You all don't get to see the behind the scenes that's going
on like in between shows all that often.
But at the moment I believe Amy is eating crackers.
That's why there is a herd of animals that surround her not
checking things out. Emerson, though, is in my
office. He's licking his lips.
Seems like maybe he got a cracker.
Derek changed his shirt and normally he's talking to Annie
in the other direct in other room in some capacity.
What is that chocolate? I'm eating it.
It looks like something Emerson might have left on the floor,
but it's actually I. Was going to say it looked good
until that moment. It's.
A protein bar. And Jeff was being really
healthy before the start of the last show, eating cucumbers.
But then what do you say? You would crush some McDonald's
French fries right before that so.
Earlier in the day and and now I'm eating pasta so oh.
I'm fine. We got a carb load we're we're
powering through the shows. Hey everybody, and welcome to
this week's episode of the DVC Show.
I Am Your host Paul Krieger, joined again this week by the
lovely Pauline Murphy, is here. She's also inspiring something
that I hope does not carry on into future shows, which is
people are changing their clothes now.
Amy's changing her clothes. My lovely wife, Amy Krieger.
And I just want you to know that I didn't realize me eating
crackers was part of the show opening.
We didn't. I didn't realize any of this
was. How would you, how would you not
think that it's part of the show opening?
Why would it not be the part of the show opening?
We've got, is it senior sales executive or is it just sales
executive? I don't know what.
His name's Derek and he's here. Hey now, happy Monday everybody.
Happy Monday. And the one the only, the
Honorable Jeff Haslam. Hello everybody.
I'm going to put my defiant stance right now.
I'm never changing my clothes for this show.
This is going to be the uniform for the next 2 1/2 years, so.
Oh, we could be like a school and like, institute a uniform.
I would totally do that if Roosevelt's would sponsor us in
some capacity. Because Roosevelt's just
launched a short series. And yeah, they look really cool.
And they're going to get more of my money because now they have
shorts. But you're never going to see
them unless we stand up and display ourselves, you know, at
the beginning of every episode. So Derek's like challenge
accepted fine. I just like that Jeff said for
the next 2 1/2 years. Did Jeff sign a contract that
I'm not aware of? We've walked him in for a long
time. It was a really favorable
contract business deal. He signed up kind of non compete
with those other used timeshare shows that are out there.
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Amy, this I think was one of the one of the topics that you would
come up with. Yes, yes, and, and it doesn't
have to just be Disney World, you know, as DVC members, we
have a lot of other Disney areas at our, you know, at access
accessible to us. But I just thought it'd be an
interesting topic because I also like to know, you know, in the
comments, if you know, there's things that you haven't done yet
that, you know, you keep saying, Oh, we need to do that.
We need to do that. You know, what is your never
have I ever or even if you hear something from us and it's like,
oh, I have, you know, I can't believe you haven't done that
yet. You know, let us know why we're
horrible. People are not taking part in
something. But no, I'm just, I'm just
curious because, you know, we even, you know, Pauline, Pauline
is, are out of towner. So she and Phil live in New York
and Weary live here. So there's almost no excuse for
us, for some of these things that I've not yet done.
So I just think it's funny. Some of them, when I wrote that,
were rather shocking. I don't know.
Pay attention because I don't know, Derek.
Should we? Should we plug what we're going
to start doing? Oh yeah, maybe.
So Derek and I have a a series that we're kind of working on,
which is basically this. It's a never have I ever.
We're going to get Derek on camera way more this year and
you might see us doing together. So you just never know.
Yeah, I I think what was the name that we came up with?
Remember, it was like Jeff and Derek's magical Never Have I
ever. Think something I don't know
you. You came up with the name.
I don't remember. Part of it because Derek's never
have I ever has been been in a theme park on a weekend because
he had like the he's had the Pixie pass for the past 25
years, but big boy upgraded this year.
He got the sorcerer now so we can actually take Derek to the
parks anytime we want. So we're just going to that's.
Right. Pull up to his front door.
Honk our horn. Make sure we schedule it with
Annie in advance. You.
Know she'll she'll happily say take him please.
She's got to make sure your park passes are made and stuff so.
I feel like, Amy, that's part of your responsibility, I feel
like. I have to, like, get with Annie
and we have to, like, make sure everything is OK.
Yeah. Don't worry, you can you can
write me off for taxes each year we're.
Going to come in the comments for us again already on this
show because they always think that we pick on Derek, but we
just love him so much. If you don't like really real
talk real quick. If you don't pick on your
friends, are you even a real friend to them?
Like. No, not at all.
That's that's a sign of true life.
If I'm not making fun of you, you should be worried that I
don't like you. Is.
That motto 100%. All right, you.
Have unhealthy relationships here.
I thought when Amy started talking, she, she was just going
to be like, opening this up to be like, never have I ever
anything. And this was going to be a whole
other show for a second there. But, you know, let us know what
who wants to kick things off? Who who has one top of mind
that's ready to go? Derek's putting on his glasses
to Yeah. Here, never have I ever cried
myself to sleep because you guys pick on me all the time.
That's pretty. That's fitting.
I'm kidding. Yeah.
Can I start, which is one that I know Jeff and I had talked
about. In fact, it was probably the
starting subject of, we said maybe for one of the first
episodes of our upcoming YouTube series is we said, I have never,
ever done that hot air balloon ride at Disney Springs.
I believe in doing my research for it, it comes out that it
actually has a name. And does anybody know the name?
Yeah, I do arrow file right? Isn't that was?
Oh, I thought it was characters. And they they renamed it arrow
file. Yeah, I know.
It's a weird name, isn't it? Is that a word?
I know it sounds like other words.
It is the IT is called the the aerophile, also known as that
hot air balloon ride that you see on nice non windy days.
Yeah, it's and I looked it up. It's 2999 per adult.
And I said that is exactly why I have not done.
Cannot wait to see a video of you on this balloon.
It's just like me, I love it. Not obviously to go on it, but I
love it because when I see it, I love looking at it from all
parts of Disney property. I think it's super cool to be
like, Oh my God. Look, you could see the balloon
at. Disney Springs and then you
know, if you see it, you're obviously out there on a nice
day. But for me to look at it to go,
I want to pay 30 bucks, let alone if you're with like a
family of four. If I'm doing the math, that's
like $900.00 for like a. Family.
Oh my goodness. So fun fun fact Eric, I have
never done this either, but when I was doing research for it so
that we can do it because I know neither one of us want to pay 30
bucks to do this. Very discount.
Total Groupon. Groupon has.
I was. Discussing.
That I it's like our family joke but I don't know if it's a joke
or not if they're Groupons for this, but there are I.
Believe there are. Yep.
OK. I thought there were also DVC
discounts as well, but the Groupon might be better because
the DVC discount was kind of weak last time I remember the.
Groupon definitely sounds better.
The DVC discounts probably very little if anything, like $5
maybe. Off a person or something?
But I think the kicker here is I'm curious to see how many
times, Jeff, that you dragged Derek to Disney Springs to do
this and it's closed before you ever successfully do it.
Because that is the thing that seems to be the running theme.
Like if there is a a light breeze, that balloon is not
going up. Meanwhile, Royal Caribbean has
one of these balloons on their private island.
Perfect day. And I feel like they just don't
care. Like we're out of the US at that
point. So that thing's just up and it's
blowing sideways and. Nothing's also $70.
No, it happens during hurricane like you.
You can still go up when the Hurricanes are going through it.
It's. In the store.
That's at the boat dock. But for two people on a Groupon,
it's 42 bucks. Oh, for for two.
For two people on Groupon, 42 bucks.
That's not bad because I already predict what what everybody does
on it because again, it's Central Florida.
It's not like you're going to see mountains.
It's not like you're going to see, you know, whatever.
It's just going to be this. You're going to go up high and
everyone walks around and goes, oh, look, there's spaceship
Earth. That's it.
That's the whole run. It's a really good view of
Saratoga Springs, though I do love like how much no, I love
the view of Saratoga. It's a cool like to see the
resort from on top, you know what I mean?
We did it. We did it that one time and it
was really pretty. Oh.
Wow, so I feel like it's wildly terrifying.
I would probably be, my legs would be vibrating.
I'd be so scared. So that's a Never have I ever
for probably even a. 100%. Yeah, yeah, and and.
It will probably remain that forever.
She's not going on on with with the Groupon I know.
But you're not going on the aerophile characters in space or
whatever it's called. It will forever be characters in
flight for me. Yeah, that's such.
I don't know why they renamed it.
OK, I I'm kind of, I'm sad about ours, but I just can never this
one that I have, I can never bring myself to do it.
Never have I ever been on either of the rapid rides at Disney
World or Disneyland. So Cali River Rapids or Grizzly
Peak, I've never, ever been on either of them.
Yeah, I've never wanted. Every time I think about it, I'm
like, I don't want to get all wet and you know what I mean?
Like there's just never the right time.
It's the last thing you do before you exit the park, yes.
Yeah, and I'm going to save you some time.
Go ahead and skip Cali River Rapids and Animal Kingdom, but
Grizzly River Run is fire. That is a great ride.
OK, You know what that I think I could do because I can get a
room at Grant Cow, which is one of our home resorts, and then we
just ride it and then we can go right back and, you know,
straight back into our room because it's literally right
there. Yeah, we, I feel like we steer
clear of most like water related things though we're not one for
a water park like. Yeah, I've only been on Tiana's
once one time since it opened, so.
I wrote it 6. Times in one day.
And plus, like, like Jeff said, Kelly's just not good.
I mean, it's just terrible, not good at all.
It was supposed to be when it opened and you could, like,
Google this kind of stuff and read about what it was supposed
to be with the story and the deforesting and all this.
It sounded amazing. But guess what?
You know, budget cuts and it just came up and now it's it's
just not a good ride. And yeah, no one wants to do it
and then walk around the park, walking through the tiger trail,
like soaked head to toe. Yeah, it's I.
You're not missing anything in Cali at all.
I like Cali river Rapids. Really.
Yeah. But I haven't been on.
I haven't. Been on ride it.
No, it's once in a blue moon but I I have enjoyed it.
I feel like there's very few drop rides in Disney and it does
have a drop. Oh, I see.
I didn't know that because I've never been on it.
I it does get really busy when it's hot.
So I imagine if you're in the parks, if it's really hot, you
probably were like, just give me on, you know what I mean?
And it's and it's fun. It's fun because if you go with
a group, like if all of us were on it right now, it's fun
because you're staring at the person and you're waiting for it
to spin, right? So you're waiting for it to
spin. And then if you go down the
hill, you know that that person's going to get soaked.
So that part of it is kind of fun.
How many? People are in one raft.
I think it's 8. 8 sounds about bad.
That sounds about right. The the best thing to do is to
be to get all eight people and no, no, otherwise you're with
people you don't know, right? Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, of course. For those, those Pittsburghers
at heart, I have been on what is it called?
I can't even remember Kennywood. Oh, my goodness.
Raging Rapids. Raging Rapids.
No, Raging Rapids, which is the rough ride at Kennywood.
I've ridden that like a million times, but never Disney.
Yeah. Yeah, honorable mention when it
comes to raft rides, the one up at Universal Bluto's and Popeyes
build rats soak. Your soul.
Did you say build a rat soak your?
Soul rats. It's called Build rats, look it
up. I thought it was rips off falls.
That's the one. That's the Splash Mountain. 10
OK, got it. Bloom ride.
Anyway. Yeah, that's a good one.
But you do get obliterated. Well, for talking rides.
I think I've mentioned this before, but never have I ever
ridden Astro Orbiter. Oh my gosh, that's a tragedy.
I renew it with for. Lack of wanting to.
I just never seem to fit it into my trip and that's including
hundreds of trips by now. But I just never take the
elevator up. I've never done it.
We wrote it once and it was with Phil and Pauline I think.
That was the only time we wrote it was with you guys.
Yeah. But still, it was fun.
It's. Fun.
You got to do it right when sunset's happening.
There's nothing like seeing sunset on Astro Orbiter.
It's. Yeah.
Highly recommend. And then you just, you have the
coolest view of the contemporary Bailey from up there.
It's really neat so. That's why I don't go on it.
Have you ever been on it, Derek? Yeah, yeah.
I mean, it's, it's, it's neat because of that novelty because
you are up so high, you know, so you do see a different person.
I mean, it's still just kind of spins around it just the queue
can be just forever, you know? It's time.
To go on the elevator and on a side rant, I swear to God, you
used to be able to always go on the people mover.
It was like at any time. It was like, let's go hit up the
People Mover. Every.
Time you go to the Magic Kingdom, it's like, OK, it's a
20 minute wait. It's a 25.
Like what happened that that ride?
Is it because Buzz has been closed?
Like it's oh, it's just an insane amount of wait to ride
the people mover. I don't know.
I think more people know about it.
I will tell you on the People Mover, no, when Paul and I, when
we first started getting into Disney and we came for like some
of our bigger trips, I didn't know that the people Mover
existed. And I think that's because it
wasn't on. I don't know what just happened
there. I'll just put it on wait.
Times. Do you remember when it never
was on the wait times? They didn't put it on there, so
I don't think people knew it existed.
And now it's on the wait time. So I think that's a big change
that that caused more people to know about it.
Good plan, I was just there and it was still a 5 minute wait.
I've never seen it long, so maybe I've.
Seen it long? Seen it Long.
Yeah, where they get the queue like way out wrapping.
Around, yeah, worth the wait. In my opinion, I love the people
who are always. Good.
This is really bad to admit, but I feel like the timing has never
aligned and Amy, we need to prioritize this probably within
the next few months because I know it's just going to like
glow away again in in some capacity.
Yeah, this is on my list. Amy and I have still to this day
not seen the Disney Starlight Parade.
Yeah, happened either. OK, in our defense, we tried, we
didn't try. We were, we were this close and
the bridge, we were like, it was like what, 10 minutes with.
BBC Summerfest and we were running.
Yeah, we were. Running.
We walked from Grand Theft Auto and said this is a note to
people. If you're trying to get to Magic
Kingdom, like kind of like right before it closes to see the
parade, they bring the bridge up for the Electric Water Pageant
and it stays up for a good like 10 to 15 minutes.
So you're stuck there. So the problem was, is that it
wasn't going to be down until we were like, they're like it.
It's we don't know when it's going to come down.
So by the time it came down, some people stayed and they ran
and they did make it, but you had to be at the turnstiles and
we only had like a couple minutes, you know what I mean?
So you had to like, get there. The show was at 11, the park
closed at 11, so you had to like tap in and I think that they had
the. Britain go up by like 1157, you
know what I mean? So it's like, Oh yeah, we never
read. People that I think actually
tried had to barter with like the front, the front gate cast
members and be like we just came from the Grand Floridian and got
stuck by the. Right.
They do need to put a sign up that says you know the if you
take this path, the bridge is closed between these hours
because we walked all the way there and then didn't know.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I've never, well, I
didn't try to make it when you guys did.
We had to go back to the cabins and get our dogs out.
But I've just, I've never seen it.
I've never there at the right time.
When the last was there, they weren't running it because of
Christmas stuff, so I need to see it.
Me too, Derek. Have you seen it?
No. No, Nope.
So Pauline is the only one here seen it and she's the only one
that doesn't live in Florida in this I saw.
It the other day and we we surprised my mom.
We we took my parents before we went on a cruise in September.
We surprised her with a pass to Magic Kingdom so she could see
the parade, so I got to see it then, too.
It was a lot of fun. So it's good you like it.
I like it. I think it could be better, but
OK, I, I, I think it's definitely have have.
You seen Paint the Night or Main Street Electrical Parade?
No, but I know. I was wondering compared to
those. OK, I'm sure those are much
better. Who's up next?
Yeah, well, I'll, I'll kind of go with some like a Disney
Entertainment, if you will. Never have I ever, and I've
tried to see this, but never have I ever seen Beauty and the
Beast live on stage in Hollywood Studios.
No, you haven't lived until you've seen those big giant
floppy costumes like. And I'll even add I this has
been on there for like ever. I did Disney magic magic music
days when I was in high school and I learned the dance.
Oh my goodness, stage. I still haven't seen it.
OK, so I need to. Go see.
They're like disproportionately sized and like giant and like a.
Lot of people love that show, but I just think it's very
strange and Gaston's so over the top.
Oh, that sounds awesome. Yeah, I will go adjacent to
that. I've never seen the Beauty and
the Beast sing along at Epcot in the France Pavilion.
We saw that because we had time to kill.
You're not missing anything, you're OK.
How does it compare to the Frozen?
Because the Frozen 1 is awesome. No, it's nowhere near.
There's no live actors on the beauty based one, it's all just
a. Screen.
Yeah, they just play the song. And the Frozen 1 is, is light
years better. Yeah.
We actually know. You've met people.
We know people that are in that they do the frozen, yeah.
You're better off spritzing perfume in the France rebellion
or if you have time to kill. We were really sad that we like
we that we know that they alternate between that and the
impressions of France show and I still would see impressions of
France any day of the week versus the beating and the bass
sing along. Yeah, that's what we wanted to
see. But you have to, you have to
pretty much rope drop to see impressions of France now 'cause
it's really early in the morning or it's like right before the
fireworks, like it closes before the fireworks.
So like, that's the worst time. I wish they would alternate a
little bit better. Hey.
And I'm gonna that since we're talking about movies and stuff
that people haven't seen. So never have I ever.
I feel like we should have like a song with it.
Like, you know, never have I ever.
Or we sang enough in the last show and lost, you know, at
least 2000 subscribers. So mine is if we're if we're
talking about movie, I have never ever seen the Pixar Short
Film Festival at Imagination, and I've never seen Awesome
Planet at. Living with the planet.
Same. I actually love Awesome Planet.
Really. Yeah, we've only seen it.
Do do. You like it?
Yeah, I do. It's narrated by Phil Dunphy
from Modern Family. Which is.
Yeah. And I, it's, I don't know, I
think it's cool. I, it's very National Geographic
for me. I like it.
Yeah, but I love, I love scenery.
Yeah. And, and it's like the theater's
kind of neat and the screen is just like, it's really.
You're really enveloped in it. I feel like.
I really like it. It's I, I want to go see it
again. We haven't seen it in years, so.
They need a Phil Dunphy sign out front.
They would pack a theater. Starring Phil Dunphy, Right?
Or narrated by Phil Dunphy. Yeah, yes, I I like that.
And then is. It is it in the theater that
that Lion King was before this one?
Right. Yeah, and.
Then what was there before The Lion King one?
What was there before The Lion King 1?
Garden rocks? No.
Is that the Garden rocks? Like a simulated tornado or
something like yours? Oh my I.
Gotta see. I have vague memories of that.
It was like nasty weather some oh, I got to look it up because
it was, it was like. I I'm looking it up too.
I don't know what was unrelated to that, but you're taking me
back to when I was a kid and I was traumatized by Body Wars,
which was the simulator, and it was like you go inside the human
body to get a splinter out of someone.
I think was the storyline or something wild like that dark.
Wars, but through the body and. Yeah, there was like.
A thin Earth thing. The show there before the circle
of life what is was called symbiosis.
It ran from 1982 to 1995. It was a highlight, highlighting
the relationship between humans and the environment.
That sounds so good. It only highlighted it for three
years from the sounds of it. I wonder if the thing I'm
thinking of was it interventions or something?
They had something that simulated wind.
Weather. Yeah, there was.
And it had like a Yeah, I now I know exactly what you're
talking. About I think maybe it was
interventions instead of what I'm thinking, I just.
Pictured the Twister ride at Universal.
That's what I was thinking about.
Twister at Universal, yeah. Yeah, see, that's going to make
me crazy, Jeff. It was like weather.
It was called like the OR something.
Yeah, weather ride. We're on the ride right now,
watching you type on your keyboard.
Is it called Starstruck? Yes, yes.
Storm Truck was located in Epcot's Future World Innovations
East. OK, right.
You're right. Good.
And you were like, in a house during.
Oh, that looks really cheesy. Yeah.
Back. In.
The day it was cool. I'm gonna take this.
Never have I ever over to a Disney Vacation Club resort and
I'm gonna say never have I ever stayed club level, specifically
speaking to Animal Kingdom, Jambo House and the Kilimanjaro
Club. But I am changing that this
year. We do have a reservation in
April for one night and. One night, that's all we could
get. One night, but you guarantee I'm
taking advantage of two days of club benefits, so.
Right. We're gonna enjoy it and we're
not going anywhere. We only go to the parks.
We're just gonna hang out. We're gonna sit in the.
Club for two days straight. I'm gonna sleep in the club,
too. Jeff and I are Jeff and I are
happy to join you because never have Jeff and I ever been there.
So we we would do that same for our we'll come and drink for the
show. Well, the cool thing is you can
come on our reservation well, for we're going bougie, sorry.
Go ahead. Oh, I was going to say if we're
going bougie, I have never done AVAIP tour.
Oh, OK. Yes, Phil has.
So I'm pretty jealous. I.
Know you, you are the only one here that has not so because I
know I know Jeff did the video and I've been on one with Derek
so. I was there too by the way.
Who? Are you the guy that is now
upstairs and not sitting in the same room as his wife doing a
doing a podcast show? I am liking this new setup
though. I feel like Amy you're just
going to sit down there alone from now on.
I. Love it.
Like, I like having my own, like like I like to Colleen, but I
also like the idea of having my own camera.
And I like that it balances out the screen a little better, too,
yeah. Yeah, that's true.
DVC adjacent for me. I have never stayed in the
regular rooms at Copper Creek. MMM I've only every time I've
booked one they upgraded me to a cabin so.
Are you kidding me? You've never been in anything
but a cabin over there? Nope.
Oh my God, we're so sorry for your loss, I say.
Every time. It's only been one time, but it
was a good time. It's just gonna ask.
Hey, we have a pretty brutal on that.
Oh my God. I have one too.
If we're talking about resort wise, it's not DVC per SE, but I
have never stepped foot in Destino Tower AT.
Oh, that's a crime. Me neither.
What I know I really want to. Oh.
My goodness, we're all going. Yeah, we're.
At. University.
Future BBC Resort we're. I spent a lot of time at
Coronado when it opened back in like the late 90s for like work
and media events and all that stuff.
So the original Coronado I spent a lot of time with.
So I, I've never seen it since that tower's been built.
And I know people swear by it. People love it, everything about
it. They love Free Bridges and they
love yeah. So I'm I've never done it.
Three Bridges is great, the food is great, it's a the atmosphere
is wonderful. Recommend not going when it's
like full heat of the summer because it's out.
It's all outdoor. The Toledo is a beautiful,
beautiful restaurant on the top floor.
There's a really great lounge up there, Dahlia Lounge and just
the just the lobby. It's very deluxe.
Like you, you definitely don't think, oh, this is a moderate
resort. You feel like you're walking
into a grand. It's got a grand lobby just like
grand, you know, multi story, just like Grand Floridian
Wilderness Lodge, you know, all those.
Yeah, you, you got to, you got to get over there.
From everything I've I've seen on that lobby, I always feel
like that's the lobby that I feel like I wanted to feel when
I stepped foot into the Riviera, but I just much smaller and all
that. But the lobby at the tower
looks. Amazing.
That was really weird too. They were, they were built like
kind of around the same time, which I think that was that was
the surprising part. I remember thinking the same
thing when Riviera opened. I was like, how do you do this
grand lobby over here at, you know, Coronado Springs, but not
do it at Riviera? So yeah.
I have never stayed at Caribbean Beach.
That is the only Disney World property I've never stayed at.
Wow. I, Paul and I have never stayed
at Caribbean Beach either, but we have a lot, I feel a lot more
that we've never stayed at. Yeah, that was our OG resort.
That was that's like your Coronado for us, like Coronado
is our like heart and you guys I know feel really nice.
Caribbean I ever it gets so much hate.
I love CBRI think the pool is fantastic.
I like, I just, I don't know, probably Coronado's similar, but
I love the idea of, like walking outside your room and you're
like, outside in the courtyard. Yeah.
See, like, no, because it's it's no comparison.
It's no comparison that if you're talking because again, my
OG was a place that used to be called Dixie Landing, Port
Orleans, Riverside, hands down, bar none, I will die on that
sword. That is moderate resort hands
down. I agree with you.
I agree with you actually. Every time I go, even even just
to go there and visit, and yes, I have a lot of memories there,
but my God, walking around the grounds of that place and
strolling over to the French Quarter, which I don't like.
I don't like French Quarter at all.
I love French Quarter. No, I mean they have good
beignets, but other than that I don't.
Like it's like jazzy. Yeah.
No, no. But the the Riverside part I
think is so beautiful and just so great.
And they have a great pool area. So yeah, to me, Port Orly, that
place is dying for some kind of ADVC edition.
Before they do it at Coronado, I think you need to do it at Port
Orleans. I know the.
Comments will agree with me. If they did ADVC at Port
Orleans, would you want it to be more in the style of like the
giant white mansions or the like Alligator Bayou area?
Personally, I would love the alligator by you because it's
just themi and I would love Disney to go back and say let's
just go all in. Let's go make it themi again.
Not here's modern beige that looks like a Hilton or looks
like, you know, Marriott, whatever, go all in.
I want like a bed that looks like an alligator.
I want like tumbleweeds in the room.
I want to make it just like full on themi Disney.
I wouldn't love that because they even that food court, that
food court I for what it's called with the.
River, Riverside mill or something.
Yeah, saw grass mill or something that.
I actually really like boat rides.
I love boat rides. I.
Don't like Oh no. Have you been there in the last
20 years? Of course not.
Then don't, don't say oh, you got.
To go until you've tried it in this century, Derek.
No. My dining time and my dining
dollars are way too important for me to go to Annie and go,
you know what, Let's go hit up boat rights.
No one's doing more. No one wants.
He talked, he gave this talk about this resort and then when
it came to the dining, he was. A Oh, I don't like that resort.
No, I can't stand that restaurant.
I mean, it was like 28 years ago I last went, but I don't even
like the atmosphere though the atmosphere.
You walk by it like you like you're there and the and, and
plus even with that bar, like I, I don't even like the location
of the bar that's kind of right off the lobby and then you walk
the. River Roost.
Yeah, yeah. Other than that though, it's a
great resort. You're like in a fix.
Hole there, everyone's like walking by looking at you while
you're dining. Right, right.
Does anyone have any like food related?
Never have I ever's or dining I've.
Got Oh yeah on. My list.
Give me, give me one. I've never eaten at G Co.
Oh, that's one of our that's one of the best.
Oh, you and Phil need to go to. It's on our list.
You would love it. Yeah.
You gotta stop going back with Flying Fish.
Flying Fish is good but you gotta go to Chico.
We're not going back again. No Chico's on the list.
And the one at Coronado. OK, Toledo Chico is better than
Toledo but. What was the second?
Yeah. Believe it or not, I've never
eaten at Chef Mickey's, which I'm.
I'm doing that this year. That's one of the things we're
going to do. But I've never eaten there,
Yeah. With Derek, we're going to do
that with Derek. No, yeah, no.
Yeah, not part of the. Next it's like $80.00 to eat in
there with wave your napkin over your head while your feet are
on. Like smashed Mac and cheese on
the floor? No.
It was pretty accurate. The smashed napkins on the floor
part was disturbingly accurate. You sure?
Even I've been there. I have been there, that's why
I'm not going back. Jeff, I will say I've gone there
by myself and I had a delightful time, so.
I'll go to Seth. Mickey's with you, Jeff.
I like it when I'm really, really hungry.
I. Really.
I'm nothing else is open. Restaurants like that, I'm sad
that after like the pandemic went away that they went back to
the full buffet and didn't stick with like the table service like
family style meals. Like I always I enjoyed that at
some of these restaurants that had a buffet previously and
there wasn't as much sticky Mac and cheese on the floor in those
cases as there is, you know, I guess on a daily basis at chefs
stickies, I guess if we're going to call.
Step stickies. Pauline, give us another, give
us another. Never have I ever from your
list. Well, speaking about solo
dining, I've never done a solo stay at ADBC Resort, which is on
my list. I have never, I've never done
that. But Paul has.
Paul has stayed by himself twice, right?
You stay at Saratoga and Riviera without me.
I did. I was down here for work and so
I did a night at Riviera and did a night at Saratoga.
So. Yeah, I've never, never done a
solo calling. We could.
We could each get our own rooms and do.
I would love that and. Then go to Chico.
I haven't stayed solo at DVC, but I did stay solo once at Pop
because I flew in early for the Miami Dolphins game and the rest
of the family was coming in the next day.
So I did stay by myself and then I went to the park all by myself
because we had annual passes even though we didn't live here.
And that was like my favorite day I've ever been at Disney
World in my whole life. I did Keys to the Kingdom in the
morning and then park hopped at every other park and rode one
ride. It was phenomenal.
It's my best day ever. Oh my.
God, yeah, Jeff did all this stuff on his, like, solo day in
the park, and the one time I was alone in the park and Epcot, I
sat in Sunshine Seasons and ate a sandwich.
What? I just sat there for like 2
hours. Solo days are the best days.
You need to take full advantage. You get to pick whatever you
want to do, I feel. Like she did.
She wanted to eat a sandwich. I wanted the roast these little.
Sandwiches. Did not do the same thing with
you. One time though, I was like at
Epcot and I called you and I was like, I don't know what to do
with myself. What should I do?
I know this would be a good show topic though.
Like what would you do on your one day?
Like you have one day ever at Walt Disney World alone by
yourself? Like what?
What are you doing? What are you eating?
Where are you staying? OK.
That'll be. That'll be a different route.
Never have I ever been to Blizzard Beach.
Me neither, really. No, no, I've never been.
Have you been the typhoon? Yes, back when you could swim
with sharks. Oh my.
Goodness. RIP.
I got a really gnarly sunburn when I was a kid at Blizzard
Beach so. I've never been there.
Derek, do you go to the water parks?
Yeah, I love Typhoon. Lagoon doesn't even use Typhoon
in his. Backyard.
We did. We did Blizzard Beach last year
when when they had like, we checked it before 'cause it was
that that whole free water park thing started.
Blizzard Beach is fine, but I love Typhoon Lagoon.
I just love the tropical lists and all that.
Yeah, wave pool music. All that.
Yeah, I've been to Typhoon for the a couple of moonlight magics
that the wave pole is. No joke.
Blizzard Beach doesn't have a wave pole like Typhoon does.
Yeah, they do, but it's not even close.
It's smaller. It's smaller and again, we
talked about it on a previous show, but there's nothing better
than a typhoon lagoon when you hear that wave come down that
and then you hear all the kids screaming as the wave like makes
its way close to them. It's beautiful noise.
I need to go back. This sounds like fun.
Chaos, kids screaming we'll get mowed down this beautiful,
beautiful sounds. And then the atmosphere of
Typhoon is always the same with that music that.
Apparently I'm not a typhoon looking enough either.
I love. It it's always that he always
sings the same song though, like I, yeah.
Do they do they have a different song?
I haven't heard it. Something on my list that I
think was OK, obviously it's not there anymore.
So there's a reason why I never did it, but also I never wanted
to do it. And also this is just general to
this whole section of Disney Springs, but never have I ever
did I do the NBA Experience and never have I ever really done
most of the stores that are down at that section of Disney
Springs. Like there's a soccer store down
there now. There's even a Star Wars or
Marvel store down there now, and I don't think I've ever been in
any of those. That whole section just seems to
be this area that keeps missing time after.
That that's not true, you got you got summer house and the ice
cream place that you like. That side of the yeah, that that
side of the street's fine, that that site does pretty well.
It's on the opposite side. Well, I am excited for that new
experience they're bringing over there where the NBA thing used
to be. I can't remember what that's
called, but. Disney level Disney Quest 2.
Yeah, yeah, Levels, that's right.
Level something Level 99. 99, yeah.
Level 99 for that did. You guys ever It was only there
for a minute, the virtual reality thing that they had over
by world. That was by the Once Upon a toy.
That was by Once Upon a Toy. My Owen and Connor did that.
I mean, years ago because, because they got rid of it.
They said it was one of they did the Star Wars one where you're
fighting a lightsaber on Mustafar or whatever it was with
all the lava. They said it was one of the
coolest things they've ever done.
They still talk about it. Yeah, I agree with it.
It was very unique, very awesome.
Yeah. Why did they get rid of it?
Wait. I don't think it survived COVID.
I thought not. There no more.
Where the Space Cruiser is and extend the Hollywood studios,
Yeah. Hey I since we're all at Disney
Springs together, because in one day I'm going to have to do all
of these things, here's some places I've never eaten at in
Disney Springs at all, ever. Morimoto, Edison, Maria and
Enzo's STK or Deluxe Burger? Never.
OK Morimoto, I didn't love it. I didn't mind it, it was just
OK. It's just OK.
The Edison. I've never been there.
I want to go there. I'm trying to remember these in
the order you gave them. Maria and Enzo, just just keep
walking. You don't know all of our
instead. Dining review coming soon by
Jeff Haslam on Maria and Enzo's, by the way.
STK Every time I look at the price of the lobster pasta,
which is what I would order STK, and I see it's like 60 something
bucks. I just like what?
I'm just like, I can't, I just can't go.
If you want to try STK, their lunch menu appears to be a lot
more affordable, but we've never been there either.
I really want to go to Deluxe Burger.
One time Paul took me there as a teaser and I only was able to
get fries, and then I found out we had to go to Cristini's for a
work thing. But yeah, if they have fries and
all these good sauces, so. It was the ultimate fake out
where we were told to go to deluxe burger and then 5 minutes
later we were like actually create new Cristini's please
I'm. Like.
I was like, I'm not wearing pants, I'm wearing shorts.
Funny I I I got in. Morimoto.
That's a little outside of my palate but I didn't mind it.
Marine Enzo's is definitively hot garbage. 100% the worst meal
I've ever eaten in my entire life.
Barnut Lux burger was good. They had a cool burger.
They have seasonal burgers and the one that I really liked was
I had a burger in between two cheddar Bay biscuits from Red
Lobster. Like if I could find out with it
I would have. And.
Then I like STKSTK is a little pricey, it's more like a Ruth
Chris where you get the steak and then your side separately.
But I've never had a bad meal there and they have a really
good happy hour for drinks from 2:00 to.
Four. Really.
Yeah, I always. Have a beer during happy hour.
Just and and. Hollywood and I've never eaten
at Eat at Disney Springs. Oh, it's lovely.
Chef Smith's homecoming at Disney Springs either.
You've never been at homecoming. No, you guys have never taken me
so. Whoa.
That needs to go on the show. Oh, my goodness, that homecoming
is OK. Here's what I'll say about
homecoming. Derek, you've been at
homecoming. God yes, I hide chicken
biscuits. Yeah, all that's why we talked.
We talked about this all the time and I know you and Phil
have been there. I like, it's not Southern food.
It's not my style. Like I like it sometimes, but
it's not like, oh, I'm going to be there all the time.
But I truly believe in my heart that Homecoming is one of the
best restaurants on property. I don't think it's my favorite
top five, but I still think even though it's not my favorite, I
can still say it is one of the best restaurants on property.
And I feel like it's such a good option as like a crowd pleaser
choice. Yeah, yeah, it's, it's just
really well done food and yeah, just just really good.
And they got really good drinks too, so.
Yeah. Every time I try to get a
reservation there, it's like at 10:15 and I'm like who wants to
sit down? Please always at like 10:00 PM,
yes, you have to become coming far in advance, yeah.
Or try to. Walk out to people tomorrow.
Yeah, OK. You can sit at the bar and that
is I wanted to find the OK. The price of the main lobster
linguine at SDK is $66. Like that just blows me away.
That's crazy. That's so expensive.
That's crazy. Eat is really good, yeah.
That's. Good.
Yeah, it's if you like like Indian Curry type thing, stuff
like that. It's really good.
Bread service. So if if like people miss the
bread service at you can get at Animal Kingdom, you can get a
similar service with like different breads and different
sauces and it's great. And they usually have good
Florida beers there too. So yeah, it's it's just in a
weird location, you know what I mean?
It's kind. Of I just might be of another
one. Never have I ever eaten a
Gideon's cookie. What?
This is just me being shocked the whole show.
That's crazy. I like I do like Gideon's
cookie. I I'll rather go to the summer
house because it's more accessible and more affordable
and I don't ever I'm. Never going to enter a virtual
queue, but for a cookie it's just not going.
To happen, I know, but I I do like them.
This is That's a lie. You sat in the opening day line
at SWIG and got cookies. Well, that's different because
SWIG. Have you taken Pauline to SWIG?
Not been a swig, I'm. Disappointed in you 2.
OK, I'm going to skip the next show.
I'll be there by the time it starts.
I'm. On.
I'm going to bring it back to DVC and just share that I have
never booked a theme park view room.
However, I will say kind of have because we just stayed at the
Riviera standard view and. And you could see.
That's a theme Parkview in my opinion.
We got 2 fireworks shows it was amazing but need to upgrade to a
real theme Parkview at some. Point, yeah, for sure.
So Grand Floridian or Bay Lake would probably be your bet.
Or Polly. You like the Polly ones?
Yeah, Polly. We've been lucky.
We've had lots of theme parks views.
Give us one or two more, never have I Evers, and then we'll
call it a call it a show tonight.
Go ahead. I have another one if I can if I
can go back to Disney Springs, which I I do love Disney Springs
although I'm a little bit scared because I don't know when their
show's going to air. But apparently the Lime garage
is completely closed, so that leagues only like 1 parking
garage. Oh yeah, yeah, and I hate
parking garages. But one thing I've never done is
I've never gone to that Coca-Cola rooftop beverage bar.
I've never been up there. You're not missing anything.
It is a long walk for very little payoff, yeah.
Really. Very.
Long walk for a coke slushy. Hop and around and around and
around. Yeah, we've done it one time,
that's what. I haven't done.
Good, yeah. I just took an elevator.
There is an elevator. But then I thought you were
going to, you missed like part of the experience because every
time you go around the corner, the walls are different.
Like you looks like you're inside of like a Coke.
And then yeah. And then so it's so long.
It's such a long way up. I was going to say this one's so
bad. Like I I'm almost embarrassed to
admit it. I have never ever ridden the
teacups at Disney World. Oh my God.
That's crazy. I've been on the.
Ones at Disneyland but never Disney World.
Have you Paul? We probably because you've been
to Disney when you were a kid. I I have done the teacups
before, but I would say that I steer away from anything that
spins in that general direction. That's true.
That is. That's why I don't get to ride
it, because Paul doesn't like spinning.
You can. Go on the I want to go on I
feel. Like that's a cop out answer.
I feel like I've told you you could go on alone before and
you've been like. All right, I've been riding with
Pauline. Clearly if you have to do
something alone, you just sit there with a sandwich, so.
That's true. Do they do you bring sandwiches
on the teacups? Hey, Speaking of spinning rides,
I've never done alien spinning saucers.
I've never done that. No, Yeah, you're good.
You're good. Why is it?
Well, it's swirling. Swirling.
Yeah. Whatever.
You're not missing much you. Were really.
Painting, unless if it was Mater's Junkyard Jamboree at
Disneyland, which is pretty much the same ride but much better
looking and much better music, I would say you need.
One film would burn down. Oh, it's so good.
I made him stand there way too long when it was trunk or treat
and he might have gone a little. Crazy the songs are so catchy.
Derek would be right. No time, but OK.
Well, there you go folks. Those are some of our never have
I Evers for Disney DVC food beyond all those kind of fun
things. But we want to hear yours.
So be sure to comment below this video or if you're listening to
us on Spotify, make sure to put a comment in the show so that we
know kind of what are those never have I Evers that you've
never done. Maybe we haven't done them
either and it'll spark us to go do one.
I know one that we didn't mention.
Jeff and I want to go golfing at one of the.
We've been talking about that for like 2 damn years.
I watched an entire YouTube video the other day of all the
different golf courses too, so now I'm even more inspired.
But I also know that I'm going to do equally terrible.
So what? And foot golf.
Apparently it's I I like the idea though, Jeff.
Apparently if you book like one of the last tee times at the end
of the day, it's super cheap and you probably won't finish the
whole course, which is perfect for us because I definitely we
would ever get through it all anyhow.
So I like the mindset of that. But we're definitely gonna have
to do that before Florida decides to wake up and be hot
again. But curious as all of your never
have I ever so put them in the comments of this weeks show.
But that's going to do it for this weeks episode of the BBC
show. We will see you next Monday.