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Derek, if you think you were 
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a night, what would be like the 
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Like everyone's out of the park 
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Oh my God, first I questioned 
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That's not a question, that's 
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OK. 
Thanks for coming everybody. 

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I mean, there's not like a ride 
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wouldn't, just like I would. 
I would hope that that's a good 

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interesting question. 
I would hope that maybe the 

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cheeseburger spring rolls are 
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health is close, because I would
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I would just sit there and eat 
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And then I would ride Big 
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I'd walk through the castle. 
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I think it'd be awesome that it 
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night when nobody's there. 
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anything, people strive for 
that, you know, ultimate. 

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Look at my family on Main 
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Nobody's behind us, but you got 
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4:00 AM to be able to do that. 
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Well, and behind you is Derek 
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the morning. 
Apparently so. 

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Yeah, sorry. 
Hey everybody, and welcome to 

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this week's episode of The DVC 
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I'm your host, Paul Krieger, 
joined as always by my lovely 

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wife, Amy Krieger, Sales 
Executive for the DVC Resale 

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Market. 
We've got Derek de Boer. 

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Hey now, happy April everybody. 
The one, the only, the Honorable

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Jeff Haslam. 
Hey dudes, how's it going? 

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He's. 
He's trying out a new. 

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New catch phrase. 
Hey, dudes, that was a show on 

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Nickelodeon back in the day. 
I don't like this guest. 

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And we have a special guest 
joining us today, Marcy. 

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Marcy, thank you so much for 
joining us for this week's 

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special episode, Member 
Spotlight, kind of featuring a 

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pretty cool thing that did not 
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thankfully. 
So, Marcy, thanks for joining us

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this week. 
Thank you so much for having me.

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I'm happy to be here. 
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reasons we're really excited to 
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because she is the only person 
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the Cinderella Castle suite 
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And she had connected with me 
and told me a very cool story 

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about how that came about. 
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member as well, so really 
excited to talk to her on the 

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show, find out about her 
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and just just learn all about, 
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well. 
Totally, Marcy will let you tell

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that story here in a second 
before we do so. 

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Park tickets. 
Well, Marcie, Amy, Amy said it 

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and I think it was kind of the 
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us had when we, when we heard 
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You got to stay in the 
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Just take us through how this 
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and share that experience with 
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Yeah, sure. 
It's really because of you. 

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And I reached out to Amy to say 
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because as a member, I found DVC
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know, your episodes and your 
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And on one of your episodes, you
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and that wonderful organization 
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need it in our community. 
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to Give Kids the World, I sort 
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I'm not sure how, but I received
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social media that they were 
doing this sweepstakes where you

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were able to win a night 
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along with two extra nights at a
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airfare included and gift cards 
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wonderful things. 
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I'm the person that doesn't win 
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forgot about it. 
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checked my e-mail and I had an 
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line. 
Potential winner of Cinderella 

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Castle's Sweet sweepstakes. 
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spam because I said potential 
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And then I had another e-mail in
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World that said you are the 
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believe it. 
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has taught me really well to be 
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you read. 
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believe it. 
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actually his birthday that day 
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showed him and he said no way, 
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We started Googling frantically 
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on the Give Kids the World 
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was real and he looked through 
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jargon in the e-mail. 
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and he said it looks legit. 
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speak to the woman who had sent 
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said I couldn't believe it 
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my mind that something so 
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to happen for our family. 
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steps after that. 
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checks. 
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now knows more about us than we 
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I think it, so we, we cleared 
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they, the organization helped us
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on party nights and you know, we
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beginning of December because we
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during Christmas. 
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picked the dates. 
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airline round trip tickets, we 
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My gosh, this is already the 
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and I was just about. 
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probably should just retire this
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Coke at Disney Springs isn't 
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To anything like that. 
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getting there yet, no. 
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wondering what we're talking 
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a, so it's a 650 square foot 
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century French Chateau. 
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So that was kind of that big 
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I, I looked at one by travel and
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has declined bribes of up to 
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this suite. 
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and really the only the way to 
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an occasional raffle or 
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of organizations. 
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Bonkers. 
I was just going to say that 

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what I'm so excited about is to 
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left. 
You're in here alone. 

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Because I've actually been 
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I was with Disney marketing way 
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Dream of a Million Dreams 
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So I wound up doing a couple of 
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So I've travelled up there, I've
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person, but then they throw you 
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I, I want to hear what it's like
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So This is why I dress 
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could not wait to hear about. 
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that there's video out there 
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I don't know if I'm in it. 
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the television shoot, so I was 
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said, hey, get off the bed or 
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bathtub in the world. 
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So what you're saying, Derek, is
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not? 
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us about your first impressions.
You know, tell us about the trip

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a little bit and walking into 
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early entry type of family. 
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sent a car to Hollywood Studios 
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Suite team and two of them came 
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Studios, walked us out into the 
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car and then drove us to the 
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employees get to go. 
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make sure that we were safe to 
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walls that you think are closed,
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I had no idea. 
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kind of, it's like a maze and 
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And we were inside Magic Kingdom
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blown. 
I was like, wait a minute, you 

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can get in this way. 
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do whatever you want. 
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would just bring us wherever we 
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is Space Mountain. 
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son ever went on when we brought
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years old. 
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kid. 
And my husband had but failed to

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tell us it was a roller coaster 
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And so we we said, well, we, we 
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And the first ride that my son 
did when he was little, all we 

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could hear was him in the front 
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and he was screaming the whole 
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And when we got off, he said 
that was too thrilling after 

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watching a video, I guess 
ranking Disney rides in their 

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thrill. 
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We go to Space Mountain every 
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So we thought, we have to do it.
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And then this wonderful, 
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is Cheyenne, she stayed with us 
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And she just kept saying, what 
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What do you want to do next? 
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and then about an hour later, it
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It was the most magical, 
incredible experience that I'm 

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going to attempt to put into 
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You know, you, you walk under 
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just you walk past doors. 
And there was this door there, 

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unassuming. 
You had no idea. 

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And she had this magic key that 
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And so we walked in and it was 
this moment of this is about to 

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happen. 
This is really happening. 

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Like Lincoln, my husband Phil, 
we get to go inside the castle 

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where nobody gets to go unless, 
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celebrities get to go into the 
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So we walk in and it is, it's 
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The ceiling is really tall. 
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Cinderella's Crest and there's a
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I think all four were there with
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the different things around and 
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it feel, it felt like a dream 
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It was like, this is surreal and
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that. 
Maybe after having my son, I was

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kind of that same sort of 
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really hard to put into words. 
And you walk in and then there's

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an elevator and they bring you 
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all sorts of things. 
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bring you up, you know, into the
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And then the door opens and you 
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breathtaking. 
It's a moment that our family 

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will never forget. 
It's, it's, it's beautiful. 

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And then they gave us the tour. 
OK, so follow up question. 

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Follow up questions to what time
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Kingdom? 
Like was this before park closes

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or after? 
Yes. 

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So I believe they picked us up 
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to Magic Kingdom. 
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4:00 and then we spent about an 
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So the park was still pretty 
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OK. 
Hey, so I have a question. 

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And you do such an absolutely 
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picture for all of this. 
I mean it, it makes me feel like

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I'm there. 
And I've officially entered 3000

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different contests all over the 
world just so I could try to win

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this prize based on how you 
describe it. 

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But I'm curious, and maybe this 
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brings about so many questions. 
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too, like, so they drop you off 
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And then they have people that 
take you. 

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What do you do with your bags? 
Like do they take your suitcase 

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and your luggage and you don't 
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Yes. 
So it was a four member team. 

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One person stayed with us the 
whole time. 

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The second gentleman joined us 
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other two cast members were part
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team and they were in charge of 
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So once the security guard and 
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all of our things away and then 
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was magically all there. 
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when the park is still open so 
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like, behold, I think there is 
some windows you can kind of see

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out of. 
I don't know. 

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I just think that's wild. 
I don't know why, but while you 

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were saying that, I was just 
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It's that. 
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the guy I think it's the guy 
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looking it down upon, you know, 
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though anyway, all right, so 
tell us tell us a little bit 

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more about inside the suite. 
I want to hear about the the 

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bathtub, the Derek speak. 
Yeah, yeah. 

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Like what are like the top 235 
features that were just like the

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yes I now need that in my house.
Yes, the bathroom was gorgeous. 

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It was a lot of gold and there 
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Derek definitely could fit in 
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And there were beautiful tile 
walls all the way up with 

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different scenes of Cinderella. 
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lit up with stars. 
And the Jacuzzi actually had a 

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party mode. 
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night, the two lovely ladies who
were in charge of the suite drew

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a bath for my son Lincoln and 
put it in party mode. 

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And in party mode it had the 
ceiling sparkles. 

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All the stars sparkle in the 
ceiling. 

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The Jacuzzi bubbles are going 
and there are lights in the tub 

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that light up like a disco kind 
of party. 

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Every every Jacuzzi. 
Needs a party. 

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Mode now, yeah. 
Yes, the the toilet was gold. 

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Gold toilet. 
Yes, everything was gold in 

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there. 
There were two beautiful beds 

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with like velvet bedding. 
The stained glass windows are as

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beautiful as you can imagine. 
It tells the story of Cinderella

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in the stained glass windows as 
it goes around the suite and it 

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was really cool. 
I think the most special part 

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was this pillar that they had in
the middle of the room that the 

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cast members called the heart of
the castle and it was built of. 

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The pillar was erected when the 
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And then as the suite was being 
finished, the engineers realized

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that it was load bearing and if 
they took it down, the entire 

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castle would have fallen too. 
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keep it. 
So they decorated it and made it

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beautiful, put little 
Cinderella's mice up at the top.

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And then they added a second 
pillar to make it just, I guess,

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balance out the suite. 
But there's a picture of myself 

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and my son hugging the pillar 
because the cast member said you

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need to hug, you need to hug the
heart of the castle. 

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And that was that was very cool.
Oh my goodness, I love looking 

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at those photos. 
And you're probably going to put

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them up as well throughout the 
video. 

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So you'll people will be saying 
them. 

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OK, so there's so there's a 
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What else? 
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there? 
There is a bedroom that has 2 

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queen beds and a fireplace that 
at Night Lights up and has 

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fireworks inside of it so it 
looks like it's shooting off 

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fireworks. 
The bathroom has the big Jacuzzi

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tub, multiple sinks, a toilet 
room with the golden toilet with

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the with a Crest of Cinderella 
over the top. 

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And then there's a beautiful 
vanity and then a separate 

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shower space that also has gold 
fixtures. 

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And then on the other side of 
the bedroom, there is a sitting 

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area that has a couch that pulls
out into like a sofa bed. 

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And then that's the space and 
the suite that has all of the 

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stained glass windows. 
There are a few magic mirrors 

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actually that they have that 
turn into TV's. 

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So it looks like a mirror, but 
then it turns into a TV. 

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And then there's closet space 
where magically, our clothing 

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was hung and our luggage was 
unpacked. 

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And then there are, yeah, 
coolers that are stocked with 

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all sorts of goodies. 
And a DVD player. 

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Lots of goodies. 
No, Derek, there's not the. 

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Coolers are. 
You had me a cooler. 

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You had me. 
A Yes, there there were no Ipas 

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in the cooler, but there were 
Coke products. 

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But I bet if we had requested 
it, Derek, it would have come 

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because we had mentioned a few 
things along the way that 

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magically appeared. 
No. 

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Does it sleep 6? 
It we were allowed to have four 

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people, but four people it 
definitely could sleep 6. 

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OK, I was just trying to figure 
out if Derek wins. 

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We know he's going to take his 
kids for some reason. 

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I just wondering if there is 
room for any more. 

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Yeah, me and Paul. 
I can. 

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That's six. 
I will. 

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I will be happy. 
I will be happy to throw you in 

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the party tub, yeah. 
It'll be just fine. 

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So you get, you get. 
You get definitely both fit. 

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You get checked in, you explore 
the suite. 

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Are you like there for the rest 
of the night now or are there 

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dinner plans is like in my head.
I'm also going is there room 

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service like so like what's the 
next? 

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What's the next step on your 
adventure that evening? 

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Is it a prison or? 
Did you get to walk around? 

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So we were greeted to a ton of 
goodies that they had, had 

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special desserts and treats and 
all sorts of things. 

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And then the team asked, what 
were you hoping to do while we 

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you were in the park because you
can do whatever you want. 

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Basically. 
Was there anything you were 

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hoping to eat well in the park? 
Would you like us to make you 

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any dining reservations? 
And again, it was overwhelming, 

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but we talked about how we were 
hoping to maybe go to Beacon 

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Barrel. 
At that point it was still 

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pretty new but I was unable to 
get a dining reservation. 

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My husband had talked about a 
bacon pecan cinnamon roll thing 

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that was new ish that was he was
hoping to try and the cast 

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member said OK well we have a 
couple things that we have 

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planned. 
You have special VIP seating for

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the new Starlight Parade and 
you'll have special seating for 

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happily ever after. 
And I said, well, then we'll put

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our desires to the side and 
whatever it is that we can fit 

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in or do around those times, we 
we'll do. 

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So we decided to go back out 
into the park. 

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So one of the cast members, 
Cheyenne, came with us and we 

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just went on some rides. 
We tried the Jingle Cruise for 

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the first time and we decided 
not to do a dining reservation 

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because we didn't want to waste 
precious time with sitting down 

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for an hour, an hour and a half 
when you have a once in a 

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lifetime opportunity to just be 
brought anywhere and anywhere. 

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So we tried 7 dwarves mine train
in the dark. 

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We had never done that. 
My son rode Tron in the dark for

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the first time. 
He had always been a kid that 

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wanted to sit in the back row, 
but because this was so special,

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he said he wanted to try one of 
the bikes and he said we have to

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put our arms out and fly through
Tron at night. 

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Mom, this is such a special 
night. 

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And so he was brave and off we 
flew through Tron at night. 

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He convinced Cheyenne to go on 
some of the rides with us and 

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she graciously joined us on some
of the rides. 

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So we did a lot of rides where 
she just sort of brought us on. 

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You know it, We just happened 
right in the Lightning Lane and 

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went right on without having to 
wait. 

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And then it was time for the 
Starlight Parade, which was 

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unbelievable. 
Lincoln had seen this new light 

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up wand Mickey hand thing that 
apparently goes with the parade.

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And so we had decided to get 
spring rolls, Derek and popcorn 

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and a few other things before 
the parade and we got them and 

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then they brought us to this 
special VIP bench that is roped 

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off and says VIP and our at that
.2 cast members were with us and

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we got to sit and wait and watch
everybody else jockey for spots.

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It was getting a little chilly 
and I wasn't used to Disney in 

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December so I had forgotten to 
bring our sweatshirts with us. 

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So they said to us, well, would 
you like us to buy you 

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sweatshirts? 
And I thought, so that's very 

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nice of you. 
But we have sweatshirts, so on 

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the suite team phone they went 
and called up to the team 

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members in the suite and 5 
minutes later our sweatshirts 

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were delivered to us. 
Oh my. 

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Gosh, and Lincoln turns around 
and Lincoln turns around and a 

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cast member comes over and hands
him the special Mickey light up 

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wand that he had walked past and
said, those are so cool and they

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were delivered to us. 
It was incredible. 

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There were a few other benches 
that were in the roped off VIP 

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area that other guests of the 
park saw and thought, well, 

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well, that's a great spot to 
sit. 

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Why don't we sit there too? 
And so they people kept trying 

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to sit and there were two other 
benches and the people who were 

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with us kept having to tell 
people that they weren't allowed

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to sit there. 
And, you know, I think others 

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were playing the are you rich or
are you famous game for us and 

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true or, you know, neither. 
Yeah, neither. 

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The cast members kept calling us
the castle family. 

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So that's what they would refer 
to us as as they brought us onto

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rides or as they brought us to 
the food cart. 

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Lincoln was so excited that he 
was telling everybody that we 

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got to sleep in the castle that 
night. 

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And the cast member that gave us
popcorn said what? 

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What do you mean you get to 
sleep in the castle? 

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So even the other cast members 
didn't believe it. 

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The team told us that they only 
host about two to four stays per

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year now. 
Wow. 

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So it is that that rare now? 
So we got to sit and watch the 

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Starlight Parade go right past 
us in every single cast member 

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and performer stopped and waved 
and smiled at Lincoln and at us.

448
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,680
And it was just, it was the 
most, it was the most amazing 

449
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,440
show. 
Of course I'm, I'm crying 

450
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,600
because it was the first time we
were able to see the parade and 

451
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:32,120
the emotions and the music and 
the atmosphere just swells and 

452
00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:35,840
takes, takes over. 
And there was a moment in the 

453
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,880
parade where I, I looked over at
my son and, and he was crying 

454
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:44,720
and it makes me emotional now. 
And I said, buddy, are you OK? 

455
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,720
And he said to me, this is the 
best day of my life. 

456
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,240
And I, I can't believe this is 
real. 

457
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:56,040
And it's, you know, one of those
mom moments that you think and 

458
00:28:56,040 --> 00:29:00,480
my husband starts tearing up and
you're like, yeah, you're right.

459
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,440
This Will, this is the best day 
of our lives. 

460
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:07,560
And so then the parade goes and 
we got to keep going. 

461
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,800
And then we tried other, other 
rides and we got to do other 

462
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,600
things. 
And it was, it was, it was 

463
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,320
amazing. 
The cast members just kept 

464
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,080
saying the Castle family, what 
would you like to do next? 

465
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,400
And my son picked a few things, 
my husband picked a few things. 

466
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:32,040
And then it was time for happily
ever after and we had to do a 

467
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,360
bathroom break. 
And you know how the hub is at 

468
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:40,320
firework time, it was crowded 
and one of the cast members 

469
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,000
walked in front of us and he 
said just stay with me. 

470
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:48,360
And it was like the seas just 
part of the the tape. 

471
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,000
The tape was down. 
And they were saying you can't, 

472
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:54,200
you can't pass the tape. 
But the Castle family is allowed

473
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,720
to cross the tape and so other. 
Castle family has to use the 

474
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:02,760
bathroom. 
So I said to my son, this must 

475
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,200
be what, like, Taylor Swift 
feels like or something because 

476
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,920
the people just kept moving out 
of our way. 

477
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:12,600
And then they brought us back to
the hub and we were able to sit 

478
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,400
in this special area on the 
grass. 

479
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:19,240
I mean, we got to lay back on 
the grass and watch happily ever

480
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:24,520
after without having to fight 
the crowds or have, you know, a 

481
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,520
kid on someone's shoulders in 
front of us where Lincoln or I 

482
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,800
can't see. 
And the cast members hung out 

483
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,400
with us and we got to watch the 
fireworks. 

484
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,000
All I all I know is I know our 
audience. 

485
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,680
If you're at the Magic Kingdom 
anytime after this show airs, be

486
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,560
prepared to hear a bunch of 
people saying Castle family 

487
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:46,480
coming through Castle family 
coming. 

488
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:50,560
Through Oh my goodness, this is 
so cool. 

489
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:54,200
OK, so after happily ever after,
was it time to go back to the 

490
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,080
suite? 
So they actually told us that we

491
00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,720
weren't allowed to go back to 
suite just yet because the 

492
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,520
people in charge of the 
fireworks have to clear the 

493
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,460
castle and the castle suite 
before you're allowed to re 

494
00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:11,840
enter. 
So at that point we had been up 

495
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,080
since the crack of dawn because 
we had done early entry at 

496
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,320
Hollywood Studios. 
So we were getting a little 

497
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:25,240
tired, but we kept going and we 
went on some more rides and then

498
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,680
they said that we were able to 
go back to the castle. 

499
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:33,320
And at that point it was really 
close to clothes, I feel like. 

500
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:39,480
So we walked back to the castle 
and as we walked up, one of the 

501
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,520
team members said, hey, look, 
look up there. 

502
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:47,160
They had made sure that the 
lights were on in the suite so 

503
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:50,520
that we could see where the room
was, so we could see where we 

504
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:51,960
were staying for the night and 
that was. 

505
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,200
That was for that photo. 
Yeah. 

506
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,760
That's so cool. 
So it's so the. 

507
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,840
So the Windows overlook 
Fantasyland. 

508
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:00,800
Is that what it is? 
Yes. 

509
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,240
OK. 
Yep. 

510
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:08,040
Oh my goodness. 
And so we went back in and we 

511
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:15,000
went upstairs and they had the 
Jacuzzi tub in party mode ready 

512
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,760
for my son. 
And then they had more swag for 

513
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:24,320
us. 
They had given us it, it, it was

514
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:28,760
amazing. 
We had a glass slipper, 

515
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:33,520
Cinderella's glass slipper, that
was etched with the words 

516
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:38,080
Cinderella Castle Suite on one 
side and the date of our stay on

517
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,440
the other side that we were able
to take with us. 

518
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,840
They had. 
Yeah, right. 

519
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,640
Yep. 
Jeff, the collector of things is

520
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:51,200
like losing his mind right now. 
Yeah. 

521
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:52,840
That's. 
His new name? 

522
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,640
Quick Side Story. 
We obviously carried it on when 

523
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:02,560
we returned home and we were 
stopped by TSA and they said we 

524
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,680
just need to check your bag 
because there's something really

525
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,080
big inside. 
And I looked at the gentleman 

526
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,360
and I said, it's Cinderella's 
glass slipper. 

527
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,000
And he kind of looked at me like
I was crazy. 

528
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,280
And then he opened up the bag 
and looked inside and he said, 

529
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,560
you're right, Cinderella 
slipper. 

530
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,560
And he said, I've never seen one
of these before. 

531
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,520
And we told him, you know, we 
well, we got to sleep in the 

532
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,040
castle. 
And I don't think he was maybe a

533
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:29,840
Disney guy, so he didn't really 
get it. 

534
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:34,400
But anyway, that was a little 
Side Story of the slipper. 

535
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,760
But they had robes put out for 
us. 

536
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:43,240
They had slippers for us, they 
had sleeping masks for us. 

537
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:48,560
They had boxed up the treats 
from earlier and given us more 

538
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:52,280
treats. 
They made us a solid chocolate 

539
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:56,680
golden pillow with a chocolate 
Cinderella slipper on top. 

540
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,920
I thought that was edible when I
saw the photo. 

541
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:02,640
Oh, that's so cool. 
Yeah, that was edible and a lot 

542
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,840
of other treats. 
And they had made a special 

543
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:11,880
personalized stationery that 
said the Perry family is, oh, I 

544
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,000
can't remember what I said, but 
it was a personalized 

545
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,600
stationery. 
And we were able to take it all 

546
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,920
home with us. 
And we had to buy extra luggage 

547
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:27,159
to take home all of the amazing 
things that they had given us. 

548
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:33,760
Yes. 
So my son, we were, they were 

549
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,320
asking if we need anything else 
for the night. 

550
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:40,159
And we thought, well, I don't 
know what else we could ask for.

551
00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:44,679
And then my husband turned 
around and there was one of the 

552
00:34:44,679 --> 00:34:49,120
members was holding a wooden box
and they said, we have a 

553
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,800
surprise for you. 
And he opened it up and it was 

554
00:34:52,800 --> 00:35:00,280
that pecan bacon cinnamon roll 
that he had wanted to try. 

555
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:04,840
And apparently it's only served 
in the morning, I think, or 

556
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,400
during the day. 
And so it was closed and they 

557
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,440
had had the kitchen open for 
him. 

558
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:16,280
Oh my goodness, they made him 
the treat as a nightcap for the 

559
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,920
night. 
There's like Disney magic times 

560
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,040
3000 million. 
Right. 

561
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:27,040
Last night I literally did 
everything that you just talked 

562
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:30,040
about, minus obviously the most 
important part, which was 

563
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,880
staying in the castle suite, but
I did the spring rolls. 

564
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:36,280
We watched Starlight, we watched
happily ever after and I thought

565
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,560
we were pretty boozy because we 
got to do the Buzz Lightyear 

566
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,640
soft open. 
So like we were feeling like we 

567
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,720
were pretty awesome. 
And just like you were saying 

568
00:35:43,720 --> 00:35:47,080
that the the hub at that time, 
like we got stuck in the parade.

569
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,760
We couldn't get back to our 
family that were just getting 

570
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,040
off Tron because you know what I
mean? 

571
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,640
And I just, I'm literally living
it in my mind because I was just

572
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,840
there last night having a way 
different experience. 

573
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:02,080
And I just. 
I can't. 

574
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:03,960
Imagine. 
I can't imagine. 

575
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,200
I'm also in my head though, like
going like where? 

576
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,480
Where would they say no? 
Like where's that line drawn 

577
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,920
like if you asked? 
For something and I'm always 

578
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,760
scared to ask for stuff so I 
would I don't the. 

579
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,720
Same. 
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 

580
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:22,120
I get very shy in that in that 
setting but like also in my head

581
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,320
I would like to push the button 
that starts the fireworks. 

582
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:30,920
Is that a yes or no like? 
Can I beat Tinkerbell? 

583
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,280
Can you hook me up? 
To the zip like ring me up. 

584
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,560
And that's why we'll never win. 
Exactly. 

585
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:38,960
We'll fail the background. 
Check. 

586
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,600
They'll find this video and 
they'll be like, no, they can't 

587
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:45,720
stay there. 
We are not people that 

588
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:52,560
experience things like that. 
So it was, it was hard to sort 

589
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:57,440
of make decisions and be able to
do whatever, you know, within 

590
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:01,440
reason, whatever we wanted to. 
We had sort of talked about 

591
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:07,040
doing Tiana's, but we didn't 
want to risk getting our shoes 

592
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:10,680
wet because we didn't pack 
another pair of shoes for that 

593
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,960
one night because they had told 
us, you know, we you can't bring

594
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:15,920
your huge luggage in to the 
suite. 

595
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:19,800
So we only brought our carry on.
And so we had our second pair of

596
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,680
shoes for the rest of the trip, 
but we didn't bring it. 

597
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:27,520
And one of the cast members 
said, well, we can go buy you 

598
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:32,720
Crocs and you can rule the Crocs
on Tiana's if you'd like to. 

599
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,040
And again, we said thank you, 
but no thank you. 

600
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,080
That's OK. 
We'll just, we'll ride Tiana's 

601
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,280
another time. 
You know, we're DVC members, 

602
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:43,440
we're coming back, so we'll just
ride it another time. 

603
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:48,040
But thank you for offering. 
And so they asked if there was 

604
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:51,040
anything else we wanted for the 
night before they had left. 

605
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,720
And we were pretty set and we 
were pretty exhausted. 

606
00:37:54,720 --> 00:38:00,240
So they left and they said that 
one person would be downstairs 

607
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:04,240
at that first entryway all night
long in case we need anything. 

608
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:08,840
I think he was also there to 
make sure we didn't pull Derek 

609
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:13,600
and sneak out maybe in the 
middle of the night and, you 

610
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:16,840
know, go try to ride a ride at 
night or. 

611
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:20,880
Find Find old spring rolls. 
Right. 

612
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:26,360
Or do anything like that. 
So my son enjoyed the jacuzzi 

613
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:35,920
and then we passed out and the 
gloriously plush betting that we

614
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:40,600
did take a sneak peek of the 
labels for to any future 

615
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,120
purchase I. 
Would have to, yeah. 

616
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:46,600
I have, I have a quick question 
because I'm thinking, OK, we've 

617
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,520
exhausted every request we 
possibly can. 

618
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,600
It's just us, we're in the room 
for the rest of the night. 

619
00:38:53,240 --> 00:38:56,080
Is there like can you put on 
like Sports Center and like just

620
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,880
watch TV right there is ATV 
correct? 

621
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,800
Yes, the the mat. 
There are two magic mirrors that

622
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,920
turn into the TV. 
OK, that's what I'm. 

623
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,680
That's right, she did say that. 
That's right, you. 

624
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:10,720
Wouldn't. 
You wouldn't miss the wrestling 

625
00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:13,760
that night, Derek, don't worry. 
Hold on, that's the most Derek 

626
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,600
thing that's ever been spoken on
this show. 

627
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,440
I'm in the castle suite at Magic
Kingdom. 

628
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:19,840
Can I watch sports? 
What? 

629
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,160
What? 
So at after you've bathed 

630
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:28,200
yourself in the party tub and 
you've sat in every bed and 

631
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:30,640
every living area, what else are
you going to do? 

632
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,200
Well, you just. 
Rode everything in the park, 

633
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,160
you're probably. 
Everything in the park. 

634
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:36,760
You have a robe on? 
Yeah. 

635
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,560
You're quite sleepy. 
What are you going to do? 

636
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:40,200
You're going to sit there and 
watch. 

637
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,680
Something. 
Like a normal human. 

638
00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:48,760
Where's the Bachelor come? 
On There were many other amazing

639
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:52,040
things in the suite. 
There were books and little 

640
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,560
trinkets. 
There was this spyglass that 

641
00:39:55,560 --> 00:40:00,840
Peter Pan had gifted to 
Cinderella and my son used it to

642
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:05,160
look out the suite windows at 
night to check out Magic 

643
00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:09,880
Kingdom. 
It was the coolest thing ever to

644
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:14,760
see Magic Kingdom after hours. 
Empty the. 

645
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,600
It just it, it lit up. 
They have lights that they turn 

646
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:24,080
on at night once all of the 
guests are gone and there are 

647
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,720
people, you know, cleaning the 
grounds and those sorts of 

648
00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:29,920
things and doing all the after 
hour things. 

649
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,600
But, you know, we took a peek 
out and we watched because how 

650
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:37,280
could you not, you know? 
That's what I would be doing 

651
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:41,240
instead of Sports Center like I 
would be watching. 

652
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,320
Plastered against the window the
whole night. 

653
00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:46,800
Don't. 
Don't they give you like, at 

654
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:49,040
least they did when I saw it a 
long time ago. 

655
00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:52,320
Like, they told me that they 
give everybody really, really 

656
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:56,360
stern warnings, like, don't even
try to open the windows, right? 

657
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:59,480
Like I heard it was like, don't 
even try to bother opening them 

658
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,720
because every fire truck in the 
state of Florida will be here if

659
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:05,640
you try to open these windows. 
At least maybe that's what they 

660
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,160
told me when I was up there. 
And that tracks. 

661
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:10,520
That tracks. 
They did not tell us that, but 

662
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,560
we did pass our background 
check, so I think they knew we 

663
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,880
were, they knew we were 
responsible guests. 

664
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:20,480
There you are definitely never 
getting in that suite now. 

665
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:25,040
Nope. 
No party tub for me. 

666
00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:27,880
So, Marcy, you sleep through the
night, you wake up the next 

667
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,080
morning. 
Is there breakfast? 

668
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:33,320
Is there more rides? 
You know how how do they greet 

669
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,680
you that next day? 
Yes, there there is more. 

670
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:44,280
So we woke up and we're gifted 
exclusive Cinderella Castle 

671
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:51,080
Suite magic bands that only 
guests of the suite are given. 

672
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:54,040
And they're beautiful. 
They're white with the 

673
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,720
Cinderella Crest on them. 
Where is it? 

674
00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,680
We have photos, we'll put the 
photos out. 

675
00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:04,840
I did send a photo, yes. 
So we were given that, and then 

676
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:10,000
one of the cast members 
personally delivered our luggage

677
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:13,440
with Cinderella's glass slipper 
to the Grand Floridian. 

678
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:17,040
That's where Disney put us up 
after the night in the castle. 

679
00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:23,200
And then there was breakfast at 
Cinderella's royal table in the 

680
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,920
morning. 
And my, my, yeah, my son Lincoln

681
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:33,480
was given a an honorary tour 
guide pin to wear the next day 

682
00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:38,160
because the sweet team was so 
impressed with all of the facts 

683
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,880
that he knew he's a fact kid. 
And so as we were touring with 

684
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:45,480
them the night before, he was 
saying, oh, this is this or I 

685
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:47,840
know this. 
And that was a really sweet 

686
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:51,200
touch that they did. 
And Lincoln was thrilled that he

687
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:55,040
got to wear it the next day. 
I'm a teacher. 

688
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:59,080
And like I said, I think Disney 
knew more about us than we knew 

689
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:03,720
about ourselves. 
And the team even gave gave me 

690
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,240
treats to bring home to my 
class. 

691
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:10,840
And. 
So at, at some point somebody 

692
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:14,360
just in passing had asked, oh, 
you know, how many students do 

693
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:17,440
you have this year? 
And I told them and I had no 

694
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:22,960
idea that they gave the kiddos 
special stickers and special 

695
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:26,920
Cinderella Castle Suite 
exclusive stickers to take. 

696
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:31,280
And so we were given all of 
those things. 

697
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:36,680
And then we went to breakfast 
and we were given lightning 

698
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:40,440
lanes that we could just go to 
the rides at any time. 

699
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,960
So we didn't have to fiddle on 
our phone. 

700
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,440
We were just allowed to show up 
whenever we wanted to. 

701
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:49,480
And that actually was a 
Christmas party night. 

702
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,640
And I had no idea the crowds 
were low during the day and a 

703
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:58,280
party night. 
And so the cast member didn't 

704
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:04,080
come with us during the day, but
he gave us the phone number that

705
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:07,680
we could text him or call him if
we needed anything. 

706
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:12,800
And so then we went off and 
explored Magic Kingdom some more

707
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:18,240
that next day. 
I just, I, I love the thought of

708
00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:21,880
you guys sleeping in the castle 
then going downstairs for 

709
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:24,920
breakfast because I, I would be 
like, hey, what are all these 

710
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,200
people doing in my house? 
This is my house. 

711
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:34,120
Yeah, as the princesses came 
around, Lincoln did tell them 

712
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:39,400
that he slept in the castle. 
And the princess's minds were 

713
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:44,520
blown because, you know, and he,
you know, he would ask, So what 

714
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:46,800
did you, did you ever have a 
sleepover with Cinderella 

715
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:50,480
upstairs? 
And, you know, they, they were 

716
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,280
like, no, never. 
And we got, of course, we also 

717
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:55,680
got to meet Cinderella. 
And we had to thank her for 

718
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,360
offering up her room to us for 
the evening. 

719
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,800
Oh. 
My gosh, that is so cool. 

720
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:02,240
OK. 
So tell us just a little bit 

721
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:05,360
about where they put you at the 
Grand Floridian because that was

722
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:11,240
a unique room as well. 
Yes, so part of the sweepstakes 

723
00:45:11,240 --> 00:45:18,360
win was also two nights in a 
deluxe resort and they they 

724
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:20,920
picked the grand for us and 
we've never, we had never stayed

725
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:22,160
there. 
So we were thrilled. 

726
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,720
And so they delivered our 
luggage for us. 

727
00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:30,960
And when we got there, they had 
us in one of the turret rooms, 

728
00:45:31,240 --> 00:45:35,720
which was super cool. 
And you walk in and it's 

729
00:45:35,720 --> 00:45:38,440
beautiful. 
And the pink color is just 

730
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:42,440
beautiful and the smell, of 
course, is lovely. 

731
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:46,480
And so they put us in the Grand 
Floridian and one of the turret 

732
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,680
rooms for the next two nights. 
Oh my goodness. 

733
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,920
Wow. 
I feel like Disney would be 

734
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,080
ruined forever now. 
Like it's just like you've 

735
00:45:55,080 --> 00:46:00,200
experienced the pinnacle of like
what it is you know, to to be 

736
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:04,960
there just just absolutely. 
Yeah, tough me to talk. 

737
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:08,960
Yeah, just just a wonderful 
experience all the way around. 

738
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:13,200
Well, I don't like, I feel like 
that overshadows most of this 

739
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:15,120
show. 
But Marcy's a Disney Vacation 

740
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,840
Club member, by the way. 
Also, in case you wondered, 

741
00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:22,560
which is actually I think how 
how the conversation started was

742
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:25,280
reaching out to Monera and 
having a conversation with Amy 

743
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:31,320
and and all of that fun stuff. 
So, you know, just quickly give,

744
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:34,360
you know, give us your DVC story
where, where do you own, you 

745
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:36,800
know, what made you decide to 
join the club? 

746
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:41,400
And, you know, can you buy 
enough points to stay in the 

747
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,480
castle suite, I guess? 
You cannot, yes. 

748
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:47,640
Yes, yes you can. 
You can only buy them through 

749
00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:49,120
me. 
There at the DVC. 

750
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:56,000
Of course. 
Yeah, so I'm an 80s baby, raised

751
00:46:56,000 --> 00:47:01,760
in the 90s during what I think 
is the best Disney movie era. 

752
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:05,920
So I was a Disney, a Disney kid 
growing up. 

753
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:11,120
My family and I visited a 
handful of times, but not often.

754
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:15,880
And we once I got married and 
had my son, we wanted to bring 

755
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:20,200
him to Disney. 
And then COVID came and paused 

756
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:22,280
us a little bit. 
So we didn't end up making our 

757
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:28,400
first trip until 2022. 
And it was a spur of the moment 

758
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:31,640
thing where my husband said, 
hey, when's your spring break 

759
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,600
this year? 
And I said about four weeks from

760
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:35,720
now. 
And I said, do you want to go to

761
00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:37,240
Disney? 
And I said, well, yeah. 

762
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:42,520
So we took our first trip. 
It was as amazing as I 

763
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:46,000
remembered it, and even more 
magical now that I was a mother 

764
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,880
and I got to bring my son and 
experience it through his eyes. 

765
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:52,440
And then our next trip was about
a year and a half later. 

766
00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:56,680
And a colleague at work is also 
a DVC member. 

767
00:47:56,680 --> 00:48:01,000
She talked to me and we had 
considered actually renting 

768
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:04,320
points through you because my 
friend had recommended your 

769
00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:07,320
company. 
But my husband having that law 

770
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:11,280
background, he was a little 
unsure of renting. 

771
00:48:11,720 --> 00:48:14,800
But I have learned now that you 
can rank your points and it is 

772
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:18,720
definitely OK. 
But we decided to stay at the 

773
00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:22,480
Contemporary because we wanted 
to walk to Magic Kingdom because

774
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:25,520
my son was still little. 
And at one point during our 

775
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:28,200
stay, my husband looked at me 
and he said, I've never seen you

776
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:30,360
more happy than when we're at 
Disney. 

777
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:37,240
And that was sort of it. 
And you know, as much as he is 

778
00:48:37,240 --> 00:48:41,960
sort of anti timeshare, he made 
an appointment with one of the 

779
00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:46,400
people at the Contemporary and 
then he talked for a few 

780
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:49,560
minutes, asked a lot of 
questions that the sales people 

781
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:53,080
actually couldn't answer because
they were more legal things. 

782
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:59,080
So like Derek said, we went 
home, we did our research, and 

783
00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:05,040
then we reached out to DVC 
Resell and bought Old Key West, 

784
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:09,600
which is my husband's favorite 
resort because it is so quiet, 

785
00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:13,600
You know, after a crazy busy day
in the park, he loves going back

786
00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:16,760
to Old Key West. 
We're spoiled with the one 

787
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:21,120
bedroom and the space and yeah, 
that's where we own and we love 

788
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:23,960
it. 
Oh my goodness, that is so cool.

789
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:28,800
OK, you have to take the castle 
suite out of this question, but 

790
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:33,680
aside from that, what is your 
like favorite DVC memory with 

791
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:38,240
your family? 
It sounds silly, but you're 

792
00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:42,800
right, it's the memories that 
you make that aren't planned. 

793
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:48,480
I think my favorite memory is 
staying at Old Key West in the 

794
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:51,760
one bedroom making pizza in the 
oven. 

795
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:55,880
And you know what? 
They don't have pizza pans, 

796
00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:59,360
which I feel like we should push
to get pizza pans put in there. 

797
00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:04,480
And it started really smoking 
and we panicked that we were 

798
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:06,320
going to set off the fire alarm.
Luckily we didn't. 

799
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:10,920
We opened the big patio doors 
and started frantically waving. 

800
00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:15,120
But then we sat on the patio 
that overlooked the golf course 

801
00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:19,120
and the waterway, and we just 
ate pizza while doing laundry. 

802
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:24,600
That's amazing, love that. 
I would say that's a plea though

803
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:27,920
for for every single DVC resort.
It's better pans. 

804
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:32,040
Oh my God. 
We, we Dan, DVC Dan has set the 

805
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:33,800
fire alarm off at Animal 
Kingdom. 

806
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:36,360
Animal Kingdom Lodge. 
Yeah, surprisingly, when you set

807
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:40,720
the fire alarm off, it only goes
off in your room and nowhere 

808
00:50:40,720 --> 00:50:42,960
else. 
So we were able to like get it 

809
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:45,920
out with like it goes. 
Up in your room before it goes 

810
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:48,120
up everywhere. 
Or apparently we had enough time

811
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:50,880
and nobody ever came to check to
make sure we didn't burn our 

812
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:51,360
room. 
That's. 

813
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:54,160
Just yet another reason why 
we'll never be in the Castle 

814
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:56,760
Suite. 
But I love that story because 

815
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:59,320
you probably heard me tell the 
story of Paul and I folding 

816
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:02,880
laundry and like watching the 
Santa Claus in a one bedroom in 

817
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:07,520
Oakie W eating take out from 
Earl sandwich. 

818
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:10,880
And you're right, it's just you 
don't plan it, but you just have

819
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:14,720
that feeling of like I'm going 
to remember this forever because

820
00:51:14,720 --> 00:51:17,880
it's just so special. 
And you know, the people I love 

821
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,480
are here and we're happy and 
we're in a place that we love 

822
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:23,400
and I just I love it. 
I love that you ate pizza and 

823
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:27,520
did laundry at old QS and we'll 
remember it forever. 

824
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:31,440
Marcie, what what DVC stays are 
on the horizon? 

825
00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:35,720
Or any any bigger Disney trips, 
cruises, anything else on your 

826
00:51:35,720 --> 00:51:37,360
bucket list in the near future 
here? 

827
00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:41,640
Yes, we're actually heading back
to Old Key West in just a short 

828
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:45,240
few days. 
And then we have our first day 

829
00:51:45,240 --> 00:51:47,440
booked at Beach Club for this 
summer. 

830
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:52,440
My son is out of his mind, 
excited to try Stormalong Bay. 

831
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:53,520
Yes. 
Oh yeah. 

832
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:59,960
And then we have another trip 
booked in February 2027. 

833
00:51:59,960 --> 00:52:03,320
Right now it's at Old Key West, 
but at seven months we might try

834
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:06,160
to change to Animal Kingdom 
Lodge. 

835
00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:08,160
We've never been there. 
Love to see the Kadani 

836
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:09,320
refurbishment. 
Yeah. 

837
00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:15,120
And we have talked about trying 
to hit Disneyland at some point,

838
00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:17,840
which I know is going to be 
really hard because we don't own

839
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:19,680
there. 
So maybe we'll have to rent. 

840
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:22,000
I don't know. 
But we would love to get out to 

841
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:24,360
Disneyland too. 
We've got some friends headed to

842
00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:28,840
Disneyland actually next week. 
And like, it's when, when people

843
00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:30,240
tell me like they've never been 
there. 

844
00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:33,760
I remember that feeling before. 
It's so special, Yeah, and. 

845
00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:39,440
It's like it's just a different 
speed of Disney and yeah. 

846
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:41,840
Intimate, historic. 
Yeah. 

847
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:43,680
I can't wait for you guys to be 
able to go out there. 

848
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:48,320
That would be exciting. 
I just, I just love her story. 

849
00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:51,360
When she said that, her husband 
said, you know, I've never seen 

850
00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:53,840
you so happy than when you're at
Disney. 

851
00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:56,800
Like, to me, that's what 
membership's all about, you 

852
00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:59,440
know, and she just proved it 
when we're already asking, you 

853
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:01,000
know, how many more trips do you
have? 

854
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:04,320
You know, she's got so many 
because she's a member. 

855
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:07,040
She's got so many coming up. 
I'm going to do this and then 

856
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:08,920
I'm going to try this and then 
I'm going to go there. 

857
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:12,600
And I think what's great too is,
as we always talk about too, the

858
00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:16,680
great part about it is it's not 
just the trips themselves, it's 

859
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:19,520
the planning, it's the 
anticipation. 

860
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:23,160
It's, you know, watching 
incredible shows like these that

861
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:25,800
just help get so excited for 
your trip. 

862
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:30,280
So her husband saying that and 
him even being so anti 

863
00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:33,040
timeshare, right? 
So, but he looked at his wife 

864
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:36,800
and said, my God, is she happy, 
Happy wife, happy life. 

865
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:39,160
What have I got to do? 
Even if it involves buying a 

866
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:41,040
timeshare, I'm going to do it 
so. 

867
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:43,840
There's moments in these shows 
where you can feel the people 

868
00:53:43,840 --> 00:53:51,440
unsubscribing from us. 
Well, he did carefully read the 

869
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:55,320
DVC contract as a timeshare, and
he said this is the only 

870
00:53:55,320 --> 00:53:58,520
timeshare I would ever let us 
purchase. 

871
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,360
Yeah, so there you go, Fee. 
There's that. 

872
00:54:01,720 --> 00:54:03,760
If that's not an endorsement, I 
don't know what is. 

873
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:06,880
I mean. 
Oh my goodness. 

874
00:54:07,800 --> 00:54:11,000
Well, this is the this is the 
part of the show where I always 

875
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:13,040
like to just flip things on its 
head. 

876
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:15,040
Marcy, I didn't, I didn't prep 
you for this question. 

877
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:17,160
But if you've seen some of our 
member spotlights, who might 

878
00:54:17,160 --> 00:54:21,320
know it's coming, Is there any 
question now that you have this 

879
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:27,280
motley crew of people together 
that you would like to ask us as

880
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:30,640
as part of this special episode?
Sure. 

881
00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:35,000
This is pressure, just so you 
know, because the normal 

882
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:38,760
questions I feel like you've 
already answered in episodes and

883
00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:41,640
other people asking. 
So I was trying to think up of 1

884
00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:48,800
and what I came up with is if 
you could choose, I guess a ride

885
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:53,320
or a food or resort or something
Disney that best fits your 

886
00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:58,800
personality, what would it be? 
That's tough. 

887
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:01,440
Sorry, Paul. 
That's, that's a blank stare. 

888
00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:04,400
Sorry. 
Man, that's like, that's like 

889
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:07,320
the Jeff Blank stare from one of
our other recent episodes where 

890
00:55:07,320 --> 00:55:09,240
we asked him as a hot dog. 
A sandwich? 

891
00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:10,920
Sure. 
Is that it? 

892
00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:12,720
No. 
I always feel like you have to 

893
00:55:12,720 --> 00:55:15,840
pick one to eat because there's.
A hot dog, A Taco. 

894
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:19,240
So. 
Someone wrote back it was a, it 

895
00:55:19,240 --> 00:55:21,000
was a wrap. 
I don't know So the. 

896
00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:25,280
The problem, the problem with me
is that I changed my favorite 

897
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:28,000
resort like every week in my 
head. 

898
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:33,040
But like I feel like when you 
really think about like, OK, 

899
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:37,280
what what is, you know, what is 
the resort that always like 

900
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:39,440
speaks to you? 
And like this is where Amy 

901
00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:41,920
belongs. 
And for me, I think Boardwalk is

902
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:47,840
like my personality, not the. 
I thought she asked. 

903
00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:50,960
Ride. 
She said she said resort ride or

904
00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:53,560
restaurant. 
OK, food. 

905
00:55:53,720 --> 00:55:55,560
OK. 
But I would like I would like to

906
00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:58,240
have one of each please. 
So Earl Sandwich would be my 

907
00:55:58,240 --> 00:56:01,600
restaurant. 
Of course it would be. 

908
00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:06,200
And the ride would be, gosh, I 
don't know. 

909
00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:10,080
This is this question is like 
our, our recent show that we did

910
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:13,400
where we're making up the rolls 
for the question as we, as we 

911
00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:16,720
answer it, because I'm going to 
go with our I'm going to go with

912
00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:20,640
a food and, and keep with the 
theme of a of a cheeseburger egg

913
00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:24,160
roll. 
Because you know, before you, if

914
00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:27,200
you don't get to really like 
meet me, like I'm a little bit 

915
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:30,160
crispy and crunchy on the 
outside, like before you really 

916
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:31,800
get to know me. 
Oh, that was deep. 

917
00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:35,840
And then like I'm I'm steamy and
yumminess on the inside. 

918
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:39,960
That actually that was break the
creepy break the break the outer

919
00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:42,480
layers. 
I'm sorry, just just picturing 

920
00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:43,840
that right now and it's an 
image. 

921
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:49,160
I was thinking of like 
boardwalking, like whimsical and

922
00:56:49,680 --> 00:56:52,200
right. 
You find yourself whimsical. 

923
00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:57,800
Yeah, OK. 
Or animal Kingdom this dark. 

924
00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:02,720
I'm just kidding. 
Jeff, save us. 

925
00:57:02,720 --> 00:57:04,400
Have you thought of anything for
yourself? 

926
00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:10,520
That's a really good question. 
And I think I would have to say 

927
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:13,840
Pirates of the Caribbean as the 
ride. 

928
00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:17,080
And the reason is, is because 
it's a little bit serious, it's 

929
00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:19,440
a little bit funny. 
It doesn't take itself too 

930
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:21,600
seriously, which is how I try to
live my life. 

931
00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:28,000
And there's a singing donkey. 
And there's dogs in it, and the 

932
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:29,480
dog is going to Get Me Out of 
jail. 

933
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:32,480
So I don't know. 
I think that one just fits my 

934
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:36,280
personality to the most. 
Derek, that's good. 

935
00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:39,480
I was going to go kind of 
thinking along the lines like 

936
00:57:39,480 --> 00:57:43,320
Jeff is, but I was going to say 
Big Thunder like because life 

937
00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:47,520
with me can be, you know, very 
unpredictable. 

938
00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:51,480
But overall it's incredibly 
smooth because I'm a very happy,

939
00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:54,320
amiable person. 
So that ride is very smooth. 

940
00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:58,600
And every time anyone gets off 
of it, no one's in a bad mood 

941
00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:00,920
after they spent time on Big 
Thunder Mountain. 

942
00:58:01,280 --> 00:58:06,200
So I feel like maybe and even a 
little bit of time with me that 

943
00:58:06,200 --> 00:58:08,080
maybe you leave and go, that was
fun. 

944
00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:09,800
I want to spend more time with 
that guy. 

945
00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:12,760
Or maybe you say I'm never going
to do that right, I don't. 

946
00:58:13,480 --> 00:58:14,880
Know I'm starting to get 
uncomfortable I. 

947
00:58:15,400 --> 00:58:17,880
Did. 
Not think that's this is where 

948
00:58:18,080 --> 00:58:20,200
my question was going to head, 
I'm sorry. 

949
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:23,880
Paul, Paul just said. 
He's crunchy on the outside and 

950
00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:26,760
yummy and warm on the inside, so
don't get mad at me. 

951
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:33,840
Yeah, there was no saving us 
from any of that, really. 

952
00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:36,280
I mean, it it just, it just was 
what it was. 

953
00:58:36,880 --> 00:58:39,840
It just mission accomplished. 
Mission accomplished. 

954
00:58:40,480 --> 00:58:43,880
Well, Marcy, that was I, I don't
know how we're going to top this

955
00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:46,120
show ever. 
Like I think, you know, Jeff had

956
00:58:46,120 --> 00:58:49,360
mentioned earlier, like this is 
like, this is our peak. 

957
00:58:50,120 --> 00:58:52,920
It is so incredible that you and
your family got to experience 

958
00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:56,560
this just just within the past 
year, right? 

959
00:58:56,560 --> 00:58:58,360
Like this was just like last 
December. 

960
00:58:59,360 --> 00:59:02,560
Like I didn't, I didn't know it 
was like, so like fresh in your,

961
00:59:02,560 --> 00:59:05,640
in your in your mind and. 
She reached out to us, yeah. 

962
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:07,520
That's just that's so. 
Incredible. 

963
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:10,240
And on that note, it probably 
couldn't have happened to a more

964
00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:13,840
deserving, nicer person. 
Like, just the appreciation that

965
00:59:13,840 --> 00:59:17,720
you had for the whole experience
was very evident, like 

966
00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:19,120
throughout everything that you 
said. 

967
00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:23,280
And I, yeah, just loved your 
story and you, you were so well 

968
00:59:23,280 --> 00:59:25,440
spoken. 
It was just so fun to listen to.

969
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:28,440
Absolutely, yes. 
You're just lovely. 

970
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:31,240
You're just lovely. 
And I think if you go back and 

971
00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:33,560
listen to this show, this is the
least I've ever talked in an 

972
00:59:33,560 --> 00:59:38,960
episode, which is good because I
try to be the funny, sarcastic 

973
00:59:39,040 --> 00:59:43,640
Comic Relief dancing monkey. 
I was so overwhelmed emotionally

974
00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:47,560
and I'm going to try to not lose
it here, but just what an 

975
00:59:47,560 --> 00:59:49,640
amazing experience and it 
couldn't happen to a nicer 

976
00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:51,680
family, so that's just really 
great. 

977
00:59:51,680 --> 00:59:54,440
I'm really excited for you guys 
and a little bit jealous but 

978
00:59:54,440 --> 00:59:56,200
mostly excited. 
He's a lot of it. 

979
00:59:56,200 --> 00:59:59,760
Jealous, especially of all the 
cool stuff you took back. 

980
00:59:59,760 --> 01:00:05,640
Oh my. 
God, I was looking for it. 

981
01:00:06,280 --> 01:00:08,760
Yeah, I've had this in my in my 
archives for a while. 

982
01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:12,240
So I mean. 
That's kind of weird that you 

983
01:00:12,240 --> 01:00:17,720
do, but OK. 
Marcie, thank you so much for 

984
01:00:17,720 --> 01:00:22,360
joining us for this episode. 
You know, maybe we'll have you 

985
01:00:22,360 --> 01:00:26,240
back on again to talk about some
other, you know, really, really 

986
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:28,080
fun thing that you and your 
family got into. 

987
01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:31,320
So thanks again. 
Thank you, our audience, for 

988
01:00:31,320 --> 01:00:33,840
listening. 
If you have questions for 

989
01:00:33,840 --> 01:00:35,760
Marcie, put them in the 
comments. 

990
01:00:35,760 --> 01:00:39,440
We'll send them and maybe 
revisit this. 

991
01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:45,240
I don't know, but until next 
week's episode, we will see you 

992
01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:48,720
next Monday. 
Not from the castle, Derek. 

993
01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:50,400
I'm sorry. 
They're not going to let us in. 

994
01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:53,320
Ever Castle family coming 
through. 

995
01:00:53,320 --> 01:00:54,880
Hey now, Castle family.