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45. What NOT to do on a Disney Family Trip - Top mistakes families make · Mom Street USA

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Welcome everybody to Mom St. USA.
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My name is Jackie AKA wishes Mama.
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And this evening as always, I am joined by my wonderful Co host
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Kate AKA the Disney Cicerone and our topic for this episode is
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kind of a hot topic depending on your opinion.
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But we are talking what not to do on a Disney family trip.
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Basically going over top mistakes that you can make when
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you are visiting the parks with your family.
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And I think Kate and I both have some personal experiences to
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share tonight on this topic. Sadly, that is true.
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I mean that's. But you feel forward, right?
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You learn. But we these are things that we
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want to make sure you guys. No, going into it so you don't
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make the same mistakes we did or that are.
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Some of our listeners said that it gave us some input.
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We want to make sure that you are in the know of some
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potential mistakes that you could make that you can then
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avoid making. Absolutely.
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And we do want to give a disclaimer before we jump into
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all of this content that we are speaking this evening on
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mistakes that you could make. We are not speaking about rule
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breaking or law breaking or any of those types of things, so
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take that off the table for this evening.
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Obviously, don't do those things.
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Yes, do not do those things. Do not break the rules at
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Disney. Do not break the law, especially
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at Disney. But just a general, you know,
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make smart choices. But so we're talking tonight
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about mistakes that people make that could affect the amount
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that they do on their trip, could affect the the happiness
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of their traveling party on their on their trip, all of
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those types of things. So that's the focus for this
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evening. Yeah, so I I agree.
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Like I think it's a it's a given.
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Like don't dispel the rules, friends just just do that.
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But we want to make sure that you guys are have all the
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knowledge you need to have the best this indication you can for
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yourself, your family, whoever you're taking with you.
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And so the these this was, I actually surprised by how many
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things we came up with. And there's still people that
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are adding more like we see our good Frank and Doctor Jackson
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saying mistakes people make as ACM.
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He says they go in the wrong line for an attraction.
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Like there's this, this list, so on for a while.
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So I think that Jackie and I are going to try to be very succinct
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with some of these things only because we've talked about some
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of them before on previous episodes.
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So we're not going to go in depth in detail on every single
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point more. We just want to give you a
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general. Look out for this and then if
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you have questions about it, feel free to ask us and send us
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an e-mail and contact us on social media.
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If you need more information about any of these things, we'd
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be happy to help you. Yeah, absolutely.
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Well, I think I'm going to jump in since we've got such an
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extensive list to share with you guys for this episode.
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One of the first things that came to my mind when I was
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thinking about things not to do is not making your resort
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reservation early enough in advance.
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So this is one that we have touched on in several other
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episodes. But you want to make sure that
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you get that resort booked, whether you're staying on
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property, off property, good neighbor hotel, decide all of
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that and get it booked. Especially if you're traveling
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during school breaks, holidays, all those types of things, you
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want to get that booked as soon as you know what dates are
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going. Yeah, and I think.
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If you really want to stay at a specific resort, usually like 11
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months out is a good benchmark. I know that's when you can start
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renting. Renting DVC properties as well
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is at 11 months out, so just think you know it's almost a
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year out is what you really want to be thinking.
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That doesn't mean that there won't be some things, especially
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certain times a year that are available sooner.
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Just plan ahead, is our best advice?
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Absolutely. Which will.
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Shock. No one that.
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That is our first plan. Shocker.
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Yeah. And our good friend Aaron is
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adding utilize a travel agent to help with it.
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Totally free and helpful that if that's something that you really
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want to do, you're like just take it out of my hands, I don't
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want to deal with it. Travel agents are wonderful for
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that and they are usually free. So that is a very good tip as
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well. So this one is make park
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reservations if needed, which is something that if you've not
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been to Disney in a while, probably wouldn't be on your
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radar because the this is the actual reservation to get into
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the park. That means you have your you
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have your tickets and you have your resort reservation.
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This is you need a physical reservation to get into parks.
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Now this is like getting a little bit more complicated as
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of the first of the year, and there's a whole bunch of like if
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you have this specific package or ticket or what just.
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Make sure that you know if you need a reservation that you've
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made it. I guess it's the best way to
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stick. We could put that, yes, because
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starting I think January maybe, I think it is that if you have a
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package ticket or a dated ticket, you don't need a
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reservation, but annual pass holder still need reservations.
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So yes, they have it laid out really nicely in a chart on the
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Disney World website. And this is Disney World.
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We're talking Disneyland, I think is different.
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Yes. So you have to take a look, buy
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a ticket to Disneyland. You automatically have to make a
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reservation at the same time. So it's you will still need that
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reservation, but it's not as like critical to think about as
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it does at Disney World because they're sometimes unlinked to
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each other, Yes. So just make sure that you look
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on the Disney World website because like I said, they've got
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a really nice chart that breaks down if you've got this kind of
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ticket, yes or no kind of deal. So look that up.
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Or if you're using a travel agent, they probably already
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know whether or not you need one and we'll help you take care of
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that. But just make sure you have that
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checked off your To Do List. We do have a comment from
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conductor Jackson, which is a good point, he said.
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Always have the confirmation e-mail handy, just in case you
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run into an issue with the entrance.
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That's also true. We always say screenshot,
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everything, everything, every confirmation, every ticket.
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Just screenshot it. Because for some reason
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sometimes these things get disappear from the app and they
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they go away and you're like, so you know, screenshot
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confirmation, screenshot things. You can go back and delete them
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later and take them off your phone.
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Just have a copy of it somewhere saved on your phone so that you
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have proof of everything when you go places.
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Yes, absolutely. And I think you've mentioned
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before that Disneyland tends to sell out of their reservations
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more quickly than Disney World. That may change going forward
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with some of the new things after the first of the year, But
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just again, make your resort reservation, make your park
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reservation if you need one. Just do it all as soon as you
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know your dates. Again, Disneyland.
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There's been many, many days when I've walked walking into
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the park and they have the little sandwich board sign out
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that says like reservations are full for today.
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And I'm like, oh that that sign gives me so much anxiety even.
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And I do have one, so right, yeah.
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And our friend Kathy B does make a good point.
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She said she has had everything delete when the app was doing an
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update. So it's always important to have
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those screenshots. I I mean when I help people
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book, even I screenshot everything and send them all the
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screenshots too, because it's like better safe than sorry have
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it done so you know that it you have that confirmation.
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Yeah, it's also great with Lightning lane reservations as
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well. So all the things that you book,
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do a screenshot just for safety and that segues perfectly into
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the next option that we have or the next item on our list of
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what not to do is not making reservations for dining or any
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extras that you may want to do on your trip.
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So making sure that you know what date your dining is for you
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to be able to book that 60 days out of your check in date.
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If you're going to be booking something like trying to get
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Bippity Boppity Boutique or trying to get AVIP Tour or
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trying to get any of those extra packages, they have a bunch of
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stuff at Animal Kingdom. All of the above.
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Make sure you know when you're eligible to book and make sure
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you hop on and book it right away.
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And also booking more table services potentially than your
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family would do. So that way you've got options
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and you can always go back in and cancel and modify later, but
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just having those available for you so that you don't miss out
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on that opportunity. With with the caveat of don't
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book a million of them and hold them so other people can have
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them. Like go to one the only things
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that you would potentially go to, but maybe if you're tired,
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cancel them. So let's be kind and courteous
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to everybody. Very true.
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Very, very true. Absolutely.
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I think Kate put you put a message you can't talk.
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You put a note on here about not limiting your freedom and
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spontaneity while you're there at the parks.
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Too, Yeah. Can I explain that a little bit?
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I want to say I I think that I like what you said, but I'm
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saying like the opposite, like be careful you don't overbook
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your your reservations that you don't over schedule.
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So I think our good friend Kirk from Walrus Carp, who is a theme
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park expert as well, he said. You know, doing 2 table services
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in one day is an awful lot because it takes a lot of time
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away from the parks and some of those sit down meals can take
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upwards 2 hours plus depending on where you go.
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So you know if you like that you want a slower pace and you want
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to sit down, that's great and that's your vacation and do
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that. But just if you don't go to
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Disney often and you're like oh I'll just book these for like
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lunch and dinner and it's going to take a lot of time out of
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your trip. It does limit your freedom, your
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choices when you go and do be spontaneous and.
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It takes, it just takes a huge chunk of the day away that you
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might be anxious to get back out there and get stuff done.
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So yeah, And either way, whether you want to do the slower pace
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or want to have more freedom, just make sure you book it.
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That's really the important thing is either way, no matter
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which way your party is going to lean, just make sure you book it
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as soon as you're eligible. So that way you don't miss out
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on those really hard to get reservations, because even then
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you still might miss out on those really hard to get
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reservations. And we've talked about using
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dining alerts and all those types of things to help you get
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those. But either way, just make sure
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you're booking them when you're eligible to book them.
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Yes, absolutely. Speaking of booking things,
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moving on to at number four of our mistakes that families make,
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I think one of them is booking your flight schedule into Disney
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based on the cost alone and not on your actual schedule.
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Now I understand. Believe me, I understand how
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like money is tight and it gets tighter every day, and I
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understand the wanting to save a few dollars.
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But I'm going to tell you if it's like $20 difference flying
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in at a time that is better and easier for your family.
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You know, maybe don't do the red eye or do the red eye if that
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makes more sense than flying in late at night and being
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exhausted for the next day. Like whatever works for your
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particular family and your family's schedules.
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I have done the cheap flight thing where you have 3 layovers
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and then you get there at 1:00 AM and then the next day is so
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awful it just is bad. So don't you know.
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Do that to yourself. Recognize that when you fly can
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really affect the beginning of your vacation and sometimes you
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have to play catch up for a day or two with your sleep if that
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was really tough traveling there.
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So be careful when you book your flights.
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Yeah, absolutely. I think that's super important.
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And it it varies depending on who you're traveling with.
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If you know if you're going by yourself or just you and your
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spouse, you know, maybe you can handle landing at 11:00 PM but
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if you're traveling with a 2 year old, maybe that won't fly
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for them literally. So.
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So just keep that in mind. Absolutely.
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But the next one is one that I feel like you have heard us talk
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about probably 100 times on various different episodes.
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But one of the biggest mistakes that we see families making is
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not doing your ride priority list for the parks.
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We've talked about this. We've talked about how important
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it is to make that list. Without that, you're going to be
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just wandering or just standing in the middle of the walkways,
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trying to figure out where to go next.
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Having a plan, having an itinerary, knowing what your top
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three or four rides are is so important because then there's
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no question about it. You can just go from one to the
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next, to the next to the next, especially during those early
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morning hours. They're so important.
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Yeah. I asked my husband what he
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thought were the biggest mistakes we've ever made at
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Disney, and like one of his biggest ones was.
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The asking What do you want to do?
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I don't know. What do you want to do?
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And like everybody, like, huddled around the map or the
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app or whatever, trying to figure out what to do next is
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like such a huge waste of time. I mean, that's really what you
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want to do on your vacation. Nope.
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You know, no shade. But that's not something that my
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husband enjoys. It's not something that I enjoy
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because everybody has different opinions.
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Then it becomes this huge, like, debate.
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It's just like, we'll just go in with a plan, with everybody's
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favorites and just execute the plan.
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It's just easier in general. And I feel like even with that
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plan, it's still inevitably going to happen that at some
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point throughout the day you're going to go, what do you want to
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do? I don't know.
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What do you want to do? I don't know.
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Or you're going to go, do you want to do this?
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Do you want to do this? Do you want to, like, you know,
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throwing out some options? But even still, having that
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priority list to at least start your day off is going to put you
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in a good position to have just a much more stress free visit to
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the parks. Yeah, you do not want to start
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your day. With what do you want to do when
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it's like the time is ticking and there's only so many minutes
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of like low lying time. So don't do that.
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I will mention just real quickly, we talked about flights
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and and being careful about your schedule, but someone also
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mentioned Chris also mentioned where you fly in is also
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important. I actually don't know this one,
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like I'd fly into MCO all the time for Dizzy.
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She said SFB, which I don't even know what that airport code is
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because I've never heard. OK.
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So there's also that one. Yeah, there's also the Sanford
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area Airport, which is, I mean it's it's probably a solid 45 to
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an hour from property. But a lot of the smaller
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airports from like this side of the country will fly into
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Sanford. So like I live close ish to the
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Dayton airport in Ohio. It's a very small airport.
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It flies directly into Sanford Gotcha with like Allegiant and
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some of those cheaper flight options will go there.
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So just be aware it's not fun to make that drive you're going to
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pay. Probably what you saved in an
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Uber if you're not, go. If you're going to Sanford
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instead of MCO, Just I Unless you've got a really good reason,
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I highly suggest you do not fly into Sanford.
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Yeah, and the same thing goes for Disneyland.
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I always recommend people fly into John Wayne, Orange County,
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SNA and not LAX. I highly discourage LAX.
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It's on the other side of LA from Disneyland and if you hit
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rush hour traffic, it's hours that you're on the road.
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So just try not to. If you think you're saving
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money, you're not going to. It's going to be awful.
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And it's expensive too, for Lyft or Uber to get across the city.
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So take that into account. Yes, absolutely perfect.
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OK, are we ready to? I think we're on you.
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I think we're on the next one. Yeah, OK, so another mistake I
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think a lot of people make is not making time for photos,
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family photos. I think a lot of families do
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this, you know, like you see the massive lines at Disneyland to
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take pictures with like the Mickey pumpkin during Halloween
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time and things like that in the tree.
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But. I think we can often forget to
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do that because we're so like set on getting places that we
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forget. Maybe we take one morning
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picture, we don't take any others, the whole trim or
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whatever. And we also don't take advantage
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of those photo pass photographers if you've bought
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the photo package or in Disneyland if you've bought
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Genie Plus, photos are included with those photo pass
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photographers with your Genie Plus purchase.
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So not taking advantage of that is really sad because you know,
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it allows everybody to get in the photo even.
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Moms who maybe don't get in the photo, maybe dads who don't get
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in the photo because they're busy behind the camera really
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helps everybody get in the picture.
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Yeah, that is something that we have found.
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We've had to like now that we go with our kids, you know, when it
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was just my husband and I, we would do selfies, We would do
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quick, You know, it was not a big deal.
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But like we typically get photo passed with our kids now that we
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go and it's like, no, we have to stop, got to take a picture.
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You know, like, oh, like there's a, you know, and it's one of
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those things where it's like when we see the photo pass
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photographer, it's like Okay. Nope, we're stopping go take a
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picture. Even if it's like Okay, My son
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doesn't want to take a picture on this one and just my daughter
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is agreeing to okay. Cool.
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She gets solo shots on this one. Yeah, some great photos that
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way. So it's definitely, definitely
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worth it. Yeah and I agree Aaron is saying
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I try to do a lot of candid spur the moment pics with my phone.
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So a lot of non post photos sometimes I end up being your
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favorite. So keep that in mind as well to
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focus on those as well. Not just everybody standing
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around staring at the camera, as much as we love those as well.
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So yeah, a little, a little bit of both.
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I think a little bit of a good mix.
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So yes, I agree. OK, Next on our list of mistakes
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that families make at Disney is forgetting to check the weather
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for your trip, but checking it also several times before you
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pack. And while you're there, so right
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also that, but so important. Like I will check it like you
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know, as soon as I can because you get so excited that you want
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to see what the weather's going to be like when you're there.
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You know, as soon as my weather app will go.
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Far enough in advance. Hi Jackie, No, my weather app
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only goes like 3 weeks in advance.
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So like as soon as those dates pop up on my weather app, I'm
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scrolling to see what it's going to be like.
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But then I always have to check it several times.
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The one of the last trips that we took as a family, we went in
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October. About 10 days before we went,
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there was a tropical storm that went through and it totally
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wonked out the weather and the week before we were there was
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super chilly. It was like in the low 60s for
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the highs. And then the week that we went,
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it swung it up the other way and it was like 8590° the entire
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week we were there. And that literally changed like
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within the like two or three days before we went because it
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was that weird tropical storm situation.
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So checking it up until the day. Before you leave the day that
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you leave to make sure if you need to grab an extra sweater,
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you have the ability to do that. Yeah, and I also would throw in
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always be prepared for rain, especially in Florida.
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Also though they've had some a really rainy year last year in
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California as well, so keep that in mind.
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But there's all almost always those afternoon thundershowers
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in Florida. Some days are just straight on
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rain most of the day. Just be prepared with your
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poncho, your umbrella, whatever it is that you is your preferred
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method. I prefer Pontos just because
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they're easy to slip into our bags and always have there just
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in case. But I do.
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I've been getting on the Umbrella Club recently, so I
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don't know, maybe I'm switching. I think it always, for me, it
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always depends on, yeah, like am I traveling with my kids and do
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I have a stroller? Like, you know, there's there's
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various different situations where I prefer an umbrella
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versus a poncho. So just depends, but either way,
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have something with you. Yeah.
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And and also layers are kind of your best friend.
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A lot of the time, especially I will say in California they have
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what is like a marine fog that comes in from the the ocean in
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the morning that burns off by the afternoon.
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So when you leave in the morning, it might be a little
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chilly and overcast and you just think that's how it's going to
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be all day. By the afternoon it's, you know,
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80s, nineties and you're really, really hot.
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So just you know, layers is is your best friend there.
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OK. So the next one is what I think
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is really interesting. Jackie, you added this one and I
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hadn't really thought about that before, a mistake we wouldn't
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make at Disney is eating at chain restaurants that you can
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find near home. Do you want to elaborate a
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little bit about that? Yeah, I just feel like there are
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some choices of restaurants nearby Disney or on, you know,
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Disney Springs, places like that that people can find near them
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at home. So I just feel like.
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When you're when you're at Disney, try to branch out, pick
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something that maybe you cannot find near home or isn't a chain
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restaurant or isn't you know, a fast food restaurant that when
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you could pick something for the same price point that maybe
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would be something different when you go to Disney.
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So I get that sometimes budget is a concern and maybe those are
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the best. Budget friendly options that you
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might need at that moment, but trying to find something a
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little bit different, I think can be fun.
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Yeah, especially at Disney. There's so many options at
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Disney World that I don't think you'd need to eat at a chain
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restaurant. Unless you're just just really
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need your fix of something, I guess.
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But I know, I agree. I think that's that's a great
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tip. This one I feel like I I even
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forget to do sometimes on my trips.
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And that is forgetting to check for things like special events
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in refurbs happening at the parks during your trip.
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So things like cheer events or run Disney weeks or holiday
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parties, we've that's what that one's pretty obvious.
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I feel like we have mentioned that a lot, but ride refurbs
21:58
like I know the sky liner is getting ready to be refurbed in
22:01
January, so they're going to not announce that soon enough.
22:03
Just saying, not that I'm bitter or anything.
22:07
Not not bitter at all. So things like that.
22:10
You just want to make sure that you are searching online.
22:15
There are a bunch of places that will post the refurb schedule if
22:19
you can't find it on the Disney website.
22:20
It's not always easy to find on the Disney website.
22:23
They don't like have a nice little list like we would like
22:26
them to. So finding somewhere that has
22:30
compiled that often Chip and Co will have it, you know, posted
22:34
on in in an article on their website.
22:37
The cheer events and some of the dance events are harder to find.
22:40
You just kind of have to search around and know what time of
22:43
year they typically come. Same with the run.
22:45
Run Disney is pretty easy to find on their website, but just
22:48
searching around, seeing if there's anything you need to
22:51
know about before you go. Dapper Day is one that I know a
22:54
lot of people don't think about too.
22:56
We just had that conversation because it's coming up in about
22:59
a month. They're doing Dapper Day, so
23:01
just things like that that you may need to take note of.
23:04
Yeah, and it will make a little plug for touring plans as well
23:07
that we're not sponsored by them or anything.
23:09
But I do love that on their crowd calendar they do list a
23:12
lot of events that are happening that weekend or if it's a
23:15
holiday weekend or like things that they anticipate the crowds
23:18
being hired for. They have a lot of that compiled
23:20
there. So I find that super helpful
23:23
when I'm planning. But yeah, I mean, don't stop.
23:27
Don't stop it from don't stop going just because these things
23:31
are happening necessarily. Like, don't make it, but just be
23:34
aware that it might, you know, run Disney sometimes effects
23:37
traffic flow or, you know, like there might be certain a lot of
23:40
people just that one or two days around that event that are in
23:43
the parks. And yeah, and then, yeah, people
23:48
are commenting about the sky liner.
23:49
Like, Oh my gosh, the sky liner's going down almost every
23:52
single year in January, about the third week of January to
23:56
almost the end of January. A portion of it or the whole
24:00
thing is down for refurbishment like clockwork.
24:02
It happens every year and I'm always surprised by it.
24:08
Even though you know it happens, you're here preaching to us.
24:11
It happens every year and it's like, yeah, they didn't announce
24:14
that early enough. Wait a minute, right.
24:16
We're taught, we're being honest about the mistakes we've made.
24:19
I'm one of these people. So I will say though, sometimes,
24:23
sometimes those resorts are a little bit cheaper during that
24:26
refurb week because people don't want to stay there and they have
24:29
to fill them anyway. So just keeping that, keeping
24:32
that out there, shall we do bot hour next week, honestly.
24:38
I was like, sorry just briefly, things like that, like Kate
24:41
said, shouldn't stop you from going just you may need to just
24:44
plan accordingly and just realize that if you're at a sky
24:47
liner resort and you don't have the sky liner as an option,
24:49
you're going to have to wait for a bus.
24:51
So is everyone else. So just keep it in mind.
24:56
The buses. Oh, the buses?
24:58
Where's? Elliot's Lift gift card when you
25:01
need it on this, on this trip, right?
25:05
Love my husband that he gives that for me anyway.
25:09
All right, let's move on to one that I think that is a big
25:12
mistake that a lot of people make.
25:14
And we say it over and over again because we're just like,
25:16
we're just going to keep saying it out there until everybody
25:19
hears it. That people wear brand new shoes
25:23
to Disney without breaking them in or think they have broken
25:26
them in, but they're not broken in for, you know, the 10 to 14
25:29
miles of walking you do during the day.
25:31
So don't wear brand new shoes to Disney.
25:34
Wear comfortable shoes to Disney.
25:36
Don't wear things just because they're cute, unless you just
25:39
want to wear them for photos and put them in a locker and change
25:41
your shoes. Or if you're not going for very
25:44
long, you're just going to pop in for an hour, By all means,
25:47
wear the cute shoes, but just sue your feet and back and
25:51
everything else a favor your knees a favor.
25:54
Wear good quality. Shoes, yes.
25:57
And take. Make sure that you have broken
25:59
them in, too. I know some of you and some of
26:02
you may be like, well, I know this brand of shoe.
26:04
I don't. You know, they're good to go.
26:05
OK, that's fine. You've clearly done your
26:08
research with that. But don't buy a pair of shoes
26:11
and take them brand new in box to Disney.
26:13
Please. Just don't do it.
26:14
I'll break them in at Disney. No.
26:18
Yeah, and along the thing, your feet will immediately be sad and
26:21
you have your entire week ahead of you.
26:23
Yeah, and along those lines, another mistake that I have made
26:27
in the past is not bringing 2 pairs of shoes to alternate.
26:30
Like when your feet get tired of one pair.
26:33
Or maybe something's rubbing a lot on your heel or the side of
26:35
your foot. If you have a different pair of
26:37
shoes to wear the next day, then you can kind of stave off a lot
26:40
of those blisters or like sore spots on your foot because
26:43
you're it. It'll rub in a different place
26:45
and then you can switch back. So having having the two pairs
26:49
to like alternate really does help an awful lot to keeping
26:52
your feet happy. Or if they get wet and they
26:55
haven't dried, because I've had that happen where they've gotten
26:59
wet and I left them out to dry overnight and they were not dry
27:03
in the morning. Yeah, that's happened.
27:05
With my kids shoes because they want to splash in all the
27:08
puddles and everything at Disney when it rains.
27:10
And then we, you know, we've just like slowly just switching
27:13
everybody to Crocs because it's just easier.
27:16
A Kirk is over here saying, oh, right, yeah, wet shoes wear
27:19
Crocs. And Stevie made a good point.
27:22
She said that she changes them during her midday break too.
27:25
So that's another option that you have for sure, But I've made
27:29
that mistake with my kids too, not thinking about.
27:32
Especially recently because they're at the age where they
27:35
want to walk more than be in the stroller, but we still have the
27:39
stroller because they're not completely ready to be done with
27:42
it. So I don't always think about
27:45
their walking shoes because I don't always anticipate how much
27:48
they're going to walk. I have learned my lesson with
27:51
that. But make sure that you are also
27:54
thinking about your kids having two to three pairs of shoes with
27:57
them as well. I know that's a good one.
28:01
And Aaron saying resort hair dryer for wet shoes is a good
28:04
option. I I have tried that.
28:07
We try that in Paris because we had wet shoes and my OK, we're
28:12
we're talking about mistakes. Make sure when you go to the
28:16
airport for your month long vacation that your child is not
28:21
wearing snow boots from. Last season in the car I was
28:28
oops, I'm like what? Because I was anticipating her
28:30
wearing her like tennis shoes to the airport and then her spare
28:33
shoes were in her. I was like so she only ended up
28:36
having one pair of shoes because she wore her snow boots into the
28:39
car. We were not paying attention or
28:41
I was like I got to the airport. I was like, what are you
28:43
wearing? What are you wearing?
28:45
I was like, it's OK, we have another pair of shoes.
28:49
It's OK. It's OK.
28:51
We're going to be fine. Good times.
28:54
Motherhood. So anyway, shall we move on to
28:57
other many ways? Yes, Yes, we shall.
29:04
OK. So we've talked a little bit
29:06
about kind of what to do before. So let's do a couple maybe that
29:11
have to do with things during your trip.
29:15
As far as that goes, one of the big ones that I feel like people
29:19
maybe overlook or don't look enough into.
29:22
Is they make the mistake of skipping the free virtual cues
29:27
that Disney has to offer. It doesn't make sense to me
29:32
unless you know that you're not going to ride it.
29:34
Obviously that's a different story.
29:36
But if you're someone that wants to ride Cosmic Rewind or wants
29:41
to ride Tron at Disney World, why are we skipping?
29:48
I think some people forget this. They forget or they don't know.
29:54
I think that's usually why. But I agree, don't skip your
29:58
free virtual queues. Get It's like a free lightning
30:01
lane. Ish.
30:03
Not really, because sometimes you have to wait a little bit
30:04
longer, but right, it's sometimes it's sometimes it's
30:08
the only way you can ride on those brand new attractions that
30:11
come out right now. It's Cosmic and Tron and
30:13
whatnot, but it'll be other rides probably in the future
30:18
when they release new rides. So just check and see what
30:21
virtual cues are available whenever you are going.
30:24
And yeah, World of Color for Disneyland.
30:26
I feel like so many people miss that.
30:29
It happens every day at noon you can be in if you have a park
30:32
hopper, you don't have to be in DCA.
30:34
You do have to be past a gate to get into it.
30:37
But you can be in Disneyland or you can be in DCA at noon.
30:40
Get your World of Color ones. It'll just get you into a
30:42
section where you have a decent view.
30:44
So. But it's free, so do it.
30:48
But I think the issue is that people, people are like, oh, I'm
30:51
not going to use Genie Plus. So I don't need to wake up at
30:55
7:00 AM, no wake up and just literally set an alarm for 6:58.
31:02
Wake up, get your virtual queue, go back to bed, go back to
31:06
sleep. Yeah, unless you get that early
31:07
boarding group that's always the worst.
31:09
You're like you want to go back to sleep and it's like 4 in
31:11
Group 10 and you're like, no, never mind.
31:16
You're ready. And to make sure that you're in
31:19
the park for the 1:00 PM, Like if you don't want to do 7:00 AM,
31:23
plan for 1:00 PM if you know you're going to be there.
31:27
Yeah, now that's good. Just just do it.
31:30
Kitchener tool cues, even if you might not use it, just just go
31:33
get it. I mean, obviously you have to be
31:35
planning to go to that park to use it.
31:37
But like, right, If you're like, I probably will do this or I
31:40
might do this, just have the option to do it.
31:43
Go get your virtual queues. Yeah.
31:46
All righty, enough of the virtual queue soapbox.
31:51
Another mistake that people make is they they don't check the My
31:57
Disney Experience or Disneyland app out before their trip to see
32:01
all the features that it has now, with a caveat that there's
32:05
a lot of features on there that you probably won't need to
32:07
access during your trip or there maybe you're just for fun, but
32:12
there's a whole lot of things on there that are actually very,
32:15
very helpful. There's news items, there's, you
32:17
know, opening dates for the sorry opening times for the
32:21
parks. There's lots of things that
32:22
you're going to need to know and get comfortable with before you
32:25
go so that you're aware of where everything is and you're not
32:28
spending all that time in the park staring at your phone
32:30
trying to figure out what to do. So.
32:34
Or relying on someone else in your party hoping that maybe
32:36
they know, you know there's so much, especially on those apps
32:40
that you, that you can use in the parks to make it so much
32:44
easier. We're going to talk a little bit
32:45
about some of them later, but just even wait times.
32:49
And so you're not walking around looking for the signs that they
32:53
have because they're very limited in their locations where
32:55
they have the signs with the wait times.
32:57
Just have the app pull it out of your pocket.
33:01
It's so much easier than having to walk across the park and
33:04
figure out what the wait times are by looking at the signs.
33:07
Yeah. And I would say, you know, I
33:09
know there's a lot of people that are angry that they have to
33:11
use so much technology on their trips so that they don't like
33:14
looking at their phones and stuff.
33:15
And I I get that. You know, I know that that's
33:17
frustrating when you just want to try to disconnect from the
33:19
world. I totally get that.
33:21
But I will say there's a lot of things on there that are
33:23
helpful, just like bathroom locations, locations of like
33:27
fuel rod, charging stations, first aid, baby care, like
33:31
they'll give you lots of options, showtimes for virtually
33:33
everything. It's it really is a lot.
33:37
Also food and all the menus. So like we like to look when
33:40
we're standing in line, we'll pull up the menu from where
33:42
we're going to eat and we'll decide what we want to eat and
33:44
we'll, while we're doing our mobile order like it just is, is
33:46
so much more helpful to be proficient in the language of
33:50
those apps because it makes your trip a little easier and then
33:54
you become an addict like us that are at home.
33:56
But check the wait times, which is weird, but that's what we do
34:02
fine. Speaking of kind of doing your
34:05
research in advance, I think you also need to do you want to talk
34:08
about this one? Yes, please Make sure you do at
34:13
least some research on Genie Plus if you're planning on using
34:17
it now, if you're going in to and you're like, Nope, we're not
34:19
using it, I don't. I'm just going to wait, standby
34:22
because we only have a short list of things we want to do.
34:24
OK, that's totally fine. But if you're planning on using
34:27
Genie Plus, please just do just just 20 minutes of research.
34:33
Just read a couple blogs, listen to our podcast on Genie Plus.
34:37
We did an entire episode on Genie Plus just to familiarize
34:41
yourself. Even just like what Kate was
34:42
mentioning, with the language around the whole system, knowing
34:46
what a lightning lane is, knowing what an individual
34:48
lightning lane is, your tipboard, wait times, All of
34:52
that. Just being aware of the language
34:55
itself. And just having at least a basic
34:57
knowledge of how it works is super helpful to your trip.
35:01
This is a mistake we see people making all the time with their
35:04
trips. I see people at Disney making
35:07
mistakes that they they walk up and they're like, I don't know
35:09
what this line is for. What is this?
35:11
How do I do this? And like they're asking the cast
35:13
member at the like entrance of the Lightning lane and I'm like,
35:16
oh Oh no, like. I feel had family message me.
35:22
I have literally had family message me.
35:24
Hey, we're in Magic Kingdom today.
35:26
How do I work? Genie Plus Oh no.
35:30
And I'm like, oh, and it's like 10:00 AM And I'm like like,
35:36
well, OK. Well yes and I think that
35:41
instance I was like can you just give me your login?
35:43
I will just, I will make it work without explaining it.
35:48
It's we will say that it is. It's a lot it's a lot of
35:51
information. There's a lot of nuance to it.
35:53
There's a lot of strategy to it. It's not a simple thing to do.
35:58
I wish it was. I think we all wish it was, but
36:01
it's not. And that's OK like because we
36:03
can learn. It's your chance to get to
36:05
educate yourself about GE Plus, Oh no, Aaron said.
36:11
He booked his daughter a lightning light for a completely
36:13
different time than the rest of us, which I guess is another
36:15
mistake that you can make within Genie Plus, as if you don't
36:17
assign all of your party together when you book it, you
36:21
could end up. I could talk for two hours on
36:25
mistakes that people make just on Genie.
36:27
Plus, we should make that another episode, I think,
36:30
because. Maybe I should maybe maybe I
36:33
should add that to our list because I feel like I have a lot
36:36
of experience. With mistakes that people make
36:39
on Genie Plus. So I think you're right.
36:41
We may need to add that to a future date for an episode.
36:46
Yeah. And I would say that if you do
36:49
make a mistake like that, where you book somebody, where you
36:53
forget to book somebody with your party, go visit guest
36:56
Relations and and tell them what happened, they know that this
36:59
stuff happens. Obviously, don't abuse that, But
37:02
if it's an honest mistake that you made, usually they can make
37:06
it right, depending on what it is.
37:07
But just go visit. Guest services or if you're
37:10
having issues in the park linking family members together
37:13
or any of that, just that's what they're there for, just go ask
37:19
for help. Don't try to figure it out on
37:21
your own. It's too much.
37:22
If you're. If you don't know what you're
37:23
doing, it's too much. Yeah.
37:26
And so yeah, at this point in the podcast, I do want to say
37:30
there's a lot. There's a lot.
37:32
This is a lot of things we're not.
37:33
We're only partially way through this list.
37:35
We're going to keep moving through it, but I will say that
37:38
these because we see either we have made these mistakes or
37:41
we've seen other people make these mistakes often.
37:44
So that's why we really want to do this episode because we don't
37:48
want this for you guys. We're like go in knowing have
37:52
the knowledge and the power to do it, to do it well.
37:56
So on that note, shall we move on to our next one here?
38:01
Yes, we talked about Genie Plus. Let's talk about how make sure
38:04
that you plan enough park days, because that's a mistake people
38:08
make is they think they will get more done in a day than they
38:12
will and they don't plan enough days to see everything they want
38:16
to see now with the caveat that you're probably not going to get
38:20
to everything and that's OK, So, so don't put that pressure on
38:24
yourself that that's a mistake. I think we also make, especially
38:27
those of us out there, maybe type a planner type things and
38:30
we're like, oh, I didn't check everything off my list.
38:32
I didn't get to everything that we'd hoped for.
38:34
You know, take a deep breath and recognize that that's OK, that
38:38
you're not going to see everything.
38:39
And unless you're spending, you know, solid 2 weeks at Walt
38:43
Disney World or solid like week and 1/2 at Disneyland, you're
38:46
probably not going to get to everything.
38:48
You're going to get to what you want to see.
38:51
And that's the goal. So Nick, do you want to add a
38:54
little bit to that, Jackie? Yeah.
38:56
And I think just also again, we talked about making those
38:59
priority lists, if you look at your list for.
39:02
Magic Kingdom is the prime example.
39:04
If you look at your list or Magic Kingdom and you've got
39:06
like 10 Must Do rides on there, you may want to consider a park
39:12
hopper or adding, adding another day.
39:14
At Magic Kingdom we talked about visiting during the holiday
39:17
season, making sure you have enough days planned if you're
39:20
visiting when it's going to be super busy when you're going.
39:23
Just taking everything into consideration, making sure you
39:26
have enough time to get everything done that is on your
39:29
Must Do list and then you can go from there.
39:32
So Speaking of making those lists and those priorities
39:37
making, we often see people making the mistake of not doing
39:42
the Big E ticket or your top priority rides at the beginning
39:46
of your day or subsequently at the end of your day.
39:49
If you've got a couple E tickets that you know you want to get
39:51
done and you're not necessarily going to be using Genie Plus or
39:54
you've got other plans that you know depending on your day.
39:57
But I think it's so important to think about.
39:59
Those big rides with those super long lines?
40:03
Book ending your day with those and doing it at the very
40:06
beginning, doing it at the very end, planning on getting in line
40:09
right at park close, whatever works for your group, but having
40:13
a plan for those and not trying to do them at 1:00 PM.
40:18
Now that's super smart. I don't have anything to add to
40:21
that, just BS. So one mistake that I've seen a
40:26
lot of parents make only because they don't know that it exists
40:28
is not using rider switch or baby swap, depending on what you
40:32
want to call it. But this is a service, a free
40:35
service that Disney provides. That is the ability for you to
40:39
send an adult's. If you have a child or somebody
40:42
who can't ride a big attraction, send one adult through the line
40:48
and then when they come out the other person can go.
40:52
I think it's up to three people with them.
40:54
And then go through the line without like they go basically
40:59
in the lighting lane. So they get to skip a lot of the
41:01
wait so you don't have to wait twice.
41:03
If you have say a baby or a small child that can't go on a
41:07
roller coaster. So they Disney only makes you
41:10
wait one time and you can bring other people with you so you
41:13
don't have to ride alone just because you were the one that
41:15
stayed out with the kiddo, right, Which I think is a
41:18
wonderful service. So we've talked about this
41:20
before and we won't go into huge detail about it, but I will say
41:23
to use this service, go bring your child with you or the
41:27
person with you and say, hey, can we use rider switch?
41:31
And then ask the cast member who's at the beginning of the
41:33
attraction and they'll tell you where to go, what to do, what to
41:36
hand you to, to do it. They'll they'll figure that out
41:39
for you. So.
41:41
And Stevie does bring up a good point.
41:42
You depending on the attraction will depend on whether or not
41:47
that is an available service that they have.
41:50
So something with a height requirement definitely has the
41:53
ability to do rider swap. She asked about something like
41:56
Peter Pan I have seen where if rides are dark and you've got a
42:01
kiddo that's afraid of the dark, they will honor that for you.
42:04
So just talk to the cast member at the at the entrance and
42:07
they'll be able to let you know what they can do.
42:10
And they set that up for you right before you even get in
42:13
line. So don't get in line first.
42:15
Talk to the cast member first. That way they can set you up
42:17
with that depending on your your particular situation.
42:21
Yeah, and usually they will. Usually they need to kind of see
42:24
the child that is with you or the person that's with you, the
42:27
reason why you have to do the switch, you know, So have them
42:30
have them with you when you do that.
42:32
But it is generally the E ticket, the big rides, the
42:35
roller coasters, the ones that like have a height restriction.
42:39
I agree. So let's talk a little bit about
42:40
food. Our next couple ones are all
42:42
about food planning so. A mistake that we see families
42:47
often making is they're not planning out at least a little
42:51
bit of their food options. They're leaving it till the last
42:54
minute and they're just hangry, walking around trying to figure
42:58
out what in the world we're going to eat, where are we,
43:01
what's near us? What's going to work for us?
43:04
That could also apply to bringing food or snacks in with
43:07
you, so if you are hangry you can help that in the moment.
43:12
But then we also talk about using mobile order as well.
43:15
That all kind of gets wrapped into one because I feel like
43:17
it's all super important to have an idea of a couple places that
43:21
you might like to eat depending on where you are at the park and
43:24
being able to navigate that mobile order on your My Disney
43:28
Experience app or your Disneyland app to be able to
43:31
expedite that process for your group.
43:34
Yeah. And I will say, you know, not
43:35
just snacks for the kids. You might have adults in your
43:38
party, you know, with experience, get hangry and who
43:43
may need said snack. So you know, have one in your
43:46
bag just in case. Yep.
43:49
Absolutely. And also kind of in in relation
43:55
to that eating breakfast before you go into the parks or
43:58
planning late morning brunch, you know we've talked about
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eating during non peak hours, things like that, so you don't
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miss those morning hours that we've talked about how?
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Crucial those are to be able to get your done and also planning
44:16
where you want to eat like I mentioned, to make sure that
44:19
it's close to where you are. So having two or three different
44:23
options to make sure that you're not hangry going across the park
44:27
grumpy because you're taking all those extra steps to get across
44:30
the park to where you want to eat.
44:31
Just avoid it all by having plan ABC.
44:36
Yeah, like we could. I'd be happy eating at this
44:38
place. This place or this place.
44:40
Which one's closest to us right now.
44:42
You know that that helps an awful lot.
44:45
It's just the worst when you're all hungry.
44:47
But you have to hike all the way across the park to get to your
44:50
food. Like that's a long walk.
44:53
Just say yes. Yes, and we.
44:55
It's funny cuz like my husband and I literally just did this.
44:58
We were trying to think about food options for.
45:01
When we're in Magic Kingdom and we're like, well, we know that
45:04
we've got this option, this option and this option.
45:07
So wherever we are, that's going to be where we choose because
45:10
it's, you know, just trying to figure out like, OK, I don't
45:13
know where we're going to be in the park and when we're going to
45:16
be hungry. So we'll just make a couple
45:18
plans that's so smart on the the same idea of food Here we have a
45:25
a mistake people make is this was actually from my husband, so
45:28
kudos to him for remembering this one.
45:30
Ordering full meals for everyone, including kids.
45:33
I feel like every time we go on a Disney trip, the very first
45:36
meal we sit down to, because we're so used to doing it
45:38
everywhere else, we order a meal for everybody.
45:40
Every kid gets a meal. Every adult gets a meal.
45:43
And we quickly remember at Disney, oh right, our kids can't
45:47
finish all of this food, especially if they're it's hot
45:50
outside. Like they tend to just eat less
45:52
general and sometimes we don't feel like eating as much either.
45:55
So we've now learned that sometimes Elliot and I will
45:58
split a meal and then get a dessert to share or an appetizer
46:02
to share. And often our girls can share a
46:05
kids meal between them. And then my son gets a a full
46:07
meal as well. Like you know your kids at how
46:09
much they can eat, but sometimes they might eat even less
46:12
sometimes at Disney because they're hot or tired or
46:15
whatever. So I would, you can always maybe
46:18
get more food, especially at a quick service, unless it's one
46:22
that you had to book way out and then, you know, just plan ahead.
46:25
But I would say, you know, get a smaller amount of food than a
46:30
meal for everybody and then see how much you eat.
46:32
And if you're still hungry, you could maybe go get a dessert or
46:35
a little snack or something, just to fill in the gaps,
46:37
because then you're not wasting money on things that nobody's
46:40
eating. And the majority of the parks,
46:42
you're going to be able to fairly easily find something
46:45
else to eat if 20 minutes after dinner your kiddo is complaining
46:49
about being hungry. You're probably going to be able
46:52
to find them something fairly quickly at the majority of the
46:55
parks, so this is where popcorn comes in.
46:57
Clutch right? Yes, Mickey bars and popcorn.
47:01
You're at Disney. Absolutely, yeah.
47:03
Or pretzels if you're me, because I will eat a Mickey
47:06
Pretzels any day. Do you eat a lot of cheese?
47:10
I can't remember Sometimes D-Day OK sometimes.
47:13
Depends on my move. Or hate to cut a thing for the
47:15
plastic cheese? Yeah, I don't mind it.
47:17
My husband always judges me when I'm like, no, I don't want
47:19
cheese. And he's like what?
47:21
Like vanilla that. No, yeah, he yeah, he's just,
47:32
I'm not a sauce person in general and like in that, in
47:36
that regards, when you eat a pretzel, I feel like the cheese
47:39
is kind of the sauce that goes with it.
47:41
It's not crucial to the the snack in my personal opinion.
47:45
Interesting. So I'm not.
47:47
I just like, I don't. I'm not a sauce person.
47:49
I know. I just.
47:50
I'm also very, very picky so that also you know that I, you
47:55
know it's strict. Anyway, enough about my eating
47:59
habits. Let's go back to let's go back
48:03
to the next mistake that we see families making when they are
48:08
visiting. Disney is not planning or
48:12
anticipating a break when your party needs one.
48:16
So this could apply to little kids that need a nap break in
48:20
the afternoon. This could apply to bigger kids
48:23
that just need some time to chill out and not be walking or
48:28
waiting or standing. This could apply to the adults
48:31
in your party that cannot go all day in the parks.
48:34
And that's totally fine. It is what it is.
48:36
But pushing your family to do one more ride when everyone is
48:40
just done is just not worth it. Save it till you come back.
48:46
Take your nap first. You will be much better off
48:51
doing that one last ride when you come back, you know, And I
48:55
feel like this does apply also to shows and stuff.
49:00
If your kids are really exhausted and then you want us
49:03
like, Oh well, we got to go see Fantasmic.
49:05
We got to go see something, You know, I feel like I this is a
49:09
mistake I made as a mom, as I. My son was tired and we were at
49:12
Disneyland, where you have to stand for Fantasmic.
49:15
They make you stand up. He could not stand up.
49:18
He was exhausted. And so he hates Fantasmic.
49:21
He hates it. He doesn't ever want to see it
49:23
again because his memory is of like cast members, like yelling
49:26
at everybody to stand up when he was tired.
49:29
And you know, and I'm like, well, that's a, that's that's a
49:31
bummer, you know, like that that he has that memory.
49:34
Not that they were yelling directly at him, you know, but
49:36
it's just like everybody, like you have to get up.
49:38
You have to get up. And he's like, I don't want to
49:40
get up. I'm tired.
49:41
I don't want to be here. And I felt awful afterwards.
49:44
I'm like, I should have just like let him go and maybe be do
49:48
something else, you know, with with one of us could have gone
49:50
with him and done something else or sat down or just gone back
49:52
early so you don't push your kids when they're exhausted
49:56
because their memories of that are not going to be magical.
49:58
I'll just say that maybe it might be something else.
50:03
Yeah, I mean, my daughter slept through Harmonious in the
50:08
stroller. So yeah, it it happens.
50:12
And she was fine up until, like the show started.
50:17
And then I looked over and she was asleep.
50:19
And I was like, yeah, that's what happened to almost all my
50:23
kids when they were little. For those shows.
50:25
They're just tired by the end of the day, and they're done.
50:27
And if they can sleep in the stroller, then let them sleep.
50:30
You know, don't wake them up. Just just let them.
50:31
Right. That's Nope.
50:32
That's OK That'll also say, advocate for yourself, not just
50:35
your kids, too. Well, if you're really tired and
50:38
you've reached the end of what you're capable of and you need a
50:41
nap or a break or to call it a day, just don't say like, oh,
50:47
but I didn't get to this and this and this and this.
50:49
Just say look at all the wonderful things I did today.
50:52
And now I'm going to go rest and enjoy rest.
50:55
And I think it's giving ourselves permission to not do
50:58
it all and to just go rest. I've I walked out of Disneyland
51:02
like right as the shows were starting, all the fireworks
51:05
shows were starting, and I was like, I'm tired.
51:07
I'm not. I don't.
51:08
I I I feel like I should stay and watch this show, but I want
51:11
to leave because I'm exhausted and it's OK to do that.
51:15
Nobody's saying you have to stay.
51:18
And I've got several people over here advocating for adult nap
51:23
time at Disney when you go. And I agree.
51:27
Even when my husband and I used to go before we had kids, we
51:30
always took an afternoon break from like 2:00 to 4:00 or five
51:35
because it was like, we're tired and we want to stay up and stay
51:39
till the end. Because we knew that we wanted
51:40
to see fireworks or the park was open until midnight or whatever
51:44
it was. And it's like I'm going to need
51:45
a nap. If we.
51:47
If we're going to do that, there's no shame in the nap.
51:49
Naps are great. No naps.
51:51
You get like Gold Star. If you go take a break and take
51:53
a nap for me, I'll give you a Gold Star.
51:59
Yeah. And Aaron's saying I'm bad at
52:00
pushing myself and others if we don't have a predetermined break
52:03
time. Right.
52:03
So having that pre planned, like we're going to take a break at
52:08
2:00 PM, one PM, 3:00 PM, whatever it is for you.
52:11
They say this is the time we're headed back to the hotel.
52:14
Like, I'm always guilty of pushing it back.
52:16
I'm like, oh, but we'll do 330 is that?
52:17
No, just go for your break and then you can come back to say
52:21
it. Anyway, enough about break time.
52:24
Shall we move on to our next one?
52:27
Yes. I think we should.
52:29
So this is a mistake so many people make because they just
52:34
underestimate how long it takes to get places.
52:37
So a mistake they make is not giving yourself enough time to
52:41
get to your Disney destination via Disney transportation or
52:46
even driving, but especially Disney transportation.
52:50
I say I give it the 90 minute rule and people think that some
52:53
some people have told me like that's a little extreme.
52:55
I was like like one hour. Usually you can get almost
52:58
anywhere in an hour, usually, but sometimes there's
53:01
extenuating circumstances where you have to wait for two or
53:04
three buses or something breaks down or something happens and
53:09
you end up having to go with Plan B and you just give
53:12
yourself 90 minutes to get to wherever you need to go on
53:14
Disney property. This is Disney World,
53:16
specifically Disneyland, obviously not Disney Disneyland.
53:20
I'm like 5 minutes to walk there.
53:22
I'm good. But Disney World give yourself a
53:26
lot of time because it takes way more time than you think it does
53:29
to get anywhere, especially if it's crowded at any given time.
53:34
Yeah. And we were totally guilty of
53:35
this. My son's first trip because it
53:37
was our first trip with kids. And thinking about that
53:39
afternoon nap, you know, we'd always taken a break, but it was
53:41
never on a schedule. It didn't really matter.
53:44
And it was one of those things where we got to, like, a little
53:47
bit before his nap time. And it was like, OK, let's go
53:49
back. But it was like, we got to the
53:51
room an hour after his nap time should have started.
53:54
And it was just like, Oh yeah, he's falling apart.
53:56
OK, tomorrow we're going to do this differently.
53:59
Yeah. It's really easy to be like,
54:01
especially. Push everything back for the
54:04
rest of the night. It's like, well, you know, it is
54:06
what it is. Yeah.
54:08
And you adopt and stuff. But I mean, it's right.
54:10
If you have a dining reservation, you have to get to
54:13
like leave time to get to that. If you have a specific show you
54:16
need to see at a specific time, leave extra time for that
54:20
because you're going to get there and it's going to be
54:21
really crowded. You know, just it takes way more
54:24
time than you think. It needs to get anywhere and
54:26
just put that in your brain and then just plan accordingly.
54:30
And then you won't be also frustrated when it does take a
54:32
long time to get somewhere. You'll maybe be early, which
54:35
will be great. Hooray, you'll be pleasantly
54:38
surprised when you arrive on time or early, yes?
54:42
OK, so moving on to, gosh, we are on #21 already and I'll take
54:48
this one Kate, so you don't have to with your recent experience.
54:53
Still traumatized? Hopping back to before your
54:57
trip? Just.
55:00
Don't forget to make your final payment on your Disney vacation.
55:04
No matter what you're going to do, whether you're doing a
55:09
Disneyland, Disney World, Disneyland Paris, just don't
55:13
forget, hypothetically, cake that final payment because
55:21
Disney will cancel your reservation.
55:26
Yeah, the last. One of us knows that from
55:28
experience and don't depend on Disney to e-mail you and remind
55:34
you about your payments, because it might go to your spam folder
55:38
and you might not see it and you might be very sad.
55:44
Yeah, and you might pay a very, very expensive last minute
55:46
reservation. All hypothetical, of course.
55:51
Oh, very hypothetical. And I will just mention that if
55:56
you have a. Package booked.
56:00
It is for Disney World and land I think both 30 days out.
56:08
I think so that you have to pay your your total amount due.
56:12
If you have a room only reservation that is due at check
56:18
in and that one is a little more lenient 'cause they just charge
56:22
it to whatever card you have on file pay.
56:25
Make your payment right on your calendar.
56:26
Set a reminder. Don't don't forget anyway.
56:32
Anyway, moving on, I will say a mistake that I have made
56:39
personally is staying at a deluxe resort at Disney
56:43
specifically, but not scheduling enough downtime to really enjoy
56:48
that resort. So we've stayed at, we've stayed
56:51
at Riviera, we've stayed at the Grand Floridian, we've stayed at
56:55
Animal Kingdom Lodge. Oh gosh, what the Polynesian
56:59
like. We've stayed a lot of these
57:00
wonderful resorts, usually because we rent DVC points and
57:02
that makes them half price because I can't afford full
57:05
price for any of those. But but we've made the mistake
57:09
of not having any time to really enjoy it.
57:12
The pool, the atmosphere, the events.
57:14
A lot of these resorts have events that happen throughout
57:18
the day. They have special things that
57:19
you can go to just enjoying the atmosphere.
57:22
The food like Animal Kingdom Lodge is some of the best food
57:25
on property, but if all of your plans are out of the parks, you
57:29
miss out on really enjoying that resort.
57:31
So plan You know if you have a day in the middle of your trip
57:35
that you can plan to just be a resort day and just relax and
57:38
enjoy it. That's my recommendation for
57:40
that. Yeah.
57:42
And honestly, that's the reason why we typically stay at the
57:46
value resorts because we, we just prefer to not do that.
57:51
If I'm being we, we prefer to, we prefer to be in the parks.
57:56
So I I don't need to stay at a deluxe resort because I'm not
58:02
going to take advantage of all the amenities and activities and
58:06
things that they have. So keeping all of that in mind,
58:09
yes. Also making just smart decisions
58:11
about where you want to stay. Yeah.
58:15
And I will say that if you just need like a really clean and
58:19
updated and nice like just a place to shower and like sleep
58:23
like. So some of those value resorts
58:25
now that they've been renovated are actually decent options,
58:27
especially Pop Century because it's right there on the
58:30
Skylighter line. The theming at the resort makes
58:35
my I I can't. But the rooms themselves are
58:39
great. So I want to say that that's a
58:45
really great option for you to if you want to save money, but
58:47
you still want to have a really nice room to stay in and you're
58:51
not going to be there that much. I wouldn't necessarily recommend
58:54
a deluxe resort if you were not planning to be in it at all,
58:56
because it that you know, even Animal Kingdom Lodge is such a
58:59
cool experience, but you got to be in your in your resort to
59:03
enjoy it. So but yeah, I will say what?
59:06
Waking up to giraffe giraffes outside your window is one of
59:08
the coolest things we've ever done as a family.
59:10
I mean you have that's pretty, that's pretty neat.
59:14
That's great. It's pretty great.
59:17
Yeah. All right.
59:19
Moving on our next item. On our list of mistakes that we
59:24
see families make at Disney is not having a general plan for
59:28
the day and then expecting to get a lot done.
59:30
So we touched on this a little bit earlier about having your
59:34
priority list and you know not being stuck in the what do you
59:37
want to do, what do you want to do?
59:38
I don't know type of thing, but expecting to get a lot done when
59:43
you don't have that can lead to some frustrated people in your
59:49
travel party and. Being spontaneous is fine, but
59:55
you need to be realistic about the spontaneity of your trip if
59:59
that's what you're choosing to do, because it could mean a lot
1:00:03
more waiting, it could mean a lot less of your list that you
1:00:06
are going to accomplish. So just knowing how you want to
1:00:11
to work all of that going into it is such a big help.
1:00:16
Yeah, no, I agree. And it's AI, you know, I hear.
1:00:21
I overhear a lot of things, not because I'm trying to be, but
1:00:24
when I travel solo, I hear a lot of things that are around me,
1:00:27
OK? Like I'm, I don't have anything
1:00:29
else to listen to. I'm listening to the Disney
1:00:30
music and stuff, But like, I'm hearing people talk around me
1:00:33
because you just do. And I'm hearing.
1:00:35
I hear so many people that are, like, yelling at members of
1:00:38
their family, families and like every line is 60 minutes and Oh
1:00:41
my gosh, like they're like, they're so mad that everything
1:00:44
is such a long wait. And I'm like, that's a family.
1:00:47
It didn't probably have a plan that doesn't know how to use
1:00:50
Genie Plus. And I hear it so often and it
1:00:53
breaks my heart because I'm like, if you have a plan and you
1:00:56
or you know how to use Genie Plus or a combination of those
1:00:59
two, you won't run into that situation where you're waiting
1:01:02
60 minutes for every ride. You just won't.
1:01:05
But that's what happens when you don't know what you're doing.
1:01:08
And then you go into the situation and then you're angry
1:01:10
about it. And it just makes for a really
1:01:12
sad trip experience. I was like, that could have been
1:01:14
easily avoided. Just a little bit of planning,
1:01:17
just a little middle school about planning.
1:01:20
So just. Just a tiny little bit.
1:01:22
Well, and you made a good point in our notes here, being about
1:01:25
being cautious about over planning to you.
1:01:27
You have to find that happy medium between planning enough
1:01:30
and not over planning and that can be tricky to do.
1:01:33
But I think that's why we've talked about that priority list.
1:01:37
It's so important to get the top priority from everyone.
1:01:40
And the way that my family does it is so like we have like 3
1:01:43
tiers of our list kind of that we make.
1:01:45
Because I feel like, again, it's it's managing those expectations
1:01:48
so that people know what is going to happen in your day.
1:01:54
Yeah. And I think that it's for those
1:01:56
of us who love to plan and who have, you know, a year to plan
1:01:59
our Disney vacation, sometimes we want to schedule everything
1:02:02
almost down to the minute of like here's where we'll do
1:02:05
everything, you know. And it can feel very frustrating
1:02:07
when you get off of your schedule or you're not like what
1:02:11
you haven't accomplished as much as you would hope to.
1:02:13
And it's like, you know, just remember, it's supposed to be a
1:02:16
vacation. I know that Disney's a lot of
1:02:18
planning and it's a lot to put together and you really feel
1:02:20
accomplished when you have that plan in place.
1:02:22
But it's OK to take those extra moments for, you know,
1:02:27
spontaneous re rides of rides that people just really loved
1:02:30
and want to go on again. Or some unexpected, unexpected
1:02:34
magic with some character sightings or cow the kid that
1:02:36
comes by. Take a deep breath and be like
1:02:38
this is what Disney is all about.
1:02:39
It's not about the moments that you plan, but the moments to
1:02:42
just kind of happen that are magical.
1:02:45
So keep that in mind as you go that planning is important, but
1:02:49
it's not everything doesn't make or break your vacation
1:02:53
necessarily. Yeah.
1:02:55
Yeah, yes. And I think that perfectly
1:02:57
segues into the next point. If you want to take that one for
1:03:01
us, Kate, because I think you've done a lovely job.
1:03:03
You love explaining all of this. Yeah.
1:03:06
And we kind of touched on it earlier too, where try not to do
1:03:10
everything And, you know, and I I think my, our friend Kirk from
1:03:14
Walrus Carp, I was with him and his lovely wife in Disneyland,
1:03:18
you know, and I'm the inner park nerd in me.
1:03:21
The Disney historian in me was just like, no, but you didn't
1:03:24
see this and you didn't see this and you didn't see this.
1:03:26
And he's like, he's like got something for next time.
1:03:28
I was like, gosh, that's such a healthy perspective.
1:03:31
It's like we have to think about it that way more often, you
1:03:35
know? Of course I just want him to see
1:03:36
everything because he's my friend.
1:03:37
And I was like, you should see all these amazing things.
1:03:39
But truthfully, try not to do everything.
1:03:43
There's going to be things that you don't get to, and that's OK.
1:03:45
I'll give you a reason to come back.
1:03:47
Or maybe it's just you just weren't meant to get to those
1:03:49
things, and that's OK too. Just focus on what you did do
1:03:52
that you loved as a family, and that's enough.
1:03:56
I think our next one kind of goes hand in hand with that a
1:03:58
little bit because I feel like when you've got that list and
1:04:01
you want to be someone who was a box checker like Kate and I both
1:04:04
are families that don't we're we're working on it.
1:04:12
But families that don't take advantage of those early morning
1:04:15
hours we see that happen a lot. And this is something that if
1:04:19
you have listened to Mom St., you have heard us talk about
1:04:21
probably 50 times. But.
1:04:25
Lower crowds in the morning make it so much easier to accomplish
1:04:30
the things that are on your list.
1:04:33
And Kate made a good point too in our notes here that the
1:04:35
weather is typically better in the early morning if you're
1:04:39
expecting it to be, you know, 95 in the Florida heat.
1:04:43
If you can get some rides in before 10:00 AM, you're going to
1:04:46
have the best weather before it gets to be blazing hot.
1:04:50
So having the ability to run through quite a few rides before
1:04:54
the parks get really, really crazy is so crucial.
1:04:58
And so many families miss out on that.
1:05:01
Yeah. And it's it's hard.
1:05:02
It's hard to get everybody up super early in the morning.
1:05:05
Like my Disney mornings. I'm up at like five, 5:30 in the
1:05:08
morning. I'm not a morning person, but I
1:05:11
get my get myself out of bed and I get myself ready.
1:05:14
And then you get all your kids ready.
1:05:15
You know, like, I usually wake up my kids after I'm almost all
1:05:18
the way ready, so I can just help them get ready.
1:05:21
But so we. Yeah, so we can get out the
1:05:23
door. And also, you can focus on
1:05:25
getting yourself ready, because it's impossible when everybody's
1:05:27
like, where's my socks? And you're all in the room all
1:05:31
together because, like you're used to, you know, in your
1:05:33
house, everyone has their own space.
1:05:35
You don't always have that when you stay at a Disney resort.
1:05:37
So no, it's always like, I'm glad that Disney, a lot of their
1:05:40
rooms, even the values and moderates have like, at least
1:05:43
sliding doors or curtains that will block off the bathroom.
1:05:46
So you can try to, like, be in that vanity space getting ready.
1:05:49
I think that's really helpful. But I will say one of my This is
1:05:54
a big pet peeve of mine, and it's OK.
1:05:56
I want to say it's OK if you are one of these people that this is
1:05:59
what you do at Disney, then great, That's good for you and
1:06:04
that's what you want to do at Disney.
1:06:05
Do it. And don't take this as a
1:06:06
criticism, please, but one of my biggest pet peeves is people
1:06:11
that wake up early to go to like the Magic Hours, the extra
1:06:15
resort Magic Time in the morning.
1:06:18
And then they don't go on the rides that are open and instead
1:06:22
they stand in line at Starbucks. And I'm like, what are you doing
1:06:27
with your life? Like, why did you wake up early?
1:06:30
And I get it. I get it.
1:06:32
I get it. I used to work in coffee.
1:06:34
I worked at Seattle's Best in Seattle and Starbucks.
1:06:37
I understand the coffee fix. I understand.
1:06:39
I get it. However, that time is so
1:06:43
critical you can get so many rides done that you would have
1:06:46
to wait hours for later in the day.
1:06:49
It is not the time to stand in line now when the crowds come in
1:06:52
at like 1010 thirty they all start coming in the and if all
1:06:56
the wait times go up then go get your coffee because then people
1:06:59
are not waiting in line as much. There you can have a really
1:07:02
wonderful mid morning coffee, relax, sit down at a table and
1:07:06
know you're not missing out on a thing because the lines have
1:07:08
gotten really long. So yes, don't rope drop coffee
1:07:12
off my soapbox now. Something that we have done in
1:07:20
your Starbucks mug. Just realized how ironic that
1:07:24
is. I'm drinking out of a Starbucks
1:07:26
mug. As I just said, don't I love
1:07:27
that? Something that we have done at
1:07:30
Magic Kingdom that was helpful is we were rope dropping 7
1:07:35
dwarves and while we were in line once we knew kind of when
1:07:40
we were going to get off the ride we mobile ordered they have
1:07:43
a cold brew at Friar's Nook. So we mobile ordered it while we
1:07:46
were in line and then swung by picked it up and walked right to
1:07:51
our next thing so it we didn't have to wait in line.
1:07:54
If you don't need an option that Starbucks offer.
1:07:57
Now I understand there are allergies and preferences and
1:08:00
things like that that maybe Starbucks has that nowhere else
1:08:02
in the park has. However, if you are someone that
1:08:05
can get coffee at an alternate location, keep that in mind that
1:08:09
there are. Lots of other alternative
1:08:12
locations where you can get coffee.
1:08:13
You don't have to go to Main Street, Starbucks.
1:08:16
Yeah. And I, you know, and I don't
1:08:18
necessarily advocate for coffee in your room, but I'll say like
1:08:21
if you just need coffee, like have some coffee in your room
1:08:23
and then get some mid morning if you want like a nicer one, I
1:08:26
would do that. And yes, there are a lot of
1:08:29
other options of places to get coffee as well.
1:08:30
So that's that's a great point. We usually do Starbucks when
1:08:34
we're coming back in from our afternoon break for our evening.
1:08:38
And we'll hit it then, and we'll just do like a Joffrey's or
1:08:41
coffee from the room or whatever in the morning.
1:08:43
So there's lots, there's lots of options.
1:08:46
Just don't rope drop Starbucks or you'll make Kate's eye
1:08:49
twitch. That's what you want to do with
1:08:54
your go ahead anyway. This is something that we've
1:09:00
talked about and this is something that we actually have
1:09:02
a lovely guide that can help you with not paying.
1:09:07
For water in the parks, there are tons of places in every park
1:09:14
that you can get free water or bringing your own water bottle.
1:09:19
You can refill it with lots of lots and lots of different
1:09:22
options. If you need a map, we have those
1:09:24
available on our Instagram page in one of our highlight reels
1:09:28
saved for you all to be able to screenshot and have to access
1:09:32
those park maps with the water locations on them paying for
1:09:36
water. Just just don't do it.
1:09:38
You really don't need to. But also along with that, don't
1:09:41
forget to drink the water that you have in the parks.
1:09:45
That is also very crucial to survival in your Disney trip.
1:09:52
You need more water than you think you do.
1:09:55
Drink more than you ever would at any other place.
1:09:58
That's that's how I do Disney. I drink way more water at Disney
1:10:01
than anywhere else. Yeah, me too.
1:10:04
That's that's the wise way to think of it.
1:10:06
And yeah, so a lot of people are like, oh, but I don't want like
1:10:10
fountain water and stuff. Well, we, we put on those guides
1:10:13
specifically places where you can go and get like fountain,
1:10:16
you know, not water fountain, but like the fountain drinks
1:10:19
like sodas and stuff. They have the water tab on there
1:10:21
where it's really ice cold and wonderful and filtered, which is
1:10:25
important for both LA and Florida.
1:10:27
It's better tasting. So we do have those options on
1:10:30
there so that you can refill your water bottle in a place
1:10:33
that gives you water you actually want to drink.
1:10:35
And I will say yes, that this was, this was something when I
1:10:39
traveled with somebody in the parks one and they just insisted
1:10:44
on buying bottled water every single time.
1:10:46
And I was like keeping like a mental tab of like how much that
1:10:48
cost. And I was like it was like
1:10:51
almost $100 by the end of the day.
1:10:53
And I was like on water, water bottles.
1:10:55
And I was like crazy. But and you know, it clearly
1:10:59
wasn't a big deal to them. So if your financial situation,
1:11:01
you just want to get a cold bottle of water, you know you do
1:11:04
you. But I probably wouldn't spend my
1:11:07
money on that when I could spend it on a lot of other things.
1:11:10
So just say. And I do know of people that
1:11:13
maybe would purchase one at the beginning of their day and then
1:11:17
refill that water bottle. I get it.
1:11:19
Like if you forget yours at home and you want to have 1:00 to be
1:11:22
able to carry around with you, then buy one at the beginning of
1:11:24
the day. But don't continue to buy it
1:11:26
after that. You can just refill that bottle
1:11:29
that you bought at 8:00 AM and you'll be perfectly OK.
1:11:32
I promise. Yes.
1:11:35
Next up, mistakes that families make at Disney.
1:11:38
One is going open to close multiple days without rest.
1:11:43
This is a mistake that I have made.
1:11:45
I have since learned to balance myself a little bit better.
1:11:49
And I will say, we've mentioned this before, but day three is
1:11:52
always the hardest day of your trip.
1:11:54
I don't know what it is about day three.
1:11:55
Day day one, you have all the excitement, energy, adrenaline,
1:11:58
You're ready to go. You're excited.
1:12:00
Day 2, you start to get a little bit tired, but you're still,
1:12:03
like, excited to be there. Day three, it's like everybody's
1:12:06
just like, done. Everybody is crabbier.
1:12:10
Everybody's tired. Everything hurts, you know, like
1:12:13
you're just like you're exhausted.
1:12:14
So know that day three is coming.
1:12:17
Either plan a rest day or a sleep in morning or something.
1:12:21
That makes it more restful for you, knowing that that day is
1:12:24
going to be harder because you're really, really, really
1:12:27
exhausted because your body's probably, unless you're like a
1:12:31
marathoner, you're probably not used to doing 10 to 14 miles a
1:12:34
day. Or at least everybody in your
1:12:36
party isn't, you know, I don't know.
1:12:39
And out in the sun and with the crowds and with the many food
1:12:42
you're not used to eating. It's just the hard on your body.
1:12:45
Even if I sometimes I just take a break when I'm in the parks
1:12:48
and I'll just like find a place to kind of rest and and sit down
1:12:52
for a long time in the AC and, you know, just an hour of
1:12:55
sitting down feels like an hour in my resort if I don't feel
1:12:58
like going all the way back to my resort.
1:13:00
But yes, just be careful. Be conscious of what your body's
1:13:04
telling you, because that's still important even if you're
1:13:07
on vacation. Yes, that's all.
1:13:10
Yes, And even if you are an adult visiting the parks without
1:13:13
kids and you don't think you need to take a nap, you still
1:13:16
may need a break. Something that is very important
1:13:21
and actually ties into the conversation we were having
1:13:24
about hair before we started recording our podcast, Kirk
1:13:27
said. Wasn't relevant.
1:13:29
Excuse me, but here we are. We want to caution families to
1:13:37
not forget hair ties, hair clips, hair brushes, things that
1:13:43
you need in the parks especially because.
1:13:48
You may want to wear your hair down, and the weather may be
1:13:51
nice to wear your hair down. But then you go to get on cosmic
1:13:53
rewind and your hair will end up covering your entire face.
1:13:57
So true. So even if you have them with
1:14:03
you, take them into the park with you.
1:14:06
Make sure you have at least one Throw it on, Throw it on your
1:14:10
wrist. I always have one on my wrist.
1:14:11
Throw it in your park bag. Whatever you need to do.
1:14:14
Have one with you at all times. Yeah, I mean the both in
1:14:19
Disneyland and Disney World, humidity has happened to my
1:14:22
hair, where suddenly it's like Monica Geller when she's like,
1:14:25
her hair is like out to here. You know, I'm funny, but it gets
1:14:27
that Friends reference. But that happens to me sometimes
1:14:30
and I'm like, wow, like I have to put my hair up.
1:14:32
Sometimes I use like a hair, not just a hair tie, but a hair like
1:14:37
a what are they called like a hair stick like that?
1:14:39
I'll just weave through like a bun.
1:14:41
I don't recommend going on like E ticket rides with that because
1:14:44
it could loosen up, but it's easier on your hair than a hair
1:14:46
tie. So if you wanted to protect your
1:14:48
hair a little bit, yeah, I'm sorry I opened.
1:14:51
I opened a sad can of worms with mentioning friends.
1:14:53
So I'm sorry. Sorry for all of that.
1:14:57
We are all very sad about that news that happened this week.
1:15:00
But yes, don't forget your hair. And sometimes I put extra, like
1:15:04
Bobby pins in my bag so that if, especially if I have done put my
1:15:10
hair up in it, something and something's just looking funky.
1:15:14
Halfway through the day, I'll put my pins in and I do take a
1:15:17
tiny little mini hair brush. If I leave my hair down, I take
1:15:19
a little tiny mini hair brush with me into the parks.
1:15:22
But yeah, I've made the mistake of not doing that.
1:15:24
Then I had to put my hair up because it looked awful midday.
1:15:27
So yeah. Yeah, well, I my, I mean, both
1:15:30
of us have such long hair that I will, even if I pull my hair
1:15:34
back. After I get off those fast E
1:15:36
ticket rides, I have to pull my hair brush out to brush it
1:15:40
through because my hair will get so tangled that by the end of
1:15:42
the day it will be painful. So I have to take a hair brush
1:15:46
in with me even if I don't have my hair completely down.
1:15:49
But just having having the ability to braid your hair
1:15:52
quickly or throw it in a ponytail or get it out of your
1:15:55
way off your face, off your neck, all of those options, you
1:15:59
want to make sure you have the ability to do that.
1:16:02
So another and the mistake that I've seen, I have, I have done
1:16:06
this myself honestly and I've seen other people do it, but
1:16:09
taking more than you need to carry.
1:16:10
I'm a notorious Oprah Packer. But this is mostly if you don't
1:16:14
have a stroller. I feel like if you have a
1:16:16
stroller, take the things, take everything that you think you'll
1:16:19
need. Just do it.
1:16:19
It's not going to hurt anything like.
1:16:21
You know, take the I will, I will say the caveat of that that
1:16:25
though is realize that if you're taking a bus.
1:16:29
You have to be able to hold the items and fold the stroller to
1:16:33
be able to get get in and on the bus with the child too.
1:16:39
So you've got to make sure that like one person can hold all
1:16:43
your stuff and the kid while the other person holds the stroller
1:16:46
to get on the bus. So yeah, you have to make sure
1:16:48
that you can physically carry everything you put in the
1:16:50
stroller, but maybe not long distance for it could have a
1:16:54
stroller, so right. But I this was another one that
1:16:57
came from my husband because he was like, don't take like
1:17:00
everything. And I think it's because he
1:17:01
watches me do it. I was like thanks, working like
1:17:05
you know. Holding everything when no one
1:17:07
else wants to hold it, He just he wears his cargo shorts and
1:17:11
puts his water bottle as cargo shirts and like, more power to
1:17:14
you, buddy. Like I have to have a backpack
1:17:16
or something. But but yeah, no, you know,
1:17:20
think about what you absolutely need.
1:17:21
Think about what maybe you can get in the park if you need it.
1:17:25
You know that small? I wouldn't.
1:17:27
I would say you still should probably pack some sunscreen, a
1:17:29
small one at least, and things like that.
1:17:31
Just because those are really expensive.
1:17:35
Yeah, to get. But yeah, don't.
1:17:37
Don't take more than you need to carry.
1:17:39
Because sometimes, especially if it's hot out and you have a
1:17:41
massive backpack full of stuff, you're just going to your back
1:17:44
is going to be just wet all day. Which is so close but true,
1:17:47
yeah. It is so true.
1:17:49
Been there, done that, not fun. And Speaking of strollers or non
1:17:53
strollers, another mistake that we have seen families make is
1:17:57
leaving valuables in your stroller.
1:18:01
You may be at the happiest place on earth or the most magical
1:18:04
place on earth, but people will still help themselves to your
1:18:09
valuables if they are not on your body, on your person and
1:18:13
safely away from where people can grab them.
1:18:16
So. My favorite hack that I always
1:18:18
do that I've talked about before is I put our non valuables in a
1:18:21
bag that does stay in the stroller and then all of our
1:18:24
valuables stay on me and my bag. So that way it doesn't get left
1:18:27
behind and there's no no risk of it being misplaced or taken.
1:18:34
Yeah, that's such a smart tip. I think it's very easy to get
1:18:39
lulled into that sense of like, oh, this is like, this is a
1:18:42
magical place and everybody paid to get in here.
1:18:44
And so it's a safe place. And I'm like, yes, Disney does
1:18:47
do many, many things to make you very safe.
1:18:50
And they have eyes everywhere, everywhere.
1:18:52
So that's great. And I'm really happy that they
1:18:55
have that. However, they can't do, they
1:18:59
can't protect everything all the time.
1:19:01
So just like, think, imagine if you were walking down the
1:19:03
streets of New York or Paris, Would you leave your stroller
1:19:07
parked on the side with like all your valuable stuff?
1:19:10
You wouldn't. So just keep that in mind.
1:19:12
It's just the population is there and it could get stolen.
1:19:15
And Aaron also says so the squirrels, they'll eat things
1:19:18
out of here. That is also true.
1:19:21
That is also very, very true. Do not leave food in your
1:19:25
stroller because it will be. It will be gone.
1:19:28
The squirrels will take it and it's really sad.
1:19:32
Like, I've even heard people being pickpocketed at Disney.
1:19:35
It doesn't happen that often, but I have heard of it
1:19:38
happening. So you know, just a general
1:19:41
awareness that you are in a place with other people and not
1:19:45
all people make great decisions. There's going to be a certain
1:19:48
percentage of the population that's there that might do
1:19:51
something like that. So just be aware of your
1:19:54
surroundings and your possessions at all times.
1:19:58
Yes, agreed. Next up is one that I'm, I'm
1:20:01
definitely guilty of. This is for getting some
1:20:04
protection. Which I'm actually really very
1:20:07
careful about this usually, but sometimes you just brain forgets
1:20:10
to put on sunscreen or bring a hat or wear sunglasses.
1:20:13
I will tell you, especially in Florida, also in Southern
1:20:17
California, you need something for your eyes for sure, because
1:20:20
it's really bright there. And your kids too, you know, at
1:20:24
least a hat to protect them, sunglasses if you can.
1:20:28
And a sunscreen, Sunscreen, friends, just sunscreen.
1:20:31
Seek shade. Wear long layers if you can to
1:20:34
cover up your and like I I have a history of skin cancer in my
1:20:37
family, so this is like really near and dear to my heart that
1:20:40
everybody takes care of themselves this way.
1:20:44
I know you're on vacation, but that sun is really intense and
1:20:47
you're going to look like a lobster and maybe put yourself
1:20:50
at risk. So wear him sunscreen.
1:20:54
And I mean, I have even been guilty of, oh, we'll be in
1:20:57
queues most of the day. They're all covered.
1:21:00
But there are still lots of minutes out of the day that you
1:21:03
are walking in between that you are exposed to that sun.
1:21:07
So regardless, you make sure that you are making a smart
1:21:11
choice for your skin. And Maria says reapply sunscreen
1:21:15
as well. So yes, bring some sunscreen in
1:21:17
the parks for you. Even get a tiny little stick or
1:21:20
something if you need it if you don't want to carry a big bulky
1:21:23
tube. But do reapply, especially when
1:21:26
you're sweating a lot, it's easy for it just to slide off you, so
1:21:30
you're you're going to need more sunscreen than you think you do,
1:21:33
just like everything else. And if you swim same, same goes
1:21:36
for that make sure you reapply yes.
1:21:39
OK, next on our list of mistakes that we see families making on
1:21:43
their Disney trips is not budgeting enough for things like
1:21:48
food souvenirs? All those types of things.
1:21:53
Do a little research, figure out how much you might need for
1:21:58
those things to avoid that sticker shock of getting into
1:22:02
the emporium and seeing that the stuffed animal that your kid
1:22:05
wants is $30 when you expected it to be 20.
1:22:10
Yeah, you got you got to look around and see what you're
1:22:13
anticipating. Do a a general check on prices
1:22:17
so that you know what to budget. Yeah.
1:22:19
And I think like Shop Disney's really great for that too as a
1:22:22
resource in general, baseline prices for things.
1:22:25
I will say sometimes you can get things on Shop Disney cheaper
1:22:29
than in the parks because you can get discount codes for
1:22:31
stuff. So just, you know, keep that in
1:22:33
mind. That's a possibility.
1:22:36
And this was something that I actually asked my husband.
1:22:38
This was on his list of things. And he's like the sticker shock
1:22:42
of being like, Oh my gosh, this sweater costs $120.00.
1:22:46
Like, yeah, it's it's a lot. Like if you're not used to it
1:22:50
and you walk into Disney and you're like, everything is so
1:22:53
expensive, if you're at least aware of that before you go in,
1:22:57
then you're like, OK, OK, I knew this was coming, so I'm, I'm
1:23:00
good. I got this, you know?
1:23:02
So helping your kids be aware of that too.
1:23:05
I know that can be hard for little kids to kind of grasp and
1:23:08
understand, you know, what $10 looks like versus $20 versus
1:23:13
$50.00, but kind of helping them?
1:23:17
Understand that, you know our budget says this, these are the
1:23:21
types of things that you can get for that budget.
1:23:24
Not I'll just go pick something out and then I'm coming back
1:23:27
with something that is $100 toy and you going, no, that's too
1:23:29
expensive put it back. So helping your kids through
1:23:32
that process too, because I know that especially mine, I mean
1:23:34
mine are little, they're only five and seven.
1:23:36
They barely understand what the value of a dollar is.
1:23:41
So. You know, giving them some
1:23:43
choices or explaining to them like OK, or helping You know, my
1:23:46
oldest is to the point where like, OK, let's look at these
1:23:48
prices and see how much they are.
1:23:51
Let's look at the numbers. Let's figure out if you have
1:23:53
enough, you know, use it as a teaching moment if you are able
1:23:56
to with your kiddos, but also making sure they understand your
1:24:01
budget too. Yeah, and we have mentioned this
1:24:04
before, but you know, the possibility that maybe you buy
1:24:07
some things at a local store or something before you go, that's
1:24:11
Disney themed. They have a lot of merchandise
1:24:13
out there that's Disney themed, that it's a lot less expensive
1:24:15
than the parks and maybe stashing it away in your
1:24:18
suitcase. And I know that Kirk from
1:24:21
Walter's Carpi, he uses like Tinkerbell gifts for good
1:24:23
behavior and they give extra toys and things on their gifts.
1:24:26
But just maybe buying a souvenir, you know, you may
1:24:31
maybe get them one there. But you also have a couple of
1:24:33
small things tucked away. We've also talked about glow
1:24:35
sticks and stuff that you can get at the dollar store before
1:24:38
you go. Just keeping in mind that, like,
1:24:41
there's other options for your budget if you can.
1:24:44
You can't afford a lot of the souvenirs or things that are
1:24:46
there. There's some other options to
1:24:48
still make that magic for your kids and yourself without, you
1:24:53
know, breaking the bank because it's very, very sad right now.
1:24:57
There's so many families that write comments and whatnot on my
1:25:00
content that are just saying I can't afford.
1:25:02
Disney will probably never be able to afford to go.
1:25:04
And that just breaks my heart. And I get it.
1:25:07
It's really expensive. It is.
1:25:10
And I'm not going to beat around the Bush about that.
1:25:12
But I think there are things you can do to try to make it less
1:25:16
expensive for your family so that you can still have that
1:25:18
experience and not have it break the bank.
1:25:20
That makes sense. Yeah, absolutely.
1:25:24
I have to do this one because this one's kind of mine.
1:25:27
So this one is things mistakes I've made at Disney that I would
1:25:32
never do again. My one of my biggest ones is
1:25:34
going on Mission Space Orange. And if those of you who are not
1:25:38
familiar with this attraction, I thought it was like a roller
1:25:41
coaster, something like, I this was a long time ago before I
1:25:44
knew a lot more about Disney. And I was like, oh, you know,
1:25:47
like let's go. Like, I liked all your roller
1:25:49
coasters all the time. And they're great.
1:25:50
And like, they're like this. They like, hand me a physical
1:25:52
card that was like, this is really intense.
1:25:54
Like, you know, you have to that knock, all these problems to go
1:25:56
out. I was like, I'll be fine.
1:25:57
You know, they always have those mornings.
1:25:59
No, I didn't know what I was getting into.
1:26:02
Mission space is not like any other E Ticket attraction.
1:26:05
It literally puts you in this tiny little space that is very
1:26:08
claustrophobic, where The thing is like right here and see it
1:26:12
spins you, that's it's technology to make you feel like
1:26:14
you're weightless. Is this is like a centrifugal
1:26:17
force? Is that what it is?
1:26:18
And it like, spins you so that you feel weightless.
1:26:20
And that spinning sensation messes with a lot of people in
1:26:24
their like inner ear and whatnot, including myself.
1:26:27
Like my husband and I, he doesn't even get motion sick.
1:26:30
We felt so awful we had to lay down like the rest of the day,
1:26:33
and it really took out a day of our vacation.
1:26:36
So they do have a side of that attraction, this mission Space
1:26:40
Green that doesn't have the spinning part of it.
1:26:42
That might still be a little claustrophobic, but at least
1:26:44
doesn't have a. Spinning part, it is
1:26:47
claustrophobic. I don't go on it anymore.
1:26:49
I've been on it two or three times and I was finally like,
1:26:53
you know, I don't think I need to do that again.
1:26:58
Like, like I think I'm, I'm past the time of my life when I'm
1:27:01
going to talk myself into doing things that I don't want to do.
1:27:04
I just just not. I mean, and it's one of those
1:27:07
things like, but. Yeah, and someday, like, if my
1:27:11
kids are like, mom, will you come on it with us?
1:27:14
OK, well, we got to go on green because my mom can't handle the
1:27:17
orange side. No, I just like my son loves
1:27:21
space. And so he wanted to go on it.
1:27:23
And I was like, I I can't. I love you.
1:27:26
I can't. So he did go with, like, I think
1:27:28
his grandmother. But I was like, yeah, Nope, I
1:27:31
can't even do green. I'm traumatized.
1:27:33
Like I won't ever. I do want to go and go through
1:27:37
the queue at some point just to like see it again.
1:27:40
It's been so long. But I'm no, not the ride.
1:27:43
So be careful with mission stakes.
1:27:45
That's that's the thing. Don't make that mistake.
1:27:47
Don't take yourself out for a whole day if you're.
1:27:49
Doing a trip and and there are a couple other rides that that can
1:27:53
be said for. So just again, do your research
1:27:56
if you're someone that is prone to claustrophobia or.
1:28:01
You know, motion sickness obviously is one that a lot of
1:28:04
people are aware of. There are various different
1:28:06
rides that are better or worse for those, depending on your
1:28:10
situation. And I again will always stress
1:28:13
that there are point of view videos available on YouTube.
1:28:16
If you're like, I'm not really sure, just go watch it and then
1:28:20
maybe decide from there and I will say like the equivalent to
1:28:24
that in not the exact same ride but the same kind of feeling is
1:28:28
the Pixar PAL around and Disney's California Adventure on
1:28:32
the other coast. The swinging ones in particular
1:28:36
are terrifying this and motion sickness inducing, and they are
1:28:41
not for the faint of heart. And so if somebody's trying to
1:28:43
convince you to go on them, just see what you're getting into.
1:28:48
They do have motion sickness bags in that one too, for a
1:28:50
reason and they are, they're really scary.
1:28:53
So I wouldn't, I wouldn't personally put one of my kids in
1:28:57
there without them really wanting to do it because it's
1:29:01
terrifying and there's no word you're not buckled in, you're
1:29:03
just holding on. So.
1:29:05
Right, right. That's that's a lot to handle if
1:29:08
you don't know what you're getting into.
1:29:10
Yeah, Yeah. So are we finally at our last,
1:29:14
our last thing on our list? Now we said before that this
1:29:18
list could have been four times longer.
1:29:21
So keep in mind this is not a comprehensive list.
1:29:24
But the last item on our What Not to do at Disney actually
1:29:29
comes from our friend Kirk at Walrus Carp, and he sees
1:29:33
families that ignore the resorts.
1:29:38
And I agree with that because I have been there, I am currently
1:29:42
there. I have ignored the resorts on
1:29:45
the majority of my trips because like I mentioned earlier, we're
1:29:48
just such park people. We just want to be in the parks
1:29:52
all the time. So it's it's hard but finding
1:29:55
the balance and being able to do that and that's part of the
1:29:58
reason why we are taking our our trip that we're getting ready
1:30:01
for here in a couple weeks is. We wanted some time in the
1:30:04
resorts because we never get to do them, so we purposely planned
1:30:08
like 3 full days on this next trip to be able to do the
1:30:13
resorts. So don't ignore everything that
1:30:17
the resorts have to offer. Yeah.
1:30:19
And I think, you know, especially seasonal times, you
1:30:22
think the Grand Californian or, sorry, the Grand Floridian and
1:30:25
the Grand Californian, they've got gingerbread house displays
1:30:28
and, you know, Easter eggs at Easter time.
1:30:30
And I've talked about going to Animal Kingdom because you can
1:30:34
see the animals without staying there.
1:30:36
You can go out and physically see all these really exotic
1:30:39
animals, kind of like going on Kilimanjaro Safaris, but you
1:30:42
just get to stand there and watch them for a while, which is
1:30:45
wonderful. And they have really great food
1:30:47
there as well. So yes, resort hopping is an
1:30:51
absolute must. Not just the Monorail Lion or
1:30:54
whatever or the Sky Liner lines, but, you know, if you can get to
1:30:58
some of those resorts and you can use to see transportation,
1:31:01
you just can't use Disney transportation from your resort
1:31:03
to another resort. So you're going to have to go to
1:31:06
like a hub. You know, if I'm staying on like
1:31:09
the Sky Liner Lion, I like to go to Hollywood Studios because the
1:31:13
buses are right next to the Sky Liner station.
1:31:15
And so you can easily walk to a bus and then and hop.
1:31:18
So there's a lot of ways to do that.
1:31:20
You're just going to have to go to a park then to get to a
1:31:22
resort, which is a little bit a longer journey if you don't have
1:31:26
a car, but it's worth it. Yes, it's fun.
1:31:29
Well, I think that's the end of our list.
1:31:31
I think for now, I'm sure there's other mistakes that will
1:31:33
pop up and you know, feel free to not that this will do, but in
1:31:38
general like that you guys think of and feel free to chat with us
1:31:42
on social media and whatnot and you know, communicate with us.
1:31:46
We also have our Pocket fan while we're Scarf Discord that
1:31:49
we're a part of there as well. And we have a thread for Mom St.
1:31:52
USA that we love to have conversations there about park
1:31:55
planning anytime. So that's a great place to bring
1:31:58
those up so other people know what not to do at Disney.
1:32:03
Yes, we always love hearing from you.
1:32:04
You guys are so helpful and you're part of what makes Mom
1:32:07
Street so helpful to others. So we love it when you guys
1:32:10
chime in and give us all of your input because you guys have
1:32:14
different experiences and Kate and I have.
1:32:16
So it's fun to hear what you guys have experienced or seen or
1:32:20
done. On your trips to the parks.
1:32:23
OK, so let's do our Ask the Mom. So for anyone who is new, we try
1:32:29
our best to end every one of our podcast episodes with our Ask
1:32:33
the Mom segment where we take a question or multiple questions
1:32:37
from our Mom St. community on various Disney topics and we
1:32:41
will answer them for you guys to help you with your future trips.
1:32:45
So our question for Ask the moms this evening?
1:32:50
That is one that I feel like we get asked constantly is how many
1:32:57
days should I plan for my trip to Disney, whether it won't be
1:33:03
Walt Disney World or Disneyland. We get this question probably
1:33:07
weekly. Whether it's in our live, on our
1:33:10
social media, we see it asked in so many places.
1:33:13
So Kate, what is your input on how many days you should have at
1:33:19
the parks? OK, so Disneyland in California.
1:33:25
I would recommend minimum three days, which is 2 in Disneyland
1:33:30
and one in California Adventure because in Disneyland there's 29
1:33:35
attractions. It will take you a while to get
1:33:38
through most of those if you want to try to see most of the
1:33:40
things. And then there's significantly
1:33:42
less in California Adventure. But it's still a really
1:33:46
wonderful park you want a full day at, especially with World of
1:33:48
Color at the end. So 3 days minimum I would say If
1:33:52
you want to try to do more and you also don't want to be
1:33:55
running around trying to just like a a really unmanageable
1:33:59
pace, I would recommend five days for a really nice relaxed
1:34:04
ish family vacation where you can take your time and enjoy and
1:34:07
see all the things. So five days is what I recommend
1:34:09
usually for Disneyland for that pace and Disney World.
1:34:16
I usually recommend a solid week there with a rest day in the
1:34:20
middle. That's usually where I head for
1:34:22
that. More if you want to make it
1:34:24
really relaxed and have more rest time, minimum four days.
1:34:28
If you wanted us visit each park, you got to do 1 park per
1:34:30
day. But you'll only see the
1:34:32
highlights. You probably won't get to see a
1:34:34
lot of it. So what about you Jackie?
1:34:36
What do you recommend? Yeah.
1:34:38
I agree with what you said. I mean, obviously I will defer
1:34:41
to you for all things Disneyland because I have not experienced
1:34:44
that yet. But with Disney World, I I
1:34:47
totally agree. I think if you're doing 1 park
1:34:49
per day, obviously it makes sense to do four days.
1:34:54
If you're doing and if you're doing 1 park per day and you
1:34:58
really want to hit the majority of each park, I would suggest 5
1:35:04
park days because I would suggest two days in Magic
1:35:07
Kingdom. If you're not doing a hopper
1:35:09
option, you're doing just one park per day.
1:35:11
I would suggest 5 park days, and maybe one of those days you take
1:35:15
an extended break or you do something different.
1:35:17
You go to a resort you know you don't.
1:35:19
Maybe don't spend the whole day there, but I really think Magic
1:35:22
Kingdom needs a day and a half to two days to hit the majority
1:35:26
of what that park has to offer. If you're doing a park hopper,
1:35:29
you could probably get away with four days in the parks.
1:35:33
Because you would have some ability to hop back to parks if
1:35:36
you didn't finish everything, depending on your lists and
1:35:39
where you want to go and all of that.
1:35:41
But I would say 4-4 days minimum, but I would say
1:35:46
something closer to to probably 5:00 to 6:00 to really, really
1:35:50
be able to get through everything at the parks.
1:35:52
Yeah, I agree. Like six to seven nights stay in
1:35:57
Walt Disney World and and five days total.
1:36:01
And I usually do like what we do is like 5 day park tickets and
1:36:05
we do kind of like we do travel days on the other side.
1:36:09
So it makes it seven days total. But they're traveling in and out
1:36:12
and those half days we do something like Disney Springs or
1:36:14
resorts or like something that's not park or swimming at the
1:36:18
hotel and just enjoy. And then we do those five days
1:36:22
and the day in the middle we do, we sleep in and do like 1/2
1:36:25
resort day and maybe do an evening in the parks or
1:36:27
something like that. So I agree.
1:36:31
Yeah. And we've done stuff like that
1:36:32
before. We typically will do an entire
1:36:34
day off just because for us it's a lot cheaper if you don't have
1:36:38
to pay for that park ticket, if you're not going to use the
1:36:41
whole day. That's just kind of the way that
1:36:43
we approach it. We really want to make the most
1:36:46
of our money that we're putting towards those park tickets.
1:36:48
So we want to make sure we're using them open to close.
1:36:52
Obviously, those of you that maybe go multiple times a year
1:36:55
or have annual passes, things like that, it gets a little bit
1:36:57
different with kind of how you fluctuate those park days with
1:37:00
that. But we really try to make sure
1:37:03
that we do like an open and close.
1:37:05
So yeah, we typically will do 2 parks a full day of rest,
1:37:08
whether it be swimming in Disney Springs or resorts or whatever,
1:37:11
and then our last two parks to end the trip.
1:37:14
So that's typically what we end up doing.
1:37:17
And I see Chris over here is making a comment that they did 1
1:37:20
1/2 days at Epcot and still never got to walk World
1:37:23
Showcase. And Epcot is a big park.
1:37:25
It's like physically large park. And so you could get tired
1:37:29
really easily and then not get to that World Showcase or vice
1:37:32
versa, not get to Future World, which is the front part of the
1:37:35
park. So you know what, That's again,
1:37:38
where Park hoppers are are great, especially if you have a
1:37:41
limited time in the park, but you want to try to go back and
1:37:44
hit things you didn't get to. If you're tight on budget, just
1:37:49
do one part per day for Disney World.
1:37:50
It'll be fine and you'll make it, But if you have a limited
1:37:54
time and you want to get to multiple things, I think Park
1:37:56
Hopper is your way to go to try to go back and see a couple
1:38:00
things you might have missed. And also World Showcase and
1:38:02
Epcot, just great to go for food, you know, it's like a
1:38:05
great pop in for a meal in World Showcase.
1:38:08
Yeah. That's one of our areas that I
1:38:10
feel like we always have to very strategically plan.
1:38:13
Especially when it comes to food like we have to know exactly
1:38:16
what we want to eat because we will just wander and get lost in
1:38:20
all of the food options around World Showcase.
1:38:23
And it's like, oh, that looks good, No focus.
1:38:26
Pay attention, you have a list. Use your list to guide you.
1:38:30
Oh yeah, we always go in. If there's a festival, we go in
1:38:33
with a list and be like, these are the things that we would
1:38:36
enjoy eating, you know? And then, like, it keeps us on
1:38:39
task. Not necessarily like, we have to
1:38:42
get all of those things, but these are the things we're going
1:38:44
to aim for and we usually get to most of them.
1:38:46
Which is fun, right? Well, this is a really fun
1:38:49
episode. Shall we wrap it up?
1:38:52
Yes, briefly. I do just want to mention what's
1:38:54
coming up next before we end officially.
1:38:58
So next week, let me find where we are.
1:39:03
We aren't even know, so I'm glad you next.
1:39:05
Week. I oh, I pulled up the dock
1:39:07
because I didn't remember what we were doing.
1:39:10
I had to look and see. Next we're going to talk about
1:39:13
Jollywood because that will be after Kate goes to the first
1:39:17
party for Jollywood nights at Hollywood Studios.
1:39:20
So that is coming up very quickly.
1:39:23
Kate's trip is coming up very quickly.
1:39:26
So many exciting things coming up very quickly.
1:39:28
So make sure you follow us on all of the places so you don't
1:39:32
miss any of it. Yeah, it'll be fun.
1:39:36
But for tonight, it's time. Time to say goodnight and to go
1:39:40
to bed for me. All righty.
1:39:44
Well, thank you everybody for joining us for this episode of
1:39:47
Mom St. USA.
1:39:48
We hope that you learn some things not to do at Disney to
1:39:52
help make your trip a little bit more magical for your family and
1:39:55
avoid a little bit of frustration.
1:39:58
We'll see you next time on Mom St.
1:40:00
USA. Have a great night everybody.
1:40:02
Thank. You guys so much have a great
1:40:04
night.