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A D-23 2024 Recap: Magic Happenings with Tere Musibay · Cristy M. Diaz Podcast Conversations from the Heart

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Hello everybody. Welcome to an impromptu
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segment of Mamas in Miami where we are
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going to be touching up on all new
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things coming Disney related. I woke up
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this morning, checked my Instagram, and
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was flooded with all the new Disney
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information that came out of the Disney
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23 Expo. My family and I are huge Disney
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fans, and there's so much happening uh
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that we have to look forward to with the
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kids and in the movie theaters, in the
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parks. Um, the first person I wanted to
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share everything with this morning was
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actually my mom. So, I decided to wake
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her up and tell her that she's going to
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be live for the first time on Mamas in
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Miami this morning to share all this
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news with her. Um, she's the biggest
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Mickey fan I've ever met. And I think I
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got it from her. So, bear with me. She
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just joined the room and we're going to
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invite her in.
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Are you there? I'm here. How are you?
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Okay, Mom. Do you have some incredible
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news for me? I do. I do. Okay. You know
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that, you know how I'm obsessed with the
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Disney 23 Expo? That that big conference
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that they do releasing all the Disney
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information that I've always wanted to
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go to. Well, this morning my Instagram
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went bing bing bing bing bing with so
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many things that are happening. Disney
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that the first person I thought, okay,
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Mimi has to Mimi is the first one to
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know. Tell me. I can't wait. Okay, I
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can't wait. Is your bag already packed?
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Hold on. Hold on. Cuz you know that I'm
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always ready. So, this bag has been with
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me, as you know, for years and years.
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And when I get back from There you go.
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There you go. I taught you well. So, as
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everybody, as you know, when I get back
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from the trip, I clean out the bag and
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then I refill it again with the
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essentials. Poncho. Poncho. Poncho for
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sure cuz we've been caught in the rain
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many, many times. Our water bottle.
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Uhhuh. My thing for my
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phone hanging from my bag. That mini is
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actually a Nokia phone holder from the
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early 2000s. So I It's just there as a
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keychain now. No, but I can't part with
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it. Just like the talking Mickey that
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was is a relic. It's a relic. So uh I
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think you gave that to Carlos cuz I
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don't have it. Yeah. And of course for
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you know the essentials and our pin
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collection
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has that in her room. Exactly. So yeah,
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I'm I'm ready. Tell me. Yeah, but look,
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I went up to and I keep all my mini ears
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in my
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bag. You see, I think the last time we
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went, we had CO going on cuz I still
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have masks. Yeah. I have the bottle of
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Tide that we always take with us in the
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room because one of the kids is always
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dirty. And then fun fact for everybody,
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I buy one set. This is this was provided
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by my amazing
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sister-in-law P my because I refuse to
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buy these things for the kids as my mom
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knows. So what I do is I only have them
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in the bag for when they ask for them
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every year and then I slide them back in
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and they forget that they they think
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it's a new one every year. Well, I could
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have gone to the pantry now and brought
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out the popcorn bin that we also bring
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with us. So Oh my god, mom. I'm sure
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this bag has gone bad. I got to throw
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this away. Yeah. No, I clean it out. I
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clean it out when I come back. And of
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course, this is just the backpack that I
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carry. But you, you know that I have
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pajamas that I take that are Mickey
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pajamas, all of our, you know, if it's
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cold, our sweatshirts. We have the
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through the years, I know, through the
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years, we've accumulated all of our
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gear. So when we're ready to go, we just
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open that door and everything is there.
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Yeah. But you know, Mom, tell everybody
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how the funny thing is that every time
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we leave Disney, we're like, we're not
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going again. This was ridiculous. The
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lines, the costs, and then we hear all
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this information and we want to go back.
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Let me tell you, the last trip was a
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little bit rough, but with everything
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that I know is coming, we're going to
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have to bite the bullet. It's just that
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with this heat, it's impossible.
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Wait for the weather to get better.
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Hello everybody joining for the first
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time. We're doing an impromptu session
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with my mom, Mimi. We're going to call
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it Mimi's Mickey Magic because there's
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no greater Mickey fan than my mom. But I
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think the bigger Mickey fan really in
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hiding is my dad. Um my dad when he was
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a child, he told my grandmother that he
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wanted to come back as a Disney bathroom
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child to live at the Magic Kingdom for
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the rest of his life.
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You know, it's it's incredible because I
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never thought that I would be able to
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share my Disney, you know, fanatism or
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whatever. And your father, I think he's
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a bigger fan than I. So, whenever I
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would say it's time to take the kids to
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Disney, it was like he was the first one
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packing or getting the car ready. And it
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it's always been We're a big uh Disney
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family for sure. We are. We spent all of
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your anniversaries at Magic Kingdom. All
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of them and a couple of New Year's that
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were fun. A couple of New Year's. Um, my
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grandmother always came with us. My
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dad's mom always came with us. And then
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my my grandma who passed away, but she
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was like, she lived life yolo. I mean,
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mom tells me the stories of when she
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used to say, "Okay, we're going to
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Disney." And she used to pack up her
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station wagon and put everybody in
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matching polo shirts so she can keep an
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eye on them. And she would take a
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truckload to Disney. Right, Mom? Always.
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always I I have the fondest memories of
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of Disney uh you know through my
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childhood and my teenage years and
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everything and my mom was a huge Disney
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fanatic. She was the first one with all
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the gear and you know that's I think
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obviously that's where I got it from and
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I think that that's where you you get it
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from too. Yeah, it's really bad. I mean
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you guys I am such a nerd. If anybody
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ever wants to get me a present, I'm a
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size onefits-all Disney Expo member uh
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to be someday. And I'll get the Golden
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Duo pass, which is
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$129.99, so mom and I can go to these
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exposion where they give all the
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information of what's to come. Um, so
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that's why my Instagram was pinging like
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crazy because I guess since I follow all
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this stuff, the algorithm follows me.
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Mom, let me tell you, let me get into
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everything that's coming out. So, they a
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slew of movies, a the live action of
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Mufasa, which is coming now for
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Thanksgiving. And it turns out Mufasa
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and Scar aren't biological brothers from
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what I'm seeing in the trailer. I saw
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the trailer. It's amazing. It looks
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great. Followed by Snow White in live
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action. and Galado. Um, Wonder Woman is
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the wicked witch for Snow White. I'm not
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com I'm not very familiar with the girl
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that plays Snow White, but it looks
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fantastic. For what? So, when is that
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coming out? Well, unfortunately, so I
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have it all written down real quickly.
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That's coming out next year. Let me go
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in order. I I'm mistaken. What's coming
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out for Thanksgiving is Moana part two
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animated. Yeah. And she has a little
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sister.
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told me about that. So cute. I know.
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You're gonna die. We have to go. AI told
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me about that. Yeah. So, Moana's coming
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for Thanksgiving, you guys. Um and then
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for December, for Christmas, the movie
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that's coming out is Mufas Live. Okay.
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Then for next year, the lineup is
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fantastic. Um Jam Lee Curtis and Lindsay
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Lohan made a surprise appearance at the
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expo, announcing that they're doing
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Freaky Friday part two, and it's going
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to be called Freakier Friday. Oh my
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goodness. I can't wait. Adri, our your
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grandchild, my daughter. She's obsessed
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with Lindsay Lohan from the Parent Trap
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movies, which is the movie we played at
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a movie theater for her uh 10th birthday
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this year. So that she's super excited
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about that one. Then the one that my son
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Danny is super excited about is Lilo and
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Stitch Live Action. And the voice of
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Stitch is Zach Galifanakis. Wow.
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We love him from The Hangover. Oh yeah.
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So that's going to be one we're looking
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forward to. Like I mentioned, Snow
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White, then Tron for whoever's a fan of
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it. Um, I'm a super fan of this one
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that's coming. Zootopia Part Two. A,
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that's a good one. I love Zootopia. And
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I love Jason Baitman as as Mr. Fox. I
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forgot his uh Oh, yeah. It'll come to me
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now. Yeah. So, that one's coming. And
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then there's a new Pixar movie coming
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out. Alio.
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Yeah. I have no idea what it's about,
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but there was a little boy on a saucer
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looking galactic thing with something
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that looked like almost a caterpillar
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worm kind of thing. So, that one's
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coming. Then in 2026, we have Moana Live
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and um the girl who voiced Moana is
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reprising her role, live action, and The
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Rock is going to be Maui live. That's
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amazing. They they needed to do this.
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They haven't really been doing much, so
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they needed this. So, that one's coming
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in 2026. The one I think that you're
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going to be most excited about, Toy
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Story 5. Well, actually, Alex. Alex, as
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you know, obsessed with Toy Story. Um,
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so yeah, I'm excited for that. Alex is
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my little brother. He's six years my
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senior. Um, and I think the first Toy
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Story came out when Alex was little,
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right, Mom? Yeah, absolutely. He he he
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says that's his number one movie. I
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think that that's the first Pixar movie
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uh that came out and that Alex uh
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watched obviously and he's a huge uh
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Pixar and movie fanatic in general. He
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scared that his uh toys would come to
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life at when that thing first came out.
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Alex was super into Disney and I would
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foster a lot of this imagination as you
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know. That poor kid probably didn't
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sleep thinking the toys were coming to
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life. So, Toy Story 5, this is what I'm
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super curious to see. I think they've
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done a really good job reimagining the
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story line. They're going to revolt
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against electronics, the toys. The
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picture is a little kid sitting on his
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bed with the covers on his head with on
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an iPad and the toys are staring at him
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like, "Why are you on that? Why aren't
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you playing with me?" They what they
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genius killed it. It's perfect. That's
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genius. The on the last one, all these
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toys went away because they she went to
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college. He went to college. He went to
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college and he gave them to Bonnie.
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Exactly. So, I always thought, oh, watch
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it be like somebody's kids. It's the
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grandparents giving the kids, but no,
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it's what happens with the electron.
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It's happening right now in the world.
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So, it's going to be really interesting
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to see how that comes out. That's going
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to be fun. That would be great. Then
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they also said um 2027 Frozen 3 and it's
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going to explain how Elsa got her
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powers. Oh, so that one should be really
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fun. So, they've got a great lineup of
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the lives and of the um animated films
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and then they're they finally dropped
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the information that there is concepts
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already being created for The
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Incredibles part three.
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I saw that. But I don't know if you have
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this on your list and I read this that
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they're creating a whole section for the
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villains of Disney.
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Look how many notes I have. Watch. I'm
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getting ahead. I I put them in order cuz
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I there was so much information. The
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last thing of of things on TV and and
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the movie theaters is that Inside Out is
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going to be coming out with a series for
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Disney Plus with all the emotions. I
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love which you took the kids to see the
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movie and you said it was amazing.
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Amazing. I liked the second part even
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more than the first. Everybody's saying
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that. So that's something to look
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forward to. So those are all the movies.
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So this year you have everybody Mufasa
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and what was the other one I said that
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was coming out? Moana cartoon part two.
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So there's a lot coming out and then
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that's just in movies. The Disney Cruise
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Line is getting four new ships from the
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year 2027 to 2031. No, we got to make it
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on one of those. I think that ship
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sailed for us, Mom. I don't know. Okay,
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so that's Disney Cruise Lines. Let me
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get into the parks. There's a lot
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happening at the parks. Yeah. Magic
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Kingdom. Let's start there. The Disney
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Starlight Nighttime Parade. They're
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doing a brand new nighttime parade. Do
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you remember the electrical parade with
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all the little lights? It's my favorite.
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I know it's your favorite. So, starting
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next summer, they're creating a new
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nighttime parade then. Oh, but in the
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the summer, I know who who can support
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summer in and Disney. I gave up on going
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in the summer because it's it's too hot.
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What would you do with with us when it
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was that hot? Well, as you know, we
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would always stay either at the
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Contemporary or the Polynesian or the
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Boardwalk so that we could spend the day
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at the hotel doing other Disney stuff.
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And then we would go in once the sun
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would come down and spend evenings.
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Remember that we would try and get you
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guys to take naps or whatever so that
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you would last. And normally the parks
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close really late in the summer because
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of that. But what do you recommend then
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that people do now? the the they used to
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be called the lu it was
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luxury
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modern they had categories for the rooms
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and those rooms have become untouchable
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mom which you and I have stepped foot in
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one and I don't know how long I don't
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think my kids have ever stayed in any of
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those hotels the original the the
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Polynesian the contemporary all those
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were our hotels of choice I mean the
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fidian uh when it first came out you've
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become very good had
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um uh renting these theme homes that
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you've been doing lately. I think that
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that's the way to go when especially if
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you go with a group. The best way I have
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found ever since the kids were what,
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like two and three, was that as I've
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mentioned to you guys before, every time
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I travel, I try to find a location that
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has a kitchenet to feed them breakfast.
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And Disney became my trial spot for
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this. And I would I would go as far as
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to go to the dollar store or Walmart and
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buy Disney themed plates so that the
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kids wouldn't know any better. And we
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would rent these off uh park rooms with
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kitchens or off park little apartments.
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Now everybody knows about these amazing
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theme homes to go in a big group. And
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it's way more affordable to stay there
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unfortunately than it is to go um and
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stay in the parks. And I even learned
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when we had Danny and Adi very little in
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the double stroller that I got to a
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point where I was the number one like
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Montreal and bus uh passenger, but with
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that double coachce having to put that
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away and stand in a bus at 10:00 at
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night with two sleeping kids, I'd rather
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have my car parked at the at the parking
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lot, no matter how far it is. Remove
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them, stick in the in the car seat, and
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you're done. We've gone through all of
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the scenarios because when you guys were
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teenagers, we never stopped going to
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Disney as well, you know, and obviously
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the Montreal was the best way. Um, and
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as you know, we also lived in Orlando
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for two years and Disney was our
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backyard. Like it was our playground.
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Um, and that's why Alex became such a
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big fan because Alex was what, three
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years old or something like that. Um, so
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yeah, we've we've done it all. But the
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best way with kids with strollers,
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especially a double stroller, which is
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how we used to roll with Danny and
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Audrey, it's just
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parking. We've done We've done it all.
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And we've rented the strollers, too, I
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should say. And the Disney strollers are
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fantastic, folks, because they are
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lightweight. Those wheels are made for
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those parks. You don't get stuck
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anywhere. But the problem with the
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stroller is the end of the night when
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everybody's asleep. How do you get those
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kids from point A to point B if you have
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to return the stroller right before you
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walk out of the park? That's when you
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need it the most. We've done it. I know.
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We've done it all. We've done it all.
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Mom and I are going to come back really
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plan this out and give you guys our tips
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and tricks for Disney trips. I think
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we've gotten really good at um not
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hacking it. I don't want to say hacking
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it. That's the inappropriate word. I
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want to say just knowing what preparing
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being smart about how we go about
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things. Packing extra um portable
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chargers to have our apps handy these
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days at that know. Yeah. I I there's I
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know all the portable charger recharging
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stations now at the parks. My mom
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actually knows every baby center at the
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You tell her which park you're at and
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she'll tell you where the baby center is
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because I think
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And it used to be so good. My mom said
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that they used to even have like Gerber
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would sponsor it and the food was
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already there. Everything. They would
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heat it up for you. Uh nursing rooms for
17:48
moms that would nurse. Um yeah. I mean,
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it's it's it's incredible. We're going
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to save all of that for another podcast,
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Mom. And we're that's why we're naming
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this Mimi's Mickey Magic because who
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better than Mimi to guide everybody
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because you've been going to the parks
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for years. Well, I have a picture of my
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very first trip the year that Disney
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opened. I believe it was
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76. Yeah. So, with my autograph book
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trying to get autographs from all the
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characters. But um one of the things
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that we can't forget to mention is our
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famous stop that we get all our gear at.
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So yes, this is the ultimate Disney tip
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from Mimi's Magic. Mimi's Mickey Magic.
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Go ahead, Mimi. Tell her where we stop.
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At the Walmart Super Center is where we
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stop. right before I think it's where is
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it at in uh Rey Creek. So, I will find
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you guys the address and I will mark it
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in our stories. I'm wearing right now
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and Mimi is wearing right now two of our
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Walmart finds there at that Walmart
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store. These are a quarter of the price,
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my friends. Yeah, I have ears galore.
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Every time we go, we get a new set of
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ears because we actually buy them at
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this Walmart center with themes, too.
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Christmas, Easter. Like, it's amazing.
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Here's another Walmart one. This was a
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Walmart one. This one's fantastic. You
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could tell the difference in the Walmart
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ones because the ears are just here.
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Here's an actual Mickey one. And here's
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a a Walmart one. You could see that
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there's a difference in the ear size,
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but who cares? Who cares? Um, so yeah.
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So mom and I every time we go, we go to
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the Walmart, we get our milk and our
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eggs and everything for breakfast. We'll
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get a new Mickey shirt to add to our
19:49
growing collection. Uh, last time I Adri
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got a pair of Mickey leggings. You got
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the leggings, too. I did, too. They were
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great. Yeah. And we also No, they
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weren't leggings. They were sweatpants.
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Yeah, because it was we we always go in
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the winter. You're right. You're right.
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But these were leggings. Yeah. Um,
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another hack which I'll just tell you
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guys now, every holiday we used to go,
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we go every year for my parents
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anniversary, December 4th. As you guys
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know, way back when when the Hollywood
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Studios was called the MGM Studios,
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there was the Osborne Christmas Family
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Lights. That was my parents favorite
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thing to do. Do you guys remember the
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original uh necklaces that were light
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bulbs that would flash? Well, I think
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they would sell those for $20. And my
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kids are always like, "I want, I want, I
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want." until I found out that every
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Christmas the dollar the dollar store
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sells them. So now I buy for everybody,
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put it on them that day and they don't
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know where it came from. No. And we
20:46
started decorating the stroller with
20:48
that at point because we had so many
20:51
leftovers from other years that we would
20:54
just light up the stroller. Exactly. We
20:56
would light up the stroller. Another
20:58
great hack for you guys. I use the
21:00
dollar store and Walmart for everything.
21:03
I last hack, I promise, cuz we need to
21:05
save information for our next hack. But
21:07
the other thing I did when Adriana
21:09
turned four at the Bibbidity Bobby
21:10
Boutique. I found the princess outfit
21:13
that she wanted at J C Penney for a
21:16
fraction of the price. She wanted to be
21:18
Jasmine. All of my daughter's princess
21:21
dresses except for one that my
21:23
grandmother bought her, they were all
21:24
from J. C. Penney because they're so
21:26
much cheaper. So, she walked into Magic
21:28
Kingdom already dressed like the
21:30
princess and all I had to do was pay for
21:32
the hair. remember mom? Oh yeah. I
21:34
wasn't at that trip, but we weren't on
21:36
that one, but yes. Yes. So, we're gonna
21:38
save the hacks for another podcast. Let
21:40
me go through what's happening in the in
21:41
the parks. So, we mentioned the parade.
21:44
It's going to come out summer 2025. My
21:46
mom kind of touched up on Villains Land.
21:48
It's going to have two attractions and
21:51
dining. And I Mom, I don't know if you
21:53
know this. I knew this. Um, people have
21:56
always been advocating for villains
21:58
land. And I had once watched a
22:00
documentary that it was touched up upon,
22:02
but people would think it was scary and
22:04
that the haunted mansion was enough. So,
22:07
rumors started in 1991 that people
22:10
started advocating for a villain's land
22:13
and that's why everybody's so excited
22:15
that it's finally coming and that's
22:17
going to go in Fantasy Land, which
22:19
they've just had a huge expansion. I
22:21
don't know where they're going to stick
22:22
it. Well, well, I don't know if they've
22:25
done anything with that whole area of
22:27
the submarine.
22:29
So, oh, I don't know. Well, I haven't
22:32
been in that area in so long. Yeah. I
22:34
mean, lately when we've gone, we've gone
22:36
to either Epcot or we've gone to the uh
22:39
studios. You're right. You're right.
22:41
Maybe that's a lot of thought that they
22:44
should do a Finding Nemo there.
22:47
I know. They need to they need to revamp
22:50
the the Magic Kingdom.
22:52
Well, a lot Frontier Land, which I hope
22:57
that they don't tear down now Thunder
23:00
Mountain. I hope they they keep it on.
23:02
They are they are adding to Frontier
23:05
Land, a Cars World with two attractions,
23:09
one being a sidebyside scenic ride on
23:12
the cars. I saw that. Um, so that's
23:14
going to be super great. Um, obviously
23:17
we know Splash Mountain has been turned
23:19
into Tiana's Bayou. Um, say what you
23:23
may. I mean, for us it's always going to
23:24
be Splash Mountain, right? Um, then the
23:28
new Country Bears has been revamped. Um,
23:31
they're singing they're singing uh
23:33
Disney songs now. Okay. So, that one's
23:35
already opened. Um, something my dad's
23:38
going to be really upset about in Epcot,
23:40
they're closing Test Track again because
23:42
they're redoing it 3.0.
23:44
Um, so don't plan on that. Uh, that's
23:47
that's always a bummer when you get
23:49
there and test is test track is closed.
23:52
Oh, back to Magic Kingdom. Pirates of
23:54
the Caribbean is going to get a tavern
23:56
in 2025. So, I don't know if that that
23:59
means that they're going to be serving
24:00
more alcohol there or if it's going to
24:01
be food because they did not specify.
24:04
Interesting.
24:06
Well, it's Hollywood Studios, but I call
24:08
it MGM. This one's going to be great.
24:11
the first ever suspended roller coaster
24:14
in Disney parks and it's going to be
24:15
Monsters Inc. themed and the picture was
24:18
the doors when they're flying and you're
24:21
watching them fly through the doors.
24:23
That's going to be a big one. Um, but I
24:26
think the park that's getting the
24:27
biggest revamp and I'm going to change
24:29
my ears because I'm super excited that
24:32
Animal Kingdom is getting this revamp.
24:34
Oh, that you love that park. I love that
24:37
park and you hate it. I don't hate it.
24:39
It's just that it's all the attractions
24:42
are so far apart and when we've gone
24:45
it's been hot. I mean I have I have to
24:48
go back in the winter. Okay. Well,
24:51
they're getting you're going to have to
24:53
when this is over because they are
24:55
redoing everything. We're going to say
24:57
goodbye to Dino Land. That dinosaur land
25:00
which really didn't have a lot. They are
25:02
turning it into the tropical Americas of
25:04
Animal Kingdom and they are gonna put an
25:08
Encanto themed casita ride which that be
25:13
super cute job Lin Manuel Miranda. I'm
25:16
sure it's be some sort of singalong and
25:18
it's going to be fantastic. They are
25:20
also going to put which I actually I'm
25:22
sad about it because I love it's tough
25:24
to be a bug. I remember when you guys
25:26
took us when when Animal Kingdom opened
25:28
and it's the 3D, but they are revamping
25:32
that ride and it's going to be Zootopia.
25:34
Better Zoo Zoo together. So, it's going
25:37
to be a 3D ride with Zootopia. They are
25:41
also, and I don't know what this means
25:43
for Hollywood Studios, but they're
25:45
putting a new Indiana Jones adventure in
25:49
Animal Kingdom, which is probably more
25:50
fitting there than it is Yeah. in
25:52
Hollywood Studios. It's always been
25:54
there anyway. Oh, no. You're right. It's
25:56
been in the Magic Kingdom. Oh, you're
25:59
right. So, Animal Kingdom is going to
26:01
have a huge revamp. It was needed. It
26:04
was time. Magic Kingdom needs it. I
26:07
think they all need it to be honest.
26:09
Yeah. In California. I mean, we've never
26:13
been, but I'm kind of jealous. They're
26:15
gonna get a Google ride.
26:17
I love that. Hello, Rosa. How are you?
26:21
Um, I say hello. Um, hi Ellia. She's a
26:24
good She's a Disney fanatic, too. Yes,
26:26
she is. Um, I mean, hello to everybody,
26:29
but I a friend of my mom, that's why I
26:31
just said it. Um, so yes. Uh, so Disney
26:34
California Adventures getting a go-go
26:36
ride. Um, Disneyland, they're
26:39
celebrating their 70th anniversary at
26:41
Disneyland, and they are doing an
26:44
animatronic of Walt Disney talking,
26:47
which I wish we had because you and I
26:50
are such Walt Disney fans. So, they're
26:53
recreating him in an animatronic form
26:55
and he's going to do a magical life,
26:57
Walt Disney, and it's gonna alternate
26:59
with the Mr. Lincoln's greatest moments
27:01
at the opera house in their main street.
27:03
Wow. So, that one's going to be super
27:04
special. I kind of wish that they would
27:06
do that in all the parks, but I
27:07
understand it's for their 70th
27:08
anniversary, but that is very special
27:11
and very deserved. Very deserved. So,
27:14
the other big thing that's coming to
27:16
California is that they are increasing
27:18
the Avengers campus that they have two
27:21
times its size. They're going to have an
27:23
Avengers Infinity Defense Campus ride,
27:27
and it visits Ascard from Thor, Wakanda
27:30
from Black Panther, and New York City, I
27:32
guess, for the Stark Lab. That one's
27:34
gonna be amazing. And they're going to
27:36
do an a roller coaster like thing, it
27:39
looks like, called Stark's Flight Lab.
27:41
And that's all coinciding with Robert
27:44
Denny Jr. announcing that he's back in
27:46
the Marvel movies as Dr. Doom, which my
27:48
son is super excited about. And then the
27:51
last thing that they said was, oh, in in
27:54
California, they're also doing an Avatar
27:56
Land and they're doing a Tiana's Bayou
27:59
adventure, but I don't think it's like
28:00
Splash Mountain. And then Disneyland
28:02
Paris, which I've been to and it really
28:05
needs work and help, they're adding a
28:08
Lion King ride.
28:11
So, they're doing they're doing a lot.
28:13
It It was needed. Um, do you know that
28:16
if in the Disney Channel they have some
28:19
kind of a special on all of this on all
28:21
of these updates? You know what, Mom? I
28:24
wish that they had a channel dedicated
28:25
to the expo because people that are
28:27
Disney fans like you and I um would love
28:30
to, you know, chime in on these and and
28:33
hear what's happening. It's a big
28:34
convention and every they invite all the
28:36
stars of all the movies and all of
28:38
anybody who's Disney connected. You know
28:39
that John Stamos is a huge fan. He
28:42
opened the expo singing A Dream is a
28:44
wish your heart makes. I would have
28:46
wanted to I'm sure later on maybe
28:49
they'll put little excerpts in YouTube.
28:52
Yes. But for now you could find
28:54
everything on Instagram which is how I
28:56
have found all this information. Oh
28:57
Instagram. Okay. I I would have hoped
29:00
that maybe on the Disney channel they
29:01
would have mentioned something.
29:03
So Disney Plus right now has a really
29:05
great uh Netflix Netflix like uh
29:08
documentary, not Netflix because they're
29:10
Hulu. They have a documentary on the
29:12
revamping of Epcot. I saw that, you
29:15
know, it's it stands for experimental
29:18
prototype community of tomorrow, which
29:20
my dad taught me. And it's because they
29:23
wanted to always keep up with the times
29:25
at Epcot. So, I'm sure that this is
29:27
gonna probably provoke more series like
29:30
that or we hope so because there's a lot
29:33
in the pipeline for Disney. Very
29:36
exciting. Well, I'm ready. My uh bag is
29:39
ready and I'm just Let's just wait for
29:41
the weather to cool down a little bit,
29:44
but in October I think it's time to go
29:47
back. Well, a lot of this stuff is just
29:50
starting production, so we might might
29:52
want to just start a little piggy bank
29:54
to go back. Um, because a lot of this is
29:58
set is starting to be set in motion. So,
30:01
I mean, t typically what these things
30:03
take a couple years, right? Yeah,
30:06
absolutely. But at least we could go
30:08
back and see where it's going to be
30:10
at, start staking our claim. Exactly.
30:14
Which ride are you most excited to see,
30:16
Mom? I think that I'm very Well, as far
30:19
as the movies, I'm I can't wait for
30:21
Moana. I think that that's going to be
30:23
amazing. The live Moana or the part two
30:26
Moana. The part two Moana. Okay. That's
30:29
this Thanksgiving. The part two Moana.
30:31
And then I'm also excited for Snow
30:33
White. Me, too. That's one of the
30:34
classics. Me, too. Snow White. I can't
30:38
wait. That's a classic. It looks great,
30:41
too. I know. and the Lilo and Stitch I'm
30:45
really excited about because I'm a huge
30:47
fan of Galifanakis.
30:49
Oh yeah. So that one's going to be good.
30:52
But um in terms of the rides, which one
30:54
will you ride, Mom? Well, I don't know
30:57
because you know that lately I'm with my
30:59
motion sickness, I used to ride
31:01
everything. And lately I've become it's
31:05
become difficult for me. But I'll try
31:07
it. We'll see. Perfect. You have to go
31:10
on the suspended coaster in the the
31:13
Monsters Inc. one. I don't know. Or
31:16
we'll just put you on the little boat
31:17
for the Encantos Garcia. I think that
31:20
that's a better fit for Mimi right now.
31:23
Mimi's getting old. Not like you know it
31:27
used to be that I used to get on Thunder
31:29
Mountain and Space Mountain and all the
31:32
mountains. I don't even think I could do
31:35
that. I used to with all of you,
31:37
remember? And I thank God I was able to
31:40
do it with my grandkids, too. Yeah.
31:43
Well, Mom, we that's all we have time
31:45
for today, but you need to close out our
31:47
live with telling everybody the last
31:50
time you rode the Tower of Terror. The
31:53
last time both of us Are you okay here?
31:55
I think she's having a bad dream. Um,
31:57
the last time we rode Tower of Terror
31:59
together because I I've never gotten
32:00
back on like that was and I I don't
32:02
think my brother Alex has ever gotten
32:04
back on. So he was this was probably
32:06
1997 1998 and it's the last time we
32:09
wrote Tower Terror. Tell everybody why,
32:10
Mom. Well, Alex was what 7 years old
32:14
probably. You're right. It was in
32:16
9798. And Alex was just tall enough that
32:22
he made it because poor thing being the
32:25
youngest. Every time that we would write
32:27
something, poor Alex would have to stay
32:29
behind with dad cuz you guys were older.
32:32
So, finally he made the cut to get on um
32:37
on the um what's it called? The Tower of
32:41
Terror. And he's all excited and we get
32:43
in there and he sits and Alex was very
32:46
thin. And when they put the bar
32:50
in, it met the requirements, but once
32:54
that thing took off, Alex was suspended
32:58
in air. He elevated.
33:01
I thought that he was going to fly out
33:03
like it was his face. I think that that
33:06
was uh something that traumatized him
33:09
with that ride and he kept saying, "Hold
33:12
me down. Hold me down." You remember he
33:15
he sat in between you and me actually.
33:18
Hold me down. That was a classic. That
33:21
was a classic. Never again. Never again.
33:25
I should also note that I have another
33:28
brother. He and I are 17 months apart
33:31
and he he did it once and he turns
33:33
green. Like he has really bad motion
33:35
sickness. So he already knew he was out
33:38
and he wasn't doing it. So it was just
33:39
mom and I with Alex. And I think that
33:41
that's the last day a Musai ever rode
33:44
the Tower of Terror again. Yes. Well, to
33:47
this day he tells you that he he almost
33:51
died because he was gonna fly. He he
33:54
kept asking us to hold him down and we
33:57
did. We were both like, "Oh my god, how
34:00
did how is how could this even be
34:02
possible?" And then we thought Disney
34:04
being so careful, you know, and and with
34:07
safety requirements and this and that.
34:10
Even to this day, he we just went with
34:12
him. Was it last year when Adri had her
34:16
show competition at the show? We went on
34:20
the Horizons. No, it was wasn't
34:22
Horizons. Whatever. The one that flies
34:25
that they put the thing down that we
34:27
that flies. Remind me where we were cuz
34:30
Horizon's closed. That's in Epcot. We
34:32
were in Epcot and the the one that takes
34:34
you through California. Oh, Saurin.
34:37
Saurin. Saurin. That's right. Say
34:39
something. And when they put the thing
34:41
down, he he looks at me and he looks at
34:43
you and he goes, "I think I'm big enough
34:45
now and I'm not going to fly out."
34:49
But all those things after
34:51
that freak them out. Yeah. Traumatiz
34:54
traumatize me. Even now when we've gone
34:58
with the kids, I make sure that that
35:00
they can't go under trapped in. Yeah.
35:05
Yeah. Yeah. Power of terror. Power of
35:07
terror. That's it. We retired that in
35:09
before the millennium. Oh yeah. Alex was
35:12
seven.
35:15
Well, we have some good stories. We have
35:18
some good stories and we're going to
35:20
bring Mimi back. Um she's going to be in
35:22
charge now of all things Disney related
35:25
uh with Mimi's Magic Corner here at
35:27
Mama's in Miami. I'm going to have her
35:29
come in um when we come. We're not going
35:31
to tell anybody. We're going to book a
35:32
trip to Disney and then she will pack
35:34
for us and she will show you exactly how
35:36
we pack for it. Um, I also encourage
35:39
Mimi to invite her AWEA friends because
35:42
I am dying to do a segment on Mamas in
35:45
Miami um, AWEA extras because if it
35:48
wasn't for the AWEAS, we would not be
35:50
here today and she's the ultimate mama.
35:53
Thank you. I want to tell you how proud
35:55
I am publicly for doing this and for
35:58
putting yourself out there like this
36:00
with all of the stories that you share.
36:02
Um, I always have to have like a Kleenex
36:05
box next to me. Uh, because a lot of the
36:09
stories with some of your friends, like
36:12
we talked about the other day, we've
36:14
lived through it. And at the moment, I
36:17
think that we all became such warriors
36:20
uh to come together and make sure that,
36:24
you know, that specific person didn't
36:27
feel that we were scared for them, but
36:30
we were terrified. and reliving some of
36:33
these stories ha has been incredible.
36:38
Um, so I'm proud of you for for doing
36:40
this because I know that it's going to
36:42
help a lot of young moms that might be
36:45
going through different scenarios that
36:48
you are putting out there and it it like
36:52
you always say, it takes a village and
36:54
it does and thank God that we're blessed
36:57
with an incredible village. We're I'm so
37:00
grateful. Y um and you girls are just
37:03
amazing. You know how I feel about uh
37:06
your friends and the community that you
37:09
guys have created to help each other
37:11
out. Uh I'm incredibly proud of all of
37:14
you. I love you. Love you too, Mom. Love
37:17
you. Love you. Don't pull the Kleenex
37:18
out now. No. Okay. Un I'm sure you have
37:22
a Kleenex box inside your Disney bag,
37:24
but we're not going to do that right
37:25
now.
37:27
So, that's all the time we have for this
37:28
impromptu. Um, it's a great way to start
37:31
back to school week. Already thinking
37:33
ahead to your next Disney trip. But, um,
37:36
at some point this week, we are going to
37:38
have Lizzy, our co-founder, back on. She
37:40
is sending her two-year-old Willie,
37:43
almost 2-year-old Willie, to school for
37:45
the first time. We have to support her
37:48
through this because this is her first
37:50
drop off ever. And she is a wreck and
37:53
she's so sick. She's got the worst cold.
37:57
Um, so I don't want to put her on the
37:59
spot. I don't know what day it's going
38:00
to be. We're going to roll with the
38:01
punches, but we do want to talk about
38:03
that first day of school drop off for
38:05
everybody. I know that my first day of
38:07
school drop off for little Danny was
38:09
horrific, but with Adriana, I'm like,
38:11
"Bye, Felicia, because you kind of you
38:14
enjoy that freedom for a couple hours
38:16
once you get a taste of it." So, we uh
38:20
urge everybody to have a great first
38:21
week back at school. Thank you to our
38:23
beautiful teachers who are opening their
38:25
classroom doors for the first time. We
38:27
could not do it without you guys at all
38:30
and um we're happy to give them
38:33
back. So everybody have a great great
38:36
Sunday. Keep your sanity intact and your
38:39
coffee strong and pull out the Mickey
38:41
ears. Bye. Thank you.