1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,200 All right, I have pressed record. 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:08,240 We'll go into like a soft intro and then we will start the show. 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,400 You always look at me for these and it makes me nervous. 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:14,800 But you're in the room with me. I feel like I. 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,280 I'm I don't know what you're going to say. 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,960 I never know what I'm going to say for 9 out of 10 of them. 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,600 Normally it's just like off the cuff, whatever we think about 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,320 right now, I'm thinking about, you know how Derek hasn't been 9 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,320 in a park since he was a fetus out on the West Coast so. 10 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,520 That is the true fact. True fact. 11 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,520 I've not been out. There Disneyland is special. 12 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,560 We got to get him out there. I know, I know, and I hear 13 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,760 people say it all the time. I just think emotionally, I 14 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,120 don't know if I could handle that. 15 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,120 The fact that the castle is so small 'cause I see people 16 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:49,840 comment on it all the time that have only been to Disney World 17 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,160 and they get there and their face is like, hold on, that's 18 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:56,120 not it, is it? That's the castle like, so I 19 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,680 don't know if emotionally I'm prepared to handle that. 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,840 Well, based off of what you said a couple minutes ago, probably 21 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,160 physically not either. You spent three hours in the 22 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,800 park the other day and you're still hurting from it it. 23 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,440 Was you don't understand, it was animal Kingdom. 24 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,720 It's summertime in Florida. It was 176°. 25 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,040 That's what my phone said. So it was unbearably hot, but we 26 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,720 had a great, amazing 3 hours. So I will never complain about 27 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,080 being able to go to a park for for three hours. 28 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,840 Hey everybody, and welcome to this week's episode of The DVC 29 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,240 Show. I am your host, Paul Krieger, 30 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,920 joined as always by my lovely wife, Amy Krieger. 31 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,360 We've got Senior Sales Associate for the DVC resale market, Derek 32 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:48,600 de Boer with us. Yes, now it's only 150°. 33 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,400 Hey doe. Happy Monday everybody. 34 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,520 Our favorite friend, the Jeff Haslam. 35 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,240 The Jeff Haslam. Wow, that's new I that should be 36 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,360 forever. You know, I I don't I don't know 37 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,680 what comes out of my mouth. I really don't think when I talk 38 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,960 and I should probably think harder when I do. 39 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,639 But. And someone that I peer 40 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,320 pressured into joining along for the ride. 41 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,880 This week, we've got Carrie Crevel joining us. 42 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,200 How are you, Carrie? Hello, doing well, excited to be 43 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:17,600 here. Thanks for having me. 44 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,880 We're happy to have you. For those of you that have not 45 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,480 met Kerry, Kerry is actually one of our newest contributors on 46 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,520 dvcfan.com. And I said, hey, why not join us 47 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,200 for one of our member spotlights because we're a fun group to 48 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,360 hang out with. Although based off of our 49 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,560 conversation over the five 5 minutes that you've been here, 50 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,080 you probably want to run in the other direction. 51 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,240 Well. You should. 52 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,600 But we're happy to have you, Carrie. 53 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,960 Carrie is actually out on the West Coast. 54 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:55,760 So if you wonder how we got to West Coast Derek fetus, that's 55 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,280 that's how we got there in our pre show earlier. 56 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,280 But Carrie is actually out the California area. 57 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,240 I'm going to call her basically kind of our West Coast DVC fan 58 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:10,880 correspondent moving forward because look, you, you have a, 59 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:13,880 you have more official title than Jeff has and Jeff's been 60 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:18,840 here for years now. Yeah, Jeff just has V in front 61 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:19,960 of his name. That's V that's. 62 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:27,280 It and that happened today so. Many of you are probably 63 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,600 wondering where our dear friend Panda is at. 64 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,520 Again, we we announced on previous shows that some of 65 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,880 these early shows that we film, he's not joining us for more 66 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,160 recently because of his work schedule. 67 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,440 So it's very possible he may jump in near the end. 68 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,320 He may not. He may surprise us. 69 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,200 We'll find out. But that is where Panda is and 70 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,480 we will see him for more, more shows in the future. 71 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,480 But today, Carrie, it's all about you and we are going to 72 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,160 talk to you and get to know you a little bit more and why you 73 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,040 became a Disney Vacation Club member. 74 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,400 And I think that's the best place to start before we do. 75 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:08,040 Before I forget, this show and all of our DVC fan content is 76 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:12,560 brought to you by the world of DVCDVC resale market where you 77 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,440 can buy or sell a Disney Vacation Club contract. 78 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,880 Monera Financial who will assist in financing that DVC resale 79 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,680 contract. Purchase DVC rental store where 80 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,360 you can try before you buy, rent some points or rent out your own 81 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,800 points and Unlocked Magic where you can get discounts on Walt 82 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,080 Disney World tickets and Universal Orlando tickets. 83 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:38,040 And they just recently added Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween 84 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:43,440 Party tickets for 10% off. Which is better than the DVC or 85 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,840 AP discount? Yeah, and it's on any date. 86 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,080 Any single party date. Yeah. 87 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,320 So that's pretty cool. Definitely want to check that 88 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:55,600 out. Unlocked magic.com/DVC fan. 89 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,360 All right, I got all that out of my system. 90 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,400 I can take a deep breath. We're good. 91 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,120 Carrie. It's again so great to have you 92 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:04,480 here. Carrie. 93 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,200 I feel like bamboozled me a little bit because I noticed her 94 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,880 commenting a lot in Diz boards and in the DVC Fan Facebook 95 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:14,320 group. And I came out to her and I 96 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,840 said, hey, I think you would be great as a contributor on DVC 97 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:19,040 Fan. Are you interested? 98 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,120 And she was like, yeah, sure. Have you ever written before? 99 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,880 Not really. And so I showed her around 100 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,280 WordPress a little bit. The first three articles that 101 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:31,680 you have written, Carrie, are just like textbook perfect. 102 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,320 Like everything's great. So you are like you're an alias 103 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,360 writer for someone and I'm going to figure it out one of these 104 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,280 days. Thank you, Paul. 105 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,880 I swear I'm not. I think I'm just really 106 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,520 passionate about the subject, so it's great. 107 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,120 It's great to be contributing. I'm excited to keep going. 108 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,440 Yeah, well, tell us a little bit about yourself. 109 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:52,600 Oh, go ahead, Derek. Yep. 110 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,480 I was just going to say that I think, and you can edit this out 111 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:00,240 if I'm wrong, but I think what was Carrie like involved early 112 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:04,120 on with one time she got one of the remodeled rooms or something 113 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,600 and she helped you with taking pictures of a remodeled room. 114 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,200 Because I, I specifically remember, I don't know what 115 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:14,560 resort it was, but I, I remember you giving a shout out to carry 116 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,600 and I'm wondering was that when you guys maybe first met each 117 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,880 other or got connected? I can't recall. 118 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:26,240 So I was at the D23 Expo last year and was at went to the DVC 119 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,720 booth and noticed they were remodeled or the there were 120 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:33,200 concept photos of the island tower and that I think I posted 121 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,440 those and then Paul reached out and used them. 122 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,920 And then we, I mean, we've like, yeah, it was really that we just 123 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,040 talked off and on in the last few months and that was probably 124 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:43,160 the first. Time, if we're going to be 125 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,600 brutally honest, part of that is on me because I think I 126 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,880 originally reached out to Carrie late last fall. 127 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,720 And then we did this whole crazy thing called moving and buying a 128 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,840 new house and all kinds of other stuff. 129 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:57,600 And the Poly opened and everything. 130 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:00,560 And I think, Carrie, I sent you a message like in January, 131 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,080 February. And I was like, I'm sorry. 132 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,520 I dropped the ball on moving this forward. 133 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:11,120 Let's revisit the conversation. And so yeah, yeah, yeah. 134 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,360 Derek, you remember things better than the rest of us. 135 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,440 So never question your mental age, just question your theme 136 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:21,440 park age. Anyway, back to California, 137 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,160 Carrie. Carrie, tell us a little bit 138 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,280 about yourself, your Disney journey, and what kind of 139 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:29,920 brought you to Disney Vacation Club. 140 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,320 Sure. So I grew up in Southern 141 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,600 California. I grew up really using 142 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,640 Disneyland as my mall, for lack of a better, you know, phrase. 143 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,880 That's where we, we went to Disneyland back when annual 144 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,360 passes were cheap and that's where we hung out after school 145 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,000 every day. So I grew up kind of with Disney 146 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,040 in my DNA, in my blood all the way through. 147 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,760 I ended up moving to the UK for a few years after college. 148 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,960 I married a Brit and then when we moved back to the United 149 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,680 States, we started resuming our trips to Disney World. 150 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,560 And it really we started going right like so many of us do. 151 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,240 We started going year after year. 152 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,760 And I had previously thought about DVC when I was very young, 153 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,720 when I was like 19 or 20, was not financially in the cards for 154 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,400 me at that point. I was just getting my life 155 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,800 together. But we revisited it a few years 156 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:19,280 ago and then I like to say it's like a tale of 3/3 visits, 3 157 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,840 different visits. We decided to go to Aulani and 158 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:31,920 we paid cash for a studio Ocean Room over New Year's $1100 a 159 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,039 night. Sorry, we're all just going to 160 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:36,000 laugh at that. One for a second 11. 161 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,400 Hundred a night. A night. 162 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:40,720 Wow. OK. 163 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:45,280 Yeah, continue. We got there and I fell in love, 164 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:46,920 right. Anyone who's been to Aulani, you 165 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,840 know, you lot like there. It's the most special place on 166 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:51,520 earth. That is my favorite DVC resort. 167 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:54,360 Got there and I said, OK, how am I going to? 168 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,680 How am I going to get back here? Because, yeah, splashing the 169 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:58,880 cash. I don't have $1100 over and over 170 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,640 and over again for a studio. So we toured, tried hard to 171 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,040 convince my husband and it just he wanted to wait. 172 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:10,200 He wanted to think about it. And so we then eleven months 173 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,400 later did a trip to Walt Disney World and we visited the 174 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,800 Riviera. And I have a, an 8 year old son 175 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,000 who at the, you know, at the time was 7 and he said we were, 176 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,280 I remember we were at sunset overlooking the lake at Riviera 177 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,360 Caribbean beach. And he sighed and said, Mom, 178 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,840 this is the life. Like, thank you so much for, you 179 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,000 know, giving me this great life. And at that point, I was like, 180 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,360 OK, like, I, I, we have to buy DVC like he's, he's. 181 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,160 So this one trip, I know we're going to be back. 182 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,720 And then the third trip actually happened only about a month 183 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,040 later. I flew back to Florida for 184 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,280 surgery. There's a specialist in Tampa 185 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,600 who had something, you know, who was the best, the world's 186 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:52,080 bestest, The condition that I had. 187 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,800 And I decided to recover at Saratoga Springs. 188 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,920 And unfortunately, the surgery wasn't successful. 189 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,480 So I was processing a lot of grief, a lot of disappointment 190 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,520 around that, you know, while overlooking the grounds of 191 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,280 Saratoga Springs. And I just thought to myself, 192 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,440 like, life is way too short to continue to analyze and try to 193 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,320 make the numbers work just right. 194 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:14,360 You know, we don't know what life has in store for us. 195 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:15,480 So that's it. We're doing it. 196 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,760 And I remember texting my husband and being like, get 197 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,440 ready for the sales pitch when I get home. 198 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,760 I think we're going to do this. We're going to find out a way to 199 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,080 make this work. And then two PowerPoint 200 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,240 presentations later, I was able to get convinced him that this 201 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,520 is what we were going to do. And it's been a great ride 202 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,160 since. That's such an incredible story, 203 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:38,240 yeah. And, and the best, the best part 204 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,320 about that story is that Paul was wondering how is Carrie such 205 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,960 a good writer? She had to do 2 PowerPoint 206 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,760 presentations to convince her husband to buy DVC. 207 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,480 That's where it comes. Yeah, and, and, and you read my 208 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,040 mind because I was going to ask if Carrie still had those 209 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,160 PowerPoint presentations because I think she could probably sell 210 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,000 them to people because we see people in the group all the time 211 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,080 that are like, how do I convince my significant other to buy DVC? 212 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,120 Let me see please. That's a great idea for an 213 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:06,080 article, actually. Yeah. 214 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,880 Happy to help anyone who has reluctant spouses out there. 215 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,800 My, my husband is a numbers guy, so I had to make the numbers 216 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,520 work, whereas I have more of the heart, you know, And so we're a 217 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,560 great team, but it, it took some convincing. 218 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,440 Now we'll get to this maybe. But now we're in the Adonitis 219 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,400 phase of our journey. So I'm back to trying to 220 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,680 convince him that that's the next financial move we need to 221 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:27,440 make. So there will be another 222 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,040 PowerPoint presentation in the near future. 223 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,720 Perfect. OK, sure, you're probably with 224 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,880 an Excel spreadsheet and other things. 225 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,800 We should do it as a live stream and. 226 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,600 You could really just going to say that. 227 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,320 We'll do it as a live stream and put the pressure on him on on 228 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,520 the show. Like one of the ones where you 229 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,800 have like the reaction in the corner. 230 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:51,240 So like, he has to watch it and you have to watch him. 231 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,320 And then we'll bring the closer in, Derek, bring the big closer 232 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,320 in at the end to seal the deal. So. 233 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,600 And then you could have all the Super fans donate money that 234 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,640 could go towards the down payment, like here's $10, here's 235 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,400 $20, it's done. That's the show's written 236 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:12,920 itself, love. It OK, so Carrie, tell us what 237 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:16,240 is your home resort? I feel like you have more than 238 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,000 one. I do. 239 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,320 I do. So part of the sales pitch to my 240 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,560 husband was making the numbers work right. 241 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:28,400 And so I knew that we wanted to own a minimum of 150 direct 242 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,240 points to get those member benefits. 243 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,120 Because we live so close to Disneyland, we, we're in that 244 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,560 lounge twice a month, maybe sometimes more. 245 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,320 And I know that, you know, that can go away. 246 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,320 That's not forever, but I knew we wanted a minimum of 150 247 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,440 direct points. I also knew that there was no 248 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,240 way I was going to convince my husband mathematically to do 249 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,120 more than the minimum direct points because he is the numbers 250 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,080 guy and sees DVC for the value that it is. 251 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,320 And so we chose to buy 100 points at Bay Lake and then we 252 00:12:55,320 --> 00:13:00,080 did 153 points at Riviera. We ended up buying a favorite 253 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:05,120 week contract for Week 7, Studio Resort View Studio at Riviera. 254 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,600 So Riviera and Bay Lake Tower are two home resorts. 255 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,840 Yep, for sure. So how often do you go to Aulani 256 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:15,320 since you said that that was your favorite? 257 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,040 OK. So we've tried to go to Aulani 258 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,920 about once a year. I would love to go more often 259 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,840 because it is such an easy flight, relatively easy flight 260 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,720 for us from the West Coast, but we also have a lot of other 261 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,200 places we want to visit. We also love Walt Disney World. 262 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,640 So right now we're going about once a year to Aulani. 263 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,840 OK. So as someone who goes to Aulani 264 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:40,640 once a year and you don't own there, what advice do you have 265 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,760 for members trying to book at the seven month window that we 266 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,160 get that question all the time? We get that question. 267 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,080 Yeah, all the time. Sure. 268 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,560 So I think the first thing is really just be flexible with 269 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:54,480 your travel time and then be flexible with the type of room 270 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,320 that you're looking for. We are a one bedroom family 271 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,440 predominantly and we are relatively flexible around when 272 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,080 we go. Although this last trip we 273 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,680 booked the week right before Thanksgiving at the seven month 274 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:07,440 mark no problem and it was available actually for I think 275 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,280 another several weeks after that that. 276 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:11,360 So I think those would be my top 2 tips, right? 277 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,480 Be flexible in when you go really apart from just, you 278 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,240 know, June and then the main holidays, it's actually not that 279 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,680 hard to get into Aulani at the seven month window as long as 280 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,520 you're flexible on room type. You know, you maybe budget a few 281 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:27,960 more points to get an island garden view or an ocean view and 282 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:32,160 you should just be fine. We need to go back if there is. 283 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,280 She saying it now, ladies and gentlemen, I was, I was saying 284 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,000 we had to months ago. And she was like. 285 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,280 I just don't know how we'll fit it in just when you listen. 286 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:47,040 And what I heard, what I heard was we need to go back. 287 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:48,320 That's. Why I heard. 288 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:50,720 You know. I did say. 289 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,000 I did say we. And the good thing, Jeff, is 290 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,480 there's not a theme park there, so we don't have to rope drop to 291 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,000 close that. I can sit by the pool for six 292 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,040 state drays six straight days there and be just fine. 293 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:02,960 I'm good. I'll do it. 294 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:07,320 That's awesome, Carrie. Also in in, in mentioning the 295 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,280 points that you have. Did I? 296 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:11,600 Did I catch it right? You have a guaranteed week. 297 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,160 Yes, yeah. So our Riviera contract is a 298 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:19,520 Week 7 resort view studio contract, although we don't 299 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,880 intend to use it for the foreseeable future. 300 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,040 So I was thinking long term when I bought our contract. 301 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:29,360 My son is 8, about to turn 9. I'm thinking 1015 years from 302 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,960 now, a week in February, you know, maybe just me at Disney 303 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,400 World sounds fantastic. So we really bought it for the 304 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,600 long term. And also, you know, with 305 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,040 concerns about there's all like the talk about Riviera and 306 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,080 availability and what it's going to do long term. 307 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,120 I just thought, hey, it's easy to get that guaranteed week 308 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,120 written in. Let's just get it and then we'll 309 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,080 use it, you know, for 1015 years from now, right now. 310 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,480 Yeah, I think that's awesome. And we may have to have you back 311 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,360 for another show. Just talking about Guarantee 312 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,400 weeks in general, because we do get a lot of people that have 313 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,640 questions about that and there's multiple strategies behind, you 314 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,560 know, why people choose to do a guaranteed week. 315 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,200 Yours makes perfect sense. It's like when do we plan to 316 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,640 travel and do we have concerns over availability down the road 317 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,240 because of Riviera and the restrictions and all that kind 318 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,680 of fun stuff? So I know you did plenty of 319 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,600 research into all of that decision. 320 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,040 So that, that's awesome. She's the, she's the first 321 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,560 person I've actually spoken to in real life that has a 322 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,440 guaranteed week, so. What about in fake life? 323 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,600 We exist. Let's not go around that rabbit 324 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,720 hole. Fake life. 325 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:38,200 Hey, I, I have a question for for Carrie, just because I do 326 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,320 love that subject that we talked about that we definitely need to 327 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,800 talk about it on a later show is, you know, convincing your 328 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:46,960 other half, which again, I get this. 329 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,440 I've gotten this for for 20 years where there's almost 330 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:54,720 always one person in the family that's all in like guns blazing. 331 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:56,600 This is the greatest thing since sliced bread. 332 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,120 And it's not always the husband. It could be the flip side too. 333 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:05,920 But what what do you think that it was that finally convinced 334 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:07,560 him? Because you said that you're the 335 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,400 more, you know, emotional, which I am too. 336 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,520 But I mean, was it just like, how did you lay it out to him in 337 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,760 terms of where someone who was like, we're not buying a 338 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:17,920 timeshare? No way. 339 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,319 It doesn't make sense to all of a sudden now you've got multiple 340 00:17:21,319 --> 00:17:24,079 contracts and then you're going to be doing another one probably 341 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:26,520 later on. What do you think it was that 342 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,200 convinced him? Good question. 343 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,600 So I think the first thing is really knowing your spouse or 344 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,440 knowing your partner and what will motivate them or, or you 345 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,240 know, what is driving their concerns. 346 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,960 And, and for me, I knew my husband is very analytical. 347 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,480 He's an engineer by background. So the other thing I know about 348 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,160 my husband is it takes multiple conversations to get him to, to 349 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:49,480 agree to something. It's not like, let me just throw 350 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,280 down this, this PowerPoint in front of you and then walk away. 351 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:56,040 So it took, it took a period of a year right where he was like 352 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:58,920 he got in, got into the idea right from that first trip at 353 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,600 Aulani where I said, hey, I think we really should pursue 354 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,800 this. And it wasn't it was every day, 355 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,800 right, that I was badgering him for a year, but making the 356 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,200 moments where it's. Really, we're going to have him 357 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,840 back on for another show and we're going to get his version 358 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,440 of this story. Yeah, I'm curious. 359 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:19,120 I'm curious to get his take. But I knew that he, he cared 360 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:20,560 about making the numbers work, right. 361 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:24,000 So he, for all this concern about, you know, oh, what 362 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,160 happened, you know, what happens with the value of the contract. 363 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,040 You know, he wanted to make sure that one, we were consistently 364 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,920 going to go and that two, that there wasn't a flexibility in 365 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,160 the system so that we could do different types of vacations if 366 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,680 we wanted to. So I had to educate him on the 367 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,360 rental process. So we used DC rental store 368 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:44,920 actually as an example. I previously rented, so I was 369 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,200 able to tell him, hey, you can always do this. 370 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,760 If for, you know, one year we choose not to go to Disney 371 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:53,240 World, it's so easy to rent points or swap points and go 372 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:55,640 somewhere else. And that really helped him. 373 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,320 And then the final kind of thing in involved in those PowerPoint 374 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,080 presentations was a snippet of an Excel spreadsheet I made 375 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:06,600 basically showing the year over year cost and then at what point 376 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,520 our break even would be. And then at what point we start 377 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,960 seeing savings. And you know, it's only a few 378 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,080 years in depending on the contract you purchase, 379 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,240 especially on the resale side of things. 380 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,280 And so once he saw that, he was like, oh wow, it's only like, I 381 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,040 think for us it was like 7 years in with the Bay like tower 382 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,880 contract. My probably even was less than 383 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,240 that. And he was like, well, of 384 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,760 course, like, sure, why wouldn't we give this a shot and then 385 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,720 make sure it works for us knowing that, you know, you can 386 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:35,280 likely resell it down the road. Most people are able to for a 387 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,720 decent chunk of what you paid. He was like, OK, let's go for 388 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,160 it. So I mean, obviously there's an 389 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,560 emotion aspect. I think he he's a great husband. 390 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,240 He wants to make me happy, but the numbers had to make sense 391 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,120 for him too. I feel like the numbers were 392 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:51,880 there as soon as you paid 1100 a night for Lonnie. 393 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,360 Yeah. Yeah, and I want. 394 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,400 Everybody to give us value. I want everybody to go back to 395 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,200 listen to this once once we're done, but. 396 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,280 Carrie's diabolical. She's got her husband, she's got 397 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,240 him zoned in. She's got him figured out. 398 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,240 She's no, I'm just kidding. I think that's great. 399 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,840 But like 1100, like like 1100 a night. 400 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,400 How many nights were you there? We only could afford 3 and that 401 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,960 was hard was, you know, at three with 3000, you know, 3030, 402 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,680 three, $100. I was like, how I want to stay 403 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,120 at Aulani for more than three nights. 404 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:25,880 This is actually kind of torture to only do three nights there. 405 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,000 And like, how am I going to, how am I going to do this? 406 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,880 Like that was that was the conversation. 407 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,040 I think he was like, how many times are we realistically going 408 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,320 to go back to Aulani? Well, like, joke's on him. 409 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,280 How many times we've gone back since like he's bought, he's 410 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,120 bought in now. Like he he does love it, but we 411 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:43,960 also like going other places too, right? 412 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,040 So yeah, it was like knowing that we could rent out our 413 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:50,160 points in off years was also something that he really held on 414 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,280 to when considering buying into DVC. 415 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,440 That's awesome. That's great. 416 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,800 I wanted to thank you for sharing your personal story at 417 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,680 the beginning too. And this is going to be hard to 418 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:05,400 top, but I also like to ask if you had a favorite DVC moment or 419 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,520 something, you know, some kind of Pixie dust that happened or 420 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,920 some kind of moment that made you go, you know, sigh that 421 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,360 relief when you wrote that check, you know, something 422 00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:15,400 that's just kind of like your favorite, one of your favorite 423 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:16,840 memories. Sure. 424 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:22,320 So we've only been members for just over a year, but I 425 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,440 actually, and this is this is silly because it was the first 426 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,680 time we used our contract was actually only one night at the 427 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,960 Grand Californian. And again, that was the 428 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,200 property. I live so close to Disneyland, 429 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,320 it it never made sense for me to show out the cash to I can never 430 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,840 justify it in my head to pay the cash rate to the Grand 431 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,160 Californian. And we were able to book one 432 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:43,160 night and that was the first time we used our points and 433 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,040 walking in and, and staying at the Grand. 434 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,120 You know, anyone who's who's been to the Grand California 435 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:52,480 knows just what a breathtakingly beautiful resort that is walked 436 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:56,000 in and was like, Oh my gosh, I get to do this for the next 40 437 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,080 plus years. Like I, I am committed. 438 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,160 I know, you know, we are, we are, we are here for the long 439 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:02,920 haul. And I have so many years of 440 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,440 memories ahead of me. It was just such a, it was only 441 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,520 one night, but it was enough to be like, wow, like this is, this 442 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,360 is amazing that I don't have to stress about when I'm next going 443 00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:14,200 to go back to a Disney property because I know what's going to 444 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:15,400 happen within the next few months. 445 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,240 And so just that first night was a really special experience. 446 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,360 That's awesome. My first stay at the Grand Cal 447 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:24,480 was kind of the same way. I we were actually staying. 448 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:28,080 We were down in California for a dance competition at the Anaheim 449 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,880 Hilton, which we all know how awesome that place is. 450 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:35,960 But Amy and Tatum had straight dance all the time. 451 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,760 And we were standing in line at Soren and I'm on my phone 452 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:43,240 booping and I looked and there was a night tomorrow and I went 453 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,080 and stayed there by myself while they were still. 454 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,520 We had two hotels essentially for one night, but I had to to 455 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,160 check that list. It is such a beautiful resort 456 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,280 and so much fun to just be. You talk about being in the 457 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:55,240 bubble. We talk about being in the 458 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:56,840 bubble here. But being in the bubble in 459 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:00,960 Disneyland is a much smaller, much more intimate bubble to be 460 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:01,400 a. Part of it. 461 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,000 Yeah. And I also love, as Jeff said, 462 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,160 the fact that you, you know, you've shared that personal 463 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,720 reason for purchasing in the Disney Vacation Club because so 464 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:16,200 many people that we hear from talk about it making financial 465 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,920 sense or not, but it also is an emotional purchase as well. 466 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,800 You know, we know that our dear friend Jeff purchased for not 467 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,160 this Jeff, but but another Jeff, you know, purchased for similar 468 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,120 emotional reasons where it was like life is short. 469 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,320 How many times am I going to be able to come back here? 470 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:36,080 This is that guarantee that, you know, I, I get to come back and 471 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:37,840 see this magical place year after year. 472 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:42,000 And so it's, it's great to you. You've crunched the numbers from 473 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,360 both sides. It hits the emotional target and 474 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:47,520 then for your husband, it hits the IT hits the financial 475 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:51,440 numbers as well for sure. So, and I think too, that's what 476 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:55,080 that's what Carrie said so perfectly too, is that it goes 477 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,640 back to when you have Disney Vacation Club. 478 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,640 And again, I've had mine for over 20 years that members will 479 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,920 tell you that yes, the trips themselves are fantastic and 480 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,880 they're awesome. But honestly, almost as good or 481 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,480 sometimes even better is just the fact that you know, you're 482 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,960 going away. So everybody knows their 483 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,600 countdown, whether it's going to be a year from today, six 484 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,680 months, three months, two months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 24 485 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,920 hours, it doesn't matter. It's knowing that you're going 486 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,560 away are the things that help you, you know, get through life. 487 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,880 You know, I've said it on like past shows too, which is, you 488 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,320 know, it's easy to go away on vacation when everything is 489 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:33,640 hunky Dory. That's great. 490 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,160 But sometimes the times you need a vacation more than any other 491 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,320 time is when things are not going so well. 492 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,720 So I think that's when members really, really appreciate the 493 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,000 fact that you know what, I've got this, I've got these points. 494 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,440 You know, what do we want to do with them? 495 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,440 Everything is already paid for. We're checking out. 496 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,160 Our room bill is 0. And you have that trip, no 497 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,040 matter where it is, to know that it's already paid for, it's 498 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:57,920 already covered. You don't have to stress to say, 499 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,560 Oh my God, it's so much more expensive, intensive than it was 500 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,720 last year and all of this nonsense. 501 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,640 It's just your point, you know, and knowing you're going away, 502 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,320 that to me, even though we go, you know, for one night all the 503 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,320 time down the street to Disney World. 504 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:13,560 I look forward to that. I know that I'm going to the 505 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,840 boardwalk on December 26th when my son turns 21. 506 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,120 We booked the boardwalk so we could be there on his 21st 507 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:22,480 birthday. So we know that that's coming. 508 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:26,040 So, Carrie, yeah, you, you summed it up perfectly, is that, 509 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,840 you know, you have these trips coming for not just one year, 510 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,480 but for for decades to come, which is awesome. 511 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,480 It was raised well, good. I'm sorry. 512 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,720 I was gonna say, Derek, I was raised with this philosophy that 513 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,320 you always should have another vacation booked because the 514 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,080 planning, you know, I think for so many DVC members, Disney 515 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:47,040 fans, the planning is the best part of the trip or just as good 516 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,000 as the trip itself. And so I was raised with that 517 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,200 philosophy. It's one I, I really live by. 518 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,320 And that you're right, that helps you through, you know, 519 00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:57,000 stressful periods at work, stressful personal times, 520 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,800 knowing you've got something on the horizon to look forward to. 521 00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:03,040 And DVC just kind of seals that in, right, You know, because you 522 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,200 have committed financially to going that you are going to keep 523 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,160 going. So it kind of ties the two 524 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,640 together really nicely. Yeah, it's perfect. 525 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:11,720 Yeah. OK. 526 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:16,120 So Speaking of that, what do you have on the horizon that you're 527 00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:19,760 excited about? OK, so we are staying at our 528 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,520 home resorts for the first time ever in February. 529 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:26,320 We, we immediately booked one of the other things I, I didn't say 530 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,880 at the beginning was when we chose our home resorts, we chose 531 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,080 with the intention of staying at all of the DVC resorts 532 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,280 eventually. So I know some people pick their 533 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,800 home resort because they love it and they want to go back to that 534 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,440 home resort every year. We picked them with the 535 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,680 intention of no, like one of the beauties of DVC is that there's 536 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,320 so much variety. And so we've utilized the 537 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,280 variety over the last year and it was actually my husband who 538 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,960 was like, you know, like we've owned this for over a year now 539 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,440 and we've done 4 trips. Like maybe it's time to actually 540 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:58,400 stay at our our home resorts. So we have a split stay coming 541 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,120 up in, in February and we're staying at first at Bay Lake 542 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,440 Tower for a few nights and then we're going to move to Riviera. 543 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,880 And so get to experience those. Derek will be really excited to 544 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:11,840 come see you at Bay Lake. He loves that property, 545 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,960 absolutely. Maybe I could put on it Derek. 546 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,360 I'll, I'll try. I know. 547 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,800 Stop it. Jerry said it perfectly. 548 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,360 California Kerry said it perfectly. 549 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,520 That's the great thing about BBC. 550 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,560 It's something for everybody. Can you make a PowerPoint about 551 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,000 Bay Lake Tower Forest, Kerry, please? 552 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,200 We're going to need that. Carrie, you mentioned earlier as 553 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:38,960 well that you you definitely wanted that 150 direct purchase 554 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,200 and what were the key things that like made you want that 555 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,200 direct contract? Because we're very transparent 556 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,360 always that I think most members are going to become hybrid in 557 00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:51,720 some way in their in their life. So what was the driving things 558 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,960 that were like? Yes, we definitely want to start 559 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,520 with that direct. Interesting, I should say we 560 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,800 actually bought resale first, but we can, we can talk about 561 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,080 that and then a month later or as soon as it closed, we then 562 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,480 purchased direct. So I, I, but we went in with the 563 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,400 intention of becoming hybrid within a space of a, a few 564 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:09,880 months. So we were pretty strategic and 565 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,240 in that decision. But the reason why we knew we 566 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,320 wanted at least 150 direct points. 567 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,640 You know, a couple of things. One because I'm such a local to 568 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,360 Disneyland and there there are two fantastic lounges. 569 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:24,520 There's one real lounge and then the other's the place that a 570 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,920 California adventure you can go pop in and say hello to the DVC 571 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,520 cast members at. I wanted, I wanted those member 572 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:35,200 perks, you know, for, for Disneyland, DVC ers. 573 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,120 We've had a lot of special perks in the last few months in terms 574 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,440 of special parade viewings and, and other things. 575 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,520 And because I go to the park so often, that was important to me 576 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,720 to just strategically have access to those. 577 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,280 And then the second thing was access to the unrestricted 578 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,320 resorts. So I knew or to all the resorts. 579 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:56,120 So I knew I wanted a certain pool of my points to be able to 580 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,440 use at all resorts going forward, but I didn't feel like 581 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,880 I needed all of my points to be unrestricted or be direct 582 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,880 because there are so many great options within the original 14. 583 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,920 So we felt like that was a happy medium. 584 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,240 And I think with any add-ons, we probably will just go the resale 585 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,560 route because for now those you know those 150, it's like great, 586 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,120 whatever comes next, we know we can utilize those, but then 587 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,960 let's continue to get the cost savings on the resale side for 588 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,880 any future points. You mentioned the lounges in 589 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,400 Disneyland and I would just like to say that we we visited both 590 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,200 lounges when we were out there last week, the one in DCA though 591 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,400 DVC Dan, our dear friend, went in the door. 592 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:42,240 It was closed but the door was unlocked and he goes in. 593 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:43,320 We didn't. Know it was closed. 594 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,800 We didn't. He goes in, he walks around and 595 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,800 then he comes back out. We then go around to the front 596 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,600 and see the sign that says it's closed. 597 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,520 But the but like right at 10:30 or whatever time it was, the 598 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,280 sign changes to open. It's still closed. 599 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,400 There's no one there. We also, we also thought we were 600 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:05,120 there to get in line for the for the parade viewing stuff, but it 601 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,160 was Sunday and that is only on Saturday. 602 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:12,240 Obviously we've just lost track of time and everything, but 603 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,480 there was nobody there. Absolutely no, except for Dan. 604 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:17,720 Yeah, you could come and meet DVC Dan. 605 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,680 It's too bad Derek wasn't with us 'cause we could have just set 606 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,040 up a resale shop inside the DVC Lounge. 607 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:25,200 They would have been really happy with it. 608 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,840 He could have been slinging contracts like crazy. 609 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,400 You could have sat there for a good hour at least Derek. 610 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,120 Or maybe all of Sunday. I don't know, maybe, maybe DVC 611 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,160 guides. I will say that I did not see 612 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:39,120 any guides working at any booths or anything throughout the week. 613 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,440 Like all the boots were empty. Amy and I stuck our head in the 614 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,840 Preview Center area at Grand Cal, and it was not necessarily 615 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,240 a welcoming experience, I would say. 616 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:53,560 Yeah, I just so Dan and Jeff did have a good experience. 617 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:59,880 They went over to the DVC area at the Disneyland Villas. 618 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:03,600 Obviously it's an actively selling resort, but they were 619 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,600 very nice. They gave them a lot of like, 620 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:12,000 really cool mementos. And Paul and I, we just kind of 621 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,760 stuck our heads in on the way to our room at Grand Cal. 622 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:20,680 And I was just like, hi, do you have any model rooms here? 623 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,160 And they looked at me and they're like bottles. 624 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:28,880 It's that West Virginia accent that yeah, it. 625 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,120 Could be it could be my own fault. 626 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:32,480 I said no, no. To that. 627 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,480 Point models. And we don't need to go into 628 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:38,600 the, to that point, we don't need to go into the weeds about 629 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,840 my experience. But I will say, I kind of feel 630 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:47,480 like the West Coast Disneyland folks still kind of are confused 631 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:54,240 about DVC, even in the hotel itself that I, we, we kind of 632 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,960 had a lot of miscommunications this weekend. 633 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,400 And it just kind of made it clear that probably some more 634 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,880 training needs needs to be set forth with with how they deal 635 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,800 with us weirdos. There's definitely a very little 636 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,360 comprehension of the properties that are out here on the East 637 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,800 Coast, I feel like, and they know a whole lot about 638 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:19,640 Disneyland Hotel and the tower. But you start talking about I, I 639 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,960 got into a conversation at the Star View Lounge with the lady 640 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,000 that showed me the model room there. 641 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,640 And we got into a conversation about the cabins. 642 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:32,520 And it, it just snowballed very quickly from there. 643 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,560 And I was just like, where's the, where's the escape button? 644 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,360 I need to push that right now to get out of this conversation. 645 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,160 But yeah, I would. I would agree. 646 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,360 But yeah, but anyway, when I cleared up that I had said model 647 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:47,640 rooms, they were just like, no. And then they were like, are you 648 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,000 a member? And we were like, yeah. 649 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,560 But normally that's where they're like, oh, we'll come in 650 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,960 and get like, your welcome home bag or whatever. 651 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,720 And it was just like, oh, OK, have a good one. 652 00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,920 See you later. Yeah, it's, it was a very weird 653 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:01,280 disconnect. And like you said, none of the 654 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,960 booths were manned, none of the lounges were manned. 655 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,040 It was, it's kind of like just a free for all out there. 656 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:13,520 It's a very different DVC. But on that note, Disneyland is 657 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,440 amazing. Yes. 658 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,800 And we had an awesome time. We got to spend some time with 659 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,000 Carrie. She joined us Sunday, Sunday 660 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,360 evening and Friday. And for dinner, yeah. 661 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,400 Friday for a little bit at Jazz Kitchen. 662 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,080 She blew powdered sugar all over the table like Jeff did. 663 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:34,400 First impression. Amazing. 664 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:37,760 Yeah. We got the hangout at 665 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:41,240 Disneyland, we got the ride, a couple of rides with her. 666 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:47,840 So that was really nice as as people who live near or 667 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:52,720 basically at Disney World, it just felt really refreshing to 668 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:57,680 go over to the West Coast. So I'm curious, Carrie, as 669 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:03,640 someone who basically lives at Disneyland, like how do you feel 670 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,240 different when you come over to Disney World? 671 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,719 Good question. Yeah, I think it's, it's just 672 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,520 that experience that, that you had last weekend, right? 673 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:16,159 I think for us, I don't Disney World is not my backyard the way 674 00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:18,760 Disneyland is. So, you know, Disneyland, I 675 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,679 think not that you can become complacent about Disney, but 676 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,679 it's, it's always been there, especially since I grew up in 677 00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:27,760 Orange County. I, I can't even thousands of 678 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,639 times I've been to Disneyland. So I know that place like the 679 00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:34,280 back of my hand when I go to Disney World, even though I'm 680 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:38,760 now going, you know, more than I used to, it's it's still very 681 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,239 special because, you know, you have the planning and you're 682 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,760 like, OK, what am I going to fit in on this trip? 683 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,000 What am I going to save for a, a future trip? 684 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,600 I don't know where everything. I don't know where all the 685 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,360 bathrooms are located the way I do it at Disneyland. 686 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,320 And I'm sure that will change as we we, you know, have been 687 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,600 members for longer. But there is something really 688 00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:00,160 special about going to somewhere that just isn't in your backyard 689 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,640 every every day, right. On the plus side, like I, I know 690 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,000 I'm very lucky having Disneyland, being so close to 691 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,840 Disneyland and I know most members don't have that option 692 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,600 that close. But it is really special when 693 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:16,400 you know, I get to go to worlds. We also want to go to Vero Beach 694 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,480 and Hilton Head and have those new experiences and not be such 695 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:23,440 AI don't know such a local about it and get to experience the new 696 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,840 things. So in terms of Disney Vacation 697 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:32,000 Club, you're probably one of the newest members that we've 698 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:36,440 actually talked to on this show. What advice would you give to 699 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,600 someone considering to join the club? 700 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,000 Like what is that? What are those things that 701 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,880 you've either learned in this past year or learned in 702 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,160 researching that? Are those things that are really 703 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,120 going to be the things that someone need to focus on if 704 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,040 they're really considering this? Sure. 705 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,640 So I think the first thing, the first thing to do is really use 706 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:57,880 the community that we have at DVC fan. 707 00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:02,400 So I, you can find my posts. I agonized over what to purchase 708 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,480 posted multiple times in the group and the group was so 709 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,960 supportive and helpful and helping me figure out what I 710 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:13,880 wanted to ultimately purchase. And then I, I read so many posts 711 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,240 around like how to just how to make the right decision. 712 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,760 But I think top, like the top few things that you really 713 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,800 should think about are, you know, 1, there's the direct 714 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,640 versus resale. I think sometimes people get 715 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:28,520 into their heads a little bit and feel like it's an either or 716 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,680 or it's like, I must make this decision right now and this is 717 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,800 for life. You know, you can, it's a, your 718 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,480 life is long. So you have the option to make a 719 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,880 decision right now and then change a few years from now. 720 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:42,480 You can always add on. You can always sell a contract. 721 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,920 So don't get so obsessed with the like, what is the perfect 722 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,200 right decision for here and now? Because your life will change 723 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,640 too over time. And then how your vacation will 724 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:54,120 change. So I, I say basically, if you're 725 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,440 considering it and you've run the numbers and it feels like it 726 00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:00,440 makes sense to you, jump in. Don't don't feel like I did 727 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,480 going back. We didn't even talk about the 728 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:06,600 search I did before I got my husband on board and how long I, 729 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,880 I, you know, really thought about it myself. 730 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,800 I would say when you get to a comfortable spot, just do it. 731 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,480 And then you can always, you know, iterate from there. 732 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:16,400 That's the first thing I would say. 733 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,960 I think the second thing is really do you think about, are 734 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:23,400 you the type of person who really cares about your home 735 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:27,160 resort availability and you are always going to want to stay at 736 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,760 your home resort? Or are you somebody like me 737 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,720 who's more willing to just kind of bounce around and and try 738 00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:35,880 different resorts out? And then if, if you're that 739 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,280 category, I wouldn't worry so much about the seven month 740 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,400 availability because there are way more options than I thought 741 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:46,080 there would be at seven months. And sometimes people get again, 742 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,280 really in their head about, Oh my gosh, there's not going to be 743 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:49,800 anything available at seven months. 744 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,840 Most times out of the area, you kind of have your choice of, of 745 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,840 where to stay. So if you're flexible, like 746 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,400 there's, there's so many different options available to 747 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,280 you as ADVC member. Again, I would say just kind of 748 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,120 don't, don't overanalyze the situation, you know, make your 749 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,200 decisions and then jump in knowing that you can always 750 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:08,880 change it up, you know, later down the line. 751 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:14,520 Great advice, great advice, and for everyone out there, Carrie 752 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:18,880 is available for 4995. She will build your family a 753 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,840 PowerPoint presentation so. I. 754 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,480 Have to raise my rates, Derek. Worst ideas have been presented, 755 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:30,040 worst ideas have been so. But there's a business 756 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,800 opportunity there for sure, for sure, for sure. 757 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,800 Hey, I, I have a question for, for Carrie kind of building up 758 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,760 that, which again, Carrie, you nailed it perfectly because I 759 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,280 think I mentioned it on maybe a show a couple of weeks ago is 760 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:45,800 like the people that look into DVC now have such an advantage 761 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,240 because you know, for folks like us 20 years ago, I don't even 762 00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:49,320 think there was like an Internet. 763 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,400 There was nothing. So now you've got all these 764 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:55,360 groups and DVC fan and you know, all these fantastic places where 765 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,520 you can watch room tour videos and everything else. 766 00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,880 So that is huge. I have a question for you, which 767 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,120 I'm curious, because we know we're doing a show like this and 768 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,800 we all talk about, oh, DVC is the best thing in the world. 769 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,240 It'll change your life and your kids lives and your neighbors 770 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:09,400 lives. It's it's perfect. 771 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:14,760 Have you experienced anything at all so far being a DVC member 772 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:16,160 that made you think, you know what? 773 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,920 That's not quite what I thought it was going to be. 774 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:22,680 Not that it's, you know, super negative, which you can share, 775 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,000 but I'm just curious, is there anything that I thought it was 776 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,560 going to be this, But you know what, it's okay, but it wasn't 777 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,520 quite what I thought. It was going to being on this 778 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,160 show is the answer to that question. 779 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,320 This isn't a negative, but obvious. 780 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:40,800 This is a huge positive. I never saw myself being a DVC 781 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:44,680 fan contributor when I bought the contract three years ago. 782 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,080 Never. I have AI have a close friend 783 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,760 who watches the show, close friends who watch the show and I 784 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,880 when I texted her and said, OK, I guess I'm I'm writing for DVC 785 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,280 fan now. Never in my wildest dreams. 786 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,000 I think that buying a DVC entourage was going to lead to 787 00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,920 this. And it's been and also just the 788 00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:01,760 power of community, right? Like never. 789 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:05,480 I was still happy to get to meet Paul and Amy and Jeff and and 790 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:08,440 everyone else over the weekend. Like never imagined that that 791 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,200 that that is where my life in the last year and a half would 792 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:14,320 lead to. And that's been spectacular in 793 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,960 terms of like. Surprises maybe I don't like to 794 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:22,040 say negative neutral surprises. I think I probably spend a 795 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:26,600 little bit too much time online at at different forums. 796 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,240 And so I do think there's a there's AI was surprised by the 797 00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:33,120 number like the amount of negativity that can be out there 798 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:37,520 around a product that we all know and love the other. 799 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,040 This is like random, but the other thing that was surprising 800 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:44,280 was just kind of just around how much people nitpick right to me. 801 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,600 Again, I, I said I bought my DVC contract to have contracts to 802 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:51,160 have so many memories and, and, and things like, you know, just 803 00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:53,680 wonderful trips. I'm not gonna nitpick like a 804 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:56,000 baseboard being slightly out of whack. 805 00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,920 Yeah, yeah, yeah, Yep. And yeah, yeah, that was, that 806 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,000 was surprising to me. But luckily, like I would say, 807 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,520 you know, 95 plus percent of people on the Internet are 808 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,360 really supportive and wonderful. So I would just say ignore that 809 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:08,840 noise. You know, I try not to, but 810 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:10,840 yeah, that was a little surprising. 811 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,680 Like we've all purchased this very expensive contract like 812 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:15,960 product. Let's go use it and enjoy it. 813 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:18,520 Yeah, so. Absolutely. 814 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:22,120 You know, I've, I've said for years that the DVC community, 815 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:26,800 excuse me, the Disney community is a double edged sword. 816 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,520 They are the absolute best fans and the absolute worst fans 817 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,200 because we love the product so much. 818 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:38,280 And, and Walt, I think originally started this because 819 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:41,040 he'd come into the living room and he would share what's next 820 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,960 and, and do all these big presentations. 821 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,440 He would love PowerPoint if he were alive in this day and age, 822 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:50,480 you know, but it kind of gave us a little bit of ownership in the 823 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,720 company. We feel like even though we 824 00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:56,680 don't, and so when they change something that we don't agree 825 00:41:56,680 --> 00:42:00,360 with or or they make a decision that we don't agree with, man, 826 00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:03,800 we can take something we love and turn on it so, so quickly. 827 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:07,320 So yeah, it's it's hard to turn out that noise sometimes. 828 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:08,840 But I see what you're saying for sure. 829 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,160 Yeah, I. Mean on the flip side, right, it 830 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:15,160 keeps the Disney brand and and products really strong, right? 831 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:18,560 We hold them to such a high bar that I try to look at it from a, 832 00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:21,440 you know, a place that people, like you said, Jeff, really care 833 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,720 about the Disney brand. We all love it so much. 834 00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,160 So I try to assume positive intent, but, you know, 835 00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:30,560 sometimes, like, let's lighten up a little bit and, you know, 836 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:33,400 just have a little fun with a product we've spent so much 837 00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,680 money on. Sometimes the curmudgeon comes 838 00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:38,400 out. Yeah. 839 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:45,120 Jeff bought this on Sunday when we were at DCA and we called it 840 00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:49,840 like his shoulder curmudgeon. So anytime, anytime he's. 841 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,080 Going to when I'm about to go on a rant, he's going to go on my 842 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:55,800 shoulder. So everybody knows Carrie, I 843 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,600 have one follow up question that has nothing to do with anything 844 00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:02,280 but I I need a tiebreaker because we were doing while 845 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,960 we're at Disneyland, who did it better, Disney World or 846 00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:07,560 Disneyland? We'd ride a ride that both parks 847 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,760 have, and then I take a vote with the group. 848 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,440 We're evenly split on one and. And you have to be the 849 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:14,880 tiebreaker. So sorry to put you on the spot, 850 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:19,720 but I need you to tell me which park did it better, Walt Disney 851 00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:21,800 World or Disneyland when it comes to Haunted Mansion? 852 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,000 Oh. I knew that was going to be the 853 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,360 one. Oh, so easy. 854 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:29,480 You don't know. You haven't been there since you 855 00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:34,600 were like this. I want I want to specify not the 856 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:38,160 not the light layover, not the holiday layover, the original 857 00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:43,840 Haunted Mansion. The original I always default to 858 00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:47,640 to Disneyland doing it better. And my reason is is that is the 859 00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:51,880 one that like has the actual elevator has like that is that 860 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,000 is Walt's park. And that was one of his original 861 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:55,840 ideas. If you go look at the history of 862 00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:58,640 what he wanted to put into Disneyland, he wanted to put 863 00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:02,000 some sort of, you know, haunted type attraction into the park. 864 00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,000 But OK, I'm gonna, it's kind of a cop out. 865 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,440 Like I actually prefer Disney World's version. 866 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,800 So I would, OK, I'm changing my answer. 867 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:12,280 I'm going to say Disney World is better. 868 00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:15,880 But I have a rich appreciation for Disneyland. 869 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:19,760 Like Disney World has the extra scenes. 870 00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:23,640 It's, you know, it is, it is a more I, I, I enjoy the Disney 871 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:27,720 World version more than the Disneyland version, but I also 872 00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:29,640 really appreciate the history of the Disneyland version. 873 00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,720 So told no reason for me only. One that was a tie, that was the 874 00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:36,520 only one that was closed so. How did everyone vote? 875 00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:40,120 I know, Paul, you. Me and these two were were 876 00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:42,120 Disney World. Jeff and Dan preferred 877 00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:44,440 Disneyland and and basically DVC. 878 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,400 Dan said almost verbatim what you said because of the 879 00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,240 elevator. I'm like. 880 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:52,480 They were so it was their first time though. 881 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:56,720 And I, and again, it's that East Coast, West Coast concept where 882 00:44:56,920 --> 00:45:00,000 when we got in there and the elevator made, it's like first 883 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,600 jolt. Jeff and Dan were like, oh, 884 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:06,120 we're this is a real elevator. We're going somewhere and it's 885 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:08,560 like to experience that for the first time. 886 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,160 I remember the first time that I did it. 887 00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:13,400 And if it had been the first time I was riding that, my 888 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:14,800 answer would probably be different. 889 00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:18,040 Now you throw in the holiday overlay, there is no 890 00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:21,600 competition. This is not a not a competitive 891 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,520 event, Yeah. Although I I mean as a 892 00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:27,880 Disneyland local, the holiday overlay irritates me because it 893 00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:32,400 is four months out of the year that it is not Haunted Mansion. 894 00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:34,440 I, I love it. I love the holiday. 895 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,920 I love, you know, Haunted Mansion holiday, love it, hate 896 00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:40,520 that it's a third of the year that Haunted Mansion is taken 897 00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:43,200 over by it. So I have mixed feelings year 898 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:44,480 after year. I love seeing the new 899 00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:48,080 gingerbread house but also sometimes I just want to ride 900 00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:50,680 the OG Haunted Mansion and I'm like oh great I got to wait till 901 00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:53,680 February to to do it and it's September you know? 902 00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:56,440 So I have mixed feelings about the the overlay. 903 00:45:56,760 --> 00:46:00,680 As a as a follow up to that, how many months out of the year do 904 00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:03,680 you figure Matterhorn is closed? Is it like 11? 905 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:07,840 Do you think they're going to get rid of it? 906 00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:10,680 No. I don't think they're going to 907 00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:16,600 get rid of it, but I do think, I mean, I, I do think it is closed 908 00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:19,320 more often than it is not. That is, that is how it feels as 909 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:23,960 it is even a local and let's be honest, it's jerky and it's not 910 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:26,680 the best. It's a good good back adjustment 911 00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:28,880 every time you go on it. So I love it. 912 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:31,360 Chiropractor appointment that month. 913 00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:34,800 Would I even be able to fit in it or no? 914 00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:37,360 Good, Really. Yeah, yeah. 915 00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:41,200 You can fit in space. Mountain at Disney World you can 916 00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:43,840 fit in the. Yeah, if I like lather. 917 00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:45,560 Through his knees, but he can fist. 918 00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:50,280 If I lather up my sides with butter, I can slip into the car 919 00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:52,120 there in Space Mountain, I mean, you'll. 920 00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:55,880 Be comfortable or feel safe whatsoever, but I'm sure you 921 00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:58,560 will pass all their checks. There's a minimum height. 922 00:46:58,560 --> 00:46:59,880 I don't know that there's a maximum man. 923 00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:03,880 Book booking that trip to Disneyland right now. 924 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:06,640 You sold me. It's closed. 925 00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:10,480 Carrie, this is the part of the show which we all get nervous 926 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:13,440 for because we've peppered you with questions for the past 927 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:17,360 hour, but we give you the opportunity to ask us some 928 00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:20,840 question to know a little bit more about us, like we have 929 00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:24,240 learned a little bit about you. So if you could ask the four of 930 00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:26,880 us any question, what would that be? 931 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:30,560 Oh gosh, any question I want, I'm going to keep it DVC related 932 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,600 for for this one. But I'm curious because I've 933 00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:35,240 been giving this a lot of thought recently. 934 00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:37,360 I obviously we know Lakeshore Lodge is coming. 935 00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:39,840 What? But beyond that we don't know. 936 00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:45,760 But if you could build or design any DVC, what would what would 937 00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:47,480 it be? Hold on, let me pull up the 938 00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:53,160 PowerPoint presentation Amy's. Amy's got pictures galore of 939 00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:56,240 this doghouse lodge. What was it called? 940 00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,600 Oh, you know. Canine Canine Lodge. 941 00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:03,640 Did we have a show about this that I'm blanking on? 942 00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:05,520 We did and we used. It's been. 943 00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:07,280 A while though. It's been a while. 944 00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,160 It has been a while. I didn't give you a new 945 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:12,240 question. Maybe no, it's a good question 946 00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:14,240 because I think I would have changed my answer. 947 00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:16,440 Yeah. Jeff, what's your answer? 948 00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:24,760 I want a DVC resort in Disney World that functions like the 949 00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:27,200 Grand Cal where you have entrance into a park. 950 00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:30,560 I don't even necessarily care which park it goes into. 951 00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:35,200 It seems like building villains land with a villains themed 952 00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,760 hotel next door is a no brainer. Something at Epcot where you can 953 00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:40,840 enter the World Showcase directly through your own 954 00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:44,440 private entrance. Even Hollywood Studios as a Star 955 00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:46,160 Wars themed. They missed that opportunity 956 00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:51,880 when they turned Star Cruiser into more offices, even a 957 00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:54,880 walkway from animal Kingdom. I would I would accept, but 958 00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:59,480 something that gives us that special, I call it a secret 959 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,240 door. You know, as we were leaving the 960 00:49:01,240 --> 00:49:04,400 other night to go back and change clothes and and come back 961 00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:08,400 to the park, Paul was like, OK, bye, I'm going to the Grand Cal 962 00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:09,400 and walked. Through this little. 963 00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:12,560 Thing and the rest of us had to walk through the turnstiles like 964 00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:15,280 peasants. You know, it's that's one thing 965 00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:17,200 that I would really like to see out here at Disney World. 966 00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:21,560 And with 23 hotels, I'm just shocked that that they haven't 967 00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:25,520 done that yet. For anyone that's a listener to 968 00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:30,320 our friends over at the Disney Dish podcast, Len Testa and Jim 969 00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:34,320 Hill, they actually recently on a show, we're talking about how 970 00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:39,080 they're about to do some road construction on that area around 971 00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:44,400 Coronado Springs and Blizzard Beach to actually open up an 100 972 00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:48,240 plus acre parcel of land. I believe it is in that area 973 00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:52,840 which could actually be a back door into Hollywood Studios. 974 00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:59,320 I think it is so I your your wish, Jeff, of having some 975 00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:03,120 entrance that some resort gives to a theme park. 976 00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:06,800 I think that within the next 5 to 10 years, we're going to see 977 00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:07,960 that become a reality. Or. 978 00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:12,560 No, it's not going to happen. Adding a DVC tower. 979 00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:16,080 Well, that's the that's the thought about this property, 980 00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:20,080 though, is that it's an easy straight shot from the where the 981 00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:23,720 sky liner currently is. So rather than actually have to 982 00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:27,320 do a offshoot or something, they could somehow just tie it into 983 00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:28,600 the existing line. I don't know. 984 00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,040 Go listen. They're wonderful friends. 985 00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:34,760 We talked about this with Jeff and Dan walking in through, 986 00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:37,080 through Downtown Disney from the Disneyland Hotel. 987 00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:41,120 Even the fact that you can get on the monorail there and go 988 00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:43,480 right into the park from outside of the park. 989 00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:47,440 I mean, it's just something that I don't know, I could talk 990 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:50,440 forever, but I just, I'm, I think that's a mess for Disney 991 00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:52,360 World. There's so many opportunities to 992 00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:56,280 include those hotels into the into the parks themselves. 993 00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:02,040 I will go next and tell you that my answer has changed, but this 994 00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:04,760 answer will never come to fruition I don't think, because 995 00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:06,800 I think they've given up on concepts like this. 996 00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:09,160 Oh no, I wonder if you're going to say the same thing I am. 997 00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:13,080 I think putting it, putting a new resort on a Caribbean island 998 00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:14,640 that's. Exactly what I was. 999 00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:17,600 Going to say we're married for some reason I. 1000 00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:22,160 Want an all inclusive because I love Alani. 1001 00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:23,400 How? Much are those points? 1002 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:27,920 OK, it doesn't have to be all inclusive, but the way what I 1003 00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:34,760 was thinking is I love Aulani. I love the idea of a relaxing 1004 00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:38,760 beach vacation. I love Vero, but I want 1005 00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:44,000 something tropical. This accessible I want. 1006 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:45,440 Blue. Blue. 1007 00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:49,280 Water and not have to go clear out to Aulani. 1008 00:51:49,520 --> 00:51:54,040 We recently as part of our California trip, Amy and I did a 1009 00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:58,840 four night cruise that left out of Long Beach, went to Catalina 1010 00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:02,600 Island for one of its stops. And Carrie, what I know there's 1011 00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:06,600 a shuttle that goes there daily. How long do you know how long it 1012 00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:08,200 takes to get there by that shuttle? 1013 00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:10,920 Yeah, it depends. There's a couple different boat 1014 00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:14,160 options, but like 75 to 90 minutes if you take that, that's 1015 00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:16,000 not bad at all. See. 1016 00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:20,040 I'm wondering if there's some island that that they could 1017 00:52:20,040 --> 00:52:25,120 build on that would be like that 75 to 90 minute range from one 1018 00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:28,000 of the Florida ports where they could get you there. 1019 00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:31,360 You could then get off, stay at this Disney Vacation Club 1020 00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:34,640 property, and then, you know, get on that shuttle on the day 1021 00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:36,400 you're coming home and come back. 1022 00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:44,120 I think there are Bahamas islands that you can take like a 1023 00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:48,080 ferry from very, very South of Florida. 1024 00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:53,280 So yeah, I love that idea. I want a Caribbean DVC. 1025 00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:57,880 Well, and I, I know Virgin Voyages, they were testing this 1026 00:52:57,880 --> 00:52:59,200 for a while. I don't know if it's still 1027 00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:02,040 going, I'll have to check. But you had the option when you 1028 00:53:02,080 --> 00:53:05,400 put your Virgin voyage because they only do short cruises out 1029 00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:10,520 of out of Miami. You could go to their Bimini 1030 00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:12,880 Beach Club Island. They don't own any property 1031 00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:14,880 there. They lease it from, I can't 1032 00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:17,680 remember the the hotel chain, but you had the option of 1033 00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:20,920 getting off your cruise, staying there and getting on the next 1034 00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:22,800 cruise that came in three or four days later. 1035 00:53:23,240 --> 00:53:25,800 So I mean, it's not like this is an unheard of situation. 1036 00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:28,840 They just need to buy up the property and and get it done 1037 00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:31,200 sounds. Of ice cream. 1038 00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:35,880 Derek, what's your pick? Oh, mine hasn't changed. 1039 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:40,120 It's still at Walt Disney World. It's a Disney Greek Isles 1040 00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:42,720 Resort. I think it would be amazing. 1041 00:53:42,720 --> 00:53:44,760 I think it'd be beautiful. I think it'd be perfect for 1042 00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:47,720 Disney Vacation Club to do it because I think you have these 1043 00:53:47,720 --> 00:53:49,080 buildings. Just imagine them, you know, 1044 00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:51,120 look like Santorini. The white buildings with the 1045 00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:52,840 blue roofs. You could have great 1046 00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:55,440 restaurants. You can put it around Bay Lake. 1047 00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:57,360 I don't know. I just think that would be a, 1048 00:53:57,680 --> 00:54:00,440 that would be a slam dunk. So that's still my choice. 1049 00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:03,160 That's awesome. Carrie, do you have an answer to 1050 00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:06,600 your own question? So I'm OK, so I'm torn. 1051 00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:11,120 I was thinking between like a new resort at Disney World 1052 00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:14,760 versus Paul and Amy, your idea that was that was option one was 1053 00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:17,680 the Caribbean island. Like I would I would buy so many 1054 00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:20,440 points that my husband, I don't know, hopefully wouldn't divorce 1055 00:54:20,440 --> 00:54:24,440 me, but like I forget the PowerPoints like I would be all 1056 00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:27,440 in on on that and just buy and. Ask for forgiveness later. 1057 00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:30,400 Yeah, that's exactly, yeah, that's pro tip there. 1058 00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:34,080 But actually I was I was wondering, you know, with I 1059 00:54:34,080 --> 00:54:37,280 don't know how much land is behind Magic Kingdom with 1060 00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:41,320 villains land opening up. Do you all know how much land is 1061 00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:43,880 is back there? That's anyway assuming there 1062 00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:45,400 might be land. There's. 1063 00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:48,080 Yeah, that's what I figured, right? 1064 00:54:48,080 --> 00:54:51,040 I was looking at the map and I was, I would love a villains 1065 00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:54,200 themed resort tied in. We could go with Jeff's entrance 1066 00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:57,560 into the park. You know, in 2045 when Villains 1067 00:54:57,560 --> 00:55:01,840 Land finally opens, we could get a TVC resort that's villains 1068 00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:05,640 themed and you know, it goes right into the the back. 1069 00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:07,840 If there was a back entrance to the Magic Kingdom I would love 1070 00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:09,120 that. Yeah, so. 1071 00:55:09,720 --> 00:55:11,280 That would be awesome that. Would be awesome. 1072 00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:14,360 Bye. Anyway, do you want me to give 1073 00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:15,880 you 1 idea we haven't talked about? 1074 00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:18,240 Sure, yeah. OK, sorry. 1075 00:55:18,240 --> 00:55:19,760 Sorry to cut you. Off No, you're fine. 1076 00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:23,640 My my other question was going to be if you could travel 1077 00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:27,320 anywhere not Disney related. So what? 1078 00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:29,800 Like where is #1 on your travel bucket list? 1079 00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:33,000 Not Disney related in any shape or form. 1080 00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:35,920 Nor I. Ask this question of these guys 1081 00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:36,920 all the time. I know these. 1082 00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:40,480 Friends of mine, I want to go to Norway so bad. 1083 00:55:40,680 --> 00:55:45,320 And part of it is Disney that's maybe want to go there, you 1084 00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:52,040 know, just like being in the Norway pavilion, seeing Frozen, 1085 00:55:52,040 --> 00:55:57,440 just really maybe want to like see that Nordic area. 1086 00:55:57,560 --> 00:56:01,200 So that's fine. Mine is wow. 1087 00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:06,800 We actually are planning to go to for my 40th birthday in 2027, 1088 00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:12,360 which will be, I want to go on a German river cruise to the 1089 00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:17,480 Christmas markets. So Amy is terrible at surprises, 1090 00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:20,040 said she was going to keep it a surprise. 1091 00:56:20,680 --> 00:56:24,680 I was going to try for one whole year because it's two years out 1092 00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:29,440 and I lasted like 2 days I'm. Very bad at this though, too, 1093 00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:33,120 because I ask leading questions and if you play into it, I'm 1094 00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:34,560 going to figure it out pretty quickly. 1095 00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:37,960 But yeah, that has been the top of my list for a while. 1096 00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:41,920 To go to Germany, experience the Christmas markets, just be in 1097 00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:46,320 that area for a long time. My answer was Australia until I 1098 00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:48,960 learned about large spiders and sandworms. 1099 00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:52,320 The TikTok sandworms scared them away. 1100 00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:54,960 Yeah, so I'm good. I'm good on an Australian. 1101 00:56:54,960 --> 00:57:00,480 I'd like to go there, Jeff. Tahiti, Fiji, Somewhere where I 1102 00:57:00,480 --> 00:57:04,640 can be in an overwater bungalow in a swimming suit like 90% of 1103 00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:06,960 the time, that's where I really, really want to go. 1104 00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:10,240 They have them right down the street at the Polynesian. 1105 00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:12,520 You can. You can get in the water. 1106 00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:14,920 Oh yeah. No. 1107 00:57:14,960 --> 00:57:18,440 Oh yeah, no, don't do that. There's a plunge pool. 1108 00:57:20,680 --> 00:57:22,160 Derek, where do you want to travel? 1109 00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:25,840 Hold on, let me let me let my dog out there. 1110 00:57:25,880 --> 00:57:30,640 We'll go, go. So I would say. 1111 00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:34,680 Right now. Right now, I would say that 1112 00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:36,920 something that we've talked about all the time that we would 1113 00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:39,640 love to be able to do because when I was working for Disney, 1114 00:57:39,640 --> 00:57:42,880 Disney Vacation Club and Disney Cruise Line, we got to go almost 1115 00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:45,280 everywhere all over the world, you know, including Norway, all 1116 00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:47,640 those places. One place I haven't been that my 1117 00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:49,880 wife and I would love to go to, especially because it's our 30th 1118 00:57:49,880 --> 00:57:53,760 wedding anniversary coming up, is Lake Como in Italy. 1119 00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:57,880 I've always wanted hold there. We've watched YouTube videos up 1120 00:57:57,880 --> 00:58:00,560 the wazoo every year. We always go, so this is our 1121 00:58:00,560 --> 00:58:01,760 year. We're going to plan it. 1122 00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:04,840 You know, something happens, so you're like, OK, well, maybe 1123 00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:08,840 next year we'll do it. But Lake Como in Italy, we go 1124 00:58:08,840 --> 00:58:12,040 there with our friends, George Clooney and his wife, which 1125 00:58:12,040 --> 00:58:15,800 we're really, really tight with. That would be amazing to me. 1126 00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:18,320 I would love that. And if we can't do that, we'll 1127 00:58:18,320 --> 00:58:25,200 just go to Gatorland, you know? There's a Lake Como add on to 1128 00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:29,640 our river cruise and two years in advance and it's the only one 1129 00:58:29,640 --> 00:58:32,560 that's already sold out. Oh wow, did. 1130 00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:37,280 We buy it, people must love it. No, it's like 4000 extra a 1131 00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:38,560 person. Nuts. 1132 00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:41,680 Well, we tried. Carrie, I feel like you're the 1133 00:58:41,680 --> 00:58:43,000 most well travelled of all of us. 1134 00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:46,600 Since you lived actually in a foreign country, where is your 1135 00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:51,040 dream destination? So we have a trip coming up to 1136 00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:54,720 my dream destination, which now will soon no longer be a dream, 1137 00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:58,120 but we are going to Japan, which has been on my list since I was 1138 00:58:58,120 --> 00:59:00,680 a little girl. We're going in November. 1139 00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:03,400 We're going to go to Tokyo Disneyland and Disneysea. 1140 00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:07,160 I just booked the Hotel Mira Costa at Tokyo Disneysea, and 1141 00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:10,240 I'm, like, still pinching myself that what's actually happening. 1142 00:59:10,840 --> 00:59:12,400 But that trip will soon be upon us. 1143 00:59:12,400 --> 00:59:15,560 So my other trip is completely in the opposite direction. 1144 00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:17,480 I really want to go to Antarctica. 1145 00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:21,840 I want to go to Antarctica. Yeah, like, I have friends that 1146 00:59:21,840 --> 00:59:23,240 have gone. I actually have a friend who 1147 00:59:23,240 --> 00:59:26,360 works on on an expedition cruise, so he goes to Antarctica 1148 00:59:26,360 --> 00:59:29,160 fairly regularly. His photos are the most 1149 00:59:29,160 --> 00:59:32,240 beautiful, least breathtaking pictures in the world. 1150 00:59:33,080 --> 00:59:36,240 And I think National Geographic might be doing cruises to 1151 00:59:36,280 --> 00:59:37,960 Antarctica now, like. They do. 1152 00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:41,720 Yeah, So I was like, OK, well, there's like the Disney sort of 1153 00:59:41,720 --> 00:59:44,240 tie in as well. We're waiting. 1154 00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:46,760 My son is about to turn 9. We're waiting till he's a little 1155 00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:49,240 bit older and it's expensive, so we're gonna be. 1156 00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:52,760 Saving. For a while, but that is number 1157 00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:56,040 one on my bucket list right now. See how many people want to go 1158 00:59:56,040 --> 00:59:59,360 to Antarctica We. Should train in my own boat. 1159 00:59:59,560 --> 01:00:01,320 This is. Amy Krieger and I have talked 1160 01:00:01,320 --> 01:00:04,480 about this before too. Like yes, we that's that's the 1161 01:00:04,480 --> 01:00:10,040 one cruise that just seems so hard to obtain, but I want to go 1162 01:00:10,040 --> 01:00:12,000 so bad. My dad and I had the opportunity 1163 01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:16,800 and I I'm so mad that it didn't happen because it was like a 1164 01:00:16,800 --> 01:00:19,800 gajillion dollars. But Jimmy Buffett actually 1165 01:00:20,360 --> 01:00:25,200 chartered a boat and did a was going to do a concert on the 1166 01:00:25,200 --> 01:00:27,760 shores of Antarctica so that he could say he did a concert on 1167 01:00:27,760 --> 01:00:31,680 all 7 continents. He cancelled it for obvious 1168 01:00:31,680 --> 01:00:34,240 reasons. But my dad and I seriously 1169 01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:37,600 looked at the money. It was going to be like $18,000 1170 01:00:37,600 --> 01:00:38,600 a person. Oh my. 1171 01:00:39,160 --> 01:00:42,200 Gosh. But we seriously would have been 1172 01:00:42,200 --> 01:00:44,360 such a because he was going to do concerts on the boat and 1173 01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:45,800 everything else. And you know me, I'm a huge 1174 01:00:45,800 --> 01:00:48,880 Buffett fan. But yeah, that would have been 1175 01:00:48,880 --> 01:00:51,600 amazing. I can make that much in a live 1176 01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:54,480 stream with you and your bathing suit in Tahiti in like 10 1177 01:00:54,480 --> 01:00:55,160 minutes. So I mean. 1178 01:00:56,960 --> 01:00:59,360 I'm not against it, but I don't I think you're overshooting the 1179 01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:01,800 budget there. Never. 1180 01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:06,720 Know Antarctica is a great answer and we can all plan 1181 01:01:06,720 --> 01:01:08,600 together. Let's go. 1182 01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:17,080 Yeah, I think it sounds really cool and yes it sounds like a 1183 01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:19,760 quote UN quote bucket list. I guarantee you 2 days in of 1184 01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:23,640 wearing like a snowsuit non-stop while on a boat looking at ice. 1185 01:01:23,720 --> 01:01:26,600 I'll be like OK, can I go can I go to Lake Como now? 1186 01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:27,360 No, thank you. I. 1187 01:01:29,400 --> 01:01:31,000 Just want to see Derek in his snowsuit. 1188 01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:34,360 It's been a it's been a joy having you here tonight. 1189 01:01:34,800 --> 01:01:37,480 We will definitely have to have you on another show in the near 1190 01:01:37,480 --> 01:01:40,360 future because I think you bring a lot of good perspectives, both 1191 01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:43,920 having a young kid, being on the West Coast, being someone that's 1192 01:01:43,920 --> 01:01:46,200 a little bit further away that does have to travel all the way 1193 01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:50,360 here to Walt Disney World, where we we do talk a lot about Walt 1194 01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:53,840 Disney World because that's the bulk of Disney Vacation Club. 1195 01:01:54,120 --> 01:01:56,280 But there is some on the West Coast. 1196 01:01:56,280 --> 01:01:59,600 There is some in the middle of the ocean in Elani and another 1197 01:01:59,600 --> 01:02:01,560 destination. So it's great to have a 1198 01:02:01,560 --> 01:02:04,000 perspective of someone else joining us. 1199 01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:08,880 So thank you so much for joining us and and being a part of the 1200 01:02:08,880 --> 01:02:11,640 conversation. Thank you, it was so fun. 1201 01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:14,480 Happy to come back anytime. Yeah. 1202 01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:18,280 Excited to to keep watching. Well, that is going to do it for 1203 01:02:18,280 --> 01:02:21,360 this weeks episode of the DVC show. 1204 01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:25,040 We're all going to go and I don't know. 1205 01:02:25,480 --> 01:02:27,800 Record our other two shows. Record our other two shows I 1206 01:02:27,800 --> 01:02:30,360 guess, so I wasn't. Sure where you're going with 1207 01:02:30,360 --> 01:02:31,200 that? I don't. 1208 01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:33,200 I don't know where I'm going anytime. 1209 01:02:33,200 --> 01:02:37,440 You know that, Jeff, hey, like this, subscribe to the things, 1210 01:02:37,440 --> 01:02:39,280 push the buttons, do all that kind of stuff. 1211 01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:43,920 I guess I never really say that all that often, but Jeff just 1212 01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:46,080 had an earthquake, so we're going to check that out in a 1213 01:02:46,080 --> 01:02:47,600 second. But that's going to do it for 1214 01:02:47,600 --> 01:02:49,760 this week's episode of The DVC Show. 1215 01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:53,600 We hope you enjoyed it and we will see you next Monday. 1216 01:02:54,640 --> 01:02:56,880 I'm going to put my snowsuit on. See you later. 1217 01:02:58,320 --> 01:02:58,680 Bye, Derek.