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The funny thing about this weeks
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bonded over singular love in 
amye life, which is a sandwich. 

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Yeah, no. 
So you told this story a while 

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back on a show. 
I did because it was, it was 

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such a vivid memory. 
It was, it was the recap of 

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Summerfest. 
And we were doing our Summerfest

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bar crawl, monorail crawl, 
whatever you want to call it. 

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But we were at the contemporary 
waiting for a monorail. 

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And I was having a conversation 
with Tracy and I look up at Rob 

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and he's got a thing with a 
sandwich and, and like, I just 

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remember him just being like 
this, such a good sandwich. 

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And I'm like, I don't know what 
happened, what's happening right

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now, but I'm excited to be. 
Here we were in line for the 

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monorail and I hate wasting food
and I convinced Rob to take the 

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other half of my sandwich. 
What? 

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Sandwich was it so that the 
viewers can go get this it. 

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Was this Turkey sandwich? 
It was like a Turkey club from 

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Contempo Cafe. 
Yeah, Rob, do you remember this 

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as vividly as we do? 
Somewhat because, like most good

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stories, this involves alcohol. 
I may have had a few drinks at 

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the bar crawl. 
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He looked like he really needed 
some food, so it was a good idea

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to go. 
When you need food, what's 

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better than a sandwich? 
That's that's. 

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And Amy's the best wing man for 
that because she's got this 

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thing in her purse that will 
cure any ailment that you've 

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ever wanted. 
So not only will she deliver you

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medicine, sandwiches and love, 
she's the best. 

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Well, you spoke his love 
language. 

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Sandwiches. 
Food. 

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Everybody and welcome to this 
week's episode of the DVC Show. 

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I am your host Paul Krieger, 
joined by my sandwich loving 

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wife, Amy Krieger. 
Hello, we've got John Secari, 

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Big fat Panda with us. 
Welcome home everyone. 

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The Honorable Jeff Haslam. 
Hello, everybody. 

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And then we are joined by 
special guests this week. 

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We've got Rob and Tracy Ryan 
joining us. 

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Thank you guys. 
Hello. 

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Hello. 
It's nice to have somebody like,

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it's nice to have the fresh 
face. 

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It is. 
I know we just had Jeff. 

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Are you saying it's nice to not 
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Derek No, I love Derek. 
And we just talked about this 

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because we got a lot of Flack 
for making fun of them. 

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We did. 
We recorded laugh. 

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I I. 
I wish, I wish you, the audience

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could see what we are all like 
on the other side of the camera.

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A lot of you have seen it in 
person when you if you've come 

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to some of our events and 
everything, Rob and Tracy have 

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seen it for some reason. 
They've been friends with with 

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the Honorable Jeff Haslam for a 
long time. 

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But but yeah, we're we're funny.
It's funny because they seem 

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like such nice people. 
Tracy just exudes happiness and 

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warmth. 
Maybe Jeff needs that in his 

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life. 
I don't. 

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Know everybody's got to have 
that friend. 

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Yeah, so I. 
Can't we're sorry for. 

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For making fun of Derek. 
But like, we've got 2 concerts 

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and a cruise next year so we are
really good friends. 

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We are, yeah. 
He keeps begging us to come to 

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his house for a pool party and 
we've still not. 

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He doesn't have a. 
Never really invites us. 

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It's going. 
To be snowing by the time. 

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You know what? 
Maybe that's when he thinks it's

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the best season to have a pool 
party. 

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I don't know, we love Derek. 
Derek didn't quit the show, 

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although I'm sure some of you in
the comments will think that he 

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did, so I'm just going to make 
that the title of this show. 

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Derek didn't quit. 
That would get. 

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That would get views. 
That would be good clickbait. 

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It would be, Yeah, see, I know 
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video. 
I have a picture like this of 

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Derek. 
But Derek is currently, we 

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filmed these shows back-to-back.
So if you watched last week, you

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will know that Derek is 
currently enjoying some 

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beverages in Tampa and listening
to The Lumineers. 

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So he and his wife Annie are 
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He said he was going to send me 
some videos to throw into these 

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shows. 
He never did. 

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I just really wanted some random
like Derek comments about Bailey

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Tower or you know, just any 
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may still have filmed them and I
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Just I think he's going. 
To I might still pepper them in 

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eventually but thank you Rob and
Tracy for joining us last minute

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we decided to do another edition
of our member spotlight Jeff 

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this was your idea because since
you guys are best friends you 

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can just rope them into this 
last minute and. 

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Well and Rob and Tracy are not 
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camera as they have been on a 
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Amy before. 
When you guys went to Magic 

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Kingdom, did you do the pirate 
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I think. 
Your map and. 

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And be our guest. 
Favorite dinner of all time, I 

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think. 
Really liked to be our guest, 

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did you? 
It was it was a free activity 

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followed by a very expensive 
dinner. 

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It rounded. 
It rounded it. 

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Yeah, so if you watch watch the 
vlogs that we put out on usually

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like Thursdays or Fridays, you 
might have seen them before, so.

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Yeah. 
But thank you guys for joining 

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us. 
We're going to get into your 

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kind of Disney Vacation Club 
story here in a second before we

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do this. 
And all of our content is always

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All right, I think I covered it 
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Rob and Tracy, I'm turning this 
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just letting you kick us off. 
Tell us a little bit about your 

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Disney journey. 
What made you Disney fans and 

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what eventually brought you to 
become Disney Vacation Club 

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members? 
All right. 

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Well, we, we were just talking 
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We just took a trip to 
Disneyland last week and we grew

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up on the West Coast and we only
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Adventure. 
We started going about 2027 

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My first time going was when I 
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competition in Disneyland. 
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we got married in 2000, we just 
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We'd get season passes, we would
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But for anybody who knows, on 
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the Grand Californian and we 
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around there. 
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Fast forward, you know, 2018, we
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first time we did Disney World. 
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resort was here, all the 
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But still we would stay off 
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thing in there. 
And then I want to say it was, I

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had two friends, There's Jeff 
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friend I work with in 2021. 
He said, my points are going to 

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run out at the end of the month.
We're going to lose them. 

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I booked you a room at Animal 
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thing and I told them, enjoy it.
This is the only time you're 

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ever going to see the inside of 
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And so we, we did that trip and 
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had booked a room to meet Jeff 
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And he said, what did you pay? 
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then we'll you know, even it out
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That time we stayed at Copper 
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on that was we stayed there. 
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that resort And and then when I 
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guys know I started. 
I'd constantly be talking to 

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Jeff. 
He'd be giving me the formulas 

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I'd be looking at listing. 
So it was 2022 is when we 

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finally bought and had we stayed
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we ever would have bought it 
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value was there. 
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being close to Disney World, we 
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with the resorts more than the 
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Like I prefer to go spend time 
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So it's, it's been great. 
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Yeah, I told this story when we 
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one of my first memories was I 
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dining review or something, And 
I just remember Jeff talking 

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into his phone, explaining 
Disney Vacation Club to someone.

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I think about buying Disney 
Vacation Club and that that 

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turned out to be Robin Tracy 
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to, been explaining, explaining 
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So you did a good job. 
You're a good salesman, Jeff. 

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It it works. 
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Works well and and the thing 
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fun episode for me because I 
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You know, we've traveled 
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for years. 
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I've kind of been along for 
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But two things I just want to 
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First of all, Rob says that he 
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prefer not to go to the parks, 
but his kids absolutely do not 

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allow him to do that ever. 
This family loves Disney just as

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much as I do as much as we do in
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But they get drug kicking and 
screaming sometimes when they 

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just want to sit by the pool. 
And their kids, who are all 

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adults, mind you, say nae, nae 
fun fact, their their middle 

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child is was Tatum's roommate at
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both joining us on our DVC fan 
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But the other thing I wanted to 
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be on the show today, this puts 
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perspective totally. 
I was like, hey, do you guys 

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want to be on our show tomorrow?
And she says, why did this text 

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just give me the sweats? 
We, we're, we can't be that 

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intimidating. 
I, I, you know, we had, we had 

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Jeff Drivazio on the show the 
last show because Derek told us 

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last minute he couldn't make it 
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But yeah, everyone's like 
sweating the fact that this is, 

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and I, I feel like for some 
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Like you guys were in the room 
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for Summerfest. 
And then Jeff is always in the 

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room while he's normally like 
crawling under the table or, you

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know, crawling into the bedroom 
next door to get something that 

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we forgot about or whatever. 
But like, those are like a lot 

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more stressful shows where like 
I told you guys at the beginning

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of this show, like this is 
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many times as we want. 
So it's just kind of a casual 

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conversation amongst friends. 
But yeah, there's a camera in 

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front of you and yeah, they're 
like 10,000 people are going to 

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watch it. 
But that's, that's a drop in the

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bucket. 
You know, we're a, we're a small

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podcast at the end of the day, 
so. 

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I just, I want to ask about 
your, your daughter. 

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So your daughter was in the cast
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Where did she? 
Where does she work at Disney? 

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OK, well we have two daughters 
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Oh, OK. 
So our oldest Kira started. 

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She did 2 Disney college 
programs and now she's working 

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part time. 
But she started and was at 

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Olga's Cantina where she met her
boyfriend of 2 1/2 years. 

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We told our kids years and years
ago you cannot even entertain a 

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relationship. 
You can't date anybody unless 

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they love Disney as much as we 
do. 

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And she understood the 
assignment. 

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So her second program, she was 
at Haunted Mansion, and now 

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she's at Mickey and Minnie's 
Runaway Railway, and she works 

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the Frozen show. 
And yes, so then Caitlin, our 

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daughter, that was, that is 
Tatum's age. 

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They've known each other 
forever. 

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They danced when they were 
little and then they did the 

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program together. 
She started at Disney Springs at

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Deluxe Burger and Amarett's 
Bakery, and now she is at Little

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Mermaid. 
I have to ask, was it, is it 

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Kira that worked at the Haunted 
Mansion? 

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Yeah. 
What did she think of that? 

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Because I would have thought 
that would have been a cool job.

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Did she like, really enjoy that?
I think that's been her favorite

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spot so far of everywhere. 
She she loved it. 

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She took us through the back 
entrance a few times. 

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That would be cool I. 
Would be really. 

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Cool. 
Yeah, there's only like a 

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handful of jobs at Disney, I 
feel like, where you can just be

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angry or, you know, just. 
You could be miserable. 

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And it's perfectly acceptable 
like like that, that you'll get 

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a cast compliment if you're 
having a terrible day and you 

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just play it up even more so 
like I would. 

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Try that. 
Funny. 

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What's funny about that too, is 
after our Patreon meet and greet

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at Summerfest over at the in the
lobby of the Contemporary, I had

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to go back to the TTC to get my 
car. 

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And so I got on the boat and 
there's Kira's boyfriend Danny 

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driving the boat. 
So it's like it's seriously a 

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family affair. 
It is that's amazing, but 

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working at Olga's has to be had 
to be fun too. 

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Like that? 
That sounds stressful to me. 

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I don't know, it's a fun 
environment. 

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It's. 
A fun environment, but it's like

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fast, like turnover, like get 
people in and out. 

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I don't know. 
Yeah, they were. 

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She worked as a server before, 
so she didn't mind that one. 

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That one was good, she said. 
It was like that. 

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It was such a high attraction 
that everybody was there, there 

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was always a line, everybody 
always wanted to end and so 

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people hate getting put on the 
wait list and being told it's 

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like a 2 hour wait list. 
Yeah. 

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So we've gotten the impression 
that that Jeff Haslam talked to 

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you into Disney Vacation Club 
practically, but this is one 

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part that I'm a little confused 
on that you can clarify. 

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It's not Disney related. 
Did you convince Jeff Haslam to 

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come to Florida? 
Because you guys were here 

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first, right? 
That may, I think that may have 

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played a little bit of a part. 
I remember they called us. 

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We still remember we were out at
Jacks Beach and they called us 

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and they're like, Hey, we got, 
we got a question like we're 

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thinking about moving to 
Florida. 

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What are your thoughts? 
And so we, we told them some of 

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the pros and we told them all 
the cons were like, look, when 

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you moved to Florida, there's a 
lot of bugs. 

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There's a lot of community. 
If you can survive July through 

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August, June, July, August, then
you'll make it. 

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But. 
And car insurance, yeah. 

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So we did track them in. 
Once they told us they were 

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coming out, we tried to talk 
them into. 

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It well we're grateful for that.
We're we're glad. 

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We're glad you're all here so. 
That's awesome. 

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OK, so tell us about your 
favorite memory that's tied to 

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being a DVC member. 
OK, that one's easy and I'm sure

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Jeff already knows what this one
is, but I'll tell the first half

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and let her finish it. 
We had this long drawn out thing

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where we were trying to surprise
our kids. 

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We went to Disneyland last year 
in California Adventure and that

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was the first time we'd been 
there since we moved to Florida.

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So like 6 years. 
We told the kids we were going 

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to go. 
We didn't tell them where we 

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were staying. 
And I spent months on wait list 

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and trying to book the Grand 
Californian. 

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And so we would everyday her and
I would get on there and we'd 

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check and try to move things 
and, and I would call the DVC 

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agents actually. 
And they would help me do like 

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the most beneficial thing to get
the wait list. 

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And we were staying three nights
and I got the first night 

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booked. 
And then about two months before

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we went, the wait list for the 
third night went through. 

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And so we had the first and 
third night. 

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And so we'd get on there every 
day and we'd check and we're, 

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you know, it's kind of, I know 
it sounds dramatic, but it's 

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like this when you're searching 
for that room, you're kind of 

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like. 
Oh yeah, we've all been there. 

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And so we're starting to, we're 
starting to make plans. 

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We're like, all right, this is 
kind of crap. 

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You know, we got first, third 
night, second night, where are 

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we going to stay? 
It's going to be kind of a pain.

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Is it worth it? 
And then two days before we flew

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out, we got that last, the last 
wait list. 

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And we were so excited, but we 
didn't tell the kids. 

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We told them we were staying at 
a Marriott, which is what we do 

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if we couldn't get the nights. 
Yeah. 

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So now this is we had counting 
our daughter's boyfriend, 

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there's three adult children and
our teenage daughter that were 

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in the Uber to Grand Californian
and they're just all normal 

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until we pull in Grand 
Californian and they all go 

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quiet and they all go quiet. 
Just look at us and they're 

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like, what are we who what 
they're like, this is Grand 

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California. 
And then when we got in, one of 

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the workers was awesome. 
I'll let her tell. 

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There was just the whole process
with this, with that one stick. 

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It was awesome. 
I'll let you finish telling it 

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because you're OK. 
Yeah, OK. 

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So he's. 
A good storyteller we did. 

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There and the kids are still all
freaking out. 

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They're just like, they were so 
excited because we'd always just

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walked past the gate entrance 
and California Adventure. 

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Again, the kids are asked what 
it was and I'm like, don't 

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worry, you'll never see that 
place. 

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Like, let's go get on Grizzly 
River Run. 

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So we get in there and I tell 
the the girl working the front 

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desk I'm like, so here's what we
went through and like, it's 

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three different reservations. 
Is there any way you can do this

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so that we don't have to switch 
rooms every night? 

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I don't know how this works. 
But we're totally fine if we. 

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Do yeah. 
And I was like, but if we have 

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to, that's fine. 
I'm like, it's my one daughter's

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birthday. 
And so I was just telling her we

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hadn't been there in years. 
And as I'm talking to her, she 

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just keeps going and going, and 
then she just goes, all right, 

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your room's ready, I got it all,
she said. 

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It's not going to be ready till 
later. 

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Oh, it was later she did. 
And she told us she worked 

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something out. 
She thinks we'll really like it.

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And then she said you'll get a 
text. 

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And when we went to the room, 
she had not only combined it all

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into one for us, but she got us 
a room overlooking Goofy Sky 

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School on World of Color. 
And when we got up there, we 

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were just like, oh, it was so 
cool. 

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I didn't even care to go to the 
parks anymore at that point. 

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I. 
Was like I'm just. 

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Going to up here and hang out on
the balcony and watch the show. 

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It was amazing. 
It was. 

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It was really cool. 
We tried to Pixie dust the kids 

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and then we got Pixie dusted. 
Yeah. 

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But the kids drug you to the 
park anyhow, right? 

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Ended up in the park waiting in 
lines. 

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Did you get to watch the show 
from the balcony ever? 

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Yeah, Yeah, we did. 
Was it? 

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Was it cool? 
It was it was cool. 

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You could you could hear like it
was just like it was so nice it.

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Was like front row seats that's.
Front row seat, It's in a chair.

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No people touching you, no 
sweaty people bumped up. 

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Oh my goodness. 
Yeah, Grand Cal. 

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Those theme park view rooms at 
Grand Cal are are special. 

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So I don't think you guys 
mentioned earlier explain kind 

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of your first purchase 
experience. 

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So like how many points did you 
buy, you know, direct resale, 

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what was what, what resort did 
you buy at, what was what? 

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What did Jeff eventually talk 
you into? 

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Basically, did he did he sell 
you on his home resort? 

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Oh yeah, we we bought old key 
Jeff. 

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I feel like Jeff pushed us off a
Cliff. 

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Our first purchase was 320 
points. 

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Oh man. 
Yeah, go big or go home. 

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We went big. 
He actually hesitated when I 

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told him the contract. 
I just put an offer and he's 

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like, that's a lot of points. 
He's like, Are you sure? 

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It worked out really well for us
because we bought Old Key West. 

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It was fall of 20 or summer of 
2022 or 2023. 

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Sorry, I was off here. 
Summer of 2023, we bought Old 

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Key West. 
We didn't realize how many 

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points we bought, but we really 
enjoyed the points we bought. 

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And so it was. 
It was really cool because over 

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the past three years we've 
learned how to use it. 

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Well, and we don't live far 
away, we're like 3 hours away so

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we could do last minute and 
which is what we needed to do 

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anyway with his crazy work 
schedule so. 

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Yeah. 
And now we've kind of figured 

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out since we started that and we
went through that whole process,

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we figured out exactly how many 
points we want at which resort 

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and how we kind of want to 
restructure our ownership within

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it. 
And so it was. 

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It was a good learning process. 
Yeah, I I always forget this 

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part of the story, but with 
Jeff, was it right before then 

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that we all met up at Top of the
World Lounge and had drinks? 

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And I feel like you were like, 
hey, these are my friends that 

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are considering DVC. 
Like help me convince them. 

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I can't remember the exact 
timeline I I thought you guys 

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had just bought or maybe put in 
an offer. 

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I can't remember the timeline 
exactly. 

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Something, something right 
around then. 

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I don't remember. 
Yeah, yeah. 

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I always forget that night, 
though. 

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That's probably because there 
were drinks involved, but yeah. 

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Yeah, we went up to Top of the 
World Lounge and watched the 

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fireworks. 
Yeah. 

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So has that been your? 
What were you saying? 

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I don't remember if we had 
bought yet at that. 

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Jeff, there was like a week that
you were talking about friends 

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coming in and you were trying to
get them into Animal Kingdom. 

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I'm assuming that's these 
people. 

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No, actually it's not. 
But they know those people 

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because Utah, everybody knows 
everybody. 

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No, they, they've been down here
already. 

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For how long have you guys been 
down here? 

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They've been down here since 
2018. 

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Seven. 
Seven years. 

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So no, this was just last 
summer. 

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The Vances. 
So Jeff's working on other 

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couples as well. 
Yeah, basically the whole state 

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of Utah he's trying to get to. 
So as as people know me and I've

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talked about this before that 
Rob kind of talked about during 

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his favorite experience, what he
said and what I do is kind of 

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goes hand in hand. 
I love letting people experience

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this product for the first time,
especially those that can't 

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afford it. 
In fact, I got to talk to Paul 

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because I've got an aunt and 
uncle coming into town next 

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February and I'm out of points, 
but I'm not letting them come 

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it. 
They've never been here and 

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they're in their 60s and they 
want to do it all. 

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And I'm like, I can't believe I 
don't have any points. 

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So we're I'm going to be rental 
storing for the first time but. 

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I know a guy. 
Yeah, we love that. 

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So has that been your only busy 
vacation club purchase is the 

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320 points at Okee West. 
Yes, yeah, We're currently 

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looking at some different 
options because we like the 

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amount of points, maybe a few 
more points, maybe closer to 

451
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,560
400. 
And something different for us 

452
00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,560
is we want to get, we want to 
get that split up into like 3 

453
00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,280
contracts. 
Yeah, that makes sense. 

454
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,880
One of our. 
Be a beneficiary of a of a 

455
00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:04,520
different contract. 
Yeah. 

456
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,200
So the points, the points were 
about perfect for us because 

457
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,920
even like we enjoy going without
the kids, as Jeff said, like we 

458
00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,040
almost have more fun. 
If we can go without the kids, 

459
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,680
then we know we get to do what 
we want to do and nobody else is

460
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,720
pushing us. 
This is. 

461
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,320
This is recorded. 
This is recorded. 

462
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:25,600
Yeah. 
So that's kind of like what we'd

463
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,840
ultimately like to happen. 
Now that we see how it all 

464
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:32,160
works, We want to get 3 smaller 
contracts that are in the 

465
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,360
neighborhood of 400 points 
combined and then have one of 

466
00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:37,400
the kids be a better fishery to 
each of them. 

467
00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:40,960
It's funny you bring that up. 
We actually just had someone the

468
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,000
other day reach out to us and 
say like they wanted us to do a 

469
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,960
show. 
Like talking about like having. 

470
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:50,440
How to tie different ways to? 
Different way to title and trust

471
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,280
and stuff like that. 
So we may have to go into that, 

472
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,880
but at the same time, like it's 
hard to provide like from our 

473
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,360
perspective, it's hard to 
provide like legal advice, like 

474
00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:01,120
what to do with all of that. 
But that's a it's a great idea 

475
00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:02,960
and there's a lot of members. 
That do that. 

476
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,880
OK, so you guys you own it Okie 
West, but what is your favorite?

477
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,880
Like your absolute favorite? 
Right DVC resort. 

478
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:16,360
My favorite is Copper Creek. 
I just love. 

479
00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:19,120
I don't know why I love it so 
much. 

480
00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:22,440
I thought moving away from Utah 
I was like no more mountains, no

481
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,280
more like woodsy feel. 
But. 

482
00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:30,000
I just love it so much and I 
love Grand Californian and I 

483
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,520
know Jeff hates that one, but. 
It's funny that. 

484
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,760
Really, Jeff? 
No, I I don't hate Grand 

485
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:38,000
Californian. 
I. 

486
00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,720
I mean, Floridian, Oh. 
Yeah, I hate Grand Floridian. 

487
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:43,640
Yeah, that's true. 
I I. 

488
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,200
Actually. 
I love it. 

489
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,200
I love how light and open an 
area it is. 

490
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:53,360
It's just cheery. 
I had that same perspective 

491
00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:56,080
though with Copper Creek. 
Like for us moving from like 

492
00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,680
West Virginia where you've got 
mountains and trees. 

493
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,280
Like when I lived there, I 
wasn't a wilderness lodge guy, 

494
00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:07,920
but then when I moved here, it's
kind of like it feels like home,

495
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,840
but I don't have to go 1000 
miles to to get there. 

496
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,960
So I just got a couple, you 
know. 

497
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,120
We've yeah, we've got 1/2 hour 
down the road, we've gotten the 

498
00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:18,840
Love Lourness Lodge, Copper 
Creek and all that more being 

499
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,680
away from from home, so I get 
that. 

500
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,360
Rob, is your answer the same or 
different? 

501
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,480
A little different. 
I love Copper Creek at the 

502
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,520
holidays, like Christmas time 
about Copper Creek and the rest 

503
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,120
of the year Polynesian. 
I love Polynesian. 

504
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,680
The original or the island 
tower? 

505
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,120
I haven't stayed at the island 
tower yet. 

506
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,000
I've eaten over there, I've gone
over there, but so far I've just

507
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:47,200
stayed. 
I agree with him as far as 

508
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,080
Polynesian just can't do 
Christmas if no matter what they

509
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:51,600
do it never feels like Christmas
to me. 

510
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,160
But Wilderness Lodge Creek is 
the epitome of Christmas. 

511
00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:59,320
Polynesian. 
You've got such a like a the 

512
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,240
grand ceremonial house and like 
for Christmas they put this 

513
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,800
little doinker of a Christmas 
tree off in the corner. 

514
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:06,800
Because there's nowhere. 
There's nowhere to. 

515
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:11,040
Put like Nets and shrimp and 
it's just I get it, I get. 

516
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,120
It OK, I'm fine If you take the 
idol out of the middle. 

517
00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:16,920
I'm gonna get, I'm gonna get 
hate for this, but take the idol

518
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,320
out of the middle for the 
holiday season and put this 

519
00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,760
giant tree up right. 
There, that would work OK. 

520
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,720
Oh, dress the idol up as like 
Santa, put a hat on him and give

521
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,080
him some. 
We don't remember they have mele

522
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,560
kaliki maka like on rerun. 
Yeah, they do. 

523
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,040
They do. 
They do. 

524
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,520
No, there's another song. 
Oh, do you remember? 

525
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,280
I sang it because we heard it so
many. 

526
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,240
Times My gosh, yes, it's a it's 
a Hawaiian 12 days of Christian.

527
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,120
Is it awa awa? 
No, it is. 

528
00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:47,160
That's a running. 
It is. 

529
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,640
It is like the Hawaiian version 
of the 12 days of. 

530
00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,680
Please heard it like 300. 
And it was on repeat. 

531
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:54,800
Like it. 
I don't. 

532
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,120
Yeah. 
Wait, I just, there's just the 

533
00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:58,120
one line. 
I have to remind myself of what 

534
00:26:58,120 --> 00:26:59,280
it is. 
Yeah. 

535
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,840
It's a shame because Jimmy 
Buffett actually has two full 

536
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,480
Christmas albums. 
I feel like that's at least 

537
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,360
three hours worth of music right
there. 

538
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:12,480
Yeah, do you remember the song 5
Big fat pigs, 4 Flower Lace, 3 

539
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:17,840
Dried Squid, 2 Coconuts and a 
something bird in a papaya tree?

540
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,520
OK, anyways, no. 
I would like you to sing all 12 

541
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:25,680
in order please. 
Yes. 

542
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:28,960
I had to look at that. 
I've got a follow up question 

543
00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,560
based on, you know, you're, you 
bought the big contract, now 

544
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,720
you're kind of revamping and 
doing that. 

545
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,240
So what advice would you give to
first time buyers, maybe that 

546
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,240
you wish you would have done 
differently, or that you could 

547
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,240
see an advantage of that you 
didn't do that I LED you astray 

548
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,440
upon? 
Did you? 

549
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:48,880
Where? 
Has where has Jeff? 

550
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:51,320
LED you astray. 
What did he? 

551
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:52,920
There's no. 
Leading astray. 

552
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,920
It was just everybody does it 
different and wants to do it 

553
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,880
different. 
So there's really, you just have

554
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,040
to. 
The only thing I'd say is for 

555
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:05,640
somebody who's not sure about 
it, if you're like, yeah, I may 

556
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:10,280
or may not want it, buy a small 
contract, 50 points, 100 points.

557
00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:16,400
It just use that for whatever it
is a year, year, 18 months. 

558
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:21,080
And that's in my mind, that's 
almost no risk because if you go

559
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:25,000
100 points or less, it's usually
fairly inexpensive. 

560
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,400
If you're already going to 
Disney anyway, you're going to 

561
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,640
sit. 
It's not that expensive to to 

562
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,200
buy that. 
And then if you decide you don't

563
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,800
like it, it's so easy to go back
to the resale market, unless 

564
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,120
that if you have a, if you have 
a few points, I feel like it's 

565
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,720
easy to sell and resell. 
If you have a large contract, it

566
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,640
complicates it a little more. 
But if, if you're just like on 

567
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,800
the fence, I think you buy a 
small contract, try it out. 

568
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,480
And once you see how easy it is 
to book, and I'm a spreadsheet 

569
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,960
person. 
I have a spreadsheet of every 

570
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,240
single night we've used it. 
And then you know, my, my price 

571
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,760
per point and everything and 
like it. 

572
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,720
Our average, we do everything 
we've done studios, 1 bedrooms, 

573
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:09,000
2 bedrooms. 
Our average has been pretty much

574
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,160
the same as the hotels in the 
area or less. 

575
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,120
And it's definitely a lot less 
than booking those places for 

576
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,920
cash. 
And so I, I think it's worth it.

577
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,080
And that's what I'd say is get a
little contract, try it out and 

578
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:23,680
you'll either love it or hate 
it. 

579
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,600
Feel like I should love it. 
And I wish we would have done it

580
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:28,200
sooner. 
Honestly, if we would have 

581
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:33,720
understood all those years ago, 
we probably would then thought 

582
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:38,040
it was 100% not affordable and 
that we wouldn't be able to get 

583
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,560
our use out of it. 
Yeah, so. 

584
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,120
I, I'm, I'm, I really want to 
edit all of our member 

585
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:49,200
spotlights together because I'm 
pretty sure that if you, you 

586
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,840
could clip a small segment of 
asking that question to everyone

587
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,280
and every single person says, I 
wish I would have done it 

588
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:56,440
sooner. 
I wish I would have bought 

589
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,560
sooner. 
It's just, it's the constant 

590
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,440
recurring theme. 
But Rob, I, I like your advice 

591
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:05,360
as well. 
We kind of people always think 

592
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,200
like we're trying to pressure 
people into, you know, buying a 

593
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,280
resale contract. 
But I think the reality of it is

594
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,880
it is an easy gateway into 
experiencing this product for 

595
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,720
the first time. 
And you can be of the mindset of

596
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,600
like, yes, I really want those 
member benefits and I want that 

597
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,720
direct contract, But so that you
can get your feet wet so that 

598
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,280
you can figure out what's the 
booking system like, how do I 

599
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,400
use my points? 
How do I receive my points? 

600
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,040
What's that? 
Banking, borrowing, What are all

601
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,720
of those steps like the quicker 
that you can get in like even if

602
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,760
you can only afford that 50 
point contract at 1st and then 

603
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,760
you experience it and the beauty
of the product is you can always

604
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:47,600
add more points and. 
If you're, if you're on a budget

605
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,920
and you're, you need to learn 
how to drive a car, you don't 

606
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,720
need to buy a brand new one off 
the lot that comes with all that

607
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,360
extra stuff. 
You know what I mean? 

608
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:59,360
Like get something used, learn 
how to drive it, and then yeah, 

609
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:00,480
she. 
Keeps looking at me I've. 

610
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,640
Never got I love I love that Rob
is a numbers guy and figured it 

611
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:05,920
out. 
He's not just like it feels 

612
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:07,400
good. 
You know, he's actually looked 

613
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:08,840
at the I've never looked at the 
numbers. 

614
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,320
I just. 
Lie, I'm not going to lie, I got

615
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,720
a little excited when Jeff was 
like, I'm going to text you the 

616
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,280
formula and he texts me the 
formula with like you do this 

617
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,960
many points by how many years 
are left on the contract. 

618
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,040
Add this to what the dues are 
and then you divide it by and I 

619
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:25,520
was like, oh I like this where? 
Like where you going, Jeff? 

620
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,800
And I didn't even know Jeff was 
that analytical. 

621
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:36,800
So Jeff probably held Rob back 
from buying it because I'm like,

622
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,840
is it really worth it? 
Like we've bought timeshares 

623
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,640
before and we've gotten burned, 
you know, like, so I was 

624
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:44,520
hesitant. 
That's a whole show. 

625
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:45,880
I. 
Want to dig into? 

626
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:47,200
That. 
OK. 

627
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,760
Wait, that's a great, that's a 
great question. 

628
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,680
If you've bought others, do you 
even consider it really a 

629
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,080
timeshare compared to the? 
To me it just feels so 

630
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,160
different. 
So we actually have one 

631
00:31:58,160 --> 00:31:59,720
timeshare, and I won't say the 
names. 

632
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,000
I don't know the legalities, but
we bought it in 2005. 

633
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,160
And I know this because I pulled
it out last week. 

634
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:09,760
We used it for three years and 
it was so difficult to use that 

635
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:14,200
I put it away in 2008. 
I pulled it out last week and 

636
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,520
we're still members. 
I called them and we're still 

637
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,240
members. 
We just have to pay to like turn

638
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,760
it back on. 
But it was so hard to use that 

639
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,520
we just stopped using it because
it was such a pain. 

640
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,440
Yeah, so. 
I mean, I know it's technically 

641
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,520
a timeshare, but it's just such 
a different product, yeah. 

642
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,800
Yeah, it's so much better. 
It's better. 

643
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:34,520
It just. 
Doesn't. 

644
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,440
Give off. 
The sleaze and slime of a of a 

645
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,800
regular timeshare. 
We we got oh, I we haven't 

646
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,280
brought this up on a show yet. 
Great Segway, we got an we got 

647
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,960
an advertisement in the mail 
last week and. 

648
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,920
I thought it would be fun, we 
could all go as like a group 

649
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,040
project. 
Yeah, it was on board with. 

650
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,280
It was like a come, come to the 
I don't, I don't. 

651
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,200
Think it was a presentation 
where they were going to teach 

652
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,920
us about getting out of our 
timeshare and they were going to

653
00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:05,120
teach us like the laws of like 
not having to pay annual dues. 

654
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,360
But they were what were the 
offers we were going to get? 

655
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,280
They were offering things. 
We got a free hotel stay. 

656
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:16,160
We got like a couple 100 bucks. 
Like, yeah, it would just would 

657
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,800
have been great to sit through. 
Just that would have been fun. 

658
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:20,920
Plus. 
I'm not a time sure I could get 

659
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,040
out of if I could figure out how
to do it. 

660
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,400
I don't know if you really want 
want. 

661
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:28,520
That Jeff, I want to know from 
your perspective too, since we 

662
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:32,960
kind of got the got the idea of 
where like Rob and Tracy were on

663
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,800
like who was holding who back on
buying? 

664
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,560
Who would you say was like the 
harder sell when you were 

665
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:43,480
talking them about the product? 
Tracy for sure. 

666
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,040
Real. 
Really. 

667
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,520
Yeah. 
But it was only because Rob did 

668
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,520
the numbers like that was he and
I could talk numbers. 

669
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,000
So she didn't trust. 
She didn't trust Rob's numbers. 

670
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,080
That's what you're. 
Saying it's my numbers, I had 

671
00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,040
nothing to do. 
With that, I did my math before 

672
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:00,720
she was like, I know you don't 
know how to do math. 

673
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:05,520
Yeah. 
But but I, I think that first 

674
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:11,320
day that Tracy did really just 
any analytical things that were 

675
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,560
talked about before went right 
out the window because as we all

676
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:18,480
know there there is definitely 
an emotional cost, emotional 

677
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:22,880
aspect of this purchase. 
That well, I honestly, I 

678
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,199
honestly didn't know if he was 
just talking about it and going 

679
00:34:26,199 --> 00:34:28,440
to get my hopes up that we were 
going to do it, you know, 

680
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:33,159
because we talk about then. 
So I didn't let myself get 

681
00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:34,280
excited. 
Yeah. 

682
00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:39,960
And what finally what did seller
on it honestly was that was the 

683
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:41,760
year our daughter moved to 
Orlando. 

684
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,440
And so our oldest was in 
Orlando. 

685
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,320
She couldn't get time off work. 
She's always asking us to go 

686
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,440
down. 
And then I was presenting the 

687
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,679
DVC numbers to Tracy and I was 
like, this is so much easier. 

688
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,520
And so that was kind of what 
sold her and that's what we used

689
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,400
it for the first year was we 
would use it to go see our 

690
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,120
daughter. 
And so, yeah, it was nice. 

691
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:04,040
We'd book it as we're driving 
down to Orlando, we'd book a 

692
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:07,200
room, just find whatever's 
available, get a room and go see

693
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,800
our kid. 
And so end up working out great.

694
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,160
Wow. 
Just saying too cast members get

695
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,120
an incredible Disney vacation 
called discount. 

696
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,240
Just saying. 
Check that out maybe? 

697
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,240
So, so tell us what's like 
what's on the horizon? 

698
00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:23,880
So what are you excited about? 
Do you have any trips planned or

699
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:27,880
do you have anything that you're
considering planning related to,

700
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,480
like a DVC adventure? 
What do you got? 

701
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:32,360
To go or. 
Go ahead. 

702
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:39,400
So last year we we booked at 
Copper Creek we only did one 

703
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:45,680
night and all of our kids and 
Kira's boyfriend have birthdays 

704
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,960
in May and June. 
And so we did one big birthday 

705
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:53,240
celebration and we brought all 
the birthday presents and just 

706
00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:58,680
stayed in a 2 bedroom and had 
the most amazing time 

707
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:02,280
celebrating the birthdays and. 
We got Pixie dusted on that one 

708
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:02,920
too. 
They gave it. 

709
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,680
They gave us a 9:00 AM check in.
Oh wow, our. 

710
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,960
Room was ready. 
We got really lucky. 

711
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:14,280
So awesome. 
But we cooked dinner in, we 

712
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,840
cooked breakfast in, we brought 
games and we literally just 

713
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:19,000
hung. 
They're like, well, we can go 

714
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,200
into the park and have dinner 
and we're like, we are not 

715
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:25,240
stepping foot into a park. 
We're going to enjoy this 

716
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:29,920
resort, so don't anybody they 
that we're leaving and it was 

717
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,360
the best time ever. 
Now we've decided that we want 

718
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,080
to do that every single year, 
but we want to do like a minimum

719
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:38,680
of a three night stay and just 
celebrate all birthdays. 

720
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,880
So. 
That's what we're looking 

721
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,280
forward to just. 
Making that a tradition every 

722
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,440
year. 
Yeah, that's awesome. 

723
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,280
Are you going to try to stick 
with Copper Creek or are you 

724
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,080
going to try different resorts? 
Well. 

725
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:52,200
Tracy's sticking with Copper 
Creek. 

726
00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:57,280
I, I love it, but I am really 
open to going anywhere, 

727
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:58,480
honestly. 
Really. 

728
00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:01,080
It's what the kids want, I 
guess. 

729
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,720
I guess that's the theme. 
Jeff loves it. 

730
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,320
Jeff is like your kids. 
Running your life, I think if I 

731
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,240
had to say I would do it at 
Copper Creek every year, Copper 

732
00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:14,080
Creek or Jambo House, just 
because those when we're doing 

733
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,680
something like that, I like it 
when it's all enclosed right 

734
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:20,760
there, kind of like that feel. 
Only because we don't talk about

735
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,360
these properties enough. 
I I know you've done Grand 

736
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,160
California and you mentioned 
have you experienced Vero Beach 

737
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,360
or Hilton Head or Aulani or have
any desire to go to those? 

738
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,800
We haven't been to Aulani. 
I have looked at booking that. 

739
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:38,480
We haven't been to Pero Vero. 
We just, we tried to book it. 

740
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,920
We never made it. 
We went to Hilton Head for two 

741
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,240
or three nights, just me and 
you. 

742
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:43,160
That was really. 
Cool. 

743
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,480
Yeah. 
And so, yeah. 

744
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,680
Tracy get get him to Alani at 
some point. 

745
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,800
It is. 
And Vero Beach, you know if it 

746
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:55,360
because it it does open 
sometimes last minute, then you 

747
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,720
guys don't live too far and Vero
Beach is a great one. 

748
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,280
Yeah, all three of those are 
just. 

749
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,560
And if you go to Vero, the kids 
can't drag you to the park. 

750
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:10,480
That's true. 
Yeah, Rob Aulani is where you 

751
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,200
will enjoy the resort, not have 
to worry about a park. 

752
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,800
It's a park. 
It's a park already. 

753
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:21,680
It's got roller. 
Coasters pretty much. 

754
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:25,280
There wasn't even Aulani, I 
don't think. 

755
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,280
Yeah, we were. 
It's been 9 years since we've 

756
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:32,160
been there so. 
How old is Aulani, you know? 

757
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:39,160
That's a great question 2. 1000.
Aulani Resort in Hawaii built. 

758
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:45,120
Now Panda Panda will trust his 
phone in 1000. 11 August 2011. 

759
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:46,640
Yeah. 
Okay. 

760
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:52,120
Get about an Omni mover. 
I I just, I just happened to 

761
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,280
know what the word Omni means 
and it's multi direction. 

762
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,160
So I don't, I don't need to look
that. 

763
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,640
That one's going to, that one's 
going to live on for a little 

764
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:03,040
bit, I'm pretty sure, but. 
Listen, Bob Gur told me what it 

765
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:03,640
was. 
That's OK. 

766
00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:05,920
I I don't want to get us off 
rails. 

767
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:09,960
But after that show, we did 
learn that Panda actually 

768
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:13,600
interviewed the inventor of the 
Omni mover himself. 

769
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:15,680
Like sat down and interviewed 
him. 

770
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:19,000
And he and he, he, he schooled 
me, he told me. 

771
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,400
What are you talking about? 
What about it was mean at first?

772
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,880
That that is, that is some St. 
cred right there on the 

773
00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:31,640
situation. 
Rob Tracy, this is one of our 

774
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:33,720
most nerve wracking parts of 
this show because I feel like 

775
00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:37,120
we've always we grill you with 
questions for the the better 

776
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:40,920
part of 1/2 hour to 40 minutes. 
And then we say, hey, if there 

777
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:46,520
was any question that you would 
like to ask us, please do so and

778
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,720
we will answer whatever that 
question is. 

779
00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:51,000
Despite my wife Amy just 
yawning. 

780
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,640
I'm like dig into the into the 
microphone there. 

781
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:57,200
But I feel like you've asked 
Jeff Haslam every question known

782
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,160
to man. 
But if you could ask us a 

783
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,280
question about Disney or DVC or 
anything really, what would it 

784
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,360
be? 
What I didn't tell them about 

785
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:05,840
this part? 
Oh, you guys, stop putting 

786
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,640
people on the spot like that. 
I like to save this one though, 

787
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,800
because then it's like off the 
cuff, like you don't know what 

788
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,040
they're going to ask. 
It doesn't They have too much, 

789
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:14,680
they don't have too much time to
plan. 

790
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,880
If I if I add it to the to the 
questions. 

791
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:18,320
Amy, I'm just, I'm just showing 
you. 

792
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:22,320
I'm just showing you proof. 
Look at that school by the man 

793
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,000
himself. 
Go back and watch that after 

794
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,480
this show. 
See what he says? 

795
00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:33,720
I would, I would say of if you 
had the choice right now, 

796
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,000
because this is a question we've
been talking about and we're 

797
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,280
undecided. 
We know we like DVC resale. 

798
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:43,720
If you were buying direct points
right now, which property would 

799
00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:46,720
you buy them at and why? 
Oh, that's a good question, 

800
00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:47,160
that. 
Is a. 

801
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,280
That is a good question, Panda. 
That's what I did. 

802
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,760
I I did it and I, I, I honestly 
wish I didn't. 

803
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:57,520
Now there are times when I go in
the lounges and I'm happy I did 

804
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,640
it, but when I look at what I 
could have saved money wise and 

805
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,360
how many more points I could 
have had, I would rather have 

806
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,640
300 points instead of 150. 
I bought at Riviera because I 

807
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:10,080
had to have, you know, the blue 
card they called it at the time 

808
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,880
and it really wasn't necessary. 
I've never used it for anything 

809
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:18,120
other than the lounges Panda. 
I'm happy I got access but it 

810
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:20,520
was it was not a money saving 
thing for me for sure. 

811
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:24,960
Say Panda, that you had your 
your resale contract already, 

812
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,040
but you know someone was just 
handing me the money to buy 

813
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,800
direct. 
Would it be Riviera since it's? 

814
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,160
No, it would be. 
It would be Polynesian now. 

815
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,560
Polynesian now and. 
I still love the Riviera, but 

816
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:41,080
Polly would be my first. 
I'm torn between the cabins at 

817
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:44,680
Fort Wilderness because I still 
I like them. 

818
00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,960
I like the idea of bringing my 
dog. 

819
00:41:47,720 --> 00:41:51,600
Maybe if I have enough I'll just
book 2 cabins and then I can 

820
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:55,760
have all my dogs. 
Or waiting for Lakeshore Lodge 

821
00:41:56,240 --> 00:41:59,000
to be available because that, 
that's going to be cool. 

822
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,720
Good thing we're married. 
Mine, mine lived in the avenue 

823
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:06,320
between those. 
But I, I, you know, I, I never, 

824
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:10,120
it's funny because like I agree 
with, you know, like Tracy said,

825
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:13,600
like wish you got in sooner and 
I would encourage anyone to do 

826
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,880
that right now, that's 
considering the product. 

827
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:21,400
But for me, I, I would choose, 
you know, the cabins at Fort 

828
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,200
Wilderness if we're talking 
about actively selling 

829
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:28,160
properties. 
But in my position, I would say 

830
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,240
wait and see what's going to 
happen with Lakeshore Lodge 

831
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:34,000
because there's a lot of 
questions that remain. 

832
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:38,680
There's the question of does it 
get coupled into, you know, Fort

833
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,880
Wilderness in some capacity? 
Do those merge into that 

834
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:46,760
Palmetto Trust product? 
And if they do, that makes it a 

835
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,480
lot more appealing to me, like 
makes it even more appealing 

836
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:52,760
than it is now. 
But for both reasons, that is 

837
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:56,920
one of those newer products out 
there that you know, kind of 

838
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:58,480
just locks us into. 
Right. 

839
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:00,400
And then you've got your direct 
for. 

840
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,120
You've got. 
Long expiration date. 

841
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:05,800
Yeah, so long, longer than we'll
we'll be here talking about DVC,

842
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,840
I'm pretty sure at that point. 
But Jeff? 

843
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:15,520
Yeah, I I'm torn because the one
bedroom at Riviera is my 

844
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:18,120
favorite room on property, hands
down. 

845
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:21,200
No battle. 
But we had and Tracy and Rob, 

846
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,600
when we went to Summerfest, they
stayed with us in our cabin. 

847
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:27,520
Those cabins are pretty special 
and they put up with our dogs 

848
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:31,520
the whole time and it is so fun.
So I think I would probably 

849
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:34,920
still pick Riviera because I can
still use my points over there 

850
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,720
at the cabins, but I'm paying 
like half the dues. 

851
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,280
Lakeshore Lodge is the big 
variable. 

852
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:42,680
It is the big question mark. 
So if that becomes all one 

853
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:47,360
property like we maybe are 
hoping or think that it will, I 

854
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:50,120
would probably wait, wait as 
well and buy at Lakeshore. 

855
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:53,160
But as far as existing 
properties, right now, I'm still

856
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:56,520
going to pick Riviera. 
Tracy and Rob, what are you 

857
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:57,160
going to buy? 
What? 

858
00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:00,560
Are we going to buy? 
He's the spreadsheet guy. 

859
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:02,360
That would not be a question for
me. 

860
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:09,520
If we, if we were buying direct,
I would probably, I'm intrigued 

861
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:11,880
by Lakeshore, but I'd I'd 
probably buy direct a 

862
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:14,320
Polynesian. 
That's what I've looked at. 

863
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:17,720
But but right now we mostly just
do sleep around points. 

864
00:44:17,720 --> 00:44:21,280
So yeah. 
I think Lakeshore is going to 

865
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,840
give a lot, a lot of those 
similar like Copper Creek 

866
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:27,160
Wilderness Lodge vibes. 
And I'm, I'm interested to see 

867
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:30,720
like what that final product 
looks like the, the A-frame 

868
00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:34,400
cabins, like I think those are 
going to be so cool to stay in. 

869
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:36,400
Yeah. 
Yeah, something that I just find

870
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,200
interesting. 
My niece was like 32 years old. 

871
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:41,080
She knows she could use my 
points anywhere. 

872
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:43,640
We, you know, I we go places 
with her kids and stuff. 

873
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:45,680
My nieces and nephews. 
She's my niece. 

874
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:47,200
And then her little nieces, you 
know, her kids. 

875
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:51,600
And she prefers Old Key West. 
I just think it's so odd that of

876
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:53,680
all the places I've taken her, 
she just loves it. 

877
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:56,000
We go there all the time and 
it's so convenient for the 

878
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:57,680
points for me. 
Yeah. 

879
00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:59,560
But. 
It's still her favorite. 

880
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:02,880
How old? 
She's like 3233. 

881
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,320
OK, Yeah. 
And her kids are like, you know,

882
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:08,000
10-11. 
Yeah, like Christmas time. 

883
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,480
We're going back to old Key 
West. 

884
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:13,440
I love Old Key West. 
I, I love it. 

885
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:18,600
I mean it probably I would love 
it more when we're not like 

886
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:20,160
going to the parks. 
It's not as easy, right? 

887
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:25,720
Right. 
But to hang out, it's it's fun. 

888
00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:29,400
I feel. 
Just the value feels. 

889
00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:32,720
The value in the space, 
especially anything bigger than 

890
00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:33,800
a studio. 
Yeah, yeah. 

891
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:38,480
One bedrooms, the two bedrooms 
and up and I feel like like it's

892
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,920
funny. 
People don't think about it a 

893
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:42,120
lot. 
People don't talk about like 

894
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:44,640
when people think about going to
Disney World, like they want to 

895
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:47,960
be in the center of the action. 
But but I think that anyone 

896
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:51,960
that's been here before and then
comes back, if you would 

897
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:55,560
experience Old Key West, it kind
of goes to the point that like 

898
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:59,680
Rob and Tracy, you were saying 
where it's like, as adults, we 

899
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:02,720
want that escape from the parks.
We want to be able to like step 

900
00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:06,520
back from the Disney bubble for 
a minute and just like relax. 

901
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:09,120
And that's the vibe that, you 
know, some of these resorts 

902
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,680
really give off is they they 
allow that old Key West, 

903
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,600
Saratoga especially. 
I think, you know, we're never 

904
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:16,080
going to see resorts like that 
again. 

905
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,160
I say that all the time, but 
it's true. 

906
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:21,440
And for that reason, it is kind 
of that separation that you get 

907
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:23,640
from the parks. 
You can hop on a bus, you can 

908
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:26,200
get to the parks and you can 
still enjoy your Disney vacation

909
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:28,800
and be in the bubble. 
But those are the resorts where,

910
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:32,640
you know, if, if you're staying 
at one of those, it's going to 

911
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:35,120
be harder to drag the family 
back to the parks that day. 

912
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,240
If you really want to just have 
that relaxing evening. 

913
00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:40,440
Where if, if you're staying at 
the Polynesian or if you're 

914
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,600
staying at Grand Floridian, it's
easy to jump, jump on the 

915
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,640
monorail or hop on a boat or 
take The Walking path back over 

916
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:49,840
to Magic Kingdom that night or, 
and, and then head back in the 

917
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:52,880
park. 
So it's an interesting one for 

918
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:57,440
sure. 
Well, that's about all we have 

919
00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:00,240
in terms of questions. 
Rob, Tracy, anything else from 

920
00:47:00,240 --> 00:47:04,240
you guys, any parting words on 
your on your DVC journey? 

921
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:09,080
Should people call Jeff to get 
advice on the product or? 

922
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:12,400
You know what, let me let me 
post Jeff's phone number on here

923
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:12,880
for. 
Everybody. 

924
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:16,880
Yeah, perfect. 
I'm excited for what that's. 

925
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,680
In it's in Utah on the Billboard
right thing. 

926
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:24,640
It's on the right under Rob's. 
Call call the has. 

927
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,520
Oh yeah. 
Do you guys call him the has 

928
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:31,200
like? 
No, we've never heard. 

929
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:33,720
This story is falling apart. 
He. 

930
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:37,920
Told us that was a Utah thing 
like all his friends in. 

931
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,120
Well, they've been removed from 
Utah, so I'll give for a while. 

932
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:43,040
So I'll, I'll give him that. 
I'll give Jeff that. 

933
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:49,160
Call Jeff because Jeff is a very
good resource. 

934
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,880
He will tell you all the pros, 
all the cons. 

935
00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:56,720
He'll lay out his spreadsheets 
and they are very thorough. 

936
00:47:56,840 --> 00:47:59,640
Yeah. 
Keith blushing. 

937
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:01,520
I am. 
Hey Jeff, you do. 

938
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:04,080
You do spreadsheets too. 
Yep. 

939
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:07,720
Wow, yeah. 
And Jeff? 

940
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,120
Yeah, and unlike your comment 
earlier, or maybe it was the 

941
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:12,000
last show when you said 
something about having a real 

942
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:17,120
job, like my job is in fact. 
I know your job is real. 

943
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:18,360
Stop. 
Wow. 

944
00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:20,720
You can dish it out, but you 
can't take it. 

945
00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:24,200
OK, I got you. 
You. 

946
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:26,280
You are harder than me, I know 
that. 

947
00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:30,240
It's so great when when Derek's 
not here to like, like we just 

948
00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:33,480
pick on each other like me. 
No, no, you if Jeff listen, if 

949
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:35,200
Jeff doesn't pick on you, he 
doesn't love you. 

950
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,080
So that is. 
That is absolute facts. 

951
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:38,560
Yeah. 
I know this. 

952
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:43,960
Isn't that right #2 isn't that? 
Can I do this? 

953
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:47,480
Can I do it? 
We'll blur that out and. 

954
00:48:48,240 --> 00:48:50,920
I told you you were gonna have. 
To listen, I don't know. 

955
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:52,360
You guys don't know because 
we've had to edit the whole 

956
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:54,000
show. 
Tracy is just a truck stop 

957
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:54,800
mouth. 
My God. 

958
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:58,280
If you see little, little, 
little cuts, that's one, yeah. 

959
00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:03,240
Rob Tracy, thank you guys so 
much for jumping in last minute 

960
00:49:03,240 --> 00:49:05,080
joining us for this member 
Spotlight. 

961
00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:07,360
We've had the opportunity to 
hang out a bunch of times, but 

962
00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:09,720
it's it's great to get to know 
you guys a little bit better. 

963
00:49:09,720 --> 00:49:12,560
Hear a little bit more about 
your Disney and DVC journey. 

964
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:16,000
So thank you guys. 
Look forward to catching up, not

965
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:18,920
in the parks, Rob, but our 
editor Resort. 

966
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:21,720
With sandwiches. 
With sandwiches, maybe a 

967
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:26,680
beverage or two. 
So yeah, but that is going to do

968
00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:29,360
it for this week's episode of 
the DVC show. 

969
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:33,040
We do hope you all enjoyed it 
and we will see you next Monday.