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131. The Best Things to Do at Disney World Without a Park Ticket · Mom Street USA

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  Welcome everybody to another episode of Mom St.
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  USAI am your host Jackie. And on today's episode we are
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  talking about things outside of the Disney parks.
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  Now we're still talking about Disney, of course, but today we
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  are going to focus on different activities and things that you
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  can do outside of the Disney parks, but still on Disney
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  property. So this is a topic that we
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  covered on Mom St. couple years back, but I wanted to revisit
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  some of the information here to kind of jog your memory and mine
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  and to kind of help anybody who might be in need of this coming
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  up for summer trips, fall trips, holiday trips for this year.
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  So that is the goal for today. So Walt Disney World has so much
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  to do. So stuff inside of the parks is
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  obviously the focus for most visitors that go to Disney
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  World, but there is so much to do outside of the parks.
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  Also today we're to chat about some of the options for
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  activities to do outside of the parks.
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  Do keep in mind that some of these activities may change
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  based on the time of year as far as availability goes.
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  And Disney does tend to add, adjust, remove things that they
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  offer as the crowd levels dictate.
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  And we'll talk a little bit about that with some of the
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  things later on. You'll see like the times that
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  they offer may change, things like that.
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  So always be sure to look this up for your time of year because
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  it may be a little bit different than the information that I'm
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  going to give you today. So we're going to start off with
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  one of the activities outside of the parks that I think is I
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  would say it's most talked about or it's frequently talked about
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  and a lot of people do know about that.
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  And that is the different types of golf that you can do down at
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  Disney World. So three different things that
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  we're going to talk about under this kind of a golf category.
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  The first being your traditional golf courses, right?
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  So Disney has several PGA level golf courses on property.
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  There are 318 hole courses and there is 19 hole course.
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  So with all of these, the prices do vary based on the tee time
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  and the time of year. So as you're looking things up,
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  you're going to have to kind of do some searching around to see
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  generally speaking, what the prices look like for your time
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  of year. But overall the prices range
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  anywhere from if you are going like last minute or you're
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  filling in an extra space on a tee time, they can be as low as
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  $25 or they can range all the way up to like $130.00.
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  Now, that's typically for or the 130 end, right, is typically for
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  a tee time that is up to four people.
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  But you will also find sometimes that like if you're a group of
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  two and another group of two does the same tee time, you may
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  end up together, you know, kind of standard when it comes to
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  that at golf courses. Discounts are given to annual
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  pass holders, DVC members, military and Florida residents.
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  So that's a really nice perk of being able to go golfing on
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  these really, really nice Disney courses.
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  So the courses that are the 18 hole courses are the Palm, the
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  Magnolia and Lake Buena Vista. And then the for the 9 hole
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  course, it's a little bit different.
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  The cost of these typically range anywhere from 28 to $45.00
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  for tee times again that are typically one to four people
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  depending on the time that you're reserving and who else
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  has reserved maybe a similar time.
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  The same discounts apply for this as well.
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  So APDVC military and Florida residents and that the name of
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  that course is Oak Trail. Both of these courses do also
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  offer equipment rentals. So if you do not want to travel
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  with your golf clubs, if you don't want to fly with them or
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  there's no room in the car if you're driving down, you can do
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  equipment rentals there as well. And they've got some really nice
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  name brand options for you. Do note that the 9 hole course
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  does not have golf carts that they allow, but they do have
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  wheelie little carts for your bag and those things that you
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  can choose to use because they don't offer the golf carts.
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  But the 18 hole courses do have golf carts that you can use
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  also. So that is a really fun activity
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  to do. I know that when we went last
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  year, my brother-in-law and my dad went golfing at one of the
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  courses and had a really nice time.
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  They said the course was beautiful.
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  Occasionally you may see some Florida wildlife wandering
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  around, which is a fun little aspect of being at Disney.
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  And there are some little Disney touches.
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  Some of the, you know, sand traps are shaped like Mickey
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  heads and some of the little like the whole markers and stuff
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  have characters on them. Those those little Disney
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  touches that you would expect from a Disney golf course.
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  So super fun options if you are looking for true golf while you
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  are down at Disney. Now that last course that we
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  were talking about Oak Trail does offer something a little
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  bit different than the traditional golf and that is
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  foot golf. So if you're familiar with foot
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  golf or not, it's basically the idea of golf but played with a
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  soccer ball and you use your feet instead of a Golf Club.
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  So really, really fun option if you've got some soccer fans or
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  some golf fans that maybe want to try something different on
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  this course. It is only offered at Oak Trail
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  at that 9 hole course. It is 25 to $35 per tea time.
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  And again, those are for one to four people.
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  So super affordable option, especially if you're going as a
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  group of four. Really, really affordable option
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  for something to do with a few hours of your time.
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  Now, Speaking of the hours, the hours for this are a little bit
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  more restrictive. The hours for the standard golf,
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  gosh, it's like 6:30 AM all the way until dark, right?
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  And they do actually do different rates, I should
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  mention for what they call like twilight golf, where like you
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  have a later tee time and it's not guaranteed that you're going
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  to get through the entire course.
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  They offer like discounts for that.
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  Those are all on the the website when you go to look it up.
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  But with foot golf, it is more restricted to the evening hours
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  for when it is available because they have to swap out the GG
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  holes with the foot golf holes, right?
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  So they're not going to leave those standard golf holes in.
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  They're going to exchange them out for bigger ones that the
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  soccer ball will fit in. So depending on the time of year
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  depends on when you can start to book a foot golf tee time.
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  If you're traveling November, December into the beginning of
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  January, it's available after 3:00 PM.
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  If it's the rest of January, February into March, it's after
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  4:00 PM. And then March, April, May,
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  June, July, August, September, October, yeah, it is available
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  after 5:00 PM. So keep that in mind if you're
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  looking to book. So you know, kind of time frame
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  what you're looking at. And then also it is only
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  available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and
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  Sundays. So again, more restrictive as
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  far as when you can go, but it makes sense because they do have
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  to go through maintenance wise and switch out those holes to be
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  the foot golf holes instead. Now since this game is played on
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  a golf course, do keep in mind also that the basic uniform in
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  air quotes here of foot golf is similar to the traditional golf
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  apparel. You want some sort of an indoor
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  soccer shoe, running shoe, tennis shoe to be able to
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  protect your feet from potential injury while you're out on the
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  course. I love that they put on their
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  website because I got this right off their website and I had to
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  copy and paste this word for word because it made me giggle.
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  It does say knee length Argyle socks are customary but not
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  necessary as is the use of a flat cap.
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  I just, I love that description as far as what they anticipate
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  you wearing or suggest that you wear to go play foot golf, which
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  is super fun. But they do mention also
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  appropriate non offensive golf or athletic tires.
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  Also recommended jeans or jeans shorts are not permitted.
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  And do keep in mind also that soccer cleats or soccer boots,
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  whatever you choose to refer to them as are not permitted for
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  play. So they don't want those thicker
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  cleats on the bottom of your shoes on their golf course.
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  So you've got to have flat bottom shoes if you are planning
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  to play. So tennis shoes are a great
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  option, indoor soccer shoes, any of that that you have are
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  perfect for playing foot golf. Now onto our third type of golf,
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  something completely different and that's miniature golf.
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  This one, I think a lot of people do know about that.
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  It is available on Disney property, but I also don't think
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  enough people take advantage of this.
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  If you book a package, oftentimes with your package you
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  get little vouchers that are included in that package for
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  mini golf. Now, if you book a package and
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  you don't get that, they usually will upload it directly to your
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  account on your My Disney Experience app.
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  So you can find that under where you would find like your tickets
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  and passes. It is on there.
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  So you can make sure that you see it there.
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  If you don't see it there, go to the front desk of your resort if
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  you booked a package and and ask them about it because sometimes
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  they they used to always send them out in like card stock,
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  like paper form, but they've really gotten away from that.
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  So sometimes they don't always get added to your account.
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  So be sure to check into that if you don't see it on your My
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  Disney Experience account. But there are two different
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  miniature golf courses at Disney.
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  The first we're going to talk about is the Fantasia Gardens.
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  This features 218 hole courses and it is themed to Fantasia.
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  So a ton of your favorite characters that you see in the
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  movie and the different shorts inside of Fantasia are featured
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  throughout these different holes.
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  For cost wise this is $19.00 for adults and $12.00 per child and
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  that is the same range 3 to 9 that Disney uses for all of
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  their children. Rates for everything for this
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  walkups are welcome. You're welcome to just go
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  whenever it's convenient. You can also make a reservation
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  if you choose to. I would gather to believe that
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  95% of the people that play mini golf just walk up and go.
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  I don't know very many people that are making reservations for
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  mini golf just because again, like I said, I think they're
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  just underutilized at the parks. But super cute theme, really fun
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  activity that you can do with your group whenever you're
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  visiting the Disney parks is that Fantasia Gardens?
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  The other golf course for mini golf is the Winter Summerland
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  Mini Golf Course and this again features to 18 whole courses.
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  It is $19.00 for adults and $12.00 for children aged 3 to 9.
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  So same price regardless of which course you're going to.
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  And again, walk ups are welcome. Reservations can be made.
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  Also, like we talked about and this one, the theme is kind of
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  fun because it was designed the, the, the lore goes, it was
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  designed by Santa after he discovered snow in Florida.
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  So he was running his routes and he discovered that there was
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  snow in parts of Florida. So he built a vacation space for
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  his off duty elves to go and relax.
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  And then the elves then decided when they got there, they were
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  going to build 2 distinctly different 18 hole golf
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  experiences, a sand course or a sand based course that they
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  named the summer part of it, and then a snow based course that
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  gets the name winter. So fun little story behind the
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  theming of winter Summerland. But again, both of these are
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  really great options, especially because they are often included
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  in your resort package. So definitely take a look at
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  those for something a little bit extra to do on your day outside
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  of the parks. The next place we're going to
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  visit is Disney Springs. Now, Disney Springs has so much
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  that you can do outside of the parks, so we're not even today
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  going to talk about all of the restaurants you can go to, all
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  of the shopping that you can do because there are 100 different
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  options when it comes to restaurants and shopping.
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  Today we're going to focus on some of the experiences and
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  activities that you can do at Disney Springs.
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  So keep that in mind as we go through.
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  If you're like, well, what about the Lego store?
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  What about World of Disney? Love those options, but it's not
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  we're going to focus on today because otherwise I would do an
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  entire hour and a half episode about all the things that Disney
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  Springs has to offer. While that's a great idea for a
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  future topic, that's not what we're here for today.
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  So over at Disney Springs there are a bunch of different options
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  for these activities that you can do.
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  The first one we're going to talk about is the Cirque du
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  Soleil show. So Cirque du Soleil has their
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  own theater at the one end of Disney Springs and they have a
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  uniquely Disney themed show that runs over here.
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  So this is not a show that has ever toured or has ever been
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  available to view any other their location other than Disney
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  Springs. So the whole theme behind Drawn
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  Together is Julie who is a courageous and determined girl
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  discovers an unexpected gift left by her late father.
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  It is an unfinished animation piece, so guided by a surprising
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  pencil, she embarks on an inspiring quest sprinkled with
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  her Disney childhood memories. And through this journey, she
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  will learn to imagine new possibilities and animate the
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  story of her future. It's a really, really great
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  story. It does, I will just mention,
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  deal with loss and death. So that is something to keep in
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  mind if you're debating about going depending on how your
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  kiddo does with those topics. But this is something that I I
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  haven't been yet, but it's high up on my To Do List.
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  Back about a year ago, I got the chance to chat and interview
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  with one of the performers in Cirque du Soleil, and it was
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  such an awesome conversation. I still am in touch with her
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  today. She's a wonderful human being
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  and an amazingly talented performer.
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  So that's episode 77 of Mom Street if you want to hop back
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  in the archives and learn more about what the performers do.
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  And we also talked a lot about like why this show is good for
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  kids and different suggestions and things like that.
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  So really, really great option to do if you are looking for
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  something to spend a couple hours on.
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  Tickets for this can be purchased directly at the box
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  office or they can be purchased online through Cirque du Soleil.
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  So it is a third party. It doesn't.
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  You don't go directly through Disney for that.
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  The ticket ranges are anywhere from $79 to $230 for ages 2 and
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  up because it depends on like where you sit.
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  If you're super close, it's going to be a little bit more
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  than if you're in the back, but the theater overall is not super
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  huge. So it really is a nice intimate
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  setting for being able to experience this show.
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  The show times that they have are generally Wednesday through
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  Saturday they have a 530 and an 8:00 and then Sunday they do a
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  matinee at 1:30. Then they also have a 4:00 as
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  well. So really accessible times,
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  especially if you've got maybe kiddos that have a little bit of
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  an earlier bedtime, maybe get them an earlier nap and go on
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  that Sunday matinee time at 1:30.
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  That's a perfect time so you're not out super late and you can
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  still experience the show for what it is.
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  So a really fun option, something unique and totally
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  different, something you can and the show is something you can
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  only find at Disney Springs. Something else in that same area
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  of Disney Springs that is actually not open yet, but there
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  is a new experience coming to the building that is literally
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  directly across from the Cirque du Soleil Theatre on the end on
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  that, I think it's the West End of Disney Springs and that is
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  level 99. So this is opening June 29th,
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  which is about 10 days from now when we're recording this.
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  And this experience I should mention is primarily for teens
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  and adults, so not necessarily super friendly for little
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  littles, but definitely a good option for teens and older.
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  And the description that they have on the website because
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  again, the information is not fully out there yet because they
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  haven't opened yet, but the information says.
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  Unleash your potential at level 99, offering over 60 themed
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  challenge rooms, duels, and art hunts that test your mental and
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  physical prowess. Gather your group for a day of
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  fun at a place designed to test your skills.
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  Work together to conquer the challenge rooms, earn rewards
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  and climb the coveted leaderboard.
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  From solving mysteries in an ancient temple temple to walking
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  a pirate's plank to beating a giant pinball game, there is
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  something to discover behind every door.
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  Your team will only have either 1 to 4 minutes to beat each
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  challenge, so be prepared to act quick.
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  And then it says once you've worked up an appetite, you can
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  unwind to the two-story bar featuring handcrafted cocktails,
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  local beers and made from scratch bites including Level
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  99's signature Detroit style pizza.
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  So this is a new brand new experience coming to Disney
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  Springs. It looks like so much fun.
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  This is something that I am so ready to grab a group of friends
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  to go hang out and and experience these little
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  challenges and challenge rooms and things.
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  But it looks like a ton of fun. So if it is open and that sounds
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  like something that your group wants to do because you've got
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  the right age and the right mindset, definitely check out
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  Level 99 over at Disney Springs. Now for something that is a
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  little bit more family friendly for all ages, let's talk about
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  Splitsville. Splitsville is a bowling slash
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  restaurant combo that is in Disney Springs.
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  They do have options where you can just go and eat at
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  Splitsville. The food is pretty good.
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  I've I ate there a couple years back with my family when we were
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  over at Disney Springs. Very good food.
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  Nothing like spectacular but we all had a really good meal when
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  we went. But then you can also pay to eat
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  at the bowling alley and do your bowling while you're enjoying
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  your food, which is a fun option as well.
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  And you can order like full menu options at their bowling alley,
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  which is nice. It's more than just, you know,
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  some French fries and and a slice of pizza.
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  So it is 31 to $36 per person and you can have up to 8 people
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  per lane. And how many bowlers you have
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  depends on like how long you get at the lane.
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  So anywhere from 1:00 to 2:00 bowlers you get an hour. 3 to 4
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  is an hour 15, five to six is an hour and 30 and 7 to 8 is an
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  hour 45 S Bigger groups, they're going to give you that longer
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  period of time. And food and beverage, like I
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  mentioned, is available through the servers at the lanes for an
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  additional cost, obviously outside of the bowling.
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  So they do have servers that will come to you just like a
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  standard restaurant and take your order and bring your food
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  to you as well while you're bowling, which I think is really
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  fun. We didn't do the bowling aspect
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  of it when we went because we were just short on time and just
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  needed something to eat while we were over at Disney Springs.
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  But like I said, the food is really great.
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  They've got great drink selection, super fun, really
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  great atmosphere for the family to go and enjoy some family time
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  and do some bowling while you're there.
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  The next one that I'm going to talk about is just your standard
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  AMC movie theater. So if you didn't know, there is
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  a movie theater at Disney Springs.
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  That movie theater is just kind of a standard AMC as far as like
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  what movies they get. So they're getting all of the
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  new releases, They're getting all of the movies that you would
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  find in your theater at home. However, they do have some
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  elevated food here. So there are some more quote, UN
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  quote gourmet meal options at the AMC at Disney Springs, if
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  that is something that is of interest to you overall, just
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  your kind of your standard AMC option.
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  I know I talked to several people that are down there in
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  the coming weeks that are going to see Toy Story 5 since it just
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  came out today as we're recording this.
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  So that is a really fun option if you're down there when a
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  movie is being released to, you know, grab grab a time at the
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  AMC theater to go see it over at Disney Springs.
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  The next two options I'm going to talk about are so uniquely
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  featured at Disney Springs that it's kind of hard to miss them.
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  This one that I'm going to talk about now is.
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  Maybe for your thrill seekers a little bit more.
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  And that is the Aerophile hot air balloon.
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  So this is an 8 minute tethered adventure in the world's largest
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  hand painted helium balloon. So this I feel like is an icon
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  of Disney Springs. Most people have seen it or you
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  know, you can see it from a distance when you're approaching
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  Disney Springs and see that giant beautiful blue hot air
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  balloon up in the air. So like I mentioned, it is an 8
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  minute tethered adventure. They're open generally 930 AM
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  all the way until 11:00 PM weather permitting.
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  It will not fly if the winds are too high.
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  So some different things to look out for with that.
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  Tickets can be purchased at the attraction location on a first
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  come first serve basis. So you can't do any pre
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  purchases or any advance reservations for this.
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  It is first come first serve. Admission cost is $30.00 for
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  adults and 25 for kids 3 to 9. Also, guests over the age of 12
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  are permitted to ride by themselves.
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  However, children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult or
• 21:38
  somebody that is 18 or older. So if you've got some teens that
• 21:43
  want to do it and you just want to stand on with your two feet
• 21:46
  firmly planted on the ground, you can watch from below as they
• 21:50
  go up in the Aerophile hot air balloon over at Disney Springs.
• 21:54
  But I love this option. This again is something that I
• 21:57
  would consider. I'm not like super fond of
• 22:01
  heights, but I do feel like this is one of those things that I
• 22:04
  should probably experience once in my life, right?
• 22:07
  The next and last thing that we're going to talk about at
• 22:09
  Disney Springs, again, we're not getting into shopping and eating
• 22:11
  in restaurants and those things is another kind of iconic
• 22:14
  experience over at Disney Springs, and that is the
• 22:18
  Amphicar rides. So if you don't know what an
• 22:21
  Amphicar is, it is essentially an open air convertible style
• 22:25
  car that seamlessly will transition you from land to
• 22:29
  water. So it's basically a car boat,
• 22:34
  for lack of more descriptive terms.
• 22:38
  This is a 20 minute guided tour across the waterways of Disney
• 22:43
  Springs. It is $125 per car.
• 22:47
  So this one is not split per person.
• 22:49
  It is per car because you just go with your group.
• 22:52
  They're not going to pair you with some other people that are
• 22:54
  waiting as well. And you can generally fit three
• 22:57
  to four people in a car, so $125 per four people.
• 23:02
  That's a pretty good experience price.
• 23:04
  The tours generally go from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM daily,
• 23:07
  again, weather permitting. They're not going to take you
• 23:09
  out when it's pouring down rain or lightning and thundering
• 23:12
  outside. And reservations for this are
• 23:15
  also only made in person. You cannot reserve this ahead of
• 23:17
  time. It is only in person at the
• 23:20
  Boathouse restaurant. So there's like a little stand
• 23:23
  that they use where you can go to walk up to make your
• 23:26
  reservations. But this experience is really,
• 23:30
  really cool. And it's a little crazy to just
• 23:33
  even stand and watch them go out in the infocars, right?
• 23:37
  It it feels like something out of like futuristic movies that
• 23:40
  we watched as a kid, right? Because these cars start on land
• 23:43
  and then they just drive straight on down the ramp dock
• 23:47
  and into the water. So really, really cool
• 23:50
  experience. But you can really only have it
• 23:53
  Disney Springs. That is another great option if
• 23:56
  that is something that sounds like something that your family
• 23:59
  would like to do. So the next thing that we are
• 24:00
  going to talk about is more related to the parks, but still
• 24:05
  outside of the parks and that is different fireworks viewing
• 24:09
  options that you have. Because believe it or not, there
• 24:12
  are a lot of them that you can see the fireworks, but you don't
• 24:16
  have to be inside of the park. So let's talk about the Magic
• 24:20
  Kingdom fireworks first. So if you are someone that wants
• 24:24
  to see happily ever after, a couple different options that
• 24:27
  you have. The 1st and probably the most
• 24:30
  well known is the beach area area over at the Polynesian
• 24:33
  Resort. So if you're at Magic Kingdom or
• 24:37
  if you bust a Magic Kingdom, you can hop on the monorail and take
• 24:41
  it to the Polynesian and you can go out the backside of their
• 24:48
  resort and find like the boat docks in the beach area and some
• 24:51
  of the grassy areas and still be able to see the fireworks from
• 24:54
  there. Now do keep in mind with this
• 24:56
  location, they will close it to resort guests only during really
• 25:00
  busy times of the year. So 4th of July, the Christmas
• 25:04
  holiday, Easter, sometimes they will close that off to only
• 25:09
  resort. Guests can sit there and view it
• 25:12
  just because of crowd levels. But if it's not closed and
• 25:15
  you're able to, it is a really nice option to go over and view
• 25:19
  the fireworks. They obviously pipe in the music
• 25:21
  and you'll be able to tell where a good location is by if you can
• 25:25
  see the little top turret of the castle from where you're at,
• 25:29
  it'll be right over the tree line as you look across the
• 25:33
  water. So if you can't see that castle,
• 25:35
  you're not going to get as good of a view, but as long as you
• 25:38
  can see the sky kind of above and around it, you should be OK.
• 25:41
  Another option is one of the other monorail resorts.
• 25:44
  We're going to talk about all three of the monorail resorts
• 25:46
  with this because those are your best options and that is the
• 25:49
  Contemporary resort. So we talked about this actually
• 25:53
  a couple episodes ago when we talked about like date night
• 25:56
  options. But the California Grill
• 25:59
  restaurant, which is at the top of the Contemporary, has a
• 26:03
  rooftop patio. So if you've got a reservation
• 26:07
  for California Grill at any point in time in the evening,
• 26:11
  they open at 5:00. So anytime 5:00 or on, you can
• 26:14
  return with your receipt and gain access to that patio
• 26:18
  viewing area for the fireworks. It's a little known kind of
• 26:22
  hidden gem of being able to eat. Not only does California Grill
• 26:26
  have really, really good food, but they have that little bonus
• 26:28
  which is nice as well. There's also the Celebration at
• 26:32
  the Top fireworks dessert party. This one comes with more of a
• 26:36
  price point because it is about 2:40, 99 per person, but that
• 26:41
  entire fireworks dessert party does take place up on top of
• 26:45
  that patio as well. So another option if you're
• 26:48
  looking for a splurge or maybe you're looking for a date night
• 26:51
  like we talked about a few episodes back with Duck and Jess
• 26:54
  on our last hub episode. This is a really, really great
• 26:57
  option over at the Contemporary. Now, the Contemporary also used
• 27:02
  to have a little patio that was on the 3rd or 4th floor that had
• 27:08
  some seats where you could watch the fireworks as well, but they
• 27:10
  recently just closed it down to only resort guests.
• 27:13
  So if you're staying at the Contemporary and maybe your view
• 27:16
  is the other side of the building, you do have access to
• 27:21
  that that patio seating area over at the Contemporary as
• 27:25
  well, which is another option if you are staying there.
• 27:28
  Now over at the Grand Floridian, our best option to see the
• 27:33
  fireworks is the boat dock area or Narcosi's restaurant.
• 27:38
  If you can get a time and a window seat during Happily Ever
• 27:43
  After, which those fireworks go off anywhere between 8:00 and
• 27:47
  10:00 depending on the day. So check those times before you
• 27:51
  book your reservation. You can have a fireworks view
• 27:55
  over there at the Grand Floridian as well.
• 27:57
  There are some other places kind of around the grounds of the
• 28:00
  Grand Floridian where you'll be able to see the fireworks, but
• 28:04
  those are the best options over at that resort.
• 28:07
  Now, another kind of firework adjacent experience over at
• 28:12
  Magic Kingdom that you can have is the viewing of the Electric
• 28:16
  Water Pageant. This is a super nostalgic
• 28:20
  nighttime show that features whimsical sea creatures across
• 28:24
  the Seven Seas Lagoon and it's set to classic Disney tunes
• 28:29
  during this. They call it a floating
• 28:30
  nighttime parade. So these are on barges and
• 28:33
  they're like these big. They've been upgraded now.
• 28:36
  I think they're more LED based screens that have different
• 28:39
  characters and different music. It's very reminiscent of the the
• 28:44
  nighttime parade, the electrical parade that used to be in the
• 28:47
  Magic Kingdom at night. It's very much in the similar
• 28:50
  style with the music and the the sights and all of that.
• 28:54
  But it has been around for over 50 years.
• 28:57
  It is an absolutely classic part of experiencing Disney around
• 29:03
  the Magic Kingdom resorts. And actually, if you want to
• 29:06
  catch it, My Disney Experience now has times for each stop that
• 29:10
  it makes. So you can actually check and
• 29:13
  see of the five stops that it makes.
• 29:16
  You can see what time it will be at each location, which is a
• 29:20
  really kind of fun thing to be able to experience.
• 29:23
  They didn't used to do that. I'm so glad that My Disney
• 29:26
  Experience added those times because it makes it so much
• 29:28
  easier to catch it. So as of right now, this is June
• 29:32
  19th of 2026. These were the times that it
• 29:37
  gave me. Now this will vary based on the
• 29:40
  time of year because they have to wait until it gets dark,
• 29:43
  right? So certain times a year, this
• 29:45
  may be earlier in the night, but currently it stops at the Grand
• 29:50
  Floridian at 8:45, the Polynesian at 9, Wilderness
• 29:55
  Lodge at 9:30, Fort Wilderness at 9:45, and then the
• 29:59
  Contemporary at 10:18. Very specific with that.
• 30:02
  So you can catch it any of those places.
• 30:05
  You can also catch it leaving the contemporary and going back
• 30:10
  to dock if you're standing at the monorail or any of the boat
• 30:14
  docks at the at Magic Kingdom as you're like exiting the park.
• 30:19
  So if you're there a little bit later, you can sometimes catch
• 30:22
  it as you are leaving the park for the night also.
• 30:25
  But it is so is such a fun little experience.
• 30:30
  I need to to make it a point to watch this on my my next trip
• 30:33
  because it's been a minute since I've seen the whole show.
• 30:36
  So definitely one to put on your list if you want an evening
• 30:39
  experience, but you don't necessarily need to do the
• 30:42
  fireworks. This is a really fun option.
• 30:44
  Or if you're already going to be at the Polynesian or the
• 30:48
  Contemporary or one of these other locations we talked about
• 30:50
  for HEA, then hopefully you can catch this as well and kind of
• 30:53
  get a 2 for one evening. With that, I also will mention
• 30:58
  to use the map feature on My Disney Experience to see where
• 31:04
  exactly it is that you should stand to find it.
• 31:09
  So let me show you what that looks like.
• 31:11
  OK, so let's say you want to view it at the Polynesian.
• 31:15
  So you can see on my screen here that it says that it's at 9:00.
• 31:20
  And then there's this little option right here that says find
• 31:23
  on map. You're going to click that and
• 31:25
  then it's going to show you exactly where to go.
• 31:27
  And you can zoom out to kind of see they're just suggesting the
• 31:31
  beach area at the Polynesian for that.
• 31:33
  But you can do that for all of the different locations because
• 31:36
  some of them are easier to find than others.
• 31:39
  You'll be able to see all of the locations on your My Disney
• 31:42
  Experience app. So definitely take a look at
• 31:45
  that. So you know where to go on the
• 31:47
  resort to make sure that you catch the pageant as it comes
• 31:50
  by. All right, let's talk a little
• 31:51
  bit more about fireworks. I do just want to briefly
• 31:54
  mention that if you enjoy the Epcot fireworks now, the Epcot
• 31:59
  fireworks obviously are a little bit different than Magic
• 32:01
  Kingdom. The Magic Kingdom fireworks are
• 32:03
  primarily up in the sky up above the castle.
• 32:06
  Easier to be seen from far away. The Epcot fireworks don't have
• 32:10
  nearly as many up in the air features as Happily Ever After.
• 32:14
  It does so with Luminous. If you want to be able to see
• 32:18
  some of the fireworks, it's going to be a very obstructed
• 32:21
  view because so many of the fireworks are lower down to the
• 32:25
  World Showcase Lagoon. You can see them a little bit
• 32:29
  from the boardwalk area. Basically the like bridges
• 32:33
  before you get to the boardwalk. You obviously don't want to
• 32:36
  stand behind the boardwalk because then all you're going to
• 32:39
  see is building. But also, if you're staying at
• 32:41
  the Boardwalk and you have a an Epcot view, you'll be able to
• 32:44
  see your fireworks from there. Sometimes if you get the right
• 32:49
  room at the Swan or Dolphin, you can also see these fireworks if
• 32:54
  you're up far enough and far enough back.
• 32:57
  But really there's no great outside of the Parkview of the
• 33:01
  Epcot fireworks just because there are trees and because so
• 33:05
  many of the firework features of this show are down closer to the
• 33:10
  ground. But I did just want to mention
• 33:12
  that if you are an Epcot person or if you're staying over in
• 33:16
  that area, the other thing with fireworks that you can do are
• 33:19
  one of the fireworks cruises. Now this is going to be
• 33:23
  obviously an expensive way to view the fireworks.
• 33:27
  This is available over at Magic Kingdom and you will be able to
• 33:31
  see the fireworks from the Seven Seas Lagoon.
• 33:34
  So prices for this start at 499 plus tax and they do vary by
• 33:38
  date. The more busy and the more
• 33:41
  sought after days are going to be more expensive.
• 33:44
  That's just the way dynamic pricing works with Disney boats
• 33:47
  seat up to 10 guests. So that is a nice feature that
• 33:51
  you can split that $500.10 ways. If you have that many friends.
• 33:56
  I want to go with you. And just to note that you're
• 33:58
  going to want to make sure that you arrive an hour and 15
• 34:01
  minutes prior to the fireworks start time for that.
• 34:05
  And that is something you do want to reserve ahead of time to
• 34:07
  get that all situated for your trip.
• 34:10
  Again, the all the other ways that we talked about, those are
• 34:12
  all freeways that you can watch. This is obviously a very costly
• 34:16
  way that you can watch the fireworks, but a very unique
• 34:19
  experience to be able to view the fireworks from the water
• 34:22
  right outside of Magic Kingdom. So wanted to make sure that I
• 34:25
  mentioned that as well. All right, the next category
• 34:30
  that we're going to talk about is more resort related.
• 34:33
  And then we're going to jump into a ton of stuff at the
• 34:36
  resorts here to end our our time.
• 34:38
  But this is Transportation Adventures is what I called this
• 34:42
  next category, and that is just using some of the different
• 34:45
  transportation options around the parks to kind of have like a
• 34:50
  resort day or see some different things while you're out running
• 34:55
  around. So we're going to start with the
• 34:57
  sky liner. I love the sky liner.
• 34:58
  It is a super fun mode of transportation across the Disney
• 35:02
  parks. So with this, you're going to
• 35:04
  start at either Hollywood Studios or Epcot.
• 35:07
  So you're going to still need to get there, right?
• 35:08
  Whether you drive and park, whether you take a bus, you
• 35:12
  would start at either one of those parks and then from there
• 35:15
  you can jump on the sky liner to access the Caribbean Beach
• 35:19
  Resort, the Riviera Resort, Pop Century, and Art of Animation.
• 35:23
  So any of those four resorts that you want to go and explore,
• 35:26
  you can walk around, you can grab a bite to eat and just kind
• 35:29
  of take in the sights and see what they have to offer.
• 35:32
  Maybe if you're considering staying there on your next trip,
• 35:35
  this is a really fun way to experience all of those.
• 35:38
  I love the Riviera a lot because it's got such a great vibe.
• 35:43
  It's got beautiful Zaic artwork outside.
• 35:46
  You can grab some Gelato from the stand that's in their little
• 35:49
  back courtyard. Lots of fun things and I've got
• 35:52
  great food over there as well, but lots of options for the sky
• 35:55
  liner. Now, if you are a monorail
• 35:58
  person and you would like to kind of stay near Magic Kingdom
• 36:01
  and do some of the monorail stuff, you can start at Magic
• 36:06
  Kingdom. You can also start at the TTC if
• 36:08
  you're driving or with the monorail.
• 36:10
  You could also start at Epcot if you wanted to take the extended
• 36:14
  did monorail ride just for something fun to do.
• 36:16
  My kids love the monorail. So I would probably like bus to
• 36:21
  Epcot, jump on that monorail, take it to the TTC, and then
• 36:25
  jump on the resort monorail from there.
• 36:27
  Because remember, there are three different monorails.
• 36:29
  There's the Epcot to Magic Kingdom monorail, there's the
• 36:31
  resort monorail, which that's the one you're going to want to
• 36:33
  do to stop at the resorts. And then the Express monorail
• 36:37
  only runs between the TTC and Magic Kingdom.
• 36:40
  That one won't do you as much good for this particular
• 36:42
  instance. So the resort monorail is the
• 36:44
  one that you want to do and that will take you obviously to the
• 36:47
  contemporary, the Grand Floridian and the Polynesian.
• 36:50
  You can go there. You can experience all the
• 36:52
  things they have to experience. They've all got different food
• 36:54
  options. They've all got different views
• 36:57
  of Magic Kingdom that you can enjoy.
• 36:59
  Lots of different things going on at these resorts.
• 37:01
  Again, food is going to be your primary one, but you can hop
• 37:05
  over to the Polynesian to grab a Dole Whip.
• 37:08
  You can hop over to the Grand Floridian to check out the piano
• 37:11
  player in the lobby. Lots of options at any of those
• 37:14
  monorail resorts and again, you can hop between Magic Kingdom
• 37:18
  and Epcot using the monorail as well.
• 37:20
  The last mode of transportation that I'm going to talk about is
• 37:24
  the boat routes. There are tons of water
• 37:27
  transportation and water taxis and boat routes across property.
• 37:31
  Some of the main ones I'm going to talk about now.
• 37:34
  The first one is the Friendship Boats.
• 37:37
  So this option runs between the International Gateway of Epcot
• 37:42
  and the front entrance to Hollywood Studios.
• 37:45
  On the way you also stop at the Boardwalk, you stop at Yon
• 37:49
  Beach, and you stop at the Swan and Dolphin.
• 37:51
  So again, different options that you have for exploring these
• 37:55
  different resorts to see what they have to offer.
• 37:58
  Do you keep in mind, and I should mention this, for anybody
• 38:00
  that is visiting these resorts, keep in mind that some of the
• 38:04
  amenities at these resorts are only for guests, right?
• 38:08
  So this is not me suggesting to go there and use the pool.
• 38:11
  That is not that is against Disney policy.
• 38:13
  You can only use the pool at the resort you're staying at or
• 38:15
  sister resorts if you're staying at one of those options.
• 38:19
  So just keep that in mind. But anybody can go and enjoy
• 38:22
  quick service or dessert or look around the lobby or any of those
• 38:27
  types of activities you are, anybody is welcome to go and do
• 38:30
  that, but just keep that in mind as we're talking through these.
• 38:33
  So yes, that friendship boat between Epcot and Studios will
• 38:37
  take you by the Boardwalk, the yacht and the Beach Club and the
• 38:40
  Swan and the Dolphin. Now, if you are in the Magic
• 38:44
  Kingdom area and you want to hop on a boat, do you have several
• 38:48
  options? You can take a boat from the
• 38:52
  Magic Kingdom that will take you to Fort Wilderness, Wilderness
• 38:56
  Lodge, Grand Floridian, and the Polynesian.
• 38:58
  So those are all some options that you can do.
• 39:00
  And those boat launches are between the monorail and the
• 39:05
  ferry boat. As you are exiting Magic
• 39:08
  Kingdom, they are like straight dead ahead.
• 39:10
  Whereas like the ferry boat will be off to the left and the
• 39:13
  monorail will be off to the right.
• 39:15
  So just take a look at the signs to see which one you would like
• 39:18
  to go to. So you're going to start at
• 39:19
  Magic Kingdom. So however, you need to get to
• 39:21
  Magic Kingdom to be able to take those boats there.
• 39:25
  You have another boat route that will also take you between the
• 39:29
  contemporary Fort Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge.
• 39:31
  So take a look at, they often distinguish these boats with
• 39:35
  flag colors on the boats that will tell you which route it is
• 39:38
  that they're running to those docks.
• 39:40
  So hop on a boat, have an adventure that way.
• 39:43
  I like the boat that goes over to the Grand Floridian.
• 39:46
  I just, I like that ride. I think it's a fun, very scenic
• 39:50
  route kind of going that direction across the lake.
• 39:53
  But you've got tons of really nice views.
• 39:55
  You get really beautiful picturesque views of like the
• 39:58
  train station and the entrance to Magic Kingdom.
• 40:01
  You get beautiful picturesque views of the resorts as you're
• 40:04
  approaching them. Really, really nice.
• 40:07
  I like to do it kind of during golden hour too, because then
• 40:10
  you get some of the sunlight reflecting off the water.
• 40:12
  Really, really beautiful options there for Magic Kingdom boat
• 40:16
  routes. The last boat route that I'm
• 40:17
  going to talk about is the Disney Springs boat route.
• 40:20
  So there are a couple different resorts that you can have.
• 40:23
  You can take a boat to get to Disney Springs.
• 40:26
  Now. This has been in the news
• 40:27
  recently as we are recording this because Disney is changing
• 40:31
  their policy for what guests are able to utilize transportation
• 40:36
  from some resorts to and from Disney Springs.
• 40:40
  So keep in mind that for the boats that go to Old Key West
• 40:45
  and Saratoga from Disney Springs and the ones that go to Port
• 40:49
  Orleans, French Quarter and Port Orleans Riverside, you have to
• 40:53
  be a resort guest of one of those or you have to have like
• 40:59
  an activity reservation to be able to board the boats or the
• 41:03
  buses at Disney Springs. So that is a change that is
• 41:06
  coming up. So do keep that in mind if you
• 41:09
  are somebody that likes to visit those resorts from Disney
• 41:12
  Springs, you need to have a specific reason to go in order
• 41:16
  to be able to board those boats if you have parked at Disney
• 41:19
  Springs. So they're trying to alleviate
• 41:21
  the people that are abusing the free parking at Disney Springs,
• 41:24
  I believe is the whole purpose behind this.
• 41:26
  We'll see what happens with that.
• 41:28
  But definitely look into that if you are someone that wants to
• 41:31
  take those boat rides. Now if you're staying at one of
• 41:33
  those resorts, you have free access to those boats no
• 41:36
  problem. I love the boat ride from Port
• 41:40
  Orleans French Quarter to Disney Springs.
• 41:42
  We did that when we stayed there a few years back.
• 41:45
  It is a super fun boat ride. It is.
• 41:48
  It's a little bit lengthy. It's like a 2025 minute boat
• 41:51
  ride, but it's beautiful. There's lots of sites all
• 41:55
  around. I enjoyed it.
• 41:56
  My kids really liked it when we stayed there.
• 41:58
  So if you're staying at one of those, definitely consider
• 42:01
  taking the boats to Disney Springs for something kind of
• 42:04
  fun to do. And then when you get to Disney
• 42:06
  Springs, you have that whole list of things that I explained
• 42:09
  to you earlier in our episode of Different Things You Can Do at
• 42:11
  Disney Springs. So hop on the boat, take the
• 42:14
  boat over there and enjoy some time over at Disney Springs.
• 42:17
  So those are your kind of transportation adventures that
• 42:21
  you can take. And again, a lot of those were
• 42:23
  resort based. So let's talk more about the
• 42:25
  resorts. This is a big list.
• 42:27
  I'm going to kind of fly through this information and give you
• 42:29
  like an overview the best that I can.
• 42:31
  And then it'll be your job to look into the ones that sound
• 42:35
  most interesting to you. So let's talk about all of the
• 42:38
  different resort activities that you can do without even needing
• 42:41
  to go into a park. Obviously, the first thing that
• 42:44
  I'm going to tell you to do is to check with your resort at
• 42:47
  check in for their list of events for the week.
• 42:49
  Sometimes they have little like posters that are inside of
• 42:52
  pieces by the front desk. Sometimes they have different
• 42:57
  signage that are out by the pools, but definitely check in
• 43:00
  to see these events typically include things like games,
• 43:03
  crafts, movies and more holiday times.
• 43:06
  They even have special events also, like I know we were there
• 43:10
  near Christmas time and my kids got to make some little
• 43:13
  ornaments. You know, they have lots of
• 43:15
  different themed activities for any of the holidays, not even
• 43:19
  just like Christmas time. They'll have different things
• 43:21
  that are themed for Easter and all of the holidays in between.
• 43:26
  But the the main resort activities that you're going to
• 43:28
  find basically every resort are an arcade.
• 43:32
  They almost always have a movie under the stars option where
• 43:36
  they will have different movies throughout the week, usually
• 43:39
  right around the sunset time, usually about 8 PM, 8:30 PM
• 43:43
  depending on the time of year. And then a lot of the resorts
• 43:46
  also have like campfires or s'mores building or s'mores
• 43:50
  making or like toasting marshmallows also.
• 43:53
  So all of those options are kind of a general blanket statement
• 43:57
  of most resorts have those options, but some of the more
• 44:01
  specific options, let's talk about those now.
• 44:04
  The first thing that I want to talk about are some of the art
• 44:08
  options and art class options over at Coronado Springs.
• 44:12
  So Coronado Springs is mainly known for being a conference
• 44:17
  resort, so you get a lot of conventions and things over
• 44:21
  there, but they also have some really great art classes.
• 44:23
  So the first is the mosaic art option and that is for ages 12
• 44:28
  and up. It is $30 and the like
• 44:32
  description of the class is to create a Disney themed artwork
• 44:36
  inspired by the vibrant mosaics of Barcelona, Spain.
• 44:39
  Let your creative spirit run free as you design A mosaic that
• 44:43
  blends seasonal elements with beloved Disney characters and
• 44:46
  stories. So they have different options
• 44:49
  seasonally depending on when you go, but they almost always have
• 44:52
  the Mickey head shaped mosaic option there.
• 44:56
  This is a 2 hour experience and at the end you will have a
• 44:59
  colorful keepsake and you will receive a travel container to
• 45:03
  help you carry it home. The finished artwork may vary in
• 45:06
  size but will be no larger than 12 inches by 12 inches.
• 45:11
  So thinking about transporting that home, that is the shape and
• 45:15
  the size that you're looking at. And this takes place in the
• 45:18
  Dahlia Lounge at Coronado Springs on Mondays, Wednesdays
• 45:23
  and Saturdays from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
• 45:27
  So it's Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1:00 PM, lasting
• 45:30
  until three. You do want to make your
• 45:33
  reservation for that ahead of time on the Disney website.
• 45:36
  The other option that they have is the colors of Coronado
• 45:39
  painting experience. This one's a little bit more
• 45:42
  involved, but it is still for ages 12 and up.
• 45:44
  It is $45 per person. And the description of this one
• 45:48
  is it says taken the breathtaking views of Walt
• 45:51
  Disney World Resort while you create your own masterpiece.
• 45:53
  And this is held at the Toledo restaurant, so the restaurant is
• 45:58
  obviously not open when they do this class.
• 46:00
  But that is where you will sit and paint and you will have a 2
• 46:04
  hour class facilitated by local artists.
• 46:06
  You'll pick up a brush and follow along as you color a
• 46:09
  canvas with theme designs based on the latest and greatest
• 46:11
  Disney has to offer. And this does mention that
• 46:14
  returning guests can expect a new design each month.
• 46:17
  So this frequently changes. So if you do it once and you
• 46:21
  want to be able to do it again, chances are good you're going to
• 46:23
  get a different scene or a different experience to paint.
• 46:27
  When you were done, you'll have a brand new original.
• 46:30
  This one is 11 inches by 14 inches piece of art to bring
• 46:34
  home and show off to all of your friends.
• 46:36
  So 11 by 14 for that one. Again, thinking about
• 46:39
  transporting at home, make sure that you have kind of space in
• 46:42
  your luggage if you're flying or in a carry on or however you're
• 46:46
  going to get it home. And this is every Friday at 1:00
• 46:50
  PM. Again, you want to reserve your
• 46:52
  time ahead of time on the Disney website.
• 46:54
  But two really fun art options over at Coronado Springs and now
• 46:59
  for something completely different, we're going to go
• 47:00
  over to the Grand Floridian Resort.
• 47:03
  And over the Grand Floridian, they actually have a fully
• 47:05
  functioning spa, which I don't know how many people actually
• 47:09
  know that the full name of the Grand Floridian is the Grand
• 47:12
  Floridian Resort and Spa. So this is a spa service that is
• 47:17
  available for 18 and up. However, there are a few
• 47:21
  options. Four teens, ages 14 to 17, they
• 47:26
  can do if they are accompanied by a parent or guardian for the
• 47:29
  entire experience. So under 18 has to have a parent
• 47:32
  or guardian stay with them the entire time and then they do.
• 47:35
  Also note that select salon and nail services are available for
• 47:39
  children 5 and up when accompanied by a parent or
• 47:42
  guardian for the entire experience.
• 47:44
  So it's kind of a tiered option. You have to look at the
• 47:46
  different things that they have to offer because they don't
• 47:49
  offer every service for every age.
• 47:52
  You do book this online. It's not you go through the
• 47:54
  Disney website, but you actually book on a third party site for
• 47:58
  them. For 18 and up, massages,
• 48:01
  facials, nail services, hair and makeup options, they range
• 48:05
  anywhere from $20.00 for a basic nail service all the way up to
• 48:10
  $300.00 for like massage and facial and all of that.
• 48:14
  And they, you know, have all sorts of price ranges in between
• 48:17
  for the kids and teen services they offer facials, massages,
• 48:22
  manicures and pedicures. And those again start around $35
• 48:26
  and they go up to $200 if you book one of the more involved
• 48:30
  packages. So all of that information and
• 48:33
  all of the little kind of detailed packages that they have
• 48:36
  are available for you to look at on the website even without
• 48:39
  booking. So you can hop on the start on
• 48:41
  the on the Disney website, type in the Grand Floridian Spa.
• 48:45
  It'll take you to that page and you'll be able to click through
• 48:47
  to look at all of the different options that they have in the
• 48:50
  different price ranges that they have.
• 48:51
  But a really fun way, if you maybe have some kiddos that
• 48:56
  really want to do like a hair option or if they want to do
• 49:01
  Mani petty, those are really, really great options to do that.
• 49:05
  You could maybe do a halfway through your trip.
• 49:08
  I know one of the options as I was looking through all of these
• 49:11
  is like, what did they call it like a tired, tired feet teen
• 49:15
  option or something where it's like a a foot massage and a
• 49:19
  pedicure. So lots of really cute options
• 49:21
  that they have over at the Grand Floridian Spa.
• 49:25
  Let's talk about boat rentals. So we talked a little bit about
• 49:28
  boat rentals with the fireworks crews, but let's talk about like
• 49:32
  other boat rentals that you can do.
• 49:35
  And then we're also going to talk about fishing in kind of
• 49:37
  coordination with that. There are boat rentals that you
• 49:42
  can do at a ton of the different resorts.
• 49:44
  So the boat rental options are available at the Contemporary,
• 49:49
  the Beach Club, Grand Veridian Yacht Club.
• 49:52
  The boat rentals are first come, first serve and they are the Sun
• 49:56
  Tracker brand of pontoon boats. Now I don't know that much about
• 49:59
  boating, but I got that off the website.
• 50:01
  They do seat up to 10 guests and they're actually really
• 50:06
  affordable. They're only $49.00 per half
• 50:09
  hour. So you can go there again, first
• 50:12
  come first serve. You do not make a reservation
• 50:14
  for these and you can talk to the people there about how long
• 50:17
  you want to go out, what your options are, the and all those
• 50:20
  details with them. The driver must be at least 18
• 50:24
  years of age, so don't send all your teenagers that are under 18
• 50:28
  to go and rent a pontoon boat. You've got to have somebody to
• 50:31
  drive it that is at least 18 years of age.
• 50:34
  Generally speaking, their hours are 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, but
• 50:38
  that does vary depending on the time of year, weather
• 50:42
  permitting. All of those those details as
• 50:45
  well, but several different options of where you can rent
• 50:48
  those at one of these locations at Fort Wilderness, you can also
• 50:54
  rent kayaks and canoes. So if that is something you like
• 50:57
  to do if you're very outdoorsy, you've got a family that's very
• 50:59
  outdoorsy, you can rent kayaks and canoes over at Fort
• 51:03
  Wilderness. Again, these are first come
• 51:05
  first serve. It is generally 9:00 AM to 5:00
• 51:08
  PM daily and it is $10.00 for 30 minutes.
• 51:12
  Now keep in mind, these places claim that they're open until
• 51:16
  5:00, but they stop letting people rent, usually speaking
• 51:21
  about 30 minutes before they close because the point is
• 51:24
  they're supposed to have everybody back in and they can
• 51:27
  close down their their shop for, for the evening at 5:00 PM.
• 51:32
  So you definitely want to be there by like 4 to make sure
• 51:35
  that you get enough time to go through all of their information
• 51:39
  and get all the waivers signed. But Fort Wilderness is where
• 51:41
  you'll find those kayak and canoe rentals.
• 51:43
  And they do have for all of these.
• 51:45
  They do have life jackets and all of that safety information
• 51:48
  and everything they give to you whenever you go to rent there as
• 51:51
  well. You know, something kind of
• 51:53
  adjacent to that is these fishing options that they have.
• 51:57
  So they actually have a fishing option that is the dockside
• 52:00
  fishing, so one that you don't even need to go out and drive a
• 52:03
  boat around. So this is at the Port Orleans
• 52:06
  Riverside and Fort Wilderness resorts only.
• 52:10
  It is $6 for 30 minutes of fishing on the dockside and they
• 52:15
  give you the pole and the bait. The bait I believe is a little
• 52:18
  bit of an extra cost, I want to say 4 or $5 for different
• 52:22
  container sizes. It probably depends on what they
• 52:25
  have available and and that but you can do dockside fishing over
• 52:29
  there. It is all catch and release
• 52:31
  obviously. I believe it's primarily bass
• 52:35
  that you are fishing for in the waterways at Disney that and
• 52:38
  that's what Disney brings in for the fishing experiences, but
• 52:42
  don't quote me on that. So dockside fishing over at
• 52:45
  Riverside and Fort Wilderness and then they do offer fishing
• 52:50
  excursions as well. So the excursions are offered at
• 52:55
  Fort Wilderness, Caribbean Beach, Contemporary Grand
• 52:58
  Floridian, Old Key West, Polynesian, Port Orleans,
• 53:02
  Riverside Wilderness Lodge and Yacht Club.
• 53:05
  So lots of options for where these fishing excursions can
• 53:08
  take place. Something fun to note that I
• 53:11
  didn't realize and I've looked at these fishing excursions
• 53:13
  before, but I didn't realize some of them super early in the
• 53:17
  morning, you can actually take a fishing excursion into the World
• 53:22
  Showcase Lake, like into the lagoon like that World Showcase
• 53:27
  is situated around. So like if you're somebody that
• 53:30
  is jumping on over at like the Yacht Club, you can go into
• 53:35
  Epcot on your boat, right? You're not going to be obviously
• 53:37
  walking around in the parks before it's open, but like they
• 53:39
  have like 7:00 AM times, which is before the park opens.
• 53:43
  But you can go into the World Showcase Lagoon and fish in
• 53:47
  there, which I thought was super cool.
• 53:49
  I didn't even know that you could do that, but they have two
• 53:52
  hour and 4 hour excursions for these fishing experiences.
• 53:57
  A two hour 1 generally ranges anywhere from $250 to $300.
• 54:03
  A four hour 1 is $450 to $500 and they have a couple different
• 54:08
  types of boats that you can go on.
• 54:11
  I should also mention that DVC and annual pass holders get 15%
• 54:15
  off of those prices, but you can choose from a guided bass
• 54:18
  fishing excursion which includes a sun tracker fishing barge,
• 54:23
  pontoon boat which will accommodate up to five guests or
• 54:27
  a tournament style Nitro bass fishing boat which will
• 54:30
  accommodate up to three guests. So those price ranges, like the
• 54:35
  250 for two hours is going to be your smaller boat and then the
• 54:39
  300 is going to be your bigger boat.
• 54:41
  But either way, if you're going with friends or different family
• 54:45
  members, you can split that cost between all of you, which I
• 54:49
  think is really nice. And again, DVC and a PS get 15%
• 54:53
  off of those options. But yeah, a lot of the options
• 54:56
  also happen at the Seven Seas Lagoon.
• 54:59
  So like if you're a Fort Wilderness, if you are
• 55:01
  contemporary Grand Floridian, that's where you're going to
• 55:04
  find those. I don't know for sure where the
• 55:07
  Caribbean beach one goes. I would guess it probably goes
• 55:10
  to Epcot as well, but don't quote me on that.
• 55:13
  I don't know for sure if you've been on one of these and you
• 55:16
  know, leave us a comment because I'd love to know like if this is
• 55:19
  all like location specific, right?
• 55:21
  Because then I also don't know like Old Key West and Port
• 55:25
  Orleans, Riverside. Did they go to Disney Springs?
• 55:29
  Just thinking about bigger areas that they could do it at.
• 55:33
  That's not like a river way. I would guess that would make
• 55:37
  sense to me. So those are probably your three
• 55:39
  options as far as location that you go to.
• 55:42
  But either way, a really fun option.
• 55:44
  If you've got Fisher people, fishermen, fisherwomen in your
• 55:48
  in your travel group, that's a really fun option to do it.
• 55:52
  One of the resorts, OK, I think that's all of our boat related
• 55:57
  things. Let's talk about bicycle rentals
• 56:00
  because this is another option that you have over at some of
• 56:03
  the resorts. So some of these resorts are so
• 56:06
  scenic that they give you the ability to rent a bicycle
• 56:09
  because they've got bike paths and walking paths and things
• 56:12
  that you can take these on. So they have both adult bikes
• 56:17
  and children's bikes and they even have some that have
• 56:19
  training wheels on them, which is a really nice feature.
• 56:22
  They are available on a first come, first served basis at the
• 56:25
  following Disney Resort Hotel. So Old Key West, Port Orleans,
• 56:29
  Riverside, Saratoga Springs and Fort Wilderness.
• 56:32
  They all have bicycle rentals that you can do.
• 56:35
  The price range for bike rentals is $9 per 60 minutes.
• 56:40
  So if you just want to take a couple laps around the resort
• 56:43
  and then go back and return your bicycle, you can do that.
• 56:46
  Or they are $18.00 for the whole day.
• 56:49
  So if you'd like to rent it from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, you will.
• 56:54
  You will pay $18.00 for the whole day.
• 56:55
  So if you'd like to have that ability to ride around
• 56:58
  throughout the day, that could be a really fun adventure that
• 57:01
  you could go on. Especially some of these
• 57:03
  resorts, like some of these resorts are huge.
• 57:05
  Old Key West and Saratoga Springs are massive resorts.
• 57:10
  So is Fort Wilderness. Orleans, Riverside's a little
• 57:12
  bit smaller, but I guess you could take your bike over to
• 57:15
  French Quarter potentially and have that kind of extended route
• 57:20
  that you could take. But all of these resorts are
• 57:23
  beautiful and scenic. Old Key West and Saratoga
• 57:26
  Springs especially, you go near some of the golf courses, so
• 57:29
  just absolutely beautifully scenic at these locations.
• 57:34
  Do keep in mind that Florida law requires bicyclists under 16
• 57:39
  years of age to wear helmets. So anyone under 16 is required
• 57:43
  by their law to wear a helmet. Guests must remain within the
• 57:46
  specific resort area where the bike has been rented.
• 57:48
  So it's not like you could grab a bike at Saratoga Springs and
• 57:52
  ride it to Disney Springs. That is not allowed.
• 57:54
  You have to stay in the resort area for which you rent.
• 57:58
  Now the reason that I mentioned Riverside, Porto Lanes Riverside
• 58:01
  is I don't know for sure if they would let you to go to French
• 58:05
  Quarter because it's all connected by those pathways or
• 58:09
  not. So that would be a question
• 58:10
  you'd have to ask if you're over at Riverside and planning to do
• 58:14
  a bicycle rental. Now the other style of bike
• 58:17
  rental that they have are the Surrey bikes.
• 58:20
  And I actually just did this with our good friend Sarah and
• 58:24
  Ty on my last trip. And Oh my word, we had so much
• 58:29
  fun doing the Surrey bikes. We chose to do it over at Port
• 58:33
  Orleans Riverside. They also have them at Boardwalk
• 58:36
  Inn, Old Key West and Saratoga Springs.
• 58:39
  So again, these options are some of the bigger resorts that have
• 58:43
  these walking pathways already kind of built into their
• 58:45
  infrastructure. But you can choose a two person
• 58:48
  or a four person Surrey bike. Do keep in mind that if you are
• 58:54
  doing these Surrey bikes, they're they're heavy.
• 58:59
  So there were three of us doing the Surrey bike over the four
• 59:03
  person Surrey bike over at Riverside and some of the little
• 59:06
  hills we had to go up. We had to work real hard to get
• 59:09
  up there. So they are heavy bikes it it is
• 59:13
  a bit of a workout. So keep that in mind.
• 59:15
  You definitely want to have enough leg power to get you
• 59:20
  through. Now these locations also have or
• 59:24
  these bikes also have like middle seats that have options
• 59:29
  where like little kiddos can sit with like a little seat belt,
• 59:31
  which is kind of fun. So definitely take a look at
• 59:35
  that. But the price range for these is
• 59:38
  for A2 seater it is $25 for 30 minutes and then for A4 seater
• 59:44
  it is $28.00 for 30 minutes. So a really affordable option.
• 59:50
  We had so much fun. We made it 2 laps around
• 59:54
  Riverside in our 30 minutes that we had.
• 59:57
  And they like to have a little map on the that's like connected
• 1:00:00
  to the Surrey bike so you know where to go.
• 1:00:02
  And like the woman that was working was an Angel because we
• 1:00:05
  got there like right as she was trying to shut down.
• 1:00:08
  We were like right at 4:30 and we kind of begged and pleaded
• 1:00:11
  and she was so nice and let us still go ahead and rent one.
• 1:00:15
  And we promised her we would be back before 5:00 so that way she
• 1:00:19
  could be done with her her work for the day.
• 1:00:22
  But so much fun it is. A bit of a workout, but
• 1:00:26
  definitely worth it if that's something that you wanted to do.
• 1:00:29
  It's something I had always wanted to do and we had a blast
• 1:00:31
  doing it. If you want to see our
• 1:00:33
  adventures, I did post a video on my personal TikTok account.
• 1:00:36
  My wishes Mama account we had. We had a blast doing that.
• 1:00:39
  So the Surrey bikes are definitely a really fun option
• 1:00:42
  for something completely different.
• 1:00:44
  I will mention I don't know about the the routes at Old Key
• 1:00:49
  West or Saratoga Riverside had just a few small hills.
• 1:00:52
  Boardwalk has some more hills. So unless you've got four really
• 1:00:57
  strong legged people peddling that bike, I don't know that I
• 1:01:01
  would suggest the Boardwalk because it's got a lot of a lot
• 1:01:05
  bigger hills and it would be a lot harder to make it up those
• 1:01:10
  hills. That's what I would would say
• 1:01:13
  about that. But the boardwalk would be a
• 1:01:15
  very nice scenic one to do if you know you've got the manpower
• 1:01:18
  and can get the momentum to make it up some of those hills.
• 1:01:21
  So the last specific section in resorts that I have to talk
• 1:01:25
  about before we get to just some general resort ambiance, which
• 1:01:29
  I'll talk about as our last section to close is over at Fort
• 1:01:34
  Wilderness. We've talked about Fort
• 1:01:35
  Wilderness a couple of different things.
• 1:01:36
  They definitely have some good options over there, but this is
• 1:01:39
  the different horse options that you have.
• 1:01:41
  So over at Fort Wilderness, they have the Tri Circle D Ranch,
• 1:01:45
  which is where they keep all of the horses that you see across
• 1:01:48
  property. So little ponies that that pull
• 1:01:52
  Cinderella's carriage for the different like wedding events
• 1:01:55
  and special events. The horses that pull the trolley
• 1:01:59
  cars over at Magic Kingdom that like the Dapper Danzer on
• 1:02:01
  sometimes the horse that is featured in the Mickey's Not so
• 1:02:06
  scary Halloween party booty you parade.
• 1:02:09
  All of these horses have to live somewhere.
• 1:02:11
  Well, they live over at Fort Wilderness over at Tri Circle D
• 1:02:15
  Ranch, so they have two different options for horse
• 1:02:19
  experiences over here. The first that they have is the
• 1:02:22
  pony rides. So for the pony rides, the
• 1:02:25
  riders must be at least three years of age, under 80 lbs and
• 1:02:30
  no taller than 48 inches. So this is truly little kiddo
• 1:02:34
  friendly. I really wanted to take my
• 1:02:36
  daughter on this, one of our last trips, but unfortunately
• 1:02:40
  the trip that we wanted to go on, both my kiddos got sick and
• 1:02:44
  so we just ran out of time. And now she's too tall, so I
• 1:02:48
  can't take her on the pony rides.
• 1:02:50
  But I do want to take her horseback riding when she's a
• 1:02:53
  little bit bigger, which we'll talk about those details in a
• 1:02:56
  moment. But for the pony rides, again,
• 1:02:58
  they must be at least three under 80 lbs and no taller than
• 1:03:02
  48 inches. It is only $10 per child, which
• 1:03:06
  is a fabulous price for a fun experience to have.
• 1:03:09
  Over at the at the resorts, it is walk in only, so you want to
• 1:03:13
  make sure that you get there early so that way you're not
• 1:03:16
  waiting in a super, super crazy long line.
• 1:03:20
  Their hours are generally 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, but they are
• 1:03:25
  subject to change and they don't really post them.
• 1:03:28
  Before the trip that we were going to go on a few days
• 1:03:31
  before, I actually found a number online like the and
• 1:03:35
  called Tri Circle D Ranch and said, hey, can you tell me what
• 1:03:38
  your hours are going to be next week?
• 1:03:40
  And they're like, oh, yeah, no problem.
• 1:03:42
  We're 4:50 or 9:00 to 5:00 or whatever it is.
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  But so that was really helpful because they don't really
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  publish the hours ahead of time unless you're like at the
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  resort. So like you'd have to make a
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  second trip. It's that would be a whole, a
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  whole production. So I actually called and they
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  were able to tell me, but it is walk-ins only.
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  Again, generally speaking, 4:50 for those pony rides.
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  Really, really great option for your littles, especially if they
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  are animal lovers. And it's a really great option
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  if you've also got people that want to do the horseback riding,
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  which is the other horse experience you can have over at
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  Fort Wilderness. Guests must be 9 years of age or
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  older and at least 48 inches and under £250.
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  So they do have pretty strict size guides for that just for
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  the the well-being of the animals.
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  It is $65 per person and you can book it 60 days prior to your
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  visit. And I believe it's about an hour
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  long experience. So that is one of those magical
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  extras you can book 60 days prior to and they have a couple
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  times throughout the day that you can book.
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  They have an 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM, eleven AM, 12:30 PM, and
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  2:00 PM. So those five times are what
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  they have available throughout the day.
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  I don't know for sure how quickly this experience books
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  up. If you've got a larger party
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  that wants to go, I would definitely suggest booking it as
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  soon as possible. But if you're just one person,
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  chances are good you can probably find something a little
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  bit closer to the day that you want to go.
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  But this is one that I really want to do.
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  I love horseback riding. I haven't been in so long, but I
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  would love to go horseback riding over at Fort Wilderness.
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  So both of those options are really great, especially if
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  let's say you're you're doing the like 11 AM horseback riding
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  and the pony rides open at 10. Get there a little bit early and
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  you can do a little bit of experiencing both while you're
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  over at Fort Wilderness. You can also walk in through the
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  stables and like see all of the horses that are housed over
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  there as well. Just again, be respectful of the
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  the animals over there. That is their home and that is
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  their space where they're away from the hustle and bustle of
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  the parks, just like you're there to get away from the
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  hustle and bustle of the parks. So just be respectful if you do
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  visit the the stables over there at Fort Wilderness.
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  So the last thing that I want to talk about in our resort section
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  here is just some resort ambiance that you may want to go
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  and visit. And I talked a little bit about
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  some of these already, but I've got just like a short list of
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  ones that I thought of off the top of my head.
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  This is by no means a full complete list of all of the
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  offerings that these resorts have to offer.
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  But what I would suggest is picking a resort that you've
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  never been to before and that maybe looks interesting or
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  sounds interesting or maybe one that you're considering staying
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  at and just go over and see what they have to offer.
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  Different sites to see food, like we talked about different
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  experiences. So like if you're going over to
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  Coronado because you want to do the art class, well then check
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  out some of the other things that they have going on over
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  there, right. All of these resorts have a ton
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  of different things to offer. Some of the ones, and on my
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  short list, Animal Kingdom Lodge has amazing animal viewing.
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  If you go out the backside of the resort at either building,
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  you can have Savannah views. You can see zebras and giraffe
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  and antelope and waterbuck and all sorts of different animals.
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  And they've got like animal viewing guides and little animal
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  information panels that you can read like at a zoo.
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  So that's a really fun one. And Animal Kingdom Lodge is just
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  absolutely gorgeous. So that's a really fun one to
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  visit and we talked a little bit about Port Orleans French
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  Quarter and doing beignets over there.
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  Then they've got some great unique food options over there
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  as well that are not like your standard food court food
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  options. We talked about the Riviera
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  earlier. I love the Riviera resort.
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  It's just absolutely gorgeous. They've got beautiful mosaic
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  paintings all over. They've got an amazing view of
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  like the sky liner and the Caribbean beach resort.
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  The food is incredible. If you're eating at Topolino's,
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  which is the restaurant that is on the top floor, they've got a
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  character breakfast in the morning and like fine dining for
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  dinner at the evening. It's just great vibes over
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  there. I love, love, love the Riviera
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  Resort. Another one we just talked about
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  Port Orleans French Quarter, but also Port Orleans Riverside.
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  You can go over there to catch a show in the evening that
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  features Yeehaw Bob. He's a very famous entertainer
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  over at Disney, so look him up and see if that is kind of your
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  speed. Over at the Polynesian, they've
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  got Trader Sam's GRA Grotto, which is the bar, the themed,
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  the tiki themed bar that's over there, but they also have Dole
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  Whip and some other options as far as different food and great
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  theming over there on any of the outdoor patio seating.
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  So that's another great option. We talked about the Grand
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  Floridian earlier and the pianist that plays in the lobby.
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  So that's a really fun option, especially if you're a fan of
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  that style of music or if you've got some kids that may be enjoy
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  piano playing or play the piano. Go over there and check out the
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  pianist in the lobby. The Boardwalk has a ton of food
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  options and some really great sites also over there to check
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  out. And it's a quick walk from
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  Epcot, which is a nice location over there.
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  Again, that's like my short list of ones that I could think of
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  off the top of my head. But every resort has something
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  to offer that you can do without a park ticket without needing to
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  pay an extra crazy amount of money.
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  You know you're going to eat anyway, so why not try a
• 1:09:21
  restaurant at a different location?
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  I'm in any of the quick service locations across property you
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  are welcome to go to without needing to have you know you're
• 1:09:29
  not going to have a reservation, but jump on a transportation
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  option and go over to a new resort and and check it out.
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  It's a lot of fun. Well, I think that kind of wraps
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  up our fast and furious ideas of things to do without a park
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  ticket at Disney and for your non park days gives you
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  hopefully some options to consider.
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  We like to kind of pair one or two things together with like a
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  pool day or a sleep in morning if we've been going going, going
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  at the parks and we just need a little bit of extra time to
• 1:09:58
  rest. All of these are really great
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  options for that. So hopefully this list give you
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  something new to consider for your next Disney trip.
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  And as always, if you need help planning your next Disney trip,
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  you can reach out to me mom St. usa@gmail.com.
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  I am not a travel agent, but I love helping people with
• 1:10:14
  itineraries. I love helping people coordinate
• 1:10:17
  their lightning lanes. I have lots of experience and
• 1:10:21
  knowledge for all of that. You can also comment on any of
• 1:10:25
  our posts and or send me Adm on social media.
• 1:10:28
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• 1:10:30
  social media accounts including our Patreon which is one of the
• 1:10:34
  best places to get a hold of me over there.
• 1:10:36
  For any sort of questions or suggestions that you've got, I'd
• 1:10:41
  love to hear from you. Coming up next on Mom St.
• 1:10:44
  USA, you're going to talk about next week what kids actually
• 1:10:48
  care about at Disney. And spoiler alert, it may not
• 1:10:53
  always be the ride. So that is next week's topic.
• 1:10:56
  So I hope you'll join me then. But for today, that wraps up all
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  of our information for this episode of Mom St.
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  USA. Thank you all so much for being
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  here and for always supporting me.
• 1:11:06
  I so appreciate your time and your energy and I send you all
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  good vibes. Have a wonderful week and we'll
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  see you on the next episode of Off St.
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  USA. Bye everyone.