October 6, 2025 • 53 mins
We're so back. Thanks for listening to our first episode back with a new name, Parkside Breaks. For our first episode we introduce our guest, Emily Dostie from Glass Slipper Concierge. We follow along with her as she reviews her trip to Disneyland. We break down why the West Coast parks feel calmer, kinder, and more walkable—and how that shift turns a packed itinerary into a truly luxurious experience. Think: direct hotel-to-park access at the Grand Californian, characters actually roaming, lighter Lightning Lane pressure, and mornings that don’t start in a sprint.
We compare the energy of Disney California Adventure to Hollywood Studios, gush over the length and thrill of the Incredicoaster, and get honest about Guardians of the Galaxy vs Tower of Terror. Cars Land glows like a memory you get to step into, and seasonal overlays—like Haunted Mansion’s Nightmare Before Christmas—show how Disneyland layers charm without adding chaos. Oogie Boogie Bash wins points for balance: sold-out party, but breezy lines, organic character moments, and candy trails that keep things moving.
Pulling back, we map smarter ways to travel across the Disney universe. VIP Tours that prioritize presence, Disney Cruise Line’s expanding ports for easier access beyond Florida, and curated Adventures by Disney that erase planning friction across Europe, Africa, and the American West. For the explorers at heart, National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions offer small-ship journeys to the Galápagos, Antarctica, and Iceland, guided by conservation and storytelling. Our takeaway is simple: luxury at Disney isn’t just a price point—it’s less stress and more time together.
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SPEAKER_01 (00:08):
Hey everyone, welcome back to the podcast.
We are so excited to be herewith a brand new name, Partside
Breaks.
Same love for all things DisneyTravel, Disney Parks, Disney
Cruise Line, Disney justanywhere you're gonna go.
And there's a Disney uh littletouch.
So we're here for all of us.
If you've been following alongsince the beginning, thank you
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for sticking around with us.
And if you're new here, welcome.
This is a place where we chatabout the magic, the memories,
and all the little things thatgo into making a Disney vacation
uh so special and magical.
This week we're kicking thingsoff with our friend Emily.
She is a travel advisor withGlass Slipper Concierge, and she
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just got back from Disneyland.
She's here to tell us all aboutwhat makes Disneyland timeless
and charming and really justtotally different from Walt
Disney World and the experiencethere.
So we'll talk about whatsurprised her, what she loved
the most, and why she thinksDisneyland is still just
capturing um hearts after allthese years.
(01:10):
So sit back and relax or enjoyyour ride or your run and let's
go ahead and talk about thehappiest place on earth.
(01:36):
We are back.
We are so back.
After a year, hiatus.
After a year, how does thatfeel?
Well, I feel older.
SPEAKER_02 (01:46):
Are you 40 yet, Elizabeth?
I'm still not 40.
I'm 40.
I turned 40 this year.
You turned 40 this year.
We got right.
We got you good.
We got you good on no surprise.
SPEAKER_01 (01:54):
That was tough.
That was a tough.
I did not expect 40 to hit theway it did.
Well, I'm gonna tell you 37, myknees hurt all the time.
SPEAKER_02 (02:03):
So just don't know what 40 is gonna hold for me,
but everything's fine.
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (02:09):
All right, we are back.
It's Sarah and Elizabeth.
And we have a special guesttoday.
I'm so excited.
She is gonna be a regular guest,so don't worry.
This is not gonna be just aone-time thing.
Our guest is drumroll, please.
Drumroll, please.
All right, Emily.
That was a big lead up.
SPEAKER_02 (02:29):
I know I'm so happy to be here because we're a fresh
set of drums.
Thanks for having me.
We're so glad you're here.
Thank you for bringing uscookies.
They were great.
Oh, yes.
SPEAKER_01 (02:40):
If you live in San Marco, in the San Marco area of
Jacksonville, you need to go toCookie Fix.
Oh my gosh.
What was the favorite one thatyou've had so far?
SPEAKER_02 (02:50):
I knew you were gonna ask that.
I think that it was that appleone that wasn't an apple, the
cinnamon one.
It was like cinnamon andchocolate.
It was great.
It tasted like chocolate applepie.
SPEAKER_00 (03:00):
Was it the chunky mama?
It had a little coconut in it,too.
I love that.
I love a chunky mama.
Yeah.
Yesterday, their opening day, Ihad um brown butter pecan.
SPEAKER_02 (03:10):
That was my favorite.
I love that.
SPEAKER_00 (03:13):
Brown butter pecan.
SPEAKER_02 (03:14):
Can't wait to go back.
SPEAKER_01 (03:14):
I know.
And then it wasn't there.
Uh do they have like a specialcookie every day?
They have a rotation of cookies.
SPEAKER_00 (03:22):
Okay.
SPEAKER_02 (03:22):
So I thought you were gonna say they had a
rotisserie cookie.
That's where I thought we weregoing with that.
There's a Thanksgiving theme.
I'm gonna try it.
SPEAKER_03 (03:30):
It's fine.
SPEAKER_02 (03:31):
Oh gosh.
Um so Emily is um we brought heron to talk to us about this
wonderful adventure that she'son.
Yes.
Would you like to tell us aboutit, Emily?
SPEAKER_00 (03:44):
Yes.
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (03:45):
Emily, tell us how you got to the place you are
today with your new adventure.
Um, give us a little backgroundabout Disney and how much you
love it.
Background.
SPEAKER_00 (03:57):
Oh, and who doesn't love Disney and the magic?
Um Scott Branick.
It's so true.
It's so sad.
I feel like now my mission isgonna be to turn him.
SPEAKER_02 (04:07):
I'll see you on fall break.
SPEAKER_00 (04:10):
Um so I've been a stay-at-home mom and dabbling in
part-time jobs here and there,and just a really heart and
desire to go back to work.
Um but I wanted to do it in away that brought me joy.
And so I did old school like pento paper brainstorming of
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listing out what brings me joy,what where are my values, what
could be work that doesn't feellike work.
And I was on um uh actualsimilar version adjacent to
Disney, but travel and umexciting things.
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And I was on that road of likemaking a business plan and doing
all these things.
And then I started planning aDisney trip for the summer, and
I got really into it foryourself, for our family, yes.
SPEAKER_02 (05:05):
And wait, I'm sorry, can you please give us a quick
rundown of your family dynamicsso we can understand your
mindset?
SPEAKER_00 (05:11):
Yes.
So, husband who um is not ScottBrannick, he does enjoy Disney.
He's so good.
Well, I also think he enjoys itbecause I wanted him to, and I
know you try really hard to dothis with Scott, but I really
curate our trips that he attendsto be like they're food centric.
Yeah, I give up.
SPEAKER_02 (05:32):
They're easy.
I give up when Scott Scott'shard to please.
I'm not trying anymore.
Thank God.
SPEAKER_00 (05:39):
I think about where we're staying.
Yeah, uh, he he we only staycertain places when he's
involved.
SPEAKER_02 (05:45):
I probably could have done better with that, but
like wasn't worth it.
SPEAKER_00 (05:49):
You're gonna stop staying at the cabin so much.
Oh, so and then two teenagers,two high schooler girls, and
then a fifth grade boy.
Okay.
Uh I'm gonna shout out LeightonNell and Fitz.
I love that.
I love those people.
They're good people.
Those are they're fun kids,longtime listeners.
SPEAKER_01 (06:07):
Yes, but my favorite shout out.
I know.
SPEAKER_02 (06:10):
Oh, which was the highlight.
I believe it.
So you guys picked for yoursummer vacation to go to do
Disney big, right?
SPEAKER_00 (06:19):
Yeah, we we decided we are gonna do uh Disney in a
different way than we've everdone.
We stayed at a resort we'venever stayed at, and we decided
to make it a more resortvacation.
Um, so the Grand Floridian has aspa.
We made spa appointments for thegirls.
We decided we were not going togo crazy with rides.
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We were gonna eat at restaurantswe had never eaten at, um, but
uh excited, low-key resort, hangout by the pool, do the spa, be
um kind of on our own slowschedule.
SPEAKER_02 (06:58):
So Emily is also a local to Northeast Florida.
So the idea of visiting Jackson,I mean of visiting Orlando and
visiting Disney is very easy.
So this is not like a um, she'snot like traveling in from I
don't know, well, she's notfine.
SPEAKER_01 (07:16):
Yeah, and it's not like we have to wait two years
to do it again.
Yeah, you can do this prettyregularly.
And so it's I feel like it'seasier when you live so close to
just say uh we don't really wedon't have to do everything.
Yeah, let's just make this atrip where we everybody enjoys
each other.
SPEAKER_02 (07:33):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (07:33):
Each other.
That is like the biggest thing,and just can have a good time.
SPEAKER_00 (07:38):
So how long were y'all there?
We just did a long weekend, likea Thursday through Sunday.
Okay.
It wasn't um, it wasn't the itwasn't the amount of time.
It was just we wanted it to berelaxing and something special
because we were making it oursummer thing.
So we didn't want it to be ournormal Disney experience.
(07:59):
Oh well.
So we wanted something new anddifferent as a family.
No one had ever stayed.
Um, I don't know if I said GrandFloridian.
We had never stayed therebefore.
Um, we had certainly the girlswere so excited.
Normal spas don't allowteenagers, you have to be a
certain age, but there you haveto be 14 or older.
So my girls were excited.
Oh, that's nice to know.
(08:21):
Yeah, it was it was just aspecial we could do special
unique things that we had neverdone before at Disney.
Um, so on one hand, I'm likeresearching this business plan,
right?
For a separate travel ideas.
Um and then on the other time, Iam using, does anyone use
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Instagram as their Google?
unknown (08:44):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (08:44):
Do y'all use Instagram as well?
I just have.
SPEAKER_01 (08:46):
I just started, I I think that you actually told me
about it one time and I waslike, oh, I've never really
tried that.
And I started looking up like, Idon't know, just random stuff
and seeing all kinds of goodjust products and just plans and
things like that.
SPEAKER_00 (09:00):
It was great.
So I just started usingInstagram as my Google, getting
excited about the resort.
And like I said, I didn't knowanyone who had done the spa
before there, and what were thepools like?
And we were going to restaurantswe hadn't been to.
So I'm researching all thesethings, and the same it was
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travel advisors were the mainpages that were coming up, um,
showing pictures and videos ofthe different locations I was
researching.
And it just seemed to be acommon, yeah.
Did you I just did it?
SPEAKER_02 (09:36):
I just need everybody to know that I just
typed in Grand Floridian onInstagram and I am this is my
new life.
She is hours per day onInstagram now is gonna go way
up.
SPEAKER_01 (09:48):
Right.
Yeah, I can't wait to send youeverything.
SPEAKER_02 (09:50):
I went from like royal family scrolls to just
sending you everything.
SPEAKER_00 (09:56):
Sorry.
I love it.
Well, uh the videos and thepictures that I that I was
connecting with all seemed to befrom the same women coming from
the same travel agency.
And I had never reallyresearched Disney travel, Disney
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travel agents, advisors,anything like that.
And so it just kept popping up.
And then I'm a very curiousperson.
Very curious.
I'm like, well, what is this?
And it's glass slipperconcierge.
Who who is glass slipperconcierge?
What is what is this?
Well, then I just started deepdiving.
Oh, this is an industry that Ihad no idea about, and this is
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um this is exciting.
And then I'm looking back at mybrainstorming list, and on the
things that bring me joy areDisney and travel and memories.
And I was like, well, this fitsthe shoe.
And pun intended.
SPEAKER_01 (10:58):
I have to okay, and I have to interrupt because I
can um vouch for this because Iremember having a conversation
with Emily and she was talkingabout some of these things.
And I was like, when you foundGlass Slipper and you told me
about it, I was like, was yourphone listening to the things
that fit the what you would dobest, like what you love about
(11:18):
Disney, what you love abouttravel?
And when you told me about GlassSlipper, I was like, this is
perfect, this is exactly fitseverything that you were hoping
for.
SPEAKER_00 (11:29):
Yes, yes.
And it is a boutique, um, butvery high quality and um people
focused and providing luxuryconcierge experiences for Disney
adventures.
And I love it's luxuryredefined, not luxury.
(11:52):
Yes, it can be a price tag, butit's not staying club level and
in the two-bedroom and VIPtours.
It can certainly be that.
But what attracted me so much toGlasslippers, luxury is also the
experience that you have withthe advisor.
I have this wealth of knowledgeat my fingertips through the
agency, uh of who I can beconnected with and experiences
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that I wasn't aware of beforeresearching and going into all
the training through GlassSlipper, but one-on-one
consultation of planning yourDisney adventure so that it's
magical for you.
It's stress-free, it's enjoyablein going back to like I want my,
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you want your kids to be happyand you want your husband, like
everyone wants to have a goodtime.
You don't want to be stressedabout your lightning lanes.
You don't want to be stressedabout, well, I had no idea where
I was staying.
That we wanted to be at onepark, but we're connected to
another one and the travel andthe transportation.
I think luxury can be for anyprice range, for any budget,
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luxury can just be taking thestress and the anxiety over
planning the trip to Disneybecause there are magical
moments around every corner atDisney.
And there's opportunities forthat that we can miss out when
we put so much pressure on itbeing the most amazing vacation.
SPEAKER_01 (13:22):
And clustering everything in all at once.
Yeah.
For one trip.
SPEAKER_00 (13:27):
And we talk a lot about that, Sarah.
Yes.
Like the beauty of doing Disneyat a slower pace, and slow
doesn't mean you don't get to doall the things, it's just at a
relaxing pace.
Yes.
And that's where that's whereyou really hit the jackpot.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (13:45):
Well, and I feel like the hustle and bustle of
Disney, it's very quick, it'svery easy for you to get thrown
into that like quick, fast pace,like, oh, we're over here.
We want to do this.
I mean, we talk about this tooall the time with my kids.
Like they go in and they'relike, we want to ride
everything.
And sometimes we just have totake a step back and be like,
pick four things.
(14:05):
Right.
Just pick four things for today.
SPEAKER_00 (14:08):
I say this all the time.
I tell my kids, I'm not evenfour things.
You're a very generous mom.
I know.
I give everyone, I give everyoneone ride and one food
experience.
That is what I will guarantee.
And anything else is gravy.
Yeah.
Now they get smart and they titsthe tit, almost 11-year-old.
(14:31):
Uh, he his food experiences arealso the like he's his father,
the whining dining, like I wantsteakhouse 71 for breakfast.
SPEAKER_02 (14:40):
I thought that you were gonna say that they team
up, right?
Like, okay, you pick this, youpick that.
They're not that smart.
SPEAKER_00 (14:46):
Oh gosh, yes, you are.
I love you.
SPEAKER_02 (14:47):
Yes, they are.
You're giving an idea.
That's what I would have done.
I would have straightmanipulated that.
SPEAKER_00 (14:52):
Elizabeth's gonna be sending messages to the Leighton
is always, she never changes uhher food.
She's always the uh springrolls.
Oh yeah.
That's she's a girl after alwaysspring rolls.
The other two, they they change.
SPEAKER_01 (15:06):
Now, does she do just the cheeseburger spring
rolls, or will she go and do theother one that's available?
That's right.
That's right.
That's the right way to do it.
So that's the right way.
SPEAKER_00 (15:17):
And that's what we guarantee, and that's what we
pay for.
And part of the advantage ofliving in where we do and being
able to go to Disney isaccessible.
We also don't go and give thechildren, give the kids a budget
that is unlimited of all yoursnacks and all your things.
But she loves the spring rollsso much.
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She will go to the park if weare staying on a Monreal hotel
or um wilderness lodge on aboat.
She will go over to the park byherself or with a f you know,
with a sister, sibling, or oneof us just to get the spring
rolls and pay herself.
She loves those.
Yeah, adopt me.
That's an Ashley Draper move.
SPEAKER_02 (15:54):
That is an option.
That is that was a uh I'll beright back.
We um that was my childhood, Ifeel like, but we had
walkie-talkies.
We didn't have, you know, backin the day.
We didn't have walkie-talkies.
And we had like the, you know,like the like the legit
satellite walkie-talkies becauseyou know, I guess my parents
wanted to talk to me.
We would do that.
They need the range, yeah.
(16:15):
They needed the it was therange, yeah.
But we would we would do thesame thing.
SPEAKER_01 (16:19):
That's awesome.
Not for egg rolls, butdefinitely for other things,
yeah.
Okay, so Emily, tell us now youare with Glass Slipper.
SPEAKER_00 (16:27):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (16:28):
Right?
And so you just had a big trip,um, which when you told me that
you what you were gonna do, Iwas like, I cannot wait to hear
your review about this becauseyou were not a huge, like it
wasn't like you wanted to gothere that bad um where you
ended up going.
So tell us about your wholetrip.
How did it go?
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What did you do?
Why you went on it?
SPEAKER_00 (16:49):
Why so I joined Glass Slipper and pretty soon
after they announce where theirannual Disney education um
meeting was gonna be, and it wasat Disneyland.
And I have never wanted to go toDisneyland.
I was like, lame, it's small,it's in California.
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And the thought, the thoughtliving in Florida, the thought
of planning a trip to Disneylandseemed so overwhelming to me
because obviously you would getthere, it would be the same as
Disney World, and there would beso many other things that you
went all the way there and youdidn't experience Southern
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California, right?
It just felt like anoverwhelming trip.
Um, when there's so many otherplaces I would want to go in
life.
So, no, I Disneyland was so lowon the priority list, but
exciting to go with the new andinto meet advisors that I work
with in person and and and learnabout Disney.
I was excited about that part,um, but underwhelmed by the idea
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of Disneyland.
But Sarah, I got there.
I am a Disneyland convert.
Oh my god.
I loved it.
I wish I knew about it when mykids were younger.
SPEAKER_02 (18:06):
I need to know start to finish.
Like, did you fly in?
Did they pick you up?
Like, what did you how did youget from the airport to the
resort?
And what resort did you stay at?
Because I'm assuming you stayedon property.
SPEAKER_00 (18:17):
So I flew in to John Wayne Airport.
It was it's closer than LAX,it's about 30 minutes, and uh
took an Uber and 21st century.
Right.
Took an Uber there, um, straightto the Grand Californian is
where we were all staying.
Fabulous.
SPEAKER_02 (18:37):
So good.
SPEAKER_00 (18:38):
And it's like it's like a craftsman's style
wilderness lodge, these grand uhlobby.
SPEAKER_02 (18:47):
Did I know that?
I don't.
I mean, have you been there?
No, heck no, I haven't beenthere.
Like I've like never beenoutside my box.
SPEAKER_00 (18:55):
Um I think that I did not expect for you to say
that.
Yeah, there's a huge fireplacewith a fire, uh, the the ceiling
very similar to very similar toWilderness Lodge, but it's like
craftsman like more modern.
Like um like I would like GrovePark Inn in Asheville.
(19:18):
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
SPEAKER_02 (19:20):
I've been there.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (19:22):
That's how I would make the connection.
SPEAKER_02 (19:23):
Okay.
I don't know what I think that Iwas expecting just Grand
Floridian, but different.
For the groom, California?
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (19:30):
I've only seen pictures, and that's why I kind
of knew it was.
Let me do my new thing.
Get on your Instagram Google.
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (19:36):
So tell us.
So you get there.
So I get there, and it's gonnabe an opening night to meet all
of the advisors and a dinner andto meet some Disney folks.
Um, and it was like I was insorority rush all over again in
terms of I didn't know a personthere.
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I felt imposter syndrome becauseI'm new to this industry.
I've never done anything likethis before in my life.
And I'm showing up to thiswelcome dinner and just having
to meet people.
Everyone was so kind and lovelyand inclusive.
And all glass slipper people ormore just it was just glass
(20:20):
slipper, all glass slipperpeople.
So it was wonderful, lovely.
Mickey came, took pictures, getto meet Mickey.
It was so um, it was a great wayto kick off the trip.
Uh, one of the best parts aboutthe trip was being solo in a
hotel room.
I love it.
For you to say less.
Man, I know.
Oh man, that was in the GrandFloridian, it was top-notch.
(20:43):
Um they had a piano player inthe lobby every day.
At the Grand California.
At the Grand Californian, sorry.
Grand Californian.
SPEAKER_02 (20:51):
Yes.
And did they they do that at theGrand Floridian, right?
Yes.
Okay, yes.
Yeah, you're right.
This is very like Isn't it nice?
SPEAKER_00 (20:59):
Wilderness lodge, but it is their absolute.
Um the rooms I would not callthem, I would not call them
dated, but a some advisors choseto stay at one of the other
hotels.
There's three.
I was about to ask that.
There's three Disney hotels atDisneyland Resort, Pixar Place,
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which is all Pixar themed, um,fun, great, theming.
If you're looking for that, uhtheming hotel rooms.
Um, and then there is theDisneyland.
Oh gosh, no.
That's the Disneyland Hotel.
The Disneyland Hotel.
That's like the classic one.
That's the classic one.
(21:42):
That's what I was thinking.
Okay.
And that one, a lot of advisorschose to stay there.
It is newer, uh, refurbished.
Um, they have new uh vacateDisney vacation buildings,
wings, their their club leveljust got all redone.
(22:04):
It was very nice.
It was more modern.
SPEAKER_02 (22:08):
Okay.
Yeah.
This Pixar place reminds me oflike a it's like they converted
a holiday in.
Or like a Marriott.
SPEAKER_01 (22:19):
That is what they did.
So they purchased, I mean, lookat me, being Elizabeth, you are
spot on.
Spot on.
They purchased another hotelbecause they needed that.
They they just redid it.
Um, do you know, you know,because at Disney World we have
value, we have moderate, we havedeluxe.
(22:40):
Do you know, is it like that atDisneyland too with those
hotels?
SPEAKER_00 (22:44):
Since there's only three of them, I I haven't done
the research to see if they'relabeled that way.
Okay.
But the Pixar would definitelybe value.
Okay.
What is the other one called?
Disneyland Resort Hotel.
The Disneyland Hotel.
SPEAKER_01 (22:59):
That's the original one.
SPEAKER_00 (23:01):
And then Grand Californian.
Grand Californian, I would Iwould assume Grand Californian
and Disneyland Hotel are deluxe.
I would that was the feel, andwe took room tours and suite and
club tours of all threelocations.
And I would say that um theappeal of Grand Californian is
(23:24):
are you ready for this one?
I feel like Elizabeth is gonnalove this part.
There is an entrance to I can'tdon't even say it.
SPEAKER_02 (23:33):
One of the parks directly from the hotel.
Oh my gosh.
Did we talk about this or wasthis was this me with the beat?
About the new universal?
Yes.
That was you, yeah.
We talked about this.
I you mentioned this because youknow the new universal ra no the
new universal park has the hotelthat you can just go on and I
(23:57):
need to know how this is.
SPEAKER_00 (23:58):
Is that what it's called?
SPEAKER_01 (23:59):
Helios, yeah, yeah, it's Helios, and that goes right
into Epic.
SPEAKER_02 (24:04):
Um so I can I just love that convenience.
Like, that is so fun.
Do they close it off?
Can you go when like can youlike roam the streets?
Oh, that's a good question.
Like, can you go in?
Like, could you go into theMagic Kingdom?
I guess it's an entrance.
(24:25):
It's not like the door becauseof the universal one, it is
literally like the back door, isthe entrance.
You I say that like I've beenthere.
That is a that could be a totallie.
That's that could be a how I wasgreat at perceives this.
What do you mean by roam thestreets?
Mouse traps.
Like, um, can you just go?
I mean, like if this hotel, yousaid what's it called Disneyland
(24:49):
Hotel?
Because when I know the GrandCalifornian goes into
Disneyland.
SPEAKER_00 (24:53):
So from the Grand Californian, out of one um area
of the hotel goes straight toCalifornia Adventure.
Okay.
So there's two parks.
There's the California Adventureand then there's Disneyland.
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (25:09):
Which is like your Magic Kingdom.
SPEAKER_00 (25:10):
Disneyland is like your Magic Kingdom.
It has the same uh lands,Fantasy Land, Tomorrow Land, all
that.
Uh California Adventure is amashup of everything else.
I don't know.
It has Is that where PixarPlaces or whatever it's called?
SPEAKER_02 (25:25):
Pixar World.
SPEAKER_00 (25:25):
Do you like how I'm like it has Cars Land?
Cars Land.
It's Cars, it has um theAvengers land area.
SPEAKER_02 (25:34):
All the Marvel stuff.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Is that where the same?
The same.
SPEAKER_00 (25:39):
Is that where the Tower of Terror is?
Yes.
Yes.
It's but like do you know this?
No.
SPEAKER_02 (25:45):
I do not know this.
She didn't even need to know thequestion.
I don't even know.
She doesn't know.
If you're gonna tell me and Iknow it, I get five dollars.
SPEAKER_00 (25:52):
Tower of terror?
The theme is Guardians of theGalaxy.
I knew she was gonna say that.
I didn't know that.
I did five.
Wait, do I get them moving?
But the ride, I like our Towerof Terror better at Disney
World.
Really?
Yes, because there's becauseit's terrifying.
She clearly is terrified,terrified person.
No, it's it's not terrifying.
(26:14):
It's not, it doesn't have thetheming.
The what do they call thebeginning of a ride where the
cue?
The cue, but also like whenyou're doing um like the intro.
Like the intro.
There's no you don't ever moveout.
You know how like you move outof the elevator and you roam and
then you go to a differentplace, and that's where I wonder
if that was how Elizabethdoesn't know because she's
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closing her eyes throughout theentire time whenever we go on
Tower of Terror.
SPEAKER_02 (26:40):
That's right.
I hate this ride so much.
There was like an inside insiderthing on the Tower of Terror,
and my kids made me watch mykids who also have not Lori Ann
went on the chicken line forthat one.
Chicken line for that right,okay.
Well, that's appropriate.
She is young.
I say it in Reddy because I'mlike really nice or something.
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Um, they made me watch it, andI'm like, this is scary, this is
not, this is the stuff thatkeeps me up at night.
Yeah, these candlesticks movingin the middle of the night is
the stuff that when I wake up attwo o'clock in the morning to
pee, that is what I see.
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (27:16):
So there's nothing it's so it's Guardians of the
Galaxy in the queue.
It's very themed to Guardians ofthe Galaxy.
You get in the contraption, it'snot an elevator there, but you
get in and you're beingtransported somewhere else, you
immediately start going up anddown up to the elevator.
I know.
I want a whole original lead ontop of it.
There's no lead up.
It's all up, down, up, down, up.
(27:37):
Okay.
SPEAKER_02 (27:37):
I wonder if the original one, like before they
moved it around, before theytransferred, before they redid
it.
I wonder if it was like ourTower of Terror or if it was
like that.
Because you're right, our Towerof Terror, you're you're slowly
going up, and then you go onto aride, and then you go up even
further, and then and then youdrop to your death.
SPEAKER_00 (27:57):
Yeah.
To your death.
And there's only a few drops atDisney World.
This one had multiple drops.
Is it at random?
SPEAKER_02 (28:05):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (28:05):
I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_02 (28:06):
Did you say that there are only a few drops in
hours?
Because there are more than afew.
There's only a few drops.
There's no way.
SPEAKER_01 (28:12):
Oh, you're dreaming.
SPEAKER_02 (28:14):
Yeah, there's only a few.
Nightmare.
Nightmare.
SPEAKER_00 (28:16):
Don't go on the Guardians of Galaxy.
So, you know, Tower of Terrors.
SPEAKER_02 (28:20):
In in hours at Hollywood Studios, it's like you
you never get the same drop.
Yes.
And I think that that's theother thing.
And I've told you this.
What I don't like is that younever know when you're going to
drop.
Like it could hold you there forfive seconds or two seconds or
eight seconds.
Like, I need to know when I'mgoing to drop.
SPEAKER_01 (28:38):
This is a deep conversation.
Yes.
Sorry into about control.
But that's we can talk about it.
SPEAKER_00 (28:43):
So it's random, it's random drops.
So it's random drops.
So the other thing thatCalifornia Adventure has is the
credit coaster.
Like, can you picture the um alot of advertisement for
California Adventure is theroller coaster and then the big
Ferris wheel with Mickey's face?
Yes.
The roller coaster is an creditcoaster.
And it was Is that like the oldRicky?
It's supposed to be like an old,but it was not rickety.
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It was the traditional rollercoaster.
I'm older than both of you.
And these weary bones cannottake rickety roller coaster.
But it was amazing.
It was long, which I value.
Yes.
Yes.
I value a longer ride,especially one that's of high
demand.
So you're either playing for alightning lane or you are
waiting in line for a long time.
(29:27):
I value length.
Right.
Uh, it goes upside down, it goesall around.
Like it is a thrill ride that'sso much fun.
I wrote it.
It's the only ride on this tripthat I rode twice.
Oh.
Okay.
You it was so much fun.
Wrote it at night one time.
It's a white roller coaster.
Yes, white with red.
Yes.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay.
Um, it was a blast.
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That's awesome.
So much fun.
So California Adventure was moreum skip.
Hollywood studios vibes.
Cars Land.
If I had.
A little boy who loved Carsland.
It's so well themed and so welldone.
It is that what they'rebringing?
Did they model it after this?
Well, not the l, they're notbringing the area.
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They're bringing the ride.
SPEAKER_01 (30:13):
Yeah.
It's the whole land is done.
Yeah, it's like a smallerversion.
It's called Piston Peak.
That's when it's going to becalled up Magic Kingdom.
And so I I kind of feel likeit's going to be like a
miniature version.
SPEAKER_02 (30:23):
Do they have like the storefronts?
Like, do they have what's itcalled?
Yes, that's what I'm saying.
Radiator Springs.
SPEAKER_00 (30:29):
You feel like you're in radiator.
Disney does its magic where youyou turn down a street and you
feel like you're in radiatorsprings and you're walking down
there's the cones.
It is amazing.
And then I I'm walking down andis it tomato?
Yeah.
Tomator just starts coming downthe street.
And it's like I don't know howthey do this magic of the
(30:51):
electronics of the car, and itseyes are moving and it's
talking.
And it was so that was Reed'sfavorite movie.
Oh my gosh.
It I loved cars.
Yes.
We've already determined.
SPEAKER_01 (31:03):
I know we all need to go.
Tell us.
So so you went there, you know,with Glass Slipper.
What else did you all do?
Because you got to go to boththe parks.
Were you doing other things withDisney while you were there?
SPEAKER_00 (31:18):
Yes.
So we had trainings during theday, which were so we got to go
to the parks, but during the daywe were in trainings and got to
just learn more and become morefamiliar and make connections
with different Disney products.
So you've got your you knowDisneyland huge presentation,
and it was amazing.
I was sold the minute I gotthere.
SPEAKER_02 (31:39):
Was it Disneyland, California specific, or was it
like Disneyland, Disneyland,Paris?
SPEAKER_00 (31:44):
Disneyland, California specific.
Um VIP tours and how uh they'redifferent there slightly than
they are um Disney World.
So learning more about thatproduct, Disney cruises.
Y'all, there's so many cruises,uh, new ships coming out, new
ports that will be so a lot ofDisney Cruise excitement.
(32:08):
Um, but then wait, can you liketell us one?
Am I allowed to ask that?
SPEAKER_02 (32:13):
What can she tell us?
SPEAKER_01 (32:15):
Like news, like breaking news about Disney
Cruises.
SPEAKER_02 (32:18):
What they just have a lot more ships coming out.
I did hear this, and it's notlike just Caribbean ships,
right?
SPEAKER_00 (32:24):
They're doing like more European ships, and not
just European, also um shipsthat will stay in port longer in
Galveston out of Texas and SanDiego.
So right now those are portsthat Disney uses, but I don't
they're not year-round ports.
I don't I'm not familiar withthe exact timing, but um I
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wouldn't say those ports are asfriendly as Port Canaveral and
Fort Lauderdale, meaningbeauty-wise, those are like
cargo shipments, yeah.
Okay, that makes sense.
Um but it'll just give anopportunity for a lot more
travelers, easier access to beon a Disney cruise from that
side of the country.
(33:07):
Okay.
Um, which is exciting.
I think another ship or isalready.
There's now two ships up inAlaska.
So there's just some excitementof some of some ships.
But then what was so cool, didy'all know that?
So you've got adventures byDisney, which would be like your
group tours, right?
(33:27):
If you as a family want to go,maybe your kiddos are getting
into high school, a little bitolder, and you want to go on a
family vacation outside ofDisney World, you want to go um
to Europe or Africa or somewherelike that.
You can take an adventures byDisney trip where you have cast
members are your guides.
SPEAKER_02 (33:47):
And there's Disney just does everything so and they
do these.
You can also do it if you wantedto go like out west, right?
SPEAKER_00 (33:55):
Or like California or New York, like they have
international, um, theseadventures by Disney um tours
where you're not having to worryabout where you're gonna stay
and where you're gonna eat andwhat you're gonna do.
You can you know go visitamazing places.
SPEAKER_02 (34:11):
Um being told you need to be here at five o'clock
with these shoes on, and you'reshowing up.
SPEAKER_00 (34:17):
And you're excited, it's a one price.
So your excursion is included,your meals are included, and
you're with other families.
Um you can plan these trips andtalk to Disney.
Um, and we can plan where youare on trips where hopefully
your ages of your kids line upof families that you don't know
so considerate stuff like that.
SPEAKER_01 (34:38):
When we went to South Africa this summer, we
were at a restaurant and therewas an Adventures by Disney
group at the restaurant we wereat.
Now, it's because I also did alot of research and figured out
which restaurant they go to.
SPEAKER_02 (34:51):
That's so good.
I was about to ask you how yougot there.
There it is.
Obviously, obviously.
SPEAKER_01 (34:56):
Did you do that on Instagram or on Google?
You know what?
Chat GPT.
I don't know how I found out.
I think I had to do a deep diveinto some reviews of where they
went.
Getting in a sample itinerary.
Yes.
And so when I made a reservationfor us to go, I was really
hoping we would see a group.
And we did.
(35:16):
And I was so jealous.
She's like Disney Adventurers inthe Wild.
unknown (35:21):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (35:22):
But they did.
They had cast members with themtalking, you know, and they
really um, I would say, becauseit was kind of a live
performance, all this um, youknow, it almost felt like a
character meal a little bit.
And the way that they wereinteracting, the people at the
restaurant were interacting withthe Adventures by Disney group.
They they were doing that withall the tables, but you could
(35:43):
tell there was another levelthat they were invested into
this group.
And I was like, Disney does itright.
I know what they're doing.
SPEAKER_00 (35:50):
I think those group travels, especially with your
family, are the easiest way.
As moms, we have so manylogistics that we run through
our head.
Like you just pack your bags andnow we can enjoy it.
Right.
You get off of an airplane andyou are just on a trip, and
someone else is in charge ofevery transfer, every every
(36:12):
meal, everything, and it is itis a lot of fun.
SPEAKER_01 (36:15):
That's where it goes from a trip to a vacation.
Yes.
For for us.
Yeah, I agree with you.
Absolutely.
Okay, so Adventures by Disney.
SPEAKER_00 (36:22):
And then also Disney is partnered with National
Geographic trips and Linblad.
So National Geographic, um,their trips are similar to
Adventures by Disney, but it'smore focused on um photography
is a huge part.
Uh families that want to go tomore obscure.
SPEAKER_02 (36:45):
There's like a conservation effort too, there,
right?
Conservation effort more of likeAmazon.
Right.
Not Antarctica, but thinkAntarctica.
SPEAKER_01 (36:54):
You said Amazon.
SPEAKER_02 (36:54):
I'm like Amazon Prime.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (36:56):
But I was like, no, Amazon.
I get it.
I get it.
SPEAKER_00 (36:59):
Right.
So families that have and I sayfamilies, it could of all ages.
Couples, families, of all ages.
SPEAKER_02 (37:07):
As a note, this would not be the Brannock
family.
I just want to say I wouldsupport my friends that wanted
to do this, but if you were totell the Brannock family we were
going to go to the middle of thejungle.
SPEAKER_00 (37:18):
Like Galapagos Islands to go see all of the
Galapagos things.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (37:22):
You could do it.
SPEAKER_00 (37:23):
We could.
You could do it.
We could do a lot of things.
unknown (37:28):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (37:28):
It looked really cool.
The picture.
Tell me what was the other thingthat you just did.
Limblad.
Yeah, what is that?
What's that?
They're the ones that go to likeAntarctica.
They're the ones you're likecrossing the drain.
What does that stand for?
Limblad.
I don't know.
It's just let me ask.
It's just the company.
SPEAKER_01 (37:42):
Should we go?
Just the three of us.
L-I-M-B-L-A-D.
SPEAKER_02 (37:51):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Lynn.
Lynn.
L-I-N.
SPEAKER_00 (37:55):
L-I-N.
SPEAKER_02 (37:56):
Antarctica cruises.
SPEAKER_00 (37:57):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (37:58):
Y'all they got last-minute ones.
That's Galapagos.
SPEAKER_00 (38:01):
They're smaller ships.
And they take you.
It's not just Antarctica.
It's I can tell you.
Go out and see.
I just think.
Let's let's see that.
Wow.
Iceland?
That's what's connected to theNational Geographic.
SPEAKER_02 (38:15):
Mediterranean, Egypt, Amazon.
And these are all bonded byDisney.
SPEAKER_00 (38:20):
That's where I just is Limblad with National
Geographic.
SPEAKER_01 (38:23):
Okay.
But that's something that youstill can book.
SPEAKER_00 (38:26):
Oh, sorry.
Yes.
So Disney is Disney haspartnered with them.
So it's Disney quality stamp ofapproval, Disney quality.
SPEAKER_01 (38:34):
Um, which is this is great information.
Yeah, this is really good.
Because the filter that you haveto go through, that's what I
want usually is a filter of I Ican't tell when I'm doing my own
research for a vacation, goingsomewhere, what um level of
quality this is gonna be, youknow, and sometimes you get what
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you pay for.
I think a lot of times you getwhat you pay for.
SPEAKER_02 (38:56):
But um But sometimes you I think that that to your
point, like we went, we just gotback from Mexico, as you know.
We went to the same resort wewent to last year.
And last year we booked itbecause we had a friend who went
and he was like, You'll love it,you go, you should go.
And we obviously loved it, wewanted to go back, but it was
one of those things where wewere like, we don't want to take
(39:19):
the risk.
Like we wanted to go back toCabo.
Right.
We didn't want to take the riskof going to another resort that
was probably the same pricepoint, but like what if the
expect what if they didn't meetthat expectation?
It is a real thing of whenyou've hit a Disney does set a
very high expectation.
SPEAKER_01 (39:39):
Yes, that is the filter that I want is if Disney
says it's good, yes, I'm sold.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (39:44):
Right.
There's an attention to detail,there's it's client focused.
SPEAKER_02 (39:48):
Um and it's detail on everything.
It's detail on the napkin thatthey put on your bedside table,
and then it's detail on the Iwant to make sure that you have
a fifth grader and I have afifth grader, and we're gonna
make sure that y'all'sitineraries are, you know, on
the same trip or whatever it is.
SPEAKER_00 (40:05):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (40:05):
Though like they pay attention to every detail.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (40:08):
So these National Geographic Limblad cruises are
smaller ships.
It's very because it's it'scombined, National Geographic
and Limblad together.
It's it's it's just very focusedon the environment that you are
exploring.
Okay.
Um so it learned about so manyreally cool and different
(40:32):
adventures that you can be onwith Disney and and feel
confident in the booking of it,in the in the vacation.
And because what our time andour energy is so valuable.
SPEAKER_02 (40:42):
I'm so sorry that I have to interrupt you.
But one of these for theGalapagos trip, it is for 96
guests.
The boat carries 96 guests.
That is amazing.
SPEAKER_01 (40:54):
That is, I'll go on that.
Yes.
Yeah.
Hopefully it's Elizabeth andthis one.
Is a 16 guest catamaran.
SPEAKER_02 (41:04):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (41:05):
Wait, what did you just say?
I said, what you really want isuh Elizabeth and 95 senior
citizens.
SPEAKER_02 (41:10):
Yes.
That's what you want.
One 100%.
I'm going on a Viking cruiselike next tomorrow.
Okay.
This other one, I'm sorry, holds16.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I know, I know.
SPEAKER_01 (41:19):
It's been 40.
Because of time, I want to askanother another review, and then
we'll kind of wrap up and we aregoing to continue these
conversations.
Okay.
We have lots of um lots of goodcontent for everybody because
Emily is going to share a lot ofa lot of her um memories with
us.
I do want to hear about becauseyou've been to Mickey's Not So
(41:44):
Scary, and you also went toOogie Boogie Bash.
SPEAKER_00 (41:46):
Yes.
Oogie Boogie Bash was top notch.
Um the park, it was sold out.
Okay.
But the park did not feelcrowded.
Uh the characters, one thingabout not just Oogie Boogie
Bash, but Disneyland resort ingeneral, characters are
everywhere, just roaming thestreets, like interacting with
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people.
Yes, there were there were nolike lines to visit uh a
character.
They were just it, you know howCalifornia's just chill.
Yeah, that was the vibe of theentire trip.
Wow.
There are lightning lanes thatare done differently.
It's like the old schoollightning lanes, you don't do
it, you just do it once you getin there.
(42:29):
Never going back to DisneyWorld.
But none of them sold out.
There wasn't like this rush, itwasn't the rushed feeling.
I wasn't on my phone.
It was it was beautiful.
So, but oh, Oogie Boogie Night,sorry.
SPEAKER_01 (42:42):
Well, uh go back to the character thing because what
I've never been to Mickey's, notso scary.
I am not a big character personunless my kids want to meet a
character.
Um and I hear these storiesabout people standing in line
for hours during the Halloweenparty to meet whoever because
they never talking about atDisney World.
(43:03):
At Disney World.
And so at Oogie Boogie Bash,they're just roaming around.
There's not long lines to meetsome of these characters.
SPEAKER_00 (43:09):
They're roaming around.
They had more of theircharacters.
So it's not so scary to get yourcandy.
You're in like differentstations, and as cast members
with like uh you know, bigbaskets handing out the candy.
Okay.
But Oogie Boogie, I felt likethey stationed them more where a
character was nearby interactingwith guests.
(43:32):
So maybe not stopping and takingpictures and getting autographs,
but they're interacting as youare going through the line to
get your candy.
These characters are interactingwith you.
They're nearby.
SPEAKER_02 (43:46):
Um now, did you have characters wandering around when
you were just walking around thepark?
SPEAKER_00 (43:51):
Yes, walking around the park and the resorts,
walking like through the grandGrand California.
SPEAKER_02 (43:56):
Why hasn't Orlando figured that out yet?
Like we were the first people toanti-COVID.
They were the last people toanti-COVID.
I know.
SPEAKER_00 (44:03):
Is that why we do this?
I don't know.
I think it's just too manypeople.
I think it's too many people.
I think they would be bombarded.
Yeah.
I never felt uh DisneylandResort is a very local resort.
So in the mornings, it the parkswere, as we would call in Disney
World, empty.
They got busier after 3 p.m.
(44:24):
after school and towards theevening.
It was like it's almost likeEpcot.
SPEAKER_01 (44:29):
Because Epcot is very much a locals um park where
people will come in for theafternoon, evening.
SPEAKER_02 (44:36):
Um did you stay for the parade?
Yes.
Was it tell me compare it?
The Oogie Boogie?
Yeah.
Uh I guess I guess what otherparade did you stay for?
SPEAKER_00 (44:46):
The regular parade?
There's Paint the Night over atDisneyland, okay.
Which is like it's theirelectrical parade.
And that's year-round.
And that's it, it was fantastic.
Now, currently at Disneyland isthe 70th anniversary overlay and
Halloween.
That's a whole nother we need aHalloween um podcast.
(45:06):
That's because talking about theoverlays on the rides of the
Halloween was.
Oh, they like decorate therides?
The Haunted Mansion wasNightmare Before Christmas.
And when I tell you it was sowell done, it blew my mind.
Just hopped in Lightning Lanefor Haunted Mansion.
Nightmare before Christmasoverlay.
(45:27):
I'm already obsessed.
Where did we learn about that?
SPEAKER_01 (45:46):
Was that Keys of the Kingdom?
Yes.
We did learn that at Keys of theKingdom.
Sorry.
SPEAKER_00 (45:51):
I looked at the Disney representatives that we
were with and I was like, whydon't we have this at Disney
World?
I know.
This is so good.
Yeah.
I'm shocked that they don't.
SPEAKER_02 (45:58):
There was a reason why I feel like we learned that
in Keys of the Kingdom.
Yeah, and I forgot.
We should do that again, also.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (46:04):
And then we have too.
But Oogie Boogie.
So yes, the headless horseman,the the whole the park is
smaller.
The parks are more approachable.
You don't, they don't have theland to be as spread out.
Right.
So everything is approachable.
Everything is walkable.
There's no this is not talkingabout Oogie Boogie and
(46:26):
specifically, but there's nostroller collapsing.
There, you don't need to everget on a transportation.
There is a monorail, but youdon't, I never got on a monorail
because everything is walkable.
SPEAKER_01 (46:37):
Scott Brainick would probably go to Disneyland and
enjoy it.
He would go if Glass Slipper, ifEmily was planning it with Glass
Slipper because it he could doclub level.
Yeah.
It would be nice.
And he would Yes.
Emily, I could sit here and talkto you and listen to you all
day.
All day.
SPEAKER_00 (46:54):
Oh, I love this.
I'm coming back, whether youlike it or not.
Yes, yes.
We know your gate code.
SPEAKER_01 (46:58):
Yes.
Well, I'm going to do one lastquick question and then we do
have to wrap it up.
Okay.
I was supposed to do this in thebeginning and then I forgot.
So if you could live this littleicebreaker, it's not an
icebreaker anymore.
Now it's just a fire.
The ice has been broken.
The ice has been broken.
Okay.
Um, if you could live in anyDisney resort for a week, which
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one would you choose?
This is rapid fire.
I hope you're ready.
I mean, Elizabeth.
Do you even have to guess?
SPEAKER_02 (47:25):
Like, do I even have to say it?
Fort Wilderness.
Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_01 (47:30):
In a cabin or in a camper.
Oh, I'd do in a camper.
In a camper.
In a camper.
Wow.
Probably without my family.
By yourself.
Yeah.
Just live in.
Would you have a golf court?
Yeah, I can't have a golf cart.
And a bike.
And a bike.
SPEAKER_00 (47:47):
All right, Emily.
Um, I'm adjacent to Elizabeth atWilderness Lodge.
Wilderness Lodge.
Love Wilderness Lodge.
Guys are point for meals.
Would you be in the cabin on thewater?
SPEAKER_02 (47:58):
Where would you be?
Oh, yeah.
Oh, Copper Creek.
Is that what that's yeah?
Those should I like should Iedit mine to say that?
I've never done it.
SPEAKER_00 (48:07):
We all know you want to be in a camper.
I know.
Let's get it real.
I've never done it.
I look for they were available.
I was looking for reservationsand they were available one time
and I saw it in astronomicallypriced, but I you never see them
even available.
So I almost did it.
Yes.
Next time you see that, justbook it.
It's$200 to preserve that thing.
(48:27):
I will Venmo you immediately.
Well, all cram in there.
Um, I just like having coffee atWilderness Lodge.
It's it's not there's notraffic.
If you're at Wilderness Lodge,it's because you're most likely
staying there.
It's not a big people, it's nota it's not a destination.
No.
Oh, I love that place so much.
(48:49):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (48:50):
I did uh mention to another family who stayed at the
cabins.
Um, I said, listen, you're gonnastay there and you're gonna be
amazed at the noise levelstaying in a cabin because it's
zero.
You're not getting woken up inthe middle of the night.
Are you talking about FortWilderness?
Um or are you talking aboutwilderness lodge cabins?
(49:10):
I've never stayed at thewilderness lodge cabins.
Okay.
Fort Wilderness, yes.
Those cabins, because you know,you're always hearing stuff in
the middle of the night,obviously, because everybody's
coming to and from at differenttimes um at Disney, especially.
So when you're in a hotel, itdoesn't matter where you are.
It could be at the GrandFloridine, it could be at any
deluxe, you kind of will wake upin the middle of the night
(49:32):
because there's people walkingdown the hall.
The quiet and a cabin is justit's so good.
It's so perfect.
Um, I still would probably pickthe Polynesian.
I know.
SPEAKER_02 (49:42):
If I'm gonna be in there, we should have guessed.
We should have kind of guessedwhere you would have picked.
SPEAKER_01 (49:47):
Um, I mean, I love that place so much.
And I would be at Trader Sam'severy night.
Um I can't help it.
Um, okay, you guys, this is somuch fun.
I'm glad we're back.
We are back.
I know.
SPEAKER_00 (50:01):
Thank y'all so much for having me.
SPEAKER_02 (50:03):
This is bringing the kickies.
SPEAKER_01 (50:05):
I know.
I'm just laid out right now onthis mountain with a planner.
I just need everybody to know.
All right.
Well, thank you so much forlistening to this week's episode
of I've changed the name.
It's Parkside Breaks.
Sorry.
SPEAKER_02 (50:18):
I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_01 (50:18):
Wait, what did you just call it?
SPEAKER_02 (50:20):
Parkside Breaks.
Parkside Breaks.
Yes.
So not even what I was thinking.
What did you think it was?
Park breakers.
I could have done that too.
Just so everybody knows, ifSarah told me something, you
could tell me something 500times, and I'm still gonna hear
it a totally different way.
Just the way that she I amactually everyone's husband, in
case anyone wanted to know.
(50:41):
I am everyone's husband.
Yes.
I love it.
Parkside breaks.
What a great parkside breaks.
SPEAKER_01 (50:46):
Um, you know, Tiki Room, it was for just the
podcast, and I'm gonna start,you guys, I think bigger.
I think I'm gonna bring a blogback.
I wrote a blog when I was, itwas like circa 2010, 2011.
I was like, I think I'm gonnabring a blog back and start
writing some stuff.
You could bring a vlog.
Vlog.
Let's not get carried away now.
(51:07):
Okay.
I'm here for it.
I know.
Can we take the vlog toDisneyland for us?
You can do it.
Yes, we'll participate just foryou.
I'll be filming you.
Yes.
All right.
Well, thanks for listening tothis week's episode.
We will be back when we're back.
Honestly, I'm not making anypromises.
We'll be back when we're backfor next time.
All right.
(51:28):
Love you bye.
Hey everyone, welcome back to the podcast.
We are so excited to be herewith a brand new name, Partside
Breaks.
Same love for all things DisneyTravel, Disney Parks, Disney
Cruise Line, Disney justanywhere you're gonna go.
And there's a Disney uh littletouch.
So we're here for all of us.
If you've been following alongsince the beginning, thank you
(00:28):
for sticking around with us.
And if you're new here, welcome.
This is a place where we chatabout the magic, the memories,
and all the little things thatgo into making a Disney vacation
uh so special and magical.
This week we're kicking thingsoff with our friend Emily.
She is a travel advisor withGlass Slipper Concierge, and she
(00:50):
just got back from Disneyland.
She's here to tell us all aboutwhat makes Disneyland timeless
and charming and really justtotally different from Walt
Disney World and the experiencethere.
So we'll talk about whatsurprised her, what she loved
the most, and why she thinksDisneyland is still just
capturing um hearts after allthese years.
(01:10):
So sit back and relax or enjoyyour ride or your run and let's
go ahead and talk about thehappiest place on earth.
(01:36):
We are back.
We are so back.
After a year, hiatus.
After a year, how does thatfeel?
Well, I feel older.
SPEAKER_02 (01:46):
Are you 40 yet, Elizabeth?
I'm still not 40.
I'm 40.
I turned 40 this year.
You turned 40 this year.
We got right.
We got you good.
We got you good on no surprise.
SPEAKER_01 (01:54):
That was tough.
That was a tough.
I did not expect 40 to hit theway it did.
Well, I'm gonna tell you 37, myknees hurt all the time.
SPEAKER_02 (02:03):
So just don't know what 40 is gonna hold for me,
but everything's fine.
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (02:09):
All right, we are back.
It's Sarah and Elizabeth.
And we have a special guesttoday.
I'm so excited.
She is gonna be a regular guest,so don't worry.
This is not gonna be just aone-time thing.
Our guest is drumroll, please.
Drumroll, please.
All right, Emily.
That was a big lead up.
SPEAKER_02 (02:29):
I know I'm so happy to be here because we're a fresh
set of drums.
Thanks for having me.
We're so glad you're here.
Thank you for bringing uscookies.
They were great.
Oh, yes.
SPEAKER_01 (02:40):
If you live in San Marco, in the San Marco area of
Jacksonville, you need to go toCookie Fix.
Oh my gosh.
What was the favorite one thatyou've had so far?
SPEAKER_02 (02:50):
I knew you were gonna ask that.
I think that it was that appleone that wasn't an apple, the
cinnamon one.
It was like cinnamon andchocolate.
It was great.
It tasted like chocolate applepie.
SPEAKER_00 (03:00):
Was it the chunky mama?
It had a little coconut in it,too.
I love that.
I love a chunky mama.
Yeah.
Yesterday, their opening day, Ihad um brown butter pecan.
SPEAKER_02 (03:10):
That was my favorite.
I love that.
SPEAKER_00 (03:13):
Brown butter pecan.
SPEAKER_02 (03:14):
Can't wait to go back.
SPEAKER_01 (03:14):
I know.
And then it wasn't there.
Uh do they have like a specialcookie every day?
They have a rotation of cookies.
SPEAKER_00 (03:22):
Okay.
SPEAKER_02 (03:22):
So I thought you were gonna say they had a
rotisserie cookie.
That's where I thought we weregoing with that.
There's a Thanksgiving theme.
I'm gonna try it.
SPEAKER_03 (03:30):
It's fine.
SPEAKER_02 (03:31):
Oh gosh.
Um so Emily is um we brought heron to talk to us about this
wonderful adventure that she'son.
Yes.
Would you like to tell us aboutit, Emily?
SPEAKER_00 (03:44):
Yes.
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (03:45):
Emily, tell us how you got to the place you are
today with your new adventure.
Um, give us a little backgroundabout Disney and how much you
love it.
Background.
SPEAKER_00 (03:57):
Oh, and who doesn't love Disney and the magic?
Um Scott Branick.
It's so true.
It's so sad.
I feel like now my mission isgonna be to turn him.
SPEAKER_02 (04:07):
I'll see you on fall break.
SPEAKER_00 (04:10):
Um so I've been a stay-at-home mom and dabbling in
part-time jobs here and there,and just a really heart and
desire to go back to work.
Um but I wanted to do it in away that brought me joy.
And so I did old school like pento paper brainstorming of
(04:32):
listing out what brings me joy,what where are my values, what
could be work that doesn't feellike work.
And I was on um uh actualsimilar version adjacent to
Disney, but travel and umexciting things.
(04:53):
And I was on that road of likemaking a business plan and doing
all these things.
And then I started planning aDisney trip for the summer, and
I got really into it foryourself, for our family, yes.
SPEAKER_02 (05:05):
And wait, I'm sorry, can you please give us a quick
rundown of your family dynamicsso we can understand your
mindset?
SPEAKER_00 (05:11):
Yes.
So, husband who um is not ScottBrannick, he does enjoy Disney.
He's so good.
Well, I also think he enjoys itbecause I wanted him to, and I
know you try really hard to dothis with Scott, but I really
curate our trips that he attendsto be like they're food centric.
Yeah, I give up.
SPEAKER_02 (05:32):
They're easy.
I give up when Scott Scott'shard to please.
I'm not trying anymore.
Thank God.
SPEAKER_00 (05:39):
I think about where we're staying.
Yeah, uh, he he we only staycertain places when he's
involved.
SPEAKER_02 (05:45):
I probably could have done better with that, but
like wasn't worth it.
SPEAKER_00 (05:49):
You're gonna stop staying at the cabin so much.
Oh, so and then two teenagers,two high schooler girls, and
then a fifth grade boy.
Okay.
Uh I'm gonna shout out LeightonNell and Fitz.
I love that.
I love those people.
They're good people.
Those are they're fun kids,longtime listeners.
SPEAKER_01 (06:07):
Yes, but my favorite shout out.
I know.
SPEAKER_02 (06:10):
Oh, which was the highlight.
I believe it.
So you guys picked for yoursummer vacation to go to do
Disney big, right?
SPEAKER_00 (06:19):
Yeah, we we decided we are gonna do uh Disney in a
different way than we've everdone.
We stayed at a resort we'venever stayed at, and we decided
to make it a more resortvacation.
Um, so the Grand Floridian has aspa.
We made spa appointments for thegirls.
We decided we were not going togo crazy with rides.
(06:43):
We were gonna eat at restaurantswe had never eaten at, um, but
uh excited, low-key resort, hangout by the pool, do the spa, be
um kind of on our own slowschedule.
SPEAKER_02 (06:58):
So Emily is also a local to Northeast Florida.
So the idea of visiting Jackson,I mean of visiting Orlando and
visiting Disney is very easy.
So this is not like a um, she'snot like traveling in from I
don't know, well, she's notfine.
SPEAKER_01 (07:16):
Yeah, and it's not like we have to wait two years
to do it again.
Yeah, you can do this prettyregularly.
And so it's I feel like it'seasier when you live so close to
just say uh we don't really wedon't have to do everything.
Yeah, let's just make this atrip where we everybody enjoys
each other.
SPEAKER_02 (07:33):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (07:33):
Each other.
That is like the biggest thing,and just can have a good time.
SPEAKER_00 (07:38):
So how long were y'all there?
We just did a long weekend, likea Thursday through Sunday.
Okay.
It wasn't um, it wasn't the itwasn't the amount of time.
It was just we wanted it to berelaxing and something special
because we were making it oursummer thing.
So we didn't want it to be ournormal Disney experience.
(07:59):
Oh well.
So we wanted something new anddifferent as a family.
No one had ever stayed.
Um, I don't know if I said GrandFloridian.
We had never stayed therebefore.
Um, we had certainly the girlswere so excited.
Normal spas don't allowteenagers, you have to be a
certain age, but there you haveto be 14 or older.
So my girls were excited.
Oh, that's nice to know.
(08:21):
Yeah, it was it was just aspecial we could do special
unique things that we had neverdone before at Disney.
Um, so on one hand, I'm likeresearching this business plan,
right?
For a separate travel ideas.
Um and then on the other time, Iam using, does anyone use
(08:42):
Instagram as their Google?
unknown (08:44):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (08:44):
Do y'all use Instagram as well?
I just have.
SPEAKER_01 (08:46):
I just started, I I think that you actually told me
about it one time and I waslike, oh, I've never really
tried that.
And I started looking up like, Idon't know, just random stuff
and seeing all kinds of goodjust products and just plans and
things like that.
SPEAKER_00 (09:00):
It was great.
So I just started usingInstagram as my Google, getting
excited about the resort.
And like I said, I didn't knowanyone who had done the spa
before there, and what were thepools like?
And we were going to restaurantswe hadn't been to.
So I'm researching all thesethings, and the same it was
(09:21):
travel advisors were the mainpages that were coming up, um,
showing pictures and videos ofthe different locations I was
researching.
And it just seemed to be acommon, yeah.
Did you I just did it?
SPEAKER_02 (09:36):
I just need everybody to know that I just
typed in Grand Floridian onInstagram and I am this is my
new life.
She is hours per day onInstagram now is gonna go way
up.
SPEAKER_01 (09:48):
Right.
Yeah, I can't wait to send youeverything.
SPEAKER_02 (09:50):
I went from like royal family scrolls to just
sending you everything.
SPEAKER_00 (09:56):
Sorry.
I love it.
Well, uh the videos and thepictures that I that I was
connecting with all seemed to befrom the same women coming from
the same travel agency.
And I had never reallyresearched Disney travel, Disney
(10:16):
travel agents, advisors,anything like that.
And so it just kept popping up.
And then I'm a very curiousperson.
Very curious.
I'm like, well, what is this?
And it's glass slipperconcierge.
Who who is glass slipperconcierge?
What is what is this?
Well, then I just started deepdiving.
Oh, this is an industry that Ihad no idea about, and this is
(10:41):
um this is exciting.
And then I'm looking back at mybrainstorming list, and on the
things that bring me joy areDisney and travel and memories.
And I was like, well, this fitsthe shoe.
And pun intended.
SPEAKER_01 (10:58):
I have to okay, and I have to interrupt because I
can um vouch for this because Iremember having a conversation
with Emily and she was talkingabout some of these things.
And I was like, when you foundGlass Slipper and you told me
about it, I was like, was yourphone listening to the things
that fit the what you would dobest, like what you love about
(11:18):
Disney, what you love abouttravel?
And when you told me about GlassSlipper, I was like, this is
perfect, this is exactly fitseverything that you were hoping
for.
SPEAKER_00 (11:29):
Yes, yes.
And it is a boutique, um, butvery high quality and um people
focused and providing luxuryconcierge experiences for Disney
adventures.
And I love it's luxuryredefined, not luxury.
(11:52):
Yes, it can be a price tag, butit's not staying club level and
in the two-bedroom and VIPtours.
It can certainly be that.
But what attracted me so much toGlasslippers, luxury is also the
experience that you have withthe advisor.
I have this wealth of knowledgeat my fingertips through the
agency, uh of who I can beconnected with and experiences
(12:18):
that I wasn't aware of beforeresearching and going into all
the training through GlassSlipper, but one-on-one
consultation of planning yourDisney adventure so that it's
magical for you.
It's stress-free, it's enjoyablein going back to like I want my,
(12:40):
you want your kids to be happyand you want your husband, like
everyone wants to have a goodtime.
You don't want to be stressedabout your lightning lanes.
You don't want to be stressedabout, well, I had no idea where
I was staying.
That we wanted to be at onepark, but we're connected to
another one and the travel andthe transportation.
I think luxury can be for anyprice range, for any budget,
(13:03):
luxury can just be taking thestress and the anxiety over
planning the trip to Disneybecause there are magical
moments around every corner atDisney.
And there's opportunities forthat that we can miss out when
we put so much pressure on itbeing the most amazing vacation.
SPEAKER_01 (13:22):
And clustering everything in all at once.
Yeah.
For one trip.
SPEAKER_00 (13:27):
And we talk a lot about that, Sarah.
Yes.
Like the beauty of doing Disneyat a slower pace, and slow
doesn't mean you don't get to doall the things, it's just at a
relaxing pace.
Yes.
And that's where that's whereyou really hit the jackpot.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (13:45):
Well, and I feel like the hustle and bustle of
Disney, it's very quick, it'svery easy for you to get thrown
into that like quick, fast pace,like, oh, we're over here.
We want to do this.
I mean, we talk about this tooall the time with my kids.
Like they go in and they'relike, we want to ride
everything.
And sometimes we just have totake a step back and be like,
pick four things.
(14:05):
Right.
Just pick four things for today.
SPEAKER_00 (14:08):
I say this all the time.
I tell my kids, I'm not evenfour things.
You're a very generous mom.
I know.
I give everyone, I give everyoneone ride and one food
experience.
That is what I will guarantee.
And anything else is gravy.
Yeah.
Now they get smart and they titsthe tit, almost 11-year-old.
(14:31):
Uh, he his food experiences arealso the like he's his father,
the whining dining, like I wantsteakhouse 71 for breakfast.
SPEAKER_02 (14:40):
I thought that you were gonna say that they team
up, right?
Like, okay, you pick this, youpick that.
They're not that smart.
SPEAKER_00 (14:46):
Oh gosh, yes, you are.
I love you.
SPEAKER_02 (14:47):
Yes, they are.
You're giving an idea.
That's what I would have done.
I would have straightmanipulated that.
SPEAKER_00 (14:52):
Elizabeth's gonna be sending messages to the Leighton
is always, she never changes uhher food.
She's always the uh springrolls.
Oh yeah.
That's she's a girl after alwaysspring rolls.
The other two, they they change.
SPEAKER_01 (15:06):
Now, does she do just the cheeseburger spring
rolls, or will she go and do theother one that's available?
That's right.
That's right.
That's the right way to do it.
So that's the right way.
SPEAKER_00 (15:17):
And that's what we guarantee, and that's what we
pay for.
And part of the advantage ofliving in where we do and being
able to go to Disney isaccessible.
We also don't go and give thechildren, give the kids a budget
that is unlimited of all yoursnacks and all your things.
But she loves the spring rollsso much.
(15:37):
She will go to the park if weare staying on a Monreal hotel
or um wilderness lodge on aboat.
She will go over to the park byherself or with a f you know,
with a sister, sibling, or oneof us just to get the spring
rolls and pay herself.
She loves those.
Yeah, adopt me.
That's an Ashley Draper move.
SPEAKER_02 (15:54):
That is an option.
That is that was a uh I'll beright back.
We um that was my childhood, Ifeel like, but we had
walkie-talkies.
We didn't have, you know, backin the day.
We didn't have walkie-talkies.
And we had like the, you know,like the like the legit
satellite walkie-talkies becauseyou know, I guess my parents
wanted to talk to me.
We would do that.
They need the range, yeah.
(16:15):
They needed the it was therange, yeah.
But we would we would do thesame thing.
SPEAKER_01 (16:19):
That's awesome.
Not for egg rolls, butdefinitely for other things,
yeah.
Okay, so Emily, tell us now youare with Glass Slipper.
SPEAKER_00 (16:27):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (16:28):
Right?
And so you just had a big trip,um, which when you told me that
you what you were gonna do, Iwas like, I cannot wait to hear
your review about this becauseyou were not a huge, like it
wasn't like you wanted to gothere that bad um where you
ended up going.
So tell us about your wholetrip.
How did it go?
(16:48):
What did you do?
Why you went on it?
SPEAKER_00 (16:49):
Why so I joined Glass Slipper and pretty soon
after they announce where theirannual Disney education um
meeting was gonna be, and it wasat Disneyland.
And I have never wanted to go toDisneyland.
I was like, lame, it's small,it's in California.
(17:10):
And the thought, the thoughtliving in Florida, the thought
of planning a trip to Disneylandseemed so overwhelming to me
because obviously you would getthere, it would be the same as
Disney World, and there would beso many other things that you
went all the way there and youdidn't experience Southern
(17:31):
California, right?
It just felt like anoverwhelming trip.
Um, when there's so many otherplaces I would want to go in
life.
So, no, I Disneyland was so lowon the priority list, but
exciting to go with the new andinto meet advisors that I work
with in person and and and learnabout Disney.
I was excited about that part,um, but underwhelmed by the idea
(17:54):
of Disneyland.
But Sarah, I got there.
I am a Disneyland convert.
Oh my god.
I loved it.
I wish I knew about it when mykids were younger.
SPEAKER_02 (18:06):
I need to know start to finish.
Like, did you fly in?
Did they pick you up?
Like, what did you how did youget from the airport to the
resort?
And what resort did you stay at?
Because I'm assuming you stayedon property.
SPEAKER_00 (18:17):
So I flew in to John Wayne Airport.
It was it's closer than LAX,it's about 30 minutes, and uh
took an Uber and 21st century.
Right.
Took an Uber there, um, straightto the Grand Californian is
where we were all staying.
Fabulous.
SPEAKER_02 (18:37):
So good.
SPEAKER_00 (18:38):
And it's like it's like a craftsman's style
wilderness lodge, these grand uhlobby.
SPEAKER_02 (18:47):
Did I know that?
I don't.
I mean, have you been there?
No, heck no, I haven't beenthere.
Like I've like never beenoutside my box.
SPEAKER_00 (18:55):
Um I think that I did not expect for you to say
that.
Yeah, there's a huge fireplacewith a fire, uh, the the ceiling
very similar to very similar toWilderness Lodge, but it's like
craftsman like more modern.
Like um like I would like GrovePark Inn in Asheville.
(19:18):
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
SPEAKER_02 (19:20):
I've been there.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (19:22):
That's how I would make the connection.
SPEAKER_02 (19:23):
Okay.
I don't know what I think that Iwas expecting just Grand
Floridian, but different.
For the groom, California?
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (19:30):
I've only seen pictures, and that's why I kind
of knew it was.
Let me do my new thing.
Get on your Instagram Google.
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (19:36):
So tell us.
So you get there.
So I get there, and it's gonnabe an opening night to meet all
of the advisors and a dinner andto meet some Disney folks.
Um, and it was like I was insorority rush all over again in
terms of I didn't know a personthere.
(19:59):
I felt imposter syndrome becauseI'm new to this industry.
I've never done anything likethis before in my life.
And I'm showing up to thiswelcome dinner and just having
to meet people.
Everyone was so kind and lovelyand inclusive.
And all glass slipper people ormore just it was just glass
(20:20):
slipper, all glass slipperpeople.
So it was wonderful, lovely.
Mickey came, took pictures, getto meet Mickey.
It was so um, it was a great wayto kick off the trip.
Uh, one of the best parts aboutthe trip was being solo in a
hotel room.
I love it.
For you to say less.
Man, I know.
Oh man, that was in the GrandFloridian, it was top-notch.
(20:43):
Um they had a piano player inthe lobby every day.
At the Grand California.
At the Grand Californian, sorry.
Grand Californian.
SPEAKER_02 (20:51):
Yes.
And did they they do that at theGrand Floridian, right?
Yes.
Okay, yes.
Yeah, you're right.
This is very like Isn't it nice?
SPEAKER_00 (20:59):
Wilderness lodge, but it is their absolute.
Um the rooms I would not callthem, I would not call them
dated, but a some advisors choseto stay at one of the other
hotels.
There's three.
I was about to ask that.
There's three Disney hotels atDisneyland Resort, Pixar Place,
(21:21):
which is all Pixar themed, um,fun, great, theming.
If you're looking for that, uhtheming hotel rooms.
Um, and then there is theDisneyland.
Oh gosh, no.
That's the Disneyland Hotel.
The Disneyland Hotel.
That's like the classic one.
That's the classic one.
(21:42):
That's what I was thinking.
Okay.
And that one, a lot of advisorschose to stay there.
It is newer, uh, refurbished.
Um, they have new uh vacateDisney vacation buildings,
wings, their their club leveljust got all redone.
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It was very nice.
It was more modern.
SPEAKER_02 (22:08):
Okay.
Yeah.
This Pixar place reminds me oflike a it's like they converted
a holiday in.
Or like a Marriott.
SPEAKER_01 (22:19):
That is what they did.
So they purchased, I mean, lookat me, being Elizabeth, you are
spot on.
Spot on.
They purchased another hotelbecause they needed that.
They they just redid it.
Um, do you know, you know,because at Disney World we have
value, we have moderate, we havedeluxe.
(22:40):
Do you know, is it like that atDisneyland too with those
hotels?
SPEAKER_00 (22:44):
Since there's only three of them, I I haven't done
the research to see if they'relabeled that way.
Okay.
But the Pixar would definitelybe value.
Okay.
What is the other one called?
Disneyland Resort Hotel.
The Disneyland Hotel.
SPEAKER_01 (22:59):
That's the original one.
SPEAKER_00 (23:01):
And then Grand Californian.
Grand Californian, I would Iwould assume Grand Californian
and Disneyland Hotel are deluxe.
I would that was the feel, andwe took room tours and suite and
club tours of all threelocations.
And I would say that um theappeal of Grand Californian is
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are you ready for this one?
I feel like Elizabeth is gonnalove this part.
There is an entrance to I can'tdon't even say it.
SPEAKER_02 (23:33):
One of the parks directly from the hotel.
Oh my gosh.
Did we talk about this or wasthis was this me with the beat?
About the new universal?
Yes.
That was you, yeah.
We talked about this.
I you mentioned this because youknow the new universal ra no the
new universal park has the hotelthat you can just go on and I
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need to know how this is.
SPEAKER_00 (23:58):
Is that what it's called?
SPEAKER_01 (23:59):
Helios, yeah, yeah, it's Helios, and that goes right
into Epic.
SPEAKER_02 (24:04):
Um so I can I just love that convenience.
Like, that is so fun.
Do they close it off?
Can you go when like can youlike roam the streets?
Oh, that's a good question.
Like, can you go in?
Like, could you go into theMagic Kingdom?
I guess it's an entrance.
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It's not like the door becauseof the universal one, it is
literally like the back door, isthe entrance.
You I say that like I've beenthere.
That is a that could be a totallie.
That's that could be a how I wasgreat at perceives this.
What do you mean by roam thestreets?
Mouse traps.
Like, um, can you just go?
I mean, like if this hotel, yousaid what's it called Disneyland
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Hotel?
Because when I know the GrandCalifornian goes into
Disneyland.
SPEAKER_00 (24:53):
So from the Grand Californian, out of one um area
of the hotel goes straight toCalifornia Adventure.
Okay.
So there's two parks.
There's the California Adventureand then there's Disneyland.
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (25:09):
Which is like your Magic Kingdom.
SPEAKER_00 (25:10):
Disneyland is like your Magic Kingdom.
It has the same uh lands,Fantasy Land, Tomorrow Land, all
that.
Uh California Adventure is amashup of everything else.
I don't know.
It has Is that where PixarPlaces or whatever it's called?
SPEAKER_02 (25:25):
Pixar World.
SPEAKER_00 (25:25):
Do you like how I'm like it has Cars Land?
Cars Land.
It's Cars, it has um theAvengers land area.
SPEAKER_02 (25:34):
All the Marvel stuff.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Is that where the same?
The same.
SPEAKER_00 (25:39):
Is that where the Tower of Terror is?
Yes.
Yes.
It's but like do you know this?
No.
SPEAKER_02 (25:45):
I do not know this.
She didn't even need to know thequestion.
I don't even know.
She doesn't know.
If you're gonna tell me and Iknow it, I get five dollars.
SPEAKER_00 (25:52):
Tower of terror?
The theme is Guardians of theGalaxy.
I knew she was gonna say that.
I didn't know that.
I did five.
Wait, do I get them moving?
But the ride, I like our Towerof Terror better at Disney
World.
Really?
Yes, because there's becauseit's terrifying.
She clearly is terrified,terrified person.
No, it's it's not terrifying.
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It's not, it doesn't have thetheming.
The what do they call thebeginning of a ride where the
cue?
The cue, but also like whenyou're doing um like the intro.
Like the intro.
There's no you don't ever moveout.
You know how like you move outof the elevator and you roam and
then you go to a differentplace, and that's where I wonder
if that was how Elizabethdoesn't know because she's
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closing her eyes throughout theentire time whenever we go on
Tower of Terror.
SPEAKER_02 (26:40):
That's right.
I hate this ride so much.
There was like an inside insiderthing on the Tower of Terror,
and my kids made me watch mykids who also have not Lori Ann
went on the chicken line forthat one.
Chicken line for that right,okay.
Well, that's appropriate.
She is young.
I say it in Reddy because I'mlike really nice or something.
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Um, they made me watch it, andI'm like, this is scary, this is
not, this is the stuff thatkeeps me up at night.
Yeah, these candlesticks movingin the middle of the night is
the stuff that when I wake up attwo o'clock in the morning to
pee, that is what I see.
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (27:16):
So there's nothing it's so it's Guardians of the
Galaxy in the queue.
It's very themed to Guardians ofthe Galaxy.
You get in the contraption, it'snot an elevator there, but you
get in and you're beingtransported somewhere else, you
immediately start going up anddown up to the elevator.
I know.
I want a whole original lead ontop of it.
There's no lead up.
It's all up, down, up, down, up.
(27:37):
Okay.
SPEAKER_02 (27:37):
I wonder if the original one, like before they
moved it around, before theytransferred, before they redid
it.
I wonder if it was like ourTower of Terror or if it was
like that.
Because you're right, our Towerof Terror, you're you're slowly
going up, and then you go onto aride, and then you go up even
further, and then and then youdrop to your death.
SPEAKER_00 (27:57):
Yeah.
To your death.
And there's only a few drops atDisney World.
This one had multiple drops.
Is it at random?
SPEAKER_02 (28:05):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (28:05):
I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_02 (28:06):
Did you say that there are only a few drops in
hours?
Because there are more than afew.
There's only a few drops.
There's no way.
SPEAKER_01 (28:12):
Oh, you're dreaming.
SPEAKER_02 (28:14):
Yeah, there's only a few.
Nightmare.
Nightmare.
SPEAKER_00 (28:16):
Don't go on the Guardians of Galaxy.
So, you know, Tower of Terrors.
SPEAKER_02 (28:20):
In in hours at Hollywood Studios, it's like you
you never get the same drop.
Yes.
And I think that that's theother thing.
And I've told you this.
What I don't like is that younever know when you're going to
drop.
Like it could hold you there forfive seconds or two seconds or
eight seconds.
Like, I need to know when I'mgoing to drop.
SPEAKER_01 (28:38):
This is a deep conversation.
Yes.
Sorry into about control.
But that's we can talk about it.
SPEAKER_00 (28:43):
So it's random, it's random drops.
So it's random drops.
So the other thing thatCalifornia Adventure has is the
credit coaster.
Like, can you picture the um alot of advertisement for
California Adventure is theroller coaster and then the big
Ferris wheel with Mickey's face?
Yes.
The roller coaster is an creditcoaster.
And it was Is that like the oldRicky?
It's supposed to be like an old,but it was not rickety.
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It was the traditional rollercoaster.
I'm older than both of you.
And these weary bones cannottake rickety roller coaster.
But it was amazing.
It was long, which I value.
Yes.
Yes.
I value a longer ride,especially one that's of high
demand.
So you're either playing for alightning lane or you are
waiting in line for a long time.
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I value length.
Right.
Uh, it goes upside down, it goesall around.
Like it is a thrill ride that'sso much fun.
I wrote it.
It's the only ride on this tripthat I rode twice.
Oh.
Okay.
You it was so much fun.
Wrote it at night one time.
It's a white roller coaster.
Yes, white with red.
Yes.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay.
Um, it was a blast.
(29:51):
That's awesome.
So much fun.
So California Adventure was moreum skip.
Hollywood studios vibes.
Cars Land.
If I had.
A little boy who loved Carsland.
It's so well themed and so welldone.
It is that what they'rebringing?
Did they model it after this?
Well, not the l, they're notbringing the area.
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They're bringing the ride.
SPEAKER_01 (30:13):
Yeah.
It's the whole land is done.
Yeah, it's like a smallerversion.
It's called Piston Peak.
That's when it's going to becalled up Magic Kingdom.
And so I I kind of feel likeit's going to be like a
miniature version.
SPEAKER_02 (30:23):
Do they have like the storefronts?
Like, do they have what's itcalled?
Yes, that's what I'm saying.
Radiator Springs.
SPEAKER_00 (30:29):
You feel like you're in radiator.
Disney does its magic where youyou turn down a street and you
feel like you're in radiatorsprings and you're walking down
there's the cones.
It is amazing.
And then I I'm walking down andis it tomato?
Yeah.
Tomator just starts coming downthe street.
And it's like I don't know howthey do this magic of the
(30:51):
electronics of the car, and itseyes are moving and it's
talking.
And it was so that was Reed'sfavorite movie.
Oh my gosh.
It I loved cars.
Yes.
We've already determined.
SPEAKER_01 (31:03):
I know we all need to go.
Tell us.
So so you went there, you know,with Glass Slipper.
What else did you all do?
Because you got to go to boththe parks.
Were you doing other things withDisney while you were there?
SPEAKER_00 (31:18):
Yes.
So we had trainings during theday, which were so we got to go
to the parks, but during the daywe were in trainings and got to
just learn more and become morefamiliar and make connections
with different Disney products.
So you've got your you knowDisneyland huge presentation,
and it was amazing.
I was sold the minute I gotthere.
SPEAKER_02 (31:39):
Was it Disneyland, California specific, or was it
like Disneyland, Disneyland,Paris?
SPEAKER_00 (31:44):
Disneyland, California specific.
Um VIP tours and how uh they'redifferent there slightly than
they are um Disney World.
So learning more about thatproduct, Disney cruises.
Y'all, there's so many cruises,uh, new ships coming out, new
ports that will be so a lot ofDisney Cruise excitement.
(32:08):
Um, but then wait, can you liketell us one?
Am I allowed to ask that?
SPEAKER_02 (32:13):
What can she tell us?
SPEAKER_01 (32:15):
Like news, like breaking news about Disney
Cruises.
SPEAKER_02 (32:18):
What they just have a lot more ships coming out.
I did hear this, and it's notlike just Caribbean ships,
right?
SPEAKER_00 (32:24):
They're doing like more European ships, and not
just European, also um shipsthat will stay in port longer in
Galveston out of Texas and SanDiego.
So right now those are portsthat Disney uses, but I don't
they're not year-round ports.
I don't I'm not familiar withthe exact timing, but um I
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wouldn't say those ports are asfriendly as Port Canaveral and
Fort Lauderdale, meaningbeauty-wise, those are like
cargo shipments, yeah.
Okay, that makes sense.
Um but it'll just give anopportunity for a lot more
travelers, easier access to beon a Disney cruise from that
side of the country.
(33:07):
Okay.
Um, which is exciting.
I think another ship or isalready.
There's now two ships up inAlaska.
So there's just some excitementof some of some ships.
But then what was so cool, didy'all know that?
So you've got adventures byDisney, which would be like your
group tours, right?
(33:27):
If you as a family want to go,maybe your kiddos are getting
into high school, a little bitolder, and you want to go on a
family vacation outside ofDisney World, you want to go um
to Europe or Africa or somewherelike that.
You can take an adventures byDisney trip where you have cast
members are your guides.
SPEAKER_02 (33:47):
And there's Disney just does everything so and they
do these.
You can also do it if you wantedto go like out west, right?
SPEAKER_00 (33:55):
Or like California or New York, like they have
international, um, theseadventures by Disney um tours
where you're not having to worryabout where you're gonna stay
and where you're gonna eat andwhat you're gonna do.
You can you know go visitamazing places.
SPEAKER_02 (34:11):
Um being told you need to be here at five o'clock
with these shoes on, and you'reshowing up.
SPEAKER_00 (34:17):
And you're excited, it's a one price.
So your excursion is included,your meals are included, and
you're with other families.
Um you can plan these trips andtalk to Disney.
Um, and we can plan where youare on trips where hopefully
your ages of your kids line upof families that you don't know
so considerate stuff like that.
SPEAKER_01 (34:38):
When we went to South Africa this summer, we
were at a restaurant and therewas an Adventures by Disney
group at the restaurant we wereat.
Now, it's because I also did alot of research and figured out
which restaurant they go to.
SPEAKER_02 (34:51):
That's so good.
I was about to ask you how yougot there.
There it is.
Obviously, obviously.
SPEAKER_01 (34:56):
Did you do that on Instagram or on Google?
You know what?
Chat GPT.
I don't know how I found out.
I think I had to do a deep diveinto some reviews of where they
went.
Getting in a sample itinerary.
Yes.
And so when I made a reservationfor us to go, I was really
hoping we would see a group.
And we did.
(35:16):
And I was so jealous.
She's like Disney Adventurers inthe Wild.
unknown (35:21):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (35:22):
But they did.
They had cast members with themtalking, you know, and they
really um, I would say, becauseit was kind of a live
performance, all this um, youknow, it almost felt like a
character meal a little bit.
And the way that they wereinteracting, the people at the
restaurant were interacting withthe Adventures by Disney group.
They they were doing that withall the tables, but you could
(35:43):
tell there was another levelthat they were invested into
this group.
And I was like, Disney does itright.
I know what they're doing.
SPEAKER_00 (35:50):
I think those group travels, especially with your
family, are the easiest way.
As moms, we have so manylogistics that we run through
our head.
Like you just pack your bags andnow we can enjoy it.
Right.
You get off of an airplane andyou are just on a trip, and
someone else is in charge ofevery transfer, every every
(36:12):
meal, everything, and it is itis a lot of fun.
SPEAKER_01 (36:15):
That's where it goes from a trip to a vacation.
Yes.
For for us.
Yeah, I agree with you.
Absolutely.
Okay, so Adventures by Disney.
SPEAKER_00 (36:22):
And then also Disney is partnered with National
Geographic trips and Linblad.
So National Geographic, um,their trips are similar to
Adventures by Disney, but it'smore focused on um photography
is a huge part.
Uh families that want to go tomore obscure.
SPEAKER_02 (36:45):
There's like a conservation effort too, there,
right?
Conservation effort more of likeAmazon.
Right.
Not Antarctica, but thinkAntarctica.
SPEAKER_01 (36:54):
You said Amazon.
SPEAKER_02 (36:54):
I'm like Amazon Prime.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (36:56):
But I was like, no, Amazon.
I get it.
I get it.
SPEAKER_00 (36:59):
Right.
So families that have and I sayfamilies, it could of all ages.
Couples, families, of all ages.
SPEAKER_02 (37:07):
As a note, this would not be the Brannock
family.
I just want to say I wouldsupport my friends that wanted
to do this, but if you were totell the Brannock family we were
going to go to the middle of thejungle.
SPEAKER_00 (37:18):
Like Galapagos Islands to go see all of the
Galapagos things.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (37:22):
You could do it.
SPEAKER_00 (37:23):
We could.
You could do it.
We could do a lot of things.
unknown (37:28):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (37:28):
It looked really cool.
The picture.
Tell me what was the other thingthat you just did.
Limblad.
Yeah, what is that?
What's that?
They're the ones that go to likeAntarctica.
They're the ones you're likecrossing the drain.
What does that stand for?
Limblad.
I don't know.
It's just let me ask.
It's just the company.
SPEAKER_01 (37:42):
Should we go?
Just the three of us.
L-I-M-B-L-A-D.
SPEAKER_02 (37:51):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Lynn.
Lynn.
L-I-N.
SPEAKER_00 (37:55):
L-I-N.
SPEAKER_02 (37:56):
Antarctica cruises.
SPEAKER_00 (37:57):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (37:58):
Y'all they got last-minute ones.
That's Galapagos.
SPEAKER_00 (38:01):
They're smaller ships.
And they take you.
It's not just Antarctica.
It's I can tell you.
Go out and see.
I just think.
Let's let's see that.
Wow.
Iceland?
That's what's connected to theNational Geographic.
SPEAKER_02 (38:15):
Mediterranean, Egypt, Amazon.
And these are all bonded byDisney.
SPEAKER_00 (38:20):
That's where I just is Limblad with National
Geographic.
SPEAKER_01 (38:23):
Okay.
But that's something that youstill can book.
SPEAKER_00 (38:26):
Oh, sorry.
Yes.
So Disney is Disney haspartnered with them.
So it's Disney quality stamp ofapproval, Disney quality.
SPEAKER_01 (38:34):
Um, which is this is great information.
Yeah, this is really good.
Because the filter that you haveto go through, that's what I
want usually is a filter of I Ican't tell when I'm doing my own
research for a vacation, goingsomewhere, what um level of
quality this is gonna be, youknow, and sometimes you get what
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you pay for.
I think a lot of times you getwhat you pay for.
SPEAKER_02 (38:56):
But um But sometimes you I think that that to your
point, like we went, we just gotback from Mexico, as you know.
We went to the same resort wewent to last year.
And last year we booked itbecause we had a friend who went
and he was like, You'll love it,you go, you should go.
And we obviously loved it, wewanted to go back, but it was
one of those things where wewere like, we don't want to take
(39:19):
the risk.
Like we wanted to go back toCabo.
Right.
We didn't want to take the riskof going to another resort that
was probably the same pricepoint, but like what if the
expect what if they didn't meetthat expectation?
It is a real thing of whenyou've hit a Disney does set a
very high expectation.
SPEAKER_01 (39:39):
Yes, that is the filter that I want is if Disney
says it's good, yes, I'm sold.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (39:44):
Right.
There's an attention to detail,there's it's client focused.
SPEAKER_02 (39:48):
Um and it's detail on everything.
It's detail on the napkin thatthey put on your bedside table,
and then it's detail on the Iwant to make sure that you have
a fifth grader and I have afifth grader, and we're gonna
make sure that y'all'sitineraries are, you know, on
the same trip or whatever it is.
SPEAKER_00 (40:05):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (40:05):
Though like they pay attention to every detail.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (40:08):
So these National Geographic Limblad cruises are
smaller ships.
It's very because it's it'scombined, National Geographic
and Limblad together.
It's it's it's just very focusedon the environment that you are
exploring.
Okay.
Um so it learned about so manyreally cool and different
(40:32):
adventures that you can be onwith Disney and and feel
confident in the booking of it,in the in the vacation.
And because what our time andour energy is so valuable.
SPEAKER_02 (40:42):
I'm so sorry that I have to interrupt you.
But one of these for theGalapagos trip, it is for 96
guests.
The boat carries 96 guests.
That is amazing.
SPEAKER_01 (40:54):
That is, I'll go on that.
Yes.
Yeah.
Hopefully it's Elizabeth andthis one.
Is a 16 guest catamaran.
SPEAKER_02 (41:04):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (41:05):
Wait, what did you just say?
I said, what you really want isuh Elizabeth and 95 senior
citizens.
SPEAKER_02 (41:10):
Yes.
That's what you want.
One 100%.
I'm going on a Viking cruiselike next tomorrow.
Okay.
This other one, I'm sorry, holds16.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I know, I know.
SPEAKER_01 (41:19):
It's been 40.
Because of time, I want to askanother another review, and then
we'll kind of wrap up and we aregoing to continue these
conversations.
Okay.
We have lots of um lots of goodcontent for everybody because
Emily is going to share a lot ofa lot of her um memories with
us.
I do want to hear about becauseyou've been to Mickey's Not So
(41:44):
Scary, and you also went toOogie Boogie Bash.
SPEAKER_00 (41:46):
Yes.
Oogie Boogie Bash was top notch.
Um the park, it was sold out.
Okay.
But the park did not feelcrowded.
Uh the characters, one thingabout not just Oogie Boogie
Bash, but Disneyland resort ingeneral, characters are
everywhere, just roaming thestreets, like interacting with
(42:08):
people.
Yes, there were there were nolike lines to visit uh a
character.
They were just it, you know howCalifornia's just chill.
Yeah, that was the vibe of theentire trip.
Wow.
There are lightning lanes thatare done differently.
It's like the old schoollightning lanes, you don't do
it, you just do it once you getin there.
(42:29):
Never going back to DisneyWorld.
But none of them sold out.
There wasn't like this rush, itwasn't the rushed feeling.
I wasn't on my phone.
It was it was beautiful.
So, but oh, Oogie Boogie Night,sorry.
SPEAKER_01 (42:42):
Well, uh go back to the character thing because what
I've never been to Mickey's, notso scary.
I am not a big character personunless my kids want to meet a
character.
Um and I hear these storiesabout people standing in line
for hours during the Halloweenparty to meet whoever because
they never talking about atDisney World.
(43:03):
At Disney World.
And so at Oogie Boogie Bash,they're just roaming around.
There's not long lines to meetsome of these characters.
SPEAKER_00 (43:09):
They're roaming around.
They had more of theircharacters.
So it's not so scary to get yourcandy.
You're in like differentstations, and as cast members
with like uh you know, bigbaskets handing out the candy.
Okay.
But Oogie Boogie, I felt likethey stationed them more where a
character was nearby interactingwith guests.
(43:32):
So maybe not stopping and takingpictures and getting autographs,
but they're interacting as youare going through the line to
get your candy.
These characters are interactingwith you.
They're nearby.
SPEAKER_02 (43:46):
Um now, did you have characters wandering around when
you were just walking around thepark?
SPEAKER_00 (43:51):
Yes, walking around the park and the resorts,
walking like through the grandGrand California.
SPEAKER_02 (43:56):
Why hasn't Orlando figured that out yet?
Like we were the first people toanti-COVID.
They were the last people toanti-COVID.
I know.
SPEAKER_00 (44:03):
Is that why we do this?
I don't know.
I think it's just too manypeople.
I think it's too many people.
I think they would be bombarded.
Yeah.
I never felt uh DisneylandResort is a very local resort.
So in the mornings, it the parkswere, as we would call in Disney
World, empty.
They got busier after 3 p.m.
(44:24):
after school and towards theevening.
It was like it's almost likeEpcot.
SPEAKER_01 (44:29):
Because Epcot is very much a locals um park where
people will come in for theafternoon, evening.
SPEAKER_02 (44:36):
Um did you stay for the parade?
Yes.
Was it tell me compare it?
The Oogie Boogie?
Yeah.
Uh I guess I guess what otherparade did you stay for?
SPEAKER_00 (44:46):
The regular parade?
There's Paint the Night over atDisneyland, okay.
Which is like it's theirelectrical parade.
And that's year-round.
And that's it, it was fantastic.
Now, currently at Disneyland isthe 70th anniversary overlay and
Halloween.
That's a whole nother we need aHalloween um podcast.
(45:06):
That's because talking about theoverlays on the rides of the
Halloween was.
Oh, they like decorate therides?
The Haunted Mansion wasNightmare Before Christmas.
And when I tell you it was sowell done, it blew my mind.
Just hopped in Lightning Lanefor Haunted Mansion.
Nightmare before Christmasoverlay.
(45:27):
I'm already obsessed.
Where did we learn about that?
SPEAKER_01 (45:46):
Was that Keys of the Kingdom?
Yes.
We did learn that at Keys of theKingdom.
Sorry.
SPEAKER_00 (45:51):
I looked at the Disney representatives that we
were with and I was like, whydon't we have this at Disney
World?
I know.
This is so good.
Yeah.
I'm shocked that they don't.
SPEAKER_02 (45:58):
There was a reason why I feel like we learned that
in Keys of the Kingdom.
Yeah, and I forgot.
We should do that again, also.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (46:04):
And then we have too.
But Oogie Boogie.
So yes, the headless horseman,the the whole the park is
smaller.
The parks are more approachable.
You don't, they don't have theland to be as spread out.
Right.
So everything is approachable.
Everything is walkable.
There's no this is not talkingabout Oogie Boogie and
(46:26):
specifically, but there's nostroller collapsing.
There, you don't need to everget on a transportation.
There is a monorail, but youdon't, I never got on a monorail
because everything is walkable.
SPEAKER_01 (46:37):
Scott Brainick would probably go to Disneyland and
enjoy it.
He would go if Glass Slipper, ifEmily was planning it with Glass
Slipper because it he could doclub level.
Yeah.
It would be nice.
And he would Yes.
Emily, I could sit here and talkto you and listen to you all
day.
All day.
SPEAKER_00 (46:54):
Oh, I love this.
I'm coming back, whether youlike it or not.
Yes, yes.
We know your gate code.
SPEAKER_01 (46:58):
Yes.
Well, I'm going to do one lastquick question and then we do
have to wrap it up.
Okay.
I was supposed to do this in thebeginning and then I forgot.
So if you could live this littleicebreaker, it's not an
icebreaker anymore.
Now it's just a fire.
The ice has been broken.
The ice has been broken.
Okay.
Um, if you could live in anyDisney resort for a week, which
(47:18):
one would you choose?
This is rapid fire.
I hope you're ready.
I mean, Elizabeth.
Do you even have to guess?
SPEAKER_02 (47:25):
Like, do I even have to say it?
Fort Wilderness.
Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_01 (47:30):
In a cabin or in a camper.
Oh, I'd do in a camper.
In a camper.
In a camper.
Wow.
Probably without my family.
By yourself.
Yeah.
Just live in.
Would you have a golf court?
Yeah, I can't have a golf cart.
And a bike.
And a bike.
SPEAKER_00 (47:47):
All right, Emily.
Um, I'm adjacent to Elizabeth atWilderness Lodge.
Wilderness Lodge.
Love Wilderness Lodge.
Guys are point for meals.
Would you be in the cabin on thewater?
SPEAKER_02 (47:58):
Where would you be?
Oh, yeah.
Oh, Copper Creek.
Is that what that's yeah?
Those should I like should Iedit mine to say that?
I've never done it.
SPEAKER_00 (48:07):
We all know you want to be in a camper.
I know.
Let's get it real.
I've never done it.
I look for they were available.
I was looking for reservationsand they were available one time
and I saw it in astronomicallypriced, but I you never see them
even available.
So I almost did it.
Yes.
Next time you see that, justbook it.
It's$200 to preserve that thing.
(48:27):
I will Venmo you immediately.
Well, all cram in there.
Um, I just like having coffee atWilderness Lodge.
It's it's not there's notraffic.
If you're at Wilderness Lodge,it's because you're most likely
staying there.
It's not a big people, it's nota it's not a destination.
No.
Oh, I love that place so much.
(48:49):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (48:50):
I did uh mention to another family who stayed at the
cabins.
Um, I said, listen, you're gonnastay there and you're gonna be
amazed at the noise levelstaying in a cabin because it's
zero.
You're not getting woken up inthe middle of the night.
Are you talking about FortWilderness?
Um or are you talking aboutwilderness lodge cabins?
(49:10):
I've never stayed at thewilderness lodge cabins.
Okay.
Fort Wilderness, yes.
Those cabins, because you know,you're always hearing stuff in
the middle of the night,obviously, because everybody's
coming to and from at differenttimes um at Disney, especially.
So when you're in a hotel, itdoesn't matter where you are.
It could be at the GrandFloridine, it could be at any
deluxe, you kind of will wake upin the middle of the night
(49:32):
because there's people walkingdown the hall.
The quiet and a cabin is justit's so good.
It's so perfect.
Um, I still would probably pickthe Polynesian.
I know.
SPEAKER_02 (49:42):
If I'm gonna be in there, we should have guessed.
We should have kind of guessedwhere you would have picked.
SPEAKER_01 (49:47):
Um, I mean, I love that place so much.
And I would be at Trader Sam'severy night.
Um I can't help it.
Um, okay, you guys, this is somuch fun.
I'm glad we're back.
We are back.
I know.
SPEAKER_00 (50:01):
Thank y'all so much for having me.
SPEAKER_02 (50:03):
This is bringing the kickies.
SPEAKER_01 (50:05):
I know.
I'm just laid out right now onthis mountain with a planner.
I just need everybody to know.
All right.
Well, thank you so much forlistening to this week's episode
of I've changed the name.
It's Parkside Breaks.
Sorry.
SPEAKER_02 (50:18):
I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_01 (50:18):
Wait, what did you just call it?
SPEAKER_02 (50:20):
Parkside Breaks.
Parkside Breaks.
Yes.
So not even what I was thinking.
What did you think it was?
Park breakers.
I could have done that too.
Just so everybody knows, ifSarah told me something, you
could tell me something 500times, and I'm still gonna hear
it a totally different way.
Just the way that she I amactually everyone's husband, in
case anyone wanted to know.
(50:41):
I am everyone's husband.
Yes.
I love it.
Parkside breaks.
What a great parkside breaks.
SPEAKER_01 (50:46):
Um, you know, Tiki Room, it was for just the
podcast, and I'm gonna start,you guys, I think bigger.
I think I'm gonna bring a blogback.
I wrote a blog when I was, itwas like circa 2010, 2011.
I was like, I think I'm gonnabring a blog back and start
writing some stuff.
You could bring a vlog.
Vlog.
Let's not get carried away now.
(51:07):
Okay.
I'm here for it.
I know.
Can we take the vlog toDisneyland for us?
You can do it.
Yes, we'll participate just foryou.
I'll be filming you.
Yes.
All right.
Well, thanks for listening tothis week's episode.
We will be back when we're back.
Honestly, I'm not making anypromises.
We'll be back when we're backfor next time.
All right.
(51:28):
Love you bye.
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