1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,200 For our next Disney trip, how do we know which resort hotel to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,320 stay at? Ashley Well, how do I know which 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,120 reservations to make and when? Ashley. 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,600 But seriously, where can I find the best deals on park tickets? 5 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,440 Ashley. Why do you keep saying Ashley? 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,680 Because when it comes to travel and Disney planning, Ashley is 7 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:21,480 always the answer. Oh, you mean Ashley Dixon from 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,400 Adventure Awaits by Ashley of. Course, yes, she knows all the 9 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,080 tricks, tips, secrets and more to make your next vacation easy, 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,720 enjoyable and. 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Hi, I'm Jake and I'm Ashley. 29 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,680 And this is the wonderful thing about Disney Podcast. 30 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,520 Because Disney's a wonderful thing. 31 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,560 Come on down, stop on by, hop a carpet and fly with us as we 32 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,960 discuss the parks, treats, and all things Disney with new 33 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:41,880 episodes every wonderful Wednesday. 34 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,440 What's up Dinglehoffers? Happy, wonderful Wednesday. 35 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:03,800 Welcome to the Big One, our 100th episode. 36 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,480 Can you believe it? No, honestly, there's still 37 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,800 times that I sit here and wonder, how are we still doing 38 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,200 this? Why do people want to listen to 39 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:12,640 us? But here we are. 40 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:13,760 It's true. Yeah. 41 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,600 I When we started this, I never thought we would get to 100 42 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,480 episodes. No, I don't think so. 43 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,960 And I mean, I don't know, I'm already feeling a little 44 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,680 emotional about this because we've had some time. 45 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,000 We knew this was coming. Yeah, kind of worked on some 46 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,640 things to build up for this. But I mean, a little bit of back 47 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:34,400 story for those of you who are just finding us recently or 48 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,360 don't know. From the very beginning, we just 49 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,720 did this as kind of a little activity to do as a couple 50 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,800 because we love Disney and we were just looking for something 51 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,160 to do rather than veg out on the couch all the time. 52 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,720 And here we are, 100 episodes in Season 3. 53 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,160 We've made some amazing friends, done some incredible things and 54 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,000 I don't know, I'm just feeling really grateful I don't. 55 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,160 Know, I agree. I agree. 56 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,320 And yeah, I mean, to your point, so grateful that everybody tunes 57 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,880 in every week, follows us on our social media accounts, 'cause 58 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,920 like, I mean, I think we would still be here doing this, but 59 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,360 nobody would be listening. We would like just be doing it 60 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,120 for us. But now I feel like we're doing 61 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,400 it for for the Dinglehoppers too. 62 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,120 I know, I still can't believe that I got you to buy into that 63 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,360 name for. I'm aware, I'm aware. 64 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:25,680 So here we are. But yeah, episode 100, we have a 65 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,920 very cool topic to talk about, something special that we did 66 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,760 with our family. It's kind of a celebration for 67 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:39,200 several reasons, but for this milestone in particular, but 68 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:44,680 with this being our 100th episode, I did something I'm I 69 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,120 got a surprise for you to celebrate. 70 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:54,200 So I asked for a little bit of help and this is kind of a 71 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,960 special episode, so obviously wanted to bring in some friends 72 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,120 for this episode as well, so. You're going off script. 73 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,400 I know I am. Again, this is a surprise. 74 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,080 So you haven't heard this yet, but just something to share with 75 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,000 you from one of our close friends. 76 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,960 So here we go, the wonderful thing about Disney Pod. 77 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,360 Congratulations on 100 episodes y'all. 78 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:25,200 I read a stat somewhere that only 6% of all podcasters make 79 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,840 it to 100 episodes, so congratulations. 80 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:31,240 I just think it's such a testament to all of the magic 81 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,520 and energy and just awesome vibes that y'all bring to this. 82 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,280 Great. Community and I just can't 83 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:40,320 believe that we've only known each other for. 84 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,960 Like one year, think of all the adventures we've gone on, think 85 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:45,400 of all the adventures we're about to go on. 86 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,600 I cannot wait for the cruise this year, y'all. 87 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,840 It's going to be epic. And just cheers to 100 episodes 88 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:54,800 and cheers to 1000 more. Love you all so much. 89 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,120 Oh my God, I'm not crying or anything. 90 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,560 It's OK, you're not the only one. 91 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,040 So obviously that's our friend and travel partner, Ashley Dixon 92 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:14,120 from Adventure Awaits by Ashley. I don't know you guys. 93 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,440 I don't think that there's any way that we could ever give all 94 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,760 of y'all as much as you've given us. 95 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,920 And one of our best friends that we've made through all this has 96 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,520 been Ashley. Just her support, not just on, 97 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,960 you know, planning our trips and our adventures, but just a lot 98 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,600 of collaboration as another person in our lives. 99 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,480 He's very driven who has very lofty goals and and we talked 100 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,000 business and shop and successes and frustrations. 101 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:46,000 But yeah, we just couldn't ask for a better travel partner and 102 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,760 someone to put these adventures together with. 103 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,240 We are so stoked to go on the cruise in September. 104 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:57,360 But I mean, this is someone that we went resort hopping with and 105 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,120 it's kind of just been a great support, so. 106 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,440 Took us to our first after hours at Disney World. 107 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,800 Yeah, to very merry, I know. And was like, hold on, we're 108 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,440 going. I know, I know, just one of the 109 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,600 best friends that you could ever ask for. 110 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,880 Just someone who's got an incredible light, a driving 111 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:19,200 force for us to go bigger and and better. 112 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,160 And yeah, just so much love for Ashley. 113 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,560 But yeah, promote Ashley to another. 114 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:25,680 Yeah. Thank you. 115 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,320 Yeah, well. I need a tissue. 116 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,640 I know you might need a box because there's another one. 117 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,160 There's more. Yeah, I don't know. 118 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,080 Again, just surprise. OK. 119 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,320 But somebody else wanted to chime in as well, or rather 120 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:46,040 somebody's else? OK, Hey, Jake and Ashley, this 121 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,320 is Amanda, Kevin and Kim. From where? 122 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,440 In the park. And we just want to say 123 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:55,200 congratulations on 100 episodes. Yeah, good job, guys. 124 00:06:55,440 --> 00:07:00,000 Thank you so much for all you do and sharing the love of Disney. 125 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,200 Here's too many, many more episodes to come. 126 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:07,520 Let's go. Congratulations. 127 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,600 It is wonderful. Congratulations, I'm not crying 128 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,960 again or anything. It's OK. 129 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:16,880 So obviously those are our friends. 130 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:17,880 From where? In the park. 131 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,440 Yeah. And this is somebody that we 132 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,720 reached out to. I think we met through Instagram 133 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,720 just on a whim. Their content came up and. 134 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,040 Yeah, I just started following their account because I was 135 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,200 like, wait, like a scavenger hunt, like hide and seek game in 136 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,520 the park. I was like, that's legit, right? 137 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,040 And they're kind of, they're kind of legends. 138 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,080 I mean, they won't say it outright, but they're kind of 139 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,880 like the scavenger hunting legends of Disney. 140 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,320 Oh yeah. And they have such an incredible 141 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,360 business, whether you're going to Disney or other amusement 142 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:54,320 parks, just such a fun way to add to your experience and 143 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,480 adventures. And they've been such a huge 144 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,760 support to us. And that was a partnership. 145 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,800 We had to wait a little bit to to get everything going on. 146 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,520 But just so cool to see them grow and see all the amazing 147 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,240 things that they're doing. We got to meet them this year. 148 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,520 And I know for the first time, so fun. 149 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,560 They're just amazing, just amazing people and so many 150 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,040 incredible content creators and just people who are carving out 151 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,120 their little niche in the Disney community, but some of our 152 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,560 absolute favorites. So yeah, awesome. 153 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,960 And you know, again, if you are looking for where in the park 154 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:36,159 games, you can use our code at checkout and get a little 155 00:08:36,159 --> 00:08:38,520 discount. So but definitely support them 156 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,039 check them out. They do incredible things. 157 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,920 But anyway, you ready for another one My? 158 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,320 God, how many do you have? There's a few, a few. 159 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,360 Well, there were a lot of people who wanted to celebrate with us 160 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:55,760 and, and I think this voice is one that you'll recognize a lot 161 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,120 of you listeners will recognize because he was just here. 162 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:05,160 And I think he gave us something for our podcast that once, once 163 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,080 we added a theme song, I felt like we finally made it. 164 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,080 So this is our friends Disneylanders. 165 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:18,160 What's up, Jake and Ashley, congratulations on 100 episodes. 166 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:22,080 You guys are killing it. Can't wait to see another 100 167 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,320 episodes. I just want to say I'm so proud 168 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:25,560 of you guys. I love you guys. 169 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,720 Congratulations. I'll see you soon. 170 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,760 Peace. I mean, he might be the coolest 171 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,000 dude I've ever met in my life, and I haven't even met him in 172 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:33,800 person. Right. 173 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,240 Yeah. And and guys, we talked about 174 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,560 this a little bit in that episode, but that was kind of 175 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:46,400 our moon shot like, yeah, trying to to contact someone we thought 176 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:52,080 was larger than life and just hoping that maybe he might see 177 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,120 our message. And he responded. 178 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:58,440 He put together our amazing theme song and yeah, one of the 179 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,560 coolest episodes we've done yet. Oh yeah, I mean, and iconic 180 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:05,040 sunglasses. Like I kind of want a pair. 181 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,640 I know I do too, only I know I'll never be able to pull him 182 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:10,000 off like. He No, I wouldn't either, no. 183 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:14,520 We've gotten a lot of feedback from that episode, a lot of 184 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:18,640 things very positive, beautiful things said like, you know, one 185 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,760 comment was like, I'm ready to run through a wall, right? 186 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:27,680 But yeah, the Disneylanders again, the vibe, the aura, just 187 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:31,960 so cool. But one of the finest, most down 188 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,520 to earth, most rad human beings that you could ever ask for. 189 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:40,880 And, and just to have him in our corner, it's pretty awesome. 190 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,160 Oh yeah. So, dude, we love you so much. 191 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,000 Thank you for, you know, again, you say that you'll do this for 192 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,960 anyone And, and I know that that's genuine in that you 193 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,520 absolutely do. But that felt like having you in 194 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,000 our corner and and you taking the chance with us to make this 195 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,040 happen just means more than you know. 196 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,080 Yeah. So yeah. 197 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,520 You still good? Sure. 198 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:10,760 There's more. Oh my God, I don't know you'll 199 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,760 you'll recognize this voice right away, but but one of our 200 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,160 closest friends and adventure buddies. 201 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:20,640 So here we go. Hello, wonderful thing about 202 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,200 Disney podcast, Morgan's new world here. 203 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:27,280 And I just wanted to say congratulations on your 100th 204 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,480 episode. That is amazing. 205 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,720 I watched you guys grow in amazing community and thank you 206 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:34,920 so much for letting me be a part of it. 207 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:38,480 Congratulations on 100 and here's to 100. 208 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:44,920 More Oh my gosh, Morgan. No, I can't, you guys. 209 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,320 I can't. You can, I mean, my gosh, 210 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:53,680 Morgan, you're awesome. And, you know, we still have so 211 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:56,240 many things in the work, so many things that we're talking about, 212 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:00,440 but you have just become one of our closest friends. 213 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:04,080 And it started out as a shared love for Disney. 214 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,800 But I mean, here we are planning other things and, you know, 215 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,360 being very personal in each other's lives and. 216 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,800 I know she's going to come visit us hopefully soon, so then we're 217 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,880 going to go to her to Denver. You can't even talk. 218 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,800 The tears are flowing, no? Literally you guys. 219 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,720 Usually I'm the one that that loses his emotions on this show 220 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,400 but. No, I've lost my cool. 221 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:32,360 I don't know how I'm supposed to do the rest of this episode. 222 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,800 It's OK. We'll figure it out. 223 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:39,960 But Morgan, thank you for being there with us, for honestly just 224 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,160 being our cheerleader. And she's just one of those 225 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:45,560 people. I think we all wish we had a 226 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:49,360 Morgan who, you know, I genuinely believe that she 227 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,920 thinks we're pretty cool. I don't know why she's seen us 228 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:55,360 at our worst, but she's also seen us at some of our best 229 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,000 moments. But just love you so much. 230 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,800 Thank you. Thanks, Morgan. 231 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,680 Yeah, how? What else? 232 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,000 How about how about one that is a little more personal to you 233 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,080 than me? OK. 234 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:11,680 Because this is someone that you got to meet along your 235 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:16,160 adventures, OK? And someone that I don't know. 236 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,280 I really wish she would just adopt me right now because she 237 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,160 is the coolest lady I've ever met in my life. 238 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,440 So here we go. She needs no introduction. 239 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:32,920 Hey, congratulations, 100th episode of yours podcast. 240 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,480 What a milestone. I'm happy to be here to 241 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,440 celebrate with you. Now, I'm not at home in Florida. 242 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:43,200 If I was, I'd have party hats. The kids, the sensational 6 243 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,720 would have party hats. We would be celebrating out the 244 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,640 wazoo. But unfortunately, I'm still up 245 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,680 here in Maryland. But my thoughts are with you 246 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:54,800 guys out there and I'm so happy for you. 247 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,720 And that whole dog episode podcast that we did that was 248 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,520 priceless. I loved it. 249 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:05,080 And I just thank you for having me as one of your people, one of 250 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:05,840 your. Peeps. 251 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,720 And so even though I don't have the party hats, I don't have the 252 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,720 party dogs, I'm celebrating with the root beer. 253 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,120 Float. Does that count? 254 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,080 Hey, here's to at least 100 more. 255 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,480 Love you guys. No, Sheila. 256 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,160 She is the coolest woman I've ever met in my life. 257 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:25,960 Thank you so much, Sheila. Thank you. 258 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,000 That was so sweet. So as a reminder, if anyone 259 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,240 missed that episode, give us a little back story into how you 260 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:35,120 met Sheila. Yeah, so Sheila, we actually met 261 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,320 through Darren Darling. They're famous for like Disney 262 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,640 bounding. So they had a retreat last O2 263 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:46,000 January's ago now. And Sheila and I were both at 264 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,480 that retreat, met her. And to your point, I was like, 265 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:50,800 this is like the coolest woman I've ever met in my life. 266 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,320 I was like, I love her. So we were car buddies. 267 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,400 Like, we were carpool buddies. We were all, yeah. 268 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,920 And we all carpooled to the parks together and just like, 269 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:02,880 really became friends. And it was awesome. 270 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:08,040 So knew we wanted to have her on a podcast episode and we when we 271 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:12,680 hit 5K she want our 5K giveaway to be a podcast guest. 272 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:17,680 So I was like, this is perfect. So the sensational 6 she has six 273 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:19,920 dogs. So loves her dog. 274 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:24,240 So we did Top 10 Disney dogs with her on our podcast episode 275 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,040 and she's amazing. She is amazing. 276 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:31,840 She's so freaking cool. But Sheila, thank you for doing 277 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,960 this. And, and when I reached out to 278 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,480 her, I had to figure out a way to do it where you wouldn't see 279 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:37,080 it. Yeah. 280 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:43,360 But no, she, she was so thrilled to do this for you, which was 281 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,000 really sweet. I know she loves you very much. 282 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,360 So. I don't know if I can cry 283 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,880 anymore. We like almost done. 284 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,320 We are almost done. This is not the last one though. 285 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,920 What? But this is someone. 286 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,800 I'm sweating. I'm sweating. 287 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:04,760 Welcome to the show, Wear a mess. 288 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:07,560 Unfiltered. Unfiltered. 289 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,360 What this episode's gonna be. This this is someone that I 290 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,000 don't know, maybe I'll maybe I'll save it for after, but. 291 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:16,720 OK, I. Don't know. 292 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,560 I just, you know, I had to, OK. I had to reach out to our Ghost 293 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,560 host, Justin. Hi Jake and Ashley, 294 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:28,640 congratulations on 100 episodes. I'm so, so, so, so so proud of 295 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,400 you guys. I know that you always say that 296 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,120 I was instrumental in your success, but I feel the exact 297 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,120 same way about you. You 2 are so supportive and so 298 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,760 loving and caring and I don't know what I would do without you 299 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:41,120 guys. So seriously, can't wait to meet 300 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,080 you in person. And again, cheers to your 100 301 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,760 episodes. And I hear there's room for 302 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:48,480 1000. So can't wait to hear. 303 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:50,320 What you do next? Oh my God. 304 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:54,760 OK. No, I'm not. 305 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,080 I am not. I'm mentally unwell. 306 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:05,079 So there are certain times in life where you cross paths with 307 00:17:05,079 --> 00:17:10,920 individuals that it just feels like meant to be, and there's a 308 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,160 connection there that is a lot deeper than it probably should 309 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:14,880 be. Yeah. 310 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,280 And I feel like that's our connection with Justin. 311 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:21,480 Yeah. And there's something that he 312 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,359 shared with us as we were talking Haunted Mansion and 313 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:28,520 collecting and other things as he made the comment that if 314 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:32,160 you're meant to have it, it will find you at the right time. 315 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:36,240 Yeah. And I felt like that happened 316 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,920 for us when we met him. Yeah, and we're super stoked 317 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,160 because he's gonna be on the cruise. 318 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:45,600 I know in September y'all come cruise with us. 319 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,360 Like yeah, it's gonna be yeah. Oh my gosh, it's. 320 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,320 Gonna be awesome you guys like we are nothing without our 321 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:57,840 friends and these friends who are family to us and if you are 322 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,040 looking for friends if you're looking for great people like 323 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:05,960 you guys have heard examples of this of these amazing souls that 324 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,800 have found us and this is like what's waiting for you if you're 325 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,720 on the fence about like whether or not you want to come cruise 326 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,480 with us or whether or not you fit in like just come. 327 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,480 Yeah, Join us. Join Justin. 328 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,040 Join Ashley. Yeah, it's going to be amazing. 329 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:27,040 But you guys, Justin is one of the most incredible people that 330 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:31,000 I think we've ever met. And you know, obviously his 331 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,440 Haunted Mansion passion and collection are unrivalled and 332 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,200 incredible. He's built an amazing community 333 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,880 for all of those spooky souls that love to to do Haunted 334 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,240 Mansion. But just such a beautiful 335 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:49,880 person, and we're so grateful to have him in our life. 336 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:51,880 Yeah, so. Also, the thought of getting to 337 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:57,040 1000 episodes, I don't know. I don't know that I'll make it 338 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:03,360 past this one, let alone 1000. We're going to need some help, 339 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:05,640 y'all, but I'll tell you what, as long as y'all keep listening, 340 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,280 we're going to keep going. I don't know about that. 341 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:12,040 OK, well, I I promise this is the last one. 342 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:13,400 I just have one more. OK. 343 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,560 And I want to say before I share this last one, there are so many 344 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,160 more people that I could have reached out to. 345 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:25,720 OK, maybe I'm saving that for 200, but OK, sure. 346 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,720 Even if if you weren't included on this, you guys like just know 347 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:31,560 that we see you, we hear you, we love you. 348 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:38,280 Thank you for loving us so much. But this last video, OK, is it's 349 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:42,840 from Sean, of course, my brother from another mother Earth. 350 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,120 Here we go. A huge congratulations to you, 351 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:53,800 Jake and Ashley on 100 episodes of your amazing Disney podcast. 352 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,640 Not only am I grateful for the magic you bring to us all with 353 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,000 each episode, but I'm also incredibly grateful to call you 354 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,240 both dear friends. Here's to many, many more 355 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,400 wonderful episodes to come. Cheers. 356 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:10,280 Oh, Sean. I know, I know. 357 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:14,000 We've had the chance to meet Sean now several times and his 358 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,800 amazing, beautiful family. We ended up at the same hotel. 359 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,920 Twice. Twice, you know, kind of 360 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:26,400 unplanned, but no sincerely this, this is the brother that I 361 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,320 never had and. Oh, you guys like I'll walk 362 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,080 downstairs and I'm like, who are you playing Fortnite with? 363 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,640 And they're like, yeah, just Sean, I'm like, OK, we're. 364 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,120 Actually pretty good together too. 365 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:43,800 But no, just just such great people, He and Shaquell and 366 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:48,000 their kids, their family. But I mean, these are these are 367 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,760 just a few examples of some of the finest humans that are out 368 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,880 there that we've gotten the privilege to meet through this 369 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,840 podcast. And when I was putting this 370 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,080 together, when I reached out to them, I just said, hey, I wanted 371 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,120 to surprise Ashley. So these messages, of course, 372 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:10,640 for us, but they're for you. And I love doing this together. 373 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,600 But like, I know how much you love Disney and I've always 374 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,960 enjoyed Disney, but like, you unlocked a whole new level of 375 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,680 fandom and madness and shenanigans. 376 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:27,880 But I do this for you and I love seeing how much you've grown and 377 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:32,480 your personality come out and. Disney Ash doesn't take any 378 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:37,600 crap. Disney Ash doesn't play no, but 379 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:42,040 just for me. Thank you for being my magic and 380 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:46,760 for putting up with me and all of this and and I just hope that 381 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,560 you feel all the love from everyone. 382 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:55,080 Want to do so anyway you want to do an episode? 383 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,680 I don't. Know. 384 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:03,040 Well, let's let's talk about. OK, let's attempt to do an 385 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,120 Episode I. Need to breathe. 386 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:08,360 I need to refocus, right? I need to take my emotions out 387 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:09,880 of this now. I'm sure there will be more 388 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,880 crying later in this episode. But sure. 389 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,840 Well, here's here's a little bit about what we're going to talk 390 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,600 about today. So we as you've heard if you 391 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,720 listened over the years, we have a Disney bucket list and there 392 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,160 is a couple items on there that we knew was going to take a long 393 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,240 time to do, one of them visiting every Disney park around the 394 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,440 world in the process of doing that. 395 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,640 But this one felt kind of like the white whale, the one that I 396 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,200 didn't know if we would ever accomplish. 397 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,600 I I certainly hoped we could. But not anytime soon I expected. 398 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,200 I still like 5-10 years down the road. 399 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:50,400 Yeah, but things came together and the timing of it could not 400 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,320 have been anything but meant to be. 401 00:22:53,720 --> 00:23:00,080 And so we had the opportunity to go on a Disneyland VIP tour. 402 00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:03,160 I still cannot believe that we did that. 403 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,600 I, I know I still, I still pinch myself that it was real, but 404 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:10,800 y'all, it was incredible. It was absolutely amazing. 405 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,280 Oh, kind of like a blur too. Like full. 406 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:18,080 Day I know so I don't know how you want to start this out or go 407 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,080 into it if you want to share a little bit of back story what 408 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:24,760 led up to this. But we've we've want to do this 409 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,680 for some time and and we knew like this is an expense it it 410 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,280 takes a lot to put something like this together, especially 411 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,680 for us and just on a personal note there's a lot of things in 412 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,160 our lives that are happening right now. 413 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,160 Like our oldest is a senior in high school. 414 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,560 He's about to leave the house and and go out on some of his 415 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:46,000 own adventures right now and and we knew that as we plan this 416 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,240 trip with our kids because we try and go at least once a year 417 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,240 together to Disney sometimes more. 418 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:56,440 But we wanted to make this trip special and things just kind of 419 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,680 lined up. Well, and grandma was coming 420 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:04,080 with us too, so we were like, what better way to have a big 421 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:08,480 family? I don't know, just like moment, 422 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,720 I guess, together to make those memories together, the six of 423 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,040 us, right? What better way to do that than 424 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,040 with the VIP tour? Absolutely, absolutely. 425 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,840 And again, last year was a rough year for us. 426 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:27,120 I lost my job in January and was unemployed for seven months and 427 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:29,280 then a couple weeks later after I started a. 428 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:30,800 New job? Yeah. 429 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,320 You lost your. Job The end of July I lost my 430 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,160 job. And that was tough. 431 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,720 And there were just a lot of things that thankfully we have 432 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,600 been very, very blessed in our lives. 433 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,360 Again, obviously with great people, not just for the 434 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:47,560 podcast, but people in life and our network is great. 435 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,960 But like, that was a a tough, tough year. 436 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,120 Yeah. And then things kind of came 437 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:53,680 together. And obviously things are going 438 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,320 much better now, but I happen to have a a really good bonus this 439 00:24:57,360 --> 00:24:58,640 year. And we thought, you know what? 440 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,120 Let's let's do this. We're like, we could save or put 441 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:06,920 it away for retirement, or we could just spend it all and go 442 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,120 on AVIP tour. Yeah, and I don't regret it at 443 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,120 all. Yeah, we're we're not rich. 444 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,400 We're not famous, just irresponsible. 445 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,280 Totally irresponsible with our money. 446 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:22,800 It's fine, it's all good. But yeah, so going into this, we 447 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,400 wanted to do an episode not just about our experience, but tell 448 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,600 you a little bit about what AVIP tour is, talk about how you can 449 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:33,080 make it happen. And you know, again, like we 450 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,880 said, sharing a little bit about our personal time doing it. 451 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:40,080 But yeah, before we get into that, guys, like wherever you're 452 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,560 at in life, if you feel the inclination and you're like, 453 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,160 hey, we can do this. Like do it, you know, you only 454 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:46,840 get to live once. And that's where we're like, 455 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,680 hey, we have this time with our kids. 456 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,960 It's it's very fleeting. It goes very fast. 457 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,560 And we pull the trigger to make this memory together. 458 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,720 And I'm so glad that we got to share that with our family. 459 00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:58,880 Yeah. Yeah. 460 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:03,120 Anyway, with that, let's do it. So yeah, let's do it. 461 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:08,040 So I guess backing up for those who might not know what AVIP 462 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,320 tour is. So essentially this is a way to 463 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:17,560 enhance your day at the park. So what is included is you get 464 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:23,040 expedited access, so to all of the rides, which means if it has 465 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,560 a lightning lane, your tour guide will take you through the 466 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,160 lightning lane. I guess I should back up. 467 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,920 You get a tour guide that takes you around the entire day. 468 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,440 Yeah. These these are those cast 469 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:34,760 members who are dressed in Plaid. 470 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,560 And you see them all the time. Yep. 471 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,440 And every time I see one, I'm like, is that somebody famous or 472 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:40,920 just somebody who has a lot of money? 473 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,360 Like I always have to look. I'm like who you got on that VIP 474 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:46,440 tour with you so. If anybody saw us that day, 475 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,600 joke's on you, it was neither. Yeah, not rich or famous. 476 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,080 But no, these these cast members, I think this is a very 477 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,800 special job in the Disney parks. Like I would argue these are 478 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,640 some of the best of the best because they're one taking 479 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,680 around some very high level, high profile individuals 480 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,480 oftentimes. But also, these are people who 481 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:10,720 are very knowledgeable, not just in their one area, but like in 482 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,240 Disney in general, like all sorts of stuff. 483 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,160 Like they'll share history with you. 484 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,120 They'll answer all your questions. 485 00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:19,240 Yep, they give you the insider knowledge, they'll tell you 486 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,080 where hidden Mickeys are, just different little details about 487 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:23,880 the queue line or the ride itself. 488 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:29,600 So definitely fully versed in the Disney parks, yeah. 489 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,880 Yeah. So OK so yes they will give you 490 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,440 expedited access. Meaning if there is a lightning 491 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,120 lane they will take you through the lightning lane. 492 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,440 Yep, if there is not a lightning lane, they will take you 493 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,960 essentially as close to the front of the line as possible. 494 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,680 Yeah, sometimes even almost like at the exit like they yes, get 495 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:53,120 you right on. Yep, yeah, you will have the 496 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,760 option to have reserved viewing for entertainment. 497 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,360 It's like your smile. I know because again, we 498 00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:02,360 experienced the fireworks in a whole. 499 00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:03,040 New way? Yep. 500 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,240 So fireworks, parades, nighttime entertainment, all of that. 501 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,840 You have the option of reserved viewing and this is included. 502 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,120 This is all included in your VIP tour. 503 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,640 Again, you get the expert guide. They will navigate the park for 504 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,840 you again. They make sure that they fully 505 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,720 take care of you. Like I've seen tour guides 506 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,800 pushing strollers before, like holding hands with kids, like. 507 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,960 Carrying backpacks. Whatever you want like. 508 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,960 Hauling merch bags. They are there to serve you that 509 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:33,280 day. That sounds weird, but. 510 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,240 You know what I mean? It's essentially true. 511 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:40,200 Photo Pass is included with this, which is super, super rad. 512 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:44,640 Yep, and can we tell them about the snacks 'cause that might 513 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,640 have been the best part of all. Yes. 514 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:50,280 So we knew that some snacks were included, but we didn't know 515 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,640 exactly what. So at the start of our tour, we 516 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,680 found out that each person had about 3 snack credits that they 517 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:01,720 could use throughout their day. So we'll get into what we chose 518 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:02,800 kind of as our. Snacks. 519 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:06,760 We will, but let me tell you, as you know, I can. 520 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:11,360 I can get a little rowdy. I was almost insatiable when we 521 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:15,240 came off of Pirates of the Caribbean and there was a plate 522 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,400 of Dole Whips waiting for us. Honestly. 523 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:21,560 So yeah, that was my very first experience with the VIP tour 524 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,600 guide. That was the first time like I 525 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,880 really took notice to them was years ago in Disneyland. 526 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,840 We got off of Pirates and there was somebody in Plaid standing 527 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:34,160 there with a tray full of Dole Whip, and I was like, who are 528 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,200 you and how do I get this service? 529 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:40,680 And to be able to have that come full circle, I was like, yes. 530 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,600 There was more than one instance on this day, friends, when 531 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,760 Ashley told me you need to stop walking like that. 532 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,800 You need to. You need to get your nose out of 533 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:51,600 the clouds and be normal. Yeah. 534 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:57,040 And then we also had access to VIP exclusive merch. 535 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,720 So we'll get him out. We'll get into that. 536 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:02,720 That you guys, you got to know that's dangerous. 537 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:07,080 Like that's like you're warming yourself by a nice fire, maybe 538 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,360 enjoying some s'mores. You know, it's just checking out 539 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,960 the stars above and then someone comes with like a gas can and 540 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,920 just throws it on top and like, oh, were you having fun? 541 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,200 Because then it just went to a whole nother level. 542 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,760 But yes, we'll get into the VIP merch. 543 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:23,400 Later. Yeah, yeah. 544 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:29,240 OK, so how do you book the tour? You're like, how how do I do 545 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:30,360 this? You're like, yes, I want to do 546 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,960 this. So we were able to book this 547 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,760 through our travel agent Ashley from Adventure Awaits by Ashley. 548 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,520 Yeah, she took care of everything. 549 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:41,240 Yep, she called Disneyland and she was like, Yep, my clients 550 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,680 want to do AVIP tour. So essentially they asked her 551 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,240 and she, I remember was texting you with some of the questions 552 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,120 at the time while she was on the phone with them. 553 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,040 But they wanted to know what our priorities were for the day, 554 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,480 what our priority rides were for the day. 555 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,480 Did we want any dining reservations? 556 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,320 Yep. And did we want any reserved 557 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,520 seating for parades, entertainment, whatever? 558 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,280 And also, were there any characters that we wanted to 559 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,680 meet correct, which was really, really cool. 560 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,160 And guys, I will again, shameless plug for Ashley, but 561 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,320 she's done this for Disney World as well. 562 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,080 She's well versed in the process. 563 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,720 It was great to have somebody who knew what they were doing, 564 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,640 who could kind of just talk to us, lay all that out. 565 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,160 And then she made the call and she took care of everything 566 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,840 while she was on the phone, like Ashley said, she was texting us 567 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,480 just, you know, any last minute questions. 568 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,320 But she took care of all of it. It made it so seamless. 569 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,640 And then the next thing we knew, there was an e-mail. 570 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:42,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. So once everything is confirmed, 571 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:46,640 you will get essentially APDF itinerary and this will tell you 572 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,800 the times and locations of where you're meeting your tour guide. 573 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,840 If you made any dining reservations with them, it will 574 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:57,040 tell you where to be and when while you're not with your tour 575 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,040 guide, 'cause if you, if you're on your tour with your tour 576 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,920 guide, they will obviously take you to lunch or take you to all 577 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,960 those places. But the itinerary, Yep, has 578 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,360 exactly what you need on there, right. 579 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:12,400 So you're probably also wondering how many people can go 580 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,720 on this tour with you. So this tour you can have up to 581 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,920 10 people, yes. So again, if you're wanting to 582 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,880 split the cost with 10 people, it's not too bad. 583 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,480 But that brings us to how much did this cost us? 584 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,000 Right. And that's, I mean, that's 585 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,720 really the question, 'cause I think it's pretty common 586 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,920 knowledge that this is an exclusive experience and it is 587 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:35,800 expensive. Yes, Yeah. 588 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:40,560 So the VIP tours it, This is a luxury item. 589 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:45,320 So this can cost anywhere from 500 to $800 per hour. 590 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:49,800 And in Disneyland, you have to do a minimum of seven hours. 591 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,200 Yep. So obviously during peak times, 592 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:53,680 it's going to be a little more expensive. 593 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:55,520 Offseason, it's going to be less expensive. 594 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,720 But again, if you have 10 people and you're willing to split 595 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,920 this, that's not too bad. Like it really isn't. 596 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,520 Yeah, for everything that you get. 597 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:06,320 And again, like when we approach this, we're like, Hey, this is 598 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,040 kind of a once in a lifetime experience for us. 599 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,280 And we just did it with our family. 600 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,960 Now again, would I do it again with friends where we could 601 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,280 split the cost? Oh, without a doubt. 602 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,560 And knowing that you can get up to 10 people at a time is is 603 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,360 really cool and you can have quite a group. 604 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,160 Yeah. And I think the other kind of 605 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:29,480 frequently asked question for AVIP Tour is like, can you ride 606 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,480 an attraction more than once? Because like if you book a 607 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,400 lightning lane, for example, you can only book that lightning 608 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,160 lane once. If you want to go on it again, 609 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:41,240 you have to stand in line. You could ride Matterhorn all 610 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,080 day on your VIP tour until your heart is content. 611 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:48,920 You can ride any ride you want as many times as you want. 612 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,000 You just have to tell your tour guide what you wanna do. 613 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,400 And that is where this really gets fun because I want you guys 614 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,560 to understand that this was customized for us. 615 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:00,320 Yes, from the very beginning, I'm working with Ashley. 616 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,440 She asked us all the questions. So she kind of knew ahead of 617 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:04,880 time. And then when she called Disney, 618 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,960 working with Disney, this is where they really made it 619 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,560 customized for our needs. They're asking us the ages of 620 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,560 our kids and where we like to eat and what we like to ride and 621 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:16,040 again, favorite characters, anything that we wanted to do. 622 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:20,040 And so for us, we chose the approach of like, hey, there are 623 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,719 some big rides that we know our boys really want to go on. 624 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,480 We know that our daughter really wanted to meet Minnie and Mickey 625 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,320 and some character opportunities. 626 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,040 But yeah, you could make it be whatever you want to be. 627 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:35,239 Even if you wanted to just go sit in, you know, a lounge and, 628 00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:38,800 you know, talk about history of the park or just kind of soak it 629 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:40,000 in. So on the park bench you could 630 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:40,760 do that. Yeah. 631 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,800 Yeah, so. So the other question that was 632 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:48,199 asked during while Ashley was booking the tour for us was is 633 00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:50,639 there a specific tour guide that you have in mind? 634 00:34:50,639 --> 00:34:52,920 Is there somebody that you would like to request? 635 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,000 And this is where it was really fun for us, and this is again 636 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,040 where it got very special. So we were in Disneyland back in 637 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:03,120 February and while we were outside the bathrooms, we saw a 638 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,000 VIP tour guide who was there with a group. 639 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:10,880 And again, it was just one of those moments where you just 640 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,440 feel like you make a connection with somebody. 641 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,120 We're just watching this cast member do their job. 642 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,920 But, you know, she just seemed to have it together. 643 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,160 She had sunblock, She very friendly. 644 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,360 She was talking about like different things. 645 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:25,960 And we just kind of observed and watched her. 646 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:29,320 And then when her group went into the restroom, we just kind 647 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,120 of help ourselves. And like, I just, I just have to 648 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,560 say hi. And so we we introduced 649 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,920 ourselves to Haley from Los Cruces, New Mexico. 650 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:39,880 And we just said, hey, we just wanted to let you know, like, 651 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:41,400 you're awesome. Yeah. 652 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,640 Like, you could just tell there was something special about her. 653 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,120 She is excellent at what she does. 654 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:50,960 And she just kind of personified what I've always envisioned a 655 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,560 VIP tour guide to be. Yes. 656 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,360 Right One. Yep, 100%. 657 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,480 And I don't know what was happening. 658 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,320 The words just fell out of my mouth. 659 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,080 And I just said, hey, you know, like, we're thinking about doing 660 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,600 a VIP tour one day. And you looked at me like, yeah, 661 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:08,880 like, OK, guy. Literally I was like, with what 662 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,440 money are we doing this? And I just said, is it possible 663 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,240 for us to make a request if we ever wanted to? 664 00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:17,720 And she's like, yeah, you can always call and request a 665 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:20,560 specific tour guide and stuff. But she was very gracious. 666 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,280 She's like, but anybody that you get will take good care of you. 667 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:27,520 And I know Haley being Haley, but then we just kind of filed 668 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,680 it away. In no realm of reality or 669 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:34,760 possibility did I think we would be making that call. 670 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:39,720 Like a month later, later, I mean not even I think we met her 671 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:43,400 and like 2 weeks later I think Ashley called to book the Torah 672 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,200 for us. I know like it really did not 673 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,000 take long. It's just guys. 674 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:48,960 Things happen in life. Yeah. 675 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:52,000 And again, we were able to do this. 676 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,760 And so let us tell you just a little bit about Haley, because 677 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:58,080 we were able to get hurt, but we didn't know until the moment 678 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,840 that we walked up. That is the only disappointing 679 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:05,840 thing is like, I wish we could have known beforehand who our 680 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:07,400 tour guide was going to. Absolutely. 681 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,920 And for a couple of reasons. Number one, we had requested 682 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:15,000 someone specifically that didn't know us from Walt Disney. 683 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,280 Yeah. And so we were really excited 684 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,280 because we really, really wanted Haley. 685 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:24,320 And again, kudos to Ashley because I think she was like, Oh 686 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:29,880 no, I told them like, they need Haley, but we weren't sure 687 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,120 because again, these are these are cast members who have 688 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:33,520 schedules and other things in their lives. 689 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,040 Maybe she was just out of town or unavailable that day, so we 690 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,880 just didn't know. But also we wanted to do 691 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:44,200 something special for her. And ultimately we decided on 692 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:50,000 making some custom Mickey ears that had thank you from us. 693 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,480 And we would have liked to have put her name on it, but we 694 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,160 wanted to do it beforehand. So we didn't get the chance to 695 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:56,520 do it because we didn't know who we had gotten. 696 00:37:56,520 --> 00:38:00,240 So for us personally, we really wanted that particular person. 697 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:04,840 We wanted Haley, but in general it is customary and kind of a 698 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:08,800 nice touch if you want to just do something for your VIP tour 699 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,640 guide is a little memento or something. 700 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,200 And so it's just it made it hard to customize it for them. 701 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,880 Yeah. So, OK, so to your point, so 702 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,920 yes, we got ears. They were black ears from I 703 00:38:19,240 --> 00:38:21,200 think it was the Christmas shop. Oh, the Christmas shop, Yep. 704 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:23,560 And then we had them personalized and it just said 705 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,160 thank you from the Olsens on it. And to your point, we would have 706 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:29,960 liked to put her name on it, so we gave her that at the end of 707 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,680 the tour. But another thing that that I 708 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:35,720 forgot to mention that is kind of important is tip is not 709 00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:38,160 included in the price of your full tour. 710 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,160 So yes, a tip is always appreciated. 711 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,720 And yes, we did obviously tip her cuz she was absolutely 712 00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:45,880 amazing. But we wanted to give her that 713 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:47,920 extra little. We wanted to give our tour 714 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:51,480 guide, no matter who it was, a little something extra just to 715 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,680 make the day special. Right, for sure. 716 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,160 Yeah. But you guys, Haley was every 717 00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:03,040 bit as what we had observed and more just so excited to see all 718 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,040 of us. I wish we could have taken a 719 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:08,480 picture of the boys faces when they realized what we were 720 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,440 doing. Because on this morning, like 721 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,480 this is day three of our trip, we had been going pretty hard 722 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,680 already. And our boys are like, OK, like 723 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,960 this is the last day where we're going to kind of clean up, you 724 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,960 know, like it's ride your favorites again or catch 725 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,600 anything that you had missed. And we decided we were going to 726 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:29,280 sleep in that morning, which normally we rope drop or get 727 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,880 there at park open, but we're like, no guys, you're tired. 728 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:33,680 And and like, legit they were. They were. 729 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,880 But we just kind of like, eased into the day and we're just kind 730 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:40,800 of wandering around and like, we went to Blue Bayou where we had 731 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,840 our reservation for lunch. And the boys are kind of like, 732 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,920 OK, well, what are we doing? We haven't ridden any rides. 733 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:50,320 Yeah, because that morning we went to Tom Sawyer Island. 734 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,160 Yep. And then the tree house. 735 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,600 The tree house. Yeah, and I mean the boys 736 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,880 wanting the thrill, they're like, what are we doing? 737 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,160 OK, Yeah. Where's Where's the next ride? 738 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,600 Kind of took it easy and like they had no idea it was coming. 739 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:05,040 So like once the realization like hit them of what we were 740 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,160 doing, you know, as it was a surprise. 741 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,440 But I will say the sweetest part of the day for me. 742 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,200 Was seeing Haley interact with her daughter. 743 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:16,720 Yeah. And she can be a lot when she's 744 00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:18,560 excited. She made a new best friend. 745 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,120 Absolutely. She still talks about Haley on 746 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,920 the regular. Yeah, I think that she has a new 747 00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:26,920 goal in life to be a Disney VIP tour guide. 748 00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:32,200 But you guys like Haley made our day absolutely perfect and 749 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:36,440 magical in every single way. So let's so let's get into our 750 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,600 day. So as you mentioned, when we 751 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:43,480 booked the VIP tour, they asked, you know, do you want any dining 752 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,480 reservations? And Ashley texted you and they 753 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:49,680 said they had an 1130 Blue Bayou reservation that they could book 754 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,000 for you. So we were like, you know what, 755 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:57,080 why not, let's just do it. So we went to Blue Bayou for 756 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,120 lunch and again, that was booked through the VIP tour. 757 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:03,000 And something that was super important that they said was if 758 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:07,480 you cancel the VIP tour for any reason, you will also lose your 759 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:11,760 Blue Bayou reservation. So anyway, the time finally 760 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:16,040 comes, we walk up and there is Haley waiting for us outside of 761 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,160 Blue Bayou. And the moment that she 762 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:23,280 realized, like, wait, it's you, you guys talked to me. 763 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,040 And like we did, yeah. She's like, you guys are from 764 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,560 the podcast, right? And we were like, yeah, that's 765 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,520 us. So it was fun, but I love that 766 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,480 there's this very brief introduction and she's like, OK, 767 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:35,200 well, let's get down to business. 768 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,240 Where do you wanna go 1st? And here's kind of what I have 769 00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:40,400 in mind for you guys. You guys wanna ride Pirates 770 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,120 right now? Yeah, she's like, Pirates is 771 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,680 right here. And we're like, yes, let's do 772 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,440 it. So again, Pirates doesn't have a 773 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,560 lightning lane. So kind of took us around the 774 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,760 side by the treehouse and we were on Pirates within 5 775 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:52,360 minutes. Yep. 776 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:55,160 And not only that, but she's like, where do you want to sit? 777 00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:59,080 Yes, that is that is true almost every single ride. 778 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,600 She was like, do you have a preference of where you want to 779 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:02,760 sit? You want to sit in the front on 780 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:04,080 pirates? Boom, done. 781 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,400 You want to sit on the back of Big Thunder Mountain? 782 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,800 Boom, done. Yeah, wherever you want to sit. 783 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,400 That was awesome. Very cool. 784 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:14,560 So yeah, we did Pirates. And then we came off of pirates. 785 00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:18,600 Yep, and there was Dole Whip and bottles of water for. 786 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:20,720 Us. And she's like hauling these big 787 00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:22,720 bottles of water for us. I felt bad. 788 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:23,560 I did. Too. 789 00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,240 But she's like, no, this is my job. 790 00:42:25,240 --> 00:42:27,880 Like I'm here do this and like, OK, well, can you guys eat and 791 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:29,880 walk at the same time because we were moving. 792 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:31,360 Yeah, she was like, Nope, we're going. 793 00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:34,600 And I'm like, I can't eat cold things super fast. 794 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:37,560 I mean, no one can, but I was struggling to finish my Dole 795 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,360 Whip. Oh, I I think I inhaled that 796 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,360 pretty quick because I was just basking in the glory of it all. 797 00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:45,960 Yeah, strutting my way through New Orleans Square on our way to 798 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,080 Frontierland. It's true, yes, Because at this 799 00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:52,320 point she's like, OK, Rise of the Resistance was down and 800 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,000 there was something else that was down. 801 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,840 So she's like, how about Big Thunder Mountain? 802 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,280 We were like, great, so let's go there next. 803 00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:01,840 So yeah, she kind of had like a plan in her head, but she's 804 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,480 like, I'm not going to take you over to rise when it's down, 805 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:06,920 obviously. Well, and she knew and she knew 806 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:11,200 all of this and, and again, it made it just so efficient. 807 00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,680 And I can't tell you guys enough, like how smooth 808 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:17,880 everything went. Yeah, if we wanted to stop for a 809 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,840 restroom, totally fine if we want to stop for a picture. 810 00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:24,720 But like, she was already two or three steps ahead every step of 811 00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:27,080 the way, all throughout the day. Yeah, no. 812 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:30,680 And this was, and this was so nice because we went at a little 813 00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:34,000 bit of a busier time and lightning lanes were tough. 814 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:37,080 Like I spent hours refreshing you. 815 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:40,440 Like I remember the first day we had Indy and I finally got it 816 00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:43,920 down to like 11:30. But I was like, I can't you guys 817 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,920 like I'm sorry, Indy is stuck where it is, Like I can't get 818 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,520 this down. So to not have to book any 819 00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:53,800 lightning lanes, to not have to look at my phone at all, it was 820 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:55,320 amazing. She took care of that was 821 00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:57,720 everything. That was the first time in a hot 822 00:43:57,720 --> 00:44:00,600 minute that you've been able to be in the park and enjoy the 823 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:02,520 moment and not be on your phone. It was. 824 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,120 Great. It was so good. 825 00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:06,600 Yeah. So we did Big Thunder. 826 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:10,880 Then we went over to Fantasyland and we did Peter Pan and Snow 827 00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:14,960 White and Mr. Toad. And every step of the way, like 828 00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:18,800 as she's pointing out different features of the rides, she knew 829 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,960 facts, plural, about every single ride that we went on. 830 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:27,240 We're learning things that we had never heard or read before. 831 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:31,520 Yeah. Which was absolutely awesome and 832 00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:35,400 it was just hilarious. Our oldest lost his sunglasses 833 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:39,880 on Mr. Toad, and she was like, it's OK Let the cast member 834 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:41,120 know. She took care of it. 835 00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:43,160 And she's like, OK, are you good without him? 836 00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:44,560 Do we need to get you some other ones? 837 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:45,800 Yeah. He's like, no, no, I'm good. 838 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,200 It's like, OK, we're going. And she's like, we'll take care 839 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:49,680 of that at the end of the day. Don't worry. 840 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:53,360 Yeah, which is why we were like kids, you have to sleep in today 841 00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:55,800 because we are going nonstop for seven hours. 842 00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:59,360 Yeah, but every step of the way, again, she knew, like, OK, well, 843 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,040 this ride's going to be a little bit longer. 844 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:04,360 So while you're on this ride, let me go get you a snack or let 845 00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,880 me check on this and and again she went back and checked on 846 00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:11,720 Jeremy sunglasses one point. But the other thing that we had 847 00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:15,520 told Haley as well as like, hey, we know there's an even number 848 00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:19,360 of us, but anything you want to ride with us that you want to 849 00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:22,640 like, come be a part of, like, come on, be, be with us and 850 00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:24,920 stuff. And she did ride rides with us. 851 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:28,000 Yeah, she went on. She went on Snow White with us. 852 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:29,280 Yep, Yep. I remember that. 853 00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:31,760 One she went on runaway, we're all away with us. 854 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:34,320 Yep. And again, it was so cool. 855 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:35,840 And I think we had an odd number. 856 00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,680 She probably would have ridden even more with us, but that was 857 00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:40,080 great. And we'd always said like 858 00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:42,760 whenever we do this, like that cast member is part of our 859 00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:45,000 family. And it was awesome that we could 860 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,320 do that. But after Space Mountain, 861 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:50,440 they're hot fresh churros waiting for us it. 862 00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:52,320 Was great. It was amazing. 863 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:57,360 So yeah, at this point it's 3:30, so we are two hours into 864 00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:03,800 our tour and we already did 123456 rides and two snacks. 865 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:05,840 And these are some of the big rides, too. 866 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,240 Yeah. So we make our way over to 867 00:46:08,240 --> 00:46:11,160 Matterhorn. Yep, she gets us on that very 868 00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:14,120 quickly. Runaway Railway was next. 869 00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:16,640 And again, that was great that she wrote it with us, which was 870 00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:20,240 super, super fun. But then while we're over in 871 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,400 Toontown, you know, she had more water for us. 872 00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:25,720 And then she's like, OK, well, we're going to wander our way 873 00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:28,160 over here. And that's where we got to meet 874 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:32,920 Mickey in our own private room and take pictures, which was 875 00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:36,640 amazing. And I was just on cloud 9 as it 876 00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:37,880 was. And then she's like, OK, well, 877 00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:39,240 now we're going to wander over here. 878 00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:42,000 And it was right next door to meet Minnie. 879 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:43,560 Yeah. And we got to go in the back 880 00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:44,160 door. Yep. 881 00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:47,760 We got to bypass the whole line. That was a 45 minute wait. 882 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:50,800 I know, I know. Yeah, it was incredible. 883 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,320 So that was so, so sweet. And the pictures, you guys? 884 00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:56,360 Yeah, amazing. Well, even the pictures, we're 885 00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:58,960 like, come on, We're like, get in here like you can. 886 00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:01,280 I know she. Was like, no, you guys take 887 00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:04,280 family pictures first because the tour guide, the mindset is 888 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:06,560 like, you always have to take care of your guests first. 889 00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:08,920 So she's like, of course I wanna get in the pictures with you, 890 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:12,600 but I wanna make sure that you as a family, you get everything 891 00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:14,520 that you want and need first. Right. 892 00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:18,960 And then it was off to Galaxy's edge, and that's where we got to 893 00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:20,640 do Rise of the Resistance. Yep. 894 00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:23,800 And then wall in line for Rise of the Resistance because that's 895 00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:26,320 a longer line. We wanted to do another. 896 00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:30,920 We wanted more snacks and I desperately needed some caffeine 897 00:47:31,240 --> 00:47:35,160 so we only have one snack credit left each. 898 00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:37,280 But she's like, it's really not a problem. 899 00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:40,320 She's like, this is my job. If you just give me some form of 900 00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:44,240 payment, I will go get you more snacks and let's save your snack 901 00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:47,480 credits for later. This was a dangerous moment for 902 00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:50,600 Jake because I realized the world was literally at my 903 00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:52,480 fingertips. She's like if you want a mobile 904 00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:54,920 order food, you mobile order it, you pay for it. 905 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:58,360 I will go get it. Like so while we were on Rise of 906 00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:01,160 the Resistance, we had a leftover Disney gift card. 907 00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:03,960 So we gave her a Disney gift card and she went and got some 908 00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:06,080 Mickey pretzels. She got me a Coke. 909 00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:08,960 It was great. Yep, so at this point it's now 910 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,320 like 530. We've done 9 rides, 2 911 00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:14,920 characters, 2 snacks, as well as the snacks that she went and got 912 00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:18,720 for us on our gift cards. Like we're just living life, 913 00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:23,120 having a wonderful time, talking, enjoying every moment. 914 00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,040 She takes us over to Haunted Mansion. 915 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:30,040 We have beignets waiting for us afterwards. 916 00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:33,520 Yep. I just, it was so awesome. 917 00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:37,840 And then I was like well what if we just went over to DCA? 918 00:48:38,720 --> 00:48:41,760 So we did. We jumped over to California 919 00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:44,320 Adventure and again, she was very good to say, hey, is there 920 00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:45,520 anything else you want to do here? 921 00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:47,680 Because again, we know time's going to be a little tight, but 922 00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:50,520 she was just very efficient making sure we squeezed 923 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:52,400 everything into this time that we could. 924 00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:56,080 Yeah. And so, yeah, over in DCA now 925 00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:58,560 all of a sudden we're riding web slingers and. 926 00:48:58,720 --> 00:49:01,520 And she's riding with us and. She's like, do you know what you 927 00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:03,160 need to hit? You need to hit the green 928 00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:05,920 aliens, Anything that glows, anything that's yellow. 929 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:09,640 Like she knew exactly what to do in each ride. 930 00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:13,440 So fun. And we got to go on cars, which 931 00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:17,320 was awesome. And yeah, while in line, she 932 00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:20,360 pulled out the phone and that's where the merch came out because 933 00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:22,680 you can just do that from her phone. 934 00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:26,880 Yes, you can do it at the VIP meeting area right inside the 935 00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:30,920 gate in Disneyland, or she can pull it up for you and you can 936 00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:32,640 order it there, which is really cool. 937 00:49:32,720 --> 00:49:34,280 Yeah. So we were able to look through 938 00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:35,920 her phone, decide what we wanted. 939 00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:40,040 We were able to check out via the app that she had a scan the 940 00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:40,920 QR code. Yep. 941 00:49:41,240 --> 00:49:45,880 And then we had two options. She said I can deliver the VIP 942 00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:51,040 tour merch to your hotel, but it would have to be a Disneyland 943 00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:53,240 property hotel, which we were not staying at. 944 00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:55,680 She's like or. It'll be delivered to a locker 945 00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:58,240 and we'll get you the locker number and the code later. 946 00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:01,200 And I will say, like it would have been really cool to go back 947 00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:04,680 to our hotel and have it all waiting there for us, however, 948 00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:07,440 to come walking out of the lockers. 949 00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:10,520 Oh, you were living your best. Life with some VIP tour guide 950 00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:14,720 bags that was yeah, it was a moment yeah, I'll never forget 951 00:50:14,720 --> 00:50:17,120 and it was great Yep. So at this point, after we get 952 00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:20,600 off cars, we're kind of running out of time here. 953 00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:22,800 But she's like, hey, what else do you guys want to do? 954 00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:26,080 So we went over to Guardians and she pointed out some cool stuff 955 00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:29,720 because kids really wanted to do Guardians and got off of there. 956 00:50:29,720 --> 00:50:31,640 And then this is where she was just so sweet. 957 00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:34,360 She's like, hey, I know we're almost there, but it's Sauron 958 00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:37,760 over California right now. On Sauron, you got to do it. 959 00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:41,600 I am fine to wait some extra time to make sure that you guys 960 00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:44,200 get to do this. Yeah, cuz she scanned us in 961 00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:48,440 before our tour ended at 8:30, but she's like after this then 962 00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:50,400 I'm like done. But she was so nice because 963 00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:53,480 she's like we have reserved seating for the fireworks and 964 00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,080 for Fantasmic. You guys need some snacks. 965 00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:59,280 You still have snack credits left and if not, I have your 966 00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:01,400 gift card. She's like let me go get you 967 00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:04,920 guys some snacks for the entertainment while you guys go 968 00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:05,360 rides. Lauren. 969 00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:10,320 And we came off of Soren, and she had popcorn for us, Mickey 970 00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:13,520 ice cream bar, Pretzel, another churro for me. 971 00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:15,520 Yep. And that's where we had the 972 00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:18,360 moment to give her the ears. Yeah. 973 00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:22,080 And I don't know, it's just awesome. 974 00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:26,080 Yeah, she's great. It was a great experience. 975 00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:29,360 And, you know, again, just knowing everything that we kind 976 00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:32,520 of worked through last year and, and to be able to celebrate that 977 00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:35,400 moment with her family and just kind of feel like we did it. 978 00:51:35,680 --> 00:51:39,120 It was, it was great. And I don't know that Haley will 979 00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:41,720 ever know how much that this experience meant to us, but I'm 980 00:51:41,720 --> 00:51:43,800 really glad that she got to be a part of it for us. 981 00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:46,880 Yeah. So that was the end of the 982 00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:50,160 official like wall. We had the tour guide. 983 00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:52,240 Yep. However, and this is one thing 984 00:51:52,240 --> 00:51:55,720 that we learned, is Disneyland if you want reserved seating 985 00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,600 that does not count as part of your tour. 986 00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:01,040 Nope. In Walt Disney World, if you 987 00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:04,160 want to watch happily Ever after from the reserved area of the 988 00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:07,880 Hub Grass, you have to include that 30 minutes into your tour. 989 00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:10,920 Suck it, Disney World. I'm sorry, what? 990 00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:16,840 Here you did not have to do that, which I think is so worth 991 00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:18,080 it. No, it really was. 992 00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:21,360 And we planned out our day accordingly because we knew we 993 00:52:21,360 --> 00:52:25,000 could have that time at the end. And so, you know, we we planned 994 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:27,480 ahead. We started at 1:30 for seven 995 00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:30,920 hours going by 8:30 she could be on her way. 996 00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:33,440 And then we could still go enjoy the fireworks, and we could 997 00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:35,640 still enjoy Fantasmic. Yep. 998 00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:38,440 So we crossed back over to Disneyland again by ourselves, 999 00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:41,800 but she had sent us a map that showed us exactly where to sit 1000 00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:44,440 for the fireworks as well as Fantasmic. 1001 00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:48,360 We had personally mobile ordered dinner so we picked that up and 1002 00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:50,200 then we were in front of the castle. 1003 00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:53,720 On benches y'all. On benches. 1004 00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:58,760 And I'm sorry, but like this is the spot that if you want to see 1005 00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:02,240 the fireworks up close, like you're sacrificing at least an 1006 00:53:02,240 --> 00:53:05,400 hour, probably two of your day to to lock up spots. 1007 00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:09,240 To sit 3 hours Yeah, if you not the front of the castle. 1008 00:53:09,240 --> 00:53:14,200 We strolled up there 5 minutes before it all started and sat 1009 00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:17,280 there and cried together as fireworks are going off over our 1010 00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:19,800 heads while we're eating chicken tenders and fries. 1011 00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:24,880 Just living it up. It was magical. 1012 00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:27,040 And again, to see wondrous journeys. 1013 00:53:28,520 --> 00:53:31,160 Yeah, I don't know. Had a moment. 1014 00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:33,080 Yeah. Bald like a baby. 1015 00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:34,000 Yep. We all. 1016 00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:34,880 It was amazing. Yep. 1017 00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:38,560 But there was more. And then we had reserved seating 1018 00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:42,000 for Fantasmic at 10. 30 front and center. 1019 00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:44,880 Yep, it was awesome seats. Yeah, seats again. 1020 00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,960 Yep, it was great. No, it was really great. 1021 00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:52,080 And then by that point, now it's, you know, 11:00, like the 1022 00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:55,320 parks closed. And so we just kind of walked 1023 00:53:55,320 --> 00:53:58,640 out and, you know, like the afterglow of it all, you know, 1024 00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:03,000 just just soaking in this amazing day that we had. 1025 00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:08,600 And we went to the locker and picked up our merch and strutted 1026 00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:11,800 out of there like a mill Peacock in full bloom. 1027 00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:14,800 It was amazing. It was amazing. 1028 00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:20,840 But final count, 14 rides, 2 characters, 5 snack runs I 1029 00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:22,480 think. It might have been 6 snack runs, 1030 00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:24,120 I don't even know. I lost count because I don't 1031 00:54:24,240 --> 00:54:27,520 think I counted the beignets. Oh yeah that's true. 7 Snack 1032 00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:30,680 runs Snacks Snacks for days. Snacks on Yeah, snacks on 1033 00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:34,480 snacks. So that was our day overall. 1034 00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:36,840 Final thoughts. Was it worth it? 1035 00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:40,160 Absolutely. Now I will say like this was 1036 00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:42,840 something that we have been saving up for building towards 1037 00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:45,800 for a long time. We had to start over our saving, 1038 00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:47,960 you know, just in light of everything last year. 1039 00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:51,360 But when we just looked at what was happening in our lives, what 1040 00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:54,720 this trip meant for us, absolutely zero regret. 1041 00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:58,960 It was worth every penny. And I think the experience 1042 00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:03,640 there, you know, sometimes I think like I gotta let this not 1043 00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:09,240 go to my head, but like it was just so magical and a way to 1044 00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:12,920 experience the Disney parks unlike anything we'd ever done 1045 00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:15,840 before. And to do as many things as we 1046 00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:19,360 did, but just to have such a pleasant experience from start 1047 00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:24,200 to finish, even though we were just running like we, it didn't 1048 00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:26,640 feel like it. It just felt like you were just 1049 00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:30,440 in this dream the whole day. And it was incredible. 1050 00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:34,280 And selfishly, I hope we can do it again someday. 1051 00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:37,480 But if we can't, I'm so glad we did it. 1052 00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:40,600 Yeah, it was amazing. Yeah, I would agree, knowing 1053 00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:44,880 that 100% this is a luxury item and not something that everybody 1054 00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:48,120 will be able to do. Yeah, I think if you have the 1055 00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:53,080 money, it is absolutely worth it because again, for me, like when 1056 00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:55,640 we go to the parks, I essentially am the VIP tour 1057 00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:57,200 guide. Yeah, I'm the one who books the 1058 00:55:57,200 --> 00:56:00,400 Lightning lanes. I order all of the food, I do 1059 00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:03,880 all of those things so to be able to sit back for this one 1060 00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:07,120 day and just enjoy the trip with my family. 1061 00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:08,920 Priceless. Priceless. 1062 00:56:09,120 --> 00:56:10,960 I didn't have to do a darn thing all day. 1063 00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:12,920 No, it was great. It was really great. 1064 00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:16,680 And so again, if you're doing this, even if you have the money 1065 00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:20,600 to burn and just can do it on a Tuesday, do something to 1066 00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:22,680 celebrate. And I think that part was really 1067 00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:25,640 special because she knew we were celebrating our son graduating 1068 00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:28,480 from high school. And for us, you know, our 100th 1069 00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:32,080 episode of the podcast, but also just a great family trip. 1070 00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:35,640 Have something to celebrate. I promise it'll be that much 1071 00:56:35,640 --> 00:56:40,160 more special and worth it to be able to close the night. 1072 00:56:40,240 --> 00:56:42,800 I would recommend again, have something for your VIP tour 1073 00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:44,760 guide. It doesn't have to be ears. 1074 00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:48,600 Just do something, something for them because like they, they 1075 00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:51,840 really are outstanding cast members. 1076 00:56:52,280 --> 00:56:56,640 And she gave us I'm celebrating buttons that have a Plaid border 1077 00:56:56,640 --> 00:57:00,960 on them. She gave us VIP tour pens, which 1078 00:57:00,960 --> 00:57:04,920 are amazing. But guys, like if you ever 1079 00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:08,640 wanted an experience just for you, this is the way to do it. 1080 00:57:08,640 --> 00:57:12,920 And, and just again, like just a special shout out to all the 1081 00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:14,920 cast members like y'all are amazing. 1082 00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:19,920 We are guests at this park where you guys live and work and it 1083 00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:24,120 was just really cool to see that and experience it with them the 1084 00:57:24,120 --> 00:57:25,880 whole day. You know, cuz I think we all 1085 00:57:25,880 --> 00:57:28,400 have our favorite cast members that we interact with on a ride, 1086 00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:31,360 but to think like, hey, you get to have your favorite cast 1087 00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:34,320 member with you all day long. Unbelievable. 1088 00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:35,280 Yeah. So good. 1089 00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:36,200 Yeah, it. Was great. 1090 00:57:36,520 --> 00:57:45,640 So to wrap up, y'all, thank you for giving us 100 episodes of so 1091 00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:51,400 much fun connection magic, and here's to so many more ahead. 1092 00:57:51,400 --> 00:57:55,840 But just know sincerely, for those of you that we already 1093 00:57:55,840 --> 00:57:58,120 have had the pleasure to meet, for those of you that we still 1094 00:57:58,120 --> 00:58:01,120 are dying to meet, but just anyone out there that that we 1095 00:58:01,120 --> 00:58:05,800 don't know personally yet, we love you very much and we hope 1096 00:58:05,800 --> 00:58:08,600 that you guys enjoy this podcast as much as we enjoy making it 1097 00:58:08,600 --> 00:58:11,040 for you. But you're a part of our family 1098 00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:14,120 and just thank you for the incredible journey so far. 1099 00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:16,640 That's it for this week's episode. 1100 00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:19,560 Don't forget to rate our show on Apple or Spotify or wherever you 1101 00:58:19,560 --> 00:58:23,520 listen to podcasts, subscribe to support our show on Patreon, 1102 00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:26,960 check out our T-shirt shop, shop Threads of Imagination, and 1103 00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:29,080 until next wonderful Wednesday, TTFN.