1 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,200 Welcome to this happy place. Welcome. 2 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:24,920 Hey guys, it's Tim. And welcome to episode 118 of 3 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,880 The Dreaming of Disney because. We really, we really should be 4 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,440 much farther along. We've only been doing this for 5 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:34,240 like 3 years. I'm with my beautiful wife, 6 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,760 Audrey Anne. Hello. 7 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:38,680 And. We are fired up. 8 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:43,440 We are fired up and we are doing something unique because as we 9 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:48,520 record this podcast, we are also live on TikTok for the first 10 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:50,760 time ever. What? 11 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,200 No. While we're recording the 12 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:54,920 podcast, we're. Recording the podcast, yes. 13 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,120 So if you wonder, I know all of you out there have been like, 14 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,120 where are they? Why hasn't there been a new 15 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,480 episode? Yeah, it's been what, like. 16 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,840 It's been a month. We haven't recorded since our 17 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,200 our summer. Since our trip summer, we did a 18 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:12,720 recap, but we have been doing a lot on, on the TikTok. 19 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:18,560 And so then we're like, Hey, we should try going live on TikTok. 20 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,360 And then we did it and we had a lot of fun. 21 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,320 And so we've been doing that. But we, I have felt a little 22 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:27,160 guilty, I'm not going to lie. Like there have been times where 23 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,760 I'm like, like you said, you felt like we were kind of 24 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,600 cheating on on IG. Oh yeah, yeah. 25 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:41,800 Yeah, and I kind of feel like, oh, fat Kitty, I kind of feel 26 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:43,920 like we're shooting on our podcast. 27 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,920 We need to. Give a little bit on everybody 28 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:48,480 we. Need to give more attention to 29 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,320 to the podcast. So, but we, we didn't really 30 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,640 have anything, you guys, we didn't, we, we were like trying 31 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,360 to think of something to talk about and then today. 32 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,960 Oh man, today. Today happened. 33 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:03,960 Oh man, today. So I'm getting ready to go live 34 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:09,560 on TikTok and you, I see that you text me and it's like a long 35 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,920 text but I didn't read it. And then you call me. 36 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,480 Yep. You also when you call me, you 37 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:20,040 say OK, this is big new. And then your call drops and I'm 38 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,000 not thinking anything Disney related. 39 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,680 I'm like, when did you lose your job or something? 40 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,800 Like what's happening? No. 41 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,280 So then you tell me. Do you do? 42 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:33,840 Do we? I want do I break the news? 43 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:39,480 So I tell you and how I found this out, one of my Co workers 44 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,080 actually told me because you know, I'm actually like working, 45 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,080 you know, I don't go to work and just like browse, you know, 46 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,480 really Disney blogs and news sites. 47 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,840 Because yesterday I was live for two hours and you were on that 48 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:53,480 live though. I know, I know. 49 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,520 I was trying to actually get work done today and, and she 50 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,480 comes out just like, hey, Tim, did you hear the news about 51 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,600 early Entry and Lightning Lane? I'm like, what? 52 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,600 What are you talking about? She's like, yeah, there's 53 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,240 something about early entries going away while she's doing. 54 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,360 I'm like quickly Googling like, wait, what are you talking 55 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,240 about? And I see the news that starting 56 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:21,560 January 5th, 2026, Disneyland Resort guests will no longer be 57 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,200 able to use early entry. Early entry is going away. 58 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,560 It's done. It's dead, you guys. 59 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:33,560 But then they're like, oh, here, we'll give you this. 60 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,280 And the way they word it was really weird. 61 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:43,000 You can have one lightning lane multi pass selection per guest 62 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:48,040 on the reservation per stay. And so you're like per stay. 63 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,960 What does that mean? Does that mean like you get, you 64 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:57,360 know, 1 lightning lane each day? Or is it only one for the entire 65 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,760 stay? It wasn't clear. 66 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:03,040 Come to find out it's only 1 lightning lane. 67 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:08,400 One ride per person for one day. The one ride really got me. 68 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,720 I figured when you told me, I figured it was just for one day 69 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,760 because like, what if you're going for four or five days? 70 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,000 Like they're not going to do that, Yeah. 71 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,880 But no, yeah, doesn't matter if you're going one day. 72 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,880 Are you positive I am a? 100 percent, 1000% positive 73 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:25,600 there's. This thing as 1000%. 74 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,800 I know, but that's showing how confident I am. 75 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,920 It's crazy yes, Joe so on the podcast we are also live on 76 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:37,160 TikTok, so I might be saying, you know replying to some people 77 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,360 who's Joe We have someone new here on the podcast yes it is 78 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:49,360 wild Darian yes crying yes yes, it's it I even had one of my 79 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:50,840 friends texted me a little bit ago. 80 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:53,800 She was like, what? Like this is the stupidest 81 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:58,520 thing. And like, yeah, it's, it's so 82 00:04:58,520 --> 00:04:59,600 dumb. It's so dumb. 83 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,600 Like I had all these thoughts all day long and now I'm just 84 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,200 so. So, so yeah. 85 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,440 So it doesn't matter if you're going one night, if you're 86 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,960 staying one night at Disneyland Hotel Grand California picks our 87 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:18,400 place, or you're staying five nights, you only get one 88 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,400 Lightning Lane for one ride, which that's just and somehow 89 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,600 that is not a even train. Well, and they said that it 90 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:31,480 wasn't being utilized, which I find hard to believe because we 91 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:36,560 typically would stay at the Disneyland Hotel and you we 92 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,120 always used early entry. Like we would try not to. 93 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:44,400 But there's, there's been like a handful of times in the last 94 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,480 like 10 years, I'd say where like the second or third day, we 95 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,360 were just too tired. And so we got there at like rope 96 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,280 drop, not early entry. Like we can't help ourselves. 97 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:57,680 And there was always a line going into security. 98 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:03,040 There is always a line like there's always like, so I, I 99 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,560 find that. Are you getting that? 100 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:12,960 Yeah. OK, I find that very hard to 101 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:14,640 believe that it wasn't being utilized. 102 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:20,200 And also if they're like comparing what you want to think 103 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:27,480 that they would compare to for the people on TikTok they see. 104 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,720 Gotta get those taps in, yeah. Tap Share For those on TikTok, 105 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,720 tap Share Go popular so you know what to do. 106 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,680 If they I can't imagine that they're comparing it to Disney 107 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,760 World because Disney World has like 30 something resorts that 108 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:48,040 are on property and Disneyland has three. 109 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:52,160 Also Disney World has deluxe, moderate and value resorts that 110 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,880 are on property. All that get that benefit. 111 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:59,480 So you can find a hotel that is a value price and get that 112 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:04,120 benefit where in Disneyland. None of those are value though. 113 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:10,560 Though I would say if you want to give them a tier it would be 114 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,080 Grand Californian would be Deluxe, Disneyland would be 115 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,840 moderate and Pixar Place would be value. 116 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,440 But that doesn't even work anymore like that. 117 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,520 I feel dumb even saying that because the prices do not match 118 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:29,360 that except for the deluxe and ever since they redid Pixar 119 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:33,480 place before it was paradise pier and you could find 120 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,920 sometimes of the year where it was more of a value like the the 121 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,320 range from that price to the Disneyland hotel, which would be 122 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,520 like the next step up. There was like a difference 123 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,800 there. Not lately. 124 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:51,480 So like what is the perk now? We have stayed. 125 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:57,720 We have I not. Yes, Aubrey. 126 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,000 It is only at Disneyland. Yes. 127 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:02,880 Yeah. Disney World hasn't said 128 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:04,920 anything. I can't imagine that they would 129 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,640 do this. Disney World is staying how it 130 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,320 is. Nothing is changing in Disney 131 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,760 World is status quo. This only effects Disneyland in 132 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,640 California. And here's the thing, earlier on 133 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:22,320 my Life Talking Disney podcast to check them out, they said 134 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,680 something about like the the Disneyland Resort hotels only 135 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,360 being at like 30% capacity or something like that. 136 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,880 I don't quote me, I'm can't remember exactly what his 137 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:37,200 comment was. But so if they're not having as 138 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,919 many reservations as you would think that they would want, why 139 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:41,919 in the world would they take away this perk? 140 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,320 Because there are way more good neighbor hotels that don't get 141 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,200 this perk. So yeah, there are going to be a 142 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:52,080 lot more people that are going into the park not using early 143 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,520 entry because there are only three on property resort like 144 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:55,880 it. Yeah. 145 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:59,120 Is this is it April first? Like I don't understand. 146 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:06,640 There there was a report of the I think it's San Francisco Gate. 147 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:15,200 I don't know if the newspaper online source, but they they did 148 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:19,600 an interview, they had a quote from a Disney executive and his 149 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:27,200 his reasoning or their the company's statement as to why 150 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:35,000 they are taking away this perk is 'cause they say that not many 151 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:40,400 people took advantage of of this offering, which I find. 152 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,160 I find that very hard to. Believe and a very hard to 153 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:48,000 believe because whenever we go and we see it, when we leave the 154 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,200 Disneyland hotel and we go to that security checkpoint right 155 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:55,000 outside the hotel, it there's a huge long line. 156 00:09:55,440 --> 00:10:00,000 Well, and like, OK, if if people aren't using it, but it's really 157 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,120 the only big perk of staying on property. 158 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,640 Yes. Are the hotels nicer? 159 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:11,760 Yes, like are the themes great? Yes, they have nice pools. 160 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,280 They have restaurant like Grand Californian. 161 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,600 There's a spa, but you could use the spa even if you're not 162 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:20,720 staying there. But like we have thank, we have. 163 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:25,400 I was going to say been blessed. We've we've gotten to say it all 164 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,600 hashtag. We have gotten to say it all 165 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:32,120 three and they are all very nice. 166 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:33,800 Very nice. But like. 167 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:42,160 But now there are good neighbor hotels like you have the Westin, 168 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:46,080 you have Marriott. You have, there's the Embassy 169 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:50,200 Suites, the one on the corner like past Mimi's that has like a 170 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,760 water park is Marriott. Is that the Marriott? 171 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,480 Yeah, the Marriott, there's Hilton, there's the other. 172 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,120 One that. There's a Howard Johnson. 173 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:03,080 The Hojo, the Hojo and they have like a nice pool. 174 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,600 They have like a splash pad for kids like so if you wanted to 175 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:11,640 take a break or you want like. And so those hotels are half the 176 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:17,520 price, if not more, more than half the price of the Grand 177 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:19,040 California Disneyland Hotel. Oh. 178 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,840 Absolutely. And you are actually closer. 179 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:24,960 Good night, bud. Love you. 180 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,120 That's her son going to bed. We got four of those four kids. 181 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,760 And they're, they're half the price, they're closer. 182 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,480 And so what's the difference? You're actually getting more for 183 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:42,040 your money going to a good neighbor hotel that's closer and 184 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,280 cheaper. And some of them have like 185 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,400 complimentary breakfasts, which the Disneyland resorts do not 186 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,760 have. We stayed at one last summer 187 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,040 when we took our nephew. It was a. 188 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:54,840 It was. A little bit more of a walk like 189 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,200 I. Would say Hyatt or it was a 190 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,240 Hilton. I don't remember. 191 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,440 I think it was a Hyatt. We weren't OK, I will say we 192 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:03,600 weren't, I can't remember the name of it. 193 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,560 We weren't really crazy about the room, but we had four like 194 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,480 teenage slash preteen boys with us and the room was kind of like 195 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,400 small. So like we, I can't remember the 196 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,720 name of it, but we, we weren't crazy about the actual room, but 197 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,840 it had a full on complimentary breakfast like waffles, cereal, 198 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:22,680 fruit, eggs, bacon, like Full breakfast and it was like a 10 199 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:25,080 minute walk. Yeah, thanks Joe for the go. 200 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,520 Populars keep this coming. Thank you so much. 201 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:33,960 But yeah, it's, it's, it's just really confusing now. 202 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:39,320 Hello Toby, welcome in. We are talking about the news. 203 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,320 We are also for those who are just joining us on the podcast 204 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,000 or on TikTok live. They want to be just joining us 205 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,080 on the podcast. Yeah, I know. 206 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,040 Are they like skipping forward 15 minutes? 207 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:54,720 Those on TikTok, we are actually recording a podcast right now. 208 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,160 So this is probably annoying to our podcast listeners because 209 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:58,560 we're going to be keep repeating ourselves. 210 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,240 But if you just join us on TikTok, we are actually 211 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:05,600 recording a podcast right now talking about today's news of 212 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:09,120 early entry now going away next year for Disneyland Resort. 213 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,120 Yes, we are not happy. We are not happy. 214 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:17,280 And then they're also so on top of early entry going away for 215 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,040 Disneyland Resort, which that completely, it's going away 216 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:26,680 completely the entrance for Pixar Pier guests, Pixar Place 217 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:30,280 guests, which you could also use if you stayed at the Disneyland 218 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,800 hotel. The keys worked there as well. 219 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,560 That took you alongside the right side of the Grand 220 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:39,440 Californian. And then you came out of the 221 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,720 park down on like by Goofy Sky School, they are taking that 222 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:49,080 entrance away as well, which without early entry. 223 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:50,840 Well, it still would be nice actually at 8. 224 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:54,560 Yeah, it's just it's actually a really good spot where it spits 225 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:56,720 you out. Which is that one, because when 226 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:04,240 you were there, this was back in early spring, I think is when 227 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:08,600 you found out. Yeah, we're trying. 228 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:10,040 We're trying to do both. We're trying to do. 229 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:14,040 We're. It's kind of an experiment, but 230 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:19,680 you said that they told you that they were doing that entrance 231 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,200 for the morning, but only doing it for about half of the day 232 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:25,960 because no one was really using it. 233 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,560 And it was kind of a waste of resources. 234 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,360 Like the security guards. It was kind of a waste. 235 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,480 And we had walked in there on the afternoon sometimes and they 236 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,120 would be like sitting there chatting, like, oh, sorry, you 237 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,200 know, because they just didn't have that many people coming 238 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,000 through. So I'm like, OK, if they're 239 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,360 like, it's not really worth us having these security guards, 240 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,600 these cast members. But someone brought out today in 241 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:48,400 my life, they just redid that they put those new gates in and 242 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,480 all of that technology. Because if you haven't been to 243 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:56,560 Disneyland in the last what, 6 months or so, they redid like 244 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,440 the gates. And now it's like it takes your 245 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:02,760 picture automatically and they have these new gates and they 246 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,560 just put those in at the Pixar Pier entrance, so. 247 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:10,600 What the the rumor is is why they're closing it is because 248 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:12,920 they are going to be doing construction soon for the new 249 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,920 Coco ride in that area. Oh. 250 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,680 So. I thought it was going on the 251 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:20,840 other side. It's going somewhere over. 252 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:25,000 It's going to be in that area by Paradise Garden Grill and. 253 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:29,840 Oh, I thought it was on like by Inside Out ride, I thought. 254 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,520 I'm not 100% sure, but I know it's in that vicinity. 255 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:39,240 So sometimes when Disney says they're closing something, 256 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,640 closing something with no reopening date, it's usually 257 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,600 because it's either because of construction or they just don't 258 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,400 know when they're going to be done for sure. 259 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,320 So they don't give a date. And so sometimes people say, oh, 260 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:56,840 it's closing forever, so it may come back, it may come back, We 261 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,400 don't know. But it was just kind of a double 262 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:03,080 whammy today. Yeah, the I just, it really 263 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,880 doesn't make any sense. And now it's just like, and I, 264 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:11,360 I, because once you and I would tell friends this, that hadn't 265 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,080 stayed at a Disneyland resort in Disney. 266 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:15,320 This doesn't apply to Disney World. 267 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,880 It's total whole different world over there. 268 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,520 But once you stayed at a Disneyland resort, you were, you 269 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,080 were ruined. Like I've told multiple people 270 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,800 that and they've come back after their first day at like at one 271 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,840 of the three and they're like, Oh my gosh, how do I go back? 272 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:34,240 And you're like, I know it's horrible. 273 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,680 You should never do it. And I, I had gotten there. 274 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,280 We used to do like, because we usually go twice a year. 275 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,520 We would do one and we would stay at a Disneyland resort and 276 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:44,520 the other one we would just stay at a good neighbor hotel. 277 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,280 And the last several, I'd say the last like 3 years we've 278 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,560 stayed at a Disneyland resort. Both trips because I'm just like 279 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,560 I don't. Well, except for last summer I 280 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:53,960 guess. We took our nephew and we stayed 281 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,120 at a good neighbor. I mean, it may change, you know, 282 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,840 if we decide let's stay at the West End or let's stay at the 283 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,920 Marriott, you know, those are very nice hotels. 284 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,040 Yeah, well, and I love the theme. 285 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,400 Like I've I've said it on the podcast, I think I've talked 286 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,599 about it in one of our lives. But like the Disneyland hotel 287 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:14,720 theme. Hello, got our Kitty. 288 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:18,480 I love it. It, it feels like you're 289 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,960 stepping back in time. Like it, it's, it's classic 290 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,720 vintage Disney. I love it. 291 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:28,079 And I've been wanting to stay at Pixar Place because we, you and 292 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:30,360 I stayed there one night. We went for the last day of 293 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:33,960 Splash Mountain and we stayed there just the one night, but it 294 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,120 was in the middle of the construction. 295 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:39,080 So it like you could see the lobby, but it wasn't like fully 296 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:40,160 done. And I've been wanting to stay 297 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,200 there since they redid it. Grand Californian. 298 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:47,600 We only stayed at once. And one of our kids, I think, 299 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,520 was sick during that trip because typically they are. 300 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,760 So we didn't get to, like, use the entrance that much. 301 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:58,640 And like, it was just, yeah, it was our last trip before it 302 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,640 closed. It was February 2020. 303 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:06,080 And but anyways, now I'm just like, you take away, which, I 304 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,840 mean, they still have like, that you can send, you know, if you 305 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:12,240 buy something in the park, you can have it sent back to your 306 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,920 hotel. Yeah, that's nice. 307 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,120 You know, Grand Californian, you've got the entrance into 308 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:21,640 California Adventure right there, right across from Grizzly 309 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:28,320 River Run, Disneyland Hotel, your what, maybe a 5 minute 310 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:29,840 walk? Well, and then there's security, 311 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:33,000 but like to the monorail, which takes you right into 312 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,320 Tomorrowland. So there, there are still perks, 313 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,880 it's just the early entry was a big one that I feel like a lot 314 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,120 of people took advantage of. I feel like the reason they came 315 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:46,720 out with it is not true, at least from my experience. 316 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,720 And yes. Do I know all of the people 317 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:50,440 staying at the hotel when we are? 318 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:55,960 No, But there was always a line like, yeah. 319 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:02,680 And, and it's just with Disney World, it's like, where was I 320 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,360 going with that? My mind went blank. 321 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:06,760 I don't know where you're going with that, but. 322 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:12,520 I don't know where was I going with that, the perk, the price, 323 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:18,640 the fact that the Disneyland hotel resorts are like there's 324 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,120 no value price, you guys. And that's something that I've 325 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:28,960 said to you that I, I, I do like more about Disney World is all 326 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:30,880 the resorts. And I get that there's a space 327 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:32,480 issue, right. Someone said today on the live 328 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:36,880 like they should take some of the they should buy out some of 329 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:41,920 the good neighbor hotels and turn them into Disney value 330 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:45,720 resorts. And like, yeah, that would be 331 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:50,200 even if you just did like 2, you know, like, and I get it in 332 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:54,200 Florida, they have so much land like that. 333 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,880 They they can do a lot more. Like in Anaheim, there's not 334 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,560 much they can do. It's kind of amazing the things 335 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,600 that they are going to. Can you continue to do given the 336 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,520 space? I mean, you walk down the block 337 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,120 and. You wouldn't even know that 338 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,840 Disneyland was right there. It's just stores or there's 339 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,920 houses or you know, like it's so they don't have all of this 340 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:18,080 space to use. I don't know where I was going 341 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:22,400 with this, you guys. I'm just so I told I picked up 342 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,000 the kids from school and I tell the boys make you guys. 343 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,800 We had some bad Disney news today and they were like Boston 344 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,600 was like, what? Why would they do that? 345 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,960 We are raising Disney, future Disney. 346 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,040 Adults. Yeah, they were like, well, we 347 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,240 need to go before January 5th. And I'm like, I don't think 348 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:46,760 that's going to happen, but. And you know, I, I've, I've seen 349 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,800 some comments and also talking to some Co workers, they're 350 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:54,960 like, well, like 1. I never woke up early to take 351 00:20:54,960 --> 00:21:01,080 advantage of early entry. And also when I did, I maybe did 352 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,080 like one or two rides. I only had enough time to do one 353 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:05,920 or two rides. 30 minutes is not at a time. 354 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:15,560 My answer to that is one, you're doing it wrong. 2 Yeah, not 355 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,160 everybody wants to wake up when they early to go on vacation 356 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,360 because yeah, if you want to make the best use of early 357 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:24,880 entry, if park opens at 8:00 and that so early entry is at 7:30. 358 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,120 And if you're a Mama, you're waking up super. 359 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:31,320 I mean, you got to leave, you got to leave your hotel room by, 360 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:36,920 you know, 6:45. We never did that, I know. 361 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,320 But if you like really want to take advantage of it and like be 362 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:43,560 there right when it opens, then 640 five, 7:00. 363 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,960 But the main thing was, especially for families with 364 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:53,440 young kids, is that for early entry, you could go straight to 365 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,400 fancy land, fantasy land because early entry. 366 00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:00,120 I mean you could for early entry for Disneyland, all that's open 367 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:03,000 is Fancy Land and Tomorrowland. Thank you. 368 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:08,440 This guy welcome in. Thank you for the heart me and 369 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:14,920 but if you do it right, you can do pretty much all of 370 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:20,480 Fantasyland minus Peter Pan. Well, and yeah, Peter Pan would 371 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:26,880 take up unless you were like the first ones in Peter Pan could 372 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,480 take up your entire early entry. But you can do all those things 373 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:36,040 by, you know, 30 by by the time the park opens or maybe, you 374 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:41,320 know, 8:15 and then you can then do all the other stuff. 375 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,200 Well, and like, you know, we were talking about it a little 376 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:49,200 bit earlier and like, well, Fantasyland is still pretty dead 377 00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:53,320 even after rope drop. So like if you did use that 30 378 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:58,600 minutes to do Peter Pan because it's just going to go up most 379 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,160 likely for the rest of the day. Then after that, a lot of people 380 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:06,040 who are rope dropping Fantasyland are trying to get to 381 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,160 Peter Pan. So then you can knock everything 382 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,000 out. I mean, for the first hour or 383 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,280 maybe more, the lines in Fantasyland stay down. 384 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:17,280 But like you were saying earlier, like or no, I was 385 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,920 saying because usually what we'll do when we do early entry, 386 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:25,040 we head to Space Mountain, we get a rider's swap because our 387 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,720 youngest can't ride. You will take some of the kids 388 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,240 or maybe all of the boys and I will take Georgia and we will go 389 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,560 do like all of the because the boys are getting a little older. 390 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,560 Don't they'll go on the fantasyland rides like they they 391 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,600 don't fight about it. I hope they don't get there 392 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,560 because some like, hey, we spent years doing this with you. 393 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:52,000 Now it's your sister's turn, but I'll take her and do all the 394 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,640 fantasy land rides. And then we switch and I go on 395 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,720 Space Mountain with somebody and, you know, and so we just 396 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:08,200 got all that done within the first fight. 83845 and my mind 397 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:09,960 went blank. Oh, OK. 398 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,920 But we were talking about how it used to be a full hour and it 399 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:19,480 used to be that they had a line outside in the Esplanade, like 400 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,120 at the main. Gate dedicated line. 401 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:24,240 Dedicated line for early entry so you didn't get into the park 402 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,560 at all unless you were staying at a Disneyland resort. 403 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,480 I get why they had now how it is now. 404 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,680 Everyone can get in and they start letting you in around 7, I 405 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,920 think a little after 7. And but if you have early entry, 406 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:47,600 if you're staying on property, you go over to the right by the 407 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,240 Plaza Inn and they check your reservation, make sure you have 408 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,680 your key or your reservation and they let you through. 409 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:58,360 And it's only Tomorrowland and Fantasyland that are open where 410 00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:02,080 it used to be more. And then even in Fantasyland, 411 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:07,320 I've noticed like usually Pinocchio, Snow White, usually 412 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,720 they're not open early entry. Small World is an early open 413 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,440 early entry. So like you were saying, it does 414 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,400 seem like a staffing issue, like they just don't have enough cast 415 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:21,440 members to to do this to point this. 416 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:26,600 This decision is 100% a business decision. 417 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,800 Yeah, we've got it. Go ahead, we've got a comment. 418 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,760 OK, Yeah. This guy Aaron says. 419 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,640 We do everything in Fantasyland right before the close for the 420 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:40,760 fireworks. And then when the fireworks what 421 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:42,960 what I'm like, you ran out of characters. 422 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:45,920 What do you do when the fireworks are over? 423 00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:54,600 But but sorry so so. If you're just coming into the 424 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,240 live, we're also recording the podcast. 425 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,960 So this is an experiment kind of. 426 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,640 We haven't done both before. Yes so welcome to to TikTok 427 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,880 live. We are recording a podcast at 428 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:09,080 the same time talking about the news at Disneyland that broke 429 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:15,120 today of early entry being cancelled in 2026 during January 430 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:16,080 5th. Small. 431 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:17,280 World is my favorite. Right. 432 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:26,960 The, the, this, this decision was 100% a business decision. 433 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,520 It's all about money, so. Always is. 434 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:37,040 So they, they see that by opening up the park early, 30 435 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:41,280 minutes early, by having to staff it, they, it's costing 436 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:45,120 them more money than what they're getting when they, when 437 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:47,120 people book. From people booking. 438 00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:50,800 Disney Hotels so. Well, they're, I feel like 439 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,920 they're going to lose a lot more like. 440 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,520 They may, they may be willing to take that risk because they're 441 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,800 probably going to either break even or be in the black a little 442 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:04,280 bit more because now they don't have to staff as many people 443 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,720 early in the morning. Maybe I don't know. 444 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,040 And then it's like, we have, you know, friends that are are 445 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,840 Disney travel planners. And like one of them commented, 446 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,440 you know, like, I was so upset. But like, she lives locally. 447 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,080 So it's not like she is staying at these places. 448 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:23,040 But it's like they're also trying to like, sell some of 449 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,760 these packages probably. And the benefits of staying on 450 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:26,400 property. OK. 451 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,160 What are the benefits of staying on property in Disneyland, not 452 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:30,680 Disney World? There's lots of benefits in 453 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,120 Disney World, in Disney World. I really don't understand why 454 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:35,480 you wouldn't. And. 455 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,480 That's that's I. Mean I've only been three times 456 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,680 to Disney World, but because there's so many and there's 457 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:47,280 value moderate deluxe. Some people may want to have 458 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,360 more space for like a Airbnb. Yeah, and like you, if you have 459 00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:53,160 a large family coming, you know, I, I do get that. 460 00:27:54,080 --> 00:28:00,760 We just it's just so much easier to stay on property in Disney 461 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,880 World. For those on TikTok, you know, 462 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:08,040 send us questions, you know, as we get going along, you know, 463 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,560 we'll have time to answer those and and we can, you know, 464 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,320 discuss this a little bit more, but feel free to add comments in 465 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:22,320 this out to FYP go populars GIFTS and keep tapping because 466 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:26,960 we appreciate the the exposure and also sharing this out to 467 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:27,680 your friends. What? 468 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,160 Was I going to say Kate, I don't know if you're still here, but 469 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:43,280 my favorite ride is Small World. Favorite big ride is It's so 470 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,520 hard for me to choose. I'm like racers, Incredi, 471 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:52,160 Coaster Guardians. Mr. Blev here on. 472 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:53,680 Tik. T.O.K, he says. 473 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,280 I take living 10 minutes from Disney World for granted. 474 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:57,960 Yes, you do. That's how often. 475 00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:59,880 Do you go? How often do you go? 476 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:04,120 And what is your favorite park? We are probably not going to be 477 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,680 back to Disney World for for a couple of years because we are 478 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:13,600 in California. And so we're hoping to like the 479 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,760 summer before our oldest graduates high school, But 480 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,160 that's that's about two years. He just started to see a 481 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,320 sophomore year. I did I. 482 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,360 Did this guy here? And she did tell me about John 483 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:29,520 Stamos and you know, Uncle Jesse. 484 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,760 I hope Uncle Jesse was kind to you and. 485 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,120 I, I mean, I don't know Beach Boys. 486 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,040 He loves The Beach Boys and he loves Disney. 487 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,720 I grew up on The Beach Boys. I love The Beach Boys. 488 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,520 I loved it. I love Uncle Jesse. 489 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:50,120 That was my I was obsessed with Full House when I was little and 490 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:54,000 the same age as the Olsen twins. I was completely obsessed with 491 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,080 it. He was my first crush. 492 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,240 Uncle Jesse, thank. You, Mr. Blood, thank. 493 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:04,800 You for coming in? Oh my gosh, yes. 494 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,800 For those on the podcast, we have someone here on our live 495 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:15,680 who earlier when I was live said that D23 last year, he got to 496 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:21,480 meet John Stamos, Jodi Benson. Also, I can't remember their 497 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:25,720 names, but the voices, the announcers of Disneyland, the 498 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:29,880 couple, the voice of Mickey and the voice of Goofy, right? 499 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:35,520 Like I was like, what? And I got, I was already like 500 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:40,880 fired up about the the news. And then someone's like, I met 501 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:45,040 John Stamos and I'm just, and he also was like, also he stays at 502 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,640 the Disneyland hotel. There's my perk. 503 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:49,920 There's your perk 'cause that's where I. 504 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,560 Stay most. To the price of. 505 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,600 Edition I got to meet John Stamos, Bill Rogers and Camille 506 00:30:55,600 --> 00:31:00,600 Dixon. OK, yes, that would be my that 507 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,840 would be worth it. Go to bed buddy. 508 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:10,480 Love you. Yeah, so there's my new perk, 509 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,640 the chance to run into John Stamos. 510 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:19,280 He probably stays in like 1 of the like the the the the suites, 511 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,240 like the pirate suites or like. Staying in just a standard room 512 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,160 with like a parking lot view, he stays. 513 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:26,680 In the Cinderella suite, he's sleeping. 514 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:30,080 He's staying in the He's staying in the Frontier Tower with the 515 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,600 the parking lot. View the Downtown Disney parking 516 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,000 lot No. He likes to stay. 517 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:41,320 He likes to stay humble. Oh, you want to meet them Yeah. 518 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:47,680 Why did it it it again? It's like blocking comments for 519 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:54,560 me on TikTok Heather welcome in club level and adventure tower. 520 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:58,600 Oh, I bet that's amazing. We that's our favorite tower 521 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,760 adventure tower. Adventure Tower is, you know, 522 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,680 you get if you get on the right side of the building, you get 523 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,480 the best views of the park. It's also the closest tower. 524 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,040 It's the closest tower. Yeah. 525 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:14,480 You know what Boston told me last time? 526 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,880 That Fantasy Tower was his favorite. 527 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:18,280 He was like, I hope we get Fantasy Tower. 528 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,600 And I was like, why? And he was like, I don't know 529 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,320 why. Surprisingly, Fantasy Tower has 530 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,760 a very good view of the fireworks. 531 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,840 You can get a good view, yeah. If you're not. 532 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,120 Facing the pool. We've been facing the pool in 533 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:30,520 that one. You. 534 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,040 You know, he's looking like, oh, I got the parking lot. 535 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:37,320 But if you're farther down, then you actually see the fireworks, 536 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:39,120 you know, over the over the castle there. 537 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,400 So on TikTok, this guy Aaron said that's the original the 538 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,080 Adventure Tower. Oh, OK. 539 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,920 And then Joe has a question. How do you think this will 540 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,120 change the plan of doing Disneyland? 541 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,440 That's it. That's a really good question. 542 00:32:54,840 --> 00:33:00,520 We've got, we've got to think. I I already was thinking like, 543 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:09,160 if we didn't get there, like, like we would usually aim to 544 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:16,720 leave our room by 7 and we had, you know, 1015 minute before 545 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,200 we'd get to the gate with security and stuff when walking 546 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,880 through Downtown Disney. But I was also kind of like, Oh, 547 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:26,280 we knew we're going to get early entry so we can bypass all those 548 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:30,400 people and we don't have to be like at the rope because we're 549 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:35,920 going past the rope. But now, now I feel like part of 550 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,280 me will be like, well, then forget it. 551 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,480 Let's oh, I'm touched. I'm like, sorry if I got 552 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:45,880 muffled. I was touching my mic castles 553 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,840 and cruising with Jenny. Hello. 147 in the fan club 554 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:51,640 thank. You welcome in. 555 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,160 For those just joining us on TikTok, we are recording a live 556 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,600 podcast right now talking about today's news of early entry 557 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,720 going away. Joe here asked, you know, how 558 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:07,640 will this change the the the plan of doing Disney? 559 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:12,440 And I feel like I really hate to say this. 560 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:16,480 And if you have been listening to this podcast from the 561 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:21,800 beginning and you know me, man, I remember like at the height 562 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,679 when we were every week and people would like comment like, 563 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,800 oh, Tran's not going to like this. 564 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,679 Like they knew me. They did it a few times. 565 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:41,080 OK, Yeah. I feel like, where was I going? 566 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:45,960 Oh I feel like I'm going to be like forget it I've got 4 kids, 567 00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:49,040 I don't need to wake up this early on vacation anymore. 568 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:55,159 I am going to take more advantage of lightning lane 569 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:57,720 multi pass. You're going to have to. 570 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,160 That's a that's a really good point. 571 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:06,000 Disney's not dumb. Disney is very, very smart. 572 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,240 They know what they're doing. And that's actually a really 573 00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:13,040 good point. They are going to, they, 574 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:17,360 they're, they're seeing that if we discontinue early entry, 575 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:21,080 because if you do early entry and do a lot of the big rides, 576 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,320 there's not a need to buy Lightning Lane. 577 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,600 So now what they're doing, hey, let's give you a little taste. 578 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:31,600 Here's 1 Lightning Lane to use for one day. 579 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,200 And you're going to be like, oh, this is nice. 580 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:39,160 I like to be able to do this and scan in and bypass the line. 581 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:44,720 And now I'm going to buy a full Lightning Lane for the whole day 582 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:49,400 or the other case. We can do early entry now. 583 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:53,520 Yeah. So now we have to have to buy 584 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:57,000 Lightning Lane Multi Pass to be able to do all the things that 585 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,280 we want to do. Because OK, I want to, I want to 586 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:03,160 come back to that, but I want to this guy, Aaron says my #1 tip 587 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,640 to everyone is don't rush. Take your time and take it all 588 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:06,920 in. And that's a great tip. 589 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:13,040 We, we like, can't help ourselves like with our kids, 590 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,560 especially because they when we go by ourselves, we can do that 591 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:21,320 more with our kids. Like we will take our time later 592 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:23,440 in the day. But they're early birds too. 593 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,680 So like they always want to get in there and get things done. 594 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,360 And then later. And then we'll take usually a 595 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,680 hotel break. We might take a pool break. 596 00:36:31,240 --> 00:36:36,160 But yeah, Joe says that's exactly what I was thinking. 597 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,720 People will buy multi pass more and rope drop harder. 598 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:43,720 Yeah, because I, and if you've listened to the podcast for a 599 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:48,680 long time, you know, I hated Genie Plus. 600 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:55,400 That came out right when we started the podcast and I I got 601 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:58,640 very heated. It was so stinking complicated. 602 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,440 I hated that they were charging you now for something that used 603 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,040 to be free or talking. Disney podcast was talking. 604 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:09,320 How like Max Pass was it? Yes, Max Pass was amazing. 605 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:13,240 You could pay that $15. It was $8 when I first. 606 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:18,400 Came out and then it went up to 15 to like get your fast passes 607 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,560 a little early, but you also had that free option. 608 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:26,000 That was hands down the best. I was like fuming over Genie 609 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,880 plus and then the fact that they had individual lightning lanes 610 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,320 on top of Genie plus like fuming. 611 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:35,680 And now I'm mad because racers is one of my top favorite rides 612 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,520 and but I won't pay for it. It makes me mad. 613 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:42,680 I also have 4 kids and I'm not going to wait 90 minutes like 614 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,440 I'm just they they wouldn't do that. 615 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,280 So we always we always use our early entry. 616 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:55,840 I have a a TikTok about it and now this TikTok is like after 617 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,440 January 5th this stick don't take this advice. 618 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:05,040 We would do the Pixar pier entrance, we would rope drop 619 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,000 racers and we did the rider switch 'cause our daughter can't 620 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,440 ride. So this has been our thing for 621 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:14,040 the last several years. And our first group would wait 622 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,040 10-15 minutes. Second group would get to go 623 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,480 through the lightning lane like so we get our favorite ride done 624 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,760 first thing in the morning because the rest of the day it 625 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:26,080 never goes below 60. Like maybe you see 55 but rarely 626 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,960 do you see it below 60 minutes. I will say though, the only 627 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,040 thing that always bumped me out about that is racers. 628 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,800 Just so good at night and I haven't ridden it at night in so 629 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,000 long because that's how we always get it. 630 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,440 We did pay for it when we took our nephew because we weren't 631 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,040 staying on property so we couldn't do early entry and he 632 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,480 had never gotten to write it. It was his only second trip. 633 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,280 We had taken him on his first trip but it was pouring rain the 634 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:52,160 entire trip and so we took him back and he had never gotten to 635 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:58,240 write it so we paid for it then. But Yep, Disney adults. 636 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,480 It's a blog comment, no one saw it. 637 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:07,520 Oh well, we're does needles so OK. 638 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:13,960 And then I got even more mad when they changed the names and 639 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,240 like. There's just fast pass to genie 640 00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:18,800 plus, not to lightning lane. I mean it yes it makes more 641 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:20,040 sense. Like where did genie plus even 642 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:21,600 come from? Like lightning lane makes more 643 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,800 sense, but lightning lane multi pass lightning lane. 644 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:25,080 Single pass. Single pass. 645 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:28,040 Premier Pass. Does make more sense than Genie 646 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:30,800 Plus, but we had just gotten used to those names, you know so 647 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,560 anyways, I, I, this is not as fired up as I used to get about 648 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,120 it. I used to get like so angry 649 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:41,080 about it I have gotten used to it and just dealt with it but 650 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,040 there were several days because we have a pass and we only live 651 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,520 4 hours away we would usually do half day so like our last day we 652 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:52,240 usually get there early. We don't always rope like do 653 00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:55,200 early entry on our last day because like we're packing, but 654 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,840 like we get there as early as we can and we usually leave a 655 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,320 little after lunch so we don't get. 656 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:04,720 Lightning Lane. But the days that, where was I 657 00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:07,760 going with this thought? There have been several days 658 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,120 where we're like, hey, we're rope dropping if we do this and 659 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,160 this and this. I think we even have a podcast 660 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:14,880 about it. You don't really need to get 661 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:18,280 Lightning Lane. We had a whole strategy of how 662 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:22,400 if you do, if you stay on property and you do early entry 663 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,080 and you do this and this and this, we had done, you know it 664 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:30,360 several times at this point. Like, you can get by without 665 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,720 getting the Lightning Lane and purchasing it because it's not 666 00:40:33,720 --> 00:40:37,440 cheap, especially for a family of six. 667 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:40,800 Yeah. And now I feel like, 'cause I've 668 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:46,320 heard people say like a Haley, Stuart Haley, Travel Haley. 669 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:53,080 Happily ever ever Haley travel. Travel cause her family is not 670 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,000 mourning people like they will sleep in. 671 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,080 And so she's like, we take, you know, I think she has said that 672 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:02,280 like we take advantage of, you know, Genie if they go a lot. 673 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:03,760 So maybe they don't always do Genie plus. 674 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:14,000 But like James becoming 148. I'm not on the actual phone so I 675 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,800 can't do my clapping or my cheering. 676 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:19,680 Thank you. For those who are just joining 677 00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:23,200 us on TikTok, we are also recording our podcast live right 678 00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:26,080 now. Hang on, keep going. 679 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:30,920 And so we were talking about the the news today about early entry 680 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:38,920 at Disneyland being cancelled. Audrey Anne's going to go makes 681 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:44,240 her sourdough because she's doing her stretching and folding 682 00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:47,240 of her sourdough. Can't let that go. 683 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,920 But but yeah, so we're we're talking about that new news 684 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:59,560 today on the podcast. You know, one thing, you know, 685 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:04,600 that I I posted a video, a TikTok earlier today about, you 686 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:07,640 know, say goodbye to to this and this. 687 00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:12,080 And it was shots of, you know, empty, you know, cars land empty 688 00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:15,280 Main Street. And then you know, hello to, you 689 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:21,760 know, this, which is deep crowds at rope drop that that's what 690 00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:24,960 everybody's going to run into now is that you're going to have 691 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:29,160 these huge crowds because everybody, I don't know, I can't 692 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,080 say everybody, but a lot of people are going to be coming to 693 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:38,320 the park at the same time and that's just going to create a 694 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:44,280 huge bottleneck. You know it's. 695 00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:48,480 I mean, unless it hang on podcast, podcast people can't 696 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:57,640 hear me unless like, hey, what they said is true and not that 697 00:42:57,640 --> 00:42:59,360 many. And we felt like it was a lot of 698 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:02,560 people. But this cat, my goodness. 699 00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:07,320 But in comparison to the amount of people in the park, it really 700 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:10,920 isn't that many. Yeah, I mean well. 701 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,400 I mean, most people come in the afternoon. 702 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,680 You know, A lot of the locals come in the afternoon. 703 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:21,840 They go, you know, for dinner, they do the shows evening after 704 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:26,320 work. But I don't know I I think this 705 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:27,920 is going to have a negative effect. 706 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,000 I really do too. I wonder if they're going to and 707 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:33,080 then my friend that I was texting with, she was like, I 708 00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:34,680 bet you they'll bring it back, but you have to. 709 00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:39,360 It'll be just be like the deluxe or you have to pay for it or 710 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:42,200 something, which I wouldn't be surprised. 711 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:45,160 It's all. Yeah, maybe it's if like you get 712 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,560 a deluxe room, you know, or you know. 713 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:50,880 Like if you stay, you have to stay. 714 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:52,360 You can't just stay anywhere on property. 715 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:54,000 It has to be like Grand Californian. 716 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:56,880 Well no. Each room has like a a premium 717 00:43:56,880 --> 00:44:00,120 view room or a deluxe room. You have to stay in a deluxe 718 00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:06,880 room to get the the added perk. It's just becoming more and more 719 00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:11,720 appealing to go to Disney World. Yeah, yeah. 720 00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:14,600 And I, I mean, Disneyland is my home again. 721 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,040 If you've listened to this podcast where the from the 722 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:20,680 beginning, good on you. Amazing. 723 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:25,520 But our like second episode, we started this actually, the first 724 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,680 episode we recorded, it wasn't the one we posted, but the first 725 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:32,840 one we ever recorded was a recap of our Disney World trip, our 726 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,360 very first Disney World trip. And it wasn't a positive 727 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,360 experience for the most part. There were things we liked, but 728 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:41,120 overall we were like, but we also knew we wanted to go back 729 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,160 because when we were there, I was like, we should come back 730 00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:50,680 alone. And and then when we would did 731 00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:57,160 get to go back alone, our view, it was like a complete 180. 732 00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:01,520 Like we were like that. We really, really liked it. 733 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:04,000 And there were things we liked better out there. 734 00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,640 There are things we like better in Disneyland. 735 00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:10,680 And then again, when we took our kids back for their second trip, 736 00:45:11,240 --> 00:45:14,640 because we kind of knew our way around and everything, that trip 737 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:17,520 was much better. They all liked it so much more. 738 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:24,760 And people are like, oh, it's, it's easier And and it's I 739 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,560 don't, I don't like using the word cheaper, more affordable. 740 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:32,600 I don't even like saying that prices can be better out there. 741 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:34,800 You get more bang for your buck. I don't know. 742 00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,320 I don't want to say it's cheaper even though it it I'm not. 743 00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:38,600 Saying it's all relative, Yeah, I'm not. 744 00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:41,080 Saying it's cheap but like. There's. 745 00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:42,760 More options. There's more options. 746 00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:46,960 There's there's just. Joe asks, What do you like 747 00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:54,920 better about world than land? I like how you hang on. 748 00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:58,600 Are you have you been to both, Joe? 749 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:03,080 I like the entrance, how you get in. 750 00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:08,040 I like the the use of magic bands makes things so much 751 00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,560 easier. How you just like scan your 752 00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:12,840 fingerprint. I feel like it's a lot more 753 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:16,760 efficient, a lot easier. There's security I liked better 754 00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:20,320 at first, but then this last trip, we ran into some snags 755 00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:24,560 with it where if you did have anything, they flagged it took a 756 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:28,000 long time. And I'm not against like I don't 757 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:31,400 get frustrated at the security even in Disneyland because OK, 758 00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:34,640 you've been to both. Because I'm like, hey, if if you 759 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:36,920 need to check all our stuff to keep us safe, like do it. 760 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:38,680 Like I've never had a problem with it. 761 00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:41,280 Even in Disney World. I was kind of like, are they 762 00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:44,520 sure? Like is this, They're like, are 763 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:48,240 there metal detectors? Like really accurate? 764 00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:53,600 Like I'm like, keep us safe, but when you do get like flagged in 765 00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:55,920 Disney World and then you have to go stand in the line to the 766 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:57,440 side for them to search your bag. 767 00:46:58,400 --> 00:46:59,800 That takes forever. That takes. 768 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:03,520 Forever we kept getting dinged over an Altoids tin and we like 769 00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,760 learned a trick for it like to hold it out in front of you. 770 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,280 But then I still got like someone was getting dinged for 771 00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:11,600 their like glasses case too. Then that line was really slow 772 00:47:11,720 --> 00:47:16,400 so but still like getting and I like better transportation. 773 00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:21,080 I love the sky liner. I love all of the resorts like I 774 00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:24,400 love we have no, actually, we've never stayed at a moderate. 775 00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:26,240 That's true. We have. 776 00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:28,560 Value and deluxe we're like the. Two extremes. 777 00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:32,800 Extremes, yeah. And I've liked them all, like 778 00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:36,320 even we stayed at All Star Sports, which was like the value 779 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,880 value like it was like. It was actually pretty nice. 780 00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:41,720 And like you still have things like. 781 00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:45,520 You still have early entry. You still have early entry. 782 00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:49,560 There was still like a big chess board, you know, like life-size 783 00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:51,720 chess board you still have. Great pools. 784 00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:54,520 A great pool. The food, the food, the 785 00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:58,360 refillable mugs. Refillable 100% One number one 786 00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:00,960 thing we love about Disney World over Disneyland is the 787 00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:02,800 refillable. I love the refillable mugs, even 788 00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:04,120 though you can't refill them in the parks. 789 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:07,560 I just love the feeling of like going back to your resort in the 790 00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:11,240 afternoon and like going and getting some quote UN quote free 791 00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:13,480 soda or hot chocolate or whatever. 792 00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:17,040 Like when we went on our own because we didn't get on the 793 00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:19,480 first trip, our very first trip, because again, we had never 794 00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:21,800 been. It was a whole new, whole new 795 00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:26,160 beast. Our second trip, it was cold 796 00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:29,280 when we were there and so like going in the afternoon and like 797 00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:32,000 we took a nap and then we'd like we're heading back in. 798 00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,800 So I'd go get some hot chocolate and it feels like it's free 799 00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:36,440 because I. Already paid for the month. 800 00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:39,960 Feels more like a resort stay even when you're staying at a 801 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:44,640 value resort. If you stay at a good neighbor 802 00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:49,120 hotel across harbor, it doesn't feel like an all inclusive 803 00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:51,440 resort like it it, you know, so like. 804 00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:55,880 Disney just does it Disneyland. Well, first of all, Joe says 805 00:48:55,880 --> 00:49:00,120 Coronado Springs Grand Destino Tower is my favorite moderate. 806 00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:01,800 Oh, OK, I'll just. Give that a try. 807 00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:04,000 I've heard good things about Coronado Springs. 808 00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:06,080 I also want to try Caribbean Beach. 809 00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:08,960 Yeah, because I love the like views in the sky liner, right? 810 00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:12,480 Disneyland, The difference between Disneyland, Disney 811 00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:14,840 World. Disney World is a resort. 812 00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:19,000 You go, you spend time, you do things other than going to the 813 00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:21,760 parks. There you can do resort hopping. 814 00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:24,520 There's restaurants, there's shopping, there's other 815 00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:30,960 experiences that you can do that don't revolve around going to 816 00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:33,120 the parks. You could stay, you could do a 817 00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:37,080 resort day, which which highly recommend you need to to where 818 00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:39,320 you just go to the pool, hang out Disneyland. 819 00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:42,240 You can't really do that. There's not a lot of many 820 00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:44,360 options. Like you could try to stay at 821 00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:47,400 the Grand California just for it to do a resort day and do a 822 00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:50,000 pool. But then it's like, what else? 823 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:53,440 What are you going to go across and walk around Disneyland Hotel 824 00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:54,720 like and again, Disneyland Hotel? 825 00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:58,880 Downtown Disney, but. And well, and from what people 826 00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:02,080 were telling me on the live and what I've we've known this is 827 00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:04,440 that Disney Springs is a lot bigger. 828 00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:07,600 We've never been to Disney Springs because it's like one 829 00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:10,520 thing I like Disneyland is like Disney. 830 00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:12,760 If you want to check out Downtown Disney, you can walk 831 00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:15,800 there. It's easy to get around in 832 00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:19,360 Disneyland because everything is so close where we've never been 833 00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:21,720 to Disney Springs because we just always ran out of time and 834 00:50:21,720 --> 00:50:24,600 we had to take transportation to get there and it just never 835 00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:29,640 worked out with our timing. So that is a nice thing about 836 00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:32,840 Disneyland, that and, you know, park hopping is so easy for 837 00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:34,600 sure. You can go back and forth 838 00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:36,280 several times in a day. We've done it. 839 00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:40,000 So there's good, you know, and again, Disneyland is the 840 00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:44,840 original, like the, the sentimentality of it and the 841 00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:50,240 history of it, you know, like I'm always going to be, I'm 842 00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:52,760 never going to be like, yeah, way bigger. 843 00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:56,680 Like I'm never going to be Disney World over at Disneyland. 844 00:50:56,680 --> 00:51:00,680 I'm just not will I? I mean, my, my mom grew up going 845 00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:03,360 to Disneyland and like sitting on Main Street, like I'm just, 846 00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:07,000 it's just Disneyland. It's Disneyland. 847 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:10,680 It's the original but. Also one thing. 848 00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:14,160 And we're in California, so it's a four hour drive to Disneyland. 849 00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:17,840 It's a like what, five and a half six hour plane ride to 850 00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:20,720 Florida? All right, so our TikTok live 851 00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:26,360 got cut off because it was apparently too boring, but. 852 00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:30,480 No. No, it just it's TikTok, that 853 00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:34,920 stuff. But anyways, yeah, so we were 854 00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:37,200 talking about what we liked about Disney World over 855 00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,760 Disneyland. It's just just that resort 856 00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:42,960 feeling is so nice. Yeah. 857 00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:47,240 And the, the, the inclusive resort, you know, style, which 858 00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:51,160 I'm sure it's times 1000 when you go on a Disney Cruise. 859 00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:54,360 Oh my gosh. Cool, that's the dream. 860 00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:58,280 That's the dream for next. Year, but yeah, I mean it and 861 00:51:58,280 --> 00:51:59,760 we've talked about that all before. 862 00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:05,320 It's just, and with the the prices, they're just making it 863 00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:08,240 less of appealing. I feel like like it's just so 864 00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:11,160 weird and I just. It's like Disneyland is trying 865 00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:14,200 to have people not come. It's like almost like they're 866 00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:19,160 saying do not come here. We don't want you to be here. 867 00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:23,280 We are pricing you out. We're making it less desirable. 868 00:52:23,720 --> 00:52:29,680 Like is that because of like all the the local annual pass 869 00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:32,400 holders like oh. Wait, that's part of things, you 870 00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:37,720 know, they companies try to make things more exclusive to to get 871 00:52:37,720 --> 00:52:40,480 people to not come is by pricing them out. 872 00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:44,920 That's a that's a common tactic in business. 873 00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:53,080 And so if Disneyland is seeing that reservations are no longer, 874 00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:56,560 you know, keeping people away, they're going to start raising 875 00:52:56,560 --> 00:52:58,400 prices. You know, annual pass holders, 876 00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:01,760 you know, magic keys are way more expensive than they used to 877 00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:03,880 be. They're limiting how many they 878 00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:07,640 are selling now. You know, Disney, Disneyland 879 00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:12,360 resorts are crazy expensive, but people are still buying these 880 00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:13,560 things. But are they not? 881 00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:17,280 But now they just, they're taking away a big part and we 882 00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:20,960 keep repeating ourselves. But it's just I, I just, I'm so 883 00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:23,800 curious to see what this does. Like someone, you know, on 884 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:26,880 TikTok, you know, Joe asked. Like, what do you think this is 885 00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:29,680 going to do for like a Disney plan, like for your day and 886 00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:32,080 like, yeah, what is it going to do to rope drop? 887 00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:36,680 And like, I, I feel like it could go either way. 888 00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:39,240 People could be like, I need to get there earlier, or people 889 00:53:39,240 --> 00:53:40,840 could be like, all right, I'm going in later. 890 00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:43,520 Yeah, because I don't want to deal with that because I'm kind 891 00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:45,040 of on that. OK, let's go in later. 892 00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:47,520 I think it's going to push people to buy lightning 893 00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:50,960 Lightning lane multi pass more. I think people are going to be 894 00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:52,440 like. Days where we were like, hey, we 895 00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:55,400 can do without it because we're going to get early entry, so 896 00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:58,560 let's see how we can do. And now it's going to be like, 897 00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:01,280 oh, although I don't know. I don't know. 898 00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:04,880 But I think to do that. Or we're going to be like, well, 899 00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:09,920 I guess we'll save money 'cause we won't be staying at a Disney 900 00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:15,480 resort, so we're going over to the Mojo and we can get 901 00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:18,120 Lightning Lane because we're saving money on our resorts. 902 00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:19,080 That's true. That's true. 903 00:54:19,440 --> 00:54:26,680 I I want to see Disneyland bring what Walt Disney World does for 904 00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:29,920 Lightning Lane, allowing you to make your first selection at 905 00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:33,200 7:00 AM if you can't be there. Yes. 906 00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:36,120 Early. Then let me make my Lightning 907 00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:40,400 lane selections early. Yes, even before. 908 00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:42,040 Like Disney World does it seven days? 909 00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:46,080 Is it 7 days before? No, it's three days. 910 00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:51,240 It's 7. Days before which Disneyland, 911 00:54:51,240 --> 00:54:53,400 Disney World you have longer stays. 912 00:54:53,560 --> 00:54:58,040 People are staying 7 plus days. Usually you see the four days 913 00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:03,160 but like you, you typically see longer stays at Disney World. 914 00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:07,920 But, and, and Disneyland is a lot more locals that are going 915 00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:11,680 in for the evening, so it might not be worth it. 916 00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:15,160 That might be a little tricky with the demographic that's 917 00:55:15,160 --> 00:55:19,280 going to Disneyland to let them get Lightning Lane selections 918 00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:21,040 before their trip. But 7:00 AM? 919 00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:26,720 Absolutely. And from what I've heard is that 920 00:55:26,720 --> 00:55:31,520 that technology behind Disneyland's Lightning Lane and 921 00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:34,080 Disney World's Lightning Lane is completely different. 922 00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:38,920 So the whole, so the whole 7:00 AM in their ticketing system, 923 00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:42,320 which you know, is part of that, are completely different. 924 00:55:42,720 --> 00:55:46,880 And so to be able to do what Disney World does at Disneyland 925 00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:50,880 when it comes to light Lane, lane would require require a 926 00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:53,920 whole rewriting of their programs. 927 00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:57,360 So that's what makes it difficult, why they're so 928 00:55:57,360 --> 00:56:00,800 different. But if you can't get there 929 00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:04,080 early, it would be nice to be able to make your selections 930 00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:05,160 early. Well, yeah, because. 931 00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:10,520 Oh yeah, Because if we're like, oh, we'll get Lightning Lane, 932 00:56:10,520 --> 00:56:15,040 but we don't need to go in until 910 o'clock, then by the time we 933 00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:18,080 get there, the lightnings are going to be way pushed out. 934 00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:20,000 Yeah. So we'd still need one of us 935 00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:23,040 would have to go in. That still doesn't work because 936 00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:24,920 you have to. Everyone has to be. 937 00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:28,360 Everybody has to scan in their tickets to be able to buy 938 00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:30,080 Lightning. Lane All right, we're moving to 939 00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:32,960 Orlando. So even that doesn't work. 940 00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:39,280 Goodbye, California. We're moving to Orlando. 941 00:56:40,600 --> 00:56:44,720 Anyways, we should wrap this up so you know our feelings about 942 00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:48,080 this by now. I highly doubt anybody's happy 943 00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:49,640 about it. Like. 944 00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:51,800 Who in the world would be like that? 945 00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:53,480 Makes sense. Good idea. 946 00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:59,040 And I just, I, I'm just curious to know what Disney's thinking. 947 00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:01,440 I've seen this, it's blown up on social media. 948 00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:04,360 People are like, this is one of the worst things that they've 949 00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:08,520 done so far as far as taking things away and making things 950 00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:11,480 more expensive. So I'm really curious to know if 951 00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:13,600 they were expecting this kind of backlash. 952 00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:17,400 What was interesting, how this came about, there wasn't any 953 00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:19,880 press release. There was no announcement. 954 00:57:20,080 --> 00:57:24,040 It was a small little blurb on their website and someone picked 955 00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:28,000 it up, took a screenshot and shared it and then it blew up 956 00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:31,600 from there. I I, I already know the answer 957 00:57:31,600 --> 00:57:33,360 to this. I'm so I'm not even going to 958 00:57:33,440 --> 00:57:36,120 phrase it as a question. But like, what would be nice 959 00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:39,960 then is if you lowered your hotel prices, that's going to 960 00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:43,400 bring people in. If you lower the prices, you 961 00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:46,800 took away a perk, lower your prices, more people will stay 962 00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:51,440 there still if you lower the prices a bit, because again, 963 00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:54,360 they are nicer, like I'm not going to say, well, you, yeah, 964 00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:57,120 you can get a nice good neighbor hotel, but the Disneyland resort 965 00:57:57,120 --> 00:57:59,040 hotels are nicer. They're they're amazing. 966 00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:03,920 Like I love them, but lower the prices so more people can stay 967 00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:05,920 there, especially when you're taking away the biggest perk. 968 00:58:06,200 --> 00:58:08,200 Yeah. Yeah. 969 00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:11,120 So we'll see. Anyways, after all the backlash. 970 00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:16,000 Yeah, so we were live earlier on TikTok. 971 00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:20,640 We are more active on TikTok now than we were than we are on 972 00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:22,880 Instagram. So if you're following us on 973 00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:26,280 Instagram, we will probably still post there, especially if 974 00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:29,960 we're doing live, you know, in the park stories. 975 00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:32,920 Yeah, well, 'cause. Yeah, 'cause that's different 976 00:58:32,920 --> 00:58:35,240 than Tiktok. So Stories are always fun in the 977 00:58:35,240 --> 00:58:36,960 parks. It's just, well, we're going to 978 00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:40,680 be honest with you guys. Instagram was hard. 979 00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:42,440 You didn't get a lot of engagement. 980 00:58:44,320 --> 00:58:47,320 And I mean, we were saying we were going to do a giveaway for 981 00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:49,680 when we reached 1000 followers for like a year. 982 00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:54,360 Yeah, and they just plateaued and we would try and try and it 983 00:58:54,360 --> 00:58:58,720 was just and then within. Then within having a TikTok for 984 00:58:58,720 --> 00:59:01,720 like less than a month we got 1000 followers and now we're 985 00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:03,960 almost at 5000. Yeah, I. 986 00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:08,920 Mean so it's just like and people are engaging and it's so 987 00:59:09,040 --> 00:59:12,800 it yeah so we've just kind of been there because that's where 988 00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:16,680 people are showing up like not that we're not going to stop 989 00:59:16,680 --> 00:59:19,520 doing the podcast we're we just haven't been as active on on 990 00:59:19,520 --> 00:59:22,280 Instagram, but we have the same name so if you do have a TikTok 991 00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:26,640 and you want to check us out there we do go live there so. 992 00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:28,720 You can. Actually see us. 993 00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:30,560 Yeah. And we're doing, you know, 994 00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:34,040 what's called subscriptions. So that gives you, you know, a 995 00:59:34,040 --> 00:59:38,760 subscriber exclusive things. We're we're thinking of ways of 996 00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:42,920 doing, you know, exclusive early releases of podcast is doing 997 00:59:44,120 --> 00:59:48,720 subscriber only lives where you get to watch us, you know, do 998 00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:51,400 the podcast or you get to podcast early before anybody 999 00:59:51,400 --> 00:59:54,040 else, different perks, things like that. 1000 00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:56,680 So if that's something that's interesting, you'll follow us up 1001 00:59:56,680 --> 01:00:00,360 there on on TikTok dreaming of Disney podcast. 1002 01:00:02,120 --> 01:00:05,520 But but that's it. That's the news. 1003 01:00:06,560 --> 01:00:11,880 So follow us on Instagram, follow us on Tiktok, and until 1004 01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:14,720 next time, we'll talk to you later. 1005 01:00:15,160 --> 01:00:15,280 Bye.