1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,920 This may be the last time I bring this company up in a 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:07,720 conversation because I feel like we've given them enough free 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:14,280 advertising over the over the past years and I'm about ready 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:19,320 to move on. But I had a long day a couple 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,120 weeks ago and some of you might have seen the post that I made 6 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,920 on the DVC Fan Instagram, instagram.com/the DVC Show, 7 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:31,080 where I posted a picture of a Red Baron pizza and I'd just 8 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,960 gotten it out of the freezer. It was a little dented and I was 9 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,520 just saying, yeah, that basically sums up my day. 10 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:43,000 And I put it in the oven and ate the whole thing and loved it. 11 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,880 Well, Red Baron finally responded to something that we 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:51,240 did on this channel and they said, Oh no, please reach out to 13 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,040 us and we'll make that right. To which I responded back and 14 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,640 said, Oh no, it was fine. I, I devoured the entire pizza. 15 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,880 I loved every piece of it. There's no problem. 16 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,080 It's fine that it was dented. I'm not concerned about that at 17 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,240 all. We would love to work with you 18 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:11,600 in some capacity if, if you would love us as much as as we 19 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,440 love you. So they said give us your 20 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,560 address and we'll send you something special. 21 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,000 So. Ladies and gentlemen, let may I 22 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:28,320 present what Red Baron sent us. First off, they apologized that 23 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:33,880 my pizza was dented and I got 1 coupon for a free Red Baron 24 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:35,040 pizza. You can't even. 25 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,440 You can't even, well, you don't covering covering it up so that 26 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,200 no one steals our barcode for our free pizza 'cause you know 27 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,560 someone's going to do that. But. 28 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,680 I don't think it's that. One free Red Baron pizza. 29 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,960 Wait. For it $3 value. 30 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:58,440 A sheet of stickers which outline brands that I did not 31 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,720 know were a part of. Oh, and I didn't even read the 32 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,360 back of this. Let me read the back of it while 33 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,640 you look at the stickers. Thank you for being an 34 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,320 incredible super fan of our products. 35 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,520 Your support means the world to us and we can't wait to continue 36 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,240 making your experience even better. 37 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,640 We love to hear from our biggest fans. 38 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:21,200 Continue to follow us on social media and tag us if we can be a 39 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,720 part of your special moments. Stay tuned for more exciting 40 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,400 updates. I I hope there are more exciting 41 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,520 updates. Listen, actually, these aren't 42 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,640 even stickers. Upon further review, this is 43 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:36,720 just this is like the plain Jane postcard that they send. 44 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:43,400 And last but not least, the Baron himself on a key chain, 45 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,480 right? There. 46 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,320 The least they could have done was send all of us a key chain. 47 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,320 That would have been something. But Amy wrote him a poem, for 48 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:57,040 God's sake. So after all of that, I turn it 49 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:01,240 to you, DVC show audience, reach out to Red Baron and tell them 50 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:05,960 last chance, they should love us as much as we love them, or 51 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,440 else. Digiorno, you're next. 52 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:14,640 I do like a good Digiorno. Listen, I am about to eat some 53 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:28,380 pizza rolls from Tostino so. Hey everybody, and welcome to 54 00:03:28,380 --> 00:03:30,740 this week's episode of The DVC Show. 55 00:03:30,740 --> 00:03:34,140 I am your host Paul Krieger, joined by the pizza lover 56 00:03:34,140 --> 00:03:36,380 herself, Amy Krieger. Hello. 57 00:03:36,460 --> 00:03:40,180 We've got Senior Sales associate for the DVC resale market, Derek 58 00:03:40,180 --> 00:03:43,280 de Boer. Hey now, I just love that story 59 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,920 too, just because there's some new intern that just came out of 60 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,720 college that was hired by them and the CEO said, listen, we've 61 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:53,560 got these crazy pizza stalkers called the Kriegers. 62 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,440 Will you do me a favor? Just send them whatever crap we 63 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:56,960 have. Well. 64 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:00,520 They they, they heard you on the crap. 65 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,560 All right, And we've got I'm just going to keep adding to the 66 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:09,560 title here. We've got DVC contributor, 67 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:14,840 videographer, editor, the Jeff Haslam put in the comments of 68 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,040 this show what Jeff's official title should be and we'll, we'll 69 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:18,680 go from there. Oh. 70 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,000 Lord, that could go. It's not in a hurry. 71 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,360 You know it's funny because at least Derek, who nobody likes, 72 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:28,760 gives out free bucket hats. It's. 73 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:34,320 Way better than I heard. Last I heard he has an entire 74 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:39,480 garage full of world of DVC water bottles that. 75 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,960 Will never get used. I might. 76 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:45,440 Jeff, Jeff, what kind of shirt do you have on? 77 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:46,960 It looks like you're wearing an Ascot. 78 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,080 This is my new. What's an ass? 79 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,200 Disneyland. It's very nice. 80 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,560 Oh, it's good. Very nice. 81 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,880 It's actually really cute and I'm sad I didn't buy one. 82 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,880 I will, I will back Derek up on this slightly because when Jeff 83 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,880 got on early, I go, do you have a harness on? 84 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,680 Like I really didn't know what he was wearing. 85 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,120 He was so close to the camera at the moment. 86 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:19,480 And so boy. Well, hey, happy to laugh with 87 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,480 you all. I hope we bring a laugh to your 88 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,080 Monday mornings or afternoons or whenever you choose to watch 89 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,920 this show. For those of you wondering where 90 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:34,200 is our lovable fuzzy panda friend, he is still dealing with 91 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:38,040 a broken tooth. So news flash, this is being 92 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,400 filmed an hour after the last show. 93 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,120 So he's still at the dentist. He he still an hour ago sent me 94 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:48,680 a picture from the dentist and he is dealing with a tooth issue 95 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,840 that involved biting into an olive. 96 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:54,360 So case in point, when you're eating that Red Baron pizza and 97 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:58,160 you see that black olive, question whether or not there is 98 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,240 a pit there because it could bust your tooth. 99 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,040 I'm with Derek, he said in the show chat. 100 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,800 This is what you get for eating olives, Yeah, you don't. 101 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:09,280 You just stare clear all together of olives. 102 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:10,240 No. Olives of olives. 103 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:14,840 I want to clarify that he did not lose his tooth biting into a 104 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:19,160 Red Baron pizza. Just in case Red Baron chooses 105 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:20,800 this show. To. 106 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,520 Judge whether or not they're going to sponsor us. 107 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:28,280 We would like to clarify. No one has, to our knowledge, 108 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:30,680 bitten into a red pizza and lost a tooth. 109 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:32,720 But there's a first for everything. 110 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,480 You never know. We're talking about the breaking 111 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,760 pizzas, breaking people's teeth. The one guy called our stuff. 112 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,720 We sent them crap. Yeah, we're not working with 113 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,000 those guys. We're done. 114 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:48,160 We're going to now go after Annie Chuns simple gourmet Asian 115 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,120 cuisine. That'll be our next attempt. 116 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,920 Also a red. It's the same company, so we'll 117 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,440 just get another key chain. So collect them. 118 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:58,960 All right. Well, for those of you that 119 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,760 dislike our rambling, you're going to love us today. 120 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:06,960 Tonight's show is all about Disney and DVC and the things 121 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:11,120 that we miss and want back. I think we did this show kind of 122 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,720 many moons ago, maybe 3 or 4 years ago to a degree. 123 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:19,720 Yeah, it was just DVC related, though I like to expand into 124 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,640 new. Horizons. 125 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,440 Everything Disney. Everything Disney and DVC. 126 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,360 So we're going to go around the room and kind of discuss what 127 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:32,360 things we miss that have gone away that we really wish Disney 128 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,680 or Disney Vacation Club would bring back before we get into 129 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,640 it. A real sponsor or our company is 130 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,920 who brings you this show every single week and we love them for 131 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,600 that You know they they give us more than these key chains right 132 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,240 here. And so if you want us to 133 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:56,320 continue making this nonsense, please, please, as always. 134 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,680 He got distracted because his mom texted him and he came up 135 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,160 with a computer. It did. 136 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,640 I thought he froze. I legitimately thought he froze. 137 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,520 She was just asking if we were settled back in from our trip. 138 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,480 Yeah, it comes. It comes across the screen and 139 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,080 everything show up for our sponsors. 140 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:22,440 The world of DVCDVC resale market where you can buy or sell 141 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:26,480 a Disney Vacation Club contract. Monera Financial who can assist 142 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,720 in financing that DVC resale contract. 143 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,840 Purchase the DVC rental store where you can try before you 144 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,039 buy. Rent some points or rent out 145 00:08:34,039 --> 00:08:36,200 your own points for cash if you're not going to use them 146 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:40,320 this year and unlocked Magic where you can get discounted 147 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,159 Walt Disney World or Universal Orlando tickets. 148 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:48,040 And they also recently launched 10% off specialty party tickets 149 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,880 like Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party. 150 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:55,760 I have heard that probably that Christmas party that they do as 151 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,080 well that's going to have some discounted tickets later this 152 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:04,200 year also. So unlocked magic.com/DVCfan. 153 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,800 Good job. I love that you guys have 154 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,840 resorted to clapping for me when I successfully get through the 155 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,920 plug these days. Hey, as somebody that has to do 156 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,560 this plug on a regular basis, I'll applaud anybody that can 157 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:22,240 make it through on one take. Yeah, it's just, I feel like 158 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,720 Jeff, you're there with me and so is Amy, where it's like it's 159 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,800 it's not. We're not thinking as we're 160 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,160 doing it anymore because we've done it so many times. 161 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,800 And so if you start thinking about oh, pizza, oh squirrel, 162 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,560 then you just get derailed very quickly. 163 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:43,600 But please show some love to our companies, because that's why 164 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,880 we're here. Yes. 165 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:48,560 They all do. They love our companies. 166 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,280 They love us. I'm here because Paul tells me 167 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,760 to be. Yeah, I feed you pizza and tell 168 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:59,040 you you're pretty. We're talking this week about 169 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,880 Dear Disney DVC. Here's what we miss, Here's what 170 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,200 we want back. I want to start with Jeff Haslam 171 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,320 because he said he's got some doozies for us. 172 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,800 And so, Jeff, I want you to kick us off. 173 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,800 What is something you miss and you want back from Disney or 174 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,600 Disney Vacation Club? Get that little guy in your 175 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,800 shoulder. I'm not curmudgeoning yet. 176 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,280 For those that don't know, I would like you to meet my 177 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:24,400 shoulder Curmudgeon. He will come on my shoulder when 178 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,360 I'm about to get pissed off, but I'm not mad yet, so he's going 179 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:31,000 to go off to the side. I think this is going to be on 180 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:35,920 everybody's list, but it's a good one to talk about and maybe 181 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,400 somebody will hear us tables in Wonderland. 182 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:42,280 Just bring it back. We just got back from 183 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,920 Disneyland. Well, not all of us because 184 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,360 Derek hates fun, but most of us got back from Disneyland. 185 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:52,840 And the fact that you can use a DVC discount at essentially any 186 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,400 eating establishment in Disneyland, yeah, just makes 187 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,000 that trip so much more affordable. 188 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,640 And it doesn't cost Disney anything. 189 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:04,040 Like, I don't know, I just, it needs to cover quick service as 190 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:05,960 well. That's a pie in the sky, I 191 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:07,720 realized. But Tables in Wonderland needs 192 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,320 to make a comeback stat. It is something that we never 193 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,320 got to take advantage of it. I know I'm so and remember we 194 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:17,360 were just thinking about buying it when it went away. 195 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,760 Yeah, it was, it was finally the year where we're like, we're 196 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:23,000 going to be here enough. We're going to do enough table 197 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,000 service dining. And here's the thing, it would 198 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,480 sell. They would sell more because 199 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,840 first of all, you have to pay for tables in Wonderland or you 200 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,760 had to pay. Second of all, we would choose 201 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:40,400 going to a restaurant at Disney versus maybe somewhere else 202 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:46,640 because of that 20% discount and it was 20% on everything, your 203 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:51,840 whole bill, including alcohol. That would steer us more towards 204 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,480 eating excuse me, at Disney. Well, in Disney, if you're 205 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,800 listening and you want reasons and you want to justify bringing 206 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,320 it back, I'll give you several. This summer for Disney Vacation 207 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,760 Club members and annual pass holders, you're offering 40% off 208 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,480 select dining restaurants. That's unheard of. 209 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,400 It saved us over $100 when we recently did our dining review 210 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,440 at Hollywood and Vine. We're going to do some more this 211 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:20,040 summer. It is driving us to go and do 212 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,960 more dining reviews on property and spend more and on property. 213 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:28,600 Driving people to those restaurants which were probably 214 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,200 being underused which is why they offered on them. 215 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,320 It's hard to get reservations for those days that offer those 216 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,720 discounts right now for. Sure, and option #2 to justify 217 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:47,000 its return is that for the entirety of 2026 you are feeding 218 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,160 kids for free that choose to do the Disney Dining Plan. 219 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:55,760 So there's no argument to say that the cost perspective is not 220 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,000 there. You will bring more people into 221 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,200 these restaurants. You will make more money by 222 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:03,920 offering this product again and again. 223 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:05,640 We're not talking about a product that was free. 224 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:07,920 How much was it like? Do you remember Jeff? 225 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:13,440 I want to say 125 a year, but I could have just totally made 226 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:14,680 that up. I actually don't know. 227 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:15,880 I. Don't know some reason in my 228 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,240 head I see like 175. Yeah. 229 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:22,040 I, I, I think it was closer to 200. 230 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,560 I think it was closer to 2. So you even still you want to 231 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:27,600 put in. You would have to put in some 232 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:34,760 work to make that worthwhile, but. 175. 175 OK Oh. 233 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,320 But you could add a second membership for a spouse or 234 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:45,200 partner for 1:50 and actually or sorry for 50 bucks is the add 235 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,040 on. It was actually only 150 for DVC 236 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,760 members and pass holders. The 175 was for Florida 237 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:53,760 residents. Well, and that's what I was 238 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:57,080 about to say, is you want to capture dollars that you're not 239 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,640 capturing right now. We know how Disney feels about 240 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:01,400 us locals and us annual pass holders. 241 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,960 In their mind, we don't make them enough money, even though 242 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:06,720 they're not looking at it the right way when we could do a 243 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,800 whole show on that. If I'm a local and I'm only 244 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:11,920 coming to the park for a few hours, I'm stopping at 245 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,480 Chick-fil-A on the way unless we're doing a dining room or 246 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,800 something for the show. I don't eat in the parks because 247 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,120 it's too expensive. Make it 20% cheaper. 248 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:20,880 I'm probably going to eat there every single time. 249 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,000 Yeah. So there's a lot of people that 250 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,160 feel the same way, that you're missing out on a lot of dollars. 251 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:29,240 And you're paying for the discount. 252 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,720 And yeah, and you're, so you have to. 253 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:37,920 Go a whole bunch to even make what you paid for that discount 254 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,960 card back and people are going to do that. 255 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,680 Yep. Or I'll take it, this is just 256 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:48,280 going to be a whole show about this one topic, but this is 257 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,280 something that you could easily roll into the Member Magic 258 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:55,480 Beyond program as well. So DVC members get this desk 259 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,520 out. But if you have the Member Magic 260 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,240 Beyond, because you know that they want to increase the price 261 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:04,040 of that eventually. So increase the price of that. 262 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,600 Give you a better dining discount included on alcohol. 263 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,320 You probably I will buy a magic. Member beyond for that? 264 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,360 Yep. Just for that, right. 265 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,160 And that's, and that's the kicker with that program is it's 266 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,080 finding a way to get more people to buy it. 267 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,200 And they've done a good job at that. 268 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,560 But I think you could expand the program exponentially by doing 269 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,920 that. But well, you look at Universal 270 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,600 and just the automatic discount you get just with your annual 271 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,080 pass. Universal understands what the 272 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,640 markup is on food and I I think it's only 10% at quick service. 273 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:39,840 I'm not, I'm pretty sure it's 10% but the markup on food is 274 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,560 like 6070%. Most most places have a alcohol 275 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:44,920 meet. Meet in the middle. 276 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,640 Give us a discount, get more of our money that you're not 277 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:49,680 getting, and you'll be happy with us. 278 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:55,000 Derek, what is hit the top of your list for something you want 279 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,520 back? I got AI got a long list, but 280 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,600 I'm going to start with one that when I told Annie, my wife about 281 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,680 this subject, this is literally the first thing literally that 282 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:07,840 came to her mind. And she said, you got to mention 283 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:08,840 this. And I think, God, that's a 284 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,960 perfect one. It's I miss the orchestra at the 285 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:17,120 Grand Floridian. I miss that feeling when you 286 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:21,640 walked into that lobby of the Grand Floridian was the coolest 287 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,600 feeling in the whole entire world. 288 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,640 You had an orchestra and they're playing music and the lobby's 289 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,400 beautiful to begin with, but that orchestra took things to a 290 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,640 whole new level and it just made everything so special and so 291 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,320 cool. And you can't tell me that 292 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,760 there's any other reason they did it other than money. 293 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,120 That's it. People love it. 294 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,120 I'm not saying you need an 86 piece orchestra. 295 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,560 I'm just saying even if you scale it back, put them back to 296 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,640 where you know the the little tea room is now. 297 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:53,400 So who knows what's that going to be? 298 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:57,320 But you need to bring back the orchestra at the Grand Floridian 299 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:01,240 because it was just this extra feeling that made the Grand feel 300 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:06,079 like no other resort whatsoever. And I, I miss it. 301 00:17:06,079 --> 00:17:09,400 And you again, you can't tell me that the people at the Grand 302 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,240 Floridian, you know, said, well, we listen to our guests and our 303 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,720 guests told us they hate that orchestra. 304 00:17:14,839 --> 00:17:17,040 Like no one said that whatsoever. 305 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:21,839 Everyone misses the orchestra. So bring back the orchestra. 306 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:27,200 If you look at what Universal did at Epic Universe, there is a 307 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:34,320 huge component to both the live characters in the parks, but 308 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,320 also this kind of entertainment even around the resorts. 309 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:42,000 You know, I, I think at the resorts we've resorted resorts, 310 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:53,080 we've resorted at the resorts, we've resorted to putting like 3 311 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,920 characters on a bus and driving them around all day to the 312 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,960 different resorts and having them pop up, which is cool. 313 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,120 But again, we were just at Disneyland and characters just 314 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,960 aimlessly walk around Disneyland. 315 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Everywhere. Everywhere. 316 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,440 And that's such a magical experience. 317 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:14,200 I understand in certain areas, maybe at Walt Disney World, why 318 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:18,680 that might not be appropriate and and they might get too large 319 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,960 of a crowd surrounding them. But still, it's such a cool 320 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,000 experience. And Universal has figured out 321 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,080 how to do it. They've got people walking 322 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,080 around Burke. They've got, you know, Igor's 323 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:33,200 the most popular person in the world at universe right now. 324 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:39,360 And like, they still managed to have people enjoy him and he 325 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:45,160 doesn't get overrun with crowds. So just like the orchestra, 326 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,360 Bring, bring, bring it back. Look what happens on Main Street 327 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:52,400 when the Dapper Dans come out. Nobody's waiting to get their 328 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,920 picture taken with them, but it adds some kinetic energy and 329 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:00,240 some life to the otherwise kind of boring. 330 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,560 You know? You look at the violin guy at 331 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,920 Epic Universe in in in the Dark Universe area and you look at 332 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:09,480 the characters at Disneyland. It just, it adds movement, it 333 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,800 adds color, it adds something fresh. 334 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,360 You can rotate people out. I don't know. 335 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:17,040 I'm with you on that one. Paul St. 336 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:21,320 Miss Fear and and music. All that stuff just has such an 337 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,040 impact on on the guest's day. Yeah. 338 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:26,960 Amy, what made your list? All right. 339 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:33,760 My my big one is something that is present at very very few 340 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:38,120 resorts and it used to be pretty much at all or at least most 341 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:40,840 room service. I miss. 342 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:48,680 The ability to order room service, especially as ADVC 343 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:52,480 member. We're not always in a hurry to 344 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,840 go to the park. Sometimes we just want to enjoy 345 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,320 the resorts. We want to sit on our balcony. 346 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,960 We'd love to eat a meal on our balcony. 347 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:06,080 And it's been so inconsistent since the pandemic. 348 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:11,880 Like, do you remember we stayed at Beach Club in 2021, maybe in 349 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,480 October, and they had some room service there. 350 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:19,000 And now it's gone. And right now, I think Grand 351 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,960 Floridian is the only resort serve in room service and it's 352 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,360 breakfast and dinner only. There's nothing in between for 353 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:29,040 lunch. Or no snack menu or. 354 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,800 Anything. Yeah, but I just miss having a 355 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:36,480 room service menu, having that option. 356 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,560 If you've had a long day, you just want to sit in your room, 357 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,160 order some food where you don't have to go anywhere. 358 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:46,160 You want to sit on your balcony? I missed an option and I 359 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:53,200 especially sad that I never got to try the Twilight Feast, which 360 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,840 is when they would bring basically the ohana. 361 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:01,040 A VAT full of noodles. Yes, the Ohana meal to your 362 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:05,320 Polynesian room and we never got to try it. 363 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:10,400 I always, always wanted to sit on the balcony at the Polynesian 364 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,960 and eat noodles and watch the fireworks. 365 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:17,200 That was like a dream. And we're sounding like a broken 366 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,440 record on this show already. But let's go back to Jeff's 367 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:26,240 point from earlier about food and, and let's let's talk about 368 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,800 dining again, because this goes hand in hand with that concept 369 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:35,360 of I'm either in a Disney Vacation Club villa and I'm 370 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:39,600 making a decision to potentially go off property or maybe order 371 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,400 groceries and cook for myself versus having a room service 372 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,840 option. So I feel like you would capture 373 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:53,120 more money by having this available at more properties. 374 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,000 Yeah, I mean, when we we just got back from Disneyland and I 375 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,120 was shocked. Amy, my Amy and I talked about 376 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:01,400 it. The Disneyland Hotel Villas have 377 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,040 the thing just like on a cruise ship, if you want room service 378 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,000 breakfast, you fill it out and hang it on your door. 379 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:07,880 They do? Yeah. 380 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:09,720 And I think it was only for breakfast. 381 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,880 I did not see a dinner menu. I didn't honestly look that 382 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,440 close 'cause I knew we weren't gonna be there. 383 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,240 But Disneyland, the villas at the Disneyland Hotel, I'm. 384 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:20,360 I'm assuming that's hotel wide. I can't imagine it's for DVC 385 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:23,720 members only. But yeah, it wasn't a great huge 386 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,240 menu, but had all the the breakfast things that you would 387 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,400 want fill it out. Hang it on your door dough like 388 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,400 that's that would be a game changer. 389 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:37,160 That is one of our favorite things about cruising is we, you 390 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,080 know, we sit down the night before and we're like, we're 391 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,120 going to sleep in. We're going to sit on our 392 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:45,760 balcony and eat breakfast. Like what do you want in the 393 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,280 morning? You know, I want a croissant, I 394 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,120 want yogurt. And we put that on our door. 395 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:55,880 And then by the time I wake up, like, it's like within, like a 396 00:22:55,880 --> 00:23:00,000 little, but it shows up. Like, that's a game changer in 397 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,160 convenience enjoyment, you know what I mean? 398 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:07,000 I yeah, I wish, yeah. I'm sure it comes from Goofy's 399 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,320 kitchen. I'm sure that's where it comes 400 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,040 from, you know, as far as the kitchen that it comes from. 401 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,360 But such an easy thing for them to do, and if they're offering 402 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:17,920 it at one place. Well, in Grand Floridian's is 403 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,160 just coming from Grand Floridian Cafe. 404 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,120 Sure, you have the kitchens, you know. 405 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,800 But room service always, even on a cruise ship, room service 406 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,440 always has a surcharge. It always has a service charge, 407 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,040 a convenience fee. They call it a number of 408 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,880 different things, but I'll gladly pay it to not have to 409 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:39,400 leave my room. Yeah, I just remember, and you 410 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,600 know, and this was a while ago is I've had so many trips before 411 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,720 I became a Disney Vacation Club member where we'd stay at Dixie 412 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,560 Landings, which is now Port Orleans. 413 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,120 But my God, I think it was called the Sasagula Pizza 414 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:53,960 Company or something like that where they would, you didn't 415 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,480 have a lot to pick from. It legit was pizza. 416 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,080 And I think maybe they had wings. 417 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,480 That was it. But it was the greatest thing in 418 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,080 the world because when you're in the parks all day, you come 419 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,760 back, you don't feel like going to like a quick service. 420 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,400 You don't want to go to a sit down restaurant. 421 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:10,960 So you just want to go back to your room. 422 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,920 And I know all the all the moderate resorts and I'm sure 423 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,720 like the All Stars did too, because I think I saw someone 424 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,400 post in a show from a couple of weeks ago that was like, my 425 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,120 favorite pizza is the one they used to serve at the All Star, 426 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:24,880 you know, and you'd have these little golf carts that would go 427 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:28,920 around and they were busy all the flipping time just going 428 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,320 around delivering pizzas. And I'm like, why can't you even 429 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,600 do that? Like it's wow, it's pizza and 430 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,960 it. It needs to be priced 431 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,920 competitively too. That's the one thing about the 432 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:41,560 pizza delivery. Because we used to be All Star 433 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,560 people, pop century people that where we stayed the pizza for 434 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,960 like 1 large pizza was like $7,000,000. 435 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:53,280 It was ridiculous When they still allow flippers and 436 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:55,800 Domino's or whatever to deliver to your room. 437 00:24:55,800 --> 00:25:01,400 Like make it affordable so people will choose you over. 438 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:07,680 Yeah, Never have I wanted room service so bad as when we were 439 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,560 staying at Fort Wilderness Cabins. 440 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:13,920 You remember, we were so hungry and we were like, OK, we've got 441 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,080 to get out, we've got to get in our golf cart. 442 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:23,440 We got to drive over to the the area with all the food they. 443 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,120 And all we did was get it and bring it back to the. 444 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:27,640 Cabin, right? They could have someone 445 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:31,280 delivering that stuff for a charge, just like you said on a 446 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:35,440 golf cart, delivering it to campsites, to cabins. 447 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,920 Right. Or don't even you could. 448 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,840 You could do it even cheaper than that. 449 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,800 We currently live in a new development community, so 450 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,120 there's active construction and there's what I what I call the 451 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:52,640 food truck comes around every day and it is a pickup truck 452 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,720 with an outfitted like kitchen on the back of it. 453 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,360 And so they're selling food to the workers that are building 454 00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:02,320 houses. You could just drive that truck 455 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,080 a rat like a like an ice cream truck and have it have a cute 456 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,840 little Jingle that it plays as it's driving through the Fort 457 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:13,880 Wilderness cabins or driving through Old West and wave it 458 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,000 down. Get your sandwich or your soup 459 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,440 or whatever it has to offer as a special that day. 460 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,040 Like there there's some guy that always comes up on TikTok that I 461 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:26,240 get served videos for that does this for a living. 462 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,640 Like he drives around and he takes his truck different places 463 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:31,960 and they loaded up every morning and they always have like a 464 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:36,840 special like it's quality food. Like lasagna is the special one 465 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,600 day. They do have tacos some days in 466 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,840 case you want you want your Mexican fix. 467 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:47,120 But great ideas. We have made Disney $1,000,000 468 00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:49,840 on this show already and we are not even a third of the way 469 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:50,960 through it. Well, we are. 470 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,120 We are about halfway through it. And it's so frustrating because 471 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:57,560 we're sitting here and I'm getting even more angry about it 472 00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,560 because I'm like, we're not sitting here saying you know 473 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,240 what? We need a whole new 5th gate. 474 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:06,560 We need blah blah blah, asking for a dude in a golf cart to 475 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,800 deliver crappy overpriced pizzas to our room and we'll happily 476 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,480 pay you. We're literally telling you take 477 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,040 our money, we're hungry. It's the end of a long day. 478 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,520 If you just serve cheese pizza, that's it. 479 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,240 And it could be terrible and it could be covered in tooth 480 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,320 breaking olives. We don't care. 481 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,040 We'll pay for it. OK, that's it. 482 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,760 Rant over. Where's that angry doll? 483 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:33,720 Boy, yeah, you need to pass along Mr. Anger Curmudgeon to 484 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:38,520 Derek, one that I'm sure anyone watching this show thought was 485 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,480 going to come up eventually. I'll add to the list right now, 486 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,720 which is Magical Express. I'm not going to sit here and 487 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,440 say I want Magical Express to be free and I want them to bring 488 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,040 back a free concept. But what I think you have to 489 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:57,120 acknowledge is that the current paid model that Mears is 490 00:27:57,120 --> 00:28:01,960 offering is too much money to justify it in many situations. 491 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:05,440 If you get into a family of three or four, the cost per 492 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,280 person just does not make sense. And you can easily get a 493 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:13,640 rideshare or a different type of transportation, much cheaper to 494 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,240 get there. So the price is too high. 495 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,880 So if Disney can come in and put something that is at half that 496 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:25,680 price, yes, it will likely operate at a loss that that 497 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,680 specific division. You're going to solve multiple 498 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,720 problems that you have caused by taking it away. 499 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:36,880 It's it's going to essentially make more money than it used to 500 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:41,280 'cause it used to be free. You have provided a service and 501 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,760 a product that people desperately want to get to your 502 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,960 parks. And last but not least, you are 503 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,000 capturing people in that Disney bubble yet again. 504 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,960 Because what's funny about this is Universal realized this and 505 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,240 now you can add to a Universal vacation package. 506 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:05,480 Did you see the dinosaur bus? Yeah, on Monday when we were. 507 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,840 Yeah. We, we arrived back home on 508 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:11,760 Monday and we were getting a bus to the economy parking lot and 509 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:13,640 next to it was the Universal bus. 510 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,720 But Universal is now offering a shuttle service that you can add 511 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:22,360 to Universal packages that'll take you either to and from a 512 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,200 Disney resort to Universal or vice versa. 513 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,200 And you can add that onto a package and it is reasonably 514 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,200 priced. So they understand that there is 515 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:37,840 a value involved in providing this service to get people to 516 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:42,760 their parks to spend money over there on food and other things. 517 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,280 So and let. Me, let me just say this seems 518 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:53,400 so like incremental, but when we were waiting for the parking 519 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:59,360 shuttle at the airport and I saw that bus covered in Jurassic 520 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:03,640 Park, it was like, it was like the whole bus was like what 521 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:06,600 velociraptors and in the greenery and stuff. 522 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:11,200 It made me want to drop everything I was doing and go to 523 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,680 Universal. Like just felt so much jealousy 524 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,480 for the people getting on that bus. 525 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,840 It's a driving advertisement, you know what I mean? 526 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,000 And they've got like a Harry Potter one, they've got a 527 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,720 Minions one. They have all these theme buses 528 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,200 and it reminds you of how cool it was to actually get on that 529 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,280 bus. That said, Magical express or 530 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,160 even they do still have some of the Disney Cruise Line buses 531 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,560 around, but more often than not, those have even gone generic. 532 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,320 But it's it was so special if you were getting on a Disney 533 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,520 Cruise, taking a bus from a Disney resort and going to the 534 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:50,200 port to get on that special Disney Cruise Line bus that that 535 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,440 made you want to be there. It made you start that vacation 536 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:57,800 the moment you got into the hell hole that is MCO. 537 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,880 It made you not want to leave, you know. 538 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,120 Why would I leave Disney? I've got all the transportation 539 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:10,160 here that I need, whereas if you have to take that alternative 540 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:13,760 transportation, you're kind of like, oh, I have a rental car, 541 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,280 let's go here. Oh, I found out how easy it is 542 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,840 to Uber. Let's go here, you know. 543 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,040 And other costs are related to this. 544 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,880 You know, this goes hand to hand with luggage as well. 545 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,720 We know that they've been testing this at some All Star 546 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,240 resorts in bringing back the luggage service. 547 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:37,800 Now I think that is more related to the fact that Orlando 548 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:44,000 International or MCO is having a severe issue with the quantity 549 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,520 of luggage that is rotating through there, so much so that 550 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,320 they're actually subsidizing companies to come up with 551 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:55,200 solutions for off site luggage, which I think this trial is part 552 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,200 of. So again, you have a cost 553 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:01,760 savings in bringing back that luggage service, whereas Disney 554 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,800 maybe paid for that themselves previously. 555 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,320 There's a subsidy offering them to bring it back and other 556 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,880 companies that want to assist them in doing so. 557 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:15,920 So you took away these products for long enough that you can 558 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:19,880 bring them back for cheaper than you were paying before, and I 559 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,520 think it makes you more money in the process. 560 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:27,160 And and on top of that. Too, Going back to Sorry Derek 561 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,560 one second. Going back to the Magic Express 562 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,960 and the buses, one of the best parts of starting your Disney 563 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,360 vacation was getting to watch the video of all the things that 564 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,080 you were about to experience. And they could take that to a 565 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:44,080 next level and teach you how to to book your lightning lanes or 566 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,240 teach you how to use the app or teach you how to do things that 567 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:50,080 are they made so complicated as it is. 568 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,080 And then coming back, more advertisements. 569 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,440 You know, this next day could be free if you stop by ADVC booth, 570 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,840 you know, just something to get you excited to come back on the 571 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,880 next trip. On top of that, they've already 572 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:06,040 got the minivans that are outrageously priced to go back 573 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,640 and forth at the airport. People would much rather take a 574 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,760 town car service or something like that. 575 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:14,480 If they want their own, you know, private vehicle, make that 576 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,880 more affordable and add it to the package if that's what you 577 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:21,160 want to do. Don't make people shop around, 578 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,240 because they will and they'll find out cheaper options. 579 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,280 Yeah, that's a perfect great idea, Jack. 580 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,720 I was just going to say it's just such a no brainer when it 581 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,680 came to branding. Like I remember always seeing 582 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,960 little kids in their strollers and they would have what, die 583 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,000 cast models of the magical express bus, right? 584 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,080 And we would be holding them everything else. 585 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:47,840 Boy, I, I see so many kids playing with Mears buses now and 586 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,320 it's just so silly. Like it was such a perfect 587 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,760 branding thing. And like Jeff said, there's a 588 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,840 way to do it. Like, and you said too, Paul, 589 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,920 we're not asking it to be free. So charge us and guess what, 590 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:05,400 while we're there, do you know Clockwork Orange, you know, peel 591 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:08,639 our eyes back and show us videos on why we need to buy Lightning 592 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:12,080 Lane and why we need to buy DVC, Why we need to we're willing, 593 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,280 people will be willing to go through that, right? 594 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,719 They're, they're telling you, we don't mind that. 595 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,000 Let us do it. So there is way, and that's the 596 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,000 perfect thing, Jeff, get people. Hey, everybody, you know, get 597 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,400 your phones out, pal, you know, and then you go ahead and tell 598 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:29,239 them how to book Lightning Lanes and how to book your DVC tour 599 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,800 while you're on a trip. So you make money and you're 600 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,239 charging people for it and nobody's going to complain about 601 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:36,639 it. No one's going to complain. 602 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,159 Yeah, you don't have to use it if it's not your jam. 603 00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:41,440 If you'd rather Uber or rent a car, that's on you. 604 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,560 But make it easy for the people that want that bubble. 605 00:34:45,639 --> 00:34:50,400 And as an Orlando local, which people will comment that is a 606 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:57,440 negative in some way, shape or form, this will help with the 607 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:01,000 traffic problem down here because you'll have less people 608 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:07,160 in Ubers and in rental cars and the traffic is just insane at 609 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,880 all times down here anymore. So it would really help 610 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,920 alleviate some of that, which I think really increased when 611 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,600 Magical Express went away, because I'm pretty sure a lot of 612 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,920 people use that service. Well, and while we're talking 613 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,560 about the bubble, I'll swing one more in here. 614 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,400 Really quick package delivery back to your room. 615 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,200 That is the thing that is not. Out there on your shoulder. 616 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,480 Tell your story, Jeff. Well, OK. 617 00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:38,560 No. We don't need to go down that 618 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,520 rabbit hole. I had an issue at Disneyland 619 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,560 that that's a whole show in and of itself. 620 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:46,320 But I'm talking about if you're staying at a Disney resort and 621 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,560 you buy a light Saber, take it back to my room for me so I 622 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:51,080 don't have to haul the damn thing around. 623 00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:53,560 There's been a little misinformation on the interwebs 624 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,360 lately that that's back. That is absolutely not back, but 625 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,240 we desperately want it back. So make sure. 626 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:01,880 You know, it's such an easy thing for Disney. 627 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:05,400 Like they used to do it and it was free again. 628 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,840 I'm not even sure I would care if there was a $5 service fee if 629 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,600 I had a ton of stuff. Sorry if I had a crap. 630 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:16,120 Of stuffed animals that. Have to give I. 631 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,440 Didn't want to carry around in a big bag so pay. 632 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:20,440 I'll pay 5 bucks to have a go back to my room. 633 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,520 I will give Disney credit with the fact that they have been 634 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:27,600 better about offering the ability to ship things Yep to 635 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:32,280 your house, which actually alleviates more problems than 636 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,280 not. And I feel like their shipping 637 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,280 rates are pretty reasonable. In some they are. 638 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:41,000 Pretty reasonable, but, and that works in a lot of cases for for 639 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,120 example lightsabers, I don't want to take that on the plane 640 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,880 either. But if my my grandkid bought The 641 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,160 Little Mermaid doll set and wants to play with it in the 642 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,760 room when we get back and I ship it home, that doesn't do 643 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:52,320 anything for them. You know what I mean? 644 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:55,160 So there should be an option to have that. 645 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,680 Ship back to your resort, yeah. You could put it on the same 646 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,440 golf cart that's delivering A yucky pizza to dare I was. 647 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:07,200 Just going to say that. Well, it's what's funny is I 648 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,560 know that there are people, at least there used to be people 649 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:15,000 that were employed at the hotels that kind of ran multiple of 650 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,360 these errands, among other things. 651 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:21,360 So they would actually go get things for guests if there was 652 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,320 an emergency situation. We met one of these individuals 653 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:29,280 back when we were staying at Boardwalk during one of the 654 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,960 Hurricanes, and she was just explaining to us her role. 655 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:37,680 But she was kind of a floater and she would run errands and do 656 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,720 things as they needed. And it every day looked a little 657 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:42,880 bit different in terms of what her job was. 658 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,600 And that's kind of really why she enjoyed it, because she was 659 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,240 going all over the place. So if for some reason she had to 660 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:53,880 run to CVS because some family's vacation was ruined because XY 661 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,400 or Z was forgotten, she would run there. 662 00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:00,160 And it would be magical that Disney took care of someone in 663 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,640 that capacity. Amy, what's next on your list? 664 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,760 OK, this is this is not the one that I'm going to say, but I 665 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:11,440 just want to give a quick dear Sanaa, please bring back the 666 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,720 cilantro coconut vegetables. Everybody loved them. 667 00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:16,440 I don't know why you got rid of them. 668 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:22,280 It's like the best thing. It made me like vegetables, OK? 669 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:26,880 Except olives. Are olives into vegetables? 670 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,320 Are they a fat? What They're on olives? 671 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:31,360 That's a That's a deep cut, right? 672 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:35,960 There they're technically a fruit, but I don't actually 673 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,320 know. OK, go ahead, continue. 674 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:44,040 OK, bring back the festivals of yesteryear. 675 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:49,920 Bring back the food and wine cooking demonstrations in the 676 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:55,920 specialty breakfast at Chefs de France and the Festival Center 677 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:57,400 I. What are they even doing with 678 00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:00,520 that building? I loved going in there when it 679 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:03,920 was a festival center. Doing nothing with it, that's 680 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:05,600 for sure. That's all I got. 681 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,120 Vegetables there it's. A good one. 682 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:10,320 Vegetables and festival vegetables. 683 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:11,680 And vegetables on your list anywhere. 684 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,520 Vegetables. No, not at all, unless they're 685 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:19,480 on pizza. So I thought about this a lot, 686 00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,920 and this was the one that I was most passionate about. 687 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:26,240 And it's because I'm a boardwalk owner for a very long time and I 688 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:29,360 know there's plenty of fantastic boardwalk owners out there, even 689 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:33,720 folks that love the boardwalk. What I want to come back, bring 690 00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:38,720 back the boardwalk being an actual destination, bring back a 691 00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:42,160 reason that my wife Annie laughed when she went on the app 692 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,440 and it looked and said, why are they putting hours for the 693 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:48,440 boardwalk like right next to the theme park, right next to all 694 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:50,600 the other things to do, the hours for Disney Springs. 695 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:55,760 The Boardwalk right now is a shell of what it used to be. 696 00:39:55,760 --> 00:40:00,280 And it pains me. It pains me that when you walk 697 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:04,120 on the Boardwalk and you walk by the screen door gift shop that 698 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,560 after you pass that there ain't nothing. 699 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:10,520 There's nothing going on, meaning there's the DVC Preview 700 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:13,920 Center so you can walk in and see a room, but the Jelly Rolls 701 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:17,640 is now closed. There's nothing going on at Big 702 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,720 River Grill, which has been closed for God knows how long, 703 00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:22,840 and they've not announced one thing. 704 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:27,520 And then again, you've got Atlantic Dance, which hands down 705 00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:31,320 would make the most perfect, much needed quick service 706 00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,880 restaurant that the Boardwalk so desperately needs. 707 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:37,440 It's already set up for a kitchen because as they do 708 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,720 events there, you got plenty of space inside. 709 00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:41,440 You got it upstairs, you got it downstairs. 710 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,480 People would come and eat there from the Gotten Beach Club if it 711 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,720 was. But right now there's nothing 712 00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:49,280 going on. There's not even event you might 713 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,040 like I've said, you might walk in there on a Saturday night and 714 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:55,960 there's three people, you know, dancing to 80s music, salt and 715 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:59,760 pepper, you know, that's it. That's all you got going on at 716 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,480 that boardwalk. The fact that they have not 717 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:06,040 announced a replacement for Big River Grill is insane to me. 718 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:08,600 The fact that Jelly Rolls, if they're talking about replacing 719 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:12,720 it with a jazz club, really, come on. 720 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:15,760 And then you've got Atlantic Dance that just sitting there 721 00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:20,760 it, it kills me because what I would do, I would you make Jelly 722 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:22,800 rolls. You turn that into a sports bar. 723 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:24,880 You need it to be some kind of a sports bar. 724 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:26,360 You've already got TV. You got monitored. 725 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:27,680 You can put TV's all over the place. 726 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:31,160 You need a sports bar. Now that the cake bake shoppie 727 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:36,320 has taken over ESPN, which was the best place to go watch a 728 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,040 game. My God, on NFL and college 729 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,840 football setters. It was such a vibe, that area. 730 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,960 The Boardwalk used to be so vibrant at night, and there 731 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:49,000 might be people that might remember way back when used to 732 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,800 go there at night. They used to have tarot card 733 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:55,520 readers, they used to have fortune tellers, like the games, 734 00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:57,160 everybody. The games were slammed. 735 00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,120 There was all the entertainers on the boardwalk. 736 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:01,480 Jelly Rolls was hopping. Everything was going on. 737 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:05,160 Now we went there not that long ago at night and it was like, 738 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:10,120 man, it just feels so dead. So the Boardwalk has such 739 00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:13,760 amazing potential and it's such a huge, huge part of my life and 740 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:18,080 my memories that it needs to be restored to its former glory 741 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:20,200 ASAP. That's it. 742 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:23,760 I feel like I have to agree with the younger generation. 743 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:27,400 Like, is jazz making a comeback that I'm not aware of? 744 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,720 No, I'm sure in some way that that they're going to 745 00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:34,040 incorporate IP of, you know, Pixar movie Soul and they're 746 00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,320 going to put it in there and that's how you know, they think 747 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,920 it's going to be popular. It's not it's it's the fact that 748 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,360 you have the Boardwalk. Boardwalk doesn't even serve 749 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:45,880 full pizzas anymore. The Boardwalk pizza window used 750 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:47,400 to be able to go get a full pizza. 751 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:48,880 Was it the best pizza in the world? 752 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:52,080 No, now you can't even get a full pizza because they tell you 753 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:55,640 got to pay $10.00 for one slice of pizza and sometimes the 754 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:59,000 wait's apparently like 30 to 45 minutes to get slice of pizza. 755 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,360 The fact that they don't have a restaurant that you can just go 756 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:05,120 sit outside like Big River used to be, sit right on the 757 00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,560 boardwalk right around Crescent Lake. 758 00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,560 The fact that it's so underutilized, especially down 759 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:16,600 there, and they've not announced 1 replacement yet is very 760 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,600 upsetting to me. Well, and you talked about the 761 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,160 DVC sales center if you want to go in and see a room. 762 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:26,400 Not true. I was there on Thanksgiving. 763 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:30,400 We took my parents to Ellen Compass for Thanksgiving dinner 764 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:33,720 and I wanted to show them what a DVC room looks like. 765 00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:36,600 And we walked in and she was like, oh, this is an Information 766 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:37,880 Center, we can't show you around. 767 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,200 We have to put you in the bus and take you to Saratoga. 768 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,920 She's literally sitting in the studio surrounded by kitchen and 769 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:46,480 they would not even let us in the door. 770 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,080 Wait, they're not even letting you look at the room anymore? 771 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:55,480 Not that day, I don't know if that's all the time, but they 772 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:59,200 want you to go to Saratoga. Or go to the Canada Pavilion. 773 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,440 Apparent. Or the Canada Pavilion. 774 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,640 Yeah. And see a Polynesian room, you 775 00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:07,400 just have to ask yourself on multiple occasions, like where 776 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,240 the thought process of a lot of these decisions are coming from. 777 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:14,920 And you, you start to realize the disconnect and that it's 778 00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:20,720 gotten so big within the Disney corporation that there are just 779 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:24,640 so many layers of crap or a different word if Jeff is 780 00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:32,520 talking, that the real good ideas never make their way out. 781 00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:36,000 There's just people at the top that I guess have been around at 782 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:40,480 Disney for eons that think that they understand this product. 783 00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:45,000 In today's day of age, I don't even admit that I understand how 784 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:48,840 a younger generation is perceiving this product. 785 00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:51,440 You know, that question is still out there. 786 00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:56,160 We continue to try to solve for it in our internal marketing at 787 00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:59,920 resale market or rental store because there is a question 788 00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:02,560 those people their, their financial decisions are 789 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:06,400 different than our generation, than Jeff's generation, than 790 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:08,960 Derek's generation than other generations. 791 00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:13,440 And so to have people at the top of the company, maybe not 792 00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:19,120 listening to people that do have understanding of what things are 793 00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:23,160 popular and what things are going to work, just there's just 794 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:24,760 too many layers of crap. Do you? 795 00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:28,320 Want me to go again? We'll have you, yeah. 796 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:30,960 And end us off Jeff with one last good one. 797 00:45:31,240 --> 00:45:34,480 I feel like we've we've got enough content here where I 798 00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,680 would really love to come back around to this content and and 799 00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:41,080 have a Part 2, although Jeff will say we'll never have a Part 800 00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:42,200 2. We don't do Part 2. 801 00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:46,760 We will do a Part 2. I just I want I want Panda here 802 00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:49,880 for this Part 2 because I think he would have some really good 803 00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:53,440 ideas on this topic and some of the other like part twos. 804 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:57,000 It would make not no sense without having Panda here as 805 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,440 well. So end us off with a doozy. 806 00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:01,640 Jeff, what is? What is I'll just, I'll just say 807 00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:05,040 this one and Amy K and I talked about this why we were just at 808 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:08,560 Disneyland this last week. Disney World needs to bring back 809 00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:12,920 late towers, not late hours for resort guests. 810 00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,400 Disneyland is open from 8:00 to midnight on the weekends during 811 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:19,200 the summer. And the way that that spreads 812 00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:23,640 out the crowds in such a confined space because people 813 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:26,200 may. We did and we were crazy for 814 00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:28,320 doing. But it lets people have the 815 00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:31,120 option of going in the morning, take going back, taking a nap, 816 00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:33,880 coming back or starting their day later or whatever. 817 00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:37,520 Like, it is such a shame that Animal Kingdom is not open late. 818 00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:42,080 Yeah, it's ridiculous that Hollywood Studios has the most 819 00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:44,520 popular ride. So the riot times are always 90 820 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:48,520 minute waits when Kick It Out three or four more hours. 821 00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:52,520 Let people spread their day out and not have to crush it in such 822 00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,480 a condensed, you know, condensed time frame. 823 00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:57,640 Magic Kingdom, there's so much to do. 824 00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,320 It's hard to do in one day. Late hours. 825 00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:02,200 Just. I know it seems like a weird 826 00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:08,120 thing to focus on, but I I love being in the parks at night. 827 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:12,200 I love how they like them. I love how the ambience changes 828 00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:14,840 and we don't get that anymore out here. 829 00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:17,240 Unless you're staying at a deluxe resort and it's like the 830 00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:20,040 third Thursday of the month, Magic Kingdom might be open at 831 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:22,880 12 hours later. Also take Frozen out and bring 832 00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:27,480 back Maelstrom and Amy. Jeff, I wish I could say that I 833 00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:30,040 was listening to anything you were saying for the past two 834 00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:37,040 minutes, but Derek, one of his lights went out and he's he's 835 00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:40,640 been moving the other one around and just got worse. 836 00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:44,360 As. As you've progressively been 837 00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:49,080 talking to now. I, I, I always think when I plug 838 00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,880 these in because I have one that's able to be plugged in and 839 00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:54,600 then there's one that's not. So they're always fully charged. 840 00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:58,040 And by the time we start taping, I'm like, they're fully charged. 841 00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:01,440 Everything's going to be great. And then it's 3 1/2, four hours 842 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:04,360 later, always towards the end of the last show, it's always Jeff, 843 00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:07,800 do you have any last thoughts? It's like 321 light goes out. 844 00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:10,840 So I'm like I don't know how to do this. 845 00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:16,880 It was so funny watching. I was dying over here, but. 846 00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:24,000 No, I completely agree. It was such a fun feeling when 847 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,840 they like we heard it over the intercom and they said I don't 848 00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:30,240 know how like they said it that Disneyland was open till 849 00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:32,520 midnight and I was like we both we all looked at each other. 850 00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:37,680 I was like midnight, like we have all this time after the 851 00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:41,760 fireworks that we can still go back and ride something. 852 00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:44,280 And I just, and I love that it made you. 853 00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:45,680 We didn't. We went to bed. 854 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:50,080 We we did go to bed, but. If we But we could have. 855 00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:57,200 If we had stayed longer, I would have liked to come in and taken 856 00:48:57,200 --> 00:49:00,320 advantage of some of those later hours and I wouldn't have been 857 00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:03,560 in the park all day long. Like Jeff said, it would have 858 00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,520 spread. It would have spread us out a 859 00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:08,560 little more and probably help with some of the park 860 00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:12,760 congestion. I just, I miss you. 861 00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:18,600 You really have to hustle when a park is only open from like 862 00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:21,920 Epcot. Sometimes it's like 11:00 to 863 00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:27,160 9:00 or 8:50. You, you have to really like 864 00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:31,440 work to get things done in that amount of time. 865 00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:33,520 I don't know, I miss the late hours. 866 00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:39,000 I miss Animal Kingdom being open while it's actually dark out and 867 00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:43,240 you can enjoy the pretty ambiance and the lighting. 868 00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:49,920 And I just miss having some time to do even just like one ride 869 00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:54,920 after the fireworks. Well and let us yet again make 870 00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:57,600 $1,000,000 for the Walt Disney Company. 871 00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:03,440 On this show I will present 2 ideas. 1 You test this by 872 00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:06,160 bringing some of those specialty events that you provide at 873 00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:08,880 Disneyland and you charge people for them. 874 00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:15,440 They do 90s night, they do special pride nights, they do 875 00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:20,200 Star Wars nights, and you charge people and you see if they come 876 00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:24,640 in to the and spend longer days at the parks. 877 00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:30,760 And last but not least, let's look at what Universal does with 878 00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:35,160 their annual passes and they provide that premier pass that 879 00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:40,560 gives you express after four. If you provided another layer of 880 00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:44,320 annual passes that were even more money to Walt Disney World 881 00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:47,240 annual pass orders, I guarantee you a lot of people are going to 882 00:50:47,240 --> 00:50:50,240 buy them, especially if you gave them something like Lightning 883 00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:53,080 Lane. Lightning Lane after 6, I don't 884 00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:56,640 know what you want to call it. Like something that locals would 885 00:50:56,640 --> 00:51:00,360 take advantage of with the rides while the rest of the people 886 00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:03,520 that are not locals are watching the parade or watching the 887 00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:08,960 fireworks. It's, it's going to, I need your 888 00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:11,320 curmudgeon, Jeff. Like it's going to, it's going 889 00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:15,400 to alleviate problems that they're having with capacity. 890 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:18,560 It's going to get annual pass holders out of the park earlier 891 00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:21,480 during the day, which are going to leave the parks open for 892 00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:23,640 people that are vacationing, people that are coming in from 893 00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:25,040 out of town and spending time here. 894 00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:30,280 And locals are going to hit the parks at like 6 or after and be 895 00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:33,400 there till midnight. And you're going to actually 896 00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:37,160 drive revenue at times when most people are leaving the parks. 897 00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:41,160 I I just don't know how these ideas don't come up. 898 00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:45,240 Yeah, well, look at Derek being the exception because he went on 899 00:51:45,240 --> 00:51:48,040 his day off. But I can't remember the last 900 00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:51,120 time I went to Animal Kingdom because I usually go to the 901 00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:54,200 parks after work and Animal Kingdom is always closed when 902 00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:56,880 I'm done with my work day. I never get to experience my 903 00:51:56,880 --> 00:52:00,960 favorite park because it's not open late enough for me to get 904 00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:03,880 there on time. Well, and that's a mess. 905 00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:07,960 Again, I'll justify that They do have a reasoning behind that, 906 00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:10,680 which is the animals they don't want to. 907 00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:14,560 But they did it for a while. It can't have been too, too much 908 00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:16,440 because they had a nighttime safari. 909 00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:19,400 They have Pandora that's lit for a reason. 910 00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:23,400 They have the tree that does all the fancy things. 911 00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:24,840 Right, like. After dark. 912 00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:29,480 Close closes the Is it Safari, the safari? 913 00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:32,560 close the safari Ride early. That's fine. 914 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:37,160 Let us just experience the rest of the park in the evening. 915 00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:41,160 They used to have the nighttime show that was really weird, but 916 00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:43,840 they had it over on the Bay. I liked Everest. 917 00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:45,560 I tried so much I. Liked. 918 00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:49,920 It I have a hard time believing that it's disturbing the lions 919 00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:53,320 and that's the reason that Everest can't run past 10 and. 920 00:52:53,560 --> 00:52:55,800 Apparently nocturnal anyhow, Yeah. 921 00:52:56,120 --> 00:52:59,560 Exactly. Yeah, And, and Epic Universe is 922 00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:04,080 able to basically call audibles now because they know that that 923 00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:07,080 part originally did not have late hours. 924 00:53:07,080 --> 00:53:10,240 Like it was still light out. And people apparently kept 925 00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:12,640 complaining and people kept saying why can't you be open 926 00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:14,040 later? Why can't you be open later? 927 00:53:14,240 --> 00:53:16,240 They've been staying open apparently the last few nights 928 00:53:16,240 --> 00:53:19,960 till 10:00 PM, and the park hour said 8, but they're staying open 929 00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:23,080 until 10 because people said, my God, this is the most beautiful 930 00:53:23,080 --> 00:53:26,640 park I've ever seen at night. But you guys shut down. 931 00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:28,840 And in Florida in the summertime, it's still light 932 00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:33,240 outside at 8:00 PM, so they've been able to kind of stay open 933 00:53:33,240 --> 00:53:34,440 later. So yeah. 934 00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:38,520 And there's less morning people than there are people that enjoy 935 00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:41,680 the evening. Like I I I fully feel like more 936 00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:46,440 people would enjoy not hitting the parks until maybe 11-12 or 937 00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:51,360 midday and then going into the evening more versus saying park 938 00:53:51,360 --> 00:53:54,000 opens at 5:00 AM and closes at 2. 939 00:53:54,720 --> 00:53:57,520 Oh that sounds perfect to me. So I can be in bed by 9. 940 00:54:01,080 --> 00:54:03,080 Well, but again, it goes back to giving people the option. 941 00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:05,360 There's still plenty of people that like to rope drop things 942 00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:06,800 there. There's going to be the crew 943 00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:09,480 that's going to run straight to Pandora every single time, and 944 00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:11,960 that's great. Let them get that out of their 945 00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:15,720 way and then maybe won't be a 3 1/2 hour wait come 10:00. 946 00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:19,600 I'm starting to get curmudgeony thinking. 947 00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:22,320 About this On that note, that means Jeff's getting hungry as 948 00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:25,200 well. And it has been a long night of 949 00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:28,480 three shows for us and this show's been long enough. 950 00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:31,560 And we will definitely have a Part 2 because I I'm curious to 951 00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:35,680 hear some thoughts that Panda has on this subject as well as 952 00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:38,760 loop around to some of the others that I know Derek, Jeff 953 00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:42,320 and Amy have. So we also want to hear from you 954 00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:46,960 in the comments of this video. Let us know your thoughts. 955 00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:51,280 What is your dear Disney or dear DVC, something that you want 956 00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:53,800 back that they've taken away over the years? 957 00:54:54,240 --> 00:54:56,880 Really excited to hear some of the stuff that you've come up 958 00:54:56,880 --> 00:54:59,160 with. And we will feature that on our 959 00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:03,120 second part of this show also. But that's going to do it for 960 00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:05,520 this week's episode of the DVC show. 961 00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:08,440 We hope you enjoy it. Derek's lights are off. 962 00:55:08,440 --> 00:55:10,880 He's going to bed. We'll see you next Monday. 963 00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:13,400 Help help.