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129. The Perfect Disney Date Night (Hub Episode) · Mom Street USA

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  Welcome everybody to another episode of Mobster USAI am your
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  host Jackie, and today you are in for a treat.
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  We've got another hub episode where our good friends Duck and
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  Jess have joined us to chat more things about Disney and we're
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  actually talking about Disney this week.
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  Normally when Duck and Jess join us, we talk Universal, but we
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  are talking Disney today and today's topic of choice is
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  Disney World date night. So we are going going to dive
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  into some of our suggestions for either kid free date night if
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  you are so lucky or a date night that maybe does include your
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  kids or your whole family. So that is the goal for today.
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  But before we jump into our info, Duck and Jess, how are you
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  doing? Doing great, can't complain.
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  I love it. All right, well, let's go ahead
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  and hop in because I'm excited to hear what you guys have to
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  share about Disney date night, because this is unfortunately
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  not something that I get to do very often because I have
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  children and yeah. You know what, I feel like
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  that's generally true. I feel like a lot of listeners
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  of the pod and also just people who are going down to Disney in
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  general. People don't build in like date
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  night time, which is totally understandable, right?
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  Sometimes it just doesn't fit. Sometimes this is your once in a
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  lifetime trip and you don't want to take away from, you know,
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  park time or something like that.
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  But if you are a regular or maybe you're going for a longer
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  period of time, you know, it's a vacation still, right?
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  I think it's hard to remember that sometimes because Disney
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  can get so busy and so overwhelming and you're planning
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  lightning lanes and in park dining reservations and you got
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  to go, go, go and you got to make sure that you do and see
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  and be everything right. So, you know, we like to, we
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  like to remind people that it's important to, as fun as the
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  parks are, it's also important to slow down, take your time and
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  enjoy it because after, after all, it's, it's still a
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  vacation, even though sometimes it feels a little bit like it.
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  That's a job, you know. Absolutely.
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  Absolutely. And it's funny because I was
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  talking to Andrew before I jumped on and I was like, hey,
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  what if you were like going to plan a date night, what would
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  you do? And he was like, what is that
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  like? What it like like?
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  What? What?
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  No, that is not in something. He's brain buffered.
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  Yeah. He literally was like, what do
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  you, what do you mean a date, a date night, Like it at Disney,
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  like without the kids. And I was like, yeah, you know,
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  like we used to do, you know, 10 plus years ago before we had
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  children because our oldest is turning 10 soon, which is wild.
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  Yeah. So we'll we'll get into that
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  later. But let's jump into your
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  suggestions for Disney date nights.
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  Absolutely. And so before we jump into the
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  list of suggestions that we have, I do just want to note
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  that like I said before, this is focusing on not park activities,
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  right? Some of these suggestions may
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  take place in the park, but this isn't like anyway, you're going
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  to wolf down some chicken fingers and then try to Sprint
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  over to Guardians of the Galaxy while holding your spouse's
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  hand, right? Like that's not, not of what
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  these vibes are not a date. That's not I mean, for us it is,
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  but I understand if it's not for other people.
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  So, you know, if you this is these are intended to slow down,
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  enjoy some shopping, enjoy some dinner, some drinks, things like
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  that. And also, Jackie, as you alluded
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  to, we tried to build itineraries that were both for
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  people who do not have children with them on the trip or who
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  maybe can get reliable child care through one form or
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  another, as well as people who are or people with kids and
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  without kids basically. So we've tried to keep it a
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  little bit flexible. We built some itineraries.
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  Take pieces as you can because again, it's not always so easy
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  to to build these things in, but you're on vacation so it's
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  important to slow down and to enjoy yourself.
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  Yes. All right.
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  So I think we're going to talk about in parks first, right?
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  Yes. Yep.
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  So we're going to jump right into the in park so this one can
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  be done with and without children because it's not only
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  super easy to find somebody to watch your kids in general, let
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  alone on vacation. Right.
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  And I do want to say that there are groups and organizations and
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  companies that exist down in Orlando that can help parents
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  with child care, in park nannies, babysitters while
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  you're on vacation. We are not here to like, promote
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  or denounce any of these organizations.
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  We just simply want to state that on both sides of that
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  decision, like trust your gut as a parent, you know what I mean?
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  If you're not comfortable with the idea of using one of these
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  services, then don't use it. And figure out another way to do
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  your quote UN quote, date night and include your kiddos or
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  figure out a way to, you know, be next to them, but not with, I
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  don't know, you know, be creative.
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  We're going to give you some of us tonight on how to do that.
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  That's what you got to do as a parent and truly, and, you know,
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  if you're fortunate enough to go with extended family, you know,
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  maybe you can plan in advance that, you know, a friend or
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  family member can watch the kiddos, things like that.
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  But yeah, those services do exist.
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  And again, use your best judgement.
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  You know, we would never tell people what to do necessarily as
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  parents with those types of decisions.
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  Right. And I think too, something to
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  remember is like, don't, don't go against your gut because then
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  it's going to ruin your night. Like, I hate that, you know what
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  I mean. But like, if you are like, I
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  don't really want to do this, but you know, my spouse wants me
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  to or my friend wants me to, or they said it, you know, my
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  Internet friend said it would be fine, but I don't really love
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  the idea of doing it. Then don't do it because you're
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  just going to be worried and consumed by it the whole night.
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  So like go with your gut, go with what you think is the best
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  for your particular situation. And I will say, a lot of the
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  services are easier the older your kiddos get because they
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  have maybe a device that you can leave with them or they're able
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  to, you know, express themselves fully and, and be aware of
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  what's going on and what they can ask to do.
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  And you know, it, it just really depends on your situation, your
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  kiddos and all of that. So just keep all of that in
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  mind. If you choose to use one of
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  those services, fantastic. If you don't want to, also
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  fantastic. You're going to have a great
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  time. You're in Disney World, so like
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  no, got no stress there. At the end of the day, you are
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  still in Disney. World.
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  So true. So true.
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  All right. So with that disclaimer out of
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  the way, so we're going to start, we're going to give like
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  an itinerary more geared towards folks without kids, but give a
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  couple of suggestions for if you do have kids along the way and
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  then a more kid centric 1. So for folks without kids, I
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  feel like the, the obvious answer for park for date night
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  is up guy. I I feel like there is no
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  question on that one. You know, there's just such a
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  variety of dining options and also little trinkets because who
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  doesn't love to buy a little trinket on a date, you know?
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  So it just really lends itself to a fun and romantic evening.
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  So if sit down dining is your preference, you will probably
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  want to try to snag a reservation in advance.
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  Lacellier, which is the steakhouse in Canada, is always
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  a go to recommendation if you've been there during the Food and
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  Wine Festival and you've had the little steak a portion in the
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  Canada Pavilion. It's the same steak that they
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  serve in Sallye, just slightly less on mass but only slightly.
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  Tepenido is another good sit down restaurant in Japan if that
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  is your vibe. Chefs de France is one that gets
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  commonly recommended but this is one that I have not heard
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  positive things about post pandemic.
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  So you know, listen. I mean that's like a make your
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  judgement call. Whatever will fit with you the
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  rest of your itinerary. But between between the three,
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  we would recommend Lacellier and Tepenido over Chef de France.
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  Now, as I alluded to before, alternatively, there's always
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  festivals in Epcot. So if you don't want to sit
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  down, like if you guys are more like a sampling plate appetizer
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  type of couple, it's food and wine festival.
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  It goes on for like 3/4 of the year.
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  Now it's there's like, and it's their best festival.
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  So I don't know why they don't just make it a full year like
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  whatever. Not to take away from Festival
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  of the Arts or Flo Grow or anything like that because I
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  love all the festivals in Epcot, but they're all basically food
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  and wine festivals with different flair.
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  So there's there's. If like sampling is your vibe,
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  that is also a fantastic date night alternative to just go for
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  a nice walk, stroll around Disney, take in the sights, feel
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  the vibes, and sample a bunch of food from all around the world.
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  Yeah. Now, I know that we're talking
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  primarily about doing Epcot with no kids.
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  However, I do want to just briefly give an an alternative
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  option if you end up with kiddos and you end up wanting to go to
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  Epcot because you're wanting to do the snack around the world
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  option, which I love that option.
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  That's what we usually do anyway.
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  We're at Epcot regardless. Absolutely.
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  This is a great time to take advantage of the scavenger hunts
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  that frequently happen at Epcot. Each festival we've talked about
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  before, but they have a unique one and they're also ones for
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  holidays such as like Easter and Christmas.
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  We'll have different scavenger that you can do.
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  These are great distractions for your kiddos because it will give
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  them something to do so you don't feel like you're super
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  rushed if you're trying to enjoy your food and beverage.
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  So highly recommend setting that up and getting that kind of
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  going if you are going to be snacking around the world and
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  your kiddos are going to end up with you.
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  Alternatively, if you don't want to do the scavenger hunt,
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  they're like 10 bucks I think to do the scavenger hunt.
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  So if you're like, no, I don't really want to do that.
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  And you have an older kiddo that is like tech savvy enough to to
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  navigate basic phone. Communication rolls or tech?
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  My my 9 year old could probably, my 7 year old could probably
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  not. So like, you know, depending on
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  your kiddo and depending on your their, their, their ability to
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  screen, you can give them a device and send them off to do
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  the DuckTales adventure in on the Play Disney app.
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  So that is a really great option as well.
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  And it will the phone. The reason I say tech savvy is
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  because you have to have the Play Disney app downloaded to be
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  able to load it. It's not in every country.
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  I think there's five countries if I remember correctly that
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  have the DuckTales adventure, but they can be doing that
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  within your site as you are standing and enjoying your food.
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  So even if it's not something that you're comfortable, like
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  sending them off on their own to do it and come back.
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  There are many of the countries you can stand kind of at the
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  like entrance to the pavilion if that kind of makes sense and
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  still see them as they are exploring the game.
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  So 2 alternative options if you are choosing the snack around
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  the world, I highly suggest one or the other or both.
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  The Duck Tales is completely free.
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  Highly suggest that it's a super fun activity for them to do so
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  that way you can take all the time you want to enjoying your
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  food and beverage. It's also fun if you're adults
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  and you play a game where the So what we do is it's for food and
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  wine. It's Remy's hide and squeak
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  because that's usually when we're down there.
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  Whoever finds Remy first in that pavilion, the other person has
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  to buy them the snack or treat that they want from that
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  pavilion. I.
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  Love that, that's amazing. That is like top tier date night
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  I love. That I'm just saying, that's
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  also a very fun date night, yeah.
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  Although you got to make sure it's even playing field because
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  like if I tried to do that with Andrew, I feel like he would be
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  very upset with me because he would have no idea where they
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  are. And I've seen them all so often
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  that I like would know immediately because they don't
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  typically change very much year to year.
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  They're usually in the same spot.
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  Every once in a while you get them to mix it up, but generally
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  speaking, they're in the same spot.
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  So I feel like he'd be very sad if I I told him to do that.
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  He'd just be buying all night. Sorry, not sorry, exhorted.
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  Strategy. Let him win like one or two.
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  Give him that false sense of security in the game we're
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  playing and then. Destroy him.
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  Be like, I can't believe you found the first two.
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  Anyway, here's the next 7. He'd be like what?
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  OK, it'd be fine. Most of our money comes from the
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  same account anyway. It really, truly doesn't matter.
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  Anyway, moving on. That's yeah, that's pretty true.
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  All right, so once you have your dinner plan set, be that just
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  snack here in the world or your sit down dinner, we always
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  recommend try to find a memorable souvenir right now
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  that can be something big or something small.
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  A couple of we have a couple of suggestions.
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  So I'm a big fragrance person. I love perfumes and body sprays,
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  colognes. I love it all.
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  I have a problematically sized collection just taken over my
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  half of the dresser. So I really like when we go on
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  vacation to buy a scent that I will then wear for the rest of
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  the vacation and whenever we go back to that location.
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  So that I will always have like that scent Marie of that perfume
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  that I was wearing while we were there.
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  So that's a really fun, if that's like your GM too.
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  There's plenty of perfume shops all around the World Showcase.
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  So in the UK pavilion there is a company called Penhallions that
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  has a small stand and I believe it's called Lords and Ladies.
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  If you've ever seen perfume bottles with an animal head on
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  it, they're like super trendy right now.
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  It's Penhallions. There is a bunch of, like I
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  said, a bunch of other locations. 2 ones that we
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  usually stop into are the in the French in the France pavilion,
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  there's a few shops in there that sell French designer
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  perfumes, things like Dior and Givenchy.
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  And then in the Italy pavilion, it's the same idea where they
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  sell Italian designer perfumes, so like Aqua de Parma and
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  Valentino. I had no.
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  Idea and no idea, and there weren't.
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  That many fancy perfumes at Epcot?
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  Who knew? There are some and like.
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  Even Norway has, yes. Norway had a little perfume
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  section too, yeah. Yeah, in the in the gift shop,
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  most of the pavilions have like a a small selection, but the UK
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  has pen the whole pen high in section.
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  Like I was saying, I think they have another brand in there too
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  now. I can't remember what it was.
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  And of course, because Italy and France have like so many
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  designer brands out of there, it makes sense that they have just
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  like small displays for every brand.
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  But they have like I, I was looking at the website just to
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  double check. I think there's something like
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  over 70 different brands in the France pavilion.
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  It is a shocking amount of, of perfumes that they have in there
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  and they have plenty of testers. The folks that of course the
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  cast members that work in there are are wonderful and very
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  knowledgeable if you have any questions.
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  That's so cool, I love that idea.
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  Array perfume I'm I'm recruiting more people to the cult of
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  perfume. So if perfumes aren't your gym,
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  but you still want something small and memorable, the Mexico
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  pavilion does have a stand right outside of the cantina where you
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  can get engraved rings. And honestly, who doesn't want
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  to be bought a ring? I'm just saying.
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  I'm just saying it's a very it is a very romantic evening is
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  getting a custom engraved ring. Just saying.
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  And I feel like it's never very busy over there, which is
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  surprising. And it doesn't take very long.
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  Like I took my little, I got nachos from the cantina and
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  like, it was way too packed inside.
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  So I like walked around and I found a little like corner of a
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  bench that was like right by that stand.
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  And like as I was sitting there, I like was watching the guy do
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  it. And he was so fast at it too,
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  that like it really doesn't take very long.
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  I was like, that's super impressive.
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  Yeah, I think the so we haven't gotten it, but I've sat there
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  and watched them do it. The quickest I've seen them do
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  it is like 10 minutes. They say on the site if you look
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  it up, it can be up to two hours, but I've never seen it be
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  more than like 1/2 hour on a on like a real busy day.
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  They're very quick and they're very good at what they do over.
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  There. Yeah, it's super cool.
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  I love that idea too. So once you have your ring and
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  your perfume and you've spent a shocking amount of money on
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  miscellaneous souvenirs from all around Epcot, of course,
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  assuming you're in the park in the evening, you're going to
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  want to watch the fireworks while holding hands, right?
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  Adorable romantic ending to the evening.
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  So we I'm a big dessert person, so we recommend grabbing some
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  ice cream. There is it's artisans.
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  The class in the France pavilion is really good.
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  So, you know, just to have a nice little sweet treat.
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  Will you enjoy twin? Fireworks.
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  I also really love the Gelato booth and the Italy pavilion too
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  highly. Recommend.
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  I always forget that's there. Yeah, well, that's a good.
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  I don't know when it happened that they expanded it because
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  for years and years and years it was just like one of those
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  little tiny carts. And then I just noticed it one
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  of my last trips in the last year or two that I was like, Oh
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  my gosh, it's like a. Full.
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  Like permanent booth now in the Italy pavilion where you get
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  your Gelato. And I was like, I love that for
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  them. That's so good.
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  But yeah, Gelato is, is always a good thing.
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  And I, I like the Gelato because I like that stretch of the, that
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  side of world Showcase to watch the fireworks too, as like the
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  location, because if you can find a spot along the water
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  there, you have a good view of, I like to be able to see
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  spaceship Earth when I watch my fireworks at Epcot.
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  And you can see it because you're far enough around, you
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  know, I just, it's a really good spot for, for fireworks viewing.
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  So I like that it's like within a quick walk.
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  So like you can scope out your spot and then like I can send
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  hubby to go get me Gelato and bring it back to me in our spot
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  while I just like hang out and wait.
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  No, that is a good point. We always, so it's just by
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  nature of the way that we do our Epcot days, we end up over by
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  either the UK Pavilion or Canada for fireworks, right, because
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  we're just spending the whole day going around.
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  So like by the end, we end up there and like, you're right,
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  that is in much better spot to watch the fireworks from.
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  But like, I'm 30,000 steps in. I'm not walking back to the
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  other side of World showcase. It's not happening.
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  But that is also a very good idea.
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  I, I, you know what? Maybe next time we'll plan it so
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  we can get some tasty, tasty Gelato.
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  Because I love me some Gelato. Yeah, you have to actively plan
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  because you're right, it's not. If you're doing a loop and
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  planning to end your loop around fireworks time, it's not
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  convenient. It's not a convenient location.
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  I'm in World Showcase. So you do have to kind of plan
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  accordingly or be willing to walk a couple, you know, a
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  little bit of extra backtracking to get there.
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  So yeah, for sure. All right.
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  So I think that is kind of our general best situation, best
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  suggestions for Epcot with no children.
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  But what if we're stuck with our kids?
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  You. You are suckers.
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  Well, go. Well, leave us alone.
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  What can we do every? 3 seconds they're asking for.
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  Seconds constant. It's just constant.
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  OK, so if we have children with us, what suggestions do you guys
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  have for a quote UN quote date night with our children?
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  Step one, leave them at the loss of better right here I found
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  this. Can you just hang on to it for a
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  little while? I.
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  Found them. I wish for them to be lost.
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  All right? No, but see nicely, please.
• 20:18
  For legal reasons now. So yeah, please don't.
• 20:21
  You don't leave your. Children at the lost about or
• 20:25
  with Guest Services or. Anything.
• 20:27
  We definitely, if you are doing a Disney date night and you have
• 20:31
  your kids with you, we would definitely recommend Magic
• 20:33
  Kingdom because I mean, what else is like the perfect family
• 20:36
  friendly location in Disney other than Magic Kingdom.
• 20:40
  So we're going to also give both like a sit down table service
• 20:43
  like dinner recommendation as well as some quick service
• 20:46
  options for your NK date night. So right date.
• 20:52
  Night in quotes because you know, it can still be a date
• 20:54
  night. It's just a little bit.
• 20:56
  It's a date. It's not a flip some plus one.
• 20:59
  Dazzling night. Yeah.
• 21:00
  Yeah. Yeah, yeah, a a not particularly
• 21:04
  welcome plus one. It's 3rd, 4th.
• 21:07
  What fifth wheels? However many kids.
• 21:08
  Yeah, I know. But so we kind of find the table
• 21:13
  service in Magic Kingdom is like kind of hit or miss, but we've
• 21:18
  definitely heard some really great things about Skipper
• 21:20
  Cantonier. So that would be a suggestion.
• 21:23
  But if you're looking for more like romantic date nighty kind
• 21:25
  of vibes, I mean, what's more romantic than eating dinner at a
• 21:28
  castle? So they are a little pricier,
• 21:30
  but you can always go for Be Our Guest or Cinderella's Royal
• 21:33
  Table, not necessarily for like a higher food experience, but
• 21:37
  more for the the vibes and the aesthetics and getting to, you
• 21:40
  know, dine in Cinderella's Castle or the Beast Castle.
• 21:45
  And we've also heard or at least I've heard, I don't know about
• 21:47
  anybody else, but that Tony's Town square has gotten a lot
• 21:49
  better like post COVID. So we have not tried it in
• 21:54
  recent years. So I cannot confirm or deny
• 21:57
  that. But that is just the word on the
• 21:59
  street. So that might be nice.
• 22:00
  A little like Italian dinner for you and your family for your
• 22:02
  little date night. So.
• 22:04
  That is a consistent thing that I have heard and not as
• 22:07
  surprising because I feel like the constant feedback is post
• 22:10
  COVID XY and Z has gotten worse. Right.
• 22:13
  And because I'm better, like shockingly, everyone's like, I
• 22:17
  can't, I can't believe it was the same food, like the same
• 22:20
  restaurant. Like people are just blown away
• 22:22
  by how different and how much better Tony's is.
• 22:24
  So I mean it seems it used to be like joke to recommend Sony's,
• 22:29
  but it seems like. An actual viable action
• 22:31
  recommendation, Yeah. So, yeah, who knew, Grandpa?
• 22:38
  Who knew? But if you are just looking for
• 22:40
  like a quick service option, we kind of like Pinocchio Village
• 22:44
  House. I feel like it has like
• 22:45
  something for everybody. You can get your classic chicken
• 22:47
  fingers if you have those picky eaters, but then there's also
• 22:50
  like their flatbreads and you know, different things like
• 22:52
  that. Plus you, if you are lucky, you
• 22:54
  can get a really great view of the boats and small world while
• 22:57
  you're eating. So that's kind of a nice view
• 22:58
  with your dinner, dinner on a show, dinner on a show.
• 23:01
  Exactly. If you're a Small world fan, I
• 23:03
  don't know, that wouldn't necessarily be Duck's idea, but
• 23:05
  the date night. But I got my flatbread.
• 23:07
  Pizza, it's fine and then. Also, if you wanted, you can
• 23:13
  enjoy the views of Cinderella Castle while eating at Casey's
• 23:17
  Corner. They always have like seasonal
• 23:19
  corn dog Nuggets and things like that.
• 23:21
  So there's always, you know, something fun to try there, and
• 23:23
  it's something fun for the kiddos, but then also something
• 23:26
  fun for you as well. Yeah, I'd like to add Pecos Bill
• 23:29
  to that list too. I think they they're new.
• 23:32
  I put new in quotes 'cause it's like new menu, but like it's
• 23:35
  been new for, I don't know, maybe a year now.
• 23:39
  I don't know. Time is fake.
• 23:41
  I have no idea when that happened, but they're good with
• 23:44
  me. I.
• 23:45
  Was right, literally their new menu is really, really good.
• 23:50
  So I would definitely look at that.
• 23:51
  It's more of like a Mexican kind of like Chipotle style because
• 23:55
  I've got a lot of like bowl theme, like bowl type dishes
• 23:59
  there. But that would definitely be one
• 24:01
  that I would consider as well if you're looking for more of a
• 24:05
  Mexican style vibe. Yeah, I have to say we've really
• 24:09
  liked Take This Belt. Anytime we've gone there,
• 24:11
  they're pretty good. There's same service.
• 24:13
  It seems that we've gotten exceptionally lucky every time
• 24:15
  that we've went because I've heard some, I I've heard some
• 24:19
  less than positive things prior to this refurbishment situation.
• 24:23
  But every I, I think Scottish extraordinarily lucky because
• 24:27
  every time we went we had like very solid food.
• 24:30
  We had the same experience as a family.
• 24:32
  We went a couple times before the menu change and had like we
• 24:37
  were fine. But yeah, I've also heard
• 24:38
  previously friends be like, Oh no, I got so sick off of their
• 24:42
  food. So I was like, we got really
• 24:44
  lucky. OK, I'm glad we got lucky.
• 24:46
  But the new men here, I have not heard any any concerns or issues
• 24:49
  with that. So I think they.
• 24:52
  Revamping. I've heard very positive things.
• 24:54
  We've heard no contagious illnesses.
• 24:57
  Yes, yes. Love that for them, Love that
• 25:01
  for us. Love that for everybody.
• 25:05
  Yeah. Perfect.
• 25:06
  All right, so we've gotten dinner.
• 25:08
  What are we doing next? We figured out dinner, so now
• 25:11
  time for souvenirs or fun experiences that you guys want
• 25:14
  to do as a family. So one thing to do if you're
• 25:17
  looking for something to splurge on your kiddos for is Bibbidi
• 25:20
  Bobbi Boutique. What is better on a family fun
• 25:25
  night than dressing your kids up like a Prince or Princess?
• 25:28
  Definitely would recommend an appointment there.
• 25:31
  Yeah. And I will say those can be hard
• 25:33
  to get. And you, you really need to
• 25:36
  consider what time you're going to be getting your kiddos stuff
• 25:40
  done because you really don't want to do it at like 7:00 PM
• 25:43
  necessarily, unless you know that like, no, their hair like
• 25:50
  they're not a crazy sleeper. Their hair is going to stay till
• 25:52
  the next day. We can stretch it and get like a
• 25:55
  day and a half out of it, you know?
• 25:56
  So just keep that in mind when you're trying to schedule those
• 25:59
  appointments. And the other thing to kind of
• 26:02
  piggyback along with that is whether or not you do Bippity
• 26:05
  Bobbity Boutique, highly suggest you can splurge on a capture
• 26:09
  your moment photo pass session. So we've talked about these in
• 26:12
  other episodes before and they are a 20 minute session for
• 26:17
  $100. You can have up to 8 people and
• 26:19
  it is your location of choice in Magic Kingdom.
• 26:21
  They have a ton of options that you can choose from and they do
• 26:25
  them all the way until about 4:00 PM.
• 26:27
  So I know we were talking post dinner.
• 26:29
  So this May we may need to flip flop that depending on what time
• 26:31
  you eat dinner or what your schedule looks like.
• 26:35
  But they do them until about 4:00-ish PM depending on the
• 26:39
  time of year and availability and all that jazz.
• 26:41
  So you could do something like your morning in Magic Kingdom if
• 26:45
  you're in the parks all together and then take a break to like
• 26:48
  freshen up for your date night and either before or after your
• 26:55
  kids Bibbidi Bobbidi boutique appointment and then get your
• 26:59
  family photos done in the park. Just kind of like be a fun
• 27:02
  little start to your date night before you.
• 27:04
  I would suggest before you do dinner if you've got your kids
• 27:07
  with you, just because if you're going to Tony's and they're
• 27:10
  eating pasta with red sauce, I would do your pictures before.
• 27:16
  Yeah. That's the good.
• 27:18
  Going everywhere, right? It's not telling.
• 27:21
  Yeah, how about a a super fun way to kind of make it a little
• 27:25
  extra magical night in the parks that feels a little bit more, I
• 27:30
  don't say elevated because like any night you're in Magic
• 27:33
  Kingdom is like magical and special and all of that, but
• 27:35
  just something a little bit extra special if you want to
• 27:38
  book one of those sessions. And you also you have the option
• 27:42
  of like extending sessions. So if you really want to splurge
• 27:45
  and you want to do like back-to-back sessions, all of
• 27:47
  those options are available through Disney.
• 27:50
  So, you know, talk to your travel agent or book online or
• 27:52
  whatever you need to do for that.
• 27:54
  But I would suggest looking into maybe saving up a little extra
• 27:58
  to get some cute little family photos done.
• 28:00
  Yeah. And I think that's also why I
• 28:02
  kind of like the concept of like a date night or a family night
• 28:05
  or whatever. Is it just it almost gives you
• 28:08
  permission to splurge, to splurge a little bit more,
• 28:11
  right? Yeah.
• 28:12
  I feel like Disney vacations are already so expensive and, you
• 28:16
  know, everything's so expensive anymore, right?
• 28:18
  And so, you know, I think that a lot of people kind of talk
• 28:21
  themselves out of these other fun extras.
• 28:24
  But. But if you sort of frame it a
• 28:25
  little bit differently for yourself and it's still within
• 28:28
  your ability, maybe if you save a little bit longer or a little
• 28:31
  bit extra or do one of those like very wonderful Samsung gift
• 28:34
  card deals, right? Something like that, like if you
• 28:37
  can swing, you know, framing it is like a family night or a date
• 28:40
  night really gives you permission and I think will let
• 28:44
  you enjoy certain aspects or like give you exposure to
• 28:47
  certain things that you would not have chosen to do for
• 28:50
  yourself otherwise. Yeah, for sure, for sure.
• 28:53
  So I love the photo idea. I think, you know, getting to
• 28:56
  have some memories. We talked about over here on Mom
• 28:58
  St. that it can be hard as parents to like put yourself in
• 29:01
  the photos and remember to include yourself in your spouse
• 29:04
  and or your significant other, your partner in photos.
• 29:06
  So having a photo pass photographer.
• 29:10
  What can be better than it takes the guesswork out of it.
• 29:13
  Exactly, yes. So that's my that's my two cents
• 29:16
  for that part. So some other ideas for some
• 29:19
  special souvenirs curtain called collectibles is where you can
• 29:22
  get ear hats and ears and stuff customized so you can get them
• 29:27
  embroidered. And that could be a nice special
• 29:29
  souvenir with maybe like your family's name or something or
• 29:31
  everybody gets, you know, an ear hat or something with their
• 29:33
  name. So that is definitely an idea
• 29:37
  also. I mean, they're available other
• 29:38
  places in Disney as well, but Magic Kingdom has where you can
• 29:41
  get the little like silhouette portraits and stuff or like
• 29:44
  little parasols. So there's a lot of unique
• 29:47
  little souvenirs and gifts that you can find around Magic
• 29:50
  Kingdom. I'm sorry for laughing, but we
• 29:51
  got one of the family dog and the silhouette portraits.
• 29:56
  So we got one of of Ruby and we have one and my parents have the
• 30:00
  other one. It's really cute.
• 30:03
  You can. Princess Ruby has her own.
• 30:05
  Silhouette, she does. Stop it.
• 30:08
  I need to see this. I need you to send me a picture.
• 30:10
  We might have to post that picture.
• 30:12
  So everybody, Yeah. Absolutely, absolutely.
• 30:15
  It's the silhouettes are so such affordable souvenirs.
• 30:20
  It is cheaper than I thought it would be.
• 30:22
  I think it was like $10 to just do the the actual outline and
• 30:27
  then I forget how much it was with the frame.
• 30:29
  It was a little bit more, but like a shockingly and relatively
• 30:32
  inexpensive souvenir. And they're so cute.
• 30:36
  I mean, listen, they're precious when they're the kids, but when
• 30:39
  they're the animals, when they're the family pets, Are you
• 30:43
  kidding me? It's the cutest thing ever.
• 30:45
  It's so cute. And they?
• 30:46
  Can do a lot of those silhouette artists can do like they'll do
• 30:49
  it off of the photos, right? So like you don't have to take
• 30:51
  your dog to the park, ticket it, but.
• 30:54
  Your eyes don't sneak your dog into this new.
• 30:56
  Princess Ruby would not do well and match the Kingdom.
• 31:00
  We would. We would be permaban from Disney
• 31:02
  World, absolutely. So they can absolutely do they
• 31:07
  can absolutely do photos, just like make sure it's a good like
• 31:12
  side profile style. So that way they have something
• 31:16
  to work work off of. But yes, I love, I love that
• 31:19
  too. I need to get those done for my
• 31:21
  kids. I I feel like that's like my
• 31:23
  next trip. I need to make sure that that's
• 31:25
  that's. There was there was somebody
• 31:28
  online who did for their kids, like basically they did a family
• 31:32
  trip every other year. And so they would do the
• 31:35
  silhouette portraits like every time that they went.
• 31:38
  And so it was like a cute little growth chart of the kids as they
• 31:40
  grew up. And then I started, you're
• 31:42
  crying at the TikTok and I was like, Oh no, that's so cute.
• 31:49
  I love that. OK, let's move on because we
• 31:53
  can't. We can't keep going down the
• 31:55
  sappy, the sappy rabbit hole or I can't.
• 31:58
  I just, I can't. I can't handle it.
• 32:00
  Somebody's talking about more shopping.
• 32:02
  Love shopping? Let's spend money.
• 32:04
  What else can we spend money on? Yes, if you're looking to spend
• 32:07
  a lot of money, you can go to Uptown Jewelers.
• 32:10
  That is basically where you can get any like Pandora bracelets
• 32:13
  and charms. Any other like higher end
• 32:15
  jewelry like watches, things like that.
• 32:17
  Do you need Burke bags? Any any higher end items that
• 32:23
  you might want? So definitely the place to go if
• 32:25
  you're looking for something special for your spouse or your.
• 32:27
  Kids, they have like $30,000 Crystal Castle if you're really
• 32:31
  feeling crazy. Why?
• 32:33
  Anything you're looking to splurge on, you can find there
• 32:35
  so. We call that the fancy Store.
• 32:39
  Yeah. Yeah, that's where you go in you
• 32:41
  window shop and then you walk right out.
• 32:43
  Exactly not true. I have bought you Pandora.
• 32:46
  I have bought the Pandora charms.
• 32:47
  That's the top of the budget, yeah.
• 32:49
  Yeah. And it's like that's like the
• 32:50
  most affordable items in there, some of the jewelry and.
• 32:55
  The some of it's on. Yeah.
• 32:57
  And occasionally you get lucky with the Dooney and Bourke's
• 32:59
  too. Yeah, it depends on like the
• 33:01
  material and the pattern. Like those prices will ramp a
• 33:04
  little bit. But the Dooney and Bourke's are
• 33:05
  like for a bag, not so bad. Right.
• 33:07
  Usually I just stare walkingly. You can listen.
• 33:11
  Hey, you got that haunted man. I got you that Haunted Mansion
• 33:14
  one from the cast or from that is from?
• 33:16
  Outlet that. Yeah, they show up occasionally
• 33:19
  at the outlets. Do you get them?
• 33:21
  I get them and lounge flies at my outlet sometimes and it's
• 33:24
  like most of the time they're still not in my price range even
• 33:28
  though they're like 70% off. So like, Nope, can't do it,
• 33:32
  still can't afford it. A little wristlet.
• 33:35
  So it was like, yeah, fully affordable, but.
• 33:38
  The smaller the bag, the more likely it is to be in my price
• 33:41
  range. Yes.
• 33:44
  The more within budget it becomes yes, yes.
• 33:46
  Exactly. Yes.
• 33:47
  OK, now that we should cut our shopping.
• 33:50
  Yep, we spent a lot of money, we've had some good dinner.
• 33:53
  Now obviously time for sweet treat.
• 33:55
  So our recommendation, or well, my recommendation is a classic
• 34:00
  Disney Dole Whip, because who doesn't love a Dole Whip?
• 34:02
  And I know we said we're not really talking.
• 34:04
  Well, you're a virgin. So I don't like it.
• 34:06
  Yeah, don't do bad. You can do the non pineapple
• 34:09
  ones right? Like they have like orange and
• 34:12
  some of the other. Flakes, I'll do the orange or
• 34:14
  actually I'll do a coke float most of the time with chocolate
• 34:17
  ice cream. It slaps when it's like 112
• 34:19
  hour. Let me tell you, the Coke float
• 34:22
  with chocolate ice cream, it's the way to go.
• 34:25
  Love it. Yeah.
• 34:26
  Yeah, so if you have someone allergic to pineapple or who
• 34:29
  doesn't like Dole Whip. Then I like the one that you
• 34:33
  gave me on that one. But continue stop at Sunshine.
• 34:36
  Street Terrace on your way to Aloha.
• 34:38
  I'll get that person. Whatever it is that they would
• 34:41
  like that is not pineapple flavor.
• 34:43
  Pick up some Dole Whip and then. I know we're not talking about
• 34:45
  rides, but the Tiki Worm is technically a show and nothing
• 34:48
  beats eating a Dole Whip or drinking a Coke float and
• 34:51
  sitting in the Tiki Room watching the birds.
• 34:53
  It's healed me. So, you know, those things that
• 34:55
  are like, turns out I didn't need therapy, I just needed a
• 34:58
  Disney World trip that like those moments for me occur while
• 35:02
  I'm drinking a Coke float in the tiki room.
• 35:04
  Like I'm being so serious. I should also probably attend
• 35:07
  therapy. But that's like a dear friend
• 35:09
  conversation. That's like dear friend talk.
• 35:12
  Yeah, my moment for that is now that I have seen, now that the
• 35:16
  new Starlight Parade is out, just just give me the parade.
• 35:19
  Just give me the parade. Yep, that's true.
• 35:21
  Very fair. That's all I need in life is
• 35:23
  just just stand wherever in Magic Kingdom that I can see the
• 35:26
  parade and hear the music and I'm I'm good.
• 35:28
  I'm good. I'm good for like months after
• 35:31
  that. Yeah, absolutely.
• 35:33
  Isn't it crazy with serotonin can do it's wild right it's.
• 35:37
  Almost like I wish my body would do that naturally and it
• 35:39
  doesn't. It's fine, OK.
• 35:42
  This is fine. This is mine.
• 35:45
  This is mine. OK, Derby got our sweet treat
• 35:48
  and went to watch the birds in the Tiki room.
• 35:51
  What else do we suggest? You can also if ice cream,
• 35:56
  adjacent treats and the tiki room are not your thing.
• 35:59
  We're really judging you, but you can also.
• 36:01
  You're wrong. You can also go to the tarot
• 36:04
  cart. In the hub.
• 36:06
  Yeah, whatever special future they're offering at the moment.
• 36:08
  And watch Happily Ever After fireworks with your family while
• 36:12
  holding your partner's hand, because what could be more
• 36:15
  romantic than crying to happy labor after?
• 36:17
  Those like those moments are like what some of these date
• 36:20
  night, quote UN quote family nightings can be is like photos
• 36:24
  and just like special little memories and moments.
• 36:27
  And you know, on our last trip that we took, we my kids like
• 36:33
  the fireworks. They don't love being like in
• 36:36
  the hub in the crazy. Like it's, it's very over
• 36:39
  stimulating. And we were coming off like a 10
• 36:41
  day long trip. We were very fortunate to have a
• 36:43
  very long family trip. Last time we went all together
• 36:46
  and Stevie and her husband were there with us and we all ran to
• 36:52
  to grab Dole whip. And then we ran over to the
• 36:54
  boardwalk by in front of Tiana's and stood over there and just
• 36:59
  like had all the space in the world.
• 37:01
  And I've got like videos of my daughter, they're just like
• 37:03
  spinning and dancing to the fireworks.
• 37:07
  And we're just all like chilling and eating our dollop.
• 37:09
  And just like moments like that where like they're not
• 37:11
  necessarily forced, but they're just kind of organic.
• 37:14
  But you like take the moment to stop and like recognize it in
• 37:18
  the moment is just like, it's just like the cherry on top of
• 37:24
  like the best Disney Day, you know?
• 37:27
  Absolutely. I love it.
• 37:29
  OK, sorry I'm done being sappy. Now let's talk about what else
• 37:31
  we can talk about. Date night.
• 37:34
  I want to be sappy. This is your podcast.
• 37:37
  If you want to be sappy, you'll be sappy.
• 37:39
  This is true. This is very true.
• 37:44
  All right, we have wrapped up our Magic Kingdom, right?
• 37:47
  I think that was our suggestions for Magic Kingdom.
• 37:49
  Now that we've all been like crying, OK, let's talk about
• 37:53
  something completely different. What can we do?
• 37:55
  What else can we do for date night?
• 37:56
  Tell us. So this is a retooling of the
• 38:02
  monorail bar crawl. Honestly, this is this is what
• 38:06
  sort of was the inspiration here, right of it.
• 38:08
  So this is built with the solo couple in mind because it really
• 38:13
  lets you take your time to indulge in a couple of different
• 38:16
  locations. You could also turn it into a
• 38:18
  bar crawl at the same time. I'm not here to judge what any
• 38:22
  what anybody's decisions are, but also like, if you need to, I
• 38:26
  said this at the top right, like if you just need to take
• 38:28
  inspiration, shorten it, lengthen it, whatever it may be,
• 38:31
  you know, if it doesn't fit into your plans, you know, just a
• 38:34
  just a handful of suggestions. So again, this was inspired by
• 38:37
  the crawl, the monorail bar crawl.
• 38:40
  So the obvious place to start is of course, pre dinner drinks.
• 38:46
  If listen, I know that's like a foreign concept to a lot of
• 38:50
  parents, but there was a time long ago where in the before
• 38:56
  sorry, you drink before dinner and this may this may be an
• 39:01
  option once more On this date night.
• 39:04
  This is true. The obvious place to suggest to
• 39:08
  start is of course probably the most famous bar in Disney World.
• 39:12
  It's Trader Sam's rights in the Poly.
• 39:16
  Sam's can be a long wait though. As fun as it is, as cool as it
• 39:19
  is, the reality is if you need to, if if you have a timer on
• 39:23
  that babysitter or or maybe you're just exhausted after your
• 39:27
  trip and you need to like tweak that a little bit and you can't
• 39:30
  get into Sam's. There's also the cocktails,
• 39:34
  mocktails and appetizers available at Tambu Lounge in the
• 39:37
  Poly. So that's also like a, a
• 39:40
  perfectly, perfectly popular, perfectly.
• 39:43
  I almost said serviceable. But like, that makes it sound
• 39:45
  like it's just an OK bar. It's actually a really popular
• 39:47
  bar. So you can always stop at Tambu
• 39:50
  instead if you can't get into Trader Sam's.
• 39:53
  Now, again, following the monorail idea here, we're going
• 39:57
  to go to the Grand Floridian. So there are a shocking amount
• 40:03
  of dinner options at the Grand Floridian.
• 40:05
  Like, more than I I think I ever really remember.
• 40:09
  I haven't been. They won't let me in.
• 40:11
  I'm I'm simply not in the tax bracket for the Grand Floridian,
• 40:15
  However, the same. I'm the same.
• 40:17
  Yeah. And so I just like like I it's
• 40:20
  it's sort of like a myth, right? Like I know it exists, but I've
• 40:22
  never been there. And I don't know that I will.
• 40:25
  I've been in the. Lobby and felt like I overstayed
• 40:28
  my welcome being there like 5 minutes so.
• 40:31
  Yeah, I feel, I feel like if I was in a even lower tax bracket,
• 40:36
  they would just like drop a shade over my eyes when we
• 40:38
  passed by. Like I'm not even allowed to
• 40:41
  wait and look at. They're just going to drop, go
• 40:43
  away green in front of my eyeballs.
• 40:46
  I'm not going to be. Yeah, that's it.
• 40:53
  Not allowed. So if perhaps you make slightly
• 40:58
  more money than anybody on this podcast and they permit you to
• 41:02
  look at the Grand Floridian, there's like 812 dining options
• 41:07
  here. Some of them are more
• 41:09
  affordable. Some of them are literally a
• 41:11
  Michelin starred restaurant. So there's quite a level of
• 41:14
  variety. I threw 3 on here as just to
• 41:17
  give you a couple options. So the affordable will be the
• 41:20
  Grand Floridian Cafe. That's that's like a very not
• 41:24
  not it's not quick service, but it's almost like a quick service
• 41:27
  Y type vibe, right? Like it's just it's just very in
• 41:30
  and out. So, you know, if you're just
• 41:31
  looking for something quick or something on the lower end of
• 41:34
  the price spectrum, that's probably your best bet.
• 41:38
  There's also an extremely well reviewed narcosis.
• 41:41
  A lot of people have a lot of positive things to say about
• 41:44
  this. This is a really good one for
• 41:46
  like a romantic evening. If you have the, the, you know,
• 41:48
  like I was saying, a little bit more time to indulge in this
• 41:51
  date night dinner because it overlooks the lagoon.
• 41:55
  It's like a, it's like a seafood type restaurant.
• 41:58
  So you get like to overlook the lagoon and it's like very much
• 42:01
  like a Florida seafood restaurant, high end seafood
• 42:04
  restaurant. Like if that's what you're
• 42:05
  picturing, that's what it is truly.
• 42:08
  And then if you are, if taxes aren't a concern to you, there
• 42:14
  is Victoria and Albert's, which is the Michelin starred
• 42:18
  restaurant. It is my dream to eat there one
• 42:20
  day. I am like fanatical about this
• 42:23
  place. It's it's just, it seems so good
• 42:26
  and it seems so unattainable. But one day it will happen.
• 42:30
  One day. Like saving your mind.
• 42:32
  Makes you have a dress code 0 Tulariah and Albert so so you
• 42:35
  could just go and you're like parked attire.
• 42:39
  How's your day? I'm paying all that money,
• 42:42
  right? I should show them how one.
• 42:44
  Several of those top tier restaurants do, so keep that in
• 42:47
  mind. Yes, Yep, Nope, that's a.
• 42:49
  That's a really good. Point I completely forgot to
• 42:51
  mention the the dress code yeah, I don't know if I brings a
• 42:54
  dinner jacket to Disney World so.
• 42:56
  No, I do know that any restaurant that has that style
• 42:59
  of dress code, it will be listed on the Disney website.
• 43:03
  So when you are doing your research, you should come across
• 43:06
  that information. Yeah.
• 43:09
  If you are reading yes like it very clearly will say like hey,
• 43:15
  your swimwear is not welcome here.
• 43:18
  Yeah, yeah, please no flip flop. Right, exactly.
• 43:21
  So, yeah, yes. All right, so once you have, if
• 43:25
  you were permitted within the grounds of Grand Floridian, once
• 43:28
  you've had your dinner there to continue on with the theme of
• 43:31
  the MA or I'll crawl. If you have an annual pass or if
• 43:35
  you were Magic Kingdom earlier that day and you can re enter,
• 43:38
  this is the perfect opportunity to just go pop in, grab some
• 43:42
  dessert, perhaps even watch some fireworks while you're in there.
• 43:46
  If you weren't, if you don't have any of pass or you weren't
• 43:49
  in Magic Kingdom, you can continue on the monorail to the
• 43:52
  contemporary. We suggest if this is going to
• 43:55
  be your like final stop of the evening and you are interested
• 43:59
  in the fireworks and dessert, there is a package.
• 44:02
  It's functions just as any other dessert party does in Disney.
• 44:07
  So you have to like reserve the tickets so far in advance.
• 44:09
  I think it's also is it also 60 days for those dessert party
• 44:12
  tickets? Yes, OK, Yeah.
• 44:15
  So they'll open up in the same window as the rest of your
• 44:17
  reservations. And this lets you get to
• 44:20
  literally the top of the contemporary.
• 44:21
  And it's a dessert party. It's got, I think it does also
• 44:25
  offer alcohol. So if you're over 21, you can
• 44:28
  indulge in that. You know, it's like some
• 44:29
  champagne, things like that, as well as like a dessert bar.
• 44:32
  And you can watch the fireworks from the contemporary.
• 44:35
  Yeah, just a a side note, and this is just for the real ones
• 44:40
  that are listening to the podcast because this is not very
• 44:43
  well publicized, but if you don't want to spend the more
• 44:50
  significant amounts to do the celebration at the top dessert
• 44:53
  party 200. I think it was like 200 the last
• 44:56
  I. Think you can just grab drinks
• 45:02
  or some appetizers at the bar At California Grill, which is the
• 45:07
  restaurant that is at the top of the Contemporary.
• 45:10
  Keep your receipt. They open at 5 S anytime from
• 45:14
  5:00 on. Keep your receipt and that will
• 45:18
  gain you access to their rooftop patio for fireworks viewing.
• 45:22
  Doesn't matter if you ate there during fireworks or not.
• 45:26
  You could go there right at 5:00.
• 45:28
  Grab a couple drinks at the bar, continue your way around the
• 45:32
  monorail. You you totally.
• 45:37
  Yeah, yeah. You could go Cali grill for
• 45:39
  drinks. Still grand flirting for dinner.
• 45:43
  Is it like dirt at the Poly? And then loop your way back to
• 45:49
  the contemporary. But you can gain access to that
• 45:52
  same rooftop patio. It's like it's big enough that
• 45:56
  like they section off the dessert party obviously because
• 45:58
  they don't want random people like walking into the dessert
• 46:00
  party and partaking, but there is a section.
• 46:04
  Just reach over the velvet. I come to.
• 46:07
  You my mom just goes scootch on in right here and jab.
• 46:09
  One of those, if you don't mind. Thank you.
• 46:12
  That brownie looks delectable, thank you.
• 46:16
  But you can gain access to their rooftop patio for fireworks
• 46:21
  viewing. Again, that's not like a super
• 46:23
  well known little things so like that's not something we're going
• 46:27
  to make like videos about. It's just going to exist in
• 46:31
  minute 40 whatever of this podcast yeah for people to to
• 46:37
  find out. So you're welcome giving all the
• 46:40
  secrets and then we get cancelled on the Internet.
• 46:42
  It'll be. Fine, who would cancel somebody
• 46:46
  wearing Berry? This is so true.
• 46:49
  This is so true I'm. Too cute to be cancelled?
• 46:52
  This is so true. This is so true A. 100% good
• 46:56
  answer. OK, so.
• 47:00
  All right. Enough of our secrets.
• 47:03
  So alternatively, what is like an because we're still, I know
• 47:08
  it's been like 45 minutes since we brought up the fact that this
• 47:10
  is still for a date night, but. On the monorail loop, right?
• 47:13
  That's what we're talking about. Well, back to reality for a
• 47:16
  second. So it is still it is still on
• 47:19
  the monorail. But if you can, as we were
• 47:21
  talking about like some splurge splurge items for this like
• 47:24
  romantic date night type idea, it is.
• 47:28
  I have heard good things about the spa treatments that are
• 47:31
  available at the Grand Floridian.
• 47:33
  So if it is within your budget, it is it is probably a welcome
• 47:38
  treat for you and your partner to to go enjoy some relaxing spa
• 47:43
  day activities at the Grand Floridian.
• 47:45
  You can enjoy dinner there, or you can then hop on the monorail
• 47:48
  and go to any of the other ones. Maybe we'll get some drinks at
• 47:50
  the Poly, hang out at Trader Sam's, order some stuff at Tambu
• 47:54
  Lounge or head over to the Contemporary.
• 47:56
  So there are, you know, again, like mix and match options for
• 47:59
  like a date night type of idea there.
• 48:02
  The other thing too that I want to bring up was the when we were
• 48:06
  talking about the fireworks was the Polly Beach.
• 48:09
  Polly Beach is also a good option for watching fireworks
• 48:13
  depending on where you're starting or ending on the
• 48:15
  monorail loop. If you weren't going to head
• 48:17
  over to Contemporary, maybe you were just keeping it between the
• 48:20
  Grand Floridian and the Polly. The Polly Beach is an excellent
• 48:24
  spot to watch fireworks and they pipe in the music right to the
• 48:27
  beach. Yeah, I have done that a couple
• 48:29
  times. It's really nice.
• 48:30
  But do note that during really busy holiday times they do
• 48:35
  sometimes close down the beach to only guests that are staying
• 48:39
  at the resort. So have a backup plan if you
• 48:42
  know you're going Like during like Christmas and holidays.
• 48:45
  Absolutely not. You cannot use the Poly beach
• 48:47
  unfortunately. I hate to break it to you.
• 48:49
  During some like spring break Easter times also that happens.
• 48:54
  I did it years ago for 4th of July and didn't have a problem.
• 48:58
  But I don't know now if that is a holiday that they close it off
• 49:02
  of. So just keep in mind that
• 49:04
  holidays you may or may not have luck with doing that because
• 49:07
  they will like ask to see your like like to scan your room key
• 49:13
  basically to prove that you can like go out and watch at the
• 49:16
  beach. So again, just keep that in
• 49:18
  mind. And it is a fairly popular spot
• 49:21
  for guests that are staying at the resort.
• 49:23
  So it's not like you're going to be alone on the beach each there
• 49:25
  you're going to you're going to have to fight for some some
• 49:27
  territory to make sure that you can see the the the fireworks
• 49:33
  and everything. And you'll get to see like the
• 49:34
  little like teeny tiny top turret of the castle and then
• 49:40
  the fireworks and you'll get to see Tink.
• 49:43
  So if Tink flying across the sky matters, you can't see here from
• 49:47
  the Polly too. What fun.
• 49:50
  I like it. All right, so if you are not
• 49:54
  interested in the monorail crawl, which I don't know why
• 49:58
  you wouldn't be in in any sense if maybe the Grand Floridian
• 50:04
  kicked you out so hard that you wound up on the other end of
• 50:08
  Disney property. If you are just interested in a
• 50:11
  dinner, maybe your time is really limited.
• 50:15
  Maybe it's all that you could work into your budget or your
• 50:18
  time frame is just like a romantic dinner and you wanted
• 50:22
  to keep it kind of like within the the parks properties.
• 50:25
  You didn't really want to venture over to Disney Springs.
• 50:29
  Chico over Animal Kingdom Lodge is a top, top recommendation.
• 50:35
  Anytime you look up like Disney dining recommendations or like
• 50:39
  hidden gems at Disney, there will always be somebody bringing
• 50:43
  up Chico in the thread and it's super easy to see why it is.
• 50:48
  First off, Animal Kingdom Lodge is beautiful like point blank
• 50:51
  period. It is a gorgeous property.
• 50:53
  So that is just always fun to to visit.
• 50:57
  So it's a unique dining experience in that the menu
• 51:03
  features a lot of food that takes inspiration from a variety
• 51:07
  of African countries, and it ranges from wild game, for
• 51:11
  example. I was looking up the menu before
• 51:13
  it rotates somewhat, so there was like wild boar on the menu.
• 51:18
  But there's also like more familiar things like chicken,
• 51:20
  but that are prepared in a traditional way, again, like
• 51:24
  through a variety of countries. So it's like basically
• 51:26
  everything from like South Africa all the way up to
• 51:28
  Morocco. There's a bunch of
• 51:30
  representation across the continent of Africa.
• 51:33
  So it is a really beautiful location with some really
• 51:37
  interesting and unique food that you may not have access to
• 51:40
  wherever you are visiting from. Yeah.
• 51:42
  And if you're over there in the evening time, obviously if
• 51:46
  you're there during the daytime, they have a lot of like Savannah
• 51:49
  view walkways that you can take out the like backside of the
• 51:53
  resort on which whichever part of the resort that you're in.
• 51:58
  But if you have a little bit of extra time, maybe after dinner
• 52:02
  that you still have a sitter, but you like don't want to go
• 52:06
  somewhere else after you've done dinner, you can look into the
• 52:10
  Starlight Safari offering that they have over there.
• 52:13
  And I totally forgot that they did this until I was like
• 52:16
  looking up other stuff at Animal Kingdom Lodge because I was
• 52:19
  like, I feel like they have something for like night time
• 52:22
  viewing of the animals or something.
• 52:23
  And so I then I came across as I was like, oh, right.
• 52:26
  So this is an hour long night time safari that you literally
• 52:32
  get into like a smaller version of the safari vehicles from
• 52:35
  Animal Kingdom. It is $89.00 per person and it
• 52:38
  is just a night time look at many of your favorite safari
• 52:42
  animals. It typically departs Animal
• 52:45
  Kingdom Lodge at like an 830 and then like a 10:00.
• 52:49
  So you got to time it accordingly with your dinner and
• 52:52
  all that type of thing because you don't want to be late for
• 52:55
  that if you do reserve it. But definitely something to to
• 52:58
  consider as like a fun little date night adventure After you
• 53:02
  have maybe had some lovely dinner at Chico, then you know
• 53:06
  you're right there. So definitely another option to
• 53:09
  look into if you have some some an extra hours that you'd like
• 53:13
  to do something with. Yeah, no, I completely forgot
• 53:16
  that they did that because they were they ran it on a limited
• 53:20
  basis like pre COVID and then post COVID for a little while
• 53:23
  they just like understand it really totally did it with it.
• 53:26
  I forgot that they had brought it back like last year maybe or
• 53:29
  even the year before. Hasn't even not.
• 53:31
  Lambert And I will say that it may not be offered.
• 53:35
  It may not be something that is offered consistently every
• 53:37
  single week, every single month. You know, you may have to look
• 53:41
  around and check availability for that.
• 53:43
  But I looked out a little bit like because I was just clicking
• 53:45
  around on the website today because I wanted to see and it
• 53:49
  was offered for most of the summer and into the into the
• 53:53
  fall too. So all.
• 53:55
  Right. Yeah.
• 53:56
  Cool on to our last suggestion which is I feel like the classic
• 54:00
  Disney date night which is a Disney Springs night.
• 54:03
  So me and Doc always do a Disney Springs date night every time we
• 54:06
  go to Disney. It is honestly our favorite and
• 54:09
  because they just have so many different things to do, right?
• 54:12
  There's over 100 shopping and dining options.
• 54:14
  There are different experiences. There's a dine in movie theater.
• 54:16
  There's a bowling alley that you have a House of Blues, right?
• 54:19
  You can go see a concert if tickets are available and it's
• 54:22
  something you're interested in. They have Cirque du Soleil,
• 54:25
  right? There's just like so many
• 54:27
  different things to do at Disney Springs, but I think it makes it
• 54:31
  the perfect date night. Plus it's free to get into
• 54:34
  Disney Springs, so it's a nice way to have a date night without
• 54:37
  buying, you know, extra Park ignition or anything like that.
• 54:40
  Yeah, then you can spend that money on things in Disney
• 54:42
  Springs. They know what they're doing and
• 54:45
  it works every time. Also the the other nice thing
• 54:48
  about Disney Springs is if you were on property, Disney
• 54:51
  transportation runs to Disney Springs so you don't have to
• 54:54
  worry about driving yourself so you can be safe and intelligent
• 54:58
  about your decisions. Yep, yes.
• 55:00
  You can. You can smartly indulge.
• 55:04
  Yes, yes. So that being said, thinking
• 55:09
  about dinner reservations or where you would like to eat for
• 55:11
  dinner, our personal favorite place to go is Morimoto Asia.
• 55:15
  We make a reservation and eat there basically any time we go
• 55:18
  to Disney. They have all your favorites.
• 55:20
  Everything from pad Thai to sushi is on their menu.
• 55:22
  Their drinks are like out of this world delicious.
• 55:25
  Their cocktails so love. If that's your thing, they slap.
• 55:29
  They're so good. And I've heard really good
• 55:31
  things about their mocktails too.
• 55:33
  There are of course 1,000,000 and one other table service
• 55:35
  restaurants that you can dine at as well.
• 55:39
  Chef Art Smith's Homecoming is one that is often talked about.
• 55:42
  Raglan Rd. if you want dinner and a show.
• 55:44
  They do have the live Irish music and like step dancing and
• 55:47
  everything so that is a lot of fun.
• 55:51
  Wine Bar George is really great as well, and that's just like 3
• 55:55
  or 4 of the many restaurants that you can eat at in Disney
• 55:59
  Springs. I love Wine Bar George.
• 56:01
  If your vibe is like drinks and apps for a date night, that's
• 56:05
  totally the way to go 'cause Shareables is their whole thing
• 56:08
  there. I, I actually went there the,
• 56:12
  the only place in Disney I have been without Jess.
• 56:15
  Actually we had a work conference down in Orlando and
• 56:19
  so we, we as a team went out to dinner to Wine Bar George and
• 56:24
  I'm like, oh man, we got to work this into the Disney Springs
• 56:26
  rotation somehow because it was really good.
• 56:29
  I was very impressed with it. I've always heard good things,
• 56:32
  but it was really believe the hype people.
• 56:34
  Wine Bar George is really good. That's amazing.
• 56:37
  I know my sister and her husband love to do Raglan Rd. because
• 56:42
  they've taken trips to Ireland and it like it's like a fun
• 56:45
  little like trip back to, you know, pseudo back to what when
• 56:50
  what they experienced when they were there.
• 56:52
  So I know there's lots of those types of restaurants.
• 56:55
  I think because you have such a wide variety there that you can
• 57:00
  find pretty much anything you're looking for within Disney
• 57:03
  Springs. Yeah.
• 57:03
  Yeah, I mean, there's Italian, there's there's even like more
• 57:06
  like quick servicing kind of options, right.
• 57:08
  There's like chicken guy and rose sandwich and like all like
• 57:12
  so if you're just looking like a quick dinner, I meant to like
• 57:15
  walk around and do experiences at Disney Springs.
• 57:17
  Like you can easily, you know, do that as.
• 57:19
  Well. I love Earl of Sandwich but
• 57:21
  please be aware it can take some time.
• 57:23
  I'll get you to receive your sandwich.
• 57:26
  The Earl does not work on anyone else's time by both on his own.
• 57:30
  You are getting that sandwich when you get that.
• 57:32
  Sandwich. So just be prepared that might
• 57:34
  be a uniquely like breakfast problem because like we're gone
• 57:37
  at like lunchtime and dinner time and not really out of this
• 57:40
  shoe. But breakfast last time we were
• 57:43
  there was a doozy. It's like. 45 minutes for that
• 57:46
  was there wise? That that was late.
• 57:49
  Wow. Yeah, it was late.
• 57:50
  Was not thrilled yet. It was delicious.
• 57:53
  So like, but, but actually, because then I was getting
• 57:55
  hungry and it wasn't going. Once I got fed it was fine, you
• 57:58
  know Right? All right, so you've had your
• 58:00
  dinner wherever you've chosen to eat, so now time to choose what
• 58:04
  you would like to do for the rest of your evening.
• 58:06
  Maybe shopping is your thing. Spending money is definitely our
• 58:09
  thing. We're allergic to saving money.
• 58:11
  It's my favorite. Hobby, honestly.
• 58:13
  And there is. Shopping for everybody in Disney
• 58:15
  Springs, right? There's everything from like a
• 58:17
  Lego store, the world of Disney Store, stores like Kate Spade or
• 58:23
  like Lilly Pulitzer, Oakley, Uniqlo, right?
• 58:25
  So there's so many different varieties and then there are
• 58:27
  like the specific Disney like merchandise shops.
• 58:31
  So like World of Disney, there is the marketplace Co-op, there
• 58:35
  is Disney style, right? So all different, you know,
• 58:38
  stores that are selling Disney merchandise.
• 58:40
  And then of course, there's things like a Christmas shop,
• 58:43
  Art of Disney, and the Arias Brothers Crystal Shop as well if
• 58:47
  you're looking for like a special item to purchase.
• 58:50
  Yeah. And and also just to note before
• 58:52
  we move on to, you know, other things that you can do in
• 58:55
  Springs, most of the stores that we listed like the clothing
• 58:58
  stores, a bunch of them have collections that are actually
• 59:01
  unique to Disney Springs. In fact, I'm wearing AT shirt
• 59:05
  from Uniqlo that I had gotten in Disney Springs.
• 59:08
  And at the time, I think it still is.
• 59:10
  It's a design that's only available in Disney Springs and
• 59:14
  so the unique was real good for that.
• 59:16
  They have probably a rotating caps of like 20 shirts that are
• 59:19
  unique to Disney Springs. I know Kate Spade occasionally
• 59:22
  has like wristlets or accessory charms that are unique to
• 59:26
  spring. So that's even if it's a
• 59:28
  designer that you're familiar with and you're like, no, like I
• 59:31
  have that at home. Just if you like them, poke your
• 59:34
  head in just. See if they have anything unique
• 59:35
  to. Springs.
• 59:37
  Yeah, because definitely if there's a Danny collection, they
• 59:39
  will have it featured. They're pretty prominently, even
• 59:41
  if it's not like exclusive, but it'll be there.
• 59:43
  I love it. OK, Yeah.
• 59:44
  What else can we do at Disney Springs?
• 59:46
  Please tell us. I would love to know.
• 59:48
  Yes, other things. So like I said before, there are
• 59:50
  a whole lot of experiences at Disney Springs as well.
• 59:53
  So there are things like the AMC Dine in theater, so maybe you
• 59:57
  could catch a movie. Heartbreak feels good in a place
• 1:00:01
  like the heartbreak. That's still good in a place
• 1:00:02
  like this. So if you're a really big, well,
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  Kidman fan. And who is in?
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  Yeah, there is the Cirque du Soleil show.
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  You can go bowling at Splitsville or you can take a
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  tour of the lake in vintage amp car which is fascinating so.
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  Honestly, extremely fun to watch.
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  That's just even like watch from a distance because people are
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  not ready for that car to go in the water.
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  And then the amount of tourists that like I see hanging out
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  there that'll they're dropping into the lake and then they like
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  launch full speed into the lake and they're like the car
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  swimming. It's so good.
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  It's so good, dude, so good. Yeah, so they also have.
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  The. Run freak out.
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  They also have the Potter balloon.
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  Thank you. You do exactly what I was doing
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  with that mission. That's like a delegation.
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  Yeah. So that is just like a few of
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  the experiences too that you can have at Disney Springs.
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  So a nice little dinner and then event and perfect date night.
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  So once you have had for dinner, gone shopping and or done
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  whatever experience you had planned for the night, obviously
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  again, time for dessert to end the night.
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  Who doesn't love a sweet treat? So we definitely recommend
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  cookies from Gideon's Bakehouse. It is our absolute favorite.
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  The cookies are like, I think it's half a pound, right?
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  Just pure deliciousness. And it's definitely well worth
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  whatever weight that you will wait in line to get them.
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  I mean typically you can find like a pretty decent line, but
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  like even if it's like halfway around the block, wait is worth
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  it. Not only is it worth it, they go
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  quick. They really have gotten the line
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  management. Disney take some notes because
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  they have line management doubt to a science.
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  Yeah, it's unbelievable. So it's worth the wait.
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  And you know, you're on a date, you want to chit chat, you want
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  to, you want to, you know, have some fun.
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  So, you know, just sitting and having a little a little chat in
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  line while you're eating delicious cookies never hurt
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  anybody. And what's the feeling in
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  Gideon's is super cute if you're into like spooky cute stuff like
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  that's like our vibe. So it's like perfect for us.
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  Also they have hot cookie hour. I forget exactly what time they
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  do. It's like and I are so or 8:00
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  like 2 to. 3:00 and 7:00 to 8:00.
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  Perfect. So if you 10 get in there
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  between those hours, you can get cookies with some ice cream, and
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  that's even more magical and special.
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  And it will say maybe not for maybe not for evening time, but
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  there maybe for like grab it for the at the night time to drink
• 1:02:33
  the next morning. Their cold brews are so good.
• 1:02:38
  Yep. They taste shock, They have a
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  peanut butter cold brew that is delicious, and they have a
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  cookies and cream one that literally tastes like melted
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  cookies and cream ice cream in the best possible way.
• 1:02:50
  Yep. Yeah.
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  It's the most delicious. It's my favorite.
• 1:02:53
  Coffee. I've ever.
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  Yeah. Yeah.
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  My entire life, yes. It's unbelievable.
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  It is like a photorealistic cookies and cream batter on
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  like, it's, it's crazy. It's really like their flavors
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  are down to a science in a way that's extremely impressive.
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  Like even cookies sometimes you haven't described as XY and Z
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  flavor. And you're like, OK, I kind of
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  get that right. But like Gideon's comes up with
• 1:03:18
  some wacky flavors. They're all delicious and they
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  all taste exactly as described. I mean, it's really I've you can
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  never go wrong with Gideon's. Truly it is, it is my favorite
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  treat and we usually do our date night the first love and night
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  that we land so then we can stock up on Gideon and have
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  Gideon's for the rest of the trip.
• 1:03:36
  That is brought this through, is it Disney World salaries are not
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  real. Fake No, I'm going to go hug a
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  mouse, all right. And I will say.
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  If you are not a fan of like the under baked almost not baked
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  enough style cookie, Gideon's may not be your vibe because
• 1:03:55
  they are known for that real gooey center.
• 1:03:59
  Kind of almost feel like under baked.
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  Right, yes, it gives more cakey than under baked.
• 1:04:05
  So like it could be. Because they OK, they do not to
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  blow the lid the lid wide open on gay in, but they they use
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  versus spilling all kinds of CEO.
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  They use cake flour in in their cookies.
• 1:04:18
  It's I think it's like half all-purpose flour, 1/4 of cake
• 1:04:22
  flour and a quarter rye flour or something like that.
• 1:04:25
  I, there's Justine cooks is a fantastic food content creator.
• 1:04:29
  Shout out to Justine if you ever see this.
• 1:04:31
  There's some unknown reason, No, but she A slaps and B reverse
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  engineer of the Gideon's cookie recipe.
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  And it is spot on. It's incredible.
• 1:04:42
  So if you're Freakazoids like us and you and you know, why don't
• 1:04:45
  you Gideon's at home Because you can't wait until your next
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  Disney trip. They are.
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  It is actually a shockingly approachable recipe.
• 1:04:51
  Please continue. I'm gonna need you to send me
• 1:04:54
  that. Yeah, but yeah.
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  Gotcha. Awesome.
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  OK, yes, OK. So if we're not getting
• 1:05:00
  Gideon's, what are our other choice?
• 1:05:03
  If we're not getting. Gideon's What's Wrong with You?
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  But. Exit out the car.
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  That's it. Walk into the ocean.
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  Stop now. It's.
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  Very, very normal condemnation. Please don't actually do that
• 1:05:16
  but fit you. All right, so if you're not
• 1:05:19
  getting Gideon for not. Sentencing you to death.
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  That is not what's happening here.
• 1:05:24
  I want that out of T-shirt. Give me Gideon's or I will kill
• 1:05:28
  you. I thought you were going to say
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  give me Gideon's or give me death.
• 1:05:33
  I was going to, and then I was like, I got it too, because
• 1:05:35
  that's trademark. Like, I don't want to get
• 1:05:41
  cancelled again. I just just messed up.
• 1:05:43
  Too cute to me. Cancel.
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  All right, I'm listening. Let's get right.
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  I develop it, Yeah. There are obviously a lot of
• 1:05:56
  other dessert options in Disney Springs as well.
• 1:05:59
  There is Emirates Patisserie for classic like pastries and cakes
• 1:06:04
  and things like that. Everglades Donuts has a variety
• 1:06:07
  of donut options. Salt and straw is like an ice
• 1:06:09
  cream option. And then there's also multiple
• 1:06:12
  churro carts and a dulip stand if you want your classic Disney
• 1:06:16
  desserts. But definitely you're in
• 1:06:18
  Springs, might as well go for something a little bit more
• 1:06:20
  special and unique. So I mean, there's just a few of
• 1:06:23
  the many options that there are around the park or around Disney
• 1:06:26
  Springs. So definitely take a look and
• 1:06:29
  see what might be your take for a date night.
• 1:06:32
  Yeah. Salt and straw has wild ice
• 1:06:34
  cream flavors. So like be prepared.
• 1:06:36
  They have like a Thanksgiving dinner flavour and like a
• 1:06:40
  cornbread flavour. Like it's, it's wild.
• 1:06:42
  So like, don't assume that it's going to be just normal flavors.
• 1:06:48
  Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're all pretty well.
• 1:06:50
  Like fun for date night is like, let me try something really
• 1:06:53
  wacky and weird and so at least that's like our vibe.
• 1:06:56
  It kind of fits, so I. For one, am not wacky and or
• 1:07:00
  weird. Not at all.
• 1:07:02
  Out of this hour and whatever have been wacky or weird, I'm
• 1:07:05
  violently nook toast. I'm so I'm the most normal
• 1:07:09
  person anybody's ever encountered.
• 1:07:11
  I'm famously normal. Yeah, totally.
• 1:07:17
  So folks. Oh my gosh, well after we have
• 1:07:23
  divulged into chaos here, that is the end of.
• 1:07:27
  Yeah, that's all we got. So we do hope that this gave you
• 1:07:31
  some good ideas for possible date night, family night,
• 1:07:34
  exciting events that you can do at Walt Disney World that are
• 1:07:38
  maybe a little specific to Disney World or things that you
• 1:07:42
  maybe can't do other places. If you've got other ideas for
• 1:07:46
  date night, we'd love to hear about them.
• 1:07:48
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• 1:07:51
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• 1:07:54
  find us on all of our social media platforms at Mom St.
• 1:07:56
  USA or over on Patreon. Also Monster USA over there,
• 1:08:01
  we'd love to hear from you guys about your thoughts on date
• 1:08:05
  night or any like good restaurants we maybe missed or
• 1:08:08
  fun activities or fun sweet treats that we should know
• 1:08:11
  about. I think you need to share that
• 1:08:13
  information because that just makes it fun for all of us,
• 1:08:16
  right? Yep.
• 1:08:18
  Exactly, exactly. So coming up next on Mom St.
• 1:08:22
  USA, I'm going to be doing an episode on, Ironically, a
• 1:08:28
  realistic Disney budget, which feels kind of hysterical
• 1:08:33
  considering the amount of money that we talked about spending
• 1:08:36
  this episode. But hey, it's going to be
• 1:08:38
  helpful for you planning your date night to know what your
• 1:08:40
  budget is, right? That's it.
• 1:08:42
  Well, you got to you got to budget the rest of the trip and
• 1:08:45
  then you black out for the day night.
• 1:08:47
  That's. That's the vibe, that's what's
• 1:08:49
  going to. Happen.
• 1:08:50
  That might be Ducks approach. I don't think that's the
• 1:08:53
  approach we're going to take next episode.
• 1:08:55
  And you know what? That's probably correct.
• 1:09:00
  So yeah, your advice will be more sound than mine.
• 1:09:04
  So and come back next week if you want to know more about
• 1:09:06
  realistic Disney budgets. But for today, that ends our
• 1:09:10
  time with you. Thank you all so much for being
• 1:09:11
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• 1:09:15
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• 1:09:18
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• 1:09:21
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• 1:09:23
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