goal is to be out there as early as possible because I understand that that is the best plan to be able to be at the front of your corral, whatever corral that is so that you have enough time to potentially see some characters and things like that even if you stop for those things, or even if you walk some of it.

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VIRGINIA: My plan right now is to walk slash run it.

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VIRGINIA: But as you can hear with my voice being the way it is, I'm still dealing with this bronchitis, so it's possible that I might have to just walk the whole thing.

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VIRGINIA: After the race is over, we'll head back to the Grand Floridian, obviously for a shower, probably for a nap.

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VIRGINIA: I do have in my notes a reminder to try for the Tiana Virtual Queue if possible.

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VIRGINIA: We're going to make that a Magic Kingdom Day because I figure with the race and getting up so early, we're going to be tired.

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VIRGINIA: It will be nice to be able to go back to the resort if we want to after some park time and that sort of thing.

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VIRGINIA: If we get Tiana Virtual Queue and we're back at the resort, we can make a decision whether to come back and take advantage of that queue if our group gets called, that sort of thing.

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VIRGINIA: We do have a dinner reservation for this night at Narcoosie's.

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VIRGINIA: I thought it would be really convenient to just have a dinner reservation right there at the resort so that we could have a nice dinner and then I am very much assuming that we will want to go to bed immediately after dinner or at the very least just chill at the resort, maybe hang out in the room, watch a movie, maybe just sit in the resort, maybe take in the vibes, I don't know, get a drink at the bar.

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VIRGINIA: We'll see.

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VIRGINIA: Saturday, February 22nd is going to be an Epcot Day for us and I have Multi Pass booked for this day.

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VIRGINIA: The rides that I have booked in advance are Spaceship Earth, Living with the Land and Remy's Ratatouille Adventure.

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VIRGINIA: Obviously, I have of course booked us a single pass for Guardians of the Galaxy.

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VIRGINIA: We'll try for the virtual queue as well because we, as you probably know if you listen to this podcast at all, like to try to ride Guardians of the Galaxy as much as possible.

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VIRGINIA: Because I know it is mine and Alex's favorite ride.

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VIRGINIA: I don't think it's Charles's favorite ride, but we will try for it as many times as we can.

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VIRGINIA: And then that brings us to Sunday, February 23rd, which is our departure day, but our flight does not leave until 5:57 p.m.

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VIRGINIA: So this will be a Magic Kingdom Day just so that we're close to the resort.

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VIRGINIA: We have a breakfast reservation at 9:15 a.m.

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VIRGINIA: for Crystal Palace.

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VIRGINIA: Now Crystal Palace I've had dinner at before, but I've never had breakfast.

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VIRGINIA: And all I can think of when I think of breakfast at Crystal Palace and what is sort of enticed me to make this reservation is the churro Mickey waffles.

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VIRGINIA: So that's why I booked this is really specifically for those churro Mickey waffles.

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VIRGINIA: It's a character breakfast.

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VIRGINIA: We'll get to see Winnie the Pooh and his friends, which should be cute.

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VIRGINIA: And then I believe that in order for us to feel comfortable with our flight time and everything being at 5:57 p.m., my plan is that we should leave Magic Kingdom no later than 2.30 to hop on the monorail, go back to Grand Floridian, get our luggage from Bell Services, and then call the Lyft to go from Grand Floridian over to MCO.

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VIRGINIA: I have TSA pre-check.

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VIRGINIA: Alex, because of his age, will be having TSA pre-check under my ticket.

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VIRGINIA: Charles does not.

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VIRGINIA: I think that they have some sort of system at MCO where you can for free schedule your time to go through security through clear.

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VIRGINIA: I haven't ever tried that before.

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VIRGINIA: I have to go back and look and see when you can do that.

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VIRGINIA: I think it's only a few days before your flight or maybe a week before your flight at the most.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm going to check that out and see when I can do that because if I can pre-book Charles a spot to go through security at MCO, that will at least make his journey through security a little easier.

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VIRGINIA: Alex and I obviously will go through the pre-check and hopefully that will help because I know that because it's a holiday week and because it's a Sunday right before the holiday week is over, security is probably going to be very busy.

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VIRGINIA: So anything we can do to help Charles out with that.

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VIRGINIA: That is really all of the details for our annual week at Walt Disney World, our annual family trip.

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VIRGINIA: I'm looking forward to this trip like I always do.

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VIRGINIA: I was only in the parks two and a half weeks ago, was it?

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VIRGINIA: So it has not been very long.

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VIRGINIA: I'm still excited to go.

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VIRGINIA: I'm always excited to go.

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VIRGINIA: But one of the benefits of having just gone is that I don't feel that I will have as much of a push to try to do everything because I've done a lot of these things very recently.

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VIRGINIA: Now, Charles and Alex will want to do a bunch of things, but Charles is much more laid back about his Disney time anyway.

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VIRGINIA: He does not like to get up early every single morning.

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VIRGINIA: He has asked me multiple times in the past couple of days whether there would be days when he would be able to sleep in or have resort time and stuff like that.

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VIRGINIA: And so I've built that into our schedule and really taken that into account on our Multi Pass days so that he doesn't have to be there super early for all of them.

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VIRGINIA: And I don't have Multi Pass for every single day.

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VIRGINIA: I've only got Multi Pass booked at this point for one Magic Kingdom Day, one Epcot Day, one Hollywood Studios Day, and one Animal Kingdom Day.

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VIRGINIA: Yep, that's right.

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VIRGINIA: So one Multi Pass day for each of the four parks.

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VIRGINIA: And then besides that, we will just do what we're able to do when we're able to do it.

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VIRGINIA: On this trip, I also would like to make sure we get plenty of resort time and potentially maybe some pool time or at the very least hot tub time, depending on the temperature.

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VIRGINIA: I know that Charles really enjoys sitting by the pool with a drink, and so we're going to try to make sure we get some of that in.

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VIRGINIA: I did not get a chance to go over to the character warehouse during my girls' trip in January, so I'm probably going to try to work that in, although I was able to go over to Cast Connection, thanks to Nanci's friend, Shalom, who is a Disney cast member in the events space.

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VIRGINIA: I mean, that was nearly as good because the prices were amazing, but I always like going over to character warehouse, so I probably will try to do that at some point during this trip, just to see if there are any good deals to be had.

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VIRGINIA: But because I just had a trip and I got some really great things at Cast Connection, of which I will definitely be doing a haul at some point, I literally have not unpacked that bag yet.

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VIRGINIA: I set it to the side specifically to do a haul video for Instagram and for TikTok, and just haven't had time to do it yet.

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VIRGINIA: So I will be doing that at some point in the coming weeks, and then I'm sure if I get anything on this trip, I'll do a separate haul video, which I've never done a haul video, but I don't know, it seems like fun, and I did get a lot of things, especially during my January trip.

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VIRGINIA: So I think people might be interested to see what I got, and also the kind of deal I got because the prices were amazing.

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VIRGINIA: So I think that is all for now.

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VIRGINIA: I still have a lot to do before we leave tomorrow morning.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm going to go and get to packing.

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VIRGINIA: Luckily, I have already finished a majority of my house cleaning.

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VIRGINIA: So it's just really the packing and then making sure that everything is in order for Nanci to come over.

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VIRGINIA: She graciously comes over and stays at our place when we're out of town and helps watch Walter and check the mail and all of that.

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VIRGINIA: She brings her dog, Robot.

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VIRGINIA: And Robot is really the only dog that Walter ever interacts with.

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VIRGINIA: He's not great with other dogs.

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VIRGINIA: But he and Robot are basically like cousins.

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VIRGINIA: So they hang out.

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VIRGINIA: And I like that he gets to spend some time with a doggy friend, with his one doggy friend or front of me.

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VIRGINIA: I don't know if they're friends or front of me.

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VIRGINIA: But they tolerate each other.

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VIRGINIA: And I think it's good for him to be around another dog.

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VIRGINIA: I'm so thankful that Nanci is always willing to do that.

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VIRGINIA: So definitely will be on the lookout for something for her.

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VIRGINIA: While we're on this trip, I always get her some gifts while we're away in gratitude for her taking care of our little fur baby.

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VIRGINIA: So that is what I'm going to do now.

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VIRGINIA: I'm going to pack and I'm going to make sure everything's set up for her to come over and then we're going to go to bed as soon as we can.

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VIRGINIA: So wish me luck and wish Alex luck because he had a little social gathering this evening after school and so I didn't want to totally prohibit him from going to that.

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VIRGINIA: So that's where he is now and he has a very limited time he's allowed to stay and then he has to come home and get his packing finished.

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VIRGINIA: So that is what we're up to this evening.

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VIRGINIA: So I will talk to you all after the trip is over.

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VIRGINIA: Can't wait to share all of the details.

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VIRGINIA: If you have a trip coming up to Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Studios, or any other magical destination worldwide, and you'd like to be a Trip Report guest, please reach out to me through the podcast website, which is whereilongtobepodcast.com.

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VIRGINIA: The link is in the show notes for your convenience.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you so much for listening and don't forget to cue up the post-trip report episode that includes Alex.

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VIRGINIA: As always, keep daydreaming about where you long to be.