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