February 13, 2024 • 31 mins
When old church friend and artist Laurel dropped by, our dinner conversation took a splashy turn, meandering from the Valentine's week excitement to the unexpected charm of an indoor water park resort. Swapping stories about our plans and the allure of the new "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" series, Laurel's tale of her family's waterlogged adventure had us hooked. It's not every day you hear about someone's change of heart from skepticism to joy in such a setting, and we just had to share the waves of wonder and bewilderment it brought us.
Picture us, a bunch of grown-ups, wading through the sensory overload of a gigantic indoor water park—where the air is thick with chlorinated mists and kids' joyous shrieks. I confess my own trepidation about barefoot wanderings, while we also chew over the unexpectedly tasty and tech-friendly dining options on-site. And don't get me started on the magical gaming quest for the older kids; it's something straight out of a fantasy novel, unfolding just beyond the hotel room doors.
We wrap up our chat with a reflective look at how personal tastes can deeply tint our experiences in bustling spaces. While the cacophony of family fun zones might not be everyone's cup of tea, we find that sometimes happiness sneaks up in the most crowded of places. So, we're curious about your take! Do you find solace in the splash or peace in the quiet? Share your stories with us, and let's continue the dialogue on the surprises life throws our way. Catch our next episode for another round of lively banter and unexpected revelations.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hello.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Hello.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Welcome to Sister's Shirt.
I'm Caroline.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I'm Meredith, we and we have a guest tonight that
we're super excited to introduce.
Her name is Laurel and she ishere to to teach us things.
So everyone meet Laurel.
Hi Laurel and Caroline and I goway back.
(00:33):
We used to go to churchtogether.
Laurel is also an artist.
She also lives in Columbia, sowe were getting dinner a couple
weeks ago and she startedtelling me about this family
experience and I was like I'mgoing to need you to, we're
going to need to do this again.
So I'm super happy you're here,but you all talked through it,
right?
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Because typically Meredith and I will be like wait
, don't say anything else, we'retalking about this on the
podcast.
But you guys like Not.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I feel like it got to a point where I was like we
could.
I could fully debrief this withyou, but will you do it on the
podcast, because yeah.
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Yeah, yeah, I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
But um yeah.
How's everyone's weeks going?
Before we dive in, it'sValentine's week.
Caroline, just ate a big oldmeal.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
I did.
I just ate a.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
You're sweating in the car.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
I am I like keep adjusting because I can't
breathe.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
And you're in a fur coat.
It's going to be degreesoutside.
Get comfortable, girl.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
It's raining, it is.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
It's been really a long Monday.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
It really has it has.
Do y'all have Valentine's plans?
I'm like it's not up on.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
You and I just made plans and they're not that far
off from like a tip, like wetypically do this once a week
where we'll like order, take out, watch a show, just be like
we're hanging out this way We'vebeen watching Mr Mrs Smith with
the new one first, skyn andwhat's in childish Donald Glover
(02:13):
and we love it.
It's really good.
Have you all watched it yet?
It is.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Yeah, I think I'm a couple episodes behind you.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Okay, it's good, laurel, it's good and wants to,
so you.
So I've got the recommendation,so we should watch it.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, it's a good.
I never watched the Angelina JoLee one.
Did we talk?
Speaker 3 (02:30):
about this last week too Okay.
It's like it's.
I am liking this more theAngelina Jo Lee.
One feels very 2000s but like,not in, like a like.
Watch it for the nostalgia, notfor like the.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
One of my friends was saying, like she loves it, I
should absolutely go back andwatch it.
But I just imagine this one isvery different from that one
just because the two leads inthis one are like generally in
funny things, and so there'slike lots of comedic relief and
I generally just like plays outpretty, yeah, so anyway, yeah,
(03:04):
they're not, as far as we know,hatching an affair on screen, so
I have to a better start.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Laurel what are you doing for Valentine's Day?
Speaker 4 (03:13):
We do have plans actually, which we don't usually
.
But Lula was doing A specialand so I was like oh, it sounds
really good.
And it was just Valentine's,like just this Wednesday, like a
pairing, so it's like threecourse, three wines, and I was
like, well, that sounds reallygood.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
And so Doing the pasta.
Doesn't need to do pasta onWednesdays, yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
I wouldn't say, but I'm guessing.
Um, cool, yeah, I was likelet's do that.
And he got a.
I think the last region waslike a 540 was either 545 or
nine and I was like who's thatearly bird special?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
So, yes, I can't imagine eating a three course
meal with wine pairings at nineo'clock at night.
Yeah, I know I'd have to dojumping jack bedside jumping
jacks, which is what I have todo whenever.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I decide to snack in bed too late and then I can't
sleep because I'm too full.
It did it like a gobo.
We used to go I down to burritoat like 9pm in the morning.
I did it like a gobo.
We used to go I down to burritoat like 9pm in bed.
And then how did you do?
Jumping jacks?
Had to.
I should not.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I feel like after a burrito would not help.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Oh, it helps, it helps.
I do it after like Thanksgivingtoo.
Oh, it just like moves thingsalong.
You don't feel so.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Like a nice walk, but a little more yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
It's like a brisk walk, but you get to stay in
your house.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
I just can taste the acid reflux, but okay.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
It's not great.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
So that is, that's happening as well, oh man, okay.
Well, Laurel, please inform us.
We're not going to say the nameof the place because we don't
want to risk getting sued at anytime.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Protecting their reputation.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
So we'll be referring to this experience as the
indoor water park.
So how did you come across?
How did you yeah, how did youget?
This opportunity to visit anindoor water park.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Okay, yeah.
So yes, this indoor water parkresort you might call it, that's
what they might I had heard ofit because other people I know,
some, some family, some friendshave gone acquaintances.
I always, even when people werelike, oh, you should go, I was
like an indoor water park, likeno, no, because it's just no
(05:44):
appeal, no, appeal, no.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
I mean, water parks are barely appealing and they
say it's inside, right, okay.
So there's like kids withdiarrhea swimming and a water
park inside.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Yeah, it's not so much worse, I mean right Is it
just because it can be all yearround.
Like why?
Who was like we should do thisagain, but put it inside?
Speaker 4 (06:07):
Okay, I mean I don't know, but okay, so how I ended
up going, because it issomething that I would I would
never do that.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Sorry, I'll say that one more time.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
I would be like, oh, I was saying normally it's
something that I would neverhave done.
And even when so our church wasdoing for like around December
it was early January there was adeal they had and it was like
your family can go with thechurch.
So it was kind of like notreally like a church trip, but
it was like they had a deal andyou could see other people there
(06:39):
and it was just like somethingfor your family to do around
winter break.
And somebody else that ourfriends with was like oh, are
you going?
And I was like no, why wouldanyone do that?
And I'm like my kids don't evenknow about it, like I think
Ellis can read and saw it on thescreen and I was like, don't
worry about that, don't worryabout what that is.
Then they were like oh, it wasanother moment.
(07:01):
She was like I don't like iteither, but this other family's
going and a few guys are goingand all our kids are friends.
So I was like well, if youdon't like it either, maybe we
can hang out together and do alot of stuff.
So that's kind of how I gotlocked in, oh, and it was a
really good deal, which againI'm like now you couldn't pay me
now that I've been, but at thetime I'm like wherever I'm going
(07:21):
to go because, like the kidshave kind of heard about it,
like we might as well go andit's really cheap.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
You know what I mean.
People, we know yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
So we were like, yeah , let's just whatever, we'll do
it.
And Kevin was kind of likereally.
And then he was like all right,fine, so yeah.
So we ended up going and I wasjust like it's one night, it's
like a Friday evening, and thenSaturday to the morning day I
was like we can handle it, butyeah, people love it.
I mean, like you were sayinglike what's the appeal?
(07:51):
I mean I don't.
I guess it's just like there'sa lot of entertainment for your
kids.
Is there a bomb?
But it's just the water parkright.
There's a park that is the onething that made it do it.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Yeah.
But honestly, when we walked inso like I mean I don't know if
the whole like you startfinished, but like when you want
the details, like on a scale ofone to 10, how wet was
everything in the bar area.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
I wasn't too bad, it's more just that it's all
very muggy inside the whole areabecause it's it's you walking.
I think it's 84 degrees.
No, yeah, it's hot, and I'mlike a hot natured person, like
I don't enjoy being hot, and Iwas like, oh, it is really hot
in here, which then later yourealize, yes, because you're
(08:46):
getting wet and there's no sunto dry you.
So you're, you're gonna befreezing.
You're just in an oven.
Yeah, it's which also you haveto think about.
This can't be great with allthe germs which for someone like
me.
I'm thinking a little bit aboutthe germs and the vlog yeah,
thinking a lot about the germs.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
The bare feet of the ringworm.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Yeah, so that was gross, but yeah, I think it's.
It's just very kid's focus,like I don't there's got to be.
There's no way anyone in theirright mind Like it would be
creepy if someone came withoutit.
I would be like what's wrongwith me?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Whereas with other theme parks you can go on a date
Like it's like you can go as anadult, it's normal to go
without a child yeah,interesting, like go to the zoo,
go to yeah, yeah, make it befun yeah.
Most theme parks other thanthis.
It's like any any man's gameLike this is for just kids.
Yeah, this is for kids.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
This is a hundred percent kid's center, to the
point where even Kevin was likewell it's, it's a, you know a, I
don't know they do.
They have a like at the hoteland a redor.
He's like, so, is there hot tub?
I was like no, I looked it upthere's no hot tub.
I'm like there's nothing foradults, I mean, except for the
bar.
There's the bar, okay.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
There would be children in a hot tub.
They know they there would be,so you just sit in the chair.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
What's the visibility of the child?
Like?
Because that's something elsewhere I'm like, am I going to be
following my kid or around this?
Speaker 2 (10:04):
whole time.
Yeah, I mean it's pretty.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
So you walk in and it's this huge space Really
echoey, really bright lights,reeks of chlorine.
Yeah, I was like burning myeyeballs.
I got a migraine the firstnight.
I mean no surprise.
The sound just I mean it's justso loud, like the reverberation
and everything Just so sensoryand not in a good way, oh,
screams.
Yeah, yeah, so much loud, soclose to you.
(10:32):
Not clove and wet, you know,it's kind of like a crowded
beach or something, but at leastthen you've got the fresh air.
Yeah.
And like nature yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Right in the D Right.
This is just Ocean as far asthe eye can see, like we're all
in a bath or toilet together, Idon't know, it's gross.
Oh, oh.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
Okay, but yeah, I know I'm making it, so I feel so
bad and see, I kind of feellike this.
Other people like I literallyhave gone through this and I had
I'm like what.
Other people like this likewhat's wrong with me?
I mean.
My number one caveat was I dolike being outside.
That's like you're saying,feeling that's the one thing I
like about a water park.
I don't like water, but likeI'll go.
So I'm like, well, doesn't havethat, and I'm like I don't know
(11:17):
what you're offering me.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
So not bad.
But I've seen the pictures onsocial media where all the
family is wearing the ears andwe're doing the happy picture
and I've thought there's a year,yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Okay and I've thought like man.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
They look like they're having a great time.
It's not too far away.
Like should we be doing this?
Like I have thought that everytime I see a happy family with
the ears, I'm like.
I know.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
I will tell you our picture.
I mean, granted, we probablyshouldn't, we took it at the end
.
Our three kids looked like Getme out of here.
I mean, I think at that pointthey were just like, okay, I'm
over it, like, but, um, so we,you could see our picture.
It's a little more real, maybe,maybe okay, I would love to.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Yeah, I so what so?
Speaker 3 (12:04):
okay, wait, what were you gonna?
Show ahead Caroline I just sawa viral video where, like there
were I guess there was like adownstairs restaurant or
something, and it like sprungelite and like Water was
everywhere, like knee deep waterfilling the entire food court
(12:28):
area oh and like Workers arejust running around with giant
dumpster trash cans trying tocatch the water, no, and then
there's just like a bunch ofpeople in like wet t-shirts,
video taping.
It was like things of it.
It looked like the Titanic,yeah, like.
Waterpark.
(12:50):
America.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
Yeah, that's really terrible.
I mean, luckily it didn'thappen, but I can totally see
that, because it's so much.
That's what when we were thereI was there was so much water
going in and out of like I meanI just am like so how to keep
this place going?
I mean there's like severalhuge slides, there's like just a
constantly going like notplayground, but you know where
the water things going.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
The way level to me is just stressful just to think
about.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
I just yeah, and there's a.
There's like a waiting pool, orwhat do they call it like a
waiting pool, and it has like amotion of like waves away, mmm,
and it's like every I don't know15 minutes there's like an
alarm sound, which is great, orit's like I really want that
noise, and then the waves come,and so even when I'm like, okay,
(13:42):
I'm playing with like mythree-year-old and we're just
kind of in the water and nowthere's a wave and I got worry
about her Head getting coveredup, like, but everyone's into it
, they're all next to each other.
It's very condensed.
I just and then I also arethere lifeguards?
Yes, there are, but I thinkyou're like 15.
I mean, I don't know.
I don't really.
Yeah, but yeah, there's wild, Imean my.
(14:09):
So my whole thing was I had,like my, I had my fake or not my
fake my Birkenstocks that arelike waterproof.
You know, mm-hmm, we had thoseand I was walking around but
then if you're gonna go in thewater with your kids or like
wait in line to go down a slide,which my oldest wanted to do
you got to take them off.
So then you end up kind of oneyour foot, and that was hard for
(14:31):
me.
Yeah, like I'm real is personalproblem, a little bit of German
, but like that was probablythat's one of the hardest things
.
I kept like looking down andtrying to like tip toe and I
mean like look, it's on theground, it's so wet like I don't
know.
So that was really that's oneof the worst things, honestly.
Like what I just can't haveanything for adults no talk or
(14:54):
nothing.
I mean it's very much like thisis for your kids, like that's
it, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
What so?
What's the room like?
Is the room at least nice, oris it like just your basic?
Speaker 2 (15:06):
You're staying in the same building.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
Yeah, I know, and you never leave the building.
That's the thing for someone.
I like to get outside, I liketo get fresh air.
You never leave.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
There's no patio.
There's not like an outside bar.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
You're going, I think during the summer there's an
outdoor water park part, butit's like I mean.
But then you even when you lookout your balcony window, it's
just a giant, never endingparking lot.
Super depressing, like thinkabout the mall and like if there
were a water park in the mall.
That's what it's like.
Yeah.
Like the mall maybe, but Inever liked the mall still don't
(15:41):
.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
I Used to love the mall and I would never want to
spend the night at one.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Yeah, yes, yeah, or swim at one or swim.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
Right, and I mean I guess I used to like it too, but
I can't be there that long.
I mean, this is like food, um,like corn dog, oh, okay, first
off, there's a Duncan donutsOkay, wait, I gave something
away Sorry, brand names butthere is there's a chain In the
(16:10):
building, okay, so that I mean,which is actually not back, so
like they're coffee and I'm finewith it.
But, um, yeah, that's in thereso you can order.
Everything you can do is onyour phone.
I will say that's veryconvenient, because it's kind of
weird, but it's it's like Icould do it.
I could order anything from myphone and just go pick it up.
A pizza, coffee, donuts for themorning, you know, a burger,
(16:33):
whatever, um, but yeah, the foodis.
I would say it's not likeamazing, but it wasn't bad.
Yeah, I don't know, it's notlike overall company.
It wasn't like that expensive.
Okay, well, that's a.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Yeah, that was a yeah man.
Okay, but you are even.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
They had some beer in fact.
Do they have coffee orsomething they had drink?
I think they had make strengthstoo.
I think we just had beer.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
I mean they better, they better have a little Mai
Tai.
So what was I going to say?
Okay, you mentioned too thatthey have a new, like a new
event for teens, tweens andteens, that they do.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
Oh my gosh.
Yes, so that was the otherthing I wanted to mention that
we were going to talk about.
So I'm also going to give it amagical experience, Like yeah, I
don't know how to explain, it'slike interactive magic game In
(17:38):
the.
It makes it seem like, oh, thisis going to be in a separate
area.
No, it's just like in front ofour room, Kind of yes, Do you
know what I mentioned?
Magic the game.
Oh yeah.
It's a card game.
Yeah, he said it was like that.
I'm not like familiar, but it'syeah D&D, but like think of and
(17:58):
I like stranger things, butthis is like on overdrive.
I mean, when we pulled up, likeKevin pulled up for me to like
check in, which is the wholething, and ahead of us was like
a group of probably like early20s, late maybe 18, 19 year old
girls and maybe their mom oraunt I don't know Aunt, and then
they were like that's a lot ofpeople you know like they were
(18:22):
like this is the place, likewhere are we?
Speaker 2 (18:25):
going.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
I mean like why, are they going to a water park for
this?
Go to your local.
Speaker 4 (18:31):
Those prosthetics are going to be floating in about
10 minutes.
Right, they're going to be inthe pool.
There's like a whole cluster ofpeople that come just for this
and there's a lobby, and forsomeone who's over similarly
easily like me, it's not good,not great.
There's no hiding.
There's no hiding for many ofit.
Yeah, so it's just in the lobby,it's in the hallway.
(18:55):
You get up the elevator foryour floor, the room there's
like a small seating area andthen there's also these screens
to do the magic game, Right,okay.
And then you go to the hallway,to your room, and there's
screens on the way that you'repassing and you're passing kind
of some strange people in cloaksthat look like they're like
going to Comic Con and they'reright outside your room and this
is so bizarre.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
It's a lot.
It's so odd.
I don't understand who is like.
I've got a great marketing ideaRight Magic play.
You know what the kids love?
Speaker 2 (19:27):
They're at the water park yeah, you know what would
have been more fitting.
Speaker 3 (19:34):
Yeah, it's working.
I think they invite the mermaidPeople conventions.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Yeah, this is so strange, it is very strange.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
There's your kids in the way.
Yeah, I was going to say on a 1to 10, did your kids slash?
What did your kids think?
And then?
Speaker 4 (19:52):
what did y'all think?
Yeah, and that's when peoplebecause we got a lot of people
asking how was it?
And I was always like the kidsloved it, we, like my husband,
we survived.
Like that's the way I wouldhave it.
Because I feel like that's thebest way.
I'm not going to, but I'm likelisten, I'm just glad I'm alive
and made it out of there Like itwas terrible Okay.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
I'm so glad you're letting the people know.
You're letting them know.
I mean I've heard people go andenjoy it.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
I've been feeling like I should have told them.
I think the people that go andenjoy it are like just general,
like theme park people, which isfine.
Yes.
You know, me.
I'm a bougie ass bitch.
I do not go to theme parksunless they have a good fee
Disney world or Harry.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Potter world.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
I'm not going to any other theme park.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Yeah, this is very like this, doesn't feel like it
has the best, Like they'retrying to make kind of feel like
I mean they're all over themoon, yeah.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
Yes, they are.
They are, and I mean yeah it'sjust.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
Is there more than one or it's only in one place?
No, there's more than one.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Oh, there are.
Speaker 4 (21:02):
And I have heard like , okay, I heard that there's
another one at another locationthat does have hot tubs.
I'm like still wouldn't go, butyou know good, that does have
hot tubs.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
I'm just like hot tubs are sketchy anywhere.
I don't know if they'd be moreor less sketchy in an indoor
water park facility.
I know I also don't.
Speaker 4 (21:17):
I'm like I don't even know if that would help me or
not, I know.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Unless it was like in my room, which again sketchy, I
don't know.
Speaker 4 (21:26):
I mean, what's happened before me, I know but
yeah, I was saying who are thekind of people?
I do know adults who like thisas odd as it is, but there are
generally people who have muchhigher talents for noise and
like to be around a lot ofpeople.
Yeah, because for me that'sjust.
I mean I can take that, butit's just so wrong.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Yeah, Mary you would die, I would die, I would die.
Mary can't even listen to Dave.
Speaker 3 (21:55):
Matthews band, without getting worked up about
the, about the jamming.
I can't.
Speaker 4 (22:02):
I mean Alviana still get me started on DMB, because I
have fought through and Keithknows exactly.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
He can like feel it in his bones now.
We've been together so longthat he like knows when a jam of
any kind has gone on too longand then he like needs to skip,
like he can feel before youbefore.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
I'm like all right.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
Bito.
I had a sweet.
I feel very known and lovedbecause I hate a jam.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
I can sense it coming to just like with if I'm at
your house and something'shappening, I'm like we better
tone this shit down before Mayor.
Mayor loses it, not like youlose it in like intense way,
it's just like all of a sudden,you've been pushed over the edge
.
Yeah, I know so so, for whatyou're describing is my absolute
(22:51):
nightmare.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
And I hate and I'm like I was so hot, so muggy so,
but like the sweat, like the airis just like a bunch of million
children's sweat.
Speaker 4 (23:03):
And it's like January .
Like, I'll be honest, when Iwas packing I was like, what?
Like, first of all it's January.
I feel like all like I'mcarrying a little holiday weight
, I'm all bloated and I'm paleas hell.
I'm just like I don't even.
I also don't know what to wear,because I'm not going to wear
like a cuba peeney and indoorfluorescent.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
And you don't want to wear long sleeve, you don't
want to wear your like sun shirtbecause you're inside, it's not
sunny.
Speaker 4 (23:24):
Yes, and I did.
I actually did wear my rashguard because I was like this is
all I feel comfortable wearingat this point in my life, right
now, and you're like, this willprotect me if I have any open
wounds.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
This will maybe protect any back to you.
You have like a full wetsuit on.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
I mean, honestly, I was kind of like I should have
done that and as much as watershoes are ugly, I was like maybe
I should have had those.
Were there a lot of water shoesthere, not as much as you think
, but yeah, people just were.
It was a little astonishing.
I started to question myself.
You know, like that, people didnot seem bothered by just just
walking around barefoot.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
Yeah, you're like is it me?
Yeah, yeah, we have.
So our older sister has afriend who is dating a guy that
has children and she went withhim to and she called our sister
and was like I'm in the middleof it and she was like.
(24:18):
She was like I don't know if Ican do this Like Emily had to be
like listen, no, like you're atan indoor water park.
I don't know Water park.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Serious decisions yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Like indoor water park.
Speaker 4 (24:31):
This does not count.
Like this is just.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
She was like you, don't even have like a stake in
this game.
Like you didn't bring your kids, you know it's like you.
Speaker 4 (24:41):
I can't imagine my own kids weren't there.
I would have been out of it, Iknow.
I was almost out of it with mykids there, I know.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Emily was like just make it home, just make it home,
give it a couple of days, yeahabsolutely.
Yeah.
Oh, that's so good.
Well, ok, man, to route toclose us out.
What was your favorite part ofthe trip?
(25:10):
If you had to pick something,what's a take home that you're
like man, that was OK.
Speaker 4 (25:16):
I mean, like I said, I will say the convenience
factor of just orderingeverything.
I'm like at least I didn't haveto carry around, like if I had
my phone I could just be like,ok, I'm ordering a pizza for the
kids, I'm ordering fries, likeI'm getting this, we're ordering
, we're in the room and I'mgoing to get a coffee and donuts
.
We're going to go pick it up.
You know, like that was niceand convenient.
(25:37):
So they did that well, yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Was the room like?
Did it have separate rooms oryou guys are all sharing one big
one?
Yeah, you asked for a room.
Speaker 4 (25:46):
The room was fine.
It was clean.
I had heard they were nice, butit was.
It was just fine.
I would say OK, that's about.
It was big enough Telling us iswhat they did.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
The worst was the actual indoor water park Right
Like they're supposed to bedoing, the.
Speaker 4 (26:04):
But yeah, yeah, I think it's just like I don't
know, I don't know that there'sa wide adorbs.
I think the one thing thatcould have made it better is not
to have everything clusteredtogether in a lobby.
I don't think I mentioned this.
I mentioned the magic thing.
They also have a build-up thereand they have, I believe that,
mini golf and bowling, but it'sall like no, none of this is
full on.
(26:24):
It's all like half fastversions, which is just like
just don't do it.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
You know, don't do it .
What does a half?
Speaker 4 (26:30):
fast, build a bear.
Look like I.
It's oh, it's like in the giftshop and it's like a Maybe a
wall with like stuffing andrandom bears, like I mean it's
like probably six feet by, Idon't even know it's.
So you do stuff the bear, yeah,but it's not like a whole place
, it's just like a tiny sectionof the gift shop, like small
enough that my kids didn't evennotice.
(26:50):
Thank God and asked about it.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
OK, this is the weirdest thing.
Speaker 4 (26:55):
There's also yoga going on in the lobby with like
shows.
Yes, this is all going out inthe lobby, which also made me
extremely stressed out, like youcan't walk through without an
event.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Did you take any pictures?
I was about to say, did you?
I thought you're going to askher.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
she took any.
Like you know, I honestly Didyou take any Because I was like
I don't, oh my gosh, I wish Ibrought Xanax.
Speaker 4 (27:16):
I had to have Kevin had the migraine.
I had to have Kevin go get thebest they had, because all I had
of that, all the best they had,was like Nyquil and I was like
just give it to me, so knock meout.
And I did, thank God.
But no, I mean the lobby withall the shows.
It was like Chuck E Cheese type, the animatronic puppets.
That was, oh my gosh, yeah,you're walking through all that
(27:37):
to get your room and it's alltogether.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
The elves Was like also teens, and elf ears lining
the walls also.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
Right, just like in passing, like you're just
passing by them.
This is a big favor.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
But oh yeah, wait, so was someone instructing yoga.
Speaker 4 (27:57):
Yeah, I believe.
I mean we didn't see that, butit was just on the list.
Oh, it was an activity,something going on at all times
and all places Well what was thehalf-assed boy?
I didn't actually see it, Iheard it Shoulder lanes.
It was like the pin through,like attached to like strings,
Like I think it was you guys.
(28:18):
Yeah, I'm kind of glad to see.
It would have been really sad.
I'm sure I hate that.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
This is so bizarre.
I just loved here we shouldhave brought someone else on
that loved the experiencebecause I'm like this sounds
like my worst nightmare.
I need to understand what typeof people like going to this.
Speaker 4 (28:41):
I hate to say that I can understand that, but okay,
and she's gone many times no,okay.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
I know a couple of people that have gone and
enjoyed it and I just like I'mlike I need to know what we need
to recap, right yeah.
Speaker 4 (28:55):
I mean, yeah, you should be, but I will like.
Every time she said to me,because when she was like, did
you like it?
I was like, well, I don't wantto offend her because I'm like,
I know you love it.
But she was like, oh, she'slike for me and her kids are a
little older.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
So they just go.
Speaker 4 (29:06):
She's like I love it because they go play and I just
get my house one and she's likecan I just sit back and chill,
which?
I'm like that's the and that'smy thing, but that's why I'm
saying she is really high, she'sone of those.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
She can tune it out.
I can't do it.
I don't have that skill.
Speaker 4 (29:20):
It's like cool, good for you.
And she also doesn't mind beinginside Like I.
Just I literally go to the oneof the far bathrooms that was by
the wall, the exit, because noone was over there just to look
outside at that.
It's a fresher and quiet.
I was like over the brim myself, like like breathe it in the
back.
It's okay, you can make it, youcan get through this.
Speaker 3 (29:43):
I can go outside if I need to.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
I'm not trapped here by the landscape Like do I need
to?
Do?
You need help?
He's like opening the door foryou.
Speaker 3 (29:53):
I also like can't say much because I I'm like I need
to know what makes these peopletick, and I know people feel the
same way about me.
Love me, love me, world.
So know that, take all of thiswith a grain of salt.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
I just I've got strokes for different folk.
Speaker 4 (30:06):
You know I felt bad when I was telling people.
I'm like the kids loved it.
I don't.
I mean, do you want to get intoit?
And you guys want to do it, andI appreciate it.
I just want to listen.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
We'd love to hear it.
Speaker 4 (30:17):
I tried to break it down because I was like what is
it?
What's wrong with me?
But I'm like for a lot of it isthat I just don't like being
inside that long in that withloud noises and children and
children.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
A lot of no's for me.
Well, thanks so much.
This is great.
I hope everyone learnedsomething.
You didn't.
It was great I I love an honestreview.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
Love and honest.
If we have any listeners thatfeel the opposite way, please
send us five paragraph essays,because I need to know, yeah,
why.
What are the pros to this place?
Speaker 2 (30:57):
Yeah, all right, well , um, thanks guys, this was
super fun.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Yeah, thanks.
Happy early Valentine's Day.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Yeah, enjoy the week.
Hope your head stay well andstops raining for everyone.
Speaker 4 (31:17):
I'm very excited Again someone who likes sun and
sun's coming out tomorrow, yeahgreat.
So it's okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (31:25):
Great, all right.
Speaker 3 (31:29):
We will see you next Tuesday.
Hello.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Hello.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Welcome to Sister's Shirt.
I'm Caroline.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I'm Meredith, we and we have a guest tonight that
we're super excited to introduce.
Her name is Laurel and she ishere to to teach us things.
So everyone meet Laurel.
Hi Laurel and Caroline and I goway back.
(00:33):
We used to go to churchtogether.
Laurel is also an artist.
She also lives in Columbia, sowe were getting dinner a couple
weeks ago and she startedtelling me about this family
experience and I was like I'mgoing to need you to, we're
going to need to do this again.
So I'm super happy you're here,but you all talked through it,
right?
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Because typically Meredith and I will be like wait
, don't say anything else, we'retalking about this on the
podcast.
But you guys like Not.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I feel like it got to a point where I was like we
could.
I could fully debrief this withyou, but will you do it on the
podcast, because yeah.
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Yeah, yeah, I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
But um yeah.
How's everyone's weeks going?
Before we dive in, it'sValentine's week.
Caroline, just ate a big oldmeal.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
I did.
I just ate a.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
You're sweating in the car.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
I am I like keep adjusting because I can't
breathe.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
And you're in a fur coat.
It's going to be degreesoutside.
Get comfortable, girl.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
It's raining, it is.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
It's been really a long Monday.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
It really has it has.
Do y'all have Valentine's plans?
I'm like it's not up on.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
You and I just made plans and they're not that far
off from like a tip, like wetypically do this once a week
where we'll like order, take out, watch a show, just be like
we're hanging out this way We'vebeen watching Mr Mrs Smith with
the new one first, skyn andwhat's in childish Donald Glover
(02:13):
and we love it.
It's really good.
Have you all watched it yet?
It is.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Yeah, I think I'm a couple episodes behind you.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Okay, it's good, laurel, it's good and wants to,
so you.
So I've got the recommendation,so we should watch it.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, it's a good.
I never watched the Angelina JoLee one.
Did we talk?
Speaker 3 (02:30):
about this last week too Okay.
It's like it's.
I am liking this more theAngelina Jo Lee.
One feels very 2000s but like,not in, like a like.
Watch it for the nostalgia, notfor like the.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
One of my friends was saying, like she loves it, I
should absolutely go back andwatch it.
But I just imagine this one isvery different from that one
just because the two leads inthis one are like generally in
funny things, and so there'slike lots of comedic relief and
I generally just like plays outpretty, yeah, so anyway, yeah,
(03:04):
they're not, as far as we know,hatching an affair on screen, so
I have to a better start.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Laurel what are you doing for Valentine's Day?
Speaker 4 (03:13):
We do have plans actually, which we don't usually
.
But Lula was doing A specialand so I was like oh, it sounds
really good.
And it was just Valentine's,like just this Wednesday, like a
pairing, so it's like threecourse, three wines, and I was
like, well, that sounds reallygood.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
And so Doing the pasta.
Doesn't need to do pasta onWednesdays, yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
I wouldn't say, but I'm guessing.
Um, cool, yeah, I was likelet's do that.
And he got a.
I think the last region waslike a 540 was either 545 or
nine and I was like who's thatearly bird special?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
So, yes, I can't imagine eating a three course
meal with wine pairings at nineo'clock at night.
Yeah, I know I'd have to dojumping jack bedside jumping
jacks, which is what I have todo whenever.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I decide to snack in bed too late and then I can't
sleep because I'm too full.
It did it like a gobo.
We used to go I down to burritoat like 9pm in the morning.
I did it like a gobo.
We used to go I down to burritoat like 9pm in bed.
And then how did you do?
Jumping jacks?
Had to.
I should not.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I feel like after a burrito would not help.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Oh, it helps, it helps.
I do it after like Thanksgivingtoo.
Oh, it just like moves thingsalong.
You don't feel so.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Like a nice walk, but a little more yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
It's like a brisk walk, but you get to stay in
your house.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
I just can taste the acid reflux, but okay.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
It's not great.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
So that is, that's happening as well, oh man, okay.
Well, Laurel, please inform us.
We're not going to say the nameof the place because we don't
want to risk getting sued at anytime.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Protecting their reputation.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
So we'll be referring to this experience as the
indoor water park.
So how did you come across?
How did you yeah, how did youget?
This opportunity to visit anindoor water park.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Okay, yeah.
So yes, this indoor water parkresort you might call it, that's
what they might I had heard ofit because other people I know,
some, some family, some friendshave gone acquaintances.
I always, even when people werelike, oh, you should go, I was
like an indoor water park, likeno, no, because it's just no
(05:44):
appeal, no, appeal, no.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
I mean, water parks are barely appealing and they
say it's inside, right, okay.
So there's like kids withdiarrhea swimming and a water
park inside.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Yeah, it's not so much worse, I mean right Is it
just because it can be all yearround.
Like why?
Who was like we should do thisagain, but put it inside?
Speaker 4 (06:07):
Okay, I mean I don't know, but okay, so how I ended
up going, because it issomething that I would I would
never do that.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Sorry, I'll say that one more time.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
I would be like, oh, I was saying normally it's
something that I would neverhave done.
And even when so our church wasdoing for like around December
it was early January there was adeal they had and it was like
your family can go with thechurch.
So it was kind of like notreally like a church trip, but
it was like they had a deal andyou could see other people there
(06:39):
and it was just like somethingfor your family to do around
winter break.
And somebody else that ourfriends with was like oh, are
you going?
And I was like no, why wouldanyone do that?
And I'm like my kids don't evenknow about it, like I think
Ellis can read and saw it on thescreen and I was like, don't
worry about that, don't worryabout what that is.
Then they were like oh, it wasanother moment.
(07:01):
She was like I don't like iteither, but this other family's
going and a few guys are goingand all our kids are friends.
So I was like well, if youdon't like it either, maybe we
can hang out together and do alot of stuff.
So that's kind of how I gotlocked in, oh, and it was a
really good deal, which againI'm like now you couldn't pay me
now that I've been, but at thetime I'm like wherever I'm going
(07:21):
to go because, like the kidshave kind of heard about it,
like we might as well go andit's really cheap.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
You know what I mean.
People, we know yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
So we were like, yeah , let's just whatever, we'll do
it.
And Kevin was kind of likereally.
And then he was like all right,fine, so yeah.
So we ended up going and I wasjust like it's one night, it's
like a Friday evening, and thenSaturday to the morning day I
was like we can handle it, butyeah, people love it.
I mean, like you were sayinglike what's the appeal?
(07:51):
I mean I don't.
I guess it's just like there'sa lot of entertainment for your
kids.
Is there a bomb?
But it's just the water parkright.
There's a park that is the onething that made it do it.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Yeah.
But honestly, when we walked inso like I mean I don't know if
the whole like you startfinished, but like when you want
the details, like on a scale ofone to 10, how wet was
everything in the bar area.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
I wasn't too bad, it's more just that it's all
very muggy inside the whole areabecause it's it's you walking.
I think it's 84 degrees.
No, yeah, it's hot, and I'mlike a hot natured person, like
I don't enjoy being hot, and Iwas like, oh, it is really hot
in here, which then later yourealize, yes, because you're
(08:46):
getting wet and there's no sunto dry you.
So you're, you're gonna befreezing.
You're just in an oven.
Yeah, it's which also you haveto think about.
This can't be great with allthe germs which for someone like
me.
I'm thinking a little bit aboutthe germs and the vlog yeah,
thinking a lot about the germs.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
The bare feet of the ringworm.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Yeah, so that was gross, but yeah, I think it's.
It's just very kid's focus,like I don't there's got to be.
There's no way anyone in theirright mind Like it would be
creepy if someone came withoutit.
I would be like what's wrongwith me?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Whereas with other theme parks you can go on a date
Like it's like you can go as anadult, it's normal to go
without a child yeah,interesting, like go to the zoo,
go to yeah, yeah, make it befun yeah.
Most theme parks other thanthis.
It's like any any man's gameLike this is for just kids.
Yeah, this is for kids.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
This is a hundred percent kid's center, to the
point where even Kevin was likewell it's, it's a, you know a, I
don't know they do.
They have a like at the hoteland a redor.
He's like, so, is there hot tub?
I was like no, I looked it upthere's no hot tub.
I'm like there's nothing foradults, I mean, except for the
bar.
There's the bar, okay.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
There would be children in a hot tub.
They know they there would be,so you just sit in the chair.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
What's the visibility of the child?
Like?
Because that's something elsewhere I'm like, am I going to be
following my kid or around this?
Speaker 2 (10:04):
whole time.
Yeah, I mean it's pretty.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
So you walk in and it's this huge space Really
echoey, really bright lights,reeks of chlorine.
Yeah, I was like burning myeyeballs.
I got a migraine the firstnight.
I mean no surprise.
The sound just I mean it's justso loud, like the reverberation
and everything Just so sensoryand not in a good way, oh,
screams.
Yeah, yeah, so much loud, soclose to you.
(10:32):
Not clove and wet, you know,it's kind of like a crowded
beach or something, but at leastthen you've got the fresh air.
Yeah.
And like nature yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Right in the D Right.
This is just Ocean as far asthe eye can see, like we're all
in a bath or toilet together, Idon't know, it's gross.
Oh, oh.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
Okay, but yeah, I know I'm making it, so I feel so
bad and see, I kind of feellike this.
Other people like I literallyhave gone through this and I had
I'm like what.
Other people like this likewhat's wrong with me?
I mean.
My number one caveat was I dolike being outside.
That's like you're saying,feeling that's the one thing I
like about a water park.
I don't like water, but likeI'll go.
So I'm like, well, doesn't havethat, and I'm like I don't know
(11:17):
what you're offering me.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
So not bad.
But I've seen the pictures onsocial media where all the
family is wearing the ears andwe're doing the happy picture
and I've thought there's a year,yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Okay and I've thought like man.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
They look like they're having a great time.
It's not too far away.
Like should we be doing this?
Like I have thought that everytime I see a happy family with
the ears, I'm like.
I know.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
I will tell you our picture.
I mean, granted, we probablyshouldn't, we took it at the end
.
Our three kids looked like Getme out of here.
I mean, I think at that pointthey were just like, okay, I'm
over it, like, but, um, so we,you could see our picture.
It's a little more real, maybe,maybe okay, I would love to.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Yeah, I so what so?
Speaker 3 (12:04):
okay, wait, what were you gonna?
Show ahead Caroline I just sawa viral video where, like there
were I guess there was like adownstairs restaurant or
something, and it like sprungelite and like Water was
everywhere, like knee deep waterfilling the entire food court
(12:28):
area oh and like Workers arejust running around with giant
dumpster trash cans trying tocatch the water, no, and then
there's just like a bunch ofpeople in like wet t-shirts,
video taping.
It was like things of it.
It looked like the Titanic,yeah, like.
Waterpark.
(12:50):
America.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
Yeah, that's really terrible.
I mean, luckily it didn'thappen, but I can totally see
that, because it's so much.
That's what when we were thereI was there was so much water
going in and out of like I meanI just am like so how to keep
this place going?
I mean there's like severalhuge slides, there's like just a
constantly going like notplayground, but you know where
the water things going.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
The way level to me is just stressful just to think
about.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
I just yeah, and there's a.
There's like a waiting pool, orwhat do they call it like a
waiting pool, and it has like amotion of like waves away, mmm,
and it's like every I don't know15 minutes there's like an
alarm sound, which is great, orit's like I really want that
noise, and then the waves come,and so even when I'm like, okay,
(13:42):
I'm playing with like mythree-year-old and we're just
kind of in the water and nowthere's a wave and I got worry
about her Head getting coveredup, like, but everyone's into it
, they're all next to each other.
It's very condensed.
I just and then I also arethere lifeguards?
Yes, there are, but I thinkyou're like 15.
I mean, I don't know.
I don't really.
Yeah, but yeah, there's wild, Imean my.
(14:09):
So my whole thing was I had,like my, I had my fake or not my
fake my Birkenstocks that arelike waterproof.
You know, mm-hmm, we had thoseand I was walking around but
then if you're gonna go in thewater with your kids or like
wait in line to go down a slide,which my oldest wanted to do
you got to take them off.
So then you end up kind of oneyour foot, and that was hard for
(14:31):
me.
Yeah, like I'm real is personalproblem, a little bit of German
, but like that was probablythat's one of the hardest things
.
I kept like looking down andtrying to like tip toe and I
mean like look, it's on theground, it's so wet like I don't
know.
So that was really that's oneof the worst things, honestly.
Like what I just can't haveanything for adults no talk or
(14:54):
nothing.
I mean it's very much like thisis for your kids, like that's
it, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
What so?
What's the room like?
Is the room at least nice, oris it like just your basic?
Speaker 2 (15:06):
You're staying in the same building.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
Yeah, I know, and you never leave the building.
That's the thing for someone.
I like to get outside, I liketo get fresh air.
You never leave.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
There's no patio.
There's not like an outside bar.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
You're going, I think during the summer there's an
outdoor water park part, butit's like I mean.
But then you even when you lookout your balcony window, it's
just a giant, never endingparking lot.
Super depressing, like thinkabout the mall and like if there
were a water park in the mall.
That's what it's like.
Yeah.
Like the mall maybe, but Inever liked the mall still don't
(15:41):
.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
I Used to love the mall and I would never want to
spend the night at one.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Yeah, yes, yeah, or swim at one or swim.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
Right, and I mean I guess I used to like it too, but
I can't be there that long.
I mean, this is like food, um,like corn dog, oh, okay, first
off, there's a Duncan donutsOkay, wait, I gave something
away Sorry, brand names butthere is there's a chain In the
(16:10):
building, okay, so that I mean,which is actually not back, so
like they're coffee and I'm finewith it.
But, um, yeah, that's in thereso you can order.
Everything you can do is onyour phone.
I will say that's veryconvenient, because it's kind of
weird, but it's it's like Icould do it.
I could order anything from myphone and just go pick it up.
A pizza, coffee, donuts for themorning, you know, a burger,
(16:33):
whatever, um, but yeah, the foodis.
I would say it's not likeamazing, but it wasn't bad.
Yeah, I don't know, it's notlike overall company.
It wasn't like that expensive.
Okay, well, that's a.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Yeah, that was a yeah man.
Okay, but you are even.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
They had some beer in fact.
Do they have coffee orsomething they had drink?
I think they had make strengthstoo.
I think we just had beer.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
I mean they better, they better have a little Mai
Tai.
So what was I going to say?
Okay, you mentioned too thatthey have a new, like a new
event for teens, tweens andteens, that they do.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
Oh my gosh.
Yes, so that was the otherthing I wanted to mention that
we were going to talk about.
So I'm also going to give it amagical experience, Like yeah, I
don't know how to explain, it'slike interactive magic game In
(17:38):
the.
It makes it seem like, oh, thisis going to be in a separate
area.
No, it's just like in front ofour room, Kind of yes, Do you
know what I mentioned?
Magic the game.
Oh yeah.
It's a card game.
Yeah, he said it was like that.
I'm not like familiar, but it'syeah D&D, but like think of and
(17:58):
I like stranger things, butthis is like on overdrive.
I mean, when we pulled up, likeKevin pulled up for me to like
check in, which is the wholething, and ahead of us was like
a group of probably like early20s, late maybe 18, 19 year old
girls and maybe their mom oraunt I don't know Aunt, and then
they were like that's a lot ofpeople you know like they were
(18:22):
like this is the place, likewhere are we?
Speaker 2 (18:25):
going.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
I mean like why, are they going to a water park for
this?
Go to your local.
Speaker 4 (18:31):
Those prosthetics are going to be floating in about
10 minutes.
Right, they're going to be inthe pool.
There's like a whole cluster ofpeople that come just for this
and there's a lobby, and forsomeone who's over similarly
easily like me, it's not good,not great.
There's no hiding.
There's no hiding for many ofit.
Yeah, so it's just in the lobby,it's in the hallway.
(18:55):
You get up the elevator foryour floor, the room there's
like a small seating area andthen there's also these screens
to do the magic game, Right,okay.
And then you go to the hallway,to your room, and there's
screens on the way that you'repassing and you're passing kind
of some strange people in cloaksthat look like they're like
going to Comic Con and they'reright outside your room and this
is so bizarre.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
It's a lot.
It's so odd.
I don't understand who is like.
I've got a great marketing ideaRight Magic play.
You know what the kids love?
Speaker 2 (19:27):
They're at the water park yeah, you know what would
have been more fitting.
Speaker 3 (19:34):
Yeah, it's working.
I think they invite the mermaidPeople conventions.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Yeah, this is so strange, it is very strange.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
There's your kids in the way.
Yeah, I was going to say on a 1to 10, did your kids slash?
What did your kids think?
And then?
Speaker 4 (19:52):
what did y'all think?
Yeah, and that's when peoplebecause we got a lot of people
asking how was it?
And I was always like the kidsloved it, we, like my husband,
we survived.
Like that's the way I wouldhave it.
Because I feel like that's thebest way.
I'm not going to, but I'm likelisten, I'm just glad I'm alive
and made it out of there Like itwas terrible Okay.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
I'm so glad you're letting the people know.
You're letting them know.
I mean I've heard people go andenjoy it.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
I've been feeling like I should have told them.
I think the people that go andenjoy it are like just general,
like theme park people, which isfine.
Yes.
You know, me.
I'm a bougie ass bitch.
I do not go to theme parksunless they have a good fee
Disney world or Harry.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Potter world.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
I'm not going to any other theme park.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Yeah, this is very like this, doesn't feel like it
has the best, Like they'retrying to make kind of feel like
I mean they're all over themoon, yeah.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
Yes, they are.
They are, and I mean yeah it'sjust.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
Is there more than one or it's only in one place?
No, there's more than one.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Oh, there are.
Speaker 4 (21:02):
And I have heard like , okay, I heard that there's
another one at another locationthat does have hot tubs.
I'm like still wouldn't go, butyou know good, that does have
hot tubs.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
I'm just like hot tubs are sketchy anywhere.
I don't know if they'd be moreor less sketchy in an indoor
water park facility.
I know I also don't.
Speaker 4 (21:17):
I'm like I don't even know if that would help me or
not, I know.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Unless it was like in my room, which again sketchy, I
don't know.
Speaker 4 (21:26):
I mean, what's happened before me, I know but
yeah, I was saying who are thekind of people?
I do know adults who like thisas odd as it is, but there are
generally people who have muchhigher talents for noise and
like to be around a lot ofpeople.
Yeah, because for me that'sjust.
I mean I can take that, butit's just so wrong.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Yeah, Mary you would die, I would die, I would die.
Mary can't even listen to Dave.
Speaker 3 (21:55):
Matthews band, without getting worked up about
the, about the jamming.
I can't.
Speaker 4 (22:02):
I mean Alviana still get me started on DMB, because I
have fought through and Keithknows exactly.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
He can like feel it in his bones now.
We've been together so longthat he like knows when a jam of
any kind has gone on too longand then he like needs to skip,
like he can feel before youbefore.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
I'm like all right.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
Bito.
I had a sweet.
I feel very known and lovedbecause I hate a jam.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
I can sense it coming to just like with if I'm at
your house and something'shappening, I'm like we better
tone this shit down before Mayor.
Mayor loses it, not like youlose it in like intense way,
it's just like all of a sudden,you've been pushed over the edge
.
Yeah, I know so so, for whatyou're describing is my absolute
(22:51):
nightmare.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
And I hate and I'm like I was so hot, so muggy so,
but like the sweat, like the airis just like a bunch of million
children's sweat.
Speaker 4 (23:03):
And it's like January .
Like, I'll be honest, when Iwas packing I was like, what?
Like, first of all it's January.
I feel like all like I'mcarrying a little holiday weight
, I'm all bloated and I'm paleas hell.
I'm just like I don't even.
I also don't know what to wear,because I'm not going to wear
like a cuba peeney and indoorfluorescent.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
And you don't want to wear long sleeve, you don't
want to wear your like sun shirtbecause you're inside, it's not
sunny.
Speaker 4 (23:24):
Yes, and I did.
I actually did wear my rashguard because I was like this is
all I feel comfortable wearingat this point in my life, right
now, and you're like, this willprotect me if I have any open
wounds.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
This will maybe protect any back to you.
You have like a full wetsuit on.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
I mean, honestly, I was kind of like I should have
done that and as much as watershoes are ugly, I was like maybe
I should have had those.
Were there a lot of water shoesthere, not as much as you think
, but yeah, people just were.
It was a little astonishing.
I started to question myself.
You know, like that, people didnot seem bothered by just just
walking around barefoot.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
Yeah, you're like is it me?
Yeah, yeah, we have.
So our older sister has afriend who is dating a guy that
has children and she went withhim to and she called our sister
and was like I'm in the middleof it and she was like.
(24:18):
She was like I don't know if Ican do this Like Emily had to be
like listen, no, like you're atan indoor water park.
I don't know Water park.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Serious decisions yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Like indoor water park.
Speaker 4 (24:31):
This does not count.
Like this is just.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
She was like you, don't even have like a stake in
this game.
Like you didn't bring your kids, you know it's like you.
Speaker 4 (24:41):
I can't imagine my own kids weren't there.
I would have been out of it, Iknow.
I was almost out of it with mykids there, I know.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Emily was like just make it home, just make it home,
give it a couple of days, yeahabsolutely.
Yeah.
Oh, that's so good.
Well, ok, man, to route toclose us out.
What was your favorite part ofthe trip?
(25:10):
If you had to pick something,what's a take home that you're
like man, that was OK.
Speaker 4 (25:16):
I mean, like I said, I will say the convenience
factor of just orderingeverything.
I'm like at least I didn't haveto carry around, like if I had
my phone I could just be like,ok, I'm ordering a pizza for the
kids, I'm ordering fries, likeI'm getting this, we're ordering
, we're in the room and I'mgoing to get a coffee and donuts
.
We're going to go pick it up.
You know, like that was niceand convenient.
(25:37):
So they did that well, yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Was the room like?
Did it have separate rooms oryou guys are all sharing one big
one?
Yeah, you asked for a room.
Speaker 4 (25:46):
The room was fine.
It was clean.
I had heard they were nice, butit was.
It was just fine.
I would say OK, that's about.
It was big enough Telling us iswhat they did.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
The worst was the actual indoor water park Right
Like they're supposed to bedoing, the.
Speaker 4 (26:04):
But yeah, yeah, I think it's just like I don't
know, I don't know that there'sa wide adorbs.
I think the one thing thatcould have made it better is not
to have everything clusteredtogether in a lobby.
I don't think I mentioned this.
I mentioned the magic thing.
They also have a build-up thereand they have, I believe that,
mini golf and bowling, but it'sall like no, none of this is
full on.
(26:24):
It's all like half fastversions, which is just like
just don't do it.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
You know, don't do it .
What does a half?
Speaker 4 (26:30):
fast, build a bear.
Look like I.
It's oh, it's like in the giftshop and it's like a Maybe a
wall with like stuffing andrandom bears, like I mean it's
like probably six feet by, Idon't even know it's.
So you do stuff the bear, yeah,but it's not like a whole place
, it's just like a tiny sectionof the gift shop, like small
enough that my kids didn't evennotice.
(26:50):
Thank God and asked about it.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
OK, this is the weirdest thing.
Speaker 4 (26:55):
There's also yoga going on in the lobby with like
shows.
Yes, this is all going out inthe lobby, which also made me
extremely stressed out, like youcan't walk through without an
event.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Did you take any pictures?
I was about to say, did you?
I thought you're going to askher.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
she took any.
Like you know, I honestly Didyou take any Because I was like
I don't, oh my gosh, I wish Ibrought Xanax.
Speaker 4 (27:16):
I had to have Kevin had the migraine.
I had to have Kevin go get thebest they had, because all I had
of that, all the best they had,was like Nyquil and I was like
just give it to me, so knock meout.
And I did, thank God.
But no, I mean the lobby withall the shows.
It was like Chuck E Cheese type, the animatronic puppets.
That was, oh my gosh, yeah,you're walking through all that
(27:37):
to get your room and it's alltogether.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
The elves Was like also teens, and elf ears lining
the walls also.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
Right, just like in passing, like you're just
passing by them.
This is a big favor.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
But oh yeah, wait, so was someone instructing yoga.
Speaker 4 (27:57):
Yeah, I believe.
I mean we didn't see that, butit was just on the list.
Oh, it was an activity,something going on at all times
and all places Well what was thehalf-assed boy?
I didn't actually see it, Iheard it Shoulder lanes.
It was like the pin through,like attached to like strings,
Like I think it was you guys.
(28:18):
Yeah, I'm kind of glad to see.
It would have been really sad.
I'm sure I hate that.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
This is so bizarre.
I just loved here we shouldhave brought someone else on
that loved the experiencebecause I'm like this sounds
like my worst nightmare.
I need to understand what typeof people like going to this.
Speaker 4 (28:41):
I hate to say that I can understand that, but okay,
and she's gone many times no,okay.
Speaker 3 (28:48):
I know a couple of people that have gone and
enjoyed it and I just like I'mlike I need to know what we need
to recap, right yeah.
Speaker 4 (28:55):
I mean, yeah, you should be, but I will like.
Every time she said to me,because when she was like, did
you like it?
I was like, well, I don't wantto offend her because I'm like,
I know you love it.
But she was like, oh, she'slike for me and her kids are a
little older.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
So they just go.
Speaker 4 (29:06):
She's like I love it because they go play and I just
get my house one and she's likecan I just sit back and chill,
which?
I'm like that's the and that'smy thing, but that's why I'm
saying she is really high, she'sone of those.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
She can tune it out.
I can't do it.
I don't have that skill.
Speaker 4 (29:20):
It's like cool, good for you.
And she also doesn't mind beinginside Like I.
Just I literally go to the oneof the far bathrooms that was by
the wall, the exit, because noone was over there just to look
outside at that.
It's a fresher and quiet.
I was like over the brim myself, like like breathe it in the
back.
It's okay, you can make it, youcan get through this.
Speaker 3 (29:43):
I can go outside if I need to.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
I'm not trapped here by the landscape Like do I need
to?
Do?
You need help?
He's like opening the door foryou.
Speaker 3 (29:53):
I also like can't say much because I I'm like I need
to know what makes these peopletick, and I know people feel the
same way about me.
Love me, love me, world.
So know that, take all of thiswith a grain of salt.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
I just I've got strokes for different folk.
Speaker 4 (30:06):
You know I felt bad when I was telling people.
I'm like the kids loved it.
I don't.
I mean, do you want to get intoit?
And you guys want to do it, andI appreciate it.
I just want to listen.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
We'd love to hear it.
Speaker 4 (30:17):
I tried to break it down because I was like what is
it?
What's wrong with me?
But I'm like for a lot of it isthat I just don't like being
inside that long in that withloud noises and children and
children.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
A lot of no's for me.
Well, thanks so much.
This is great.
I hope everyone learnedsomething.
You didn't.
It was great I I love an honestreview.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
Love and honest.
If we have any listeners thatfeel the opposite way, please
send us five paragraph essays,because I need to know, yeah,
why.
What are the pros to this place?
Speaker 2 (30:57):
Yeah, all right, well , um, thanks guys, this was
super fun.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Yeah, thanks.
Happy early Valentine's Day.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Yeah, enjoy the week.
Hope your head stay well andstops raining for everyone.
Speaker 4 (31:17):
I'm very excited Again someone who likes sun and
sun's coming out tomorrow, yeahgreat.
So it's okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (31:25):
Great, all right.
Speaker 3 (31:29):
We will see you next Tuesday.
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