1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,280 So I decided to tell Paul. He works really hard, producing, 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:08,520 editing, hosting. So I told him to take the night 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,560 off and tonight we are going to do something a little bit 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,080 different. This is going to be the ladies 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:29,080 takeover of the DVC show. Hi, everyone. 6 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,840 Thank you for joining us. I'm your host, Amy Krieger. 7 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,800 Welcome to the DVC show. And I am joined by 4 awesome 8 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,960 friends. We've got Mandy Gibson. 9 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:44,200 She is a mom, a military wife and she is the director of 10 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,160 digital marketing for Key Holder Vacation. 11 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:48,440 So Mandy Gibson. Mandy. 12 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:53,120 Gibson, Hello. We also have Alicia McDonald. 13 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:58,240 You've probably seen her from our episode 2 weeks ago on Keys 14 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,720 to Kindness. Also a mom and a military wife, 15 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,360 and she is a lone originator for Monera. 16 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,200 We've got Alicia McDonald. Hi, guys. 17 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,120 And then we've got Amy Templeton. 18 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,960 You probably are familiar with her in the date night vlogs with 19 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:17,080 Jeff. And also she's been on multiple 20 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:21,360 different shows with us, some live streams and other vlogs. 21 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,760 We have got the lovely Amy Templeton. 22 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,400 Hello everyone. And I said this, I said this 23 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,760 when we recorded we've, we've tried this a couple times. 24 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,880 This is my first time hosting. But Amy is not only a mom, but 25 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:39,320 she is also a grandma, which a lot of people don't realize 26 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,480 because someone on one of our comments on the show said we 27 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,280 need some grandparent representation. 28 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,520 And Jeff said, oh, that's me actually. 29 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:51,080 So super, super young and pretty to be a grandma. 30 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:52,840 But we've got Amy, Tom. You wouldn't. 31 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:54,320 You wouldn't. You wouldn't know. 32 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:55,480 You would not. Yes. 33 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:01,160 No, you would not. As always, this content is 34 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,280 brought to you by the world of DVC Key holder vacations. 35 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,720 DVC resale Market where you can buy and sell that Disney 36 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,200 vacation help contract. Monera Financial who can help 37 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,200 you finance that contract. DVC Round store where you can 38 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,680 try before you buy or rent out your own points. 39 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:18,880 The holidays are coming if you're looking for some holiday 40 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,400 cash. Also unlocked magic for 41 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,560 discounted tickets for Disney Universal. 42 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:30,920 Today we are talking about Disney Vacation Club, Disney for 43 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:33,840 couples, so I thought we could bring some experience. 44 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:38,480 We do have a couple of panelists that are out of town, so Mandy 45 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:42,760 lives in Virginia and Alicia lives in Georgia and then Amy is 46 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,480 local. So bringing that knowledge, we 47 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,600 are going to talk about all things DVC for couples and we 48 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,680 are going to start with which DVC resort that we think is the 49 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,760 most romantic for a couples getaway. 50 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:02,720 So, Amy, tell us what you think. I honestly think any resort 51 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,400 that's on the boardwalk, whether that's Boardwalk, Beach Club, 52 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,000 Yacht Club, whatever, just because it's got just such a 53 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,120 charming vibe to it. It's a short walk to Epcot, 54 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,880 which can be geared a little more toward adults with the 55 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,000 World Showcase. I just think that that whole 56 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,480 area is just so awesome for couples. 57 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:29,320 Go over and get some ice cream. Well, Jelly rolls isn't there 58 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,720 anymore, but when it was you could go to the piano bar. 59 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,040 So just that whole area I think is is amazing. 60 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,040 Yeah, Oh my goodness. So I I love Borwalk. 61 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,160 That'd be a great option. I'm a little sad right now with 62 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,640 what's missing. So hopefully we get we get some 63 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,160 of that back. Mandy, what do you think? 64 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,680 I was going to say Grand Floridian only because you have 65 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,440 like the spa there too. So you can get like a couple's 66 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,520 massage and do that. And then all of the dining 67 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,160 options right there because you have Narcoses, you have 68 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,520 Citracos, you have all of those right there. 69 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:07,520 You can all and then you can go over to Bay Lake Tower, you can 70 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,040 go over to the contemporary, you can go over to Polynesian and 71 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,080 there's so many great like restaurants and dining 72 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,480 throughout there and experiences that you can do. 73 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:18,320 So that would be Grand Floridian would be my I pick on that. 74 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,920 I was I was gonna pick that, but now I feel like I have to pick 75 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,680 something else. Alicia, what are you gonna? 76 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,320 Pick it too, it's fun. No, I got a better one now I I 77 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,920 thought of a better one. Alicia, what is your favorite 78 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:35,840 couples getaway resort? So I think that Aulani would be 79 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:39,200 at the top of the list. But if we're talking near the 80 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:44,040 parks, then I'm gonna go with Riviera just because it's one of 81 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:48,680 those resorts that if I don't have a kid, it could be very 82 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:53,160 romantic having that fireworks view from our room. 83 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:58,120 Being so close to Epcot and Hollywood Studios, you have some 84 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:03,480 great dining choices. So I think Riviera, if it's a no 85 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,480 kids trip, is definitely going to be my choice for romantic. 86 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,560 So as soon as as soon as she said Aulani, I was like, oh, she 87 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,200 took the one that I was going to pivot to. 88 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,320 But but you talk more about Riviera, I can see all those 89 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:18,680 great. I'm going to pick Alani. 90 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:23,480 So Alani for me, you know, especially like when you think 91 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,000 of a couples getaway, like the parks are great, Disney's great 92 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,320 and there's some really awesome, you know, restaurants and and 93 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,120 different things there. But if you're talking about just 94 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,360 something, you know, like romantic, you know, Aulani, 95 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,600 we've got the beach, we've got sunsets, we've got some amazing 96 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,000 restaurants around. If you've never been to, I think 97 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,480 it's called Nina's Fish House, which is at The Four Seasons, 98 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,360 right, right next door. That's an amazing place. 99 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,160 Paul and I are really due for an Aulani trip because it's been a 100 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,400 really, really long time. Alicia, when were you and 101 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,640 Aulani? We haven't yet. 102 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,440 That's why I said that I think that Alani would be at the top 103 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:04,400 of the list. So I had. 104 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,320 A pivot. That is only. 105 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,000 For a year, so it's still on our list to get. 106 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,840 There. All right, tell Cody that's the 107 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:14,440 next. That's the next one. 108 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,560 OK, so let's you know, let's talk about favorite Disney date 109 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,480 night spots. So this doesn't have to be tied 110 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,960 to a DVC resort. It can be a restaurant, you 111 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,320 know, it can be anything that you like to go to entertainment 112 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:32,720 wise, but just a really good date night spot when it comes to 113 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,280 being on Disney property. And this can be Disney World, it 114 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:38,640 could be Aulani, it can be any Disney Resort, Disneyland, 115 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:42,480 anything like that that that you have experience with Mandy, what 116 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,600 comes to the top of your mind? The first thing I thought of was 117 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:51,040 like doing like a dinner, like close to like Boardwalk or Beach 118 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,720 Club, maybe like an ailing compass or something like that. 119 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,520 And then being able to just go and like have drinks around like 120 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,480 World Showcase, like that was like the first thing like fun. 121 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:03,640 Not just like going to dinner and drinks like, but having a 122 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,240 little bit of like the park atmosphere in there as well. 123 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,880 So that was going to be like, that was kind of the first thing 124 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,880 that came to my mind. I love that, Amy, what do you 125 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,680 think? Well, we're local, so we, we 126 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:20,120 love going to Disney Springs if we're not doing parks, if we're 127 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,240 not going to stay at a resort, if we just want to go out for 128 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,640 the night, Disney Springs is so great because there's so much 129 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:32,640 live music, so many restaurants, so many bars, It just, you can 130 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,880 spend so much time there and it just we, we just love it. 131 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:41,480 We love it for a date night, anything so. 132 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,400 So anyways, Jeff, Jeff and Amy and I keep saying that we're 133 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:49,480 going to do a date night at the Cirque du Soleil show. 134 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,720 Yeah, so. Oh that would be nice. 135 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,120 Yeah, so sometime we're going to do that. 136 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,320 We're going to record it. Probably not record the show, 137 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,880 but you know, just record like, you know, there's there's 138 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,560 there's like a gift shop in the bottom and just what it's like 139 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,440 and getting tickets and then maybe going going somewhere. 140 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:10,600 And then Amy, you guys went to a show at Holly or, Oh my 141 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,320 goodness, the House of Blues, right? 142 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:14,280 Recently with Derek not too long ago. 143 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:19,320 Was it a comedy show? Oh no, that was at Universal. 144 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,960 Oh, I don't know why I thought that was at Hard Rock. 145 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:24,600 I don't know. For some reason I kept thinking 146 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,920 that was at House of Blues. Yeah, it was at Universal. 147 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:29,400 We went and saw Elijah. No. 148 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,640 Who did we go see? I don't know. 149 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,240 We went and saw a comedian there. 150 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,799 OK, I that's also a good date night spot then, but not not 151 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:40,640 Disney related. Alicia, what is your favorite 152 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:45,480 Disney date night spot? So we are parks all the way for 153 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,720 date night, but I'm choosing Epcot, I'm going to go ride 154 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:53,040 Guardians and then I'm going to eat around all the festivals 155 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,080 around the world. No thanks. 156 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:57,440 You know what? I'll speak to you. 157 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:04,720 We were, we Gray and Paul and Amy and I did opening of GO-82 158 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,400 and like we kept talking like the whole the whole time about 159 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,240 like how like we wouldn't necessarily go here on every 160 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,960 trip, but it'd be like such a cool thing on like a special 161 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:14,800 occasion. So like that would be really 162 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,960 awesome to do like as a date night, you know, kind of splurge 163 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,560 a little bit, have that or even do 'cause they have like the 164 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:23,720 fireworks, they have the dessert package as well that you can do. 165 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:27,400 So even like doing something like that on a date night would 166 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:32,120 be really fun. Yeah, Geo is definitely more of 167 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,800 a date night type place. Like it doesn't feel like take 168 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,800 your family. It's like go for something, you 169 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,680 know, the drinks. Yeah, it's more like about the 170 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:42,000 cocktails and the small bites and the view. 171 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,080 But that's funny, Alicia. I liked yours because nothing 172 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,160 says romance like going on guardians. 173 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:49,800 Yeah, I'm OK. Listen, I'm. 174 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,840 About thrills, though. I get it. 175 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:58,080 That works. So I think for me, it would be 176 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:02,160 one of my favorite date night spots is narcosis. 177 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,120 So if you've never been there, it's it's at Grand Floridian. 178 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:10,040 It's it's kind of on the water. And then in the evening they 179 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,480 have just really, really great fireworks use and they pipe in 180 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,480 the music obviously. And you can stand out on it's 181 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:20,240 like a little like balcony slash deck that that goes, you know, 182 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,760 around the whole building because it's shaped kind of 183 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,520 like, I don't know, octagonal, but but that's just a great way 184 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,600 I think to like have dinner and then you end the night with, you 185 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,800 know, like a show with the fireworks. 186 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,360 So you you definitely want to time it if you do that around, 187 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,920 you know, starting, I would say like an hour or so before the 188 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:40,520 fireworks. And we've done that a couple 189 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,440 times. And they do such a nice job of 190 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,720 and all, really all restaurants that have firework views, just 191 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:52,960 like California Grill and the ones that, you know, Topolino's, 192 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,760 they do a really good job of pacing people who have dinner 193 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,560 around the fireworks time, you know, for narcosis. 194 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:04,440 They brought out our drinks and then our appetizers. 195 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,400 And then they're like, OK, we have fireworks. 196 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,040 You know, in this many minutes, these are the best places to 197 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,680 see. And then they waited until after 198 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:13,520 the fireworks when we were back in our seats. 199 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,880 And then they started with the entrees and everything. 200 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,320 So they do a really good job. And we've had that same 201 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,400 experience at California Grill as well. 202 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,680 So any of those sorts of signature restaurants, to me, 203 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:26,840 that's like the date night, especially if it can involve a 204 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,920 fireworks view. Let's let's shift gears a little 205 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:36,120 bit and talk about some nightlife at Disney, which I 206 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:37,880 feel like it's a little different now because when I 207 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:43,000 think nightlife at Disney, I think of what just closed Jelly 208 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,960 rolls. But is there anything that you 209 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:50,200 can think of now like for an evening for some nightlife? 210 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,120 You know, if you brought the kids, maybe they have a sitter, 211 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,560 you know, after date night, Like, what would you do? 212 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:59,400 What would be your favorite nightlife spots? 213 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:00,920 Alicia, what do you think? What do you think? 214 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,040 Oh man, I didn't think of it like that. 215 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:10,440 I thought of it more kind of as like ending the night I wanted 216 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:17,520 to be over at Fantasmic watching the show that's just, to me, the 217 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:21,440 perfect Disney show. And then night, whether it be 218 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:25,040 kids or as a date night. So I would have to choose 219 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,960 Fantasmic. OK, yeah, that's perfect. 220 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:32,440 And honestly, I used to you used to have more Disney nightlife 221 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,600 back when there was Downtown Disney and Pleasure Island at 222 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,400 Downtown Disney and Jelly Rolls was around. 223 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,680 But I'm pretty sure that me and you really likes going into the 224 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:45,440 Atlantic Dance Hall and and busting out her dance moves. 225 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,840 Well, you know, sometimes. I don't think you've ever have 226 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,480 you ever. Even stepped foot in, I've never 227 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,560 been in there. Like, yeah, like I was gonna 228 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,520 say, I've never even been in there. 229 00:12:56,560 --> 00:13:00,200 So here we are. I mean, what do you think about? 230 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,800 You're not missing anything 'cause I've only been in there a 231 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,480 couple times and there was maybe 10 people in there and that 232 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:13,480 included bartenders and anybody else working like it was empty. 233 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:17,280 Yeah. Really hoping to see that become 234 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,440 something else. I hope they put something fun in 235 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,520 there. I mean, I, I kind of, I struggle 236 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,320 with why they even took out the piano bar to begin with, but 237 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,200 that's a whole nother conversation of which we've 238 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,640 gotten into I'm sure many times before. 239 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:32,960 But it's so. Fun. 240 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,160 But yeah, Jelly Rolls. I was hoping that maybe they 241 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,440 would move Jelly Rolls to the Atlantic dance hall and like 242 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:44,280 refurb that whole building because it's so big and would 243 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:48,080 accommodate so many more people. That was the hard thing with 244 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,880 Jelly Rolls is unless you got there early, it was like 245 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,680 standing room only. So I was hoping they would do 246 00:13:54,680 --> 00:14:01,200 that and use that that Atlantic space better, but not in charge 247 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:05,440 of the world, so it's fine. This is what they should do. 248 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,360 They should do one of two things. 249 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,080 They should either put in like some sort of like Speakeasy like 250 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:16,800 that would be so cool to have in that area or turn it into like 251 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,800 kind of like a jazz club and even do like they could even do 252 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,560 like Tianas, like New Orleans, kind of like theme. 253 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:27,440 I know that doesn't match the World Club, but like, I feel 254 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,240 like one of those two should be the replacement. 255 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,920 That's my hot take. I feel like a jazz club was in 256 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,040 the rumor mill, but I don't. I don't know how a jazz club 257 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:42,920 could be as lively as as like. Jelly Rolls was the epitome of 258 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:47,200 nightlife at Disney, and I don't have you. 259 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,040 Have you, Alicia and Manny of you, ever been to Jelly Rolls? 260 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,040 Yeah, I have. You've not. 261 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,320 I am experienced the boardwalk at the bare minimum. 262 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,040 OK, Oh, you're missing out. You missed all the all the best 263 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,880 times. So if you if you've never got to 264 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:07,120 experience Jelly rolls because it's now gone, It was it was a 265 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,200 piano bar. It was like dueling pianos. 266 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:14,840 And so you would similar to if you've, if you've ever been on 267 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,520 one of the new icon class ships, they, they do a very similar 268 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,160 concept where you make requests and then they play them and they 269 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,480 can play pretty much near everything. 270 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,760 And then, you know, obviously it's a little big sing along, 271 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:29,400 but we've had we've had a lot of really good times there. 272 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,960 So, so Amy, with that out of the picture, what, what would you 273 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,000 say would be nightlife at Disney? 274 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,000 Same as my last answer, a little bit, a little bit. 275 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,800 So Disney Springs nightlife for sure with all the live bands and 276 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,720 stuff. But they also do karaoke at 277 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,920 Stargazers and Jeff and I love karaoke and I just think that's 278 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:56,640 fun to also do for a night out. They do it at Stargazers. 279 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,280 They also do it at the Swan and Dolphin. 280 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,720 But that that to me is just a fun night out. 281 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:09,440 If we can't go to Jelly Rolls and hear our songs played on the 282 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,160 piano by other people, then we'll just go sing them 283 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:16,720 ourselves. I didn't even know that they did 284 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:20,320 that at Stargazers and then at the Swan and Dolphin. 285 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,520 I think it's at kimonos, right? Yeah. 286 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,920 The karaoke. OK, which is the sushi place. 287 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:28,600 Yeah. So. 288 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:33,400 So that brings me up to when we did our our little like Disney 289 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,240 Springs crawl for DVC fan Oktoberfest. 290 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:40,680 And we did one for a different Summerfest the year before. 291 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:46,040 But Stargazers was actually a really good place, just a it 292 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,040 wasn't crowded. It was just a nice place to go 293 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:51,400 have a drink, you know, they had food, they were open late. 294 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:56,200 So that's a really good one. And then also the House of 295 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:57,640 Blues. Every time I think a House of 296 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,760 Blues, I want to call it Hollywood Plan Hollywood, but 297 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:04,760 it's not House of Blues has the front porch and we've had, you 298 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,839 know, we've hung out there. They have, you know, they have 299 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:10,720 some outdoor bars and outdoor food and there's a lot of 300 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:12,920 seating over there. So those are always some, some 301 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,200 really good spots as well. So Amy, I'm glad that you you 302 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:20,000 brought those up. Manny, what do you think? 303 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,760 I don't know. I immediately went like Epcot 304 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,000 again and just there's always like some sort of show, whether 305 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:30,840 it's it's be or like the Broadway series that they do or 306 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,400 like festival of the holidays and you have the narrators, you 307 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,240 know, like that's always a good thing. 308 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,520 But what we've done before, especially like we're like 309 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,160 Epcot, Boardwalk area all the way apparently tonight. 310 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,280 But what we've done before is we've actually hung out at 311 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,880 Abracadabra. We've, we've hung out there with 312 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,840 some friends before, just like after like a day at the parks 313 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,800 and the kids will like go swim or you know, whatever. 314 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,480 And then, you know, we'll kind of hang out there. 315 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:01,400 They're old enough, by the way, to swim by yourself, but but 316 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,000 that's like, so we would do that and we've done that before too. 317 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,800 And so like that's just kind of fun and like just a nice way to 318 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:11,320 like in the night or like in the nice day, just kind of hang out 319 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:12,480 there. It's very, I don't know if you 320 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,440 guys have ever been there before, but it's just, it's kind 321 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,600 of chill. I don't know, we really like it, 322 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,160 but that's kind of like an A nice way to just kind of in the 323 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,960 night. It's not crazy by any means, not 324 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,440 karaoke, but it's just like, I don't know, nice. 325 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,520 It's. Chill, they've got some unique 326 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,160 drinks. And if have you ever had the 327 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,400 chips? The chips with the dips at 328 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:38,520 Abracadabar. Those are really good to do. 329 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,880 I do like that you brought up the concerts because that's 330 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,680 something that could also be a really good, you know, like date 331 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:50,120 night or, you know, the nightlife, I guess, because 332 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:53,040 there are some that are later. Amy, you and Jeff just went. 333 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,200 Jeff just went. Yeah, I was going to say spoiler 334 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:00,000 alert, date night video coming soon. 335 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:06,600 We just went and had dinner and a date night at Epcot and went 336 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,240 to did the dining package with the Eat to the Beat and saw 337 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,960 Jordan Sparks. It was, it was like the perfect 338 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,840 night. We showed up at 4:00, we went 339 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,440 and ate dinner, we went to the 645 show and then we busted out 340 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,040 of there to come home and watch football. 341 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:25,720 So it was like just a perfect like evening away. 342 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,120 Like I would do that every night of the week. 343 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,040 It was so much fun and we didn't ride a single ride we didn't 344 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,320 like. It was just in and out. 345 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,120 We did what we wanted to do and it was great. 346 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:42,480 Yeah, and they have concerts for pretty much every, every 347 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,080 festival, right, Except for so they do the E to be for food and 348 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:48,640 wine. They do Garden rocks for flower 349 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,920 and garden and then the Broadway shows for the Festival of the 350 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,960 Arts. So yeah, those are always great. 351 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,040 The last time we went to 1 Dan and Jeff drug Paul and I to 352 00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:03,240 Hanson. So that was that's that's Dan's 353 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,680 favorite. That tracks. 354 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,160 OK, let's shift gears a little bit and think about, you know, 355 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,360 more relaxation. So do you think about if you 356 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:16,960 have a favorite, you know, a spa or some sort of relaxation 357 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,720 experience, you know, something at Disney to do as a couple 358 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,200 that's more on the on the relaxing side. 359 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:29,360 Alicia, what do you think of? So I'm going to kind of stick 360 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:32,200 with the theme of the night. I'm going over to the boardwalk 361 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,520 and just taking the stroll right there on the boardwalk. 362 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,960 Just going to kind of take it easy, go out along the lake, 363 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,760 going to get a corn dog. That's relaxing to me. 364 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,040 The corn dog The relaxing corn dog. 365 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:52,920 Amy, what do you think about? Well, now that Mandy mentioned 366 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,840 the grand flow and, and spa packages and stuff, I kind of 367 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,240 feel like I need to check that out 'cause we, we've never done 368 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,680 any kind of spa package or anything at Disney. 369 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:08,120 Relaxing for us is like hanging by the pool with a cocktail. 370 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,280 So. But I, I love a good massage. 371 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,680 So I will take recommendations for Mandy. 372 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,840 Yeah, it's been like it's I actually haven't been recently. 373 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,320 I think like the last time was like 2019. 374 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,600 So like pre COVID. So I don't know what things look 375 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:28,280 like now, but we did a did I did a massage there. 376 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,040 We did some like we couldn't get into Bippity Boppity boutique 377 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,520 for my daughter. And so we, they had like a salon 378 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,800 package there where they could still like get their makeup done 379 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,320 and their nails done and their hair done. 380 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,600 And so we did that and we did like massage and stuff. 381 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,880 So it was really nice. I mean, like the service was 382 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,440 really great. I'm sure it's still the same 383 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,600 cause. What what all the Grand 384 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,760 Floridian has the spa and then? Saratoga. 385 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,120 So Saratoga's gone? Yeah, It never came back. 386 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:57,000 Oh, it's. Gone. 387 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,560 Yeah. So on property and correct me if 388 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,920 I'm wrong, we've got Grand Floridian, which is no longer a 389 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,400 census spa. It's not just the Grand 390 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:10,360 Floridian, I think Spa. And then over at the Swan and 391 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:15,160 Dolphin we have man Mandara. Something like that. 392 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,520 Something like that that I'm pretty sure, yeah. 393 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,000 And maybe like The Four Seasons is technically on property. 394 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,920 I think there might might be a spa there. 395 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:25,720 But those are like the two that I know the most. 396 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,840 But the Disney wise you've pretty much just got Grand 397 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:30,600 Floridian since Saratoga is gone. 398 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,600 Interesting. Yeah, Amy. 399 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,360 Yeah, Time's a token. I know we need. 400 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,440 And, and ground flow's not even my favorite. 401 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,040 So I but I will go there. I will go there for a spur, a 402 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,840 massage, Yeah. You can stay somewhere else and 403 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:52,480 then just, you know, go over there or stay at the Poly and 404 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,560 then go over there or something also. 405 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,160 Depending on where you stay, like I would be totally fine 406 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:03,160 just spending an evening sitting on a balcony with a glass of 407 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,000 wine, preferably with a fireworks view. 408 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,440 Like I don't want to go anywhere. 409 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,840 Like give me a glass of wine, sit me on the balcony and let me 410 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:17,160 just like take it all in. Like that to me is relaxing too 411 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:22,440 so and cheaper. And and very, very much. 412 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,400 Cheaper boxed wine. I'm not, I'm not all. 413 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:29,440 Bougie and stuff. No, no, that's that's the best. 414 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:34,000 One of my favorite things, if it still existed, would be when the 415 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,640 Polynesian used to have the Twilight Feast, which was 416 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,160 basically that you could order like a whole, the whole Ohana 417 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:45,240 meal room service and it came to your room. 418 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,320 It was huge. Like most people would just 419 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,680 order like for one. And it was enough to feed two or 420 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,160 more people. And so they have that like right 421 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,760 before the fireworks and just, you know, wine and noodles and 422 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,920 fireworks on your balcony. Yeah, that would be perfect. 423 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:02,000 I I agree. And the spas are nice. 424 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,720 Paul and I actually haven't been to Oh my goodness, same, same as 425 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,560 most of you. You know, pre COVID, I'm pretty 426 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,920 sure is since we've been to the Grand Floridian Spa, we did a 427 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:12,840 couple of massage ones. It was nice. 428 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,880 And then and then we had one, I think one of you mentioned, you 429 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,520 know, you can go to the spa if you're staying somewhere else. 430 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,240 We stayed at Saratoga and went to the spa. 431 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,240 So we tried to use Disney transportation, which was a hot 432 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,360 mess. And we left like an hour and a 433 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:29,320 half before our appointment. And because of the buses and how 434 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,240 long it took and everything we were, we missed our appointment 435 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,720 completely. And so they felt bad for us and 436 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,920 we didn't get to have our massage, but they gave us free 437 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,160 pedicures or manicures. Sorry. 438 00:24:40,360 --> 00:24:43,560 So Paul had to get his hair, his nails done with with manicure. 439 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:47,840 OK, well. Here's this is this is since 440 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,200 we're, you know, military spouse ended up today. 441 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,400 Alicia, have you guys stayed at Shades of Green ever? 442 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:57,320 We have, yes. It's very similar to Saratoga. 443 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,080 Oh, really? Yeah, and they have, they have a 444 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:05,720 spa there, Magnolia. Spa we actually just used it for 445 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,080 my daughter. So we had did the Grand 446 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:13,360 Floridian spa with my daughter for the Halloween party last 447 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:19,160 year, but this year I saw shades of green and theirs was like $35 448 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,680 for a Princess makeover. So she got her hair up and 449 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:28,520 glitter and well, the nail people were gone, but they let 450 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,760 us kind of take over and I ended up hitting our nails while we 451 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,680 were there. But it's OK. 452 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,920 Oh my goodness. No, that's, that's really nice. 453 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,080 Unfortunately, you do have to have some sort of military 454 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,080 access to get on the shades of green. 455 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,480 So I know this is not for everybody, but if you do have a 456 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:50,680 military ID card, you can get on the shades of green. 457 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,440 And they do have, I've heard. I have not been to that spa. 458 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,040 It sounds like Alicia had a good experience, but we have several 459 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,760 friends who have been there and they really like that spa, too. 460 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:03,680 Yeah, as we're talking of. On the property very cool yeah 461 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,560 and shades of green obviously to have military access, but it's 462 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,280 it's pretty close to it's really close to the Polynesian, isn't 463 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,160 it, location wise it. Is it's. 464 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:13,840 Right across from the Polynesian. 465 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,440 Good 'cause you could walk to the Polynesian. 466 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,320 Yeah. And now that path is cut it off, 467 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,440 yeah. Yeah, when they did all that 468 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,200 construction right there when they built the tower, Yep, we 469 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,520 can't work over there anymore. So, so thinking about no park 470 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,120 days. So you're on a trip with your 471 00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:36,880 significant other and you're not allowed to go ride Guardians 472 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:38,520 Alicia. So how are you? 473 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,480 How are you going to spend a no park day? 474 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,800 So I think that's the perfect opportunity to kind of go out 475 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,320 and explore some of those fancier restaurants. 476 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,480 So me and my husband, when we do get date nights, we usually use 477 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,800 like a babysitting service, but we do like to kind of try those 478 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,000 restaurants we know our daughter is not going to sit at. 479 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:04,720 So like we really want to go to Flying Fish and try that. 480 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,840 But we were able to do Hoop Dee Doo. 481 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:11,080 I know that kids can go there, but our daughter has a 482 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:15,400 attentious band that will not sit through that long of a show. 483 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,480 So that was really nice to go over and explore like Hoop Dee 484 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,320 Doo kind of do those different restaurants that we just know 485 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:27,880 she's not going to enjoy. Amy, how do you spend a new 486 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,040 Parks Day? You know, we like to just 487 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,840 explore the resorts. You know, we, we stay at the 488 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,040 resorts, but sometimes not we don't spend enough time there 489 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,360 because we're going to this park or that park or we're going to 490 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:44,120 Disney Springs or we're always going somewhere. 491 00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:49,080 But just to stay at the resort and just wander around and and 492 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:53,440 see what the actual resort has to offer is great. 493 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:57,240 Also, we've we've done mini golf with friends, which is fun. 494 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,400 Going to the pool or even just staying in the room and and 495 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:05,600 cooking dinner in your room and just having just a normal 496 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,000 regular day, not going to the park. 497 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,520 Yeah. Yeah, Danny, what do you think? 498 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,560 When so? Many, well, I was going to say 499 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,840 too, and like so many of the resorts now do like activities 500 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,520 like not just community hall, which are for kids, but like 501 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,960 Amy, you guys did one like last year at Wilderness Lodge, right? 502 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,080 Yeah, I was just thinking about that one and there was, there 503 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,400 was actually no kids there because it it was more adult 504 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,080 focused. It was not that a kid couldn't 505 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:36,520 do it, but it was creating there was multiple different options 506 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:40,320 of for like wood pieces. So you can make a tray, wooden 507 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:45,120 tray or a, I don't know what you call it, like a hook. 508 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,880 You know, the thing that hangs like your coats and things. 509 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,840 It was wooden and had had a design on it and there there was 510 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,320 a lot of different options that way and that that did take a 511 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,760 little bit more attention and skill. 512 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,280 So that would be a really good, you know, like couples activity 513 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,760 and then you make something for your for your house or they do 514 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:08,360 like design wine glasses or you know, I mean all kinds of things 515 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,760 like that at the resorts. Yeah, and they do. 516 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:14,400 I think they do some too, where it's like some of the, you know, 517 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,400 like the paint. It's usually like wine and 518 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:17,840 paint. I. 519 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:18,800 Don't think that's what they call. 520 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,760 It the resorts, but it is like there is like an age limit on 521 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,680 there too. So you don't get as many like 522 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:26,400 smaller because it is like same thing with the wilderness lodge 523 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,040 activity. It's a little bit more advanced. 524 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,880 So like that's really kind of a cool activity if you did want to 525 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,560 kind of get out a little bit. And what I like have wanted to 526 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:39,440 do without my children is the night, I forget what it's called 527 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:40,880 specifically. I'm horrible at this, but the 528 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,360 Night Safari at Animal Kingdom Lodge. 529 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,160 Yes, star. I think it's called like 530 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,880 Starlight. Safari or something that's. 531 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,280 The parade. That's the parading. 532 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,840 I might have made that up. But anyway, I thought that would 533 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,600 be like, I thought that would be so cool to like you could go and 534 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,320 have dinner at Animal Kingdom Lodge and then do like the 535 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,400 nighttime safari. Like that would be really fun. 536 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:05,640 That would be. Really cool. 537 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:10,040 Yeah, yeah. And a really good date video or 538 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,680 date night restaurant at Animal Kingdom Lodge. 539 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,280 If you've ever been to Chico, it's definitely a very good like 540 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,480 couples restaurant. You know, it's kind of like an 541 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,160 elevated, it's a signature restaurant. 542 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,120 And so the the dishes are definitely, you know, geared 543 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:24,600 towards adults, but it's very good. 544 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,280 They have a really extensive wine menu. 545 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:33,360 So Chico's a really good one for me, a really good no parks Day 4 546 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,120 couples. If you've never done it, Sangria 547 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:42,760 University, it is at Coronado Springs and it used to be at the 548 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,240 Three Bridges, which it might still be there now, but they're 549 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,640 in the process of changing it the location, but used to be at 550 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,280 Three Bridges, which is in the middle of the lake. 551 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:55,040 Now it's moving up to the top of the tower to Toledo, which is 552 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,160 going to be a much better place for it because you know, Three 553 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,120 Bridges is is open air. So it's very hot in the summer, 554 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,520 but it's going to be up at the top of the tower at Toledo. 555 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,760 Really great views up there. It's during the day and you're 556 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,920 literally, you're sitting in a class where they teach you about 557 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,760 sangria and where it came from and the history. 558 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,720 And it's more interesting than it sounds. 559 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:19,000 But also you get to try all these different sangria's and 560 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,240 you get a little snack and then at the end you get to make your 561 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,360 own sangria. So that's always a lot of fun. 562 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,400 So Paul and I did that on our wedding anniversary, I think 563 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:31,160 last year. And ironically, it was the same 564 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,360 day that we, we signed on our, on this house to buy. 565 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,960 So you know the decisions you make after after Sangria 566 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:42,880 University, but that one's love. And Amy is correct, it is called 567 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,000 the Starlight Safari. Oh. 568 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,720 See, I didn't make that off. I know I was making fun of you. 569 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:49,600 I'm like. That's the parade. 570 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,320 They stole the name for the parade. 571 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,800 Let's get a little more creative, Disney, OK? 572 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,200 When you said you made your own sangria, I pictured like, 573 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,320 Lucille Ball, Like stomped, Yeah. 574 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,400 We stomped on the grapes. And everything. 575 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:07,520 Did you really? No, I'm like I need to. 576 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:13,440 Go do this. You you got Oh gosh, it's been I 577 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,160 feel like it's been a year. It's been a year and a half now, 578 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:20,800 but you got like different like things that you can mix in and 579 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,120 different wines you could choose from and different like 580 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,240 garnishes and things like that. So you get to kind of choose 581 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,880 those things and then like mix it all together and different 582 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,040 fruits and stuff because, you know, it's all like different 583 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,520 fruits. So yeah, I, I want to do that 584 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:36,680 again, especially now that they're moving it to the top of 585 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,080 the tower because I think it's going to be a lot better 586 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,840 experience, like comfort wise. But but that's a lot of fun to 587 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,480 do if you've never done it. And it's every Saturday and 588 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,960 Sunday, I think. So it's on the weekends like in 589 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:52,240 the middle of the day. So, OK, So what sounds. 590 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:56,720 Like a lot of debris. There's a lot of debris, yes. 591 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,960 Mandy doesn't like debris in her food, but it's good stuff in my 592 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,960 drink, like oranges and yeah, in your drinks. 593 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:08,120 OK, so this is a little bit different, but especially since 594 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,160 this may or may not relate to you. 595 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,480 Although Paul and I have the exact same sweatshirt. 596 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:17,240 So what are your favorite Disney inspired outfits or parks looks? 597 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,840 And like, do you make your significant other ever dress 598 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,680 similar to you? So we see a lot of like matching 599 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,520 couples outfits and things like that. 600 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,520 I know I I've seen Amy do it at a Halloween party. 601 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,520 That's about as close as it guess. 602 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:33,880 As close as it gets is Halloween. 603 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:37,480 No, no, no, no. Mandy, have you ever made Josh 604 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,400 dress just like you for? I mean only. 605 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,320 No, not like when we're. I mean for. 606 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,800 Like when we're with the. Kids, if it's for like Halloween 607 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,240 party or something, you know, if we're wanting to do like 608 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:52,400 coordinating shirts, I feel like when we first did Disney, like 609 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,320 first couple of trips, like we were always trying to do like 610 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:58,320 matching shirts like I feel. Like, see, that's a, that's a 611 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:02,200 big thing. But now it's just like just wear 612 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,800 whatever you want. I don't know. 613 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:05,560 We don't. We don't really coordinate 614 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:09,480 unless it's a party specific situation. 615 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,600 Alicia, do you make Cody coordinate with you ever? 616 00:34:13,639 --> 00:34:18,480 So have usually it is with the family though kind of all 617 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,639 coordinating, especially like the Halloween parties kind of 618 00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:24,880 coordinate to that. It used to be like I would buy 619 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:28,120 the shirts, I put it in the suitcase and that's just what he 620 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:28,840 wore. He. 621 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:33,239 Didn't have a job? Adopted to really falling in 622 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:37,600 love with Roosevelt, so now he can find a shirt that he 623 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,760 actually likes and then I can coordinate off of that. 624 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:44,960 So he's really big on the Hercules, which I am OK with. 625 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:49,080 So I will find the Meg and be able to coordinate with him. 626 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,880 Speaking of Roosevelt, so that's this is Paul and I both bought 627 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,080 this because we like, we both liked it. 628 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:01,400 And I said we're just going to have to dress alike. 629 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:05,680 But this is one of the new Roosevelt's hoodies that is 630 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,600 Christmas theme. So they put out a whole bunch of 631 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,320 Christmas. And what what I like about this 632 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,040 is the hidden Mickeys here. So you can see like the Mickey 633 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,120 ornaments. But they did put out a whole lot 634 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:16,880 of different Christmas stuff. And it's not just Disney. 635 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:20,000 There's a lot of Disney, but there's also like Rudolph the 636 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,680 Red Nosed Reindeer and Oh my God, it's the one that just came 637 00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:24,120 out. I think. 638 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:29,360 Yes, Christmas vacation. I know Paul sent that one in our 639 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,760 group chat and was like, yeah, I'm in trouble. 640 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,520 It's a good one and there's a lot of different. 641 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:37,840 There's a lot of different prints on it too. 642 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,440 It's a good one. For sure yeah and they have 643 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:45,000 multiple like multiple Rudolph and Frosty and all this so tons 644 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,040 and tons. Roosevelt yeah Roosevelt is 645 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:48,920 getting getting a lot of love lately. 646 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,360 My only my only problem with Roosevelt is they have all this 647 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:56,920 IP like so many license to have all this stuff and they don't 648 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:58,160 have How to Train your dragon yet. 649 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,760 So that surprises me 'cause they have universal. 650 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:06,200 I was looking for one specifically for Kodi or how to 651 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,080 train your dragon and I couldn't find anything. 652 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,640 And they have universal, they have all kinds of universal 653 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,320 base. They have ET and yeah, so I 654 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,440 don't know, get with it, Roosevelt's. 655 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,600 We need some some how to train your dragon. 656 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:22,440 Roosevelts 2 things One sponsor DVC fan. 657 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,880 Two, we need how to train your dragon. 658 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:32,160 Right for, for hoodies, we need hoodies and shirts and things 659 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:36,240 that the women can wear too, not just button UPS. 660 00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:41,960 OK, so last thing, any other tips that you would have for 661 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:46,720 making the most during a couple's stay at a Disney, a 662 00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:49,080 Disney resort. So any, any advice that you 663 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:52,440 would give any extra tips or thoughts or anything like this? 664 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,440 Like don't forget Amy, what do you think? 665 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:59,800 You're shaking your head. I was shaking it or I don't 666 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,720 know. I would say if you're, if you're 667 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:06,960 coming, maybe you normally come with family and you're just 668 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:12,400 coming for a couples trip. Do all of the things that you 669 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:17,280 can't do when you have kids or you have a million other people 670 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,360 that you're trying to like, please everybody. 671 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:23,320 Like do all of the things that you want to do. 672 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:27,200 Whether that's going to the Cirque du Soleil, Like we talked 673 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,880 about going to a fancy dinner that you're not going to take 674 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:34,480 kids to and maybe because it's more expensive or because 675 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,680 they're not going to last through a whole dinner, you just 676 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,720 don't want to take them. Or you know, some of the dining 677 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:44,160 packages. Just things that you wouldn't do 678 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,280 with a whole group of people and just make it special for you. 679 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:51,520 We have some friends of ours that are always like, well, we 680 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:55,840 can't really make plans because our kids tell us what they want 681 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,640 to do and we just have to do what they want to do. 682 00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:04,080 That is your opportunity to just be in charge 100% and do adult 683 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,000 stuff. Yeah, I love that. 684 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,000 I love that. And it's OK to leave your kids 685 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,520 behind sometimes and go to Disney with your significant 686 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:12,280 other. It is. 687 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:13,840 It's OK. It is. 688 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:15,640 It is. It is fine. 689 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,720 I say that. I say that all the time when my 690 00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:21,160 friends are like, they're like, we can't go to Disney and not 691 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,600 take our kids. I was like, why? 692 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,520 People do it all the time? No, I would just feel bad. 693 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:29,800 Well, don't. They'll get over it. 694 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,960 They'll take them next time. They'll be fine. 695 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,080 They will be fine. I will say this. 696 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:39,280 I will say this though, because it it is hard that and Alicia 697 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,200 probably knows us too, especially like with us and not 698 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,280 always being their family to have like family to watch kids 699 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:49,280 to go on like trips. I would say if you get the 700 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,680 opportunity to do it, try to prepare a little bit. 701 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,520 Don't necessarily wing it, especially if you know you're 702 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:58,360 not going to get the opportunity to do it that often, especially 703 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,720 with like some of these, you know, if you're really have your 704 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:04,520 heart set on doing specific dining, because some of the 705 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:08,040 higher end dining, those reservations do go fast. 706 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:12,600 And so I would say as as you can try to prepare for that that 707 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,440 way. Like if this is a once every 708 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,600 couple year trip that you get to take, you know, Sam's kids, then 709 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,800 you've got at least you know, your dining reservations and 710 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:24,920 everything taken care of. Yeah, and then Mandy has to 711 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,280 bring a peace, offering Stuffy back every time she. 712 00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:32,360 Every. Disney without her kid, Yeah. 713 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,080 Every time. Every time. 714 00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:35,920 Alicia, what were you going to say? 715 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:40,040 Oh, I was just going to say to the point of Mandy, too. 716 00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:43,040 I mean, there's not a lot of opportunities that we go to 717 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:46,240 Disney without our kids, but we always make it a point. 718 00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:48,600 Like I said, we've used babysitting services. 719 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,800 They do have them for the Disney resorts and Universal. 720 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,560 So make that in advance so that you can actually go and 721 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,520 experience those different restaurants that you want to try 722 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:03,440 or just utilizing those extended evening hours, even if it's for 723 00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:07,840 the parks, so that you can do some of those things that your 724 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,040 kids don't actually want to do with you. 725 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,960 Yeah, that's a great 1. And I think one that a lot of 726 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,120 people utilize is called Kids night out. 727 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,000 Is that what it's called? That's who we use. 728 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,880 OK, yeah. And they they will come, you 729 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:22,240 know, if you're at Disney or Universal and and watch your 730 00:40:22,240 --> 00:40:23,360 kids. So yeah. 731 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,120 So, so it doesn't have to be a kid free trip. 732 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:28,240 It can just be a kid free night, you know, just just to get away 733 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,760 with your significant other. So I love all those. 734 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:33,720 Thank you both so much for joining us, us. 735 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:37,160 That's going to do it for this episode of the DVC show. 736 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,480 Be sure to tune in next week because we are going to talk DVC 737 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:42,480 with kids.