1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,640 Planning a Disney vacation can be overwhelming, time consuming, 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,720 and expensive. But what if there was a better 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,400 way to do it? There absolutely is and that's 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,840 why we always call in an expert. Our friend and partner Ashley 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,000 Dixon from Adventure Awaits by Ashley. 6 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,960 She does all the research and work to make our trips easy and 7 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,400 stress free. That's right, thanks to Ashley, 8 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:21,840 our time can be better spent choosing our favorite ears to 9 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,480 match our outfits, or which Lightning Lanes, dining 10 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,360 reservations and enchanting extras we want, because she will 11 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,520 book all of that for us. And she saves US money because 12 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,840 she can get deals on park tickets, resort hotel stays, and 13 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,120 vacation plans that we can't even see ourselves. 14 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,120 The best part? Her services are always free. 15 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,080 As a former cast member and Annual Pass holder at both 16 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,040 Disneyland and Walt Disney World, nobody knows the parks 17 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,240 better than Ashley. So what are you waiting for? 18 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,840 To book your next adventure to Disney and beyond, find Ashley 19 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,680 on social media at Adventure Awaits by Ashley or send her an 20 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,920 e-mail at adventureawaitsbyashley@gmail.com. 21 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,600 And make sure you mention that. The Wonderful Thing About Disney 22 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,239 podcast sent you. 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We're back. 44 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,560 It is a great week. It's a great episode because we 45 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,440 have a very special guest this week. 46 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:28,200 I'm so excited for this one, actually a little nervous too, 47 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,560 like, but excited. So yeah, before we introduce our 48 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,800 special guests, we want to preface this episode. 49 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,840 So if you follow us on social media, you know we love our one 50 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,880 star reviews and you love them as well. 51 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:41,840 Yeah, because they're ridiculous. 52 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:43,640 And that's what makes it so great. 53 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:49,600 And it highlights the various and wildly random opinions of 54 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,200 all Disney guests around the world. 55 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,360 Yeah, and we got our one star reviews off of Google, 56 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,800 TripAdvisor, Yelp, but it really got us thinking, like what are 57 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,960 the lowest rated things in Walt Disney World? 58 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,320 Yeah. And so we came up with this idea 59 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,480 that we're lovingly calling Walt Disney World's worst rated, Yes. 60 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:13,680 But in order to do that, we had to call in a special guest, nay, 61 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:17,200 an expert. And we have our friend Becky 62 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,440 from Raising Mini Meez is here with us. 63 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,240 Becky, thank you for coming on. I'm so excited. 64 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:29,040 Like who doesn't love really trashing those worst Disney 65 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,240 experiences, right? This is going to be a blast. 66 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:32,800 I'm ready for it. Right. 67 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,840 And and I think the best part of all of this is at one point or 68 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,200 another, I feel like we've all thought it. 69 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:40,280 Yeah. Some of us are just a little 70 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,800 more vocal and outspoken and are disdained for certain 71 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,960 experiences, attractions, foods, whatever it might be. 72 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,240 And that's what this episode is all about. 73 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,920 But before we get into that, Becky, we would love for you to 74 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,920 introduce yourself, kind of tell our listeners who you are. 75 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:58,640 Tell us about you and your platform. 76 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,280 Sure. So hey everyone, I'm Becky. 77 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,960 If we haven't met, I do Disney data in my ample free time in my 78 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,920 life, which is a total joke because this is not my full time 79 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,080 job and I have two kids. So what am I doing? 80 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,680 Who knows? I'm doing the fun Disney stuff. 81 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,560 That's what I'm doing. So I authored the unofficial 82 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,520 guide to Walt Disney World. That's a lovely 600 page 83 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,800 textbook of all things Disney that comes out once a year every 84 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,880 August. It funds my trips to Disney so I 85 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,920 appreciate it. And then I run the Raising Mini 86 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,000 Me's Instagram page. The book comes out once a year. 87 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:42,080 The 2027 edition is already at the printer, so not very timely. 88 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,760 The Instagram page let's me be timely and get those posts out 89 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:49,400 four days a week with the most up to date information. 90 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,280 And then I work with Touring Plans, which is where we're 91 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:53,000 getting most of the data for today. 92 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,800 And they do a bunch of Disney data analytics as well. 93 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,400 Help people understand about which wait times to believe and 94 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,600 which ones not to. And so I do a weekly post there 95 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,280 called the Disney Data Dump that also comes out on these 96 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:11,280 wonderful Wednesdays where people can get all of the most 97 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:17,240 up to So lots and lots and lots of different ways for me to 98 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,240 spread the word with Disney data. 99 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,440 It's amazing, love that and we cannot wait to geek out with you 100 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,840 because like this, this stuff fascinates me and I have so many 101 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:29,480 questions, but we will get there. 102 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:30,800 We'll get there. Perfect. 103 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,680 Hopefully I have answers. We'll find out. 104 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,160 Yeah, right. Yeah. 105 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,360 So we love to ask each of our special guests, what is your 106 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,680 Disney origin story and where did your love of Disney come 107 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,000 from? Yeah, grew up going to Disney, 108 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,560 so I've always lived in Saint Louis. 109 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,040 I'm not an Orlando person or an LA person. 110 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,600 I'm smack dab in the middle of the country, just about as far 111 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,640 as you can get from any Disney parks if you're in the United 112 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,840 States. My parents took me when I was 113 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:00,760 about 1 year old to Disney World for the first time. 114 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,400 And so that's I guess technically my origin story, but 115 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,760 my mom really loves to tell the story of how I would tell every 116 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:09,920 attraction bye bye. Like I just wanted out of there, 117 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,240 bye bye, bye, bye, bye bye. So maybe I was the original 1 118 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,400 star review. I don't know. 119 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,560 I could have started this trend. It was you love that so many 120 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,040 years ago. I was about to say how many 121 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:24,840 years ago and I won't, But then we went to Disney World like 122 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:26,960 once every three years. Growing up. 123 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,400 We were a little bit scheduled in our vacation taking. 124 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:31,640 We went lots of other places too. 125 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:36,240 I just always loved Disney. So then when I was an adult got 126 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,920 married to my husband. He hadn't been to Disney World 127 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,480 since he was 5, and his only memory from that trip was that 128 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,000 he was not tall enough to go on Space Mountain. 129 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,640 So at that point I was like, well we got to go. 130 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,280 And so we went there. On our first anniversary, we did 131 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:55,560 another big Disney trip, started having kids, had to bring them. 132 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,640 Started working with touring plans around that time as I 133 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,840 started planning my own trips as an adult, used their data, met 134 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:06,800 the lovely people that run it there and started working with 135 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,360 them since we were fellow data nerds. 136 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:13,560 And the rest is history. Amazing. 137 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,240 And that's, that's This is why we love this question so much is 138 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:22,320 because we all got hooked, you know, kind of a different way. 139 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,120 Some of us were able to go as children, others of us speaking 140 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,240 for myself, never went until I was an adult. 141 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,960 Whether it's the films or just cartoons or whatever, there was 142 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:34,360 always something that brought us here. 143 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,000 And so it's so fun to hear everybody share that. 144 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,520 But you know, we're, we're calling you the Disney data 145 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,840 queen. And so we want to know like you 146 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,360 kind of touched on this a little bit, but how did you start on 147 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,640 this like data endeavor like this, right, exploration of of 148 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,800 all the data. Of all the data. 149 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:57,080 So I'm a data professional in my like real job, real work life. 150 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,480 That's what I do. I'm a data architect now. 151 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,600 I've been in that space for a couple decades now. 152 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,600 Love data in general. So as I started planning trips 153 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:11,080 with my husband and then with my kids, my very first boss in my 154 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,640 career said, you should really use this website that I used to 155 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:16,560 plan my Disney trips called Touring Plans. 156 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,400 And I was like, oh, cool, I haven't heard of this. 157 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,640 Started using touring plans as a customer, like planning out my 158 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:24,960 days. When do we go to avoid the 159 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:26,480 crowds? What order do I do the 160 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,920 attractions in? Thought that was really cool. 161 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:33,760 And so then I was like, I know how to do the data stuff. 162 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,320 I wonder if they would give me access to like their actual data 163 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,280 that they're using, not just their product. 164 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,919 And so I literally just reached out and I was like, hey, I'm a 165 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:46,960 data person for real life. And I would love if I could use 166 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,640 your Disney data. And so Len Testa would start 167 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,160 sharing Disney data with me just randomly. 168 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,960 He's like, here's all the Be Our Guest satisfaction data. 169 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,480 And this was like, right when Be Our Guest was popular and then 170 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,920 not like right at that tipping point, he's like, can you 171 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:03,520 analyze it for me? Sure. 172 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,200 And so I started picking up some of that. 173 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,720 And then I was eventually like, could I blog for you? 174 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:11,000 Because I think that would be cool. 175 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,200 And so then I got access to all the datas and started doing 176 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,000 that. And so that's really like the 177 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,840 data thing comes naturally to me. 178 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,280 Clearly, the Disney fandom has been baked in since birth. 179 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,880 And so this just has really been the perfect marriage of those 180 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:31,360 two things. Amazing this is so like both of 181 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,520 us spent time in the nonprofit space doing fundraising right 182 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,400 and like what is the secret to fundraising? 183 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:38,720 You find people with money and you ask them for it. 184 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,000 That's it. This is like so applicable in 185 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,840 life, y'all like if you just are curious about something, just 186 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,400 ask the question. Yeah, if you're like, I want to 187 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,240 know this. I'm just I'm going to shoot my 188 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,160 shot and look at you now. Like that is so cool. 189 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,960 I love that. I love this. 190 00:09:55,480 --> 00:10:02,080 Who knew that one random e-mail back in like 2014 would lead to 191 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:03,760 where we are today? It's crazy. 192 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,040 Amazing, amazing. I love that. 193 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:09,880 So you mentioned touring plans, so for our listeners that might 194 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,040 not know what that is, why don't you tell us about touring plans 195 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:17,560 and your involvement with them? Yeah, so they have a website 196 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:21,120 that has blogs, has a crowd calendar, so you can look ahead 197 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,560 and see any day of the upcoming year and any park. 198 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,200 On a scale of 1 to 10, how crowded will it be? 199 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,680 10 is like, think New Year's Day. 200 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,040 One is like the dead of summer now. 201 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,000 It used to be just the week after Labor Day. 202 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,440 Now it's just all the summer because no one wants to be hot 203 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,240 and anywhere in between. So it helps you figure that out. 204 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,720 But they also make these things called touring plans where you 205 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,080 feed it all the attractions you want to do in a day. 206 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,760 You click a lovely little button that just says optimize. 207 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,160 It runs a bunch of fancy math in the background and spits you 208 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,360 back out a plan for your day that tells you where you can go 209 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,680 in which order to have the lowest weights in line. 210 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,200 Then they have an app that you can use in the park on your 211 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,454 phone that has all the most up to 212 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,560 You can time your own weights so that we get actual wait time 213 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:25,720 data back instead of what just Disney posts, they host the post 214 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,320 visit survey. So when we're talking about sort 215 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,240 of these worst of that's where we're getting this data from is 216 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,880 touring plans users and unofficial guide readers fill 217 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,720 out surveys for us after they go to Walt Disney World and they 218 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,720 rate everything. And so that's where we get all 219 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:44,840 of that data from. So I generally, I just use all 220 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:49,560 their data really it's all I, they, they graciously share all 221 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:53,880 their data with me and I write for them and I share the word as 222 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,960 much as I can. But just a bunch of really smart 223 00:11:55,960 --> 00:12:00,360 people who like math and then using that math to help people 224 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,000 have better Disney trips. Amazing. 225 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,280 Well and y'all have been doing this for some time too like this 226 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:10,720 isn't something new and that's kind of this amazing thing like 227 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:15,600 you know we've got teenagers now and you know everything is AI, 228 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,800 you plug it into chat, you plug it in, you know wherever. 229 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:23,000 But I'm like you guys, like this stuff has been around for 230 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,840 decades. It's just we called it math. 231 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,800 Yeah, and. We called it data analysis and 232 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,920 we just worked a little harder and even this there's a huge 233 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:35,760 difference between what y'all are doing and what AI is today, 234 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,560 and this is the magic behind it. Exactly. 235 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,760 AI can only do so much, right? It doesn't have the real time 236 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:46,200 information, it doesn't have it. It takes all of the history of 237 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,560 everything. So there's a time and place for 238 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,240 AI generally. Disney planning is not it, no. 239 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:56,360 It's not at all. Use real humans and real math. 240 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:00,840 Yes, yes, yes. So we want to ask about your 241 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:04,120 book because it is so great. So you are the author of The 242 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,120 Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World. 243 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,000 How did you get into book writing and your experience with 244 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,240 this? And again, you mentioned like 245 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,440 next year's book is already at printing. 246 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:15,560 I mean, can you walk us through a little bit of the process? 247 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:16,640 Because I'm sure it's a lot. It's. 248 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,600 That wild. It's bizarre to me. 249 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,400 So unofficial guide has been around since I want to say 1986, 250 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,280 mid 80s. Let's say it's it's a big deal. 251 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:30,200 I have the very first edition. A friend gifted it to me when I 252 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,120 started writing the book. It's very cool. 253 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:36,200 Back the very first edition was just Magic Kingdom because Epcot 254 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:37,800 was so new they hadn't written about it yet. 255 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,560 And then the second one had Epcot in it and it was called 256 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:43,400 The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World and Epcot, which is 257 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,160 kind of hilarious now because Epcot is part of Walt Disney 258 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:49,880 World anyway. So this was another case of I 259 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,960 had been working with Touring Plans, doing the blogging thing, 260 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:54,760 using their data. I would help. 261 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,400 Lynn Testa, who owns Touring Plans, wrote the Unofficial 262 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,720 guide for a big chunk of that time. 263 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,760 Another man, Bob Sullinger, started writing the unofficial 264 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:05,520 guide. Then Lynn took it over from him. 265 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:12,240 And so in 2024, 2023-2024, when they were starting writing the 266 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:16,960 2025 edition, Lynn was like, you know, my kids have aged out. 267 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,640 He still goes to Disney. He still runs touring plans, 268 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,560 still very much a Disney expert. But he's like, I really think 269 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,560 someone who has kids that are still that Disney going age 270 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,120 should be the one writing the book. 271 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,520 And would you be interested? And I was like, well, so cool. 272 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,480 Again with all my ample free time. 273 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:37,120 Sure, not right, 600 pages a year. 274 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,160 That sounds like a fun hobby, but I did. 275 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,120 I had never written anything before ever. 276 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:47,520 So this was a totally new venture, but essentially so for 277 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,680 the 2027 guide, right? We're still many, many once away 278 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,400 from the 2027 guide. I get my contract for that guide 279 00:14:54,720 --> 00:15:00,600 in September of 2025, and I get all all of the edible copies of 280 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,040 the 2026 book, which is already released at that point. 281 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:10,120 In October of 2025, I get the 2026 book to edit to become 282 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,280 2027. Well, this is already getting 283 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:16,960 confusing. So then I have about 3 months to 284 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:21,280 crank that book out. So 1/3 of the book is due 285 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,320 January 15th. A third of the book is due 286 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,480 February 15th. A third of the book is due March 287 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,120 15th. And then I get about a month. 288 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,000 I get, so I just write in China Word documents. 289 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,200 So then the editor goes and lays it all out and makes it look 290 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,520 pretty. I get those layouts back over 291 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,920 the course of about a month. And so I have about a month to 292 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,640 go through everything and make sure it's right and make sure I 293 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,760 haven't made any terrible typos and that Disney hasn't changed 294 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:46,720 anything because they love doing that. 295 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:51,720 And then it goes to print in early May, usually end of April, 296 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,280 early May, to then make it to the August release date for the 297 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,080 next year. It is wild. 298 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:01,280 So my summers are my time off because I don't have to be 299 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,080 writing anything, which is a lot of fun. 300 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:09,200 But it's a it's so much fun to do and such a challenge at the 301 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,200 same time. But I I thoroughly enjoy it. 302 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:14,960 Well, because I mean, again, you're, you're talking about 303 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,640 essentially 200 pages a month and then you get all 600 back to 304 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,200 do a final like brush up, clean up of it. 305 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,080 And this isn't, you know, like when you think of writing books, 306 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,920 various sizes, lengths, but like 600 pages. 307 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:34,240 It's not just once, not just in the series over, you know, a 308 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,480 decade. This is every year. 309 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,800 Every year, and I mean, thankfully a lot of it's 310 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,560 updating. Yeah, a lot of it's updating. 311 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,520 But the lot does change every year and especially these next 312 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,440 several years so much as changing in the theme parks. 313 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:50,000 We've got whole new lands opening. 314 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,320 So that's another challenge. Like Tropical Americas is 315 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,800 opening in 2027. So I had to write touring plans 316 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,600 for that. For this book I had to write, I 317 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,800 mean, I had to write an intro to that land that hasn't like we're 318 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,800 it hasn't even barely gone above ground yet. 319 00:17:06,079 --> 00:17:10,680 I this book was locked. The 2027 book was locked before 320 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,720 the Walt Disney Studios and Hollywood studios opened, which 321 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:18,280 is the 2026 opening, right. And before Bluey and Bingo and 322 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,599 that whole area open the Kingdom, which is another 2026 323 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:23,720 open. So it's a little bit wild to 324 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:27,560 like try to get ahead of all that and we don't get any, we 325 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,560 don't get any special info or anything from Disney. 326 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:34,600 So it's always like for best predictions and guesswork, and 327 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,080 then usually Disney will change something major right after it 328 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,880 goes to print. So of course, we'll see what it 329 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,560 is this year. Right. 330 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,400 All right. Well, I think we're ready to get 331 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,840 into our episode for today. So Becky, you had mentioned that 332 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,760 you had pulled all of this data based off of guest satisfaction 333 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,280 surveys from touring plans. Is that correct? 334 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:58,040 That's correct. And they're all. 335 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,040 So the data I'm going to be using today is surveys that have 336 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:06,320 been filled out in 2026 so far. So the three types of surveys, I 337 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,400 mean, it's all one survey, but the three types of data we'll 338 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,520 look at today are restaurants and people can give those a 339 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,600 thumbs up or thumbs down when they visit them. 340 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,880 And then attractions which any member of their party can give 341 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,480 it a rating 1:00 to 5:00. So we'll get ratings from 342 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,320 preschoolers and grandparents and adults. 343 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,880 And whoever I pulled, I pulled overall numbers for us today. 344 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:31,000 That's an average of everyone. And then the last one is hotels. 345 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,400 And so people can rate their resort on a bunch of different 346 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,480 things. I just pulled overall resort 347 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,960 rating on a scale of very dissatisfied to very satisfied. 348 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,680 That's also a scale of five. And so we'll get all of that 349 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,200 information. We've had like 10s of thousands 350 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:51,480 of surveys already come in. So this this is this is what's 351 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:55,760 crazy because when we read these one star reviews like it, it 352 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,400 does take a lot of time for us to sort through them and comb 353 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:00,680 through because one we're looking for the more comical. 354 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:05,920 Yeah, but like you get all types of opinions on this like some 355 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,280 people are at the travelers, others got drug along for the 356 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:10,800 trip. Some people, like you said, are 357 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,600 very young, old. It's some expectations are 358 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,880 reasonable, some are not. So this is where as we were kind 359 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:21,440 of prepping for this, I'm like, no, logically it would be this 360 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,840 and then I start second guessing because people are wild. 361 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,440 I really hope no. People are wild, people are 362 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:30,680 wild, and it's very interesting. The cost of experiences also 363 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:34,080 impacts how people rate them. So the most expensive things 364 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,240 don't always rate the best because if it's expensive, 365 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,520 people expect more, right? There's all this interplay. 366 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,400 It's very fascinating. I do always like to call out. 367 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,160 So especially when we're doing worst of lists, whenever I share 368 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,480 worst of lists on Instagram, people are like, but that's my 369 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,200 favorite and I always have to call out like we'll, we'll go 370 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,280 over the numbers here too. But like even the worst of the 371 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:59,720 worst is that like a 70% satisfaction rating and that's. 372 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,520 Incredible. 7 out of 10 people still like it. 373 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,680 You are welcome to still like it we're just calling out that it 374 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:10,560 is the lowest rated and so there are more reliable options your 375 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,680 favorite that's also okay I'm okay with that yes all right so 376 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:14,640 you. Hear that, everyone? 377 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:18,320 Put down your pitch for yeah, douse your torches. 378 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:22,600 Calm down, okay? Don't take it personal, all 379 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,280 right? Are we ready for this? 380 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,880 Nervous. I'm like so nervous, okay? 381 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,200 All right, let's start in animal Kingdom. 382 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,800 So let's do the attraction first. 383 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:38,680 So Jake, what do you think is the lowest rated attraction? 384 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,000 Well, I went. With one and again, it seems 385 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,440 like it's pretty polarizing from what I've gathered. 386 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:48,440 I know that this attraction is no longer with us, that is, it 387 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:53,120 is now extinct. But I had to go dinosaur that. 388 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:55,920 That's my guess. It seems like you either love it 389 00:20:56,120 --> 00:21:00,480 through the pain or you hate it because it's just crazy. 390 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,160 So I. Thought about Dinosaur, but I 391 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:08,360 want a different route. I said Cali River Rapids because 392 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:11,320 I feel like not a lot of it doesn't live up to a lot of 393 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,520 people's expectations. Like they want to go and get 394 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,960 soaked and sometimes they're like, I barely got wet on this 395 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:18,200 ride. Yeah, that's fair. 396 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,560 That's good. I didn't think of that one. 397 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,080 That's a good guess. That's my guess. 398 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:23,680 All right. I think, I think I'm going to be 399 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,520 able to do like live feedback about the things that you pick. 400 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,200 So we'll see it's working. But I will so far. 401 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,200 So these are all on a scale of five our attractions. 402 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,440 Dinosaur actually this year has a 4.3 before it closed. 403 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,880 Now that's a little bit skewed because people that were riding 404 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,400 Dinosaur this year before it closed are generally the ones 405 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:43,960 that loved it. And we're like trying to get a 406 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,360 last ride on it, trying to save it before it. 407 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,840 Goes so that might. Just be a factor of like the 408 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:54,520 time frame that we chose Cali river Rapids worse, a 4.1 still 409 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,720 not terrible though. Our actual worst attraction 410 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,160 rating so far this year at animal Kingdom comes in at a 411 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:06,360 3.77 and it is drumroll the wildlife express train. 412 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,320 Nobody likes that train, right? Which is? 413 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:12,760 It's not the. Thing once you get off the train 414 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,200 it's the actual train which is going to be very interesting 415 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,960 when we open up Bluey and Bingo here and anyone who wants to see 416 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,160 those very popular pups will have to be riding that train 417 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,640 yeah, I think it has a lot to do with like the weight and this 418 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,720 isn't an exciting train ride because it's not the means to 419 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,120 get you over there so we'll see what happens with that one there 420 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,320 you go and that. One does have its moments. 421 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:37,920 I honestly didn't think of that one. 422 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,360 But it has its moments where you're like, hey, I have to 423 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:42,440 wait. This is the only way over there. 424 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:44,720 Yeah. And then you get there and it's 425 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,560 like, I feel like. Over like on the way there, it's 426 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,400 not bad. It's on the way back that I'm 427 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,560 like, oh, this line is not great. 428 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,280 No, thank you. Yeah, no one wants to wait to 429 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:55,960 just get back to the main part of the park. 430 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:57,640 Yep, right. Well. 431 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,080 And we're off. Over 2 Over. 432 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,600 Yeah, it's fine. Let's try. 433 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,920 Let's try a table service in Animal Kingdom. 434 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:12,000 OK, I went Rainforest Cafe. I also. 435 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,760 Went Rainforest Cafe because I feel like. 436 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,640 People are like, why am I going to Rainforest Cafe and Animal 437 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,480 Kingdom? Yes. 438 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:24,120 And I feel like as cool as Rainforest Cafe is, I feel like 439 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:27,200 people are very critical of Rainforest Cafe for right or 440 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,400 wrong. But also this was tough because 441 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:34,040 we low key think the Animal Kingdom might have the best 442 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:35,560 dining options in Walt Disney World. 443 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,680 Yeah, we said what we said like there's a really good table 444 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,440 service spots, like it's so good. 445 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,000 Yeah. It is the foodie park so 446 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,360 normally. I was actually surprised by the 447 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:49,200 result on this one. Normally Rainforest Cafe is on 448 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,720 the bottom at Animal Kingdom and it is still very low. 449 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:56,440 It's at 76% so far this year. The one in Disney Springs 450 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:57,920 actually. You were in the ballpark. 451 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,760 Disney Springs. Rainforest Cafe actually rates 452 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,160 even a little bit lower, just FYI. 453 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,600 But so far this year, the worst rated table service restaurant 454 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:10,600 is at 70% in Animal Kingdom and it's Tiffins. 455 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,480 We OK, we. Talked about Tiffins and I was 456 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,720 like no, there's no way, right? Yeah, OK. 457 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:20,600 It's that. Nice everyone. 458 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,680 Everyone of the SO comments are optional when you fill out the 459 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,680 survey. Every comment that we got that 460 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,240 was related to a thumbs down score was about the cost and how 461 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,680 they didn't think it was worth what they were charging for what 462 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,160 they got. So and. 463 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:37,040 And this is something that I think Walt Disney World does, 464 00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:39,320 there's a whole lot more of than Disneyland, let's say. 465 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,880 Like there are a lot of options for a lot of different price 466 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,480 ranges when it comes to eating. I think we've kind of been more 467 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,880 of the mindset, like if we're already here and paying this 468 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,600 much to be here, we're probably not going to spend an hour plus 469 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,520 sitting down at a very fancy restaurant. 470 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:58,400 However, you're catering to a lot of different people from a 471 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,320 lot of different walks of life. And yeah, like you, you 472 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,840 mentioned in the opening, like when you're paying a lot for 473 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:05,840 something, people tend to be very critical. 474 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:07,960 Yeah, Yep. So there you go. 475 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,120 Wow, go. If you have an annual pass, hit 476 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,760 it this summer when it's 40% off because then it's like right at 477 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:14,120 the right price point. It's great. 478 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:15,880 What? OK, cool. 479 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,040 Good hack. Good hack. 480 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,480 That's the hack I love. That. 481 00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:22,440 I love that. So now that leaves quick service 482 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,000 I. I said Pete Safari Pizza. 483 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,240 Faries because I'm like does. Anybody go to Animal Kingdom to 484 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,720 have that food? Yeah, probably not. 485 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,400 And pizza can. Be so like hit and miss. 486 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:41,560 It's volatile for sure. It is I I had to go restaurant 487 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:45,240 Asaurus and I worry that I might have made another error that 488 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,800 people were trying to cling on to it desperately before it 489 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,560 goes, but I don't know. It's always been OK for me. 490 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,120 Yeah, I'm. Trying to find Restaurant 491 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:56,240 Asaurus. I might it might have filtered 492 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,560 out because it closed so early. So I actually don't. 493 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,160 I don't think I have results for Restaurant Asaurus. 494 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,520 OK, so we'll just pretend it was the lowest. 495 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:04,960 That's fine. Sure we can. 496 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,080 We can just, Yeah, we'll make it up. 497 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,600 I'll go pull surveys from last year and let you know. 498 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:12,560 But this time, yeah, you got one right. 499 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,040 It is Pizza Safari. We'd go. 500 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:22,440 It is sitting at 87%, which is actually impressively high for a 501 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,160 so high. Quick service. 502 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,120 In a park. So this proves your point of 503 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:30,240 Animal Kingdom really does generally have very high quality 504 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,880 dining. Even their worst is not too 505 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,120 shabby. You hear that? 506 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:38,120 Everybody who came after us before when we were like ranking 507 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:39,520 the parks on food. That's right. 508 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,000 This is data-driven, right? Data. 509 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,600 Driven, yeah. We will now. 510 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,440 Accept your apologies. Oh my gosh. 511 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,640 Let's let's move on. Let's go, Let's go to Epcot. 512 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,240 Let's go to Epcot. OK, let's start with attraction 513 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,520 this. This one, I think I struggled 514 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:03,880 more with Epcot than any other park because again, this is one 515 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,520 of those parks that one people don't really come for the 516 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,520 attractions. I think Disney's trying to make 517 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,320 it more appealing with some of the attraction in the additions 518 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:17,520 they've had, but there was one that I thought would probably 519 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,920 win, but I just I couldn't help myself. 520 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,280 I have to go after my boy figment. 521 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:27,280 It's it's got to be journey into imagination with the whole skunk 522 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,680 experience and and Nigel turning into the moon. 523 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,480 It is it is a fever trip. And that's that's my answer. 524 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,320 I'm sticking with it. There is that. 525 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,960 Skunk man. So I went mission space. 526 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,400 I was like, I think that's the one that everybody does not 527 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,360 like, I thought. About mission space, because it 528 00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:50,160 is intense, but oh man, see. Oh, I don't know. 529 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:51,880 It's. Very intense. 530 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,160 OK, we'll start with your results again. 531 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:57,760 You came much closer to the bottom this time, so well done. 532 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,080 Mission space is pretty close down there. 533 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:05,520 It's at 3.84. So instead of you all were in 534 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,360 the four point ones and you're now on the three-point eights. 535 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:09,920 So we're getting. Better we are. 536 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,600 Yeah. And Figment comes in right below 537 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:18,040 that at 3.83. So they're both not not quite 538 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:22,080 the lowest rated. The very low illustrated at 539 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,800 Epcot is it's not living. With the land, is it no, No, no, 540 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:26,640 no. Okay, good. 541 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:27,960 Like we. Still have standards in this 542 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,400 country, thankfully, yeah. So it's. 543 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,800 Image 3.4 Yeah, so it comes in at 3.43. 544 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:38,080 It's the little play area after you get out of Figment that 545 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,400 people just really don't think is worth any time. 546 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,760 So at Epcot, these are the things that drag scores that 547 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,960 I've caught down are these play areas. 548 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,680 People don't rate them really highly. 549 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,800 I got it. As someone with young kids, I 550 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,800 find them to be really valuable. Yeah. 551 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:56,320 It means my big kid and my spouse can go ride the big major 552 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,120 headliners and. But my little kid isn't bored. 553 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,400 She's going, and she loves these things. 554 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,640 So this is another one of my little disclaimers of like, 555 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,000 yeah, does Image Works need an overhaul? 556 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,840 Probably. But even still, it has its 557 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,960 audience, so it does well. And it's amazing that I guess I 558 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,800 never really stopped to think about it, but Epcot does have 559 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,800 multiple play areas like that after. 560 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:19,960 Yeah, big, right. Yeah. 561 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,080 So. That's really. 562 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,000 Cool the. Second lowest rated attraction 563 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:29,000 at Epcot at 3.49 is Project Tomorrow, which is the same exit 564 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,920 space after Spaceship Earth. Yeah, So OK, there's a thing. 565 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:33,560 There's a third. OK, OK. 566 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:34,800 No, that makes sense. Yep. 567 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:39,480 All right, OK, all right, let's go to table service. 568 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,200 And I think I struggled with this one the most. 569 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:43,640 Right. You didn't. 570 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,440 It's all so good. Yeah. 571 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:50,040 I, I did not, I actually had one that came to mind right away. 572 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,080 And this is 1 again, from our research during one star 573 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:57,480 reviews, we actually found a lot of one star reviews for Coral 574 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:01,360 Reef restaurant. So I'm going off of just what we 575 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:05,360 have seen. We've never eaten there yet, but 576 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,960 yeah, I, I'm, I'm just going to go with Coral Reef I. 577 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,680 So I thought about that one. I also thought about Garden 578 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:17,240 Grill, but I went out on a limb and it's again a place that we 579 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,760 have never eaten, but I've only ever heard like negative things 580 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:24,800 about it. I went in Italy and I said Via 581 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,360 Napoli. What? 582 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,160 Because I've. Again, we've never eaten there, 583 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,080 but every review or every person that we've talked to that has 584 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,560 eaten there is like it's just not worth it. 585 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,200 Like it's not the great, it's not the greatest food. 586 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,560 Where was I for these? Conversations like I would I'm 587 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,760 I'm all about Italian food. I don't care. 588 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,520 Even bad Italian is better than no Italian for me. 589 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:48,760 I'm sorry. You need to talk to Bethany 590 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,000 Benton because she also hates Via Napoli. 591 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,840 She is one of those people. So she that way she. 592 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,960 Did you tapped into Bethany? No, I don't hear you. 593 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,160 She would know. She would know. 594 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,640 That's she would know. I would call out Garden Grill is 595 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,280 one of my favorites personally and it is one of the highest 596 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,920 rated restaurants in Epcot and it is rated at 90. 597 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:08,880 I did. Not go home. 598 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,160 Yeah, 90. 6% good for you people. 599 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:16,080 Because it's a gem, it is a. Like you're you see and live in 600 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,360 with it's a good character experience. 601 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:22,080 Like it is you get stay at your table, the characters come to 602 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,920 you. It's a lot calmer than most 603 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,880 character dining anyway. Via Napoli. 604 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,080 Not calm and quiet, quite the opposite. 605 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:33,480 But 93% can't really go wrong with pizza and pasta. 606 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,680 So that's above average for what people? 607 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,200 That's coral reef. I'm also a coral reef defender, 608 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,120 but it does score pretty low. It is not the lowest, but it 609 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:49,000 does not pretty low. Coral reef is at 85% so far. 610 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,280 Well, still. Though Yeah, decent score. 611 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,960 Decent. Below average, certainly the 612 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,080 lowest rated table service restaurant and this one hurt me, 613 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,360 but I think I can explain. Why I? 614 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:07,680 Know, right Is Spice Rd. table in Morocco at 79 percent, 79%? 615 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:12,160 I think it's a little too adventurous for, you know, the 616 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:13,840 clientele. Yeah, it is. 617 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,120 It's if you don't know what the menu is before you go, it is a 618 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,000 bunch of small plates. It's different. 619 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:22,920 So it just doesn't cater to the normal Disney tourist. 620 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,880 And that's what most of the comments are about. 621 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,560 It's just sort of this, like I was expecting a meal by the 622 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:32,640 water. Yeah, but that one hurts my 623 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,120 heart. That one does. 624 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:40,360 I that I think you're spot on, Becky and that like that. 625 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,040 OK, that hurts me. I'm not happy about that one. 626 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,160 But again, like, no, before you go people, that's not we. 627 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,680 Just got to go. Yeah, up Spice Rd. table. 628 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,280 Let's get it off the bottom. Come on. 629 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:53,160 Yeah. All right. 630 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,520 Come on, come. On people we got to save spice 631 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,800 Rd. table. You know, the mission now let's 632 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,920 go. OK, quick service, quick 633 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,920 service. OK. 634 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,280 And there's again, a lot of options here. 635 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,920 This is 1. I kept going back and forth and 636 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,680 back and forth. And finally I just said, you 637 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,960 know what? I'm just going to go right down 638 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,720 the middle. This is this is my long shot 639 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,200 pick. I'm going to go connections 640 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,400 eatery because I feel like there was a lot of hype around it 641 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,320 before it opened. There's nothing wrong with it. 642 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:29,600 But in the like Epcot with the World Showcase, that's kind of 643 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,640 the most tame, boring option of all. 644 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,080 Like, I don't know. Yeah. 645 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:39,240 I went Sunshine Seasons because again, there's not a single 646 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:42,160 person that I know that actually goes there. 647 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,560 Like who says I'm gonna go to Sunshine Seasons to get lunch? 648 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,800 What do not sometimes? If I'm over there for soaring, 649 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:51,160 you're living with. Land. 650 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,000 Exactly. You don't go out of your way. 651 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,400 There's nothing else. There, it's a convenient spot. 652 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,640 I am grateful for it. You hear that people? 653 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,680 I'm grateful for it. He's grateful. 654 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:05,000 For it, right, Well, you're both like in the whole, I have all my 655 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:09,239 restaurants ordered just top to bottom by score, table service 656 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,040 and bars and lounges and quick service connections. 657 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,639 Eatery and sunshine seasons are literally right next to each 658 00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:17,000 other, so they could not have closer scores. 659 00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:21,639 They're both at 89%. So that's still that's below 660 00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:24,080 average. Our average actually sits like 661 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,719 91 to 92%. It's higher for quick service 662 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:31,560 than it is for table service, but the worst rated one in Epcot 663 00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:34,880 that's at 84%. So we're slightly lower than 664 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,960 Animal Kingdom's worst. And this one surprised me too. 665 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:44,080 It's Regal Eagle, right? We're all like, what do we love? 666 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:48,400 Regal Eagle I know, but I. Think it is that you talked 667 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,679 about how connections you pick connections because it's just 668 00:34:50,679 --> 00:34:52,600 sort of like why would you go there when you have all the 669 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,239 World Showcase? Regal Eagle suffers a little bit 670 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,880 from the same dynamic of like, I had all these options. 671 00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:02,480 Usually it seems like it's usually a parent filling it out 672 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,400 that like regrets that they were forced to eat here by the rest 673 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,800 of their family. And it's like that when there 674 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,520 were so many options, why did I end up at Regal Eagle? 675 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:13,400 So that is so. Sad. 676 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:15,680 It is. Sam. 677 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:21,560 Eagle is ready to go to war. It's America 2. 50 people eat 678 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:23,360 the BBQ. Seriously. 679 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:24,880 Barbecue. Seriously. 680 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:29,360 Have some pride for our nation. Where's the patriotism? 681 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,640 I know it is not the best barbecue in the world, but we 682 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:36,520 live in Utah where our BBQ is about as mid as it gets. 683 00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:38,680 You know what? Yeah, it's pretty good. 684 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,880 OK, so back off. Regal Eagle back. 685 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,920 Well, it's got The Muppets. For crying out loud. 686 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,000 I mean, kind of, yeah. I will call out the highest 687 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:52,480 rated attraction so far this year in Epcot is Voices of 688 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,440 Liberty. It comes in higher than 689 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,480 literally anything else in the park. 690 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,840 So we've got some patriotism in us somewhere. 691 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:00,440 It's just not for the food. Just not our food. 692 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,120 Not our food. Our food. 693 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:06,800 Sucks, but God Bless America. Wow, I'm noticing. 694 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,600 We're not great at this game. No, we're not. 695 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,840 It's hard. It's hard, it's not great, and 696 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,640 it's. Like I'm second guessing every 697 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:15,120 choice. I'm not. 698 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,120 I'm not going to lie. I did have a passing, fleeting 699 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,160 thought that was like, you know, I could see people being very 700 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,400 critical of our own nation's cuisine. 701 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:27,480 And then I waved goodbye because I'm like, no, it's America 250. 702 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,440 There's no way. OK. 703 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:32,800 Should we try to go to Hollywood studios? 704 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:34,200 I believe in. You. 705 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,400 I believe in you. For Hollywood studios, I think 706 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,160 you can do this one. I don't know. 707 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:42,920 OK, let's start. Let's start with attraction 708 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,760 again. OK, so I did have a thought and 709 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,960 if it ends up being Mickey Minnie's Runaway Railway, I'm 710 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:54,680 going to kick myself because I know that people in Walt Disney 711 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:58,680 World tend to get very fired up when attractions specifically 712 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,480 are taken away. Disneyland side of the country, 713 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,640 they're more used to change and updates and stuff. 714 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:06,680 But Disney World, like they get sentimental and they get 715 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,400 defensive, so they're just mad about. 716 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,520 The Great Movie ride they are. Everyone hates that the Great 717 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:13,960 Movie ride is gone, even though Mickey and Minnie's runaway 718 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,280 railway is cute as a button and it's great. 719 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,440 I could see that. So I almost went there, but then 720 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:23,480 I was like, no, I'm going to go Alien Swirling Saucers because 721 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,880 one, I could see people not feeling the best after. 722 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:28,840 Maybe you had too much Woody's lunch box. 723 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,080 I don't know. But also that is a long line for 724 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,120 a very short ride. I agree with screaming children. 725 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:35,320 That was my. Logic. 726 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,840 So I also went Alien Swirling Saucers is I feel like that is 727 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,480 the one ride that we skip almost every time. 728 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,680 Unfortunately, it just it's not the top of our priority list and 729 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,400 not a top of our. It's not our favorite, yeah. 730 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,040 Meanwhile, so I've taken both my kids on one-on-one trips to 731 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:52,560 Disney. We did it 2 summers ago, we're 732 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,840 doing it again this summer. My littler kid, she's 7 now. 733 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,960 So the last time we did she was 5 when we did this. 734 00:37:58,160 --> 00:37:59,920 They are in charge on it's one-on-one trip. 735 00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:01,600 They're in charge. We get to do whatever they want. 736 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:05,080 We started a day in Epcot. We wore our living with the land 737 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:06,840 shirts. We had breakfast at Garden 738 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:08,960 Grill. We did behind the scenes and she 739 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,360 said I want to go ride Alien swirling saucers. 740 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,000 So we literally took the sky liner all the way to Hollywood 741 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,640 Studios, rode Aliens room saucers, and sky linered back to 742 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,400 Epcot. For the rest of our day, that 743 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:20,560 is. Incredible. 744 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:22,280 There are those. People. 745 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,640 Apparently I'm not one of them. Thankfully for both of you, many 746 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,480 people are not that person. Because Aliens Swirling Saucers 747 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:35,600 is the lowest rated attraction at 4.09, which is much higher 748 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,120 than any of the other attractions talking about today. 749 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:42,320 Wow, so Hollywood Studios doesn't have any stinkers? 750 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,800 The kids still love it, but it's amazing. 751 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,960 Runaway. Railway is near the top though. 752 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,000 It's actually at 4.64, so as it should. 753 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,640 It's a great way. We're far enough. 754 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,640 Away from Great Movie Ride that a lot of families that are 755 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:59,400 filling out surveys these days that's not I would have kicked. 756 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:00,920 Myself, but I'm like, you know what? 757 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:01,960 People grow up. We did it. 758 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:03,640 Great ride. We did it. 759 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:05,000 We got one. One we got. 760 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,920 My good. All right, Keep it up, right. 761 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,360 OK, so I don't know. Let's go. 762 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,280 From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, here we are. 763 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:15,600 Let's go table. Service. 764 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:23,600 Table service this one is tough again, but I I'm gonna go sci-fi 765 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:27,720 diner or dine in restaurant because we were recommended to 766 00:39:27,720 --> 00:39:29,880 go there the first time that we went to Hollywood studios. 767 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,040 I'm so glad we did. It was really really cool. 768 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:36,560 However, as like well that's it. It's cool cuz you get to eat in 769 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,520 a car but I just don't know that it was our favorite. 770 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,640 Didn't live up to the hype and the food wasn't. 771 00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:45,840 That great, I don't think, yeah. So sci-fi dine in restaurant for 772 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,240 me. So I almost. 773 00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:53,120 Went sci-fi, yeah, but then I went 50s primetime Cafe just 774 00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,840 because of the atmosphere. I think it's not for everybody. 775 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:58,720 Like, again, if you don't research it and you don't know 776 00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:01,560 what to expect, then you go there and you're like, this is 777 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,720 not what I wanted. Like even if you just look at 778 00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:07,360 the menu, that's great, but maybe the atmosphere is not what 779 00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:10,080 you wanted. Yep, I think table service 780 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:13,760 dining in Hollywood studios is just rough and very hit or miss 781 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,360 depending on the year and the menu and the service. 782 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,440 I will say this is now my favorite one we've done because 783 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,800 one of you picked the worst and one of you picked the best. 784 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:31,280 Crap ready go. So coming in at 97% satisfaction 785 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,560 this year and the top rated table service restaurant in 786 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,240 Hollywood stews this year is 50s Primetime Cafe. 787 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:40,520 My gosh I'm loving this. So. 788 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:48,040 Bad and sci-fi does come in last place at 85%, so not even that 789 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:50,760 big of a spread really. No, it's really not. 790 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,240 Yeah. I'm so. 791 00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:57,080 Proud of myself right now. Consider this my retirement from 792 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,040 podcasting. I'm just going to go out on top 793 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:00,200 A. Lot more to go. 794 00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:01,400 Oh, what? Let's. 795 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:06,160 Keep it going, right? All right, quick service. 796 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,720 Quick service and this is again, another tough one. 797 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:13,240 Like like you said, Becky, like food in Hollywood studios is 798 00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:18,280 kind of just a mixed bag. I had to go Catalina, Eddie's 799 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:22,280 and This is why pizza is either feast or famine. 800 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:26,640 So I had to go pizza. I don't know. 801 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:28,680 That's really my only reasoning behind it. 802 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,920 And I just feel like over there, it's kind of a hot area of the 803 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:36,160 park anyway. And I don't know, I'm, I'm shot 804 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,920 in the dark, I. Had a similar thought. 805 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,640 I want Rosie's All American because I feel like people don't 806 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:46,880 go over there a lot to eat the food and again, it's not the 807 00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:49,680 best food in the park. I mean, I probably should have 808 00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:52,800 picked Catalina at ease. I'm sure that's you say that. 809 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,040 I don't know you. Just always second guess 810 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,520 yourself. I do all the time. 811 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:05,600 Rosie's not great, 88% so yeah, a clear skip. 812 00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:11,080 But coming in at bottom place in Hollywood Studios, you actually 813 00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:12,840 got perfect at Hollywood Studios. 814 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:19,200 It is Catalina Eddie's at 77% satisfaction this year looks to. 815 00:42:19,240 --> 00:42:21,920 You one of the. Lowest rated? 816 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:25,480 It's the lowest rated quick service in any of the four 817 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:26,600 parks. Wow. 818 00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,600 OK. Don't do it. 819 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,080 But yeah, you knocked Hollywood studios. 820 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:34,920 Yeah, you, you were three for. 3/3 for three. 821 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:37,280 Same. Look at you, you know, I think. 822 00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,840 I've eaten at Catalina Eddie's like one time, but it wasn't 823 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:41,880 that bad. Like I liked it OK, I'm sorry. 824 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,640 It was, It was decent. It's fine. 825 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:46,840 But yeah. Yeah, wow. 826 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,200 All right, let's. Go one more park. 827 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,120 We've got Magic Kingdom I, I'm. Exhausted. 828 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,520 I've given everything I have like I'm done. 829 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:57,160 We should have ended on that one, right? 830 00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:01,320 We should have, OK. So this one, if, if I could say 831 00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:04,400 one guess that I was the most confident in it doesn't mean I'm 832 00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,920 right, but I think it's this one. 833 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,120 I think it's Tomorrowland Speedway. 834 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:13,040 It's the fumes, it's the noise, it's the handling of the cars. 835 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:17,360 I know it's nostalgic and it's special for kids to be able to 836 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,200 drive, but we all hate it. You know I'm right. 837 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:25,040 You know I'm right, people. I I do think you're right. 838 00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:28,920 I do think that could be it. I went barnstormer, though. 839 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,200 Why Barnstormer? I don't know. 840 00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:34,000 It was just a hunch. Honestly, I don't know. 841 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,200 It's. Barnstormer is remarkable 842 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:41,400 because people don't really like the queue is all in the sun, so 843 00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:45,400 you're just there baking. It loads really slow and then 844 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:50,360 you literally get 21 seconds of actual at speed roller coaster. 845 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,480 The rest of it is either going up the hill or coming in for the 846 00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:54,880 landing. That's true. 847 00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:56,800 That's so. Sad. 848 00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:01,840 So actually we're both coming in near the bottom here, so I can 849 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:05,160 pull overall rankings. So the Barnstormer is the 15th 850 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:08,480 worst attraction in Walt Disney World as a whole, and it comes 851 00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:13,200 in at 3.8. So it is like it's down there. 852 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:14,760 It's pretty bad. Yeah, it's pretty. 853 00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:17,560 Bad. We had already talked about the 854 00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:19,400 second and third worst. Those were both at Epcot. 855 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:20,960 That was Image Works and Project Tomorrow. 856 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:24,120 Tomorrowland's Tomorrowland Speedway is actually the fourth 857 00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:29,920 worst in all of Walt Disney World at 3.64 hour. 858 00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,920 Worst worst in Magic Kingdom and all of Walt Disney World. 859 00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:38,280 Neither of you guessed it's at 3.15. 860 00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:42,200 Let's see if we can get there. This is an attraction that many 861 00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:44,160 people don't even really know exists. 862 00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:48,200 It's more of like oh this is a thing you don't have to wait in 863 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:52,520 line for but it literally ruins parents days when their kids 864 00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:57,800 discover it and play here. Yeah, I was going to say, yeah, 865 00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,360 it's got to be. Is it? 866 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:02,000 No. Are kids getting? 867 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:06,280 Wet here, yeah. Yeah, yeah, my gosh, is. 868 00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:10,000 It in Tomorrowland, no. Okay, so I know there's like. 869 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,520 The spinning ball, Yeah, it's not the spinning. 870 00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:15,720 Ball, It's the Casey junior splash and soak station right 871 00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:18,200 outside of Dumbo. Okay, I thought about that 872 00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,080 sideshow. And so literally all the 873 00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:24,120 comments we get are like, I couldn't keep my kid away and 874 00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:27,680 now they're soaked and I have nothing to change them into for 875 00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:31,360 the rest of like, parents just loathe this thing. 876 00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:32,840 Yeah. There you. 877 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:35,280 Go worst in Walt Disney World this. 878 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:38,640 Is really funny, so we always start our day at 7 Dwarfs Mine 879 00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:42,640 Train and then rarely do we get back into that corner of the 880 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,720 park. Until night. 881 00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:47,360 Yeah. So I think we kind of avoid the 882 00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:49,560 screaming and, you know, the disdain. 883 00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:53,200 That's, yes, it makes sense. But man, they're on a hot 884 00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:56,920 afternoon. Yeah, on a hot afternoon, kids 885 00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:58,680 are just loving it. And you just see the parents 886 00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:03,000 scowling, scowling. Yeah, wow. 887 00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:04,840 But I agree with. Tomorrowland Speedway. 888 00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:07,200 Let's get rid of it. Use that space for something 889 00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:09,880 better get rid of. It yeah, we don't need that. 890 00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:11,400 Table. Service. 891 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:12,840 Table service? How about? 892 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:14,520 How about? You go first this time. 893 00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:16,400 So similar. To what we were talking about 894 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:21,840 before I my guess is based on just price point so I went be 895 00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:25,120 our guest I feel like for the price that you're paying it's 896 00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:27,960 just not worth it well and I. Almost went there as well 897 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:30,760 because I really wanted to pick Cinderella's royal table, but I 898 00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:33,200 thought the princesses would save it because even though 899 00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:36,080 you're paying an exorbitant amount, when you see your little 900 00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:39,640 girl or your son interacting with the princesses, I think 901 00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:45,240 your hearts are softened. I went Tony's town square and I, 902 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,920 I don't know. I just feel like that's one that 903 00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:50,200 is not that great. I don't know. 904 00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:51,920 I know some people love it, but yeah. 905 00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:55,000 Yeah. OK, here we go. 906 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,360 I'm going to start with Be Our Guest and then I have lots of 907 00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:00,440 comments about all the others. Be Our Guest has Perennial 908 00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:04,120 perennially been the worst rated restaurant in Magic Kingdom for 909 00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:05,320 like each of the past five years. 910 00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:09,600 It's not This year, it's actually up to 889%, which is 911 00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:12,400 still below average. But I do know they've been 912 00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:15,440 trying to make tweaks to the menu because it hasn't Be Our 913 00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:17,520 Guest. Be Our Guest does more business 914 00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:19,880 than any other restaurant. Walt Disney World from a revenue 915 00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:21,360 perspective. And so. 916 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,480 The the fact that it's not selling out and that there are 917 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:28,280 lots of open reservation sport always is a really big sort of 918 00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:31,000 red alarm bell for Disney. So I know they're focused on 919 00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:35,280 that and maybe that that is making so interesting factoid. 920 00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:39,960 Be Our Guest does an average of $300,000 a day in business. 921 00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:44,440 It's an insane amount of money. So if people stop going there, 922 00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:46,720 that's really bad for Disney. So I think they're varieties. 923 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,320 Cinderella's royal table is actually slightly lower this 924 00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:51,760 year. It's at 86%. 925 00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:54,520 So the price point does really hurt it there, but the 926 00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:58,360 princesses do save it. Tony's Town Square, the top 927 00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:01,960 rated table service in Magic Kingdom so far this year. 928 00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:04,520 Why I lost it? It's gone. 929 00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:06,600 I I. Would not, I would not have 930 00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:10,040 called that one myself, no. So I don't know which means 931 00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:12,080 we're sort of running out. Usually it's Liberty tree, 932 00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:15,160 Liberty trees slightly lower because their prices did go up 933 00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:17,200 and that is impacting. OK, thanks. 934 00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,640 Lowest rated so far this year is Crystal Palace. 935 00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:23,200 Wow. What? 936 00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:26,320 I will say. I dined at Crystal Palace. 937 00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:30,400 That was in late November though, but so it wouldn't have 938 00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:33,400 been a 2026 survey. Food quality was not good. 939 00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:37,880 It was not good and we only got 2 out of the four characters to 940 00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:40,520 our table. Pooh no longer goes to tables, 941 00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:43,120 he just stands at the front, which is fine, but we missed 942 00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:46,520 Piglet entirely and we were there right at the breakfast to 943 00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:49,000 lunch switch over and we were spending a lot of time there to 944 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:51,440 try to cover both anyway, so I can get it. 945 00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:55,520 It's another expensive one and you want that good character 946 00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:59,520 interaction and I guess it's just missing this year a little 947 00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:00,320 bit. That's too bad. 948 00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:02,920 Because we were there in November, the beginning of 949 00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:05,880 November, yeah. For breakfast, Yeah, breakfast 950 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:07,320 out. But breakfast is the way to. 951 00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:08,400 Go. Yes, you go. 952 00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:10,880 Absolutely. Like we, we just posted a reel 953 00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:14,080 on Instagram today that if you could eat at one restaurant for 954 00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:15,760 free the rest of your life, what would you pick? 955 00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:18,880 And, and one of our friends, Justin, he chose Ohana and we're 956 00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:21,360 like, Oh yeah, we love it there. We only eat there for breakfast. 957 00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:23,560 He's like, no, you go for dinner. 958 00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:25,240 I'm like, no, you go for breakfast. 959 00:49:25,720 --> 00:49:28,000 This is kind of interesting, but yeah, that is funny. 960 00:49:28,240 --> 00:49:32,080 But yeah, you if you do a meal at Crystal Palace, do breakfast. 961 00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:34,120 They have the trigger waffles. It's cheaper. 962 00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:37,840 That's the way my girl it is. Most of the thumbs downs are 963 00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:39,920 from lunch and dinner, not breakfast. 964 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,080 Interesting. OK, all right, that leaves quick 965 00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:44,960 service. Quick service. 966 00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:48,120 I I already? Know you don't even have to tell 967 00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:52,720 me it I went. With my main man who I hate, I 968 00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:56,240 hate Pinocchio with the firing, burning passion. 969 00:49:57,080 --> 00:50:00,040 So I went Pinocchio Village House because I could not help 970 00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:02,200 myself. And also I mean the view is 971 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:03,880 nice. Like when we took our daughter 972 00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:05,840 for the first time, she loved to look over. 973 00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:08,040 It's a small world, sure loved it. 974 00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:12,040 But again, the food, it's just not that great, I think. 975 00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:14,480 You're letting your bias and your I totally. 976 00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:17,720 Am get. To you, you can't pick with your 977 00:50:17,720 --> 00:50:20,120 heart. You have to focus on logic. 978 00:50:21,240 --> 00:50:23,880 I went cosmic rays. That's what I probably. 979 00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:27,760 Should have gone and I went. There because I think as we were 980 00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:30,360 doing again, one star reviews, we saw a lot of polarizing 981 00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:33,120 thoughts on it, but it tends to get really crowded. 982 00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:36,760 I think that people may be a little upset that the toppings 983 00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:41,440 bar is no longer there. And yeah, I don't know, I think 984 00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:43,760 food there can. I mean, if you just want a 985 00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:48,040 hamburger in a quick spot, like it's not bad, but I think people 986 00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:50,160 could be critical and it's just OK. 987 00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:52,800 Yeah, I agree. My favorite story from Cosmic 988 00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:55,040 Rays. My husband and I ate there once. 989 00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:58,040 I have to eat everywhere occasionally so I can try them 990 00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,400 all. So I even go to the bad places 991 00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:03,600 and we both ordered different specialty burgers and we didn't 992 00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:05,680 realize until about halfway through our meal that we were 993 00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:07,920 eating the wrong specialty burgers that we hadn't ordered 994 00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:10,840 because they were so bland we couldn't even tell that we had 995 00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:13,520 the wrong ones. Anyway. 996 00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:18,040 That being said, neither one of you picked the worst rated, but 997 00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:20,840 in this case, the heart did better than the logic. 998 00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:23,800 So the cosmic rays came in at 85%. 999 00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,520 Still not great. That is still one of our lowest 1000 00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:28,400 scores. That would have lost at Animal 1001 00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:30,480 Kingdom. It would have almost lost at 1002 00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:33,360 Epcot. Pinocchio Village House is very, 1003 00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:37,120 very close to the bottom, enough that it could statistically be a 1004 00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:39,320 tie. It's at 82%. 1005 00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:40,960 Yeah. You're going to smoke phase. 1006 00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:44,320 We can claim. This one, but the lowest rated 1007 00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:47,160 is, is it a real quick service place? 1008 00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:50,200 It's the lunching pad. So the lunching pad is right 1009 00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:55,040 under Astra orbiter. It has rubber pretzels and the 1010 00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:56,800 only good thing there is if you're really hot in 1011 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:59,920 Tomorrowland, they have slushes that can save your day. 1012 00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:03,760 But otherwise that's the real 1 you want to avoid. 1013 00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:07,000 It's not a real meal place so but it is a quick service 1014 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:08,840 restaurant. So you know you know why. 1015 00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:11,280 I didn't even think of that place is because we just don't 1016 00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:13,360 go there, Simba. No, it's not. 1017 00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:15,440 Right. Avoid. 1018 00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:18,920 It go to cosmic rays instead, but don't actually do that 1019 00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:21,840 either. Just don't eat in Tomorrowland, 1020 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:24,120 that's the goodness. Gracious. 1021 00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:28,080 OK. So to round out the parks, to 1022 00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:30,520 round out the parks, Oh yeah. Which? 1023 00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:32,800 Of. The four parks do you think is 1024 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:35,800 the lowest rated park? See this. 1025 00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:40,200 Is this is what kills me because especially going through all of 1026 00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:43,160 this now, I know I'm second. Guessing myself, I am. 1027 00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:50,160 But I'm going to go with the one that has the shortest hours of 1028 00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:54,480 operation and has what feels like the fewest amount of 1029 00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:58,320 attractions. I think I've got to go with 1030 00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,960 Animal Kingdom, even though I love it. 1031 00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:03,360 I think there's a lot of people if you're like, hey, I've got a 1032 00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:08,320 three day Walt Disney World park ticket like I'm skipping Animal 1033 00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:13,000 Kingdom so. I originally said Hollywood 1034 00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:16,280 Studios and I'm second guessing myself because of Epcot. 1035 00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:18,200 In the playgrounds. I'm like, oh, does that bring 1036 00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:20,480 like the average down? Love Epcot. 1037 00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:22,680 No, yeah, I'm just, I'm. Going to stay with Hollywood 1038 00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:26,480 Studios, OK. We're going to go top to bottom 1039 00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:31,720 on this Magic Kingdom Top Rated Park at 4 point. 1040 00:53:31,720 --> 00:53:34,200 And so this is like an amalgamation of the way people 1041 00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:36,440 rate things at that park. Yeah. 1042 00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:40,720 Hollywood Studios comes in at the top at 4.51. 1043 00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:45,560 It has a lot of just attractions and things that people love. 1044 00:53:45,720 --> 00:53:51,120 So yeah, sorry, yeah. In 2nd place is Animal Kingdom 1045 00:53:51,360 --> 00:53:55,360 at 4.48. So you're right, it is the least 1046 00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:58,680 attended park. So very like relatively few 1047 00:53:58,680 --> 00:54:03,080 people go there, but the people that do go there and therefore 1048 00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:06,600 give it ratings rate most of the things really highly and the 1049 00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:08,800 things that weren't rating highly have closed. 1050 00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:12,880 Triceratops spin, it's tough to be a bug was really lowered like 1051 00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:16,560 that park is sort of in the middle of this transformation to 1052 00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:19,800 be more high rated, I think. Yeah, third place. 1053 00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:24,000 Third place goes to Magic Kingdom at 4.36. 1054 00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:28,120 And you caught on as we were doing our attraction ratings. 1055 00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:34,480 Epcot comes in last at 4.30. This gap I know nothing. 1056 00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:35,600 That much of A. Right. 1057 00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:39,480 It's not that much of a gap, 4.5 to 4.3, Everyone loves all the 1058 00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:41,040 parks. It's not that big of a deal. 1059 00:54:41,720 --> 00:54:44,600 But it used to be a lot bigger. Epcot used to be a lot lower 1060 00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:45,840 actually. And. 1061 00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:48,600 Yeah. So the top rated attractions in 1062 00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:52,320 Epcot are things, well, Voices of Liberty, but we want, we want 1063 00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:55,200 to talk about that things like Cosmic Rewind, very popular, 1064 00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:57,440 Frozen Ever After, incredibly popular. 1065 00:54:58,040 --> 00:55:01,920 So Disney recognized this and is also working to get these 1066 00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:03,800 scores. Sure. 1067 00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:05,920 Yeah. Well, and I think we live in a 1068 00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:09,440 world, especially when you talk about Universal and their high 1069 00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:11,960 intensity attractions, but also everything they did with Epic 1070 00:55:11,960 --> 00:55:17,040 Universe, like people, consumers like they want big ticket 1071 00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:21,000 attractions, they want blow my mind stuff and Epcot is 1072 00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:24,880 definitely leaned into that. So I can see why maybe it's 1073 00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:27,240 making up ground and closing that gap. 1074 00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:30,120 Yeah, yes. I'm a little bit sad because I'm 1075 00:55:30,120 --> 00:55:32,440 a like wander, enjoy the ambience person. 1076 00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:35,640 And clearly the trends say that's that's not what's going 1077 00:55:35,640 --> 00:55:38,200 to happen, I don't think, in the future at Disney. 1078 00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:40,560 Yeah. Unfortunately, no. 1079 00:55:40,560 --> 00:55:43,160 But I mean that is that is hard. We are the same way. 1080 00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:47,840 So all that to say, that takes us now last but not least to the 1081 00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:52,120 resorts. We have a goal to stay at every 1082 00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:55,560 Walt Disney World Resort hotel. We have been trying that. 1083 00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:59,920 Just last November we did a challenge of can we visit every 1084 00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:03,480 Walt Disney World Resort hotel in one day using only Disney 1085 00:56:03,480 --> 00:56:05,560 transportation. We did it. 1086 00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:09,440 It was a grind. It was amazing, it was fun. 1087 00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:12,840 But. This one's going to be 1088 00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:15,360 interesting for me. Yeah, because we broke. 1089 00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:17,160 It down. We broke it down by value, 1090 00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:20,760 moderate and deluxe. Deluxe is gonna be crazy. 1091 00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:24,040 Yeah, yes. Again, can we split deluxe and 1092 00:56:24,040 --> 00:56:25,920 DVC? I can do it either way, yeah. 1093 00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:27,800 Yeah, let's do it. Let's do that. 1094 00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:29,120 Let's do it. OK. 1095 00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:34,640 Value Resort Ashley I. Said All Star. 1096 00:56:35,040 --> 00:56:37,080 Sports. All Star sports. 1097 00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:43,880 Yeah, I went All Star movies, so we both think it's an All Star. 1098 00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:48,680 I mean, I'm I'm hoping that like kind of decor sports might carry 1099 00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:50,840 it forward. Yeah, I don't know. 1100 00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:51,880 I don't know would. Anyone be? 1101 00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:54,000 Yeah, like, of course it's an All Star. 1102 00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:58,840 This math, the three All Stars all fight for the bottom spot 1103 00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:02,080 all the time. OK, so it goes back and forth 1104 00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:03,920 wildly. I actually, because I was 1105 00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:07,240 interested in this specifically, I pulled the last 12 months and 1106 00:57:07,240 --> 00:57:09,440 then just 2026. So all the data we've been 1107 00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:11,360 talking about has been just 2026. 1108 00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:14,040 Yeah, do it. And most of the answers don't 1109 00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:17,240 change when I did that, which is why I did it to see if it was 1110 00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:20,760 pretty stable for All Stars for the value it did change. 1111 00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:24,240 So when I did the last 12 months it was All Star Sports on the 1112 00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:27,240 bottom. When I did just 2026 it was All 1113 00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:31,640 Star Movies at the bottom at 4.4. 1114 00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:33,960 Point 2 is what All Star Movies gets. 1115 00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:37,960 So far this year All Star Music and All Star Sports are both at 1116 00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:41,200 4.35. This year, not that much better, 1117 00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:47,640 but interesting all the time so. Just very, very quickly when we 1118 00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:50,760 did our challenge, it was very interesting seeing those cast 1119 00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:54,000 member teams and how they welcomed you and, and the 1120 00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:57,000 different things even from the moment you get in and you check 1121 00:57:57,000 --> 00:58:01,000 in and you know, I can see where those types of things matter. 1122 00:58:01,080 --> 00:58:04,640 And you know, these All Star resorts, they play a very 1123 00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:07,480 critical role in family staying on property. 1124 00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:11,800 And so we're grateful for them. But again, unfortunately you 1125 00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:14,760 kind of get what you pay for and those are lower level of 1126 00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:19,560 amenities and other, yes. I will say there is some hacking 1127 00:58:19,560 --> 00:58:21,920 to do here a little bit. I don't know if it's hacking, 1128 00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:25,840 but doing your research your your experience at All Stars are 1129 00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:28,800 going to be heavily impacted by how many teams of high schoolers 1130 00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:30,440 are staying there while you're. Staying there. 1131 00:58:31,640 --> 00:58:35,840 And actually, it usually usually don't take this as the Bible. 1132 00:58:36,120 --> 00:58:38,760 Late in the year, most of those teams are staying at All Star 1133 00:58:38,760 --> 00:58:41,920 Sports for their competitions. Early in the year, a lot of them 1134 00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:44,680 are staying at movies. So I'm thinking that this is the 1135 00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:48,160 reason that this has shifted. It's always worth asking if 1136 00:58:48,160 --> 00:58:50,920 you're thinking about booking an All Star resort, my 1137 00:58:50,920 --> 00:58:53,880 recommendation is either calling that resort directly or having 1138 00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:57,000 your travel agent call them and asking for your dates. 1139 00:58:57,120 --> 00:58:59,280 Are there any competition teams staying there? 1140 00:58:59,400 --> 00:59:00,800 They should be able to tell you that. 1141 00:59:00,800 --> 00:59:03,400 Usually they're willing to tell you that and then you can sort 1142 00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:07,120 of zig somewhere else if the answer is yes, right? 1143 00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:10,120 Amazing. OK, OK, not bad. 1144 00:59:10,120 --> 00:59:14,320 Not bad. So now moderate resorts which. 1145 00:59:14,360 --> 00:59:17,560 I really enjoy all of the moderate resorts, so it's hard. 1146 00:59:17,560 --> 00:59:21,840 It was hard to pick one, but one of them has to rate the lowest. 1147 00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:25,600 So I said Caribbean beach. No, I. 1148 00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:29,960 Also said Caribbean Beach. And I went that one because it's 1149 00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:31,400 so big. It's so. 1150 00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:33,400 Widespread, although you do have the sky liner. 1151 00:59:33,400 --> 00:59:36,760 It's just it is such a huge resort and I will say. 1152 00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:40,440 Like we one of our favorite resorts to stay at is, you know, 1153 00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:46,040 French Quarter and Port Orleans is just great in general. 1154 00:59:46,040 --> 00:59:47,200 Yeah, I love. Riverside. 1155 00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:50,120 We love Coronado. Yeah, it just I. 1156 00:59:50,120 --> 00:59:52,080 Think it just had to be Caribbean beach only because it 1157 00:59:52,080 --> 00:59:54,360 was the odd one out for us and by default. 1158 00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:56,680 Yeah. So it is. 1159 00:59:56,680 --> 01:00:02,440 It is Caribbean beach and it's at it's the highest rated worst 1160 01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:05,320 out of any other categories. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1161 01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:11,880 Four point. 32 so far this year, which really isn't so bad, but 1162 01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:14,720 it is a combination of a couple things it is the spread 1163 01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:18,520 outedness that's one part of it yes it has the sky liner, but 1164 01:00:18,520 --> 01:00:21,760 you can be really far from the sky liner and still be at this 1165 01:00:21,760 --> 01:00:24,440 resort and it's also their refurbishments because it is 1166 01:00:24,440 --> 01:00:27,280 such a large resort with so many buildings their refurbishments 1167 01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:29,760 tend to stall out before they get to all the rooms. 1168 01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:33,440 So there are a lot of buildings at Caribbean Beach that haven't 1169 01:00:33,440 --> 01:00:36,600 been refurbished in a long time and it's very hit or miss the 1170 01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:38,840 room quality that you'll get there. 1171 01:00:38,840 --> 01:00:43,200 I, I love this resort personally for its access to Riviera dining 1172 01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:45,960 and the sky liner. But it is you have to be very 1173 01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:50,000 careful with your room requests that you ask for and get in, get 1174 01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:51,520 in the right spot to make it work. 1175 01:00:51,520 --> 01:00:54,400 Good to know. Because we will be staying there 1176 01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:57,840 this September, we will. So yeah, we will. 1177 01:00:57,840 --> 01:01:02,200 Literally like if you just call the resort or put in your check 1178 01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:06,160 in thing or you can even chat online or in the app and say I 1179 01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:07,680 would like to be near the sky liner. 1180 01:01:07,680 --> 01:01:11,760 That puts you ahead of like 90% of people who don't put OK, and 1181 01:01:11,760 --> 01:01:13,800 then you're set. Yeah, that's really. 1182 01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:15,840 Good to know. We will definitely try that and 1183 01:01:15,840 --> 01:01:17,600 report back. Yeah. 1184 01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:20,480 OK. So if we're gonna break it down 1185 01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:25,400 deluxe, then what are our options for deluxe versus DVC? 1186 01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:29,280 Yeah, for example. Like Animal Kingdom Lodge does 1187 01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:31,960 both both. And I have the Radiance 1188 01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:34,400 separated for both, so it'll show up in both spots. 1189 01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:37,960 So the only ones that aren't deluxe that are DVC are things 1190 01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:40,920 like Riviera, Old Key West, Saratoga Springs. 1191 01:01:41,360 --> 01:01:43,920 OK, are those the only ones? I think. 1192 01:01:43,920 --> 01:01:47,560 And then the other ones you can sort of separate out into their 1193 01:01:47,560 --> 01:01:48,240 deluxe. Yeah. 1194 01:01:48,240 --> 01:01:50,040 And OK the. Components. 1195 01:01:50,080 --> 01:01:51,680 OK. So if we're. 1196 01:01:51,840 --> 01:01:59,240 I don't know if we're going deluxe, I'm going to say I don't 1197 01:01:59,240 --> 01:02:03,280 know. Three what is your ball at the 1198 01:02:03,280 --> 01:02:08,880 split? Yeah, that's this one. 1199 01:02:08,880 --> 01:02:10,480 This one is tough to try and think. 1200 01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:14,600 I wonder maybe let's do this like we'll just, we'll just 1201 01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:18,160 guess anything, whether it's DVC or deluxe, like let's throw it 1202 01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:20,240 out and I'll tell you both. Yeah, OK. 1203 01:02:20,440 --> 01:02:21,200 Yeah. Perfect. 1204 01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:28,360 So for this one, I went Yacht Club and I really don't know why 1205 01:02:28,360 --> 01:02:30,360 I thought about going Grand Floridian. 1206 01:02:30,360 --> 01:02:36,120 I really did, just because you expect a lot and but it's so 1207 01:02:36,120 --> 01:02:39,640 close to Magic Kingdom that I really think anything on the 1208 01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:43,040 monorail loop, like it's hard to see one of those end up in the 1209 01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:46,040 very bottom. So yeah, I went Yacht Club. 1210 01:02:47,520 --> 01:02:52,760 So I. I wanted to go contemporary 1211 01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:57,560 because I feel like not a lot of people love that one. 1212 01:02:58,160 --> 01:03:03,720 But I think, I think I'm going to go Saratoga Springs because I 1213 01:03:03,720 --> 01:03:06,520 feel like there's not, there's not a lot of people that talk 1214 01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:09,080 about Saratoga. Like everybody talks about the 1215 01:03:09,080 --> 01:03:11,600 contemporary, everybody talks about the Grand Floridian, but 1216 01:03:12,040 --> 01:03:15,160 nobody really talks about Saratoga Springs. 1217 01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:18,080 So I I don't know, I guess that's my guess. 1218 01:03:19,120 --> 01:03:20,560 I don't know very. Reasonable. 1219 01:03:20,560 --> 01:03:22,160 So I will call out, you called out Grand Flow. 1220 01:03:22,160 --> 01:03:25,120 Grand Flow is the top rated deluxe resort so far this year 1221 01:03:25,720 --> 01:03:29,480 at 44.92. So people are finding it worth 1222 01:03:29,480 --> 01:03:31,080 it. Now Grand Flow did just come 1223 01:03:31,080 --> 01:03:34,760 through a big refurb. Yeah, the brand new lobby, like 1224 01:03:34,760 --> 01:03:37,720 it's looking fresh and clean and maybe that's looking real. 1225 01:03:37,720 --> 01:03:39,880 Nice. Yeah, she's looking nice. 1226 01:03:39,880 --> 01:03:41,440 She's all done up. It's great. 1227 01:03:42,520 --> 01:03:46,440 So the top rated DVC for whatever it's worth is Fort 1228 01:03:46,440 --> 01:03:49,240 Wilderness Cabins so far. Wow, OK. 1229 01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:51,240 So that's. I mean goals. 1230 01:03:51,560 --> 01:03:55,120 Right goals that would be that would be amazing they're. 1231 01:03:55,120 --> 01:03:58,240 Beautiful. So you all actually called out 1232 01:03:58,240 --> 01:04:00,520 the worst DVC and deluxe resorts. 1233 01:04:00,520 --> 01:04:06,240 So Yacht Club is the worst rated deluxe resort this year at 4.22. 1234 01:04:06,600 --> 01:04:10,240 I will say this is a little bit because there's been a lot of 1235 01:04:10,240 --> 01:04:12,920 construction going on at Yacht Club on the outside only, It's 1236 01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:17,480 just the facades, but it doesn't impact for sure your view and 1237 01:04:17,480 --> 01:04:20,800 your experience. So there's a little bit of that 1238 01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:23,160 and I will give Yacht Club that credit. 1239 01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:25,680 I actually prefer Yacht Club to Beach Club personally. 1240 01:04:25,880 --> 01:04:28,880 Interesting. Quieter, you get all the 1241 01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:31,040 families go to Beach Club because that's the thing. 1242 01:04:31,040 --> 01:04:33,760 And Yacht Club's just a little bit more refined and set back, 1243 01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:35,960 but it is also further away when you're walking. 1244 01:04:36,160 --> 01:04:40,040 So Yacht Club and Saratoga Springs is the lowest rated DBC 1245 01:04:40,040 --> 01:04:46,000 resort this year at 4.15. So that is lower than all the 1246 01:04:46,040 --> 01:04:47,920 All Stars. Oh my. 1247 01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:51,400 Goodness. Yeah, so I'm so glad I didn't go 1248 01:04:51,400 --> 01:04:53,680 contemporary. Almost did I? 1249 01:04:53,680 --> 01:04:55,680 Almost the last minute changed my mind. 1250 01:04:56,160 --> 01:04:58,000 Yeah, A. Couple of things going against 1251 01:04:58,360 --> 01:05:00,720 Saratoga Springs, especially right now. 1252 01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:03,360 So Disney noticed is this and is trying to fix it. 1253 01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:04,680 What they aren't going to be able to fix this? 1254 01:05:04,680 --> 01:05:07,240 Transportation. Transportation pretty much 1255 01:05:07,240 --> 01:05:10,880 stinks at Saratoga Springs unless you want to spend a lot 1256 01:05:10,880 --> 01:05:16,000 of time in Disney Springs, which the dining is all really dated 1257 01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:17,200 now. They are doing active 1258 01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:20,400 refurbishments of a couple of the restaurants and the rooms 1259 01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:23,880 themselves haven't seen a lot of love in quite some time. 1260 01:05:24,160 --> 01:05:28,840 It's not the most. It's the lowest rated Disney 1261 01:05:28,840 --> 01:05:34,400 owned resort for theming because it's horses vaguely is the 1262 01:05:34,400 --> 01:05:40,440 theme, I guess. So it just it's, again, I've 1263 01:05:40,440 --> 01:05:43,000 stayed there. It's fine, especially if you 1264 01:05:43,000 --> 01:05:46,360 have your own car and especially if you want to spend a lot of 1265 01:05:46,360 --> 01:05:48,240 evenings eating at Disney Springs. 1266 01:05:48,280 --> 01:05:52,320 But otherwise, if you're going to the parks, hit up somewhere 1267 01:05:52,320 --> 01:05:53,960 else. Yeah, gotcha. 1268 01:05:53,960 --> 01:05:56,000 That's see, that's great perspective though. 1269 01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:59,440 And, and again, I don't think we really thought through this or 1270 01:05:59,440 --> 01:06:01,920 knew, but like when we were planning out our resort hopping 1271 01:06:01,920 --> 01:06:04,360 challenge, like that one was problematic for us. 1272 01:06:04,360 --> 01:06:06,520 That one was the worst. Yeah. 1273 01:06:06,600 --> 01:06:08,880 That one that. One in Old Key West were the 1274 01:06:08,880 --> 01:06:10,440 worst. Yep, it took. 1275 01:06:10,440 --> 01:06:13,520 A lot of time to get to cuz there is only one way in, one 1276 01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:16,040 way out, yeah. So yeah. 1277 01:06:16,480 --> 01:06:17,720 Yeah. Wow. 1278 01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:19,520 OK. Look at it. 1279 01:06:19,560 --> 01:06:22,880 Look at you did so much better than I did. 1280 01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:25,160 You both ended on a high note though. 1281 01:06:25,200 --> 01:06:26,960 Like that's true. Yes, that's. 1282 01:06:26,960 --> 01:06:27,800 True. Absolutely. 1283 01:06:27,800 --> 01:06:31,200 That's true. Wow, Becky, this was so much fun 1284 01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:35,240 though, and I feel like we could talk to you for hours about all 1285 01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:37,440 of this. But you know, I think what I 1286 01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:40,760 would like to highlight before we close is just the incredible 1287 01:06:40,760 --> 01:06:43,280 work that y'all do for families who want to have a great 1288 01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:46,560 experience because we recognize like now more than ever, the 1289 01:06:46,560 --> 01:06:49,600 dollar just doesn't go as far. And for families, you want to 1290 01:06:49,600 --> 01:06:52,680 have that perfect experience. And thankfully for us, when we 1291 01:06:52,680 --> 01:06:57,000 took our kids for the first time, it arguably will never be 1292 01:06:57,000 --> 01:06:58,600 a better vacation than what we had. 1293 01:06:58,840 --> 01:07:02,000 And I want that for everyone. And so I love that what you guys 1294 01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:06,040 are doing is giving families the best opportunity to stack the 1295 01:07:06,040 --> 01:07:09,920 deck in your favor and just have a wonderful, magical experience 1296 01:07:09,920 --> 01:07:12,920 at Walt Disney World. So thank you sincerely for what 1297 01:07:12,920 --> 01:07:14,080 you do. It is awesome. 1298 01:07:14,800 --> 01:07:17,440 I appreciate. That that's why I do what I do. 1299 01:07:17,520 --> 01:07:20,680 So hearing that music to my ears, yeah, well, and. 1300 01:07:20,680 --> 01:07:23,400 We leaned into it, we, we really tried to pick the best time and 1301 01:07:23,400 --> 01:07:25,480 do the best we could and it, it made a huge difference. 1302 01:07:25,480 --> 01:07:27,120 So from us, sincerely, thank you. 1303 01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:29,880 Thank you. But before we let you go, can 1304 01:07:29,880 --> 01:07:32,480 you just let everyone know where to find you if they want to 1305 01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:34,400 follow you and. And again, where we can find 1306 01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:36,120 your book? Yeah. 1307 01:07:36,120 --> 01:07:39,480 So if you want to follow me on Instagram, it's at raising many 1308 01:07:39,480 --> 01:07:42,960 me's many like the mouse all lowercase one word. 1309 01:07:44,240 --> 01:07:48,240 Otherwise, if you just Google touring plans and my name Becky 1310 01:07:48,240 --> 01:07:50,960 Gandelen, you'll find my blog and then as well as all the 1311 01:07:50,960 --> 01:07:54,360 other touring plan blogs that go out every week And the 1312 01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:58,040 unofficial guide to Walt Disney World 2027 edition will be out 1313 01:07:58,040 --> 01:08:00,120 in August. You can find the twenty 26th 1314 01:08:00,120 --> 01:08:04,520 edition out now you can get it on Amazon, your favorite local 1315 01:08:04,520 --> 01:08:06,680 bookstore. That's what I like recommending 1316 01:08:06,680 --> 01:08:10,560 it's it's pretty much or get it from your local library. 1317 01:08:10,680 --> 01:08:14,680 Bunches of libraries carry it. So save yourself even more money 1318 01:08:14,760 --> 01:08:16,720 and just rent it for a little bit. 1319 01:08:17,160 --> 01:08:18,760 Yeah, yeah. So. 1320 01:08:18,760 --> 01:08:20,760 Good. Well, it was such a pleasure to 1321 01:08:20,760 --> 01:08:22,880 have you on. Thank you for for being here 1322 01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:24,880 with us. We just we love you so much. 1323 01:08:24,880 --> 01:08:26,359 This is a treat. But thank you. 1324 01:08:26,960 --> 01:08:28,760 Thank you. For having me, I've had a blast. 1325 01:08:29,080 --> 01:08:31,560 Good. That's it for this week's 1326 01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:33,279 episode. Don't forget to rate our show on 1327 01:08:33,279 --> 01:08:37,040 Apple or Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, subscribe to 1328 01:08:37,040 --> 01:08:40,720 support our show on Patreon, check out our T-shirt shop, shop 1329 01:08:40,720 --> 01:08:43,520 Threads of Imagination, and until next wonderful Wednesday, 1330 01:08:43,680 --> 01:08:44,399 TTFN.