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Going to Disney World is all 
about being in the magic. 

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If you just go up with a pair of
ears and no planner, you're 

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already behind. 
So from mastering the lightning 

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lane to skipping the customs 
hall with the MPC app, your 

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phone needs your ticket to a 
stress future. 

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Tonight we're going to be going 
through all the insurance and 

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outs of our phones to see what 
we take on our next trip to 

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Disney World. 
Welcome to the great British 

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Mickey Waffle live. 
Hello everybody, I hope we're 

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all well this Wednesday. 
I I think as we literally turned

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up a few minutes before the show
started. 

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I think we've all had a week so 
far so I'm I'm not allowed. 

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To two days in I. 
Don't know. 

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We've had a bank holiday as 
well. 

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We're only two days in. 
We're in May though, so it's 

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positive. 
We're getting close to summer 

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and we've all got a lot of plans
coming up this summer or at 

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least later on this year. 
So join me today with Becca. 

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Hello, I apologise, it's like 
yawn throughout this show. 

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Yeah. 
No, no. 

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No, it's a normal Wednesday. 
I'll just help you keep you 

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away. 
You'll be OK. 

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We've also got John. 
Hi, John. 

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Hi, Ben. 
You're all right. 

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Yeah, not too bad yourself. 
I'm. 

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Very well, yeah. 
Busy, I say. 

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I could just see outside your 
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sunny. 
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Well, it's cold. 
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still, I've still got the heat 
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Still in Northeast, isn't it? 
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Yeah, the heat not to go on it's
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OK, I would say it is cold 
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I'm not in shorts and in jeans, 
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But Simon, how are you keeping 
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Yeah, I've not had too many 
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It's it's been quite a nice 
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It's been a bank holiday filled 
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Yeah, I hate it. 
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No, All good. 
That's good. 

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We don't have too much for a 
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apologies, we are just going to 
win it. 

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But I have to admit, looking at 
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there's so much, it's so easy to
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not have a plan. 
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have a plan. 
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Florida, I'll also say back in 
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Years ago you were going to say 
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Yeah, it was all paper maps and 
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getting line at MCR on white. 
There was no, no shortcuts. 

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So. 
No way. 

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No way of helping us. 
No way. 

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What's the What's the weather on
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Yeah, there was no Optus 
optimising your trip. 

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It was just you went to Disney, 
you went round the parks, you 

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enjoyed what you're doing in the
moment, which I have a bit is 

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great to look back on. 
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intro, if you haven't got a 
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might come across a few things 
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where we didn't get dining 
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We didn't know we had to book in
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It was, it was quite difficult, 
I think to go with that. 

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And then before we get into 
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a bit of Disney news this week, 
especially this afternoon. 

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Hasn't it just? 
Has indeed. 

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So I think we'll head straight 
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I'm not sure where this. 
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should be described as 
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ballistic at Animal Kingdom. 
It's just like, it's the most 

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bizarre story I've ever heard. 
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event late yesterday afternoon, 
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Safaris. 
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truck and go to the nearest 
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Our bathroom break. 
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there isn't an actual toilet in 
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Yeah, I was going to get like 
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app somebody's experience ago. 
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This is not where there is a 
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though, if it was in an area 
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What a dangerous animal. 
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of. 
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crocodiles, I just. 
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around because any man animal 
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it's hardened. 
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I'm sure I've got very, very 
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Legs and also it's not just 
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danger in everyone else that's 
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just don't understand. 
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We're going to see someone, 
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It's not. 
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really annoys me, Ben, and I 
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see this. 
There's only a limit to how much

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health and safety that Disney 
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You know what you're going to 
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You're going to put, like glass 
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you know, of the right vehicle 
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again in the future. 
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everyone else. 
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It is a shame. 
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might think that disabled go 
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back in like they did during 
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We did that in 2021 and it 
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It was it's OK, but you don't 
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shouldn't be for one person to 
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gone wrong or it impacts 
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But yeah, it's not not the most.
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I couldn't believe it. 
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as well. 
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TikTok and you can go and just 
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else in the truck because 
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he's going to be banned and be 
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make an announcement or what 
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And I hope they don't react by 
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I don't know, maybe for? 
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Maybe they just need another 
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though that I know because we've
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they say that if anything is 
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it. 
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It's, it's interesting to see 
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But that that was not on my 
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week. 
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was the other item, which which 
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big Thunder Mountain was like 
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overshadowed by the and and 
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small fire, but actually it was 
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yelling, yelling, you're sitting
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that is just again, it's one of 
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want when something's just brand
new and and and again for for 

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play to Disney, because actually
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happens and it will be like a 
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to try and investigate exactly 
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Was just only a couple of hours.
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that maybe overheated. 
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cause of it. 
But that was that was quite 

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again, the queue time for that 
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incredible. 
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having AI know we're going to 
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podcast moving forward anyway. 
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within the park that you just 
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the back corner of just those, 
those the mind crane going round

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and round and the little crank 
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going up the hill. 
It doesn't matter where you are,

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you actually still become very 
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the air shot. 
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looking forward to in the summer
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that back in the park as well 
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Just hearing the screams of 
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Yeah, yeah. 
It there's just so much to it 

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and I think we'd like we said 
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but it was just us. 
I was just watching on on 

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socials over the weekend. 
It just was she there's a part 

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of me double wish I'd been first
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have to experience it. 
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2 hours to queue on just like 
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Yeah, we'll wait till we go go 
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going on then at 2 times. 
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it seems to get back to the 
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John, did you do some press 
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you just I? 
I think you've got to wait for 

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the queues to die down. 
I can't. 

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I don't honestly see, I don't 
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just to say, oh, I rode it when 
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I was the best. 
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I don't know. 
I can see why people do it, you 

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know, Don't get me wrong, if it 
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go and queue up. 
I am that stupid, you know, It's

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a bit like it's a. 
Bit like it'd be going when the 

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ride closes. 
You ought to be like the last 

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one. 
It's it's so nice to be when you

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were there for like it's 
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But yeah, Simon, how about you? 
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it's because it's a refurb or 
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I can't wait till the crowds 
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If it's a new ride, I would 
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what if there was a gap at some 
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I'd see what I could do. 
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just an update to an existing 
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wouldn't rush to to join the 
queues really. 

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That leads nicely on to sort of 
soft opening dates for a rock 

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and roller coaster and soaring 
across America and also because 

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they've or pass holder and DVC 
reviews so for both of those 

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attractions as well, which is 
quite interesting to see that 

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none of that happened for big 
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I wonder whether I've. 
I think they'll cut in the 

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refurb, but we find them very 
close, a lot closer than we've 

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ever once suspect. 
I think a lot of it may have 

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been for realising how much 
extra protection that we're 

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putting in ball and sort of we 
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about other walls around Big 
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construction worker Piston Peak.
So I wonder whether that was a 

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lot to do with that by not 
having it open as early and then

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having that sort of two hour 
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the weekend. 
I think it helped as well 

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because I know over the weekend 
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as well unexpectedly and and you
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big Thunder and without without 
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There will be significant queues
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if that were to happen. 
So to actually have a lot of 

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people within the big Thunder 
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provide a little bit of help. 
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looking towards the summer, I 
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was going to be a real again, 
just a crowd Sapper right into 

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that back corner once again and 
probably will encourage more 

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people on the Tianas as well 
because you're done in that area

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around you. 
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And so the dates for the rock 
and roller coaster, so and the 

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preview for Anna Pass holders, 
it's on the 21st, 22nd, 23rd of 

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May and there'll be a virtual 
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AM, 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM. 
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priority access on May 24th. 
So it'd be quite interesting to 

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see how they build up because I 
think it's reopening on the 

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26th. 
So it'd be quite good to see how

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that works and foresaw in across
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So Annual Pass Office can 
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and and we use a standard 
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park hours. 
There's no virtual queue needed 

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for that one with DVC members 
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the 21st of May. 
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Isn't that the week that Claire 
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It wouldn't surprise me. 
I have a feeling it. 

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Is. 
Should be front of that line, 

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don't you worry. 
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how virtual queue works. 
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later on in the show because 
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since we've used virtual keeps. 
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Yeah, one on Guardians. 
What's too on this? 

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No, have we got any other news 
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I did see the just tomorrow's 
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with Disneyland Abu Dhabi and 
there is AD 23 and the next year

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that isn't in the US. 
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Asia. 
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2027. 
That's interesting. 

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That that's going to be because 

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we got the big event this year 
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interesting to see what updates 
we get between there and what 

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the focus is where when you can 
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around so Hong Kong, Tokyo, 
Chiang Lai. 

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I expect also some more details 
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believed cruise ship, which is 
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Tokyo so I could see a lot of 
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interesting to see because they 
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Disneyland or Disney World. 
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the D-23 event in Walt Disney 
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they? 
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somewhere. 
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celebrations like we had in 
London that had one for the 

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Disney 100? 
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I'm trying to think, is there 
any other news that we've had 

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this week? 
I do wonder how the, I guess it 

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is a distinct shift in the 
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Asia, right, with Shanghai going
there as well and all the 

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expansion that they've had at 
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they've, they've got the Marvel 
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Shanghai as well. 
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there's a lot of interest in the
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line routes opening there. 
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trying to break new ground on 
expanding their their loyal 

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customer base in in Asia and see
what give people another 

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alternative as well for America,
I guess. 

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But yeah, I'd be interested to 
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event. 
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between the two, because I know 
over the past few years whenever

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there's been announcements like 
in Paris or anywhere that helps,

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like the United States, I know 
there's a lot of like, well, 

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we're hearing about investment 
in these other parks, What about

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investment at home, the domestic
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So it's quite interesting to see
that, that balance, whether they

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might end up doing more going 
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So we get a European 1, I don't 
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park. 
But because in Asia you've got 3

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parks, it makes sense to cover a
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Then whether they delay what 
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and focus on them next year 
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news and updates for all 
Disneyland and Disneyland in 

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August. 
Because I know that it's it's 

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going to be quite a big event 
for Josh, tomorrow's first D 23 

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as CEO. 
I think that's that for me is 

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that for me is the big part of 
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And I think that's a bit that 
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who else. 
And actually just having having 

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that ability to recognise it as 
a new CEO, there needs to be 

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some form of some form of 
recognition of what he's, what 

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he's got ahead of him and what 
and this is, this is his time to

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shine and it will be unmissable 
viewing I think. 

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It's, it's that, it's that first
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It's first time on stage as CEO 
and be interesting because he's 

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not in parks as much as what he 
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So when he was on standing on 
their fetish story, I was 

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talking about what's coming the 
next 10 years of parks. 

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It'd be interesting to see how 
long he is on stage and what 

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he's talking about as being CEO 
of the company. 

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Yeah, no, it'd just be a 
different dynamic, won't it? 

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And, and actually, yeah, I still
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parks anyway. 
So I still feel that that's that

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for me is is where I personally 
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quick win. 
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because I think because that's, 
that's the area he's really most

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experienced in. 
And I think for me, it's the one

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area in which he's got his 
finger on the pulse and and he 

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can actually change that around.
On very positive news for Hidden

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though, Disney Parks records a 
9.5 billion in revenue for 

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quarter to 2026. 
Strange though, the man. 

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The man's don't loan me money 
again. 

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Yeah, he would have thought the 
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hosting such a a huge chunk in 
revenue. 

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It's a 7% jump in year over 
year. 

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I mean, that's a law, yeah. 
Yeah, and I'm not. 

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I'm not going there. 
I'm not going there politically.

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What I would also add, and this 
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I'd always said before, when, 
when things go wrong for 

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companies, it is such a sad time
because people, people lose lots

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of jobs. 
But the loss of Spirit Airlines 

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within the US, I, I, I'd be 
intrigued just looking at that 

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moving forward as to, and, and 
if you're in the chat, you live 

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in America, it might well be 
that you don't use spirit for 

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some reason or another. 
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such a big input within MCO, 
will that impact on the cheap? 

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You know, that four day trip if 
you're coming down from Boston 

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or anywhere else in the in the 
north of of the US, will that 

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curtail some of that traffic 
into Walt Disney World? 

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I'll be, I'm intrigued to see 
how that fits in along with what

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seemingly is on, you know, a 
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people would have thought 
possible. 

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Is is that going to impact on 
the summer queue times? 

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I hope so, speaking totally 
greedily. 

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But then we've also got the the 
issue as regarded, is there 

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enough airline fuel left in the 
world? 

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So yeah, everybody's got 
question marks about it. 

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And I think that, yeah, my heart
goes out to everyone at Spirit 

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who who've lost their jobs 
because actually, yeah, it must 

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be the most horrible feeling 
that you basically, yeah, you, 

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you work your socks off and then
a company decides that that's it

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will. 
Probably wake up the next 

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morning and you find out. 
You job? 

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Yeah, yes, yes. 
Never, never good. 

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Right. 
And I think that's The thing is 

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travel is one of those things 
that's forever changing. 

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There's so much news and every 
time you're looking on, whether 

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it's social media or forums in 
different places, there's 

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there's a lot of confusion out 
at the minute. 

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And we because a lot of it is 
the media, it's difficult to 

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work out and probably count up 
to 100 different posts in the 

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past week of is there enough 
fuel for the summer? 

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And it's I don't know what about
true. 

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Whatever happens happens. 
It's people are we're all 

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looking forward to going away 
this summer. 

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And if, if we have to change 
trips, why things happen. 

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You just have to you have to 
deal with it. 

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. 
I think the one thing you can't 

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underestimate the the impact 
that it will have on MCO of 

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Spirit not being there. 
I mean, you look at the, I mean 

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aside from the fact they've been
going for 30 odd years, it's 

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like close on half a million 
passengers a month through 

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Orlando with Spirit. 
You know, it's like 200, 200 or 

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so flights a week that they had 
in and out of there. 

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So yeah, it's, it's quite, it's 
probably going to be quite a big

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impact on maybe a shorter haul 
Flyers that are coming from 

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other U.S. states into and out 
of Orlando on on cheaper 

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flights. 
You know, it's, it's probably 

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going to have a knock on impact 
to some of those people. 

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They might, people might be 
moving to different airlines but

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have to travel less because 
their flights are more expensive

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for the future. 
So, but yeah, yeah, it's sad 

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when an airline disappears and 
yeah, people lose their jobs. 

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Unfortunately it's not a good 
thing to happen. 

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It sort of makes you realise how
tight those margins must be in 

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the budget end of end of the 
airline industry. 

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It's it doesn't take much of A 
of a change of market conditions

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for them to to take a sudden hit
on that. 

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Yeah, yeah. 
It it must be helpful, but 

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anyone in charge of running a 
company like that to have to 

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make that decision regardless 
whether you're forced to or not,

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it's a difficult thing for 
anyone involved in the company. 

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Yeah. 
Can I, can I also put in into 

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the the mix as well? 
And I think this is important to

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say because again, going back to
what you said just there, Ben, 

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is the fact that there's so much
misinformation being spread. 

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Yeah, online and a lot of news 
outlets will also put in the 

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whole fact that, you know, they 
will put in the fact that the 

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word could or might, and they 
gloss over that within the 

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headline. 
And suddenly people who just 

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read the headline are suddenly 
panicking. 

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And what we don't want is to 
alarm anybody. 

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Listen to this and just take 
what take what you said earlier,

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Ben, is the fact that yeah, if 
something happens, then it 

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happens and there's nothing any 
of us can do about it. 

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So. 
So really what we need just to 

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understand is the fact that keep
playing your holiday away 

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because actually the percentage 
will be actually going. 

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And I'll probably live to regret
this if, if things are going to 

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get any worse. 
But the percentage of flights 

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that are going to be cancelled 
is going to be minimal purely 

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because what they'll do is 
they'll consolidate flights so 

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that they don't have empty 
planes going out. 

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They'll just make sure that the 
actual stadium, if you're meant 

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to go on the 9:00 flight and the
11:00 flight, and they're both 

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both, they would just, yeah, 
they would just merge the 

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flights together. 
And they've done that over the 

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years before how many times that
we've had maybe if we put an 

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additional flight on because 
actually they would, they would 

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have overbooked the day before 
and certain how they, they 

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changed. 
They, they know what they're 

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doing. 
And I think we've, we've all 

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been thorough. 
We will. 

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Six years ago we were dealing 
with the pandemic. 

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We understood what when things 
got cancelled and things had to 

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change. 
We've had that experience not 

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and we want to experience it 
again, but we've learned from 

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it, learned to go through it and
just life throws you these 

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challenges, these curveballs. 
You just have to just get on 

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with it. 
I think and I'm looking forward 

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to getting on our holidays this 
year and gives us a bit it's 

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time to rest and relax. 
And I'm going to say a quick 

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hello because I know we didn't 
mention them earlier, but we 

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quite we've got quite a few 
people in the chat today. 

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I think there's also a few ninja
watchers as well. 

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But first in stay we have 
Heather. 

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Hi, Heather. 
Thanks for joining us as always.

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We have Wendy and like it's 
sunny but chilly in Indiana. 

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Got my heating on too. 
See. 

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It's quite, quite interesting. 
John, you're not alone. 

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Yeah. 
Mark's here. 

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Not jealous at all, Mark. 
Sunny and a warm in Florida. 

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That sounds good to me, Mark. 
Yeah. 

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Yeah. 
And also, well, Mark's there. 

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Well, Mark's there as well. 
So thank you as always. 

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You know, I know you had your 
sabbatical from being being on 

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social media, but the world's a 
better place, Mark, when you're 

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posting photographs from Walt 
Disney World on your socials 

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because actually you just open 
your phone up and just go, Yep, 

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that's where I want to be. 
And it just, it makes it one day

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closer every single day. 
So appreciate it, Mark, and 

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thank you for joining us. 
I just it's still every time you

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just see something. 
I think I saw a video on TikTok 

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the other day, which was the 
audio from when you get onto one

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of the Disney buses and he was 
just saying, and you do on your 

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way to the Magic Kingdom. 
And I was thinking, I really 

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wish I was on the way to magic. 
And it just just it's you have 

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that sort of like, I wish I was 
there actually. 

448
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,040
You know, it's not going to be 
too long for an extra. 

449
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,880
So. 
And we also got Jacob. 

450
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,160
Hi, Jacob. 
Hope you're doing well. 

451
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,120
Thanks for joining us. 
Yeah. 

452
00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:41,120
So it's, it's been good to us. 
We've also got Colton Colton. 

453
00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:45,160
Yeah, it's good. 
I'm not sure what that is in 

454
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:49,720
Celsius, but I think that's 
quite cold in Fahrenheit 40°. 

455
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:52,040
Yeah. 
Yeah. 

456
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,320
Cold. 
Yeah, that might be cold. 

457
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,440
Look at that. 
And just as as we speak, 

458
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:00,800
Samantha. 
Joins us. 

459
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,000
Yeah, there you go. 
Thank you for joining us just 

460
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:08,200
and if you, if you are an injury
watching, yeah, just put message

461
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:09,360
in. 
We will give you a little shout.

462
00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:10,360
Say hello. 
Yeah. 

463
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,760
Because, well, we're that kind 
of people we quite like. 

464
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,720
We don't buy it. 
We like the fact. 

465
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,160
Everyone's super friendly. 
Yeah, yeah. 

466
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,200
But Will, what was class off 
shows like a midweek hug, 

467
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,480
whether you're having a good 
week or a bad weekend? 

468
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:23,960
I never was. 
There's like halfway. 

469
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,560
We had a bank holiday weekend 
but I feel like it should be 

470
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:33,440
Friday by now. 
I know Cousin half dragged on 

471
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,680
this week. 
We had two days in the office. 

472
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:37,800
Yeah. 
Oh no. 

473
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:42,800
Even worse. 
Yeah, and I have to admit, and 

474
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,800
I've been keeping up on Robin's 
sort of insta stories past few 

475
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,200
days. 
I'm like, I'm just jealous. 

476
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:52,160
I'd much rather be in be in 
Disney than being in work. 

477
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:56,840
Yeah, yeah, definitely. 
Yeah, I spoke to her 5 minutes, 

478
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,880
5 minutes before we joined and 
she was on her way to Hollywood 

479
00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:04,800
Studios and he was glorious. 
Blue skies and sunshine side. 

480
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,080
Yeah, that sounds sounds good to
me. 

481
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,480
Yeah. 
OK, so on to tonight's topic. 

482
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,760
We said we're going to talk 
about the apps that are on our 

483
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,920
phone. 
How do you plan your trip? 

484
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:20,560
What is there a particular app 
that you start with even before 

485
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,360
you start having your trip? 
So anything you always have as a

486
00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:25,080
must do. 
Sky. 

487
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,240
Sky scanner, Yeah. 
Sky. 

488
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:32,000
Scanner I suppose going to say 
airline apps for me are the must

489
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:36,040
have so I I always have. 
I have both the BA and the 

490
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,440
Virgin apps, as I'm sure lots of
people that travel in and out of

491
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,640
Orlando have done flights with 
both airlines. 

492
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:46,160
So I always have both airline 
apps because whoever I'm flying 

493
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,400
with, I always want to know that
my bookings going in there. 

494
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,840
I can do all the seat selection 
and fiddle around with the 

495
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,560
booking. 
So that's always my. 

496
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,760
Check in like it's 24 hours 
before you can do the job 

497
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,080
online. 
Put everything in there and and 

498
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,720
it tells you how many bads you 
want to add and all, all, all of

499
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:05,400
that and good signal when you're
planning because on them you and

500
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,240
over the British Airways 1, 
there was this cheapest fares 

501
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,520
section. 
So I always used to just put in 

502
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:14,760
like 7 days, 14 days and it will
just tell you what locations 

503
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,920
are, are the cheapest you can 
like like I'm trying to save a 

504
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,960
bit of money. 
What's when are we booking 

505
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,840
flights? 
And it's like John, you 

506
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,840
mentioned of Skyscanner as well.
I think we've got plenty of 

507
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,240
different apps that whether you 
use Expedia, there's some 

508
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,680
different Google Flights. 
I think the biggest thing for us

509
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,200
is to start with is always 
looking at the flights. 

510
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:40,960
Yeah. 
I will say Virgin Atlantic has 

511
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,720
had an update recently, so if 
you're like me and you only look

512
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:47,240
at your Virgin app once a year, 
you might want to download the 

513
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:48,320
new one. 
Yes. 

514
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:53,440
It's a lot more cohesive, it's a
lot more up to date and you can 

515
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,760
do a lot more on it. 
A lot of it is sort of where 

516
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,600
that based. 
So when you click on it, it 

517
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:02,920
opens a small window on your 
phone the you didn't do before. 

518
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,360
The things like you're looking 
like for reward flights, it used

519
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,080
to direct you straight to the 
website when now it keeps you 

520
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,080
within the app. 
You can also do things like 

521
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:16,840
bidding for upgrades, not that 
I've looked but you can not. 

522
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,440
But it's something you used to 
have to do. 

523
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,800
You don't have to get your 
laptop out or go on a web 

524
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,840
browser your computer to find. 
You can just do it in the app. 

525
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,520
And I think British Airways can 
do a lot of the same things as 

526
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,520
well. 
And I think that's what's 

527
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,240
changed a lot over the years. 
Because I remember of our first 

528
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,640
few trips, I would download the 
Virgin app, so you'd get your 

529
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,240
boarding pass on it. 
But when you go to check in, 

530
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,360
when you go to the airport, they
go, oh, we don't accept that. 

531
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,840
Here's your printer. 
It's like, what's the point of 

532
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:48,760
the app? 
They put you out a physical 

533
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,320
boarding pass anyway, why do you
ask for one or not? 

534
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,000
I know I'd much rather just have
the app, but you don't. 

535
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,040
Yeah, because in the backdrop 
they go well. 

536
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,120
Yeah, you've got lucky bags and 
then they bring you out a 

537
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:01,720
boarding pass. 
It's like I've already checked 

538
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,200
in, I don't need a boarding 
pass. 

539
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:04,960
I've got my phone. 
Let me use my phone. 

540
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:09,480
Yeah. 
But I can see years ago when we 

541
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:14,520
first started using it like 
20/13/2014 that the app is 

542
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:15,840
vastly improved. 
I. 

543
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:22,280
Think it did in 2014, but it's 
one of those things that another

544
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:26,120
thing for us, we do a lot of 
stuff in our notes app. 

545
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,760
So when we're thinking of ideas 
or writing down notes and just 

546
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:35,240
whether it's what hotel we're 
going to stay at next, what we 

547
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:42,400
do and rough plans, just ideas. 
I've got 2 shopping lists 

548
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,160
currently in my notes app for 
Florida. 

549
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,080
It's for stuff to bring home. 
And a packing list. 

550
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,920
Yeah. 
But it's. 

551
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,960
Not finished yet? 
John, do you have a packing 

552
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:58,920
list? 
No, a last, no, I, I just, I say

553
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:03,280
what I want and then and then 
half it because actually and I 

554
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,120
realise I'd take it too much so.
Yes. 

555
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,920
It's a coming back bit that that
generally gets me because I 

556
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,320
usually end up buying too much. 
Yeah. 

557
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,480
You don't want to take too much 
out there because you're just 

558
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:19,400
going to waste that space for. 
Yeah, so I'm a newer planner. 

559
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:23,680
Do you have a packing list for? 
We, we usually do, we're a bit 

560
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,240
like you. 
So no Apple Notes. 

561
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,960
We always use that with a list 
of stuff. 

562
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:34,440
But yeah, over the years the the
list has got a bit shorter 

563
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,800
because there's things that we 
automatically get out or they're

564
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:42,440
stored in a in drawers that are 
almost like holiday drawers and.

565
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,440
They're just kind of. 
Take those out and they're 

566
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,720
default things that go with us. 
But yeah, we usually have an 

567
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,440
Apple Notes section set up. 
We also use that for not just 

568
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,880
like the list of planning, but 
we'll also do like a rough 

569
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,720
itinerary of days and plans that
we have where we're staying. 

570
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,720
So we sort of know where we're 
at. 

571
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:07,240
But yeah, I guess there's other 
Google equivalents and that you 

572
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,240
could use for that. 
But yeah, I think having a 

573
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,720
shared something that's shared 
that you can both access when 

574
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:15,840
you're a couple is great to 
have, yeah. 

575
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,160
And it's good having a Google 
spread, just having a 

576
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:20,800
spreadsheet, just having 
something. 

577
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:22,480
There is a lady after my own 
heart. 

578
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,400
Yeah, it ends up in the notes 
app, but then it get. 

579
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,320
Transferred to the spreadsheet 
and. 

580
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,160
Then we're now, we're now into 
that mega. 

581
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,680
We're into that mega stuff as 
well, aren't we? 

582
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,920
I think that's not an app. 
That's the fun I'm planning 

583
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:43,680
though, isn't That's the thing. 
And whether your countdown is 30

584
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:48,000
days or 300 days, you're always 
at a different point in working 

585
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,200
out what you need to book and 
when you need to book it. 

586
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:55,480
So obviously with dizzy vacation
class, we book like 11 months in

587
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:58,240
advance or seven months in 
advance for like that hotel. 

588
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,360
But then you've got the flights 
which come out at 11 months. 

589
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:05,120
And then depends whether we're 
booking with cash, the whether 

590
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,800
we're booking with points 
depends on availability. 

591
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:11,600
And once we've worked that out, 
so it's having that thing so you

592
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:16,600
can move all the way through it.
There are quite a few different 

593
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,280
apps that you can use for 
planning. 

594
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,880
And I would like to put in the 
calendar of just those dates. 

595
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,680
So when you're a little bit 
closer to it, especially when 

596
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,200
you get to 60 days out for 
booking your dining 

597
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:32,120
reservations, because if you're 
on site at Disney, if you're not

598
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:36,720
on site Disney, having the My 
Disney Experience out is the one

599
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:40,400
of the best things to have on 
your phone and make sure it's 

600
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,440
updated before the next time you
go because there are always 

601
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:47,160
frequent bug fixes. 
And I remember when we went when

602
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:52,320
guardians opened and they 
changed how you can access the 

603
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,880
photos on your photo pass. 
So it wasn't done on like the 

604
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,240
magic band. 
It was done on scanning the QR 

605
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:02,520
code on the wall through your 
phone, and then you had to 

606
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:06,480
enable the location and settings
on your phone through the app 

607
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:08,920
and a full of photo to get 
loaded. 

608
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,560
So it's something that you need 
to sort of be aware of that if 

609
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,000
you do have these apps, make 
sure you go and sort of like the

610
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,040
Google Play or the Apple App 
Store to check if there's 

611
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,920
updates beforehand because 
you're not sure. 

612
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,560
You don't want to get into the 
parks and then find out 

613
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,199
something's not working. 
And it could easily be solved 

614
00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:29,960
with a little update. 
Especially with this dodgy 

615
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:33,480
Wi-Fi, take you forever to 
download the update. 

616
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,440
I still think what is involved 
Wi-Fi can be better at times of 

617
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,800
Paris, OH. 
Yeah, definitely. 

618
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,719
Yeah. 
And especially with them sort of

619
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,280
new attractions and new 
reefabishments they they've been

620
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:49,120
doing, I know a good spot if 
anyone needs reasonable Wi-Fi 

621
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:54,280
connection is working from home 
and going to connections is 

622
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:58,720
very, very good. 
I mean, as poor as it is, for 

623
00:34:58,720 --> 00:35:02,040
the amount of people using it on
a daily basis, it's actually 

624
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,480
quite good. 
Wi-Fi. 

625
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,840
You joked about it, but yeah, 
that's the job. 

626
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,560
It does the job and when you are
right when you think how many 

627
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,560
people are connected with that. 
But yeah, no. 

628
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,040
So there's a lot you can do in 
the My Disney Experience app. 

629
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:20,080
So it's it doesn't get a lot of 
stick over the years because 

630
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:24,360
when it started back in I think 
2014 where you used to got the 

631
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,280
Magic Bands and the My Magic 
Plus and you would book your 

632
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,920
fast passes. 
It's it's the app that pretty 

633
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:33,880
much does everything. 
And unfortunately with DZ's IT 

634
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:38,280
doing everything on one app with
multiple different systems, it 

635
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:42,600
didn't always work reliably. 
But I think now that it must be 

636
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:43,920
chips. 
We've never had an issue with 

637
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,160
it. 
Mobile order on there is 

638
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:50,680
probably the best part of it, 
makes it so much easier to get 

639
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,880
you quick service paid. 
Yeah, I would say as well. 

640
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:58,120
And actually, yeah, I think 
probably people know that I'm 

641
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:00,080
Wendy. 
I'm, I'm with you as well. 

642
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,120
I don't download the tunnel app,
so it just clutters my phone up 

643
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:06,560
and stuff like that. 
However, what you do find is 

644
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:11,120
that the the Disney app itself, 
even when you're not there, 

645
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:16,040
becomes a really good drop in. 
You know, that little bit when 

646
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:19,120
you want to know how long the 
queue is for guardians in the 

647
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,720
middle just because you're 
having a bit of fun with the 

648
00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:24,000
kids. 
And it's just like, yeah, well, 

649
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,360
how long was the queue? 
And we just like if you go to 

650
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,640
place now and, you know, in the 
past that used to be maybe 

651
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,520
forums, you know, planning 
forums that you could maybe use.

652
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,760
Everything's become much more 
app based. 

653
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:40,280
And, and I think Disney, they've
done they've done a decent job 

654
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,920
of actually trying to put so 
much within the app. 

655
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,840
And I know, I know what we don't
have, you know, I know we 

656
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,520
criticize it from time to time. 
However, I don't think it's, 

657
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,760
it's one of those apps that you 
you could be the greatest web 

658
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:56,000
developer in the world and I 
don't think it would be right 

659
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,440
for everybody at the same time. 
So it is what it is. 

660
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:03,800
And actually to have such a such
an amazing amount of information

661
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:09,160
in just one small space. 
I think is, is, you know, I 

662
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,760
think we mentioned that a few 
weeks ago, or even I think it 

663
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:16,760
might even be on the, the, the, 
the start of the month show is 

664
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,600
the fact that, you know, in 
years gone by, we all used to 

665
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,800
take big, massive books out to 
Florida, Florida with us. 

666
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:27,600
You know, those, those big, big 
sort of planning Bibles. 

667
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,360
They were called, you know, and 
they were, they were thicker 

668
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,160
than the Bible, some of them. 
And you'd buy one every, you 

669
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,000
know, every trip and people that
go is, oh, you know, such and 

670
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,600
such has changed. 
And actually what we're finding 

671
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:41,000
now is all them people who made 
all them books, they're no 

672
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,280
longer required. 
They're all out. 

673
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,720
They're all out of the job 
because actually everyone's got 

674
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:48,720
the phone right in front of them
and they've got all that 

675
00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:51,800
information totally to hand. 
And then when somebody asks them

676
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:55,880
a question that maybe might not 
have been in the book back in 

677
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,680
the day, you just Google it and 
it's there and you've got free 

678
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:00,840
Wi-Fi. 
And you just suddenly you become

679
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:03,800
the front of old knowledge when 
someone asks you who that window

680
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:05,960
of Main Street belongs to and 
you say, oh, there we go. 

681
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:09,720
I just now quickly Google that. 
You take a picture now when it 

682
00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:12,240
tells you where it's from. 
And that's the difference, isn't

683
00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:14,800
it? 
And I think what we, what we 

684
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,520
have to, what we have to accept.
So as the person who still likes

685
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:23,080
writing stuff down, etcetera, is
is the actual power of of this. 

686
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:27,600
And even Google, even using your
Apple notes as a means as a go 

687
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,840
to place to drop it in of either
what you want to buy or where 

688
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:34,320
you've seen something. 
It just becomes part and parcel 

689
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:38,480
of exactly your day-to-day 
experience in the park. 

690
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:43,000
What I would say and what we 
always say is the fact that 

691
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:47,040
don't allow yourself to just get
dragged into having that phone 

692
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,840
right in front of your face 
because you've missed the magic 

693
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,880
that's surrounding about you. 
Don't don't be one of them 

694
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:54,360
people. 
And there are many of them 

695
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,760
around who basically will turn 
up at the queue for the next 

696
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:01,800
ride and won't have they will 
have missed all of that magic 

697
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:03,920
that's deliberately there for 
you. 

698
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,720
And I really do think that 
that's a that's a really 

699
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:09,440
important. 
One, I think the Disney app 

700
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:13,240
gives us so much information. 
Yeah, it's good to see what's 

701
00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:16,000
happening around you, but it 
shouldn't be. 

702
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:20,480
The focus should be when you're 
between attractions or when 

703
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,080
you're in the queue. 
Yeah, actually, I'm on my phone.

704
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:24,760
That should not be what you 
should be taking the 

705
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,800
surroundings and focusing on 
being in that moment. 

706
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,320
Then you are on your phone. 
Absolutely. 

707
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:32,520
Jacob's come up, come up with 
something in the chat. 

708
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,600
I think it's an absolutely 
superb point. 

709
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,560
And that is that is using my 
Disney experience to actually 

710
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:41,280
find out about how you can plan 
around food allergies. 

711
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,600
I actually feel that 
particularly for people who are 

712
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:49,360
gluten free, you actually get 
that opportunity to see the 

713
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:53,120
availability before you sit down
or before you go into a 

714
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,160
restaurant, before you go to 
counter service. 

715
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,960
You have that ability to to to 
basically do your own homework. 

716
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:04,360
And I know that that for loads 
of people who watch and listen 

717
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:08,480
to us, that has been a real game
changer for them because it's 

718
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:13,200
allowed them to actually plan 
exactly what they can eat and 

719
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,240
where they can eat. 
Before you have that that 

720
00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:19,240
horrible situation of having to 
sit there with a server and say,

721
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,720
have you got anything that's 
gluten free? 

722
00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:26,640
Or if I'm intolerant of this, 
that and the other, have you got

723
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,400
anything? 
And then for them to turn around

724
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:30,600
and say, well, actually, no, I 
don't think we do. 

725
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:36,120
And actually Disney have become 
very an awful lot better than 

726
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:37,640
that, I would say over the past 
10 years. 

727
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:39,960
That for me is one of the most 
noticeable differences. 

728
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:46,560
And I would say for a lot of 
people that has been a real help

729
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:50,440
by using that app just to just 
so they know, and so they've got

730
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,560
reassurance that they are being 
catered for and actually they 

731
00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:58,400
can, they can go and experience 
the same places that they want 

732
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,240
to go and experience them. 
They shouldn't be. 

733
00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:03,000
You know, I think we said when 
we talked about the Halloween 

734
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,280
party, you know, it's, it's that
part where you actually get to 

735
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:10,640
the end and you, you cache your 
token and, and you get the 

736
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:13,160
option of either, you know, it 
can be either sugar, whatever, 

737
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:17,200
whatever option you, you, there 
is a provision for you. 

738
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,600
And in the past, I, I actually 
feel that that's something 

739
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,440
that's really good to see. 
It focus on the inclusivity of 

740
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,040
everybody. 
So does no one. 

741
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,520
And so they should, you know, so
they should because actually 

742
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,240
there's, there's a huge market 
for it. 

743
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:35,680
And actually your everyday 
restaurant has to, has to cater 

744
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:38,280
for it and has to make that on 
the, on their menu. 

745
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:42,640
You go to so many restaurants, 
they have to lay it out because 

746
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:46,480
actually, if you have, if you 
have an issue regarding food 

747
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:51,080
wise, they then become they, 
they then become responsible for

748
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:53,800
your illness or your, your 
episode. 

749
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,840
And that's that's not going to 
be, that's going to be magical 

750
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,960
for you and it's certainly not 
going to be magical for them. 

751
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,920
When you're in guest relations 
saying, look, I was told that 

752
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:06,280
this was such and such a dish. 
You lied. 

753
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,680
Yeah, this is quite interesting 
because we spent a few hours at 

754
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:13,120
the weekend planning where we're
going to eat in September and it

755
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,320
was quite interesting. 
Every time we're just going on 

756
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:16,960
the app, looking through the 
website, going through. 

757
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:23,680
And so this is what and the app 
to go on that go through all the

758
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,200
places that we wanted to eat and
then looking at all of the menus

759
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,760
and scrolling down and seeing 
all the options that were gluten

760
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:32,400
free that were feeding there 
that had so many different 

761
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:33,840
options. 
But also if we were looking at 

762
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:37,800
places that we could mobile 
order so we could customise 

763
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,600
because we can be quite picky as
at times. 

764
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:43,600
So certain things we choose that
we don't want on there. 

765
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,640
But knowing that we can actually
go into mobile order and have 

766
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:49,920
the cheese taken off my burger 
or have certain things taken out

767
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:52,520
that I'm right before, I would 
have just thought that I would 

768
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:54,920
have discounted that base 
because I didn't want to hassle 

769
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,480
them, didn't want to ask, I 
didn't want to. 

770
00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:58,080
I didn't feel comfortable doing 
it. 

771
00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:02,120
I felt too British and just just
just doing that thing where you 

772
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:03,920
just you just don't want to 
bother them. 

773
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:08,400
So you feel like you don't, but 
because it's on an app, you feel

774
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,400
it's more accessible because you
can just take the option and 

775
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:14,240
then your food's custom made for
you and you you pick it up. 

776
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:18,680
For me, I, I almost think that 
my Disney experience, if you're 

777
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:23,520
doing a Disney park, I think 
that is the number one app that 

778
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,880
anybody should have. 
Without a doubt, that should be 

779
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,600
the top of everybody's list. 
Because it's not, it's not even 

780
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:30,520
just the food, is it? 
Right. 

781
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:33,640
There's all the little bits of, 
oh, I wonder how I'm supposed to

782
00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,200
get to that ride. 
I'll use the GPS map and I'll 

783
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:39,760
ask you for the directions. 
You know, it's there's things 

784
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,080
like that in there that I guess 
not everybody uses. 

785
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:46,840
If you're a frequent traveller 
to Disney World, then you know, 

786
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:49,200
know that route anyway. 
But I think it's just like the 

787
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,560
vast wealth of information 
that's in that app from multiple

788
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:56,600
sources and multiple use uses 
that you have from it is just 

789
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,120
post it right at the top of the 
list. 

790
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:04,120
You almost need it anyway, I 
think, but it it it's just a 

791
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:07,240
benefit anyway, even if you are.
If it's something, if it's your 

792
00:44:07,240 --> 00:44:11,280
first trip or not, it, it's one 
of those ones where actually you

793
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:13,440
can go on it and like like 
where's the nearest restroom? 

794
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:15,840
You can put it in and it, it 
will show you all of those on 

795
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,920
the list or on the map. 
First aid centre. 

796
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:21,320
Where do you need to find this? 
Where's the shop that someone's 

797
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:24,080
talking about can type the name 
in and go, I'm here. 

798
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:28,720
How do I get from here to here? 
And also it works from resort as

799
00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:31,000
well. 
So wait, if you're staying on 

800
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:34,600
Disney property and you're 
looking for like the buses you 

801
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:38,040
think towards or against the bus
stop, it'll tell you the bus 

802
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:39,880
times. 
So you don't, you can either 

803
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,000
rush because you know it's going
to be there in like a minute or 

804
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:46,480
you can go actually that's just 
15 because we'll be a little 

805
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:49,080
while for the next 1. 
So it's things like that. 

806
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:52,520
There's so much information in 
there that it caters to pretty 

807
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:54,320
much anyone. 
That's some Disney property. 

808
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:58,560
And if you are staying on site, 
you've got the hotel benefits. 

809
00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:02,920
So where you've got charging 
sort of room facilities, so you 

810
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,080
can keep an eye on that. 
If you've got the dining plan, 

811
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:08,160
the quick service and and the 
full dining plan where you can 

812
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,760
see keep on saying that the 
credits that you're using 

813
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:15,400
instead of because before I 
think the app you could, it was 

814
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:17,720
just print out on your receipt 
when you'd ordered something. 

815
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:21,720
So it's much easier now, but 
especially if you're in a family

816
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:24,560
that people can go off and using
credits, using their phones, 

817
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:27,840
using the magic bands, the you 
can still keep an eye on what 

818
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:31,200
people are spending. 
I'd say it is quite easy to tap 

819
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:33,720
your magic band away and then 
realise how much you're spending

820
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:38,960
when you get back to the hotel. 
So I I gave up on the room 

821
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:41,640
charging capability when they 
had the problems with credit 

822
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:44,160
cards that would reach the limit
and then drop off the 

823
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:46,720
reservation. 
That was just enough for me to 

824
00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:49,480
switch to using Apple Pay 
wherever I went in Disney then 

825
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:54,480
yeah, it's it's good that it's 
in the outright. 

826
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:57,640
I just think that the, the, the 
coverage of that app and just 

827
00:45:57,640 --> 00:45:59,600
puts it at the top, absolute top
of the list. 

828
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:04,280
And I think the the other parks 
like Universal, they've got on 

829
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:08,840
our SeaWorld, they've got on our
and I think they've got decent 

830
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,360
coverage for what the parks have
there, but I don't think they're

831
00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:15,440
quite as broad as Disney's 
coverage and I think. 

832
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:17,440
Universal is getting that 
universal. 

833
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,040
Is displaying that, yeah. 
Because that's how you been 

834
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:21,560
doing. 
But I'll order food there now. 

835
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:23,640
Yeah, we've we've used the past 
couple of years. 

836
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:28,080
So I, I think as a minimum, if 
you're going to visit Universe 

837
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:32,360
or Disney or both those, the 
parks apps for those parks 

838
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:36,080
should be top 2 apps that you 
should definitely have if 

839
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:38,880
nothing more than for looking at
wait times and looking at food 

840
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:41,080
menus and ordering food sort of 
thing. 

841
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:43,800
They're worth it just for that. 
Aside from all of the other 

842
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:46,480
things that they bring to font 
of all. 

843
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:51,840
In the chat is the food and wine
app for the Epcot festivals. 

844
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:58,120
It is amazing and and it's not 
just for the food and wine it's 

845
00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:00,760
the app is called food and wine,
but it's for all of the ecot 

846
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:02,560
festivals. 
It gets updated with all of the 

847
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:06,960
latest menus, but also it's 
community based. 

848
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:11,240
So people that use the app can 
submit their own photos of of 

849
00:47:11,240 --> 00:47:14,600
the food so you can see what 
food is being served up and you 

850
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:17,240
can give it ratings. 
But I, I like it as a good way 

851
00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:20,640
of just going like before we go,
you have we got any must do's 

852
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:23,200
that we want to eat? 
Then we can tick on those and go

853
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:27,000
like, OK, we've got 50 items now
that are once a week over these 

854
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:30,000
two week period wet. 
Are we are we going to let's 

855
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,160
narrow it down. 
Let's work out what what what 

856
00:47:32,240 --> 00:47:35,440
actually have we had before and 
go like, OK, that was nice but 

857
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:36,760
let's try something new this 
time. 

858
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:40,520
But it it's a app that I think 
that goes hand in hand with 

859
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:44,760
anybody who's going to an Echo 
Festival because. 

860
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,000
There's. 
So much in there for food and 

861
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:49,360
drink. 
That is interesting. 

862
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,640
It's good they've expanded it 
out from it just well, I think 

863
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:56,080
obviously from the name it was 
intended to be food and wine and

864
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:58,560
now it's just become more of 
like a general festivals app. 

865
00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:03,200
But I think the fact that you're
the ratings that people apply, 

866
00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:07,000
it almost gives you a sense of 
I'll maybe know what to expect 

867
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,400
from something here. 
You know the prices because 

868
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:11,800
they're kept up to date. 
There's photos that, as you say,

869
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:16,840
are user supported and added. 
So it it gives you something 

870
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:19,400
that's pretty realistic. 
It's not a photoshopped image. 

871
00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:22,720
It's somebody that's been and 
had that item uploaded a picture

872
00:48:22,720 --> 00:48:24,400
to it. 
They've given their genuine 

873
00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:26,920
feedback. 
I think it's a really good 

874
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:31,120
reference piece because that is 
something that the Disney app 

875
00:48:31,120 --> 00:48:35,800
doesn't include, right? 
Is the booth info for festivals?

876
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:37,960
That is, that is always 
distinctly missing from my 

877
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:39,360
Disney. 
Experience there's no prices 

878
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:43,200
they they talk about every time 
we open the app doing like like 

879
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:45,600
food and wine. 
There's always talk of sort of 

880
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:48,840
food and wine what what 
merchandise you can buy and the 

881
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:52,880
there are these are highlighted 
items, but there's no details of

882
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:56,800
everything else and whether it's
what the price is what's in it. 

883
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:00,720
SNAP credit eligible because if 
you've got the dining plan, 

884
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:05,000
going to Epcot festivals is very
good use of your credits. 

885
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:09,680
Yeah, I think they even the 
favourites in there as well, 

886
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:10,800
right. 
Yeah, I think you can favorite 

887
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:13,120
and go Oh yeah, I want that. 
I'll favorite those items and 

888
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:15,440
build your own like tick list 
of. 

889
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:18,280
Things menu. 
Is like the tasting menu of what

890
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:20,000
I want to try. 
Yeah, Yeah. 

891
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:22,600
And also helps you budget as 
well because you've got the 

892
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:25,240
prices. 
It's a good thing to work out if

893
00:49:25,240 --> 00:49:28,280
you are doing that thing where a
lot of people like to do. 

894
00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:30,800
If you've got the dining plan, 
you try and beat the dining plan

895
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:33,400
to make it the best value. 
So actually you look at like 

896
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:37,360
what's the highest price items 
or if you like us, we might, we 

897
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:39,920
won't have a dining plan, but 
we'll have like a budget of what

898
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:41,680
we've set. 
So we can work out that we're 

899
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:44,720
keeping to budget and not just 
going to Epcot and filling up on

900
00:49:44,720 --> 00:49:47,600
food and spending $400.00 in the
process. 

901
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:50,600
Because I think that's probably 
what we what could easily happen

902
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:52,840
if we if everything that was on 
the list. 

903
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:56,320
So that's just covered the 
flights. 

904
00:49:58,040 --> 00:50:02,360
Yeah, and Disney. 
The theme parks themselves let's

905
00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:08,000
quickly do don't forget. 
You get the most yeah, yeah. 

906
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:13,160
Mobile Passport control, if you 
go in into MCO, it is it just 

907
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:16,320
saves so much time and effort. 
It it's a must do. 

908
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:19,440
I know we've covered, we covered
that earlier in the in the year 

909
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:22,800
on the podcast, but if you don't
know what mobile passport 

910
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:28,120
control is, download the app it,
it will just save your life from

911
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:29,920
having to be in that immigration
queue. 

912
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:32,720
It's well worth it. 
Simon, you mentioned a well 

913
00:50:32,720 --> 00:50:37,640
about, about using Apple Pay as 
well-being a grumpy old person 

914
00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:41,280
that I am, I'm not, I'm not a 
great lover of things like that,

915
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:44,320
but actually Apple Pay, when 
you're over in the States and 

916
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:47,800
you've got you get yourself set 
up again. 

917
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:50,160
It's one of those things that 
just makes things so much more 

918
00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:53,280
simple. 
No, and that Apple Apple Pay is 

919
00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:55,080
actually a super secure payment.
Method. 

920
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:56,400
Yeah, and that's what I was 
about to say. 

921
00:50:56,600 --> 00:50:59,120
It's not a. 
Used or genuine card for the 

922
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:02,160
transaction. 
So it's much more secure option.

923
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:05,680
You know, we, we travelled to 
California probably 10 years ago

924
00:51:05,720 --> 00:51:12,560
on on a trip and I had my credit
card cloned in South LA and it 

925
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:15,520
it was pretty clear that it was 
a gas station that I'd use my 

926
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:19,040
credit card in that that was 
when it got cloned because it 

927
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:21,480
was one of only three places 
that I'd used in the whole of 

928
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:23,680
California physically at the 
machine. 

929
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:28,960
So, yeah, anything that gives a 
secure payment method for me is 

930
00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:31,040
really, really good. 
But sorry, Jon, lying. 

931
00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:32,360
I interrupted. 
No. 

932
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:35,000
No, that's, that's exactly what 
I was about to say, Simon, 

933
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:38,320
because I with you having the 
actually the horrible experience

934
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:41,480
to back it up. 
It is one of those things that 

935
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:45,360
you know, unless you go in and 
you're only using cash, always 

936
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:48,240
be very, very weary of using 
your credit card anywhere. 

937
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:52,360
Because I, I am so aware, you 
know, it doesn't matter how many

938
00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:57,240
times you get told it can, it 
can be scat, it can be skimmed. 

939
00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:00,920
And it's horrible because if 
you're relying on a credit card 

940
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:04,600
for the rest of your holiday and
it's suddenly you've got, you've

941
00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:09,040
got, you've had it closed or 
whatever, it doesn't, it doesn't

942
00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:11,040
allow you that wriggle room for 
you to spend. 

943
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:13,640
So again, just bear, bear it in 
mind. 

944
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:16,280
But I'm, I'm with you, Simon. 
I think Apple Pay is just a 

945
00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:19,400
really brilliant way. 
I want to add actually with 

946
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:23,160
whatever card you're deciding to
use out there, whether credit, 

947
00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:25,680
debit, whatever 1 you decide is,
it is the card you're using. 

948
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:28,840
You're not using Apple Pay. 
What you can do is on your 

949
00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:30,600
phone, keep an eye on your 
banking app. 

950
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:32,960
You can freeze the card when 
you're not using it. 

951
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:37,400
So you can set limits, so you 
can only allow chip and PIN or 

952
00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:39,920
you can only allow contactless, 
you can set limits. 

953
00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:42,080
Suppose banks offer that 
facility now. 

954
00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:46,600
So if you are just using the 
card for it and that also goes 

955
00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:50,240
for prepaid. 
We've used like Revolut, Monzo, 

956
00:52:50,240 --> 00:52:54,560
Starling, I think it was Caxton 
FX, not sure whether it's still 

957
00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:56,240
around, but that's one, that's 
one. 

958
00:52:56,240 --> 00:53:00,920
We use 2014. 
We used it once and never again 

959
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:04,280
but we had money loaded onto the
card. 

960
00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:08,800
Went to buy something universal 
and it was like Nope couldn't 

961
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:10,600
get the funds. 
It was like I could see it on 

962
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:15,960
the app that the money was there
and so I went outside to try and

963
00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:18,360
get nearest ATM tried to get the
money out. 

964
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:22,360
Nope we've just rejected it. 
Cost a team member. 

965
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:23,840
Universal paid for our meal that
day. 

966
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:27,640
We went back to went back to the
hotel. 

967
00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:31,240
I called their support and they 
just said like, oh, we're not 

968
00:53:31,240 --> 00:53:34,280
open till tomorrow morning now. 
So we had no money. 

969
00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:38,560
Everything was stored on there a
few hours ago by I just was able

970
00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:41,680
to go on to like their web app 
and transfer it to a different 

971
00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:44,720
card I had but that was used as 
a prepaid card at the time. 

972
00:53:44,720 --> 00:53:46,960
Thinking like we'll put 
everything on one card, not 

973
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:50,560
thinking about the it's. 
Have a backup. 

974
00:53:50,720 --> 00:53:52,960
Yeah. 
Having a backup, backup 

975
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:56,280
payments, whether just different
cards, different ways of paying,

976
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:58,960
taking cash. 
And it was towards the end of 

977
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:01,640
holidays, I think we just 
exhausted the amount of cash 

978
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:05,240
that we add on us. 
But in the end it was OK. 

979
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:08,400
But yeah, it's just one of those
things that you don't think 

980
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:11,680
about until it happens to you. 
A bit like you Simon about 

981
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:15,160
having your card clients. 
Mine was, he was in the last few

982
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:17,760
days of the holidays and they 
were frantically calling me when

983
00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:22,520
I'd already come home that it 
had been used in just on just 

984
00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:26,000
near the border with Mexico 
heading to Tijuana. 

985
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:30,600
And and it was, it was people 
trying to buy stuff from a 

986
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:33,160
Walmart. 
They were trying to buy ATVI 

987
00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:35,560
think because it was about 
$800.00. 

988
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:38,600
So I couldn't imagine they were 
trying to buy ATV in the store, 

989
00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:40,840
but yeah. 
As we mentioned Apple Pay, 

990
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:44,400
actually Walmart is the one 
place that has always been 

991
00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:47,560
hesitant to accept that. 
It does not accept you have to 

992
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:51,840
put your chip and pin in for 
that or I think in New States 

993
00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:55,680
they do. 
In the UK we can get access to 

994
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:59,760
the app to set up their own 
contacts payment system. 

995
00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:03,400
Every time that I have done I've
always had a chip and pending. 

996
00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:06,720
Yeah, that's worth knowing. 
Yeah. 

997
00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:09,280
Although I tend, I tend to make 
sure if we go to Walmart, I 

998
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:11,480
always pay cash. 
It's just one. 

999
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:13,560
Yeah, it's just one. 
It's one of them places. 

1000
00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:17,640
I just say, yeah, I don't get 
on, don't get on don't get on 

1001
00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:23,120
with Walmart very much. 
I'm I'm just aware I'm I'm I'm 

1002
00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:26,400
sort of picking moving us moving
us here then everywhere. 

1003
00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:30,440
But since we're going to 
Orlando, can I very much 

1004
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:35,160
recommend my what my one most 
recommended app for the whole of

1005
00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:37,320
this show is the weather bug 
app. 

1006
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:41,600
Now, since Claire's not on the 
show and we won't get told off 

1007
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:43,640
them. 
Therefore, for talking F1, Ben, 

1008
00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:48,680
on on Sunday, I actually opened 
the weather bug app and then you

1009
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:54,840
reset my, reset my, my place 
where I'm sitting to Miami. 

1010
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:57,640
And I was actually trying to 
find out whether or not we were 

1011
00:55:57,640 --> 00:55:59,680
going to get rain in the Miami 
Grand Prix. 

1012
00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:03,680
And the second one, yeah. 
And it was, it was actually on 

1013
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:05,760
the TV. 
All the commentators were busy 

1014
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:08,520
giving it, oh, there's going 
could be rain in about 15 

1015
00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:10,320
minutes. 
And I'm like the rain's going 

1016
00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:12,600
the opposite way. 
The the actual app itself, the 

1017
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:17,240
radar on the app is so brilliant
and you get to see where the 

1018
00:56:17,240 --> 00:56:20,720
nearest bits of lightning are. 
And on Sunday, you know they 

1019
00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:23,120
come take this. 
Oh, if there's lightning, 

1020
00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:26,360
they'll stop the rest rubbish. 
The nearest bolt of lightning 

1021
00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:30,360
was like 300 mile away. 
So again, you knew what it's 

1022
00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:32,720
happening. 
But in real terms, when you're 

1023
00:56:32,720 --> 00:56:36,160
in a theme park and we found 
this, we found this last year on

1024
00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:39,960
our our day in epic. 
If you actually track the way 

1025
00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:44,160
that the storm and irrespective 
of what time in August you go 

1026
00:56:44,520 --> 00:56:48,880
Orlando, you know there will be 
a storm, but we could track the 

1027
00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:53,200
direction of it. 
So whilst we were sheltering and

1028
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:55,680
being sensible and not being 
outside during thundering like 

1029
00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:59,920
this storm, we knew that that 
storm was going to be passing by

1030
00:57:00,480 --> 00:57:03,360
quite quickly. 
So we actually knew that we 

1031
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:06,800
could get out and we could get 
into a queue to try and save 

1032
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:08,920
ourselves someone valuable 
queuing time. 

1033
00:57:09,120 --> 00:57:12,960
And irrespective of the cast 
members or team members, Epic 

1034
00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:15,840
turning around to us and saying 
no, no, rides are not open. 

1035
00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:17,600
No, we're not opening, no, no 
Township. 

1036
00:57:18,120 --> 00:57:20,800
And we just stood there because 
we knew which way the weather 

1037
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:25,560
was going. 
And in true American accuracy, 

1038
00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:29,640
it was absolutely spot on. 
We at one point, we actually 

1039
00:57:29,640 --> 00:57:32,520
knew, we could feel that. 
We actually felt the ground 

1040
00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:36,040
shake at one point was like, oh,
that bolt lightning was a bit 

1041
00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:38,120
close. 
It was in the car park at Epic. 

1042
00:57:39,120 --> 00:57:42,120
And actually it just showed it 
was within half a mile of where 

1043
00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:44,760
we were SAT. 
And I'm like, the actual 

1044
00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:47,440
technology evolved and that is 
just so amazing. 

1045
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:51,080
But it is so accurate. 
And, and I think that that for 

1046
00:57:51,080 --> 00:57:56,600
me is, you know, and I don't 
know about you guys, but I'm 

1047
00:57:56,600 --> 00:57:59,520
pretty sure in the UK you look 
at the weather forecast and you 

1048
00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:03,360
think, no, I'm probably better 
just look in the sky and make me

1049
00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:04,960
a decision of exactly what's 
happening. 

1050
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:08,440
All the bank holiday weekend I 
was looking at the weather app 

1051
00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:12,360
on my phone and it kept saying 
it was going to be grey or rainy

1052
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:15,480
and to be honest it wasn't. 
We had a lovely weekend 

1053
00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:20,080
sunshine, it was just overnight.
There was 1/2 an hour during the

1054
00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:23,600
evening that it was rain, but 
the Apple weather apps had to go

1055
00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:26,360
the whole days training. 
And as she looked further detail

1056
00:58:26,360 --> 00:58:29,480
into it, it gives you that as 
like the worst case scenario. 

1057
00:58:29,480 --> 00:58:32,320
So you, you plan, but you 
actually, you think actually 

1058
00:58:32,560 --> 00:58:36,520
that's not going to happen. 
So you, you are right, John. 

1059
00:58:36,520 --> 00:58:40,880
It's very different in Orlando. 
We last year used, we usually 

1060
00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:44,600
use the AccuWeather app because 
it gives the next 4 hours of 

1061
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:46,520
rain. 
So normally it's good at picking

1062
00:58:46,520 --> 00:58:48,440
up the next storms. 
So when you're trying to work 

1063
00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:50,880
out. 
And we used that last August and

1064
00:58:50,880 --> 00:58:54,080
it was relatively accurate, 
especially when we got to the 

1065
00:58:54,080 --> 00:58:57,240
evenings and when we were 
thinking, OK, it's not a night 

1066
00:58:57,240 --> 00:59:00,160
for Starlight because, oh, I 
feel sorry for people that have 

1067
00:59:00,160 --> 00:59:02,680
paid for a party because it's 
going to be rained out. 

1068
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:07,400
There was quite a few times that
we changed our plan or we worked

1069
00:59:07,400 --> 00:59:10,960
out what we're going to do in 
the evening instead of going to 

1070
00:59:11,040 --> 00:59:14,280
parks and working out what we're
doing in the parks for that. 

1071
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:17,960
No, I think, I think it's, I 
think we're on to something. 

1072
00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:20,920
And I think Simon, have you got 
a preferred weather app because 

1073
00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:24,440
because again. 
We seem like AccuWeather. 

1074
00:59:26,640 --> 00:59:32,640
Yeah, I think if you rely on the
the basic worm like app on the 

1075
00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:36,600
phones, the weather app on 
iPhones is pretty rubbish. 

1076
00:59:37,160 --> 00:59:39,360
It's not, it's not great at 
forecasting. 

1077
00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:44,280
So I think something that is 
more specific and uses the local

1078
00:59:44,280 --> 00:59:47,880
weather station reporting is 
tends to be a bit more accurate.

1079
00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:53,720
Yeah, AccuWeather would be would
be my first, first pick, but I 

1080
00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:56,360
think there is, I think there is
one that just picks up on 

1081
00:59:56,360 --> 00:59:57,880
lightning strikes as well, isn't
there? 

1082
00:59:58,320 --> 01:00:01,000
Yeah, it's on weather school. 
Yeah, I love that. 

1083
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:02,280
It's that for me. 
It's just I think. 

1084
01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:04,720
There's another one called 
something just like lightning or

1085
01:00:04,720 --> 01:00:06,560
something. 
Like that there is because 

1086
01:00:06,560 --> 01:00:08,040
that's, that's the other one as 
well. 

1087
01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:10,960
You know, when you sat there and
you're thinking, so how, how 

1088
01:00:10,960 --> 01:00:13,640
close am I to actually being in 
danger? 

1089
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:15,400
You. 
You, you sit. 

1090
01:00:15,600 --> 01:00:17,840
There, we're walking there when 
it's like it's really loud and 

1091
01:00:17,840 --> 01:00:20,880
it's really like, OK, we want an
Epcot. 

1092
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:24,600
And we walked in and it was it 
was bright blue sunshine. 

1093
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:28,800
We got to was at World Showcase 
and there's loads of birds just 

1094
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:32,400
flying away from Echo. 
It was like, and it was coming 

1095
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:35,160
over really dark. 
Within minutes they were closing

1096
01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:40,240
everything outdoors and I've 
never seen rain or a storm like 

1097
01:00:40,240 --> 01:00:41,000
it. 
It was. 

1098
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:41,600
It was. 
It was. 

1099
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:44,160
Or is that birds? 
Yeah. 

1100
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:47,240
And I would actually, there's 
something in that, Ben and 

1101
01:00:47,240 --> 01:00:51,000
Beckett, because actually, you 
know, when again, in this 

1102
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:54,320
country, you kind of think, oh, 
well, yeah, all right, it might 

1103
01:00:54,320 --> 01:00:57,920
rain, might not rain. 
But when you're there, you know 

1104
01:00:57,960 --> 01:01:00,360
that there's something within 
the atmosphere, you can feel it 

1105
01:01:00,360 --> 01:01:02,680
yourself. 
And actually that's the thing to

1106
01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:05,840
just be very aware of. 
If you even if you don't have 

1107
01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:10,320
any of these apps, just be so 
aware you can you can sense it 

1108
01:01:10,320 --> 01:01:12,480
coming. 
And it's like, it's like that 

1109
01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:14,280
real sort of pressure cooker 
feeling. 

1110
01:01:14,320 --> 01:01:18,960
And at some point it's just 
going to pop to the extent that 

1111
01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:22,280
you are going to get wet, you 
are going to need to find 

1112
01:01:22,280 --> 01:01:24,680
shelter because they're going to
be like they've had very quickly

1113
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:28,600
and actually don't try and be 
don't try and be a hero and 

1114
01:01:28,600 --> 01:01:30,640
decide that I will. 
We'll be all right. 

1115
01:01:30,640 --> 01:01:34,000
You'll be OK kids, because 
actually you won't be. 

1116
01:01:34,120 --> 01:01:35,680
And actually you're putting 
yourself in danger. 

1117
01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:37,720
You're putting other self other 
people in danger. 

1118
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:41,000
If you're in a villa, 
irrespective of whether or not 

1119
01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:45,000
you've got a lanai above you, do
not go and swim during that 

1120
01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:47,840
time. 
Get out of the pool, don't find 

1121
01:01:47,840 --> 01:01:51,480
somewhere to shelter that is not
indirect, that you're not going 

1122
01:01:51,480 --> 01:01:54,760
to be in direct danger. 
And I think loads of people 

1123
01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:57,600
forget. 
They forget that and you. 

1124
01:01:57,600 --> 01:02:00,720
Also if you're staying in a 
Disney hotel, it's usually about

1125
01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:04,600
7 miles away in which they will 
ask you to leave the premises, 

1126
01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:06,760
which is. 
You stay very good on that. 

1127
01:02:06,760 --> 01:02:08,640
Don't complain about it. 
Don't try this out. 

1128
01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:10,640
It's it's fine. 
It's not even raining. 

1129
01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:13,440
Do as you're told. 
It's one of, you know, it's one 

1130
01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:16,080
of those things that the safety 
part of it is it just. 

1131
01:02:16,080 --> 01:02:19,760
Quite possibly using the same 
app, the same app as weather bug

1132
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:22,800
just to like get the information
and just you know how close it 

1133
01:02:22,800 --> 01:02:24,160
is. 
And it's a safety thing. 

1134
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:29,040
It's much rather be safe and 
enjoying the holiday if I have 

1135
01:02:29,040 --> 01:02:32,560
to be at the pool for an hour. 
Yeah, I was, I was. 

1136
01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:36,560
We were staying at Orange Lake 
two years ago and that was just 

1137
01:02:36,760 --> 01:02:39,040
the first couple of days and we 
were around the pool. 

1138
01:02:39,600 --> 01:02:43,120
And again, because it had like 
buildings all around, we, we 

1139
01:02:43,120 --> 01:02:47,640
couldn't see what was happening.
But actually it was the, the 

1140
01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:49,760
storm was actually right above 
us. 

1141
01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:53,760
And by the time the whistle went
to get people out of the pool, 

1142
01:02:54,160 --> 01:02:58,080
the actual, the the first bolt 
of lightning must must have been

1143
01:02:58,120 --> 01:03:01,560
very, very close because there 
were a lot of families, a lot of

1144
01:03:01,560 --> 01:03:05,000
American families especially, 
who I would imagine were much 

1145
01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:08,680
more used to it than I was. 
They were absolutely petrified 

1146
01:03:08,680 --> 01:03:10,920
as to how close that storm had 
got to them. 

1147
01:03:11,240 --> 01:03:15,720
But we already knew because Josh
was working and said, oh, and 

1148
01:03:15,720 --> 01:03:18,200
then Arnold Kingdom, I've been 
told storm incoming. 

1149
01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:20,520
But we we were just, we were in 
the Pope. 

1150
01:03:20,520 --> 01:03:24,120
But yeah, we're in the pool. 
And yet, yeah, it was right 

1151
01:03:24,120 --> 01:03:26,960
overhead. 
And actually, I actually felt 

1152
01:03:26,960 --> 01:03:29,520
that he's gone to Orange Lake 
Guest Services and complained 

1153
01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:31,920
about it. 
I think that I, I, they called 

1154
01:03:31,920 --> 01:03:35,080
it way too late and those people
were actually departing. 

1155
01:03:35,520 --> 01:03:37,120
That was when the bolt lightness
struck. 

1156
01:03:37,160 --> 01:03:39,960
And I'll never forget it because
it absolutely, it was at one of 

1157
01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:42,800
the moments in life and you're 
thinking, Oh my word, this is 

1158
01:03:42,800 --> 01:03:46,640
this is far more dangerous than 
a situation that I want to be 

1159
01:03:46,640 --> 01:03:47,920
in. 
And that's the thing, all it 

1160
01:03:47,920 --> 01:03:50,360
takes is a few minutes. 
It doesn't take long to clear a 

1161
01:03:50,360 --> 01:03:52,240
hole to make announcements to do
it. 

1162
01:03:52,240 --> 01:03:57,080
So it's, it is what is one of 
one of those things you don't 

1163
01:03:57,080 --> 01:03:59,240
think about until, until you're 
there. 

1164
01:03:59,240 --> 01:04:02,120
And then then it happens because
we never thought about it until 

1165
01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:04,160
we'd like our first trip. 
And like on sites like, oh, 

1166
01:04:04,360 --> 01:04:06,600
what's what's going on here? 
It's just, it's something you 

1167
01:04:06,600 --> 01:04:09,920
just don't think about stuff. 
In nature now, yeah. 

1168
01:04:10,560 --> 01:04:13,040
That is true. 
And I'm trying to think what 

1169
01:04:13,040 --> 01:04:17,600
other apps I've used before in 
sort of not banning, but even 

1170
01:04:17,600 --> 01:04:20,800
just keep information I was used
to use. 

1171
01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:24,960
It was Gatwick or Heathrow apps 
for when we're doing the 

1172
01:04:24,960 --> 01:04:28,400
parking, the car parking and no 
one would have left the car. 

1173
01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:31,360
And just those sort of 
information that how many times 

1174
01:04:31,360 --> 01:04:35,480
that we need to make sure that 
we've got the the just the 

1175
01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:39,840
little barcode so you can scan 
and to get your car back and to 

1176
01:04:39,840 --> 01:04:42,000
make sure you've paid and all of
that sort of thing. 

1177
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:45,160
Because it's not it's all done 
on your number plate, your 

1178
01:04:45,160 --> 01:04:48,440
registration plate. 
But then sometimes we had once 

1179
01:04:48,440 --> 01:04:52,640
we come back and we had 80 
percent, 1800 lbs. 

1180
01:04:52,920 --> 01:04:55,600
It said we we got to the gate 
right at the end. 

1181
01:04:56,160 --> 01:05:00,840
Your balance is 1800 lbs. 
But we've we've paid 100. 

1182
01:05:00,840 --> 01:05:03,760
We've already paid £140.00 for 
the golf. 

1183
01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:07,080
Why is it is that? 
Yeah, it's more what happened is

1184
01:05:07,400 --> 01:05:09,920
we've extended the date for like
a day. 

1185
01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:14,240
So I've booked it for the for 
the 14 nights, but I've booked 

1186
01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:20,240
it but not the day coming home. 
So I called them up and so they 

1187
01:05:20,240 --> 01:05:22,520
changed it to a new booking 
reference and they said, yeah, 

1188
01:05:22,520 --> 01:05:25,160
that's all fine, it'll all be 
done when you get that went 

1189
01:05:25,160 --> 01:05:27,800
picked up keys are drove to the 
end. 

1190
01:05:28,040 --> 01:05:29,800
And it was like it took a few 
minutes. 

1191
01:05:29,800 --> 01:05:32,680
There's a big queue behind us 
while pressing the buttons and 

1192
01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:37,280
like, I can't pay £1800. 
I've already paid a part and I'd

1193
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:39,960
already paid like the extra £50 
for the waiver charge. 

1194
01:05:39,960 --> 01:05:43,080
It was that, it was the 
difference and it was just like,

1195
01:05:43,200 --> 01:05:45,560
that's not what you want when 
he's yet like you've loaded up 

1196
01:05:45,560 --> 01:05:48,480
your car and everything and. 
Sounds like they're driving. 

1197
01:05:48,560 --> 01:05:51,880
So they cancelled your parking 
thing and then it had just gone.

1198
01:05:51,880 --> 01:05:54,040
You entered On this date 2 weeks
ago. 

1199
01:05:54,440 --> 01:05:57,800
Therefore the the hourly rate 
charge for standard Heathrow 

1200
01:05:57,800 --> 01:06:00,960
parking is 1800 lbs. 
Absolutely insane. 

1201
01:06:01,920 --> 01:06:08,360
Yeah, the one that I've I use a 
lot, Especially if we're we're 

1202
01:06:08,360 --> 01:06:11,600
doing other things like we're 
visiting other places in and 

1203
01:06:11,600 --> 01:06:15,560
around theme parks. 
For me, I love planning like 

1204
01:06:16,080 --> 01:06:20,920
things to see, food, places to 
go to, and TripAdvisor is really

1205
01:06:20,920 --> 01:06:23,000
good for doing that. 
The TripAdvisor that because you

1206
01:06:23,000 --> 01:06:26,640
can do it on a map and you can 
favorite everything. 

1207
01:06:27,320 --> 01:06:31,280
It really allows you to like 
focus on one particular area and

1208
01:06:31,280 --> 01:06:33,960
say, I'm going to save this as 
part of a trip, this one 

1209
01:06:33,960 --> 01:06:36,960
particular location. 
And then it saves all of those 

1210
01:06:36,960 --> 01:06:41,920
favorite points of things to do,
places to go, places to eat, and

1211
01:06:41,920 --> 01:06:44,160
I favour all of those items in 
there. 

1212
01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:47,360
And then I've got a quick 
reference when we might rock up 

1213
01:06:47,360 --> 01:06:49,200
somewhere and go, oh, where 
we're going to eat here. 

1214
01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:52,440
Don't worry, I've saved 20 
different restaurants that I can

1215
01:06:52,680 --> 01:06:53,560
quick. 
Reference. 

1216
01:06:54,080 --> 01:06:57,520
Yeah. 
So I'm that I that as a pre 

1217
01:06:57,520 --> 01:07:02,440
planning thing for me is really 
good at just finding restaurants

1218
01:07:02,440 --> 01:07:06,560
that I know like I've seen the 
menu, I've seen the location, I 

1219
01:07:06,560 --> 01:07:10,480
know roughly what the price 
range is and that we're, we're 

1220
01:07:10,480 --> 01:07:13,240
going to find something to eat. 
And it's not too far from where 

1221
01:07:13,320 --> 01:07:16,640
the the vicinity we're in. 
So I've used that all over the 

1222
01:07:16,640 --> 01:07:21,080
place, not just Orlando, but 
other places in America and all 

1223
01:07:21,080 --> 01:07:24,160
through Europe as well. 
So that generally for me is one 

1224
01:07:24,160 --> 01:07:27,480
that I will use wherever we go 
on holiday, whether that's a 

1225
01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:29,800
Disney park and theme park trip 
or somewhere else. 

1226
01:07:31,640 --> 01:07:33,960
The last two for me because. 
They haven't. 

1227
01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:36,200
Really found Lyft, Lyft and 
Uber. 

1228
01:07:39,800 --> 01:07:43,120
Yeah, yeah. 
And the Co hire one as well 

1229
01:07:43,680 --> 01:07:47,480
actually, because with 6th and 
Hertz, it's just easy to say 

1230
01:07:47,480 --> 01:07:51,840
that you're a gold member or 
whatever partnership membership 

1231
01:07:51,880 --> 01:07:56,400
is that it's just easy because I
remember last time it was quite 

1232
01:07:56,400 --> 01:07:59,920
easy that we did the online 
check in to pick up our car. 

1233
01:08:00,160 --> 01:08:03,920
When we got there it was like 
landed open the 6th app gone on.

1234
01:08:03,920 --> 01:08:06,880
I'm here and they just said, 
yeah, you're here, you've 

1235
01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:09,240
arrived. 
These choice of cars which. 

1236
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:10,320
One. 
Which one do you want? 

1237
01:08:10,360 --> 01:08:13,480
You choose the choice. 
Yeah, yeah, the car keys are in 

1238
01:08:13,480 --> 01:08:15,920
it. 
Yeah, pretty much that was as 

1239
01:08:15,920 --> 01:08:19,000
and then you just drive out, 
show your driving license and 

1240
01:08:19,279 --> 01:08:22,359
and off you go. 
So it's quite handy and also 

1241
01:08:22,399 --> 01:08:25,479
they do use that sometimes to 
book as long as you get offers 

1242
01:08:26,120 --> 01:08:29,520
and if you're using you're 
logged in with your account. 

1243
01:08:29,720 --> 01:08:33,880
But it's quite useful. 
The other that was used before 

1244
01:08:34,840 --> 01:08:39,319
was Garden Grocer or Instacart. 
So you can do like deliveries 

1245
01:08:39,319 --> 01:08:43,399
for groceries to your hotel and 
that that's been quite useful 

1246
01:08:43,399 --> 01:08:45,920
the last few years. 
Once we end up being on a late 

1247
01:08:45,920 --> 01:08:50,960
flight with family and it was 
like just, we landed just under 

1248
01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:54,920
3 hours late and by the time we 
got to Coronado Springs, 

1249
01:08:55,040 --> 01:08:59,720
everything for food was closed. 
It was like we got in 5 to 11. 

1250
01:09:00,439 --> 01:09:04,359
So I think even the gift shop 
had just closed so and it was 

1251
01:09:04,359 --> 01:09:06,760
like we all had no food. 
We had the dining plan. 

1252
01:09:06,760 --> 01:09:09,760
We we couldn't even get 
refillable mugs for the 

1253
01:09:09,760 --> 01:09:12,359
following morning. 
But luckily I had a garden 

1254
01:09:12,359 --> 01:09:15,720
grocer with like bottles of 
water, Pringles and just some 

1255
01:09:15,720 --> 01:09:18,200
general snacks. 
So it was like it's just split 

1256
01:09:18,200 --> 01:09:19,439
what we can out a month. 
I have a. 

1257
01:09:19,760 --> 01:09:21,840
Packet of bungles Should I drive
her to the morning I? 

1258
01:09:22,479 --> 01:09:24,319
Think everyone was just tired of
that point. 

1259
01:09:24,439 --> 01:09:28,840
It was just you, you, you don't 
think about it when you get 

1260
01:09:28,840 --> 01:09:32,960
there some what times these 
especially on a later flight and

1261
01:09:32,960 --> 01:09:35,520
if you've got a delay when 
things can close. 

1262
01:09:36,840 --> 01:09:41,000
I think the one we had was 
DoorDash and I've, I don't know 

1263
01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:44,800
whether you can download that 
now as an overseas visitor 

1264
01:09:45,160 --> 01:09:51,439
because I think it disappeared 
off the European App Store, but 

1265
01:09:51,640 --> 01:09:53,240
I can't. 
You can use the web app though. 

1266
01:09:53,279 --> 01:09:54,760
You can use it online on the 
web. 

1267
01:09:56,120 --> 01:09:58,600
OK, do that way to do it. 
So I think it's still 

1268
01:09:58,600 --> 01:10:03,280
accessible, but yeah, it's not 
as easy as Uber Eats, but. 

1269
01:10:04,240 --> 01:10:05,880
You've pretty much gone through 
my phone now. 

1270
01:10:05,880 --> 01:10:09,040
That's about everything. 
I've got Uber. 

1271
01:10:09,080 --> 01:10:11,960
Uber, Yeah. 
I always find Lyft was always 

1272
01:10:11,960 --> 01:10:14,280
cheaper than Uber. 
Yeah, yeah. 

1273
01:10:14,280 --> 01:10:17,040
And if you can play both of them
off against each other, I think 

1274
01:10:17,040 --> 01:10:19,840
one thing to just be aware of, 
and this is again, going back to

1275
01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:24,480
whether or not you what you put 
as your, your currency on your, 

1276
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:30,280
the Uber app in particular is if
you've got a separate card. 

1277
01:10:30,280 --> 01:10:33,600
And, and I'm only speaking from 
McMillan experience, when we go 

1278
01:10:33,600 --> 01:10:37,560
to the States, I have to change 
the card from the one that I 

1279
01:10:37,560 --> 01:10:41,160
would use in the UK purely 
because it's a, an American 

1280
01:10:41,160 --> 01:10:42,760
card. 
You pay in dollars. 

1281
01:10:43,120 --> 01:10:45,840
And then if you use me credit, 
if you use me credit card from 

1282
01:10:45,840 --> 01:10:50,640
this country, you get charged a 
little bit of a fee every time. 

1283
01:10:51,080 --> 01:10:53,840
And, and again, it's it's that 
bit that you can actually plan 

1284
01:10:53,840 --> 01:10:56,040
ahead to just again, just save 
yourself. 

1285
01:10:56,600 --> 01:10:59,760
It's not, it's not mega, mega 
amounts of money, but it's those

1286
01:10:59,760 --> 01:11:03,800
are little bits where you you're
thinking, I forgot all about it.

1287
01:11:04,360 --> 01:11:06,680
And then you check, you check 
credit card statement and you're

1288
01:11:06,680 --> 01:11:09,120
like, that was such a stupid 
waste of. 

1289
01:11:10,200 --> 01:11:14,840
And again, if you, you know, if 
you use either, I've got a 

1290
01:11:14,840 --> 01:11:17,160
Halifax Clarity card which 
basically just charged 

1291
01:11:17,160 --> 01:11:20,160
everything in dollars. 
You can, you can use your 

1292
01:11:20,160 --> 01:11:23,600
revenue or whatever, but make 
sure if you you're paying in 

1293
01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:27,080
dollars, don't incur those extra
fees by so make sure. 

1294
01:11:27,080 --> 01:11:29,840
You use the right card. 
Yeah, yeah, it's yeah. 

1295
01:11:29,880 --> 01:11:31,480
It's so annoying when you 
forget. 

1296
01:11:32,280 --> 01:11:34,880
I've done it before they 
actually had a card on this and 

1297
01:11:34,880 --> 01:11:38,760
like Uber once but it re 
registered for the app because I

1298
01:11:38,760 --> 01:11:41,680
changed phones. 
I hadn't logged in with it and 

1299
01:11:41,680 --> 01:11:43,440
it updated to like use my 
PayPal. 

1300
01:11:43,840 --> 01:11:45,200
I was like oh I'll just pay 
whatever. 

1301
01:11:45,200 --> 01:11:48,040
And I was like only when I 
realise I swear I think I have 

1302
01:11:48,040 --> 01:11:51,400
the card what will happen. 
I looked and was like oh PayPal 

1303
01:11:51,400 --> 01:11:55,480
and here's a fee for paying in a
different currency and they can 

1304
01:11:55,480 --> 01:11:58,200
take their own cut as well. 
And it was like, no, that was an

1305
01:11:58,200 --> 01:12:01,320
expensive Uber. 
Yeah, it's annoying because it's

1306
01:12:01,320 --> 01:12:03,760
avoidable, but it's it's again, 
it's one of those things that 

1307
01:12:03,760 --> 01:12:06,520
you completely forget about. 
Yeah. 

1308
01:12:07,160 --> 01:12:09,880
And again, it'll be the same 
thing I'll forget about until 

1309
01:12:09,880 --> 01:12:12,280
I've used Uber. 
And then it was I'd be like. 

1310
01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:15,320
Yeah. 
And it's fun of those things if 

1311
01:12:15,320 --> 01:12:19,200
you're, even if you're not going
soon, download the Lyft app and 

1312
01:12:19,200 --> 01:12:23,440
the Uber app because if you've 
not used them before and you we 

1313
01:12:23,440 --> 01:12:28,800
get quite frequent and so 
offers, I tend to get like an 

1314
01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:30,440
e-mail once every couple of 
months. 

1315
01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:33,160
Yeah, like it's 10% off to use 
in the next month. 

1316
01:12:33,200 --> 01:12:37,560
So I'm not going yet, but I know
by the time that we go in 

1317
01:12:37,560 --> 01:12:41,440
September, there'll be one. 
Yeah. 

1318
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:45,800
That's that's a really good, 
good point as well, Ben, because

1319
01:12:45,800 --> 01:12:50,520
actually by actually having it 
already on your phone that that 

1320
01:12:50,520 --> 01:12:52,560
basically look for your custom, 
they think you're going 

1321
01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:56,320
elsewhere. 
So again, play the game because 

1322
01:12:56,320 --> 01:12:58,440
and actually play them off 
against each other. 

1323
01:12:58,440 --> 01:13:01,680
So because they don't care. 
They're just looking for for 

1324
01:13:01,680 --> 01:13:05,480
whatever. 
But you can do again, before you

1325
01:13:05,480 --> 01:13:09,760
even go up across to America, if
you're thinking about maybe 

1326
01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:12,640
planning, you know, depending on
where you're staying, if you're 

1327
01:13:12,640 --> 01:13:16,160
staying off site, especially how
much, how much is it going to 

1328
01:13:16,160 --> 01:13:19,040
cost me if we go to Disney 
Springs for a night and we don't

1329
01:13:19,040 --> 01:13:21,360
want to take the car? 
And actually, you can sit there 

1330
01:13:21,360 --> 01:13:22,760
and you can actually play about 
with it. 

1331
01:13:22,760 --> 01:13:26,600
Make sure you, you in your head,
you, you get yourself to Florida

1332
01:13:26,600 --> 01:13:29,400
time and things like, because 
generally, you know, about this 

1333
01:13:29,400 --> 01:13:31,000
time mid afternoon, it's quite 
cheap. 

1334
01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:35,040
But if you go for evenings and 
and look at how you can actually

1335
01:13:35,120 --> 01:13:39,280
just look at how much it will 
cost on on certain days of the 

1336
01:13:39,280 --> 01:13:43,040
week, it does help just sort of 
see whether things are actually 

1337
01:13:43,040 --> 01:13:46,760
doable, you know, So, yeah. 
We were there a couple of years 

1338
01:13:46,760 --> 01:13:50,080
ago, I think around Christmas 
and we didn't have a car and we 

1339
01:13:50,080 --> 01:13:53,880
were using Uber to go from the 
airport to hotel. 

1340
01:13:54,280 --> 01:13:58,240
And because of search pricing, 
last time we got there it was 

1341
01:13:58,240 --> 01:14:03,480
like $90.00 for 30 minute ride 
and then 10 minutes later it 

1342
01:14:03,480 --> 01:14:06,200
went down to 47. 
So it's like book it now as and 

1343
01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:08,920
as it dropped that much. 
But there was also an option to 

1344
01:14:08,920 --> 01:14:11,840
schedule your ride. 
So we had the option because we 

1345
01:14:11,840 --> 01:14:14,920
weren't going to and at Epcot 
the following morning. 

1346
01:14:14,920 --> 01:14:18,360
Or do I book it early because 
it's Christmas Day, it would be 

1347
01:14:18,520 --> 01:14:22,680
better to do it in the end. 
I didn't I saw the price that 

1348
01:14:22,680 --> 01:14:24,280
they wanted like an extra 
$20.00. 

1349
01:14:24,280 --> 01:14:26,840
I thought it was going to cost 
weight in the morning. 

1350
01:14:26,840 --> 01:14:31,760
We were up early for breakfast, 
a boardwalk and looks on the and

1351
01:14:31,760 --> 01:14:34,720
just booked it there and then. 
It was really quick, really easy

1352
01:14:34,720 --> 01:14:38,040
and it was cheaper. 
So you can pay to schedule a 

1353
01:14:38,040 --> 01:14:41,720
ride if you want to and if you 
want to know that it's booked 

1354
01:14:41,720 --> 01:14:45,880
and it's is done for that and 
but sometimes taking the risk 

1355
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:47,080
can save you a little bit of 
money. 

1356
01:14:48,160 --> 01:14:50,760
I just checked my phone there, 
Ben, and I'm just looking at 

1357
01:14:50,960 --> 01:14:53,000
things. 
The one thing we haven't 

1358
01:14:53,000 --> 01:14:56,480
mentioned is that and I know we 
mentioned in January show about 

1359
01:14:56,520 --> 01:15:00,280
when you get to Orlando as well.
If you rent the car, the visitor

1360
01:15:00,280 --> 01:15:03,200
toll pass is app is app only 
based. 

1361
01:15:03,680 --> 01:15:06,920
Again, it will save you being 
ripped off by a car hire company

1362
01:15:06,920 --> 01:15:09,120
because it then means that 
you're in charge of how many 

1363
01:15:09,120 --> 01:15:12,160
tolls you go through. 
You just pay the toll. 

1364
01:15:12,200 --> 01:15:14,880
You don't pay any service, 
charger anything like that. 

1365
01:15:15,200 --> 01:15:19,160
You pay $10 deposit for the 
Hannah and then you put it back 

1366
01:15:19,160 --> 01:15:21,320
in. 
You get that we've we've worked 

1367
01:15:21,320 --> 01:15:23,320
out for our trip. 
We're going into Orlando and 

1368
01:15:23,560 --> 01:15:26,200
leaving at Tampa. 
We've worked out still going to 

1369
01:15:26,200 --> 01:15:31,320
be cheaper for us to lose that 
$10 than it is to go with our 

1370
01:15:31,320 --> 01:15:36,240
car hire company who wants was 
it 1299 a day plus whatever you 

1371
01:15:36,240 --> 01:15:37,360
spend. 
Yeah. 

1372
01:15:37,360 --> 01:15:38,880
So that's. 
That's well worth. 

1373
01:15:38,920 --> 01:15:42,640
It's well worth remembering and 
and again, I actually think this

1374
01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:44,720
is something that's been put in 
place for tourists. 

1375
01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:49,040
It's something that is a really 
has made a massive, massive 

1376
01:15:49,040 --> 01:15:52,000
difference. 
And again, alongside that, the 

1377
01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:56,400
mobile passport control, there's
the two things that when you you

1378
01:15:56,400 --> 01:15:59,720
arrive at the airport and you 
feel like it or not, you might 

1379
01:15:59,720 --> 01:16:02,560
feel that little bit of stressed
because you've had a long 

1380
01:16:02,560 --> 01:16:04,480
flight. 
You now get, you know, you know,

1381
01:16:04,480 --> 01:16:06,560
in that position where you won't
be in the hotel, you won't be in

1382
01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:09,480
the pool or you even want to be 
in the parks and you're in that 

1383
01:16:09,480 --> 01:16:12,560
bit where you know, everyone's, 
everyone's a bit cranky after, 

1384
01:16:12,560 --> 01:16:14,240
you know, 9 hour flight and 
stuff like that. 

1385
01:16:14,880 --> 01:16:19,120
So these two things will make it
a little bit easier for you. 

1386
01:16:19,400 --> 01:16:23,400
I've just thought of another 
brilliant app that would that 

1387
01:16:23,680 --> 01:16:28,680
again is, is 1, which I, I it's 
my one of my go to every single 

1388
01:16:28,680 --> 01:16:31,120
day of the year. 
It doesn't matter where I'm 

1389
01:16:31,120 --> 01:16:33,320
because I look in the sky, I see
a plane and then they go to the 

1390
01:16:33,320 --> 01:16:37,280
flight radar 24 hour and it's 
just one of them things. 

1391
01:16:37,280 --> 01:16:41,000
But when you're actually in the 
airport, you actually know when 

1392
01:16:41,000 --> 01:16:44,080
your plane actually is arriving 
into the airport because your 

1393
01:16:44,080 --> 01:16:47,480
flight radar 24. 
And when someone, someone at the

1394
01:16:47,480 --> 01:16:51,480
the desk doesn't know that your 
incoming flight is delayed, you 

1395
01:16:51,520 --> 01:16:54,840
already know because you know 
that the flight that's coming in

1396
01:16:55,120 --> 01:16:58,240
is running two hours late. 
And you can tell them it's 

1397
01:16:58,240 --> 01:17:00,960
quite, it's quite a quite a it's
a nice experience. 

1398
01:17:01,080 --> 01:17:03,280
Yeah. 
They say, oh, you'll be boarding

1399
01:17:03,280 --> 01:17:04,840
at. 
This time and like, no I won't. 

1400
01:17:05,240 --> 01:17:08,160
Yeah, yeah, exactly. 
And what's quite nice about it 

1401
01:17:08,360 --> 01:17:12,320
is if you get, and, and again, I
know we, we do this quite a lot 

1402
01:17:12,320 --> 01:17:16,040
amongst each other is when 
somebody actually departed, you 

1403
01:17:16,040 --> 01:17:20,080
can actually watch the plane. 
You know, if, if nobody's live 

1404
01:17:20,080 --> 01:17:23,040
streaming it, you can actually 
watch somebody take it off on 

1405
01:17:23,040 --> 01:17:26,520
their holidays because you can 
watch it on the flight radar up 

1406
01:17:26,520 --> 01:17:30,080
as, as the plane is literally 
moving along the runway to take 

1407
01:17:30,080 --> 01:17:33,000
off and then you're watching 
their route across to Orlando. 

1408
01:17:33,440 --> 01:17:36,400
It is, it is. 
It's quite addictive, I must 

1409
01:17:36,400 --> 01:17:37,320
admit. 
It's one of those. 

1410
01:17:37,320 --> 01:17:39,040
It is. 
I remember on the job in your 

1411
01:17:39,040 --> 01:17:41,680
first job when you been went 
back after COVID, I was like I'm

1412
01:17:41,680 --> 01:17:46,600
working but on now I've got OK, 
now where, where is it plugged? 

1413
01:17:47,160 --> 01:17:49,120
Yeah. 
I must have, I'm really I'm 

1414
01:17:49,120 --> 01:17:50,920
really bad. 
I'm really bad for it because 

1415
01:17:50,920 --> 01:17:54,520
actually I think it's it is such
a really good app and, and 

1416
01:17:54,520 --> 01:17:58,960
actually you then yeah, go and 
explore it because there's loads

1417
01:17:58,960 --> 01:18:02,520
of really good hidden stuff on 
it that you can yeah, you can 

1418
01:18:02,520 --> 01:18:04,920
then go and see which airports 
got the biggest delay of that 

1419
01:18:04,920 --> 01:18:06,240
day and things like that. 
So. 

1420
01:18:06,240 --> 01:18:09,120
I always used to use it just 
like building up to when I'll 

1421
01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:11,600
put in the flight number. 
OK, what's the history like the 

1422
01:18:11,600 --> 01:18:14,400
past seven days of four? 
Am I likely to get there earlier

1423
01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:17,840
or later than planned? 
And then I'll end up using this.

1424
01:18:17,840 --> 01:18:21,440
Here's an app called Flighting 
where you can put in all your 

1425
01:18:21,440 --> 01:18:23,480
flight details and everything 
and it would do something very 

1426
01:18:23,480 --> 01:18:25,000
similar. 
How many times we go to the 

1427
01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:27,440
airport and it will just tell 
you like, well, this is your 

1428
01:18:27,440 --> 01:18:29,800
gate number and you go like, 
well, it's not on the screen 

1429
01:18:29,800 --> 01:18:31,040
yet. 
I'm going, well, that's our gate

1430
01:18:31,040 --> 01:18:33,520
number. 
And every time I'll be able to 

1431
01:18:33,520 --> 01:18:36,840
go like, yeah, that's on and, 
and it will match and it will 

1432
01:18:36,840 --> 01:18:38,360
match. 
And it's just one of those. 

1433
01:18:38,360 --> 01:18:41,120
I don't know. 
I don't know why I like to know 

1434
01:18:41,120 --> 01:18:44,920
what my gate number is before 
everyone else, but it's one of 

1435
01:18:44,920 --> 01:18:46,920
those. 
I think there's one app we have 

1436
01:18:46,920 --> 01:18:49,560
mixed quite an obvious one, and 
it's probably on everyone's 

1437
01:18:49,560 --> 01:18:52,920
phone already, the podcaster. 
So make sure you're. 

1438
01:18:53,440 --> 01:18:55,240
Listening to us. 
Yeah, it's very great. 

1439
01:18:55,840 --> 01:18:58,640
Whether you're just on YouTube 
or wherever you. 

1440
01:18:58,720 --> 01:19:06,840
Are I see what you did goodness,
but make sure, but make sure you

1441
01:19:06,840 --> 01:19:10,400
download them, download them 
onto your phone before you get 

1442
01:19:10,400 --> 01:19:12,880
on, because you don't want to be
in that position where you're 

1443
01:19:12,880 --> 01:19:15,440
thinking, Oh, I'm going to 
listen to I'm going to listen to

1444
01:19:15,440 --> 01:19:16,440
the great British makes you 
awful. 

1445
01:19:16,840 --> 01:19:20,600
You get that? 
It's like, oh, I need Wi-Fi. 

1446
01:19:22,920 --> 01:19:24,840
Yeah. 
So make sure you're following, 

1447
01:19:25,120 --> 01:19:27,520
make sure that you've got, if 
you've got YouTube Premium, you 

1448
01:19:27,520 --> 01:19:31,400
can do that or video downloads 
if you like, but also you just 

1449
01:19:31,400 --> 01:19:34,720
listen on the podcast. 
Just make sure you've got you're

1450
01:19:34,720 --> 01:19:38,360
following the show and downloads
have enabled because you've 

1451
01:19:38,360 --> 01:19:39,360
listened to quite a few 
podcasts. 

1452
01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:42,400
So that's quite a lot of. 
Podcasts from the flight. 

1453
01:19:42,840 --> 01:19:47,760
Yeah, I think what we, yeah, 
it's it's something different to

1454
01:19:48,080 --> 01:19:50,480
you never quite sure what you're
going to get on in flight 

1455
01:19:50,480 --> 01:19:51,600
entertainment. 
So it's. 

1456
01:19:52,000 --> 01:19:54,240
Always good to have a backup. 
I'd love to know if anyone 

1457
01:19:54,240 --> 01:19:58,080
actually listening to this show 
on a podcast in the future 

1458
01:19:58,240 --> 01:20:01,240
that'd be that'd. 
Be quite real, wouldn't? 

1459
01:20:01,800 --> 01:20:05,400
It it would, yeah. 
But I want to say just a huge 

1460
01:20:05,400 --> 01:20:09,760
thank you to John Becker, Simon,
and everyone in the chat for 

1461
01:20:09,760 --> 01:20:13,400
tonight for just sharing all of 
these sort of different apps 

1462
01:20:13,400 --> 01:20:14,960
that you use and all these 
different tips. 

1463
01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:18,720
And I just not answered this. 
We've got a question in the 

1464
01:20:18,720 --> 01:20:23,520
chat, and it was from Heather 
actually. 

1465
01:20:23,920 --> 01:20:31,160
And do we ever go to SeaWorld? 
Oh, Heather knows Heather knows 

1466
01:20:31,160 --> 01:20:32,800
how to press my buttons on that 
one. 

1467
01:20:33,680 --> 01:20:38,200
We've been once. 
In 2013 and we've never returned

1468
01:20:38,560 --> 01:20:42,560
yeah yeah. 
Not that we would never return, 

1469
01:20:42,600 --> 01:20:45,600
I just. 
I'm just going to. 

1470
01:20:45,880 --> 01:20:47,560
SeaWorld. 
If you're British, you'll 

1471
01:20:47,560 --> 01:20:49,680
understand this reference. 
Going to SeaWorld was very much 

1472
01:20:49,720 --> 01:20:52,080
like going to Chessington. 
Yeah. 

1473
01:20:52,880 --> 01:20:54,800
I think it's a bit better than 
Chessington. 

1474
01:20:54,800 --> 01:20:56,720
Go on this. 
We haven't been around. 

1475
01:20:57,920 --> 01:21:00,120
If you want to go, if you want 
to go on rides, some of the 

1476
01:21:00,120 --> 01:21:02,440
rides are really good, right, 
I'll get over that. 

1477
01:21:02,800 --> 01:21:05,480
But if you've ever watched, if 
you ever watched Blackfish and 

1478
01:21:05,480 --> 01:21:07,800
if you haven't watched 
Blackfish, I would encourage you

1479
01:21:07,800 --> 01:21:12,080
to go and watch Blackfish on 
whatever TV channel it's on. 

1480
01:21:12,520 --> 01:21:17,200
It is the most amazing insight 
as to animals in the wild going 

1481
01:21:17,200 --> 01:21:20,800
a little bit sky. 
The other thing as well is there

1482
01:21:20,800 --> 01:21:22,840
was a, there was a polar bear 
there. 

1483
01:21:23,400 --> 01:21:26,840
And the reason we've never 
returned is when our eldest son 

1484
01:21:26,840 --> 01:21:30,800
Josh and we he probably would 
have been, I think it'd be about

1485
01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:35,320
10 when we when we went there 
and he actually came away and he

1486
01:21:35,320 --> 01:21:38,640
said, I don't want to go back. 
And this is your own kid, that 

1487
01:21:38,640 --> 01:21:41,280
your own kid at 10 years old 
saying I don't want to go back. 

1488
01:21:41,280 --> 01:21:45,360
And I'm like, well, why you said
because I see that that polar 

1489
01:21:45,360 --> 01:21:46,160
bear. 
Yeah. 

1490
01:21:46,160 --> 01:21:47,080
Thank you. 
Disney Hunt. 

1491
01:21:47,080 --> 01:21:48,920
Yeah. 
It's just like the polar bear 

1492
01:21:48,920 --> 01:21:54,200
just looked just so forlorn. 
And he was he was feeding off 

1493
01:21:54,200 --> 01:21:55,360
that. 
And I thought, you know, so if 

1494
01:21:55,360 --> 01:21:58,360
me 10 year old kids say he 
doesn't want to go back there 

1495
01:21:59,000 --> 01:22:01,120
and fair enough, I'm not buying 
the ticket for that again. 

1496
01:22:01,120 --> 01:22:03,600
And, and actually that was that 
was our departure point from it.

1497
01:22:03,920 --> 01:22:05,400
And it probably would have been 
about that. 

1498
01:22:05,480 --> 01:22:08,360
I think it'd probably be about. 
The same time as you guys, same 

1499
01:22:08,440 --> 01:22:11,320
time giving advice. 
Yeah, it's just one of those. 

1500
01:22:11,560 --> 01:22:13,960
We did it once with the 
honeymoon when we've just bought

1501
01:22:13,960 --> 01:22:16,240
every single ticket and we were 
trying to go to like every day, 

1502
01:22:16,480 --> 01:22:19,600
didn't realize how far, how 
difficult it was trying to fit 

1503
01:22:19,600 --> 01:22:22,240
everything in two weeks. 
But it's just never been 

1504
01:22:22,240 --> 01:22:23,840
something that appealed for us 
to go back. 

1505
01:22:23,840 --> 01:22:25,720
I felt like we did what we did 
on the day. 

1506
01:22:26,200 --> 01:22:30,040
I enjoyed what we did. 
I wasn't sort of a ride junkie 

1507
01:22:30,040 --> 01:22:32,080
back then. 
I wasn't into into like extreme 

1508
01:22:32,600 --> 01:22:34,080
riots. 
So now go man. 

1509
01:22:34,080 --> 01:22:37,280
Now the ride would be my focus, 
but nothing else. 

1510
01:22:38,040 --> 01:22:41,600
We we have we've been quite a 
few times to SeaWorld, yeah, 

1511
01:22:42,280 --> 01:22:44,200
we've had annual passes for 
SeaWorld. 

1512
01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:50,960
I think the the The thing is 
that SeaWorld do lots of their 

1513
01:22:51,520 --> 01:22:54,720
if their seasonal events really 
well, Yeah. 

1514
01:22:54,880 --> 01:22:56,440
And. 
Yeah, I'd agree with that. 

1515
01:22:57,120 --> 01:23:00,000
Like their Christmas period, 
they have their own food and 

1516
01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:03,680
wine type festival as well. 
And they, they have some of 

1517
01:23:03,680 --> 01:23:06,520
their food. 
I would say is, is probably 

1518
01:23:06,520 --> 01:23:10,400
better than some of Disney's 
food and wine offerings a lot of

1519
01:23:10,520 --> 01:23:14,000
the time. 
And their Christmas event is, 

1520
01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:18,720
really is really good. 
Whether you agree or not with 

1521
01:23:18,800 --> 01:23:22,160
the the captive animals thing, I
think there is, you know, we 

1522
01:23:22,160 --> 01:23:25,360
could go into a big long debate 
about there's elements. 

1523
01:23:25,960 --> 01:23:31,320
I think if you love extreme 
rides like SeaWorld and his 

1524
01:23:31,320 --> 01:23:35,120
partner Busch Gardens, that they
are going to win hands down in 

1525
01:23:35,360 --> 01:23:38,440
the extreme, the volume of 
extreme rides in. 100%. 

1526
01:23:38,440 --> 01:23:42,800
In a short, in a kind of small, 
smallish theme park, right. 

1527
01:23:42,800 --> 01:23:45,360
They've they've got the highest 
volume across those two parks. 

1528
01:23:46,520 --> 01:23:49,440
And I think those are definitely
worth going for if you're an 

1529
01:23:49,440 --> 01:23:51,880
adrenaline junkie, because I 
don't I don't think you will 

1530
01:23:51,880 --> 01:23:55,080
find better roller coasters than
you get at SeaWorld. 

1531
01:23:55,160 --> 01:23:56,360
Oh, surely agree. 
That. 

1532
01:23:57,480 --> 01:23:59,960
I think that's where SeaWorld 
should go ultimately, you know, 

1533
01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:04,960
just my opinion is that they can
talk about lots of aspects of 

1534
01:24:06,560 --> 01:24:11,680
conservation without having some
of the captive aspects of their 

1535
01:24:11,680 --> 01:24:13,440
parks. 
It's just kind of, I think it's 

1536
01:24:13,440 --> 01:24:16,960
a lingering legacy that they 
carry. 

1537
01:24:16,960 --> 01:24:21,520
But I, I, I sense from going to 
SeaWorld more recently that it's

1538
01:24:21,520 --> 01:24:25,120
what one that they are shifting 
the the dialogue. 

1539
01:24:26,360 --> 01:24:29,160
Yeah, how they present that? 
Yeah, yeah. 

1540
01:24:29,760 --> 01:24:32,320
And I think that's the thing as,
but anyone who goes to anywhere 

1541
01:24:32,320 --> 01:24:34,960
they've ever been before, 
haven't been for a while is 

1542
01:24:34,960 --> 01:24:38,160
something that you look into. 
If it's something that you want 

1543
01:24:38,160 --> 01:24:39,960
to do on your holiday, go and do
it. 

1544
01:24:40,320 --> 01:24:43,480
If anyone from SeaWorld, if 
anyone from SeaWorld is actually

1545
01:24:43,480 --> 01:24:47,040
listening to this and wishes to 
change my mind, then do get in 

1546
01:24:47,040 --> 01:24:48,960
touch because we, you know, I'm 
prepared. 

1547
01:24:48,960 --> 01:24:50,640
I'm prepared to have my mind 
changed. 

1548
01:24:51,080 --> 01:24:52,680
Because again, I'm with you, 
Simon. 

1549
01:24:52,680 --> 01:24:58,000
I think for an adrenaline 
junkie, roller coaster wise, it 

1550
01:24:58,000 --> 01:25:02,000
is in Orlando, it is the best of
all the parks. 

1551
01:25:02,520 --> 01:25:05,680
It's just the fact to getting 
over the previous experiences 

1552
01:25:05,680 --> 01:25:09,440
regarding animals, which in 
itself if you look at, you look 

1553
01:25:09,440 --> 01:25:13,280
at Disney and we can open that 
little can of worms. 

1554
01:25:13,280 --> 01:25:16,120
If you look at Animal Kingdom, 
you look at cart, the animals, 

1555
01:25:16,120 --> 01:25:17,440
etcetera, we could go on 
forever. 

1556
01:25:17,440 --> 01:25:19,880
And then and then know this 
becomes a very contentious 

1557
01:25:19,880 --> 01:25:21,480
issue. 
And I think I'll probably put 

1558
01:25:21,480 --> 01:25:24,200
that to bed now and just say, 
look, there we go. 

1559
01:25:24,200 --> 01:25:26,520
But yeah. 
If you fancy it, go for it. 

1560
01:25:28,320 --> 01:25:32,240
Now go here for roller coasters.
Yeah, just he was saying 

1561
01:25:32,320 --> 01:25:34,400
everyone for everyone's 
contribute tonight's show. 

1562
01:25:34,720 --> 01:25:36,760
If you watch it on YouTube, 
don't forget if you've got your 

1563
01:25:36,760 --> 01:25:40,960
phone scan the QR code on screen
that you take us to our website 

1564
01:25:40,960 --> 01:25:44,280
where you can find everything 
we've got from everything we we 

1565
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:46,440
do here at the great British 
Mickey Waffle, including our 

1566
01:25:46,440 --> 01:25:48,720
Facebook community. 
What was arms? 

1567
01:25:48,920 --> 01:25:51,960
So by the conversation 
continues, and I'm not exactly 

1568
01:25:51,960 --> 01:25:54,760
sure. 
And also Ben, but also don't 

1569
01:25:54,760 --> 01:25:57,920
forget because actually we 
missed this last, but we missed 

1570
01:25:58,000 --> 01:26:00,800
missed it last week because it 
hadn't come out the 1st 1st of 

1571
01:26:00,800 --> 01:26:05,320
the month show, which is an 
absolute showstopper. 

1572
01:26:05,920 --> 01:26:10,040
Get get your get your apple 
notes ready because you will end

1573
01:26:10,040 --> 01:26:13,240
up with a list of things that 
you won't want to miss in in the

1574
01:26:13,240 --> 01:26:14,720
theme parks the next time you're
there. 

1575
01:26:14,880 --> 01:26:17,840
It is brilliant. 
And actually even listening to 

1576
01:26:17,840 --> 01:26:20,960
it back, I think we missed one 
or two things as well. 

1577
01:26:20,960 --> 01:26:23,640
So again, it's one that we can 
update again in the future 

1578
01:26:23,640 --> 01:26:27,360
because it really was just an 
absolutely incredible show to 

1579
01:26:27,360 --> 01:26:29,560
record. 
And it comes across, it's just 

1580
01:26:29,560 --> 01:26:34,240
like there's like, I think 
there's like moments that you 

1581
01:26:34,240 --> 01:26:37,400
might have missed, but they come
at you so quickly. 

1582
01:26:37,400 --> 01:26:40,360
You need to make a note of them.
Yeah, there there are so many 

1583
01:26:40,360 --> 01:26:42,800
things that you said earlier in 
the show, John, about I think we

1584
01:26:42,800 --> 01:26:45,800
discussed about the books and 
everything that you could fit 

1585
01:26:45,800 --> 01:26:48,080
into a book that you'd see in 
Disney World. 

1586
01:26:48,360 --> 01:26:50,600
And looking forward to the 
future shows over the coming 

1587
01:26:50,600 --> 01:26:53,720
months, we are going to be 
covering not only sort of what 

1588
01:26:53,720 --> 01:26:56,480
you could see in what they said,
well, what you could smell and 

1589
01:26:56,480 --> 01:26:59,840
what you can hear. 
Sensory overload, I think that's

1590
01:26:59,840 --> 01:27:02,440
what we're going to do, yeah. 
Yeah, the topic. 

1591
01:27:03,160 --> 01:27:05,200
So we look forward to seeing you
all in the Whoppers arms. 

1592
01:27:05,200 --> 01:27:08,280
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1593
01:27:08,280 --> 01:27:10,320
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1594
01:27:10,320 --> 01:27:12,280
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1595
01:27:12,280 --> 01:27:15,760
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1596
01:27:16,320 --> 01:27:53,480
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Yeah.