August 18, 2025 • 39 mins
Pour yourself a passion fruit and pineapple daiquiri as we dive into a spirited cultural showdown! Which Disney theme creates more magic – the laid-back tropical vibes of Polynesia or the vibrant energy of Latin America?
Our tropical cocktail sets the perfect backdrop for this friendly debate as we explore how Disney brings these rich cultural influences to life across their global properties. The Polynesian Resort stands as a monument to Disney's dedication to immersive theming, with its iconic lobby, pristine beaches, and over-water bungalows representing the gold standard of Disney accommodations. Meanwhile, Coronado Springs makes a compelling case for Latin American architectural beauty with its stunning Gran Destino Tower and exceptional dining options.
From attractions to entertainment, we weigh the current offerings like Journey of Water against Mexico's Gran Fiesta Tour, while looking ahead to game-changing additions like Animal Kingdom's Pueblo Esperanza. We dream big with blue-sky concepts that would elevate both cultural representations, including a breathtaking Polynesian island pavilion at EPCOT complete with immersive dining, entertainment, and interactive experiences.
The cinematic battle pits modern classics against each other – does the musical brilliance of Encanto and Coco outshine the adventurous spirit of Moana and the quirky charm of Lilo & Stitch? We also compare the dining, drinks, and merchandise experiences that bring these cultures to life throughout Disney destinations.
Whether you're a tiki bar enthusiast or can't get enough of Latin rhythms, this episode offers fresh perspectives on how Disney celebrates these diverse cultural influences. Plus, we share details about our upcoming budget-friendly Disneyland trip that proves you don't need to break the bank for Disney magic. What cultural theme would you like to see Disney expand next?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome to Cheers to Ears, where today we
are drinking a passion fruit andpineapple daiquiri.
Yes, found at Wailulu Bar andGrill, at Disney's new
Polynesian Villas and Bungalows.
Yes, the DVC Tower?
Right, it looks great, it does.
I watched it going up.
I haven't been inside, ofcourse.
(00:21):
Yeah, I saw it several times,right, yeah, but as soon as I
have points at Polynesian Towersomeday thank you Christy Then
we will go to Wailulu Bar andGrill and have a passion fruit
and pineapple daiquiri which ismade with 10 to 1 Caribbean
white rum, minute-made passionfruit, orange, guava, pineapple
and pineapple and lime.
(00:42):
Okay, bunch of juices, bunch ofjuices, bunch of juices, bunch
of juices, some rum and bunch ofjuices and rum always equals
deliciousness.
It does, and it doesn'tdisappoint this time.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
So this was about two ounces of Captain Morgan white
rum.
What did we do about threeounces of the Pog juice?
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yeah, we measured and then added stuff.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Yeah, and then about an ounce and a half of pineapple
juice and then maybe threequarters of an ounce of lime
juice fresh lime juice, right.
And then, yeah, we poured alittle more pog juice in and we
poured a little more rum in andgave it.
It tastes like grapefruit juiceto me, but it's very good.
Tastes like grapefruit juice tome, but it's very good.
It's not quite as the tartnessor the bitterness of grapefruit,
(01:29):
right, but yes, very tasty.
Like I talked about, we've hada lot of fruity drinks and I was
kind of they were all blendingtogether.
This one sticks out in my mindoh good, this one's very
refreshing it's.
I like the tartness, I like thegrapefruit kind of taste to it
that everything mixed gives.
This is, this is a good one tome.
(01:51):
Good, yeah, this I could sit.
It's not overly sweet, that's.
The thing is, I don't like themwhen they get too sweet, right,
yeah, so our first drink of ithad a little bit too much
pineapple taste.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
It like stuck out.
So we added more pog juice,right?
So what you do is you go to YLulu bar grill, you order this
drink and then you ask for abottle of rum and a glass of pog
juice.
Yeah, to mix it yourself.
Can I get that with a side of abottle of rum?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Mix it to your own, your own desirability.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Right, that sounds like a great idea.
Your own desirability, right?
That sounds like a great idea.
I'm game, but I would reallylike to stay at this hotel the
Polynesian yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah, I'm not real big on any by Magic Kingdom.
Granted, they're right there,like if I want to stay, I'm
going to stayyliner resort, eventhe, even the deluxe, but holly
grand, floridian, yeah, thoseare really great hotels and I
(02:50):
wouldn't complain staying ineither one of those yeah, I'm
basically just talking abouthotel, like if, like, no matter
where it is right, I'm notlinked to the park just as a
hotel.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
As a hotel, yeah, a little hotel, it yeah, solo
hotel.
It's one of my favorites, it'sa great one.
The vibe inside is awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Lots of bars, lots of places to eat, lots of action.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Lots of action, right .
People everywhere yeah, not ina crowded sense, just lots of
stuff going on.
Lots of activity, right.
Yes, I haven't even been toTrader Sam's there.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
No, I haven right.
Yes, I haven't even been totrader sam's there.
No, I haven't either, becauseit opens like it's like an early
afternoon, right, and notreally one that I want to break
away from a magic kingdom day togo run down there to have a
lapu lapu or something right andthen go back.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
But I don't know so we're digging into my, we're
digging into half my subjecthere, yes, all right.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
So we're going to do Polynesian versus Latin American
, right, the themed rides,movies, everything Disney.
So I have taken Latin America,you've taken Polynesian, uh-huh,
and we're just.
It's a soft debate, right, I'dsay it's a soft debate, yeah, so
if we're going to arguesomething, we found we's a soft
(04:04):
debate.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Right, I'd say it's a soft debate, yeah, so if we're
going to argue something, wefound we need a moderator here,
yes, to really make it, or elsewe're going to end up arguing
yeah, we'll just, and we're notgoing to Tell each other how
wrong, right, and then it'sgoing to be over.
Yeah, right, because, like,you're still wrong about.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Maleficent Right, so we agree with that.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
We agree we're both wrong.
So, and then, when Eli was here, I basically won.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
So then Mickey lost that divorce.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
But now we have this debate, which is the Polynesian
versus Latin American.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yes, hey, yeah, hey, another announcement before we
get going.
Okay, so I got up at 345 thismorning to book all my life.
Oh yes, this will probably dothe recap episode after I get
back from my trip, before thisepisode actually airs, because
we have a few in the can Right,so when you hear our timeline of
(05:01):
Disney, it's always way out oforder.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
It is Because we record things and we release
them at different times.
Yeah, and I only say lastepisode, if I know that we're
going to release it the next one.
Yeah, I try to only say wetalked about last episode, right
?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
But my trip is next Wednesday.
This is Wednesday that we'rerecording and we're one week
away from my trip, and I gotlightning lanes and all that
jazz and got up early to do it.
You did well, I did well.
Good times.
Anyway, back to our topic.
I just had to say that In theWest Coast.
(05:38):
If you're going to Disney World, you have to wake up early and
be ready by 4 am to get yourlightning lanes Check in with a
guy like us right, and we'lltake care of that for you.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
so I have to do tomorrow for my not that early,
because I'm going to Disneyland.
We're going to Disneyland.
I don't get my magic keyreservation tomorrow.
Yes, okay.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
So hotels there's only two.
It's Polynesian and CoronadoSprings, and I mean Polynesian
wins that one out.
I will concede that right fromthe start.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Yeah, but Coronado, I mean you've got to take their
different kind of resorts If youtake the whole overview.
So I'm going to argue with youon your side sometimes too here,
Because if you listen to theshow before you know, Encanto is
my favorite movie, yeah, and soyou're taking my favorite topic
probably is your argument.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
So there's South American theming to Coronado
Springs, but there's nocharacter theming.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
There's not.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Now I brought up some of the things about Coronado
that were pluses.
So if you want to ever goconcierge, it's the cheapest
concierge.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Yeah, because it's a moderate hotel that has all the
perks All the perks Of a deluxehotel.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Well, I mean almost all the perks.
Yeah, you just can't stay twohours late.
It's got Toledo, which we ateat Very good, Very good.
The Dahlia Lounge, which is onthe top floor of the Grandestino
Towers Another good one.
Right, we poked our heads in.
We didn't actually go in for adrink at Dahlia, but spoken of
(07:11):
very highly.
It's got three bridges bar andgrill.
Yeah, it looks great and wejust didn't really leave
ourselves time to swing by there.
But they've got SangriaUniversity there.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Looks amazing.
It's kind of spendy.
Yes, we're at the price tagit's 200 a person or no.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
I think it's like 89 or something.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Oh well, got cheaper than I started a high, or now it
sounds cheap, hey maybe I'll goand then you know the pool.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
It's a good theme pool, very nice pool, but holly,
I don't just and it's got a lotof other restaurants besides,
just the Toledo and Dahlia.
But it's got a high-endrestaurant and a really nice
lounge.
It's got a.
The lobby bar is really nice.
(07:58):
It's got a very nice lobby.
It looks deluxe, Right right.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
It looks deluxe for a modern hotel.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
It just looks very deluxe for a modern hotel, but
polynesian, on the other hand?
Speaker 1 (08:08):
yeah, is it's a deluxe resort all the way?
It is right, it's one of yourtop deluxe resorts, probably as
far as price wise.
Price wise, I think it is right.
Yeah, it's themed very well,great theming, great.
The entire place, from thebeach to the lobby.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
And it's one of the older resorts To the pool, but
it feels like I don't know.
It's like it's been there longenough that everything's gotten
comfortable.
It doesn't feel new, but itdoesn't feel outdated.
It doesn't feel outdated, itfeels just very comfortable is
how I'd describe it.
So this was one.
(08:44):
It was like Coronado's.
We stayed there at great hotel,but yeah, I just can't say that
it's.
I would pick that overPolynesian.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
No, poly has fishing and boating.
Yes, available outside.
They have the on the seven seaslagoon.
They have great dining Konacafe, tambu lounge, the Oasis
bar and grill, yeah, even the.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Trader Sam's.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
And the monorail's right there.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Monorail's right there.
It's got some of my bucket listrooms I want to see at a
bungalow over the water.
Oh yeah, because those justlook really cool and I've seen a
walkthrough of those and theyjust look like they would be
really cool, especially to sitout on the on the deck on the in
the hot tub and watch thefireworks.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Right yeah.
So the Polynesian wins outhotels like big time that it
won't be beat, probably ever,with their second Polynesian
hotel.
Yes, that Disney has that.
You want the Ulani?
No Ulani.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Oh, I forgot about that one.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Right, yes, they have a second.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
They have a whole resort.
Yeah, it's amazing and I'veheard so I was watching some
videos on YouTube and thatsomebody said that they talked
about where the best pool was,okay, the Disney pool, and
everybody says Storm Long Bay,but they said, nope, it's the
(10:06):
Ohlone.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
It's just huge.
Yeah, it's huge.
It sprawls over.
There's like I don't know fivedifferent pools.
Yeah, in the pool area, likethey're all connected Kind of
like the.
Disneyland Hotel has two poolsthat are connected pretty much
in the same area.
It's kind of like that, but 50times bigger.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Yeah, I've never had a desire to go to Hawaii, but
now you do.
But now I would actuallyconsider it just go there and I
wouldn't.
I wouldn't even leave theresort the whole time, I would
just hang out there the wholetime.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
So yeah, that's, I mean, and that's pretty much all
your Polynesian stuff.
There's one other thing Disneyhas at all that's Polynesian
related in the parks and that'sit.
So there's not a lot of themingor anything.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
No, but I got to think with Moana that they're
going to do something.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
They haven't announced anything, so they only
have the journey of water.
They just have the journey ofwater.
That's the only thing.
Yeah, that's the only thing.
So with my topic I went.
I went blue sky in my own mind,yes, and made up a bunch of
stuff where Disney can improveand how they could win and how's
like a band at Epcot Marimba dela Americas and they, they sing
(11:29):
a lot of the Coco songs.
They're pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Yeah, and so Indiana Jones, that's South American
theme, but it's not like Cocoand Kanto.
It's a white guy who'straveling down there and running
through their ruins, you know.
So it's not really Right.
It's so, it's not really right.
It's, it's not, it is but itisn't.
And so in Kanto they havecharacter meet and greets.
(11:52):
But it's going to get a lotbetter, it is.
It's going to get a lot better.
Puebla, esperanza, and thenthey'll have the Coco ride at
DCA.
So I think, even right now, ridewise.
It's a little bit better, butit's about to get like way
better, way better, right,because, honestly, well, if you
(12:13):
compare mexico pavilion, reallythat's for the drinks and some
of the food, but and it's socrowded I've never actually
ordered anything to drink oranything to eat in the mexico
pavilion.
I did because, yeah, becauseit's so crowded.
I've never actually orderedanything to drink or anything to
eat in the Mexico Pavilion.
I did.
Because yeah because it's socrowded.
But if you're comparing Journeyof Water and Three Caballeros,
you know they're about equal.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Yeah, because I mean, I'm not a Three Caballeros fan.
I'm not either Especially beingstuck on it for an hour and a
half Hour and a half.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Yes, yeah, that was quite the.
And then they didn't give usanything for that.
They didn't, no, they didn't.
They didn't give us do anythingpass, they should have been
giving us free rides on onGuardians.
Yeah, that's what they shouldalways give.
For an hour and a half, right,that's a long time.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
For an hour and a we had to have the seal rescue team
come in and extract us.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
So yeah, there's not a whole lot, but, boy, I can't
wait till Pueblo Esperanza opensan animal kingdom.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Yeah, Latin America definitely wins in the near
future.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Yes, definitely In the next couple of years, it's
going to crush anythingPolynesian in the parks.
Definitely, in the next coupleof years, it's going to crush
Right Anything Polynesian in theparks, yep, which makes me
wonder, though, if they're goingto add something to the
California parks.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Well, if they're listening to this episode
they're going to add stuffeverywhere.
They will, because once theyhear what I say, it's going to
be crazy.
It's true.
What else do you have?
Speaker 2 (13:41):
that's currently in the parks.
That was pretty much it.
That's it.
It's like three caballeros.
Mexico pavilion.
Yeah, some meet and greetsbecause you got the Encanto.
I know that they have the Cococharacters that'll pop out every
once in a while, but they'renot, as that was one of the
(14:01):
things.
So in Kanto everybody lovedCoco.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
And it really fed, especially in, you know, los
Angeles, because they had theparade, a lot of characters,
coco, really, and then in Kantocame out Mm-hmm, and it's it's
Colombian versus you know,mexican culture, right, but I it
(14:27):
kind of pushed it to the side alittle bit, a little bit, which
is kind of a bummer, becausecoke is great, yeah, and they
they do have.
Well, if we get talking aboutmovies, you know we'll go into
that right, so should I go intomy future, sure?
Speaker 1 (14:40):
what do you think that they should be doing?
So here's what here's.
I've been inspired by our lastfew episodes where we've been,
we've been making up stuff.
Right, we've been coming upwith things, so Hero bars and
hillbilly 33.
And social clubs.
So, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
Right.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
So I've been.
I got inspired, okay, so I wentkind of crazy here, oh good.
So I don't think Disneylandreally has much of a.
I couldn't find a way to expandto put Lilo and Stitch or Moana
(15:17):
IP, really anywhere in theparks too much without expanding
the whole section.
Like we talked about in thepast episode about putting a, I
want to put a Latin Americanbudget hotel, value hotel at
Disneyland At the Cimbalot yeah,that's my that's.
At Disneyland At the Symbolotyeah, that's my dream.
Yeah, but beside that part Icouldn't figure out a way to do
like a Polynesian themed hotel.
It doesn't sound right to me.
I'd much rather prefer a LatinAmerican themed hotel there than
a Polynesian theme.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Yeah, I didn't go that at all.
Probably makes sense.
But now if they expand, well,that would be a good idea right
there If they did a Lilo andStitch and Moana land.
You know how, with the Disneyforward, disneyland forward,
right.
So we still haven't gotten thefull picture of what's going to
(16:00):
happen there.
We've gotten the Pandora andand things like that, but that's
not the full plan yet.
Right, and d23 might releasesome more, hopefully.
But I had had the idea of aprincess land, like fantasy land
, like they do over, I thinkit's in tokyo.
Well, they could just dobecause it's part, it would be
(16:23):
part of disneyland, but it's.
It's not because it would bepart of Disneyland, but it's not
Because it would be in betweenthe parking structure and the
Disneyland Hotel over there.
And then I think you could doMoana and Lilo and Stitch.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
It could be expanded.
I tried to think of putting aride, but I would put it where
Monsters Inc is and they'realready taking that out.
So that's gone.
Right, that idea is gone.
So I went back to a MonstersInc is and they're already
taking that out.
Yeah, so that's gone.
Right, that idea is gone.
So I went back to a hotel ideaOkay, okay, so I have a new
hotel.
Okay, it's a value resort,because I want a value resort at
Disneyland.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Yeah, disneyland, it really needs one right.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Yeah, something cheaper than Pixar, something
you can stay at, it's still cool.
Yeah right, 250 a night, right?
So this is.
I don't have a name for it.
I don't think I don't have aname for it at all.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
So you come up with your own name okay, it's a value
resort.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
It's totally stitch themed.
Okay, not lilo and stitch, it'sstitch, just stitch.
Right, it's loud, it's a loudand proud, like loud theming,
right, okay, bright colors, hugewater slide, and it's a tropic
space theme.
Oh so, think, think, lilo andstitch, no think.
Art of animation okay, meetsguardians of the galaxy oh, okay
(17:39):
, that's the theme.
Big stuff everywhere.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
Right, like boom you know how they have the big
characters that both are theanimation and pop century, right
or well, pop century is morelike big bowling pins or eight
track tapes, things like thatthey could do, like giant lilo
and stitch yep, or giant stitch,giant other aliens, or giant
spaceship yeah, especially if itwas a spaceship that the kids
(18:04):
could climb through.
That would be a good idea,right?
Yeah, I like that.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Okay, so then that's all I have at Disneyland.
Yeah, but at Disney World Iwent a little crazy, okay, okay.
So new ride at Magic KingdomStitch's Galactic Escape.
Okay, you enter a security pod.
It's like Runaway Railway, butyou're in a security pod to help
capture Stitch, so he's runningaway from you the whole time
(18:32):
and you're going after him.
That would be fun.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
It's the same basic idea with the big screens, yeah,
like a Remy's or a Mickey'sRight.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
That's one that's Magic Kingdom and Hollywood
Studios, because we all knowHollywood Studios needs more
rides.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
It does Right and they need to get rid of
Animation Courtyard.
Yeah, the big Right when theMonsters Inc Land should have
gone Right, I digress.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
So this ride's called Cult of the Ocean.
Okay, so this ride's calledCult of the Ocean, okay, okay,
you fly.
It's a coaster, like asuspended coaster, uh-huh, like
one of the ones where you'relike the tracks above you.
Okay, that kind of coasterright Seen at other parks.
Does it have one of those?
Well, monsters Inc will be.
It will be.
Yes.
So this you fly along Moana andMaui as eagle spirits.
(19:24):
Oh, over the volcanic islandsand ancient temples.
Right, it's a spinnaker coasterstyle, soaring over water and
dodging storms, and then thefinal drops the spiral down that
Te Fiti, that big, yeah, right.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
You can go right down past her.
Okay, would be cool, it's agood drop.
I think you could turn thatwhole animation courtyard into
another land, and you could,because you got the little
mermaid.
That's kind of a water basedshow, so it could almost stay
there if it, if it took on awater theme.
So, ariel, another Moana, youknow, and even if it's just an
(20:10):
e-ticket Moana ride, likerestaurants or you know a
restaurant and a gift shop,things like that, I think you
could pull that off.
Yeah, the problem is, is nowDisneyland?
Disney, not just Disneyland,they're only building and I
heard something that has to dowith zoning is they only do
(20:30):
e-ticket rides anymore?
Yeah, they're not, which is whythe new Cars Land, tom Sawyer
Island, where they're going tofill that in, they're putting in
a more B ticket, c ticket, youknow one of those lower tier
rides, mm-hmm, family-friendly,like a Tow Maters.
But yeah, they only do the bigE ticket rides.
(20:54):
Yeah, yeah, so hopefullyVillains Land has one too.
That'd be nice, but anyway.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
So here's my big one, okay, okay, so I'm transforming
Epcot, okay, okay, I'm right inthe middle of the World
Showcase Lagoon.
Okay, I'm putting an island,okay, and I restructure all the
lighting, the waterworks.
They'd have to redo all that.
Okay, right, it goes somewhereelse.
(21:18):
But this is the Polynesian IsleWorld Showcase.
Oh, I'm adding Polynesian toleWorld Showcase.
Oh, I'm adding Polynesian tothe World Showcase.
But would you need to go out?
I want to go out, though I wantan island.
I want it right in the middle.
It doesn't have to always be inthe middle, it could be a
little ways out.
You know where it would work.
(21:39):
I think really well.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
Over by, in between, that little africa section, yeah
, which is just you know, Ithink you can get like one or
two food items and some drinksand china, because it's kind of
a dead space in there.
I think you some sort of bridgeout to it and in that corner,
because you're not going to be,you won't be, you won't have to
move the firework show.
That can stay out there, right,but yeah, just an island.
(22:09):
But that's a great idea, that'sa really good idea.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
I came up with everything else after this.
Okay, then I had to shape this,so I spent way too much time on
this.
I started this Monday morningthis is the most I've worked on
the episode a long time, justbecause morning, this is the
most I worked on the episode along time, just because I I love
this idea.
So it has a cross, a big bridge, okay, a bridge that's curved,
with its torch lit, okay, right,and you can also get there by
(22:36):
water taxi, but they're canoeshaped.
You get there by canoe, it has.
So on the island there's longhouses, okay, stone temples, and
tribal carved posts just aroundthe island.
It has dots and fishing nets.
I don't know if you can fish.
I don't know if that would be athing, because I do have a
guest interactive thing.
There's one ride, because Ithink every like we had talked,
(23:00):
like Addy said, every land needsa ride of some kind, yeah,
Right.
Really, this is the Ohanaadventure tour.
Okay, what is that?
It's an omni mover, like littlemermaid.
Okay, and it just tells thestory of lilo and stitch.
Okay, they're just.
You've done a lot of lilo andstitch.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
I know I should do more moana I well, no, you did
at at Hollywood Studios.
I guess you did Moana there.
I would.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Am.
I am my coasters.
I have a coaster, a Moanacoaster, my suspended coaster.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Yes, yeah, yeah.
I honestly think that Moanashould move into, because
Journey of Water at Epcot and Ithink Lilo and stitch fits
better into hollywood studios.
I don't think lilo and stitchreally fits into magic kingdom,
maybe not I think.
(23:54):
I think that's forcing ip inthere, but I like all these.
I like these ideas.
I like that, the idea ofputting an island out there yeah
, so I have.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
I have dining on my island too, of course.
Oh yeah, when you're over there, right?
I came with a restaurant.
Now, I looked up thepronunciation how to say it, so
I'd say it right, because I putin two, it means land, water,
okay Right, kua'aina Kua'aina isthe name of my restaurant and
Kua'aina Kua'aina is the name ofmy restaurant, and it has 360
(24:26):
views of the lagoon and it looksawesome at night.
Okay, right, it's islandcuisine with a modern twist.
Okay, Okay, and I have a quickservice the Flame Grill, and
it's an open-air barbecue pit.
Oh, with skewers, banana leafwraps and smoothies.
That sounds good.
Yeah, okay.
So it has a nightly fire dancespectacular, right.
(24:49):
And then the interactive drumcircle where guests can come and
learn to drum.
Uh-huh, yeah, they show themhow to drum and the guests
actually do the drumming.
They can come and drum.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
Okay, that's a big island, though you think you'd
be able to I have no idea, Ijust get with ideas.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Okay, okay, logistically blue sky.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
So I know that there's a canal that goes under
right by there.
Okay, so I would be willing tosacrifice that little Africa
section out of Epcot, the landpavilion, to have it start there
(25:29):
, because you could have it goback but then also go over to
the island.
Oh, maybe, yeah, but you couldgo back a ways and do more
restaurants and stuff to kind ofsplit it up.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
I didn't see that.
I didn't see that as an option.
I should have, maybe.
I stared at the Epcot map for awhile, yeah.
And then my last thing is atnighttime Okay, on the paths,
have fiber optic constellationson the paths?
Okay, and soft glowing lanternswith tiki torches that are
(26:01):
synced to the music so theyflash with the music that's
playing.
Okay, that's my pavilion.
And then the Polynesia wouldhave went outright.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
So there's already a bit of an island there.
There is, but see how it's allempty right there.
Oh yeah, See, I think you couldStart it there.
It's the Africa section and youmight have to bump them, but I
think you could have some stuffback here and build out that
island out here and have have alittle great.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
That's great.
You still have the nighttimespectacular.
He's showing me the map of yes,I pulled up the map, yeah, and
showed me where that place is.
Yeah, so that is my entire ideaof all of what polynesian could
be at the parks.
Should we talk about the movies?
Do we have time for that or arewe running out of time here?
Speaker 2 (26:52):
okay, I got another idea to go on with yours before
you move on.
Aaron has joined my politicianand I've stolen this idea from
someone else.
But another backdoor entrancefor Riviera into Epcot.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Like a little sky bridge to get in there.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
Three gates at Epcot, could you imagine?
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Yeah, so you could have people rope Guardians, rope
dropping Remy's from theInternational Gateway, and then
you could have the PolynesianGateway and all the Riviera or
potentially Caribbean Beach.
They could all be like walkingin over there.
Oh yeah, Disney pay attention.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
You know what we need to add to Disney somewhere.
This has nothing to do with oursubject.
Okay, is rope drop the rideyeah.
How fast can you walk?
Speaker 2 (27:51):
How fast can you walk to come to a complete
standstill for half an hour?
That's the ride.
That's the ride.
You have to walk a half an hour.
That's the ride.
That's the ride.
You have to walk a half mileRope.
Drop the ride as fast aspossible and then you stop and
stand there for a half an hour.
Right, nice, it's a good ride.
Okay, let's move on to movies.
Okay, so you have Moana, like wetalked about Moana, b-loan,
(28:12):
stitch B-Lo.
You have Moana, like we talkedabout Moana, and Lilo and Stitch
.
Lilo and Stitch.
There's Hawaiian Vacation.
It's an old Disney cartoon, Iwas because, as I'm flipping
through, you have a lot of likeLilo and Stitch, christmas and,
yeah, a bunch of offshoots,offshoots and stuff.
Mine, encanto, coco, threeCaballeros and the Jungle Cruise
.
You're right, the arrows andthe jungle cruise, because it's
(28:33):
in the amazon, it is the movieand all the indiana joe's movies
.
Now, my movies have the only.
Well, it was only one that waspredominantly that ended in
south america and it was prettymuch the worst one.
So so, you're okay.
So the big two, encanto andCoco versus Laylo and Stitch and
(28:57):
Moana, hands down, mine had thebetter music.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
Oh, I mean, you know, encanto is my favorite Disney
movie of all time.
I watch it almost once a week.
So Encanto has.
I'm revealing way too muchabout myself here.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
It has good songs Overall, though Encanto has I'm
revealing way too much aboutmyself here it has good songs
Overall, though Encanto has thebest song in my mind, the Magic,
all, family, magic, All song atthe start.
But Coco, overall I think, hasbetter music.
Oh, I don't agree with that atall Because it's about music.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Yeah, but the songs in Encanto are great.
I think has better music.
I don't agree with that at all.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Because it's about music.
Yeah, but the songs in Contourare great.
It's got the best one, butoverall, if you were to grade
all of the songs, I think Cococomes out.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
Okay, we'll do that after.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
But either way they're better movies than Moana
and Lilo and Stitch.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
They are but Lilo and Stitch has Elvis songs which
are some of the best songs ofall time.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
It is true.
And you got like a little alienfurball dressed up as Elvis.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
Right Does not have the best ever.
My dad was a huge Elvis fan.
He had all his albums.
When I was a kid I alwayslistened to his LPs all the time
, and Blue Hawaii has a songcalled Ito Eats.
Go listen to that.
It's hilarious, hilarious LAsong.
It should be on Lilo and Stitch.
(30:23):
It would make a way bettermovie if Ito Eats was on Ito
Eats, yeah, okay.
So if you haven't listened tothat song, go check it out.
It's probably on Spotify, Idon't know.
It's probably on Spotify, Idon't know.
Oh, I'm sure it's on AppleMusic or something.
You can find it, yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
You might be able to watch Blue.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Hawaii.
Right, you can watch BlueHawaii.
It's a campy, hilarious movie.
Yeah, non-disney, so totally.
Lilo and Stitch and Moanaaren't as good in my mind either
.
I'm not a huge Moana fan, Istill have not watched the
entire live action Of Moana,there was a live action.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Yeah, no, there wasn't, not a Moana.
Leo and Stitch had a liveaction, wasn't?
There a live action no.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Was it just Moana?
Speaker 2 (31:03):
2?
Moana 2.
Is there going to be a liveaction?
This is how much you like it.
I know I didn't watch much ofMoana 2.
I watched so much of it Ithought it was live action and I
have to say, like it has therock, oh it does.
He's a cartoon character, butfor the Jungle Cruise movie he
(31:24):
ruined that he was.
He did ruin the Jungle Cruisemovie.
It was.
It was pretty bad it was.
He is not meant to play roleslike that.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
No, it should have had what's his name?
Olaf Olaf, the guy that playsOlaf Gad.
Yeah, josh Gad, josh Gad, joshGad should have started Jungle
Cruise.
That would have been hilarious,because when he did Jungle
Cruise at Disneyland or DisneyWorld, it was great, that's true
.
He'd have been way funnierbecause he was plastic when he
was.
Uh, when he did the jokes fromthe ride, he was worse than a
(31:57):
skipper.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
Oh, far worse, so bad .
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Yeah, but he's a great guy.
The Rock's a great human being.
Okay, so I don't want to.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
I mean I don't want to.
As long as you send money toyou know, rebuild.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
Lahaina.
No one of our friends and hewon't One of my really good
friends.
It was her son's wish.
He had leukemia, okay, and heloved Moana.
Okay, right, loved hischaracter, and he found out
about it and sent him a privatemessage.
Oh, okay, the Rock did.
It's a great video of him justtalking to the kid.
(32:32):
It was great.
Oh nice, yeah, so he won meover.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
Yeah, he lost me when he made movies.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
Well, that's different if, if I made movies I
would lose you too.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
He's got the dumbest lines in all of his movies.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
I yeah I'm thinking of a rock movie.
I like I don't know, I don'tlove.
Love the Rock myself either.
No, as an actor.
As an actor, no Live actioncomes out in July 10th 2026.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Okay, so there is live action.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Right, I knew the Rock was making it.
I just messed it up and startedwatching Moana 2 and watched
like 15 minutes of it andhaven't gone back to it.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
I wonder if they'll have to give him hair.
Yeah, there's a picture herethe rock with big curly locks.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Okay, rock with hair.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Oh, there it is.
Speaker 1 (33:20):
We're showing each other our phones a lot.
This last episode, yeah, we are.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
And that's okay.
So anyway, there's the movies.
There's the movies.
I think you win on movies, youwin on hotels.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
You're gonna win on Well.
Well, I think you already winbecause I mean breaking.
Breaking it down three cabaretsis at least a ride.
Yes, the moana thing's just awalk through, but it's fun.
I would say they're equal.
It's pretty fun.
Yeah, they're a long time.
Put your hands on the water and, yeah, getting wet and walking
around and walking through thething where the water stops.
Speaker 2 (33:53):
Yeah, it's fun.
They're very equal.
Now, food and drinks, exceptfor at the Polynesian.
Oh, now I got to say, as far asbars, by far Polynesian,
because you have Trader Sam GrasGrotto, you have Tengaroa
(34:13):
Terrace, Right, so you haveDisneyland Hotel and you have
the Polynesian with all of thesetiki bars and so the bars, I
really got to think thePolynesians have it.
Yeah, but as far as food, Iwould give the nod to the Latin
(34:34):
American.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (34:35):
I don't know much about the Polynesian food we
haven't had.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
I don't.
We haven't eaten well, you ateat Kona.
Yeah, but I don't remember whatI had.
You don't remember the food.
But see, that's just it.
That is your only options forfood as well.
That makes a lot of sensebecause I don't't remember my
food, but I know I had a backscratcher yes, but kachina,
kookamonga, yeah, there's, likeother couple places in downtown
(34:59):
disney, rancho del zacalo, themexican pavilion has a bunch of
good restaurants, you know, aquick service and a couple of
sit downs and it's got a tequilabar, margarita bar you know,
and my beef berry at tacos.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Yeah at Kachina Cucamonga Right yes.
Speaker 2 (35:19):
Yeah.
So yeah, food it's definitelythat one's kind of a wash
Because of drinks and food,combined Drinks and food.
Yeah yeah, it kind of ends upbeing it's a kind of a tie.
I think it's a tie andcurrently I think rides are a
tie, but give it a year and ahalf.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Yeah, it's going to be, squashed, yeah, so but you
know you got hotels and as longas Hawaii is there, it's going
to be a long time before.
Yes, Before.
Speaker 2 (35:47):
Hey, if you ever with your, if you ever get a trip to
Ohlone, Ohlone.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (35:54):
With your traveling.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
I need to go just so I can start booking it.
I mean, do you have to gobefore you start booking it?
I should, I mean I should yeah.
Speaker 2 (36:03):
To experience it Because at some point maybe I
should check how much a planeticket would cost with a
companion certificate.
Speaker 1 (36:11):
Christy would love that Me and you went to Hawaii
together.
We'll be back, don't worry.
This Disney relationship'sgetting troublesome.
Thank you, christy.
Yeah, so we did.
Future episode notice.
We'll talk about this a lot,yes, and we'll just end on this.
Speaker 2 (36:31):
We just booked our trip for September, september
17th through the 19th we will bein the parks.
Speaker 1 (36:37):
We're going to Disneyland, yep, and we're going
to do Gin Pop, not in the parks.
We're not going to do Gin Pop,no, because I'm using my magic
key to its fullest, because it'sthe first time I'm using my
magic key.
Airfare and hotel yeah, andhotel, yeah, but we're going gin
pop all the way, all the way,not total airfare, because we're
going to upgrade the tickets.
Are we?
I thought you were, we might,it doesn't matter to me.
(37:00):
I mean you can if you want,yeah.
I don't care.
Speaker 2 (37:03):
It's like 95 bucks to get economy comfort.
Yeah, I'll sit in, but it's atwo-hour flight.
Speaker 1 (37:08):
Right, I rode Spirit, last time I rode Jen Pop.
Speaker 2 (37:11):
Spirit, so we're staying.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Two round trip tickets for 240 bucks, right,
and we're staying at the hotel.
We always never, we alwaysnever stay in.
Yeah, we're staying at Motel 6.
Yes, right, two nights it was$80 a night, or so, $86.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
$86 a night, but it's like 400 for four nights.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So you said two nights, oh.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
Yeah, so $86 a night.
Yeah, but 400 bucks, I'm usedto my two night trips.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
With all the tax it's $400.
Right, so for 640 bucks we'vegot airfare and ticket, Right
Plane ticket.
Speaker 1 (37:47):
And to break it down even more, I have a Magic Key.
Yeah, so that's basically freetickets.
Yeah, so, that's basically freetickets.
Yeah Right, and you bought theCostco deal.
I bought the Costco deal.
Speaker 2 (37:55):
So it's park hopper, three-day park hopper with With
Lightning Lane, lightning Lane,the multi-pass and a $30 gift
card Right For 450 bucks.
Boom, boom.
So we're going in September.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
Yep, we'll talk a lot more about that before we go.
Yeah, probably every week,because that's our next trip
together, but until then, you'regoing to Disney World next week
.
As we record, I'm going toAnnapolis to drop a kid off at
Naval Academy, and there's ourtrips and we'll see you soon.
Be listening, cheers, cheers.
Hello and welcome to Cheers to Ears, where today we
are drinking a passion fruit andpineapple daiquiri.
Yes, found at Wailulu Bar andGrill, at Disney's new
Polynesian Villas and Bungalows.
Yes, the DVC Tower?
Right, it looks great, it does.
I watched it going up.
I haven't been inside, ofcourse.
(00:21):
Yeah, I saw it several times,right, yeah, but as soon as I
have points at Polynesian Towersomeday thank you Christy Then
we will go to Wailulu Bar andGrill and have a passion fruit
and pineapple daiquiri which ismade with 10 to 1 Caribbean
white rum, minute-made passionfruit, orange, guava, pineapple
and pineapple and lime.
(00:42):
Okay, bunch of juices, bunch ofjuices, bunch of juices, bunch
of juices, some rum and bunch ofjuices and rum always equals
deliciousness.
It does, and it doesn'tdisappoint this time.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
So this was about two ounces of Captain Morgan white
rum.
What did we do about threeounces of the Pog juice?
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yeah, we measured and then added stuff.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Yeah, and then about an ounce and a half of pineapple
juice and then maybe threequarters of an ounce of lime
juice fresh lime juice, right.
And then, yeah, we poured alittle more pog juice in and we
poured a little more rum in andgave it.
It tastes like grapefruit juiceto me, but it's very good.
Tastes like grapefruit juice tome, but it's very good.
It's not quite as the tartnessor the bitterness of grapefruit,
(01:29):
right, but yes, very tasty.
Like I talked about, we've hada lot of fruity drinks and I was
kind of they were all blendingtogether.
This one sticks out in my mindoh good, this one's very
refreshing it's.
I like the tartness, I like thegrapefruit kind of taste to it
that everything mixed gives.
This is, this is a good one tome.
(01:51):
Good, yeah, this I could sit.
It's not overly sweet, that's.
The thing is, I don't like themwhen they get too sweet, right,
yeah, so our first drink of ithad a little bit too much
pineapple taste.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
It like stuck out.
So we added more pog juice,right?
So what you do is you go to YLulu bar grill, you order this
drink and then you ask for abottle of rum and a glass of pog
juice.
Yeah, to mix it yourself.
Can I get that with a side of abottle of rum?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Mix it to your own, your own desirability.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Right, that sounds like a great idea.
Your own desirability, right?
That sounds like a great idea.
I'm game, but I would reallylike to stay at this hotel the
Polynesian yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah, I'm not real big on any by Magic Kingdom.
Granted, they're right there,like if I want to stay, I'm
going to stayyliner resort, eventhe, even the deluxe, but holly
grand, floridian, yeah, thoseare really great hotels and I
(02:50):
wouldn't complain staying ineither one of those yeah, I'm
basically just talking abouthotel, like if, like, no matter
where it is right, I'm notlinked to the park just as a
hotel.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
As a hotel, yeah, a little hotel, it yeah, solo
hotel.
It's one of my favorites, it'sa great one.
The vibe inside is awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Lots of bars, lots of places to eat, lots of action.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Lots of action, right .
People everywhere yeah, not ina crowded sense, just lots of
stuff going on.
Lots of activity, right.
Yes, I haven't even been toTrader Sam's there.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
No, I haven right.
Yes, I haven't even been totrader sam's there.
No, I haven't either, becauseit opens like it's like an early
afternoon, right, and notreally one that I want to break
away from a magic kingdom day togo run down there to have a
lapu lapu or something right andthen go back.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
But I don't know so we're digging into my, we're
digging into half my subjecthere, yes, all right.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
So we're going to do Polynesian versus Latin American
, right, the themed rides,movies, everything Disney.
So I have taken Latin America,you've taken Polynesian, uh-huh,
and we're just.
It's a soft debate, right, I'dsay it's a soft debate, yeah, so
if we're going to arguesomething, we found we's a soft
(04:04):
debate.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Right, I'd say it's a soft debate, yeah, so if we're
going to argue something, wefound we need a moderator here,
yes, to really make it, or elsewe're going to end up arguing
yeah, we'll just, and we're notgoing to Tell each other how
wrong, right, and then it'sgoing to be over.
Yeah, right, because, like,you're still wrong about.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Maleficent Right, so we agree with that.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
We agree we're both wrong.
So, and then, when Eli was here, I basically won.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
So then Mickey lost that divorce.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
But now we have this debate, which is the Polynesian
versus Latin American.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yes, hey, yeah, hey, another announcement before we
get going.
Okay, so I got up at 345 thismorning to book all my life.
Oh yes, this will probably dothe recap episode after I get
back from my trip, before thisepisode actually airs, because
we have a few in the can Right,so when you hear our timeline of
(05:01):
Disney, it's always way out oforder.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
It is Because we record things and we release
them at different times.
Yeah, and I only say lastepisode, if I know that we're
going to release it the next one.
Yeah, I try to only say wetalked about last episode, right
?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
But my trip is next Wednesday.
This is Wednesday that we'rerecording and we're one week
away from my trip, and I gotlightning lanes and all that
jazz and got up early to do it.
You did well, I did well.
Good times.
Anyway, back to our topic.
I just had to say that In theWest Coast.
(05:38):
If you're going to Disney World, you have to wake up early and
be ready by 4 am to get yourlightning lanes Check in with a
guy like us right, and we'lltake care of that for you.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
so I have to do tomorrow for my not that early,
because I'm going to Disneyland.
We're going to Disneyland.
I don't get my magic keyreservation tomorrow.
Yes, okay.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
So hotels there's only two.
It's Polynesian and CoronadoSprings, and I mean Polynesian
wins that one out.
I will concede that right fromthe start.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Yeah, but Coronado, I mean you've got to take their
different kind of resorts If youtake the whole overview.
So I'm going to argue with youon your side sometimes too here,
Because if you listen to theshow before you know, Encanto is
my favorite movie, yeah, and soyou're taking my favorite topic
probably is your argument.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
So there's South American theming to Coronado
Springs, but there's nocharacter theming.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
There's not.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Now I brought up some of the things about Coronado
that were pluses.
So if you want to ever goconcierge, it's the cheapest
concierge.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Yeah, because it's a moderate hotel that has all the
perks All the perks Of a deluxehotel.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Well, I mean almost all the perks.
Yeah, you just can't stay twohours late.
It's got Toledo, which we ateat Very good, Very good.
The Dahlia Lounge, which is onthe top floor of the Grandestino
Towers Another good one.
Right, we poked our heads in.
We didn't actually go in for adrink at Dahlia, but spoken of
(07:11):
very highly.
It's got three bridges bar andgrill.
Yeah, it looks great and wejust didn't really leave
ourselves time to swing by there.
But they've got SangriaUniversity there.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Looks amazing.
It's kind of spendy.
Yes, we're at the price tagit's 200 a person or no.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
I think it's like 89 or something.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Oh well, got cheaper than I started a high, or now it
sounds cheap, hey maybe I'll goand then you know the pool.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
It's a good theme pool, very nice pool, but holly,
I don't just and it's got a lotof other restaurants besides,
just the Toledo and Dahlia.
But it's got a high-endrestaurant and a really nice
lounge.
It's got a.
The lobby bar is really nice.
(07:58):
It's got a very nice lobby.
It looks deluxe, Right right.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
It looks deluxe for a modern hotel.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
It just looks very deluxe for a modern hotel, but
polynesian, on the other hand?
Speaker 1 (08:08):
yeah, is it's a deluxe resort all the way?
It is right, it's one of yourtop deluxe resorts, probably as
far as price wise.
Price wise, I think it is right.
Yeah, it's themed very well,great theming, great.
The entire place, from thebeach to the lobby.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
And it's one of the older resorts To the pool, but
it feels like I don't know.
It's like it's been there longenough that everything's gotten
comfortable.
It doesn't feel new, but itdoesn't feel outdated.
It doesn't feel outdated, itfeels just very comfortable is
how I'd describe it.
So this was one.
(08:44):
It was like Coronado's.
We stayed there at great hotel,but yeah, I just can't say that
it's.
I would pick that overPolynesian.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
No, poly has fishing and boating.
Yes, available outside.
They have the on the seven seaslagoon.
They have great dining Konacafe, tambu lounge, the Oasis
bar and grill, yeah, even the.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Trader Sam's.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
And the monorail's right there.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Monorail's right there.
It's got some of my bucket listrooms I want to see at a
bungalow over the water.
Oh yeah, because those justlook really cool and I've seen a
walkthrough of those and theyjust look like they would be
really cool, especially to sitout on the on the deck on the in
the hot tub and watch thefireworks.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Right yeah.
So the Polynesian wins outhotels like big time that it
won't be beat, probably ever,with their second Polynesian
hotel.
Yes, that Disney has that.
You want the Ulani?
No Ulani.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Oh, I forgot about that one.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Right, yes, they have a second.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
They have a whole resort.
Yeah, it's amazing and I'veheard so I was watching some
videos on YouTube and thatsomebody said that they talked
about where the best pool was,okay, the Disney pool, and
everybody says Storm Long Bay,but they said, nope, it's the
(10:06):
Ohlone.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
It's just huge.
Yeah, it's huge.
It sprawls over.
There's like I don't know fivedifferent pools.
Yeah, in the pool area, likethey're all connected Kind of
like the.
Disneyland Hotel has two poolsthat are connected pretty much
in the same area.
It's kind of like that, but 50times bigger.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Yeah, I've never had a desire to go to Hawaii, but
now you do.
But now I would actuallyconsider it just go there and I
wouldn't.
I wouldn't even leave theresort the whole time, I would
just hang out there the wholetime.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
So yeah, that's, I mean, and that's pretty much all
your Polynesian stuff.
There's one other thing Disneyhas at all that's Polynesian
related in the parks and that'sit.
So there's not a lot of themingor anything.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
No, but I got to think with Moana that they're
going to do something.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
They haven't announced anything, so they only
have the journey of water.
They just have the journey ofwater.
That's the only thing.
Yeah, that's the only thing.
So with my topic I went.
I went blue sky in my own mind,yes, and made up a bunch of
stuff where Disney can improveand how they could win and how's
like a band at Epcot Marimba dela Americas and they, they sing
(11:29):
a lot of the Coco songs.
They're pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Yeah, and so Indiana Jones, that's South American
theme, but it's not like Cocoand Kanto.
It's a white guy who'straveling down there and running
through their ruins, you know.
So it's not really Right.
It's so, it's not really right.
It's, it's not, it is but itisn't.
And so in Kanto they havecharacter meet and greets.
(11:52):
But it's going to get a lotbetter, it is.
It's going to get a lot better.
Puebla, esperanza, and thenthey'll have the Coco ride at
DCA.
So I think, even right now, ridewise.
It's a little bit better, butit's about to get like way
better, way better, right,because, honestly, well, if you
(12:13):
compare mexico pavilion, reallythat's for the drinks and some
of the food, but and it's socrowded I've never actually
ordered anything to drink oranything to eat in the mexico
pavilion.
I did because, yeah, becauseit's so crowded.
I've never actually orderedanything to drink or anything to
eat in the Mexico Pavilion.
I did.
Because yeah because it's socrowded.
But if you're comparing Journeyof Water and Three Caballeros,
you know they're about equal.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Yeah, because I mean, I'm not a Three Caballeros fan.
I'm not either Especially beingstuck on it for an hour and a
half Hour and a half.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Yes, yeah, that was quite the.
And then they didn't give usanything for that.
They didn't, no, they didn't.
They didn't give us do anythingpass, they should have been
giving us free rides on onGuardians.
Yeah, that's what they shouldalways give.
For an hour and a half, right,that's a long time.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
For an hour and a we had to have the seal rescue team
come in and extract us.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
So yeah, there's not a whole lot, but, boy, I can't
wait till Pueblo Esperanza opensan animal kingdom.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Yeah, Latin America definitely wins in the near
future.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Yes, definitely In the next couple of years, it's
going to crush anythingPolynesian in the parks.
Definitely, in the next coupleof years, it's going to crush
Right Anything Polynesian in theparks, yep, which makes me
wonder, though, if they're goingto add something to the
California parks.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Well, if they're listening to this episode
they're going to add stuffeverywhere.
They will, because once theyhear what I say, it's going to
be crazy.
It's true.
What else do you have?
Speaker 2 (13:41):
that's currently in the parks.
That was pretty much it.
That's it.
It's like three caballeros.
Mexico pavilion.
Yeah, some meet and greetsbecause you got the Encanto.
I know that they have the Cococharacters that'll pop out every
once in a while, but they'renot, as that was one of the
(14:01):
things.
So in Kanto everybody lovedCoco.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
And it really fed, especially in, you know, los
Angeles, because they had theparade, a lot of characters,
coco, really, and then in Kantocame out Mm-hmm, and it's it's
Colombian versus you know,mexican culture, right, but I it
(14:27):
kind of pushed it to the side alittle bit, a little bit, which
is kind of a bummer, becausecoke is great, yeah, and they
they do have.
Well, if we get talking aboutmovies, you know we'll go into
that right, so should I go intomy future, sure?
Speaker 1 (14:40):
what do you think that they should be doing?
So here's what here's.
I've been inspired by our lastfew episodes where we've been,
we've been making up stuff.
Right, we've been coming upwith things, so Hero bars and
hillbilly 33.
And social clubs.
So, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
Right.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
So I've been.
I got inspired, okay, so I wentkind of crazy here, oh good.
So I don't think Disneylandreally has much of a.
I couldn't find a way to expandto put Lilo and Stitch or Moana
(15:17):
IP, really anywhere in theparks too much without expanding
the whole section.
Like we talked about in thepast episode about putting a, I
want to put a Latin Americanbudget hotel, value hotel at
Disneyland At the Cimbalot yeah,that's my that's.
At Disneyland At the Symbolotyeah, that's my dream.
Yeah, but beside that part Icouldn't figure out a way to do
like a Polynesian themed hotel.
It doesn't sound right to me.
I'd much rather prefer a LatinAmerican themed hotel there than
a Polynesian theme.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Yeah, I didn't go that at all.
Probably makes sense.
But now if they expand, well,that would be a good idea right
there If they did a Lilo andStitch and Moana land.
You know how, with the Disneyforward, disneyland forward,
right.
So we still haven't gotten thefull picture of what's going to
(16:00):
happen there.
We've gotten the Pandora andand things like that, but that's
not the full plan yet.
Right, and d23 might releasesome more, hopefully.
But I had had the idea of aprincess land, like fantasy land
, like they do over, I thinkit's in tokyo.
Well, they could just dobecause it's part, it would be
(16:23):
part of disneyland, but it's.
It's not because it would bepart of Disneyland, but it's not
Because it would be in betweenthe parking structure and the
Disneyland Hotel over there.
And then I think you could doMoana and Lilo and Stitch.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
It could be expanded.
I tried to think of putting aride, but I would put it where
Monsters Inc is and they'realready taking that out.
So that's gone.
Right, that idea is gone.
So I went back to a MonstersInc is and they're already
taking that out.
Yeah, so that's gone.
Right, that idea is gone.
So I went back to a hotel ideaOkay, okay, so I have a new
hotel.
Okay, it's a value resort,because I want a value resort at
Disneyland.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Yeah, disneyland, it really needs one right.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Yeah, something cheaper than Pixar, something
you can stay at, it's still cool.
Yeah right, 250 a night, right?
So this is.
I don't have a name for it.
I don't think I don't have aname for it at all.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
So you come up with your own name okay, it's a value
resort.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
It's totally stitch themed.
Okay, not lilo and stitch, it'sstitch, just stitch.
Right, it's loud, it's a loudand proud, like loud theming,
right, okay, bright colors, hugewater slide, and it's a tropic
space theme.
Oh so, think, think, lilo andstitch, no think.
Art of animation okay, meetsguardians of the galaxy oh, okay
(17:39):
, that's the theme.
Big stuff everywhere.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
Right, like boom you know how they have the big
characters that both are theanimation and pop century, right
or well, pop century is morelike big bowling pins or eight
track tapes, things like thatthey could do, like giant lilo
and stitch yep, or giant stitch,giant other aliens, or giant
spaceship yeah, especially if itwas a spaceship that the kids
(18:04):
could climb through.
That would be a good idea,right?
Yeah, I like that.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Okay, so then that's all I have at Disneyland.
Yeah, but at Disney World Iwent a little crazy, okay, okay.
So new ride at Magic KingdomStitch's Galactic Escape.
Okay, you enter a security pod.
It's like Runaway Railway, butyou're in a security pod to help
capture Stitch, so he's runningaway from you the whole time
(18:32):
and you're going after him.
That would be fun.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
It's the same basic idea with the big screens, yeah,
like a Remy's or a Mickey'sRight.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
That's one that's Magic Kingdom and Hollywood
Studios, because we all knowHollywood Studios needs more
rides.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
It does Right and they need to get rid of
Animation Courtyard.
Yeah, the big Right when theMonsters Inc Land should have
gone Right, I digress.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
So this ride's called Cult of the Ocean.
Okay, so this ride's calledCult of the Ocean, okay, okay,
you fly.
It's a coaster, like asuspended coaster, uh-huh, like
one of the ones where you'relike the tracks above you.
Okay, that kind of coasterright Seen at other parks.
Does it have one of those?
Well, monsters Inc will be.
It will be.
Yes.
So this you fly along Moana andMaui as eagle spirits.
(19:24):
Oh, over the volcanic islandsand ancient temples.
Right, it's a spinnaker coasterstyle, soaring over water and
dodging storms, and then thefinal drops the spiral down that
Te Fiti, that big, yeah, right.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
You can go right down past her.
Okay, would be cool, it's agood drop.
I think you could turn thatwhole animation courtyard into
another land, and you could,because you got the little
mermaid.
That's kind of a water basedshow, so it could almost stay
there if it, if it took on awater theme.
So, ariel, another Moana, youknow, and even if it's just an
(20:10):
e-ticket Moana ride, likerestaurants or you know a
restaurant and a gift shop,things like that, I think you
could pull that off.
Yeah, the problem is, is nowDisneyland?
Disney, not just Disneyland,they're only building and I
heard something that has to dowith zoning is they only do
(20:30):
e-ticket rides anymore?
Yeah, they're not, which is whythe new Cars Land, tom Sawyer
Island, where they're going tofill that in, they're putting in
a more B ticket, c ticket, youknow one of those lower tier
rides, mm-hmm, family-friendly,like a Tow Maters.
But yeah, they only do the bigE ticket rides.
(20:54):
Yeah, yeah, so hopefullyVillains Land has one too.
That'd be nice, but anyway.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
So here's my big one, okay, okay, so I'm transforming
Epcot, okay, okay, I'm right inthe middle of the World
Showcase Lagoon.
Okay, I'm putting an island,okay, and I restructure all the
lighting, the waterworks.
They'd have to redo all that.
Okay, right, it goes somewhereelse.
(21:18):
But this is the Polynesian IsleWorld Showcase.
Oh, I'm adding Polynesian toleWorld Showcase.
Oh, I'm adding Polynesian tothe World Showcase.
But would you need to go out?
I want to go out, though I wantan island.
I want it right in the middle.
It doesn't have to always be inthe middle, it could be a
little ways out.
You know where it would work.
(21:39):
I think really well.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
Over by, in between, that little africa section, yeah
, which is just you know, Ithink you can get like one or
two food items and some drinksand china, because it's kind of
a dead space in there.
I think you some sort of bridgeout to it and in that corner,
because you're not going to be,you won't be, you won't have to
move the firework show.
That can stay out there, right,but yeah, just an island.
(22:09):
But that's a great idea, that'sa really good idea.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
I came up with everything else after this.
Okay, then I had to shape this,so I spent way too much time on
this.
I started this Monday morningthis is the most I've worked on
the episode a long time, justbecause morning, this is the
most I worked on the episode along time, just because I I love
this idea.
So it has a cross, a big bridge, okay, a bridge that's curved,
with its torch lit, okay, right,and you can also get there by
(22:36):
water taxi, but they're canoeshaped.
You get there by canoe, it has.
So on the island there's longhouses, okay, stone temples, and
tribal carved posts just aroundthe island.
It has dots and fishing nets.
I don't know if you can fish.
I don't know if that would be athing, because I do have a
guest interactive thing.
There's one ride, because Ithink every like we had talked,
(23:00):
like Addy said, every land needsa ride of some kind, yeah,
Right.
Really, this is the Ohanaadventure tour.
Okay, what is that?
It's an omni mover, like littlemermaid.
Okay, and it just tells thestory of lilo and stitch.
Okay, they're just.
You've done a lot of lilo andstitch.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
I know I should do more moana I well, no, you did
at at Hollywood Studios.
I guess you did Moana there.
I would.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Am.
I am my coasters.
I have a coaster, a Moanacoaster, my suspended coaster.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Yes, yeah, yeah.
I honestly think that Moanashould move into, because
Journey of Water at Epcot and Ithink Lilo and stitch fits
better into hollywood studios.
I don't think lilo and stitchreally fits into magic kingdom,
maybe not I think.
(23:54):
I think that's forcing ip inthere, but I like all these.
I like these ideas.
I like that, the idea ofputting an island out there yeah
, so I have.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
I have dining on my island too, of course.
Oh yeah, when you're over there, right?
I came with a restaurant.
Now, I looked up thepronunciation how to say it, so
I'd say it right, because I putin two, it means land, water,
okay Right, kua'aina Kua'aina isthe name of my restaurant and
Kua'aina Kua'aina is the name ofmy restaurant, and it has 360
(24:26):
views of the lagoon and it looksawesome at night.
Okay, right, it's islandcuisine with a modern twist.
Okay, Okay, and I have a quickservice the Flame Grill, and
it's an open-air barbecue pit.
Oh, with skewers, banana leafwraps and smoothies.
That sounds good.
Yeah, okay.
So it has a nightly fire dancespectacular, right.
(24:49):
And then the interactive drumcircle where guests can come and
learn to drum.
Uh-huh, yeah, they show themhow to drum and the guests
actually do the drumming.
They can come and drum.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
Okay, that's a big island, though you think you'd
be able to I have no idea, Ijust get with ideas.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Okay, okay, logistically blue sky.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
So I know that there's a canal that goes under
right by there.
Okay, so I would be willing tosacrifice that little Africa
section out of Epcot, the landpavilion, to have it start there
(25:29):
, because you could have it goback but then also go over to
the island.
Oh, maybe, yeah, but you couldgo back a ways and do more
restaurants and stuff to kind ofsplit it up.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
I didn't see that.
I didn't see that as an option.
I should have, maybe.
I stared at the Epcot map for awhile, yeah.
And then my last thing is atnighttime Okay, on the paths,
have fiber optic constellationson the paths?
Okay, and soft glowing lanternswith tiki torches that are
(26:01):
synced to the music so theyflash with the music that's
playing.
Okay, that's my pavilion.
And then the Polynesia wouldhave went outright.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
So there's already a bit of an island there.
There is, but see how it's allempty right there.
Oh yeah, See, I think you couldStart it there.
It's the Africa section and youmight have to bump them, but I
think you could have some stuffback here and build out that
island out here and have have alittle great.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
That's great.
You still have the nighttimespectacular.
He's showing me the map of yes,I pulled up the map, yeah, and
showed me where that place is.
Yeah, so that is my entire ideaof all of what polynesian could
be at the parks.
Should we talk about the movies?
Do we have time for that or arewe running out of time here?
Speaker 2 (26:52):
okay, I got another idea to go on with yours before
you move on.
Aaron has joined my politicianand I've stolen this idea from
someone else.
But another backdoor entrancefor Riviera into Epcot.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Like a little sky bridge to get in there.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
Three gates at Epcot, could you imagine?
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Yeah, so you could have people rope Guardians, rope
dropping Remy's from theInternational Gateway, and then
you could have the PolynesianGateway and all the Riviera or
potentially Caribbean Beach.
They could all be like walkingin over there.
Oh yeah, Disney pay attention.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
You know what we need to add to Disney somewhere.
This has nothing to do with oursubject.
Okay, is rope drop the rideyeah.
How fast can you walk?
Speaker 2 (27:51):
How fast can you walk to come to a complete
standstill for half an hour?
That's the ride.
That's the ride.
You have to walk a half an hour.
That's the ride.
That's the ride.
You have to walk a half mileRope.
Drop the ride as fast aspossible and then you stop and
stand there for a half an hour.
Right, nice, it's a good ride.
Okay, let's move on to movies.
Okay, so you have Moana, like wetalked about Moana, b-loan,
(28:12):
stitch B-Lo.
You have Moana, like we talkedabout Moana, and Lilo and Stitch
.
Lilo and Stitch.
There's Hawaiian Vacation.
It's an old Disney cartoon, Iwas because, as I'm flipping
through, you have a lot of likeLilo and Stitch, christmas and,
yeah, a bunch of offshoots,offshoots and stuff.
Mine, encanto, coco, threeCaballeros and the Jungle Cruise
.
You're right, the arrows andthe jungle cruise, because it's
(28:33):
in the amazon, it is the movieand all the indiana joe's movies
.
Now, my movies have the only.
Well, it was only one that waspredominantly that ended in
south america and it was prettymuch the worst one.
So so, you're okay.
So the big two, encanto andCoco versus Laylo and Stitch and
(28:57):
Moana, hands down, mine had thebetter music.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
Oh, I mean, you know, encanto is my favorite Disney
movie of all time.
I watch it almost once a week.
So Encanto has.
I'm revealing way too muchabout myself here.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
It has good songs Overall, though Encanto has I'm
revealing way too much aboutmyself here it has good songs
Overall, though Encanto has thebest song in my mind, the Magic,
all, family, magic, All song atthe start.
But Coco, overall I think, hasbetter music.
Oh, I don't agree with that atall Because it's about music.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Yeah, but the songs in Encanto are great.
I think has better music.
I don't agree with that at all.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Because it's about music.
Yeah, but the songs in Contourare great.
It's got the best one, butoverall, if you were to grade
all of the songs, I think Cococomes out.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
Okay, we'll do that after.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
But either way they're better movies than Moana
and Lilo and Stitch.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
They are but Lilo and Stitch has Elvis songs which
are some of the best songs ofall time.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
It is true.
And you got like a little alienfurball dressed up as Elvis.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
Right Does not have the best ever.
My dad was a huge Elvis fan.
He had all his albums.
When I was a kid I alwayslistened to his LPs all the time
, and Blue Hawaii has a songcalled Ito Eats.
Go listen to that.
It's hilarious, hilarious LAsong.
It should be on Lilo and Stitch.
(30:23):
It would make a way bettermovie if Ito Eats was on Ito
Eats, yeah, okay.
So if you haven't listened tothat song, go check it out.
It's probably on Spotify, Idon't know.
It's probably on Spotify, Idon't know.
Oh, I'm sure it's on AppleMusic or something.
You can find it, yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
You might be able to watch Blue.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Hawaii.
Right, you can watch BlueHawaii.
It's a campy, hilarious movie.
Yeah, non-disney, so totally.
Lilo and Stitch and Moanaaren't as good in my mind either
.
I'm not a huge Moana fan, Istill have not watched the
entire live action Of Moana,there was a live action.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Yeah, no, there wasn't, not a Moana.
Leo and Stitch had a liveaction, wasn't?
There a live action no.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Was it just Moana?
Speaker 2 (31:03):
2?
Moana 2.
Is there going to be a liveaction?
This is how much you like it.
I know I didn't watch much ofMoana 2.
I watched so much of it Ithought it was live action and I
have to say, like it has therock, oh it does.
He's a cartoon character, butfor the Jungle Cruise movie he
(31:24):
ruined that he was.
He did ruin the Jungle Cruisemovie.
It was.
It was pretty bad it was.
He is not meant to play roleslike that.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
No, it should have had what's his name?
Olaf Olaf, the guy that playsOlaf Gad.
Yeah, josh Gad, josh Gad, joshGad should have started Jungle
Cruise.
That would have been hilarious,because when he did Jungle
Cruise at Disneyland or DisneyWorld, it was great, that's true
.
He'd have been way funnierbecause he was plastic when he
was.
Uh, when he did the jokes fromthe ride, he was worse than a
(31:57):
skipper.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
Oh, far worse, so bad .
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Yeah, but he's a great guy.
The Rock's a great human being.
Okay, so I don't want to.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
I mean I don't want to.
As long as you send money toyou know, rebuild.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
Lahaina.
No one of our friends and hewon't One of my really good
friends.
It was her son's wish.
He had leukemia, okay, and heloved Moana.
Okay, right, loved hischaracter, and he found out
about it and sent him a privatemessage.
Oh, okay, the Rock did.
It's a great video of him justtalking to the kid.
(32:32):
It was great.
Oh nice, yeah, so he won meover.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
Yeah, he lost me when he made movies.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
Well, that's different if, if I made movies I
would lose you too.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
He's got the dumbest lines in all of his movies.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
I yeah I'm thinking of a rock movie.
I like I don't know, I don'tlove.
Love the Rock myself either.
No, as an actor.
As an actor, no Live actioncomes out in July 10th 2026.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Okay, so there is live action.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Right, I knew the Rock was making it.
I just messed it up and startedwatching Moana 2 and watched
like 15 minutes of it andhaven't gone back to it.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
I wonder if they'll have to give him hair.
Yeah, there's a picture herethe rock with big curly locks.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Okay, rock with hair.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Oh, there it is.
Speaker 1 (33:20):
We're showing each other our phones a lot.
This last episode, yeah, we are.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
And that's okay.
So anyway, there's the movies.
There's the movies.
I think you win on movies, youwin on hotels.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
You're gonna win on Well.
Well, I think you already winbecause I mean breaking.
Breaking it down three cabaretsis at least a ride.
Yes, the moana thing's just awalk through, but it's fun.
I would say they're equal.
It's pretty fun.
Yeah, they're a long time.
Put your hands on the water and, yeah, getting wet and walking
around and walking through thething where the water stops.
Speaker 2 (33:53):
Yeah, it's fun.
They're very equal.
Now, food and drinks, exceptfor at the Polynesian.
Oh, now I got to say, as far asbars, by far Polynesian,
because you have Trader Sam GrasGrotto, you have Tengaroa
(34:13):
Terrace, Right, so you haveDisneyland Hotel and you have
the Polynesian with all of thesetiki bars and so the bars, I
really got to think thePolynesians have it.
Yeah, but as far as food, Iwould give the nod to the Latin
(34:34):
American.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (34:35):
I don't know much about the Polynesian food we
haven't had.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
I don't.
We haven't eaten well, you ateat Kona.
Yeah, but I don't remember whatI had.
You don't remember the food.
But see, that's just it.
That is your only options forfood as well.
That makes a lot of sensebecause I don't't remember my
food, but I know I had a backscratcher yes, but kachina,
kookamonga, yeah, there's, likeother couple places in downtown
(34:59):
disney, rancho del zacalo, themexican pavilion has a bunch of
good restaurants, you know, aquick service and a couple of
sit downs and it's got a tequilabar, margarita bar you know,
and my beef berry at tacos.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Yeah at Kachina Cucamonga Right yes.
Speaker 2 (35:19):
Yeah.
So yeah, food it's definitelythat one's kind of a wash
Because of drinks and food,combined Drinks and food.
Yeah yeah, it kind of ends upbeing it's a kind of a tie.
I think it's a tie andcurrently I think rides are a
tie, but give it a year and ahalf.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Yeah, it's going to be, squashed, yeah, so but you
know you got hotels and as longas Hawaii is there, it's going
to be a long time before.
Yes, Before.
Speaker 2 (35:47):
Hey, if you ever with your, if you ever get a trip to
Ohlone, Ohlone.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (35:54):
With your traveling.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
I need to go just so I can start booking it.
I mean, do you have to gobefore you start booking it?
I should, I mean I should yeah.
Speaker 2 (36:03):
To experience it Because at some point maybe I
should check how much a planeticket would cost with a
companion certificate.
Speaker 1 (36:11):
Christy would love that Me and you went to Hawaii
together.
We'll be back, don't worry.
This Disney relationship'sgetting troublesome.
Thank you, christy.
Yeah, so we did.
Future episode notice.
We'll talk about this a lot,yes, and we'll just end on this.
Speaker 2 (36:31):
We just booked our trip for September, september
17th through the 19th we will bein the parks.
Speaker 1 (36:37):
We're going to Disneyland, yep, and we're going
to do Gin Pop, not in the parks.
We're not going to do Gin Pop,no, because I'm using my magic
key to its fullest, because it'sthe first time I'm using my
magic key.
Airfare and hotel yeah, andhotel, yeah, but we're going gin
pop all the way, all the way,not total airfare, because we're
going to upgrade the tickets.
Are we?
I thought you were, we might,it doesn't matter to me.
(37:00):
I mean you can if you want,yeah.
I don't care.
Speaker 2 (37:03):
It's like 95 bucks to get economy comfort.
Yeah, I'll sit in, but it's atwo-hour flight.
Speaker 1 (37:08):
Right, I rode Spirit, last time I rode Jen Pop.
Speaker 2 (37:11):
Spirit, so we're staying.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Two round trip tickets for 240 bucks, right,
and we're staying at the hotel.
We always never, we alwaysnever stay in.
Yeah, we're staying at Motel 6.
Yes, right, two nights it was$80 a night, or so, $86.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
$86 a night, but it's like 400 for four nights.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So you said two nights, oh.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
Yeah, so $86 a night.
Yeah, but 400 bucks, I'm usedto my two night trips.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
With all the tax it's $400.
Right, so for 640 bucks we'vegot airfare and ticket, Right
Plane ticket.
Speaker 1 (37:47):
And to break it down even more, I have a Magic Key.
Yeah, so that's basically freetickets.
Yeah, so, that's basically freetickets.
Yeah Right, and you bought theCostco deal.
I bought the Costco deal.
Speaker 2 (37:55):
So it's park hopper, three-day park hopper with With
Lightning Lane, lightning Lane,the multi-pass and a $30 gift
card Right For 450 bucks.
Boom, boom.
So we're going in September.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
Yep, we'll talk a lot more about that before we go.
Yeah, probably every week,because that's our next trip
together, but until then, you'regoing to Disney World next week
.
As we record, I'm going toAnnapolis to drop a kid off at
Naval Academy, and there's ourtrips and we'll see you soon.
Be listening, cheers, cheers.
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