August 24, 2023 • 27 mins
In this episode, Kris and Vanessa are joined by Landon from Vacation Grocery Delivery. Landon and his wife Jessica have a team of former/current Disney cast members, who do grocery and alcohol delivery to your Walt Disney World resorts. Unlike national providers there is no markup to items you purchase. You just pay a flat delivery fee and service charge. There is also a small handling fee applied to orders with alcohol too.
Earlier in the show, Kris and Vanessa discuss the top restaurants to go to when celebrating a special occasion at Walt Disney World.
- Vacation Grocery Delivery Instagram Profile
- The Mouse for Less list of top dining locations for special occasions
- Disney Dining list of dining locations for special occasion
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to the Disney Podcast with Vanessa and
Chris . I'm Vanessa Ferguson.
And I'm Chris Johns. We wouldlike to welcome you to show
number 134 and for anylisteners joining us for the
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And then of course that alsohelps the show grow as well. On
today's show, we will be joinedby Landon from Vacation Grocery
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Delivery. Landon and his wifeJessica have a team of former
and current Disney cast memberswho are dedicated to really
providing for all your groceryneeds while you're staying at
Walt Disney World. And we arereally looking forward for you
to hear all about theirservices. And Chris and I were
talking about after we spoke toLandon, Chris actually gave me
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the inspiration for the showtopic. I did. Yeah, we were
talking about how usingvacation grocery delivery is a
great way to save money on yourfood and some of those
expenses. And it doesn't meanthat you have to skip out on
Disney food, it just means itgives you more money to spend
on Disney food. So we talkedabout like your savings between
having your snacks, also maybehaving them deliver breakfast
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items to you, maybe snack itemsthat will help you save when
you're in the park. And thenwhat happens is then you have
some extra money in your foodbudget hopefully to be able to
spend some dollars at some ofthe nicer restaurants on
property. So that's, that'swhere you inspired me. You
talked about all the savings.
Exactly. . So what Ithought is that we talk about
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how you could splurge on somespecial dining experiences
across a property in particularif you're celebrating an
occasion or you don't have tobe celebrating occasion, just
go to enjoy the food. I knowsome of these we've been to,
some are on our list ofmust-dos or on our Disney
bucket list so to speak. But Ialso would like to give a thank
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you to our friends at MouseDining and Mouse for less . I
was able to look at some oftheir recommendations as well.
So of course if you're planninga special celebration at Walt
Disney World, we've talkedabout lots of different things
you can do. But whether you'rehome or at Disney, a big part
of any special occasion iseating. So we're gonna talk
about all of the great diningoptions that can be for an
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unforgettable occasion or justfor a nice night out. Now I
kind of divided these up intoareas. The first section of the
property we're gonna talk aboutis the Magic Kingdom area. And
I did only pick one restaurantat Magic Kingdom, but I think
you could make arguments forseveral more dining experiences
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there, like be our guest orTony's Town Square. But for
this show I tried to keep itaround 10 and 10 total
restaurants. And the first onewe're gonna talk about is
Cinderella's Royal table. Doyou remember what occasion we
celebrated by going toCinderella's Royal table?
Chris?
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Our wedding
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Close. It was the day after our wedding. Yeah,
that's close. Yeah , I'll giveyou that . Alright , I , I give
credit. Yes. So I'll give thatto you. So the day after our
wedding, we went there as kindof just, we had already had
like the hustle and bustle, alot of chaos going on as you're
getting ready for your wedding.
And we were gonna be spendingthe week at Disney with our
friends and family. So we justbooked a special night out at
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Cinderella's Royal Table. Nowif you're not familiar with it,
of course it's in the castleand they do have a prefix menu
for breakfast, lunch, anddinner. And how that works is
that you're gonna pick anappetizer and entree and a
dessert. I think it varies alittle bit for breakfast, but
the great thing here is this isa good place to celebrate an
adult's only occasion like wedid after our wedding. Or you
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could also celebrate anoccasion for little ones in
your life because you have somecharacter appearances here.
They now have all of theprincesses that make similar
appearances over in Epcot. Soyou, you see Cinderella when
you're first coming in beforeyou're taken up to the main
dining room and then in themain dining room you get visits
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from Ariel , Aurora, Jasmine,snow White and Rapunzel. So the
food's great, you have abeautiful view if you time it
right with fireworks you canhave that experience. We went
at night for fireworks. I thinkit's also a great way to kick
off a day of celebrating at thepark because you can start off
in the castle. So that's agreat option whether you have
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little ones or it's an adultsonly one. Now the next one that
I'm gonna move to is more, alot of these are more adults
only. Um, the first one isVictoria and Albert's at the
Grand Floridian. We have noteaten there. I would say it's
probably a little more refinedthan our taste, but we do like
trying new things. Um, so weprobably will make it there one
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day. They have two tastingmenus each evening and they
really have, they rotate outfor really fresh ingredients.
You can do wine pairings andit's really one of the best
fine dining experiences onproperty. This would be for, I
would consider this more of asplurge sort of celebration
that you would go here. Youalso have like the chef's
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table, but that's a separateexperience than just the
regular dining at VictorianAlbert's. So that's at Grand
Floridian. Another one that'salso at Grand Floridian is CCOs
and that is in, that one wasrecently redone and I've heard
a lot of great things. It has aMary Poppins returns kind of
ambiance and they have reallygood American inspired dishes.
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So that's a great one as well.
And you'll see a theme. There'sanother one at Grand Floridian
of course I think be being theflagship resort, they tend to
have a lot of these nicerexperiences. There's Narce and
we had a chance to eat therewith our good friends Shane and
Charlie a couple years ago . Ohyes , it was wonderful. Yeah .
So this is really close to themarina. It overlooks the Seven
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Seas Lagoon and when we werethere we timed it where we were
there later when the fireworkshappened and they pumped in the
music but you could also gooutside. They had a patio. I
went out to the patio andwatched and so that adds some
extra to it. They're known fora lot of seafood. But I'm not a
seafood fan and I stillenjoyed, I think I had steak
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when we went. It was a greatexperience and we had been at
the parks during the day. Wejust went back to our resort
and changed into nicer clothesand then went over there. The
one thing that's important toremember is that you don't have
to be staying at a resort todine there. So we do that quite
often whether it be for a finedining experience or not. So
you could be at All Star andyou could go over to Grand
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Floridian and have a greatdinner. It , they're not gonna
stop you. Just make sure youget your reservation in. Now
moving over to another resortalso in the Magic Kingdom Loop
is the, you also haveCalifornia Grill. This is at
the top of the contemporaryresort. There's lots of other
great restaurants there, butthis is open only for dinner.
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And you have a great view ofthe Seven Seas Lagoon. You can
see Magic Kingdom. It is abeautiful setting where you can
really get a great view beforenightfall, but also when the
fireworks hit, they have somereally great highlights on
their menu. They're known forlike their braised beef, short
ribs. They have a great filetpork tenderloin and people just
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really talk about, I had achance to eat there once. And
if you go way back, maybe I'lllink in the episodes myself,
Vanessa Ferguson and the otherVanessa Ferguson and Disney
podcasting. We have a thingwith John Stamos and him at
Disney and I was displaced atCalifornia Grill for John
Stamos very many years ago . So it's a long story
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in a previous episode. I'll tryto link that in there if you're
interested. But that'sCalifornia Grill and that
rounds out our Magic Kingdomarea restaurants. Now moving
over to Animal Kingdom area,there's a couple of great
options there as well. AtAnimal Kingdom Lodge. There's
gco , the cooking place, and Ihave not eaten here but I've
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eaten at Bomas and there are afew things that are similar.
They have a mix of AfricanIndian and Mediterranean
cuisine and they're reallyknown for um, their one filet
and their macaroni, which I'vegotten to taste elsewhere. And
they have a lot of um, greatwines if you're into that. I
know that uh , people talk alot about their lamb shank,
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their Moroccan lamb shank. Solots of great options there.
Now moving into Animal Kingdomitself, there's Tiffins
restaurant and this has a greatfeel to it and it's kind of fun
'cause it's in the park. Chrishasn't dined here with me, but
I have dined here with one ofmy good friends and we actually
lucked out. It was kind ofduring that covid time where we
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were looking. We got a lastminute park reservation on our
last day. We got a last minutereservations for Tiffins. And I
will say they were reallyaccommodating. My friend has a
lot of allergies and I thinkjust general food and some
particular taste and they wereable to accommodate everything
for her. I actually made a mealout of some of their appetizers
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that were so delicious. Therooms are amazing. There are
some beautiful wall or art onthe walls that with butterflies
and animals, it's just superbeautiful. It's well worth it
and it's a nice break from theday when you're at the parks.
So Tiffins is a great option aswell. Now moving over to Epcot.
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You have a lot of greatrestaurants at Epcot and we're
only gonna pick a couple thatum, highlight what you could
look at. Um, the first one isLas Steakhouse in the World
Showcase. And that is locatedin the Canada Pavilion. It is,
looks like you're in a winecellar and that's kind of a
cool experience. And whenyou're there they have a lot of
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just classic steakhouseoptions. They're known for
their beer cheese soup, theirpretzel , um, breadsticks.
Super good. You can try thoselike during food and wine as
well. I will say we've eaten atLaier a few times and the
food's been good, but I feellike it's super crowded in
there.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
It's a tight squeeze.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Yes. So we've been there with just the two of us.
We've also been there withseveral other people and the
tables like essentially they'llhave a bench table and they
have you really kind of rightnext to other people. I haven't
been since Covid so I don'tknow if they've spread it out a
little bit. But they use theword cozy. I would use the word
tight space , but it isgreat food, great cuisine, a
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really nice, their filet istop-notch. I loved it a lot and
we've eaten there severaltimes. Another place in the
world showcase and French foodis not really our taste, but I
will say it's gotten so manygreat reviews and we have di
there, the experience waswonderful. So I wanted to bring
it up again is Maeu Pauls andthe France Pavilion. And this
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is a great one 'cause it'sright by OUIs Adventure. And in
it they have French cuisinewith a bit of a modern flair.
They have a prefix option aswell as a la carte. We ate
there and when we ate there,the thing I remember was the
cappuccino mashed potatoes. Wehad a really good , um, steak
there. It was a little bitoutside of our norm, but it was
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a good experience. Well ,
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Yeah , you know , that's part of the reason you
would've do these . Trysomething new.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Yep . And they, you are able to see a little bit of
the fireworks. Not as great aview as you would have in other
locations, but you are able tocatch some of them there as
well. So the final parks areathat we're gonna look at is
Hollywood Studios and we'regonna look at one right in the
park and that's at theHollywood Brown Derby. Now this
is a great thing for any kindof special occasion. You can
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even take little ones here. Ithas a upscale feel. It's fun to
see the character sketches ofcelebrities that are on the
wall. I really love theirgrapefruit cake, their Cobb
salad, their steak. Um, I don'tknow if Chris remembers, but a
while back we were eating thereand we just saw one of the best
cast interactions with a diningguest.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Oh yes. It was just absolutely wonderful. And it
was just one of those caseswhere there was a person who
had just a , maybe a bit of anissue and the staff just was so
kind and so generous. And itwas one of those things that w
I actually found a vicepresident to email just to kind
of commend that person. But itwas a very touching experience
Speaker 1 (12:40):
And I think it just epitomizes what we've talked
about all along, about thegreat service that Disney
offers and why we all keepgoing back over and over. So
Hollywood Brown Derbydefinitely recommend that. And
there are some other options atHollywood Studios nearby
places. I think you couldprobably argue there's some
good options at Swan andDolphin, which is just a short
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boat ride away from HollywoodStudios. Um, there's some other
ones as well, but again, we'retrying to keep it around 10. So
that kind of leads into ourfinal place, which is Disney
Springs. And again, there wouldbe a lot more options here if
you were listing every sort ofthing. But I just picked one
and the one I picked this timewas the Boathouse. And this is
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a little bit more of a laidback restaurant, but they, I
think it's kind of nice becauseyou can celebrate special
occasions there as well. And ifyou're coming in, in your
shorts or if you're coming indressed up, I think you feel
comfortable. We ate there for,they have a , one of the boats
that's actually in the diningspace. They have some nice
outdoor dining options. We wentthere , um, just a couple years
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ago. We met up for my cousin'sbirthday and we had food there.
And if you want a sandwich allthe way up to like really nice
seafood, they have lots ofdifferent options, which is a
great choice and it's a niceway if you're spending a day at
Disney Springs doing some otherthings, you can kind of end
your night with a nice dinnerthere. And then, as I
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mentioned, there's way moreoptions at Disney Springs. You
also have at the Four Seasons Imentioned Swan and Dolphins, so
we'd love to hear some of yourtop picks as well. So really no
matter what type of specialoccasion you're planning at
Disney World, there's lots ofdining destinations that you
can make your night trulymagical. Whether it's for a
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birthday, an anniversary, aonce in a lifetime experience,
lots of great choices for you.
So we give us just a minute andwe're gonna get our call up
with Landon. We'd like towelcome into the show. He has a
business with his partnerJessica, called Vacation
Grocery Delivery. They are ateam of former Disney cast
members that really, they giveyou all of your grocery needs
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when you're staying at WaltDisney World. So what they'll
do is they can go and do all ofyour shopping for you and they
deliver it right to yourresort. So we'll hear all about
that here in just a minute, butwe'd like to welcome Landon
into the show.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Hey , how's it going?
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Now we have been asking people lately because we
like to know what you likeabout the Disney parks. We've
been asking people what is yourfavorite character to meet at
any of the Disney parks?
Speaker 3 (15:18):
You know, I, I've gotta bring it back to I love
seeing Rapunzel and Flynnthat's, it's near and dear to
my heart, to my wife's heart.
Um, as we both got to playthose respective characters ,
uh, in our time at Disney. Andso it it's just like , um, a
way of reminding, you know,what's special in life and
then, you know, and how we metand stuff.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
Oh, that's so special. And maybe you could
tell our listeners a little bitabout, 'cause you, your
background working at Disney.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Oh yeah. I worked on the Disney Magic and the Disney
Wonder , uh, for about sixyears on and off. And I did ,
um, gosh, everythingthat you can imagine. I
portrayed the Flynn Writer ,prince Charming Hans, and
Frozen On the Wonder. Um, hadthe time of my life . It was a
blast.
Speaker 1 (16:04):
Now we've heard about how you worked with
Disney. Now we'd love to hearall about your business that
you have now and the serviceyou provide related to Disney
vacations.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Yeah, so we are vacation, grocery delivery, and
like you said before, we , um,my wife and I are a team of
former cast members, but alsoeveryone that we bring on is
either a current or a formerDisney cast member as well.
That's because we want to , youknow, make your Disney vacation
as easy as possible. We wannatake care of all of your
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grocery and your alcoholdelivery needs on the services
that we provide, you know, are, um, comparable to other, you
know , national brands. What wedo is we go out, we shop, we
label, we staple, we bageverything and we deliver it
for you. But what makes usspecial is that we don't charge
any markup on the store or onthe , uh, the items that you
get from the store. So whereas,you know , other companies that
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you might order from , um, likesome national brands have a ,
you know , a bottom line of a15 to a 30% markup per item.
All we're gonna do is hit youwith a flat delivery fee and
then we're gonna take care ofthe rest . That way when you
show up to Walt Disney World ,everything is already done for
you.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
Awesome. Now, what was your inspiration to start
the business?
Speaker 3 (17:19):
? Um, you
know, it was , I , I won't lie
to you, it was actually kind ofborn out of desperation rather
than inspiration. Um, becausemy wife and I were both working
, uh, she was working at theparks, I was working at the
ships when Covid hit . Okay .
And so we both , um, got laidoff, which was highly
unfortunate. But we had comeback to Orlando, her family was
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here and we were just doingwhatever we could to survive.
Uh , really. And uh , I thinklike I was a freelance handyman
at the time , you know , withmy musical theater . But we ,
we heard , I was listening toNPR on the radio one day and
they said , you know , hey ,Disney World is booked up for
the first time and ever sincestarted or whatever they said .
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And I looked at and I was justlike, alright , well you know,
why don't we, why don't we seeif like we can deliver some
groceries on the side, you know, we'll just do it on the
weekends. It'll help fund ourretirement. I dunno , we'll
call it , uh, vacation GroceryDelivery . Fast
forward , um, a few yearslater, you know, it, it grew in
popularity. The , the qualityand the service that people
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came to expect grew . Um, andwe started to hire on other
people that were also laid offand looking to, you know,
waiting until they got theircall back at Disney. And so we
wanted to make sure that weextended that same, that same
grace and flexibility , um, tothose other cast members that
were waiting to get their jobsback. And that's kind of how
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our whole team was born.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Now you've started to touch on this a little bit,
but how do you think that theservice you offer adds some
magic to your customer'svacations?
Speaker 3 (18:59):
Um, kind of like I said, I think, I think we all
know that vacationing to DisneyWorld now is not just like a ,
uh, you show up and you just doit. You know, it requires
meticulous planning and wewanna take that big step out of
there for you. We know thatfrom the moment you step off
the plane, you know, you've gotyour entire schedule laid out
down to the minute . Now whatwe do is that we're gonna
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contact you the day before youarrive in most circumstances
and we're gonna shop that orderfor you and we're gonna go
ahead and deliver it. DisneyBell Services has fridges,
freezers everything that theyneed to keep all of your items,
you know, properly stored. Sothat way whenever you show up
that day, it doesn't matter ifyour flight's been delayed or
anything like that, yourgroceries are there waiting for
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you . You've got snacks for thekids that are tired from the
plane flight or for, you know,the husbands that are tired
from the plane flight ,um, ,
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Right? .
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Um, and same thing, you know , uh, we also have um,
flexible alcohol deliverywindows and so we're gonna make
sure that, you know, when yourorder says it's gonna be there,
it's gonna be there. You know ,there's not gonna be any
shopper that's delayed hours onhours or just doesn't show up
or, or cancels your order. Youknow, like we hear so often,
they'll be sitting aroundwaiting for hours, oh this
company canceled their order,we're never gonna do that.
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We're always gonna make surethat you're taken care of and
if we don't meet that qualityexpectation that you're looking
forward , we're gonna doeverything we can to make it
right.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
And that's an excellent point. I mean this
was pre covid I think in,actually we had a trip right
before covid in 2020 and we hadan order with a national
delivery company and we hadgotten in that day and they
canceled the order that night.
They didn't have a shopper andthat just kind of, it was the
beginning of our trip. We werehoping to have some of those
things when we got there thatnight and we were kind of left
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in it. And it would've beengreat to have an option like
what vacation grocery deliveryoffers and I think it's so
great for you to have that now.
And one of the things that Ithink people might not realize
is how do they do the shopping?
Like, because it's not like anapp and different things like
that. Where do they go to shop?
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Yeah , you're actually gonna head to our
website, which is www vacationgrocery delivery fl com and
we're gonna, and it'll walk youthrough that entire
personalized menu we've got.
What we've got is a systemwhere you can select your item,
you can select the quantity,you can select, you know, any
kind of brand variety that youwant. If you have any notes
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about that item, you can type'em on there. Um, one of our
big draws is that we're greatfor people that have , um,
allergy problems in their, intheir family home . Um, because
you know, all the time, youknow, shoppers are, are
gluten-free or you're dairyfree and stuff like that. And
all of our people are trainedto handle all of those
situations. They know to lookat the ingredients. You're
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guaranteed you're gonna get ina , that your shopper's gonna
contact you or at least attemptto. Sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Now I know recently there have been some changes
'cause you talked about alcoholdelivery. How does that work?
Because there may be somepeople that know about those
changes with deliveries.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
Yeah, sure. Um, it used to be that select
companies were allowed to, andwe were one of them , um,
deliver alcohol to Walt DisneyWorld. It was a process where
we just had to get the IDbeforehand. Disney has now come
in and said, Hey, that's notgonna happen anymore if you
have to have alcohol delivered,you have to connect with the
guests directly. And what we'vegot is we have alcohol delivery
windows from 10:00 AM to 9:30PM that we'll we will be there
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to meet with you, dropeverything off. Um, if your
room isn't ready for whateverreason, our people are gonna
get it to Bell Services foryou. They're gonna make sure
that it's all taken care of
Speaker 1 (22:34):
If something happens and you're not able to meet,
are you, what, how does thatwork?
Speaker 3 (22:39):
You just let us know if you have like a flight delay
. It's totally common. Ithappens and we're gonna work
with you on what our nextavailable window is and we'll
get you slipped in there. Noproblem.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
Perfect. And I know you also offer some other
services as well. I know yousaid a lot of travel agents
take advantage, but if somebodyelse was looking, what are some
of the baskets and things thatyou offer?
Speaker 3 (22:59):
We've just got some gift basket options and um ,
actually some exciting thingscoming down the line that may
or may not have to do withmaking s'mores. Ooh .
Speaker 1 (23:07):
But
Speaker 3 (23:08):
Our , uh, best seller is that we sell a , uh,
a small popcorn bucket giftbasket. Those popcorn buckets
are super popular becauseobviously you can take them to
any popcorn, stand at Disneyand get a refill. I think it's
for $2 and 25 cents , onebucket takes care of the entire
family and it's just a greattree for everybody to have.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Now you know, you mentioned the website again,
but are you on any other socialmedia platforms so people can
find out a little more?
Speaker 3 (23:33):
Yeah , we're on Instagram, I believe, just with
the same name.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
And we will make sure then to share the
Instagram profile as well asthe website. And I think really
if you are looking at like, wehave a trip coming up next
month, how early shouldsomebody put in their order? I
guess then in addition, howlate could I put in a order? So
both, yeah,
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Sure. We recommend that you put in an order about
two weeks in advance. Uh ,sometimes longer than that,
especially if you know you'regonna be traveling on a weekend
or a holiday . We do book upsometimes a month in advance at
least, but you can order asearly as I believe it's three
days out for our system blocksoff the calendar.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Okay, perfect. And if I were wanting to order like
one of those gift baskets, isit the same window?
Speaker 3 (24:21):
Yep , absolutely.
And if you ever, you know, ifthe calendar is grayed out for
whatever reason, always feelfree to send us a message. You
know, we love to makeexceptions for very nice people
because there needs to be morecheer in the world today.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
For sure. Well thank you so much for joining us
today, Landon. We reallyappreciate it.
Speaker 3 (24:40):
Yeah, absolutely.
Glad to . Thank you so much for, um, giving us the time to, to
talk about ourselves.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Thank you again to Landon for joining us today.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
And now we are onto our two minute trivia and our
wisdom from Walt quote . AndChris , you are up with trivia.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
Thank you . You know, we've done so many tris,
two minute tris that it'sgetting a bit difficult to find
something unique and so Ilooked up high and low to find
something unique to some of thebest restaurants in Disney. And
the best I could come up withwas Uhoh .
Speaker 1 (25:09):
What ,
Speaker 2 (25:10):
What restaurant did Lady and the Tramp go to?
Speaker 1 (25:16):
Oh, it's the Tony's at Magic Kingdom.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
That is correct, yes. Tony's Town Square
restaurant.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Yes. And it's cute 'cause they have some theming
in there and that's a good tiein with the movie as well. And
we love dogs.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
Yes. , you
know, there's just not a lot .
Disney doesn't share all theirsecrets on how many eggs right
. They use in a year and howmany potatoes are peeled. So
the best we got is whatrestaurant did, lady and The
Tramp. Okay. Here's a questionbetween Lady and The Tramp.
What character do you like thebest?
Speaker 1 (25:50):
Um , probably Tramp.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Oh
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Yeah ,
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
I don't think you've eaten at that restaurant with
us, but my mom and I, we werethere and it was freezing so
bad that they were bringing outthe tablecloths and letting
people use them as blankets.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
What time of year was this?
Speaker 1 (26:07):
It was summer, so it was hot. So they had the AC so
cold though, people werefreezing.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
. So
anyways, but yes, it's a great
restaurant and I know they do alot of the dining packages with
some of the different speciallike viewings and stuff there
as well. So in honor of ourepisode on Food, I decided to
pull a quote from a Disney filmabout fine dining instead of
using a Walt Disney quote. Sothis is from the movie Ouie,
this much I know if you arewhat you eat, then I only want
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to eat the good stuff. Andhopefully all of you on your
next Disney vacation can onlyeat the good stuff and enjoy
these fine restaurants. Getsome great, whether it be you
could have an alcohol deliveryfrom vacation, grocery
delivery, some nice snacks thatyou can enjoy before or after a
dinner. But really, thank youso much for joining us on this
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episode of the Dis Love podcastwith Vanessa and Chris . I'm
Vanessa. And
Speaker 2 (27:04):
I'm Chris . This podcast is not affiliated with
the Walt Disney Company or itsholdings and it is intended for
entertainment purposes only.
Welcome to the Disney Podcast with Vanessa and
Chris . I'm Vanessa Ferguson.
And I'm Chris Johns. We wouldlike to welcome you to show
number 134 and for anylisteners joining us for the
first time, our show featuresthings we love at Disney. And
in each episode we have a guestwho creates Disney Magic for
our listeners at home or ontheir Disney vacations. From
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vacation planners to productproducers, our guests can bring
Disney Magic into your life.
And as a reminder to ourlisteners, we appreciate if you
take time to leave us a reviewon Apple Podcasts or any other
platform where you listen. Wealways like to read these and
give shout outs on the show.
And then of course that alsohelps the show grow as well. On
today's show, we will be joinedby Landon from Vacation Grocery
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Delivery. Landon and his wifeJessica have a team of former
and current Disney cast memberswho are dedicated to really
providing for all your groceryneeds while you're staying at
Walt Disney World. And we arereally looking forward for you
to hear all about theirservices. And Chris and I were
talking about after we spoke toLandon, Chris actually gave me
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the inspiration for the showtopic. I did. Yeah, we were
talking about how usingvacation grocery delivery is a
great way to save money on yourfood and some of those
expenses. And it doesn't meanthat you have to skip out on
Disney food, it just means itgives you more money to spend
on Disney food. So we talkedabout like your savings between
having your snacks, also maybehaving them deliver breakfast
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items to you, maybe snack itemsthat will help you save when
you're in the park. And thenwhat happens is then you have
some extra money in your foodbudget hopefully to be able to
spend some dollars at some ofthe nicer restaurants on
property. So that's, that'swhere you inspired me. You
talked about all the savings.
Exactly.
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how you could splurge on somespecial dining experiences
across a property in particularif you're celebrating an
occasion or you don't have tobe celebrating occasion, just
go to enjoy the food. I knowsome of these we've been to,
some are on our list ofmust-dos or on our Disney
bucket list so to speak. But Ialso would like to give a thank
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you to our friends at MouseDining and Mouse for less . I
was able to look at some oftheir recommendations as well.
So of course if you're planninga special celebration at Walt
Disney World, we've talkedabout lots of different things
you can do. But whether you'rehome or at Disney, a big part
of any special occasion iseating. So we're gonna talk
about all of the great diningoptions that can be for an
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unforgettable occasion or justfor a nice night out. Now I
kind of divided these up intoareas. The first section of the
property we're gonna talk aboutis the Magic Kingdom area. And
I did only pick one restaurantat Magic Kingdom, but I think
you could make arguments forseveral more dining experiences
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there, like be our guest orTony's Town Square. But for
this show I tried to keep itaround 10 and 10 total
restaurants. And the first onewe're gonna talk about is
Cinderella's Royal table. Doyou remember what occasion we
celebrated by going toCinderella's Royal table?
Chris?
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Our wedding
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Close. It was the day after our wedding. Yeah,
that's close. Yeah , I'll giveyou that . Alright , I , I give
credit. Yes. So I'll give thatto you. So the day after our
wedding, we went there as kindof just, we had already had
like the hustle and bustle, alot of chaos going on as you're
getting ready for your wedding.
And we were gonna be spendingthe week at Disney with our
friends and family. So we justbooked a special night out at
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Cinderella's Royal Table. Nowif you're not familiar with it,
of course it's in the castleand they do have a prefix menu
for breakfast, lunch, anddinner. And how that works is
that you're gonna pick anappetizer and entree and a
dessert. I think it varies alittle bit for breakfast, but
the great thing here is this isa good place to celebrate an
adult's only occasion like wedid after our wedding. Or you
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could also celebrate anoccasion for little ones in
your life because you have somecharacter appearances here.
They now have all of theprincesses that make similar
appearances over in Epcot. Soyou, you see Cinderella when
you're first coming in beforeyou're taken up to the main
dining room and then in themain dining room you get visits
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from Ariel , Aurora, Jasmine,snow White and Rapunzel. So the
food's great, you have abeautiful view if you time it
right with fireworks you canhave that experience. We went
at night for fireworks. I thinkit's also a great way to kick
off a day of celebrating at thepark because you can start off
in the castle. So that's agreat option whether you have
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little ones or it's an adultsonly one. Now the next one that
I'm gonna move to is more, alot of these are more adults
only. Um, the first one isVictoria and Albert's at the
Grand Floridian. We have noteaten there. I would say it's
probably a little more refinedthan our taste, but we do like
trying new things. Um, so weprobably will make it there one
(05:05):
day. They have two tastingmenus each evening and they
really have, they rotate outfor really fresh ingredients.
You can do wine pairings andit's really one of the best
fine dining experiences onproperty. This would be for, I
would consider this more of asplurge sort of celebration
that you would go here. Youalso have like the chef's
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table, but that's a separateexperience than just the
regular dining at VictorianAlbert's. So that's at Grand
Floridian. Another one that'salso at Grand Floridian is CCOs
and that is in, that one wasrecently redone and I've heard
a lot of great things. It has aMary Poppins returns kind of
ambiance and they have reallygood American inspired dishes.
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So that's a great one as well.
And you'll see a theme. There'sanother one at Grand Floridian
of course I think be being theflagship resort, they tend to
have a lot of these nicerexperiences. There's Narce and
we had a chance to eat therewith our good friends Shane and
Charlie a couple years ago . Ohyes , it was wonderful. Yeah .
So this is really close to themarina. It overlooks the Seven
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Seas Lagoon and when we werethere we timed it where we were
there later when the fireworkshappened and they pumped in the
music but you could also gooutside. They had a patio. I
went out to the patio andwatched and so that adds some
extra to it. They're known fora lot of seafood. But I'm not a
seafood fan and I stillenjoyed, I think I had steak
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when we went. It was a greatexperience and we had been at
the parks during the day. Wejust went back to our resort
and changed into nicer clothesand then went over there. The
one thing that's important toremember is that you don't have
to be staying at a resort todine there. So we do that quite
often whether it be for a finedining experience or not. So
you could be at All Star andyou could go over to Grand
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Floridian and have a greatdinner. It , they're not gonna
stop you. Just make sure youget your reservation in. Now
moving over to another resortalso in the Magic Kingdom Loop
is the, you also haveCalifornia Grill. This is at
the top of the contemporaryresort. There's lots of other
great restaurants there, butthis is open only for dinner.
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And you have a great view ofthe Seven Seas Lagoon. You can
see Magic Kingdom. It is abeautiful setting where you can
really get a great view beforenightfall, but also when the
fireworks hit, they have somereally great highlights on
their menu. They're known forlike their braised beef, short
ribs. They have a great filetpork tenderloin and people just
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really talk about, I had achance to eat there once. And
if you go way back, maybe I'lllink in the episodes myself,
Vanessa Ferguson and the otherVanessa Ferguson and Disney
podcasting. We have a thingwith John Stamos and him at
Disney and I was displaced atCalifornia Grill for John
Stamos very many years ago
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in a previous episode. I'll tryto link that in there if you're
interested. But that'sCalifornia Grill and that
rounds out our Magic Kingdomarea restaurants. Now moving
over to Animal Kingdom area,there's a couple of great
options there as well. AtAnimal Kingdom Lodge. There's
gco , the cooking place, and Ihave not eaten here but I've
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eaten at Bomas and there are afew things that are similar.
They have a mix of AfricanIndian and Mediterranean
cuisine and they're reallyknown for um, their one filet
and their macaroni, which I'vegotten to taste elsewhere. And
they have a lot of um, greatwines if you're into that. I
know that uh , people talk alot about their lamb shank,
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their Moroccan lamb shank. Solots of great options there.
Now moving into Animal Kingdomitself, there's Tiffins
restaurant and this has a greatfeel to it and it's kind of fun
'cause it's in the park. Chrishasn't dined here with me, but
I have dined here with one ofmy good friends and we actually
lucked out. It was kind ofduring that covid time where we
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were looking. We got a lastminute park reservation on our
last day. We got a last minutereservations for Tiffins. And I
will say they were reallyaccommodating. My friend has a
lot of allergies and I thinkjust general food and some
particular taste and they wereable to accommodate everything
for her. I actually made a mealout of some of their appetizers
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that were so delicious. Therooms are amazing. There are
some beautiful wall or art onthe walls that with butterflies
and animals, it's just superbeautiful. It's well worth it
and it's a nice break from theday when you're at the parks.
So Tiffins is a great option aswell. Now moving over to Epcot.
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You have a lot of greatrestaurants at Epcot and we're
only gonna pick a couple thatum, highlight what you could
look at. Um, the first one isLas Steakhouse in the World
Showcase. And that is locatedin the Canada Pavilion. It is,
looks like you're in a winecellar and that's kind of a
cool experience. And whenyou're there they have a lot of
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just classic steakhouseoptions. They're known for
their beer cheese soup, theirpretzel , um, breadsticks.
Super good. You can try thoselike during food and wine as
well. I will say we've eaten atLaier a few times and the
food's been good, but I feellike it's super crowded in
there.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
It's a tight squeeze.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Yes. So we've been there with just the two of us.
We've also been there withseveral other people and the
tables like essentially they'llhave a bench table and they
have you really kind of rightnext to other people. I haven't
been since Covid so I don'tknow if they've spread it out a
little bit. But they use theword cozy. I would use the word
tight space
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really nice, their filet istop-notch. I loved it a lot and
we've eaten there severaltimes. Another place in the
world showcase and French foodis not really our taste, but I
will say it's gotten so manygreat reviews and we have di
there, the experience waswonderful. So I wanted to bring
it up again is Maeu Pauls andthe France Pavilion. And this
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is a great one 'cause it'sright by OUIs Adventure. And in
it they have French cuisinewith a bit of a modern flair.
They have a prefix option aswell as a la carte. We ate
there and when we ate there,the thing I remember was the
cappuccino mashed potatoes. Wehad a really good , um, steak
there. It was a little bitoutside of our norm, but it was
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a good experience. Well ,
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Yeah , you know , that's part of the reason you
would've do these . Trysomething new.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Yep . And they, you are able to see a little bit of
the fireworks. Not as great aview as you would have in other
locations, but you are able tocatch some of them there as
well. So the final parks areathat we're gonna look at is
Hollywood Studios and we'regonna look at one right in the
park and that's at theHollywood Brown Derby. Now this
is a great thing for any kindof special occasion. You can
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even take little ones here. Ithas a upscale feel. It's fun to
see the character sketches ofcelebrities that are on the
wall. I really love theirgrapefruit cake, their Cobb
salad, their steak. Um, I don'tknow if Chris remembers, but a
while back we were eating thereand we just saw one of the best
cast interactions with a diningguest.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Oh yes. It was just absolutely wonderful. And it
was just one of those caseswhere there was a person who
had just a , maybe a bit of anissue and the staff just was so
kind and so generous. And itwas one of those things that w
I actually found a vicepresident to email just to kind
of commend that person. But itwas a very touching experience
Speaker 1 (12:40):
And I think it just epitomizes what we've talked
about all along, about thegreat service that Disney
offers and why we all keepgoing back over and over. So
Hollywood Brown Derbydefinitely recommend that. And
there are some other options atHollywood Studios nearby
places. I think you couldprobably argue there's some
good options at Swan andDolphin, which is just a short
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boat ride away from HollywoodStudios. Um, there's some other
ones as well, but again, we'retrying to keep it around 10. So
that kind of leads into ourfinal place, which is Disney
Springs. And again, there wouldbe a lot more options here if
you were listing every sort ofthing. But I just picked one
and the one I picked this timewas the Boathouse. And this is
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a little bit more of a laidback restaurant, but they, I
think it's kind of nice becauseyou can celebrate special
occasions there as well. And ifyou're coming in, in your
shorts or if you're coming indressed up, I think you feel
comfortable. We ate there for,they have a , one of the boats
that's actually in the diningspace. They have some nice
outdoor dining options. We wentthere , um, just a couple years
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ago. We met up for my cousin'sbirthday and we had food there.
And if you want a sandwich allthe way up to like really nice
seafood, they have lots ofdifferent options, which is a
great choice and it's a niceway if you're spending a day at
Disney Springs doing some otherthings, you can kind of end
your night with a nice dinnerthere. And then, as I
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mentioned, there's way moreoptions at Disney Springs. You
also have at the Four Seasons Imentioned Swan and Dolphins, so
we'd love to hear some of yourtop picks as well. So really no
matter what type of specialoccasion you're planning at
Disney World, there's lots ofdining destinations that you
can make your night trulymagical. Whether it's for a
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birthday, an anniversary, aonce in a lifetime experience,
lots of great choices for you.
So we give us just a minute andwe're gonna get our call up
with Landon. We'd like towelcome into the show. He has a
business with his partnerJessica, called Vacation
Grocery Delivery. They are ateam of former Disney cast
members that really, they giveyou all of your grocery needs
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when you're staying at WaltDisney World. So what they'll
do is they can go and do all ofyour shopping for you and they
deliver it right to yourresort. So we'll hear all about
that here in just a minute, butwe'd like to welcome Landon
into the show.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Hey , how's it going?
Speaker 1 (15:07):
Now we have been asking people lately because we
like to know what you likeabout the Disney parks. We've
been asking people what is yourfavorite character to meet at
any of the Disney parks?
Speaker 3 (15:18):
You know, I, I've gotta bring it back to I love
seeing Rapunzel and Flynnthat's, it's near and dear to
my heart, to my wife's heart.
Um, as we both got to playthose respective characters ,
uh, in our time at Disney. Andso it it's just like , um, a
way of reminding, you know,what's special in life and
then, you know, and how we metand stuff.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
Oh, that's so special. And maybe you could
tell our listeners a little bitabout, 'cause you, your
background working at Disney.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Oh yeah. I worked on the Disney Magic and the Disney
Wonder , uh, for about sixyears on and off. And I did ,
um, gosh,
portrayed the Flynn Writer ,prince Charming Hans, and
Frozen On the Wonder. Um, hadthe time of my life . It was a
blast.
Speaker 1 (16:04):
Now we've heard about how you worked with
Disney. Now we'd love to hearall about your business that
you have now and the serviceyou provide related to Disney
vacations.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Yeah, so we are vacation, grocery delivery, and
like you said before, we , um,my wife and I are a team of
former cast members, but alsoeveryone that we bring on is
either a current or a formerDisney cast member as well.
That's because we want to , youknow, make your Disney vacation
as easy as possible. We wannatake care of all of your
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grocery and your alcoholdelivery needs on the services
that we provide, you know, are, um, comparable to other, you
know , national brands. What wedo is we go out, we shop, we
label, we staple, we bageverything and we deliver it
for you. But what makes usspecial is that we don't charge
any markup on the store or onthe , uh, the items that you
get from the store. So whereas,you know , other companies that
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you might order from , um, likesome national brands have a ,
you know , a bottom line of a15 to a 30% markup per item.
All we're gonna do is hit youwith a flat delivery fee and
then we're gonna take care ofthe rest . That way when you
show up to Walt Disney World ,everything is already done for
you.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
Awesome. Now, what was your inspiration to start
the business?
Speaker 3 (17:19):
to you, it was actually kind ofborn out of desperation rather
than inspiration. Um, becausemy wife and I were both working
, uh, she was working at theparks, I was working at the
ships when Covid hit . Okay .
And so we both , um, got laidoff, which was highly
unfortunate. But we had comeback to Orlando, her family was
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here and we were just doingwhatever we could to survive.
Uh , really. And uh , I thinklike I was a freelance handyman
at the time , you know , withmy musical theater . But we ,
we heard , I was listening toNPR on the radio one day and
they said , you know , hey ,Disney World is booked up for
the first time and ever sincestarted or whatever they said .
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And I looked at and I was justlike, alright , well you know,
why don't we, why don't we seeif like we can deliver some
groceries on the side, you know, we'll just do it on the
weekends. It'll help fund ourretirement. I dunno , we'll
call it , uh, vacation GroceryDelivery
forward , um, a few yearslater, you know, it, it grew in
popularity. The , the qualityand the service that people
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came to expect grew . Um, andwe started to hire on other
people that were also laid offand looking to, you know,
waiting until they got theircall back at Disney. And so we
wanted to make sure that weextended that same, that same
grace and flexibility , um, tothose other cast members that
were waiting to get their jobsback. And that's kind of how
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our whole team was born.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Now you've started to touch on this a little bit,
but how do you think that theservice you offer adds some
magic to your customer'svacations?
Speaker 3 (18:59):
Um, kind of like I said, I think, I think we all
know that vacationing to DisneyWorld now is not just like a ,
uh, you show up and you just doit. You know, it requires
meticulous planning and wewanna take that big step out of
there for you. We know thatfrom the moment you step off
the plane, you know, you've gotyour entire schedule laid out
down to the minute . Now whatwe do is that we're gonna
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contact you the day before youarrive in most circumstances
and we're gonna shop that orderfor you and we're gonna go
ahead and deliver it. DisneyBell Services has fridges,
freezers everything that theyneed to keep all of your items,
you know, properly stored. Sothat way whenever you show up
that day, it doesn't matter ifyour flight's been delayed or
anything like that, yourgroceries are there waiting for
(19:40):
you . You've got snacks for thekids that are tired from the
plane flight or for, you know,the husbands that are tired
from the plane flight
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Right?
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Um, and same thing, you know , uh, we also have um,
flexible alcohol deliverywindows and so we're gonna make
sure that, you know, when yourorder says it's gonna be there,
it's gonna be there. You know ,there's not gonna be any
shopper that's delayed hours onhours or just doesn't show up
or, or cancels your order. Youknow, like we hear so often,
they'll be sitting aroundwaiting for hours, oh this
company canceled their order,we're never gonna do that.
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We're always gonna make surethat you're taken care of and
if we don't meet that qualityexpectation that you're looking
forward , we're gonna doeverything we can to make it
right.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
And that's an excellent point. I mean this
was pre covid I think in,actually we had a trip right
before covid in 2020 and we hadan order with a national
delivery company and we hadgotten in that day and they
canceled the order that night.
They didn't have a shopper andthat just kind of, it was the
beginning of our trip. We werehoping to have some of those
things when we got there thatnight and we were kind of left
(20:41):
in it. And it would've beengreat to have an option like
what vacation grocery deliveryoffers and I think it's so
great for you to have that now.
And one of the things that Ithink people might not realize
is how do they do the shopping?
Like, because it's not like anapp and different things like
that. Where do they go to shop?
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Yeah , you're actually gonna head to our
website, which is www vacationgrocery delivery fl com and
we're gonna, and it'll walk youthrough that entire
personalized menu we've got.
What we've got is a systemwhere you can select your item,
you can select the quantity,you can select, you know, any
kind of brand variety that youwant. If you have any notes
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about that item, you can type'em on there. Um, one of our
big draws is that we're greatfor people that have , um,
allergy problems in their, intheir family home . Um, because
you know, all the time, youknow, shoppers are, are
gluten-free or you're dairyfree and stuff like that. And
all of our people are trainedto handle all of those
situations. They know to lookat the ingredients. You're
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guaranteed you're gonna get ina , that your shopper's gonna
contact you or at least attemptto. Sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Now I know recently there have been some changes
'cause you talked about alcoholdelivery. How does that work?
Because there may be somepeople that know about those
changes with deliveries.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
Yeah, sure. Um, it used to be that select
companies were allowed to, andwe were one of them , um,
deliver alcohol to Walt DisneyWorld. It was a process where
we just had to get the IDbeforehand. Disney has now come
in and said, Hey, that's notgonna happen anymore if you
have to have alcohol delivered,you have to connect with the
guests directly. And what we'vegot is we have alcohol delivery
windows from 10:00 AM to 9:30PM that we'll we will be there
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to meet with you, dropeverything off. Um, if your
room isn't ready for whateverreason, our people are gonna
get it to Bell Services foryou. They're gonna make sure
that it's all taken care of
Speaker 1 (22:34):
If something happens and you're not able to meet,
are you, what, how does thatwork?
Speaker 3 (22:39):
You just let us know if you have like a flight delay
. It's totally common. Ithappens and we're gonna work
with you on what our nextavailable window is and we'll
get you slipped in there. Noproblem.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
Perfect. And I know you also offer some other
services as well. I know yousaid a lot of travel agents
take advantage, but if somebodyelse was looking, what are some
of the baskets and things thatyou offer?
Speaker 3 (22:59):
We've just got some gift basket options and um ,
actually some exciting thingscoming down the line that may
or may not have to do withmaking s'mores. Ooh .
Speaker 1 (23:07):
But
Speaker 3 (23:08):
Our , uh, best seller is that we sell a , uh,
a small popcorn bucket giftbasket. Those popcorn buckets
are super popular becauseobviously you can take them to
any popcorn, stand at Disneyand get a refill. I think it's
for $2 and 25 cents , onebucket takes care of the entire
family and it's just a greattree for everybody to have.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Now you know, you mentioned the website again,
but are you on any other socialmedia platforms so people can
find out a little more?
Speaker 3 (23:33):
Yeah , we're on Instagram, I believe, just with
the same name.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
And we will make sure then to share the
Instagram profile as well asthe website. And I think really
if you are looking at like, wehave a trip coming up next
month, how early shouldsomebody put in their order? I
guess then in addition, howlate could I put in a order? So
both, yeah,
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Sure. We recommend that you put in an order about
two weeks in advance. Uh ,sometimes longer than that,
especially if you know you'regonna be traveling on a weekend
or a holiday . We do book upsometimes a month in advance at
least, but you can order asearly as I believe it's three
days out for our system blocksoff the calendar.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Okay, perfect. And if I were wanting to order like
one of those gift baskets, isit the same window?
Speaker 3 (24:21):
Yep , absolutely.
And if you ever, you know, ifthe calendar is grayed out for
whatever reason, always feelfree to send us a message. You
know, we love to makeexceptions for very nice people
because there needs to be morecheer in the world today.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
For sure. Well thank you so much for joining us
today, Landon. We reallyappreciate it.
Speaker 3 (24:40):
Yeah, absolutely.
Glad to . Thank you so much for, um, giving us the time to, to
talk about ourselves.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Thank you again to Landon for joining us today.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
And now we are onto our two minute trivia and our
wisdom from Walt quote . AndChris , you are up with trivia.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
Thank you . You know, we've done so many tris,
two minute tris that it'sgetting a bit difficult to find
something unique and so Ilooked up high and low to find
something unique to some of thebest restaurants in Disney. And
the best I could come up withwas Uhoh .
Speaker 1 (25:09):
What ,
Speaker 2 (25:10):
What restaurant did Lady and the Tramp go to?
Speaker 1 (25:16):
Oh, it's the Tony's at Magic Kingdom.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
That is correct, yes. Tony's Town Square
restaurant.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Yes. And it's cute 'cause they have some theming
in there and that's a good tiein with the movie as well. And
we love dogs.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
Yes.
Disney doesn't share all theirsecrets on how many eggs right
. They use in a year and howmany potatoes are peeled. So
the best we got is whatrestaurant did, lady and The
Tramp. Okay. Here's a questionbetween Lady and The Tramp.
What character do you like thebest?
Speaker 1 (25:50):
Um , probably Tramp.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Oh
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Yeah ,
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
I don't think you've eaten at that restaurant with
us, but my mom and I, we werethere and it was freezing so
bad that they were bringing outthe tablecloths and letting
people use them as blankets.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
What time of year was this?
Speaker 1 (26:07):
It was summer, so it was hot. So they had the AC so
cold though, people werefreezing.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
restaurant and I know they do alot of the dining packages with
some of the different speciallike viewings and stuff there
as well. So in honor of ourepisode on Food, I decided to
pull a quote from a Disney filmabout fine dining instead of
using a Walt Disney quote. Sothis is from the movie Ouie,
this much I know if you arewhat you eat, then I only want
(26:36):
to eat the good stuff. Andhopefully all of you on your
next Disney vacation can onlyeat the good stuff and enjoy
these fine restaurants. Getsome great, whether it be you
could have an alcohol deliveryfrom vacation, grocery
delivery, some nice snacks thatyou can enjoy before or after a
dinner. But really, thank youso much for joining us on this
(27:00):
episode of the Dis Love podcastwith Vanessa and Chris . I'm
Vanessa. And
Speaker 2 (27:04):
I'm Chris . This podcast is not affiliated with
the Walt Disney Company or itsholdings and it is intended for
entertainment purposes only.
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