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Disney On A Budget · The Worst: Beyond the Magic

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SPEAKER_02: Worse Beyond the Magic, and I gotta have a conversation with you about how to do Disney on a budget because I have no idea.
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SPEAKER_02: Do we what's what's a budget?
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SPEAKER_01: Do we have an idea what a budget is?
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SPEAKER_01: We may be the wrong people to do this because we're not sure that budget's in our vocabulary.
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SPEAKER_02: All right, I tell you what, before we get started, let's get back into the time machine.
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SPEAKER_02: Let's go back to when we first started this endeavor and first started going to Disney and we barely knew anything.
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SPEAKER_02: And let's talk about how we could afford it back then and not how we afford it now.
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SPEAKER_01: Right.
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SPEAKER_01: Got it.
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SPEAKER_01: We afford it now by credit card debt.
0:32
SPEAKER_01: That's how we afford it now.
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SPEAKER_01: But that's it, that's neither here nor there.
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SPEAKER_02: Welcome back to the worst beyond the magic.
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SPEAKER_02: Today we're talking about something that might actually save you money, which is unusual for a Disney podcast because normally we're encouraging you to spend more of it.
0:49
SPEAKER_01: Mo money, mo problems.
0:52
SPEAKER_01: But if you go to Disney and you spend money, all your problems are magically gone, right?
0:56
SPEAKER_03: At least that's what they want you to think.
0:58
SPEAKER_03: Yes.
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SPEAKER_03: The magic.
1:01
SPEAKER_03: I need some pixie dust, please.
1:02
SPEAKER_03: Can we monetize that pixie dust?
1:05
SPEAKER_02: That'll be$29.95.
1:07
SPEAKER_02: Right.
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SPEAKER_02: All right, let's be serious for a minute.
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SPEAKER_02: Disney vacations are expensive, really expensive.
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SPEAKER_02: And if you're family planning your first vacation, you might look at the prices and think, well, I guess we're going to the local water park again this year.
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SPEAKER_02: But here's the thing: you don't need to stay at the Grand Foridian, like Jamie dreams of.
1:23
SPEAKER_02: You don't have to eat at Cinderella's Royal Table or buy Lightning Lanes available to have an incredible vacation.
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SPEAKER_02: You definitely don't need to finance your trip like you're buying a used Honda Civic.
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SPEAKER_01: Right.
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SPEAKER_01: So here's the dirty secret about Disney.
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SPEAKER_01: Every single year, it's no secret that Disney prices go up, whether it's ticket costs, whether it's dining plan costs, whatever it is, right?
1:46
SPEAKER_01: You can set your calendar to get Mickey Mouse is going to up that price every single year.
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SPEAKER_01: So how do we get by and get through that without spending a fortune?
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SPEAKER_01: We're here to talk about it today.
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SPEAKER_02: Yeah, we're gonna we're gonna talk about a vacation you can afford.
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SPEAKER_02: Where to stay, how to get there, what to eat, where to save.
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SPEAKER_02: We're spending a little extra might actually be worth it.
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SPEAKER_02: We're even gonna talk about avoiding ticket scams, which is huge because apparently some people have decided that stealing from families trying to visit Mickey Mouse is a viable career path.
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SPEAKER_02: At the end of the day, we're gonna see if we can build a realistic Disney vacation for a family of four without completely destroying their savings account.
2:22
SPEAKER_02: All right, Jamie, before we start, what's the single biggest waste of money you see people make at Disney?
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SPEAKER_01: I think they go, I think we talked about this a bunch, but they go way too hard on the paint.
2:30
SPEAKER_01: They buy too much, they had to try to cram a lot in and then in a small amount of days, and they don't spread things out and enjoy their time.
2:37
SPEAKER_01: So they they'll buy a hopper pass or they'll buy uh six days in a row uh with no breaks.
2:43
SPEAKER_01: Like they want to go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
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SPEAKER_01: And it ends up being miserable.
2:48
SPEAKER_01: And along with those park days and party, comes that price.
2:52
SPEAKER_01: So you feel like you have to pay or you feel like you have to use what you paid for.
2:57
SPEAKER_01: And unfortunately, I think that's the trap that people fall into.
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SPEAKER_02: Yeah, absolutely.
3:00
SPEAKER_02: And just to be upfront and clear with everybody, you know, Jamie and I, if you haven't heard, are travel nation travel agents.
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SPEAKER_02: And have we mentioned that before?
3:09
SPEAKER_02: We might have mentioned it.
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SPEAKER_02: So we're here to help you.
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SPEAKER_02: We don't, you know, we're remembering that when we started this endeavor and trying to do everything on a budget, and so we want to make sure and help you not spend a lot of money.
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SPEAKER_02: Our time and our uh services don't cost extra.
3:24
SPEAKER_02: They they're built right into what Disney caught uh and so, but we really want to help you find the best way to do this.
3:30
SPEAKER_02: So, and a lot of that is, you know, finding the best way to spend that dollar that you've earned.
3:35
SPEAKER_02: And so let's figure this out.
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SPEAKER_02: Here's something people don't always understand.
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SPEAKER_02: Two families can take almost identical Disney vacations and spend wildly different amounts of money.
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SPEAKER_02: Same hotel, same park, same number of days, but different dates.
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SPEAKER_02: And that's because Disney uses date-based pricing for tickets and hotel fluctuates on demand.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so if you're looking to go over spring break or summer break or Christmas break or any of the school breaks, take your pick your child's school calendar and go with it.
4:04
SPEAKER_01: Guess what?
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SPEAKER_01: Mickey know Mickey Mouse knows what those school breaks are, and because of that, they have dynamic pricing based on the times we want to go.
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SPEAKER_01: So, generally speaking, the cheapest time to go is anytime between January and I would say probably the first week of March.
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SPEAKER_01: And from that point forward, it goes up from there.
4:21
SPEAKER_01: You agree, Pete?
4:22
SPEAKER_01: I do.
4:23
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I do.
4:23
SPEAKER_02: I used to think that the best time to go was the October-November timeframe, but the Halloween party has really risen in popularity.
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SPEAKER_02: So October now is really super popular as well.
4:35
SPEAKER_02: Secrets out, man.
4:36
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it really is.
4:37
SPEAKER_02: Damn, internet is ruining it.
4:40
SPEAKER_02: Mm-hmm.
4:41
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, as we're on the internet.
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SPEAKER_02: So the first thing I'd tell somebody planning a Disney vacation is to be flexible if you possibly can.
4:47
SPEAKER_02: Um, and like Jamie was just saying, do you want to avoid the obvious expensive ones to during the Halloween party?
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SPEAKER_02: Although I recommend the Halloween party.
4:54
SPEAKER_02: But if you're trying to save money on this first trip, you want to avoid Christmases, spring breaks, uh major holiday weekends, and those summer weeks when Florida feels like you're vacationing inside a dishwasher.
5:04
SPEAKER_02: Jamie, do you ever we did this a lot when Mia was younger, did you ever take out of school and not just and not worry about it?
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SPEAKER_02: Just go during the school year?
5:12
SPEAKER_01: We did.
5:12
SPEAKER_01: As they got older, like into middle school, we try not to do that anymore.
5:16
SPEAKER_01: But yeah, when they were much younger, like missing a day or two of kindergarten is not going to make or break their educational career.
5:22
SPEAKER_01: So it'd be different if they're in high school, if they're in all advanced classes, whatever in middle school.
5:28
SPEAKER_01: That's something to keep in mind.
5:30
SPEAKER_01: But typically when they're much smaller, missing two or three, four days at the most, maybe for your school calendar is doesn't gonna make a huge difference.
5:39
SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_02: So Jamie and I will look at uh, or I um will look at the instead of choosing a specific week, if you have some flexibility to choose a possible travel window, then we could price out the entire vacation for each of those things for you, not just the hotel, the tickets, the flights, transportation, everything.
5:54
SPEAKER_02: And and don't assume traditionally slower month is automatically cheaper.
5:59
SPEAKER_02: Special events, school calendars, and promotion can change other things.
6:02
SPEAKER_02: What about Disney discounts, Jamie?
6:05
SPEAKER_01: So Disney does, they're really good about it.
6:07
SPEAKER_01: And I think in it since we started doing this, I don't know if I would just pay attention to it more.
6:11
SPEAKER_01: I think maybe that's probably it because we do this for a living and we kind of pay attention to it.
6:14
SPEAKER_01: We get those emails, we get those phone calls from Travel Mation that says, hey, the run of those promos, see what you people think about it.
6:20
SPEAKER_01: Uh they do release discounts throughout the year.
6:22
SPEAKER_01: And the nice part is it's say, let's say we book a trip now here in November, and you're not going until April of next time or next year.
6:30
SPEAKER_01: Well, in the meantime, Disney may drop some type of discount or promo code between now and then.
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SPEAKER_01: It may apply to your account.
6:37
SPEAKER_01: Pete and I are gonna adjust that and hopefully the price goes down.
6:40
SPEAKER_01: We don't care what we make, as long as you get a better deal at it, that that's gonna happen.
6:45
SPEAKER_01: We're gonna do that automatically.
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SPEAKER_01: So be on the lookout for those discounts.
6:48
SPEAKER_01: Check your email on a regular basis and see uh what discounts are offering during the time you want to be there because they'll update it, it'll change.
6:55
SPEAKER_01: They'll run some promo sale and hopefully it'll be during the time you want to go.
6:59
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I think that's an important part of it too.
7:01
SPEAKER_02: If you're booking your own or you're having us book, you can go back and keep looking to see if those, if you can apply some of those discounts.
7:08
SPEAKER_02: Like the spring 27 one is looking really good right now.
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SPEAKER_02: So if you're looking into those, um, we can help you get that.
7:14
SPEAKER_02: I mean, that'll save you a lot of money.
7:15
SPEAKER_02: You know, you can spend those on some more Mickey pretzels.
7:18
SPEAKER_02: All right.
7:18
SPEAKER_02: So if you already booked, don't assume you're stuck with the original price, like I just said, check with your promotion.
7:23
SPEAKER_02: So once you've picked your dates, that's when you start to think about uh how are you gonna get there, right?
7:28
SPEAKER_02: So I have a thing, Jamie, and maybe you can help me out or disagree with me.
7:32
SPEAKER_02: I think if you live within 12 hours of Disney, you should seriously consider driving.
7:38
SPEAKER_01: And I think you're wrong.
7:39
SPEAKER_01: I think you're crazy.
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SPEAKER_01: Uh I'm not I'm not getting in the car 12 hours, straight kids in tow, car jam-packed full of luggage.
7:48
SPEAKER_01: Uh-uh.
7:49
SPEAKER_01: I'm sorry.
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SPEAKER_01: I think you could work into the budget some sort of airfare.
7:52
SPEAKER_01: Maybe you're local, maybe you live within five hours.
7:55
SPEAKER_01: What yes.
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SPEAKER_01: Okay, fine.
7:56
SPEAKER_01: Like our friends were going with in a few weeks.
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SPEAKER_01: They live in South Carolina and they're within a five-hour drive.
8:01
SPEAKER_01: They are gonna drive.
8:03
SPEAKER_01: I would 100%, I would drive to Walt Disney World every weekend if I lived for five hours away.
8:07
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, heck yeah, for sure.
8:09
SPEAKER_01: But we live really far away in Maryland, in northern Virginia, in the DC area.
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SPEAKER_01: And so that's a plane ride trip, my friend.
8:17
SPEAKER_01: I'm sorry, I'm gonna pay out of pocket for that.
8:19
SPEAKER_01: But yeah, that's my feeling on it.
8:21
SPEAKER_01: If you want to get in the car ride and drive 12 hours straight or break it up in two days, God bless you.
8:27
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I do.
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SPEAKER_02: I and I'm a little more south than you.
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SPEAKER_02: I'm in northern Virginia, so I mean, I think you're over that threshold for me for 12 hours, anything over 12 hours, and I'm like, no, no, thanks.
8:37
SPEAKER_02: But we can leave the house and we can get there in 12 hours flat from where we're at here.
8:43
SPEAKER_02: But I mean, hear me out though.
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SPEAKER_02: I'm thinking if you if you're a family of four and you guys are a family of five, I mean, that's five airline tickets, baggage fees, airport transportation, and maybe a rental car, that adds up pretty quickly.
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SPEAKER_02: And then compare throwing everybody in the family vehicle filling with trunks and snacks and heading south.
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SPEAKER_02: So if you're if you're a family driving about 1,600 miles round trip, if your vehicle gets 28 miles per gallon and gas is, you know, close to$4, you're gonna be spending close to 200.
9:11
SPEAKER_02: Are we about to do math now?
9:12
SPEAKER_02: Is that what we're doing?
9:13
SPEAKER_02: We're doing math.
9:13
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I don't I don't do math well.
9:15
SPEAKER_02: I'm just giving a general approach to this.
9:18
SPEAKER_02: I definitely, you know, let's throw that out.
9:20
SPEAKER_02: But what you can do is you can bring coolers, you can bring snacks, you can bring extra clothes, you can bring your emotional support coffee maker, whatever fits.
9:28
SPEAKER_02: And then, you know, you're spending a few hundred, four hundred dollars on gas.
9:32
SPEAKER_02: But like, Jimmy, your tickets are per person.
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SPEAKER_02: It's like 300, 200 bucks a person times five, right?
9:40
SPEAKER_01: So they're over$100 a ticket now.
9:42
SPEAKER_01: That's what they that's typically what they are.
9:44
SPEAKER_01: Uh over$200 a ticket to fly.
9:46
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's right.
9:47
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
9:48
SPEAKER_02: And we mean we like to a party of five, that's a lot.
9:51
SPEAKER_01: It is.
9:52
SPEAKER_01: I'm a bit savvy with credit card points and miles and savvy with like airline miles, that kind of stuff.
9:59
SPEAKER_01: So we leverage that in order to cut those costs.
10:02
SPEAKER_01: That's just my family, though.
10:04
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I mean, that makes sense.
10:05
SPEAKER_02: And driving 12 hours with your kids might feel like a violation of the Geneva conventions.
10:09
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's not gonna happen.
10:10
SPEAKER_01: We're not gonna, we're not gonna do that.
10:12
SPEAKER_01: My arm can only reach so far behind me to yeah, I'm not.
10:16
SPEAKER_02: But I'm yeah, I agree with that.
10:19
SPEAKER_02: But I would say if you're looking to save that money and you're under 12 hours, that's one of those things.
10:24
SPEAKER_02: And you know, if you're driving, consider whether hotel charges for parking.
10:27
SPEAKER_02: Remember that Disney resorts give guests complimentary standard theme park parking.
10:32
SPEAKER_02: And then if you're off property, you might have that additional expense.
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SPEAKER_02: So Which brings us to the biggest decision of the vacation.
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SPEAKER_02: Property on property or off property.
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SPEAKER_02: So let's start with something I genuinely believe you do not need to stay at a deluxe Disney resort to have an amazing Disney vacation.
10:48
SPEAKER_02: I mean, I love those resorts.
10:50
SPEAKER_02: I love the atmosphere, I love the restaurants, the convenience, but I also love being able to pay my mortgage.
10:55
SPEAKER_01: Those things go hand in hand.
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SPEAKER_01: As Pete and I joke a lot on this, we like to be bougie, we like staying in the deluxe resorts and pay for that upcharge and to be close on the monorail and all the trader sands and all the things that we like, we love about Disney.
11:09
SPEAKER_01: Uh, there is a there's certainly a price that comes with that.
11:11
SPEAKER_01: So, in order to combat that, uh, there are some other places we can stay, and I know I've stayed there, and so is Pete.
11:16
SPEAKER_01: We'll talk about that next.
11:18
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
11:18
SPEAKER_02: Why don't we get into that?
11:19
SPEAKER_02: What are let's talk about those value resorts, Jamie.
11:22
SPEAKER_01: So we have what Disney offers, they have the all-star resorts.
11:26
SPEAKER_01: They have the all-star sports, they have the all-star music, they have all-star movies.
11:30
SPEAKER_01: And in addition to that, although it's not all-stars, they have pop century and they have the art of animation.
11:35
SPEAKER_01: Those are both, or all those are considered value resorts.
11:39
SPEAKER_01: I'd caution a little bit on art of animation.
11:41
SPEAKER_01: They sell that as a value resort because of the little mermaid rooms there that are just your standard two queen beds in the room.
11:48
SPEAKER_01: That part is value.
11:49
SPEAKER_01: However, if you stay in the uh highly recommended family suites part of that resort, you're looking anywhere from$400 to$600 a night, which is not value at whatsoever, but it's much nicer.
12:03
SPEAKER_01: So that's something, certainly something to keep in mind.
12:06
SPEAKER_02: Well, let me push back on that.
12:07
SPEAKER_02: You say it's not value, but let's say we have a family of six.
12:12
SPEAKER_02: Do you think that you're saving money in that suite?
12:15
SPEAKER_02: Because it has its own room, right?
12:17
SPEAKER_02: And it has a separate area for sleeping.
12:19
SPEAKER_02: It's got a little kitchenette.
12:20
SPEAKER_02: So you're getting a lot for that.
12:22
SPEAKER_02: Like if I'm going for a one bedroom at one of these other places, like I'm gonna pay at least twice as much as what you're paying there.
12:28
SPEAKER_01: What I meant by what I meant by value, you certainly you're getting the value out of it because the things that you mentioned, right?
12:33
SPEAKER_01: The little kitchenette at the separate bedroom for the parents, the enough space for everybody to spread out and sleep.
12:38
SPEAKER_01: What I when I mention, what I'm trying to say is the price is not the value there.
12:42
SPEAKER_01: So there's a huge difference between price and the family suites, art of animation, versus putting somebody at all-star movies as a sure major difference, even though that Disney considers art of animation still a valued resort.
12:54
SPEAKER_01: That's what I mean.
12:55
SPEAKER_02: I would I would throw in that those suites are low-key, uh the poor man's deluxe suite.
13:02
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, they are.
13:03
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, we stayed there many times and we loved it.
13:05
SPEAKER_01: And our kids are small and it was perfect, and mom and dad get their own separate private bedroom with a door that closes, which is super nice.
13:12
SPEAKER_02: I think the bigger part, or one of the bigger parts about if you're choosing property or on property, when you're on property, you are getting all of those complementary Disney transportations we talked about a week or two ago.
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SPEAKER_02: Um, you get the standard parking, and then you get those extra magic hours so you get there early.
13:27
SPEAKER_02: And sometimes those are priceless, you know what I mean?
13:29
SPEAKER_02: So if you're trying to avoid lightning lanes and keep your costs low, um, those extra magic hours are really a great time to get those high, those rides that are really popular that you're gonna want to grab onto.
13:40
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, definitely.
13:41
SPEAKER_01: And this is just another benefit of staying on property.
13:43
SPEAKER_01: Again, you're paying for a premium to stay on property, but you are be given you're given some extra benefits that off property guests are not given, which is one of them that just P Pete just mentioned.
13:52
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
13:53
SPEAKER_02: I know, I know we talk about the Disney bubble.
13:55
SPEAKER_02: I think if you're going on a vacation and want to be in the bubble, it's great.
13:58
SPEAKER_02: However, like if we're talking about that saving money, you gotta add up, you know, the free transportation and the extra magic hours versus how you're gonna get on property and do you have to pay parking at the hotel?
14:10
SPEAKER_02: So it's just things to think about.
14:12
SPEAKER_02: I think for me, I would uh if you're just straight up looking for budget, I'm definitely going to All-Star.
14:17
SPEAKER_02: Uh but I think Art Eye Animation is a pretty good one.
14:20
SPEAKER_02: The little more mermaid rooms are in are worthwhile.
14:23
SPEAKER_02: And the suites that you talked about, Jamie, I think are great.
14:26
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think I think the happy medium there is Pop Century.
14:29
SPEAKER_01: Pop Century, yeah, that's a good one.
14:31
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
14:31
SPEAKER_02: If you were booking a family on a budget, would you pay the extra two or three hundred dollars over the vacation to stay inside the bubble?
14:38
SPEAKER_01: I would.
14:38
SPEAKER_01: And I would just because it's a whole bunch of things included that we don't have three hours to talk about today, although you and I are really good at rambling and can could do that.
14:47
SPEAKER_00: Yes, we are.
14:49
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, we are.
14:49
SPEAKER_01: But I would, and I'm not trying to upsell, I'm not trying to, you know, make my commission any higher.
14:55
SPEAKER_01: I'm not trying to get you to spend more money.
14:57
SPEAKER_01: I'm I want you to get the most out of the money that you're gonna spend.
15:00
SPEAKER_01: If the difference is two to three hundred dollars over the price of seven days or six days, it's a hundred percent worth it more to stay on.
15:07
SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
15:08
SPEAKER_02: So let's talk about off property then, since you know we both agree we try to get you on the bubble, but if you're trying to save that money and you don't want to be in the bubble, let's talk about some of those other ones.
15:18
SPEAKER_02: So looking at some of the research, I was finding Flamingo Crossings.
15:23
SPEAKER_02: Have you heard of this place?
15:25
SPEAKER_02: I have not heard of Flamingo Crossings.
15:26
SPEAKER_02: Is it the Disney Springs area?
15:28
SPEAKER_02: It is near the Disney Springs area.
15:30
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's on the western side.
15:31
SPEAKER_02: There's several brands: Fairfield Inn, Home Two Suites, Residence Inn.
15:36
SPEAKER_02: They're not the cheapest rooms in Orlando, but they're reputable properties with amenities because we don't want to send you to the place where nefarious activities are happening in a hotel just to save you money.
15:46
SPEAKER_02: We want to make sure that you're you're in a safe place.
15:50
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, exactly.
15:51
SPEAKER_02: You want some complimentary breakfast.
15:52
SPEAKER_02: Some of them have kitchens or kitchenettes.
15:54
SPEAKER_02: You know, you've got a prep you've got a little place to make breakfasts or prepare sandwiches.
15:59
SPEAKER_02: It's good.
16:00
SPEAKER_02: You want to avoid, you know, the shadier places and have some nice places.
16:05
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
16:06
SPEAKER_01: No, I think I think if you're looking to stay our property, I think you highlighted some great ones there in the Disney Springs era.
16:12
SPEAKER_01: Like we mentioned, there's a fairfield, a home to suites, a residence in over there.
16:16
SPEAKER_01: Certainly, if you're into the hotel miles and points space, there's going to be availability over there for you to stay.
16:22
SPEAKER_01: Um, and it's certainly going to be a little bit less expensive than staying on Disney property.
16:27
SPEAKER_01: The nice part is you're directly across the street from Disney Springs.
16:30
SPEAKER_01: So you're not too far from the magic.
16:31
SPEAKER_01: You're right there.
16:32
SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
16:32
SPEAKER_01: But if you're looking for to spread out a little bit more and have that kitchenette, like Pete's mentioning, those are all great options.
16:38
SPEAKER_02: So would you stay four nights at All-Star Movies or four nights at home two suites with breakfast and a kitchen?
16:46
SPEAKER_01: That's a hard question.
16:47
SPEAKER_01: The Disney geek inside of me, a nerd inside of me, wants to stay on property.
16:51
SPEAKER_01: But it again, it's super dependent on what people want to spend.
16:55
SPEAKER_01: I can tell you right now, without even looking at any of your prices, you're going to spend more to stay at one of those all-star resorts than you would at one of those off-property hotels that we just mentioned.
17:02
SPEAKER_01: Sure.
17:03
SPEAKER_01: Sure.
17:03
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
17:04
SPEAKER_01: It may not be a whole lot, but it's still going to be more.
17:07
SPEAKER_03: All right.
17:07
SPEAKER_02: Definitely think you're going to save money not being in the bubble and not having the Disney name to it.
17:12
SPEAKER_02: So that is a, you know, a good way to manage it.
17:16
SPEAKER_02: Especially that free breakfast.
17:17
SPEAKER_02: I mean, that free breakfast, Disney has okay breakfasts, in my opinion.
17:21
SPEAKER_02: I think they're very similar.
17:22
SPEAKER_02: If you want those Mickey waffles, I think you got a plan for a day.
17:25
SPEAKER_02: But for the most part, we avoid the breakfast.
17:27
SPEAKER_02: We'll get groceries in the room and whatnot.
17:30
SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
17:30
SPEAKER_02: All right.
17:31
SPEAKER_02: I have uh I have a Travel Disney hack that I've recommended for years, and it's the snack suitcase.
17:39
SPEAKER_01: I I I like this idea.
17:40
SPEAKER_01: Tell me about it.
17:41
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
17:41
SPEAKER_02: So if you're flying it at a Disney resort, if you're flying and staying at a Disney resort, I tell people to consider packing an extra suitcase full of snacks and breakfast foods, foods, something like granola bars, cereals, crackers, protein bars, peanut butter, jerky, that you know, that kind of stuff.
17:57
SPEAKER_02: Whatever your family eats.
17:58
SPEAKER_02: And so you've got all these snacks in the suitcase, and then you bring them.
18:02
SPEAKER_02: And then here's the best part.
18:04
SPEAKER_02: Like you you've got all this, you're bringing snacks into the park that you can eat instead of paying for food in the park.
18:10
SPEAKER_02: Because they'll give you water as well.
18:12
SPEAKER_02: Jamie and I have talked about Jamie's brocked it up all the time.
18:14
SPEAKER_02: Is that you get that free water there in the park?
18:16
SPEAKER_02: And then, you know, you've eaten all your snacks and you have this empty suitcase to bring back, but you know you're gonna buy merch.
18:22
SPEAKER_02: You're gonna buy some that sweatshirt, gonna get those ears.
18:25
SPEAKER_02: You know, there's stuff that you can get for free there too.
18:28
SPEAKER_02: Um, so you're gonna fill that suitcase with merchandise, and uh, you know, it's the circle of life.
18:33
SPEAKER_01: Definitely two for one.
18:34
SPEAKER_01: You gotta snack, snacks on snacks, on snacks in your pack in your backpack or in your in your carry-on suitcase, and then you're gonna fill it up, you're gonna spend some more dollars at Mickey and bring home some of that merchandise that everybody loves.
18:46
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I think it's good.
18:47
SPEAKER_02: Like we said, the breakfast, you know, if you can eat breakfast on granolas in like a you know a box of donuts that you brought, that's great.
18:54
SPEAKER_02: I think the caveat to that, the warning is if they're paying$80 for an extra suitcase, then you want to avoid that.
19:00
SPEAKER_02: But if you've got, you know, a military discount or a credit card that gets you the luggage or it comes with your ticket, then it's definitely worthwhile.
19:08
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
19:09
SPEAKER_01: Certainly if they cover the cost of your bag.
19:11
SPEAKER_01: I know uh I am kind of prisoner to, I'm not prisoner to it, but BWI is probably the closest airport to me in Baltimore.
19:18
SPEAKER_01: Um, I don't know if you've been to BWI, but I'm relatively new to it, living here in Maryland.
19:22
SPEAKER_01: It looks like a mall from the 1990s that's well run down at this point.
19:26
SPEAKER_01: Southwest is a is the major carry out of there.
19:28
SPEAKER_01: It's a major hub for them.
19:30
SPEAKER_01: They just did a complete revamp of everything that we've ever known about Southwest uh to not benefit the customer.
19:36
SPEAKER_01: They went the opposite direction, they're more in the money-making realm now, and they've joined the likes of yeah, they've joined the likes of every other airline out there by charging for bags, charging for seat res reservations, so they're not special anymore.
19:48
SPEAKER_01: People used to fly them all the time because two bags flew for free, and that's not the case.
19:53
SPEAKER_01: So, again, something that you have to take into to mind before you choose what airline you're gonna go on.
19:58
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, for sure.
20:00
SPEAKER_02: All right, Jamie, we've got uh we've got flying or driving, we've got staying on property, off property.
20:06
SPEAKER_02: How about food?
20:08
SPEAKER_02: So we've got snacks.
20:09
SPEAKER_02: We know that snacks are allowed to bring into the park.
20:11
SPEAKER_02: What about character dining and how do we want to navigate this with the meal plan?
20:16
SPEAKER_02: And what are your tips on this?
20:17
SPEAKER_01: So it's no secret.
20:19
SPEAKER_01: I know we've talked about the meal plan in the past.
20:21
SPEAKER_01: I personally like to use the meal plan.
20:23
SPEAKER_01: And the only reason why we why we like to use it is because that we have littles and spread between, especially this upcoming trip here, spread between our two families.
20:31
SPEAKER_01: We have we have uh little people with us and they like to see the princesses or like to see the characters.
20:36
SPEAKER_01: And so getting the most of that meal plan is what's important to me.
20:39
SPEAKER_01: I know it's expensive, uh, but if you if you were to just buy out of pocket and go to let's say Across or you were to go to Cinderella Castle, you're looking at$400 to$600 out of pocket for one of those character dining ref uh meals.
20:54
SPEAKER_01: But if you're on the dining plan, you can I want to say save a whole lot of money, but you can play the system a little bit and get more out of it than what you paid into it.
21:03
SPEAKER_01: Does it make sense?
21:04
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely.
21:05
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and I think if you're if you're not on the meal plan, some of those strategies are the quick service.
21:10
SPEAKER_02: I think if you want that one real good, memorable meal.
21:14
SPEAKER_02: We used to do the last meal before the last dinner meal before we left Disney property.
21:19
SPEAKER_02: That would be our uh, whether it was our character dining or just our really like fancy thing, we would plan that for the end.
21:25
SPEAKER_02: But the rest of it was quick service.
21:27
SPEAKER_02: So what do you think?
21:27
SPEAKER_02: Do you think you can get enough to eat with quick service only?
21:30
SPEAKER_01: No, I think you can.
21:31
SPEAKER_01: I think it'd like anywhere else, it depends on what park that you're in, depending on what quick service restaurant you're going to.
21:36
SPEAKER_01: I could I could speak for the one that's in Batu in the Star Wars land of Hollywood Studios.
21:42
SPEAKER_01: That place is fantastic.
21:43
SPEAKER_01: And the portion sizes are huge.
21:45
SPEAKER_01: And that's quick service.
21:47
SPEAKER_01: So you you're getting it, it'll fill you up and it'll keep you full for the majority of the day.
21:50
SPEAKER_01: But that's just one I could think of.
21:52
SPEAKER_01: I know Confections and Epcot is another great one.
21:55
SPEAKER_01: There's something for everybody there.
21:56
SPEAKER_01: Uh yeah, there's so many different quick service locations spread throughout everyone.
22:00
SPEAKER_01: Every park.
22:00
SPEAKER_01: Again, there's something for everybody.
22:02
SPEAKER_01: I don't think they skip on the portions.
22:04
SPEAKER_01: If you want your chicken nuggets and your fries and your burgers, certainly there's that.
22:08
SPEAKER_01: They have theme park fruit for that.
22:09
SPEAKER_01: But if you want a little bit more of an elevated experience with quick service, they have that too.
22:13
SPEAKER_01: One that comes to mind is the Tuli Canteen and Animal Kingdom.
22:16
SPEAKER_01: That's a bit more elevated than just burgers and fries.
22:19
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and if you're um if you're at Disney Springs, the polite pig, that takes the quick service, and that's another one that'll fill you right up.
22:27
SPEAKER_02: That was a great task.
22:28
SPEAKER_02: I was so surprised.
22:29
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's a highly recommend.
22:31
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
22:32
SPEAKER_01: Don't sleep on so what Pete's getting at is don't sleep on the quick service.
22:35
SPEAKER_01: I know we like to I like to be bougie and get the regular dining plan, includes a sit-down meal, which is fine and all, but don't but don't sleep on the quick service.
22:42
SPEAKER_01: It's plenty of food still.
22:43
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely.
22:45
SPEAKER_02: So if you if you get one expensive Disney meal on your four-day vacation, what would it be?
22:50
SPEAKER_02: Am I allowed to say Victorian Alberts?
22:53
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
22:53
SPEAKER_02: No.
22:54
SPEAKER_02: We're trying to save money, not refinance a house.
22:56
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, yeah, or pay your rent anyway.
22:59
SPEAKER_01: I think if it's one fancy meal with the family, I think man, that's a good question.
23:05
SPEAKER_01: Everybody wants to go to Cinderella's castle and dine there, but truthfully, it's not the best that there is.
23:10
SPEAKER_01: I think one of the better ones is at Epcot, and the name escapes me right now.
23:15
SPEAKER_01: It's in the Lamb Pavilion.
23:16
SPEAKER_01: Know which one I'm talking about?
23:17
SPEAKER_01: Epcot in the Lamb Pavilion.
23:19
SPEAKER_01: Is it Garden Grill?
23:20
SPEAKER_01: Yes, Garden Grill.
23:21
SPEAKER_01: I think that's I think that's a really great character meal.
23:24
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
23:25
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah.
23:25
SPEAKER_02: Dick and Dale.
23:26
SPEAKER_01: Dick Chip and Dale's there.
23:28
SPEAKER_01: Mickey, the man himself, the boss is there.
23:31
SPEAKER_01: Pluto is there.
23:32
SPEAKER_01: You're not getting the Fab Five there, but you're getting a family style meal.
23:36
SPEAKER_01: Portion sizes are fantastic.
23:38
SPEAKER_01: The food is fantastic.
23:39
SPEAKER_01: And because it's now a super popular restaurant there, the characters have more time to spend with the orchard table and actually make multiple rounds.
23:47
SPEAKER_01: So I think that's a a quiet sleeper hit uh garden grill for character dining.
23:52
SPEAKER_01: I think that's a fantastic one.
23:54
SPEAKER_02: We do, we do, and I we were just talking about this earlier today.
23:57
SPEAKER_02: We do hoop-de-doo review because if you're gonna spend money, you get all you can eat food, you get a entertainment experience, and it's just it's just a great time.
24:08
SPEAKER_02: Like I love the food, I love the experience, I love the entertainment.
24:11
SPEAKER_02: So if you're gonna pick that one, you get two for one with that one with food and entertainment.
24:16
SPEAKER_02: So I'm a big fan of the hoop-de-doo review.
24:18
SPEAKER_01: I couldn't, I I don't even know why I didn't think of that.
24:21
SPEAKER_01: Because I do that one, I have that one on the schedule for this upcoming trip here in like less than two weeks.
24:25
SPEAKER_01: So I didn't want it.
24:26
SPEAKER_01: I can't believe I forgot that one.
24:27
SPEAKER_02: I'm telling you, I'm glad you forgot it because then I had it.
24:30
SPEAKER_01: You had it.
24:31
SPEAKER_01: Tell the people what you get there.
24:32
SPEAKER_02: What kind of food did you get there?
24:33
SPEAKER_02: Do you remember?
24:34
SPEAKER_02: This is great.
24:35
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
24:35
SPEAKER_02: Fried chicken, unfried chicken, unfried chicken.
24:38
SPEAKER_02: But they're it's like a picnic barbecue.
24:40
SPEAKER_02: So you get all you can eat, fried chicken, all you can eat beer comes with, all you can drink, sorry, beer comes with it, or sangria.
24:47
SPEAKER_02: Um, but they, you know, they have soda and lemonade for the kiddos, and they just keep bringing it.
24:50
SPEAKER_02: They've got beans and coleslaw.
24:52
SPEAKER_02: Am I forgetting something?
24:53
SPEAKER_02: I think there's another.
24:55
SPEAKER_01: Ribs.
24:55
SPEAKER_01: You're getting ribs.
24:56
SPEAKER_02: Ribs, that's it.
24:57
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, that's it.
24:58
SPEAKER_02: And then the show is just really clever and it's really funny.
25:01
SPEAKER_02: It's over the top, which is just it's fantastic.
25:04
SPEAKER_02: All right, but we're not talking about entertainment this trip.
25:06
SPEAKER_02: We're talking about ways to save money.
25:08
SPEAKER_02: So we're talking about transportation, we talked about hotel, talked a little bit about food, and now comes the part you really can't afford.
25:15
SPEAKER_02: The tickets.
25:16
SPEAKER_02: All right.
25:17
SPEAKER_02: Let's start with the obvious.
25:18
SPEAKER_02: Disney tickets are expensive, and there's no magical secret website selling legitimate four-day Disney tickets for$99.
25:26
SPEAKER_02: If somebody promises you that, be suspicious, buy from legitimate services.
25:30
SPEAKER_02: Um, so what's the safest option for us, Jamie?
25:33
SPEAKER_01: I mean, the safest option is buying direct from Disney.
25:35
SPEAKER_01: That's the safest option.
25:36
SPEAKER_01: You know what you're getting in there, not gonna try and upsell you at all.
25:39
SPEAKER_01: It's your basic standard ticket, whether that's a hopper pass or a three-day ticket, four-day ticket, whatever it is, right?
25:45
SPEAKER_01: Those are the most legitimate ones you can't.
25:48
SPEAKER_01: I know if you are driving to Florida and you drive up and down I-4, where are you gonna see?
25:53
SPEAKER_01: You're gonna see all kinds of different signs that they're saying discount tickets, discount tickets for this, discount tickets for that.
25:58
SPEAKER_01: I would be leery of those places.
26:00
SPEAKER_01: I wouldn't, I wouldn't go to one of those.
26:02
SPEAKER_01: I buy them from a legitimate source.
26:04
SPEAKER_02: What if somebody says you have they have a used ticket for you?
26:07
SPEAKER_02: Like they've used part of it and you can use the other part.
26:10
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I don't know if that's a thing anymore.
26:12
SPEAKER_01: I know that it used to be a thing a long time ago.
26:15
SPEAKER_01: Like people would buy like a six-day part ticket and then they would have X amount of days left over or whatever when it was assigned to a different person.
26:22
SPEAKER_01: I remember that, but I don't know if that's a thing anymore.
26:24
SPEAKER_01: Do you know?
26:25
SPEAKER_01: It is not.
26:25
SPEAKER_01: That's why I bring it up.
26:26
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and then I didn't think so.
26:28
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
26:28
SPEAKER_02: They can't be transferred to another person after they've been used.
26:31
SPEAKER_02: So if somebody's offering you remaining days on their vacation ticket, they're not selling you legitimate ways into the park.
26:37
SPEAKER_02: They're selling you an expensive disappointment.
26:39
SPEAKER_02: So imagine getting your entire family into Magic Kingdom, you're all excited, you've got your matching shirts and you saved a lot of money.
26:46
SPEAKER_02: That is not something you want to deal with at that point.
26:49
SPEAKER_02: So, you know, talk to us.
26:50
SPEAKER_02: Obviously, we can help you out.
26:52
SPEAKER_02: One of the things that we wanted to bring up is the if you're buying a package, you know, you're going to look for those discounts like we talked about.
26:59
SPEAKER_02: Especially if you're going through us, we're going to help you find those discounts.
27:02
SPEAKER_02: But on top of that, Jamie, what's another way that we can reduce the cost of, we'll say the tickets, but the whole package overall?
27:10
SPEAKER_01: I'm glad you brought this up because it goes hand in hand with what I was talking about either earlier.
27:14
SPEAKER_01: And I mean, we harp on this, I feel like just about every episode.
27:17
SPEAKER_01: When people try and go too hard on the paint, they try and go park, no rest days, and they add on uh they add on a park hopper, especially for a short period of time, or like they're there for like six or seven days and they have a park hopper for every single day.
27:30
SPEAKER_01: That's a lot.
27:31
SPEAKER_01: It's a lot.
27:31
SPEAKER_01: So I would in order to like try and save money off the top of my head, just don't do it.
27:36
SPEAKER_01: Just do one park, one park a day.
27:39
SPEAKER_01: That that's all you need.
27:40
SPEAKER_01: It's you'll be plenty busy, trust me.
27:42
SPEAKER_01: Plenty.
27:43
SPEAKER_02: Especially if you're this is your first or second, even your third trip, and you haven't figured out all the shortcuts and ways to get places fast.
27:50
SPEAKER_02: It's more than enough.
27:51
SPEAKER_02: One park a day is great.
27:52
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
27:53
SPEAKER_01: I think and that's the pace is good.
27:55
SPEAKER_01: You're not trying to rush between two parks.
27:57
SPEAKER_01: It's if you want a park opera, let's say you don't have little kids in tow, you know, you're just a couple of adults out there having a great time like Pete and I are, sure, you can do it.
28:07
SPEAKER_01: You can do it.
28:08
SPEAKER_01: You absolutely can do it.
28:08
SPEAKER_01: You get all full perks in a wooden day if you want to.
28:11
SPEAKER_01: But the Zill will let you do it.
28:12
SPEAKER_01: But is it recommended?
28:14
SPEAKER_01: Is it always the best thing for time?
28:16
SPEAKER_02: So are lightning lanes are lightning lanes mandatory?
28:21
SPEAKER_02: Do you have to have them have a good time?
28:23
SPEAKER_01: No, you don't.
28:24
SPEAKER_01: No, you especially in those slow periods of time.
28:26
SPEAKER_01: So between the January and like the first or second week of March before spring breaks, before the uh Easter break, I think lightning lanes become more handy when it's over those periods of time that are much busier, like over the spring breaks, the summer breaks, the Christmas breaks, right?
28:42
SPEAKER_01: The holiday breaks that we talked about.
28:44
SPEAKER_01: That's when it becomes more of a necessity, more of a uh thing that you kind of need and to keep yourself from staying in line all day.
28:51
SPEAKER_01: But in the less busier times of the calendar of the or calendar year, it's not really a necessity.
28:59
SPEAKER_01: Do I like to do it?
29:00
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely, because I don't like standing in line.
29:02
SPEAKER_01: No, me neither.
29:04
SPEAKER_01: But it's yeah, it's just yeah, another cost to add on.
29:07
SPEAKER_03: Is it nice to have sure?
29:09
SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
29:10
SPEAKER_02: But if you're getting up early while staying at the Value Resort, you're getting up early, you're eating your little snack, breakfast in the room, you get up early, you get those extra magic hours because you've saved money.
29:22
SPEAKER_02: Getting there early, you get your get on the skyliner, you shoot on over, and if you're one of the first people in the park and you rope drop, you get that really that ride that you want the most, get that done right away, and then you've got it relaxed for the rest of the day.
29:35
SPEAKER_02: So you're just saving money that way too, with those extra magic hours.
29:39
SPEAKER_01: Do you want to tell the people real fast how much they get if they're on property, like how much time they get?
29:43
SPEAKER_01: Like with the magic hours?
29:45
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
29:45
SPEAKER_01: So you get, I'll just I'll go ahead and say you get you get an extra 30 minutes before anybody else.
29:50
SPEAKER_01: So if you stay on property and you want to go to a park early because you're an on-property guest, you get to enter that park 30 minutes before anybody else.
29:57
SPEAKER_01: Now, in the grand scheme of things, 30 minutes doesn't really sound like a huge amount of time.
30:02
SPEAKER_01: It used to be an hour.
30:03
SPEAKER_01: They dropped it to 30 minutes now.
30:05
SPEAKER_01: You can still accomplish a lot in 30 minutes, especially if you have little kids in tow and you want to go to Fantasyland and Magic Kingdom.
30:12
SPEAKER_01: You can bebop along to hit all those different rides and clear fantasy land in under 30 minutes with your early magic hours before staying on property.
30:21
SPEAKER_01: It could be done, and that's without lightning lanes.
30:24
SPEAKER_02: And here's the thing the rides are gonna open.
30:27
SPEAKER_02: Let's say the magic hours start at 8:30.
30:29
SPEAKER_02: The rides will start at 8.30.
30:31
SPEAKER_02: You can get into that park as early as like 8.15 and 8 o'clock.
30:36
SPEAKER_02: So give yourself a little ahead time to get through the gates with your ticket, scan your ticket, get in, welcome home, and then get to the ride.
30:44
SPEAKER_02: So 8:30, when you see when the extra magic hour starts, that's when the rides start.
30:49
SPEAKER_02: Is there any point in time when lightning lanes are worth paying for?
30:53
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think we talked about it earlier during those busier times of year.
30:56
SPEAKER_01: So if you if you're a prisoner to the school calendars like most of us are, and you have to go over spring break, you have to go over Christmas break, you have to go over Easter break, whatever holiday break it is, yes, uh it's a necessary evil at this point to keep yourself from standing in line the entire day.
31:12
SPEAKER_01: Yes, it's there's an extra cost to it, but it's worth its weight in time.
31:17
SPEAKER_01: In Disney, time is money.
31:18
SPEAKER_01: It literally is time is money.
31:20
SPEAKER_01: And I hate to try to explain it that way, but there's no better way to say that.
31:24
SPEAKER_02: So if you were agree with you completely.
31:27
SPEAKER_02: If you so we've got the tickets now, we've got the room.
31:30
SPEAKER_02: You know, let's just say we decided to do a package, or you're going through the Disney website to pay this on your own.
31:36
SPEAKER_02: One of the ways that we can help you, or you can help yourself, is if you are a member of one of the big box stores like Sam's, OBJ's, Costco, they often have the discounted tickets, right?
31:48
SPEAKER_02: Have you done this?
31:49
SPEAKER_01: Yes.
31:50
SPEAKER_01: I'm glad you brought that up because I totally forgot to talk about it, even though I said we'd talk about it ahead of time.
31:55
SPEAKER_01: Um yeah, so if you're if you're a member of Sam's Club, you're a member of Costco, you're a member of not even one of those.
32:01
SPEAKER_01: You're you are a target debit card holder.
32:04
SPEAKER_01: Let's talk.
32:04
SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
32:05
SPEAKER_01: So they often have Sam's Club and in Costco often run sales on their Disney gift cards, and you can use your Disney gift cards to buy your entire Disney package if you want.
32:16
SPEAKER_01: Like if you come to us, we'll put a whole package together for you.
32:19
SPEAKER_01: You can pay for that with Disney gift cards.
32:21
SPEAKER_01: It's fine.
32:21
SPEAKER_01: It doesn't, it doesn't bother us at all.
32:23
SPEAKER_01: It's totally great.
32:23
SPEAKER_01: I in fact we encourage it.
32:25
SPEAKER_01: We want you to we want you to save money.
32:27
SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
32:27
SPEAKER_01: The problem is, or I shouldn't say it's a problem, but the best play out there, and it's always around, it's not just you know when they run specials, is at Target.
32:37
SPEAKER_01: Target has a Target one card, either that's a debit card or a target's version of their credit card, which I don't recommend because you don't get any other benefits by having a credit card versus a debit card, just get the debit card.
32:48
SPEAKER_01: You get five percent off gift cards, and Disney gift cards count as the five percent off.
32:55
SPEAKER_01: So, yeah, if you if you have a five hundred dollar gift card and you buy with your target debit card, guess how much you get off?
33:01
SPEAKER_01: You get five percent off.
33:02
SPEAKER_01: What does that equate to?
33:04
SPEAKER_01: That's$25.
33:05
SPEAKER_01: That's$475.
33:07
SPEAKER_01: That's a lot.
33:08
SPEAKER_01: Right?
33:08
SPEAKER_01: So if you buy multiples of those, that's money that you're saving in your pocket.
33:12
SPEAKER_01: And you still have a$500 gift card.
33:15
SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
33:15
SPEAKER_02: And that's the same with the Costco ones or the Sam's ones.
33:19
SPEAKER_02: They're you get the$100 one for what is it,$95?
33:23
SPEAKER_02: It's less.
33:24
SPEAKER_02: So it it's less, yeah.
33:26
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, it's not gonna be it's still the deal.
33:29
SPEAKER_01: I think the target deal is better all the time, but it's certainly worth doing the math.
33:33
SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
33:35
SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
33:36
SPEAKER_02: So we've we've got the tickets.
33:38
SPEAKER_02: We've got the package.
33:39
SPEAKER_02: We found some little secret ways to get a little discount on the total package.
33:43
SPEAKER_02: But the thing about Disney is you can be incredibly disciplined about your hotel, your tickets, and then spend$400 on things you didn't know you need.
33:51
SPEAKER_02: So let's talk about some of these ways to save money on this if you're being if you're smart.
33:57
SPEAKER_02: You know, one of the first things that we do or did when Mia was younger, you know they're gonna want to dress up, they're gonna want to be a princess, or they're gonna want to wear something to the parks.
34:05
SPEAKER_02: You gotta buy that ahead of time.
34:07
SPEAKER_01: Do you want to be a princess, Pete?
34:08
SPEAKER_01: Do you want to be a princess?
34:10
SPEAKER_01: Is that what you're telling?
34:10
SPEAKER_01: Is that what you're telling me?
34:11
SPEAKER_01: I mean, I secretly want to be a princess.
34:13
SPEAKER_02: They get all the attention, but yeah, get those uh get those deals with the princess dresses ahead of time before you even get to the park.
34:19
SPEAKER_02: Those are so much cheaper.
34:20
SPEAKER_02: They're like four times more expensive when you get there.
34:23
SPEAKER_01: I think that's a great piece of advice there.
34:26
SPEAKER_01: Buy that Disney merch ahead of time.
34:28
SPEAKER_01: Buy it ahead of time.
34:29
SPEAKER_01: It's no different.
34:30
SPEAKER_01: You might find a shirt in the park that says summer 26 or summer 27.
34:35
SPEAKER_01: Okay, the date's not going to be on it, but fine.
34:37
SPEAKER_01: You still got a shirt with Mickey Mouse on it or if you have a princess on it or whatever it is, right?
34:41
SPEAKER_01: Buy that merch ahead of time.
34:42
SPEAKER_01: I think I think that's a great piece of advice.
34:43
SPEAKER_01: Another thing, um, and I know I had clients that just came back last week from it is bring ponchos.
34:50
unknown: Yes.
34:50
SPEAKER_01: Don't buy the 20 don't pr don't buy the$25 poncho with Mickey's face on it in the park.
34:55
SPEAKER_01: Uh they're there and they and they'll sell it to you.
34:57
SPEAKER_01: But just buy the$5 throwaway and throwaway ones that you find on Amazon, they're really no different.
35:03
SPEAKER_01: You just don't have the Disney.
35:04
SPEAKER_01: And you're never gonna wear it again.
35:06
SPEAKER_01: You're not.
35:06
SPEAKER_01: You're not.
35:07
SPEAKER_01: It's rain is rain.
35:08
SPEAKER_01: And it they cover you the same way the Disney ones do.
35:11
SPEAKER_01: So just buy them ahead of time.
35:13
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
35:14
SPEAKER_02: You know, and portable portable chargers, you know, if you forget that portable charger and you're carrying your phone around all day and then you end up spending money on those uh energy rods they have at the park.
35:24
SPEAKER_02: I mean, that's more money.
35:25
SPEAKER_02: It's coming out of your pocket that you're not paying attention to.
35:28
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
35:29
SPEAKER_01: I know we kept we keep bringing this up.
35:30
SPEAKER_01: Uh we talk about dining and food and water and stuff, but bring your own referrable, refillable water bottles.
35:36
SPEAKER_01: You can fill those up at any point in time during the park.
35:39
SPEAKER_01: Uh, you go to any quick service location, they'll give you a free cup of water, and you can fill up your water bottle with that.
35:44
SPEAKER_01: They had their water fountains around the park you could fill it up with.
35:47
SPEAKER_01: It's just up to you whether or not you like the taste of Disney or uh Florida tap water.
35:51
SPEAKER_01: For those those who know, you know.
35:54
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
35:54
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
35:55
SPEAKER_02: And then just set a souvenir budget before you go and let your kids know what the what the budget is.
35:59
SPEAKER_02: It helps everybody kind of prioritize what you really want.
36:02
SPEAKER_02: You know, I don't if I don't tell Mia how much money we're gonna spend on that, she's trying to get every single thing she can at the park, even now at 19.
36:11
SPEAKER_02: There's that word again, budget.
36:12
SPEAKER_01: It keeps coming up again.
36:14
SPEAKER_01: Hate that word.
36:16
SPEAKER_01: Nobody likes that word.
36:17
SPEAKER_01: And then the last thing is I yeah, the last thing is what we just talked about is consider buying the Disney, the discounted Disney GovCard.
36:24
SPEAKER_01: That's a huge play.
36:26
SPEAKER_01: That's a huge play.
36:27
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
36:28
SPEAKER_02: And there's plenty of free activities if you're staying in the hotel.
36:32
SPEAKER_02: They do have, you know, you can roast marshmallows at night, they have an arcade.
36:36
SPEAKER_02: Well, that costs money.
36:37
SPEAKER_02: But they do have arts and crafts activities that go on.
36:40
SPEAKER_02: There's lots of pool parties during the day.
36:42
SPEAKER_02: So instead of heading to Disney Springs, you stay at the hotel, you enjoy those trivia games at the pool.
36:48
SPEAKER_02: Um, you take all those uh free things that you can do at the park and that you don't need a theme ticket for.
36:54
SPEAKER_02: And don't forget all that other stuff that you would normally bring sunglasses, sunscreen, because you don't want to pay for it there.
37:01
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, no, a hundred percent.
37:03
SPEAKER_01: Buy that stuff ahead of time and bring it with you.
37:05
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
37:06
SPEAKER_01: So what's the dumbest thing you've ever spent money on at Disney?
37:09
SPEAKER_01: I don't know if I spent money on it, but uh my daughter, we went a couple years ago with our same friends that we're going with here in a couple weeks, and uh Lila, I think how old was she then?
37:18
SPEAKER_01: Three at the time, maybe, wanted this little mermaid bubble blower that you know light up in places you see what I'm talking about, right?
37:25
SPEAKER_01: I was like, absolutely not.
37:26
SPEAKER_01: Those things are forty dollars a piece.
37:28
SPEAKER_01: Are you kidding me?
37:28
SPEAKER_01: I'm not gonna buy that.
37:30
SPEAKER_01: So I walked away and went on a ride, and Aunt Allie was there.
37:34
SPEAKER_01: And guess what Aunt Allie did?
37:36
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
37:37
SPEAKER_01: Aunt Allie spent 40 bucks on the mermaid bubble blower and made Lila's day, and she sang about it the rest of the day to everybody who would listen.
37:46
SPEAKER_01: It was it was the best day ever because she had a mermaid bubble blower, but which her grouchy dad wouldn't spend 40 bucks on.
37:53
SPEAKER_01: But you know, Aunt Allie was there and she was like, here we go, let's make your day.
37:57
SPEAKER_01: And that that's what did it for at three years old.
38:00
SPEAKER_02: That's so funny, and that's the that that's the hard part about Disney sometimes.
38:03
SPEAKER_02: It's like you want to save money, you want to uh do everything on a budget, but then you get those moments where you do spend the money and everybody has just amazing time, and your daughter sings about it all day.
38:13
SPEAKER_02: That's she did fantastic.
38:14
SPEAKER_01: We have we have a good video of that.
38:16
SPEAKER_01: She sang at three years old, she sang her heart out on the bus ride home back to back to the resort, and everybody on the bus just was like in stitches laughing at her because she was having she didn't care.
38:27
SPEAKER_01: She told everybody about her bubble blower if she sang a song about it.
38:30
SPEAKER_01: It's a well-spent$40, my friend.
38:32
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I agree.
38:33
SPEAKER_01: I agree.
38:34
SPEAKER_01: Did I want to spend it?
38:35
SPEAKER_01: No.
38:35
SPEAKER_01: But she spent 40 bucks and made her day.
38:38
SPEAKER_02: Now I sound like a miser because I was gonna say the same thing.
38:41
SPEAKER_02: Like, they roll those carts out during the parades, especially at night with the fireworks and stuff, and it'll like you know, light up with the noise of the fireworks, or they just glow, and I'm like, that is all just you know, triple priced, expensive, cheap junk that the kids are gonna buy or want to buy.
38:57
SPEAKER_02: Yes.
38:57
SPEAKER_02: And you know, we've done it.
38:58
SPEAKER_02: We got the same bubble blue for Mia when she was younger.
39:01
SPEAKER_01: You're like, here, take my money, please take my money.
39:04
SPEAKER_01: This thing is gonna break as soon as I leave, but here.
39:07
SPEAKER_02: Yep.
39:08
SPEAKER_02: That's the funny part is like when I'm here at home, like I'm like, all right, I'm gonna this thing, if I use my grocery card, will be four dollars cheaper, and then we're gonna get this generic brand.
39:18
SPEAKER_02: Like, I'm like counting every penny that we have, but then I'm standing inside a Disney merch shop and I'm temporarily lost my ability to make rational decisions.
39:30
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, exactly.
39:31
SPEAKER_03: And it happens.
39:32
SPEAKER_03: They got you.
39:33
SPEAKER_03: They got you.
39:34
SPEAKER_02: All right, Jamie.
39:34
SPEAKER_02: I'm giving you$3,500.
39:36
SPEAKER_02: You got a family of four, two adults, two children between the three and nine ages of four nights, three park days, and we're driving to Orlando.
39:45
SPEAKER_02: Can we make it work on that budget?
39:47
SPEAKER_01: Man, you put me on the spot.
39:49
SPEAKER_01: Put me on the spot.
39:50
SPEAKER_01: No, no preparation, no, no, no on the clock time, nothing, huh?
39:55
SPEAKER_02: No, we're testing your travel nation, travel agent skills here, man.
39:59
SPEAKER_02: 3,500 is my budget.
40:00
SPEAKER_02: I got a family of four.
40:01
SPEAKER_02: I'd say we're going to six flags.
40:03
SPEAKER_01: That's where we're going.
40:04
SPEAKER_01: We're not going.
40:07
SPEAKER_01: We're not going to the moose out front should have told you.
40:09
SPEAKER_03: The moose out front.
40:14
SPEAKER_01: I'm not sure I could do uh that many park days and on property stay for 3,500 bucks, man.
40:19
SPEAKER_01: I'm sorry.
40:20
SPEAKER_01: I don't know if we could do it maybe maybe two days.
40:23
SPEAKER_01: Let's say two days on 3,500 bucks.
40:25
SPEAKER_01: I think that's fair.
40:26
SPEAKER_01: And yeah, you know what?
40:28
SPEAKER_01: I could even put you at a deluxe resort for$3,500 and give you the dining plan for two days.
40:33
SPEAKER_01: How about that?
40:34
unknown: Yeah.
40:34
SPEAKER_03: I think we could do it.
40:35
SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
40:35
SPEAKER_01: I think you could do it.
40:37
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
40:37
SPEAKER_02: I think realistically speaking, if we uh take into consideration all the things we just talked about, there might be some stretch and you have to give up some of those things we talked about.
40:47
SPEAKER_02: But uh we could we could get pretty close to that, but not staying on property not that many days and you know, no merch at all.
40:55
SPEAKER_01: Cutting down your time, yeah.
40:57
SPEAKER_01: Not buying a parkopper pass.
40:59
SPEAKER_01: And just a quick thing about the park hopper pass, I get this question a lot, Pete.
41:02
SPEAKER_01: I think you do too.
41:03
SPEAKER_01: People, oh, can I can I just have the park hopper pass for one day?
41:06
SPEAKER_01: No, you cannot have the park hopper pass for one day.
41:08
SPEAKER_01: We wish it was that way, trust me.
41:10
SPEAKER_01: But Disney says if you want the park hopper, you have to add it for every single day of your park ticket.
41:15
SPEAKER_01: So if you have a four-day park ticket, guess what?
41:17
SPEAKER_01: You have four days worth of park hoppers now as well.
41:19
SPEAKER_01: You can't just put it to one day, unfortunately.
41:21
SPEAKER_01: So that's a price you have to think about or an extra expense you have to think about on top of that if you want that option.
41:26
SPEAKER_01: All right.
41:27
SPEAKER_02: So speaking of park tickets, would you rather do three park days with a few extras or four park days with no extras?
41:35
SPEAKER_01: I think of I think we've been enough times now, and this is again from somebody who goes on a regular basis like we do.
41:42
SPEAKER_01: I think you could do three park days.
41:44
SPEAKER_01: I don't think I've been to Animal Kingdom enough not to hit on Animal Kingdom, but I've been to Animal Kingdom enough now where um I don't need to go there every trip unless there's something new that I know about.
41:54
SPEAKER_01: So I think three park days is appropriate.
41:56
SPEAKER_01: I think if I'm gonna cut one, it's gonna be Animal Kingdom and I can I can enjoy a rest of my Disney trip visiting Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios.
42:03
SPEAKER_01: I I am appalled.
42:05
SPEAKER_02: I I agree with you about three park days.
42:08
SPEAKER_02: Uh-huh.
42:09
SPEAKER_02: You know, it's tough.
42:11
SPEAKER_02: You know, it's funny because we used to cut Epcot when Mia was younger because it wasn't that great for little kids.
42:19
SPEAKER_02: I think if if I'm bringing kids, I'd still cut Epcot.
42:22
SPEAKER_02: But if I'm going as an adult or bringing adult friends, Epcot obviously is going to be the day all three of my tickets.
42:31
SPEAKER_02: Why is that, Pete?
42:31
SPEAKER_01: Do you want to tell the people why?
42:33
SPEAKER_01: Because you have a problem.
42:34
SPEAKER_01: That's why.
42:35
SPEAKER_01: No, I might have a problem.
42:37
SPEAKER_02: And they have they have free soda.
42:40
SPEAKER_02: We're going to club cool.
42:42
SPEAKER_02: We're drinking the Beverly.
42:43
SPEAKER_02: You heard it here, folks.
42:44
SPEAKER_02: Drink the Beverly.
42:45
SPEAKER_02: No, no, don't do that.
42:46
SPEAKER_02: Don't do that.
42:47
SPEAKER_02: Then go get chase it with a beer if you're gonna do that.
42:50
SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
42:51
SPEAKER_02: So the drinking around the world is something I enjoy quite a bit.
42:54
SPEAKER_02: But yeah, no, I think I think three days is good.
42:57
SPEAKER_02: I think rest days are important.
42:58
SPEAKER_02: We've all talked about that a bunch of different times.
43:01
SPEAKER_02: So I mean, it's better to take it in small doses or small bites.
43:04
SPEAKER_02: All right.
43:05
SPEAKER_02: Would you rather have a shorter Disney vacation that you can comfortably afford or a longer vacation that leaves you stressed out about money for the next six months?
43:14
SPEAKER_01: Like I said at the very beginning of the episode, we plan and do uh Disney trips on credit card debt.
43:18
SPEAKER_01: You know, that's fine.
43:19
SPEAKER_01: I'll just pay it off later.
43:20
SPEAKER_01: Never mind that.
43:21
SPEAKER_01: Never mind that daily interest.
43:22
SPEAKER_01: That's what, you know, 12, 13, 23%, whatever it is, you know.
43:26
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
43:27
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I'll get it.
43:28
SPEAKER_01: Uh that's not how you do it, by the way.
43:30
SPEAKER_01: Don't take that advice.
43:31
SPEAKER_03: Let this be a cautionary tale.
43:35
SPEAKER_03: I think I think I do shorter.
43:38
SPEAKER_01: I would do shorter.
43:39
SPEAKER_01: Uh obviously, it comes at a cost, right?
43:41
SPEAKER_01: Like anything else.
43:42
SPEAKER_01: Uh and in you, and this is an honest conversation.
43:45
SPEAKER_01: We have if we're working together, this is a conversation we have, we have to.
43:48
SPEAKER_01: We're not trying to upsell, we're not trying to get the most out of you.
43:51
SPEAKER_01: We're trying to plan and do the best for your budget and for your family.
43:55
SPEAKER_01: And it's a conversation we're gonna have ahead of time before we talk about any number of.
44:00
SPEAKER_01: Park days or park hoppers or whatever it is, right?
44:02
SPEAKER_01: How long do you want to go?
44:04
SPEAKER_01: Where do you want to stay?
44:05
SPEAKER_01: I mean, what's about how much money do you want to spend?
44:08
SPEAKER_01: All important questions.
44:09
SPEAKER_02: Let's go back to your two-day estimate, because I think that's a that's a good illustration.
44:15
SPEAKER_02: Let's say I get there on day one, we get there at some point in time, we go to Disney Springs, we walk around, maybe we have a quick service meal.
44:23
SPEAKER_02: We do two parks.
44:24
SPEAKER_02: We're gonna do Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom because you can never skip Animal Kingdom.
44:31
SPEAKER_02: Nobody likes Animal Kingdom.
44:32
SPEAKER_02: Go ahead.
44:34
SPEAKER_02: And then the next morning you get up, you enjoy the hotel for a little while because you know you have that reservation and you have those you can check out, but you can still enjoy the hotel property for as long as you're there for the day.
44:45
SPEAKER_02: Do you think and then you fly home that night?
44:48
SPEAKER_02: So do you think that is a good vacation still, or are you gonna feel like you missed out on something?
44:54
SPEAKER_01: I think you know what you don't know.
44:56
SPEAKER_01: It just depends.
44:57
SPEAKER_01: It's it there's so many different variables to what you just said.
45:00
SPEAKER_01: So many different uh it just depends.
45:02
SPEAKER_01: It depends on what you're looking for.
45:03
SPEAKER_01: If you want a quick hit and get down there and get back, do exactly as Pete's saying.
45:08
SPEAKER_01: It you it's doable.
45:09
SPEAKER_01: You don't have to see everything every single time you go.
45:11
SPEAKER_01: It doesn't have to be a five or six-day or seven-day park uh park ticket to have a great time.
45:17
SPEAKER_01: Like get in there, enjoy the parks, enjoy your time with your family, and then and then come home.
45:20
SPEAKER_01: Like it it's you're gonna go again.
45:23
SPEAKER_01: It's okay.
45:23
SPEAKER_01: It's all right.
45:25
SPEAKER_02: I think that's what I was kind of getting to is I think if you just went for a day and you enjoyed Magic Kingdom, you'd have a great Disney experience.
45:32
SPEAKER_02: Like, you know, there's more to be seen, but there's more to be seen all over the world.
45:36
SPEAKER_02: I think if you just went and had a great time, you you're not missing something crazy.
45:42
SPEAKER_02: Like you still had a great time, you still enjoyed a theme park.
45:45
SPEAKER_02: You just didn't make it to the other three that time.
45:47
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
45:48
SPEAKER_02: I think that's where people get Disney vacations wrong.
45:50
SPEAKER_02: Sometimes they think they have to do everything.
45:51
SPEAKER_02: And Jamie and I talk about this all the time.
45:53
SPEAKER_02: So we, you know, people who come in and they've got to do every day of vacation.
45:57
SPEAKER_02: They have to have every park, every restaurant, every attraction, every special experience.
46:02
SPEAKER_02: And if they don't, they think they've failed.
46:04
SPEAKER_02: But again, it's not a checklist.
46:06
SPEAKER_02: You don't need to accomplish everything to have a wonderful vacation.
46:08
SPEAKER_02: Sometimes the best memory is the things that you don't plan.
46:11
SPEAKER_02: I know you and I have talked about these random things that have happened along the way that end up being the best part of the vacation.
46:16
SPEAKER_02: Your daughter's singing on the bus, you know?
46:18
SPEAKER_02: The bubble blower.
46:19
SPEAKER_02: That was it.
46:20
SPEAKER_02: Yep.
46:21
SPEAKER_02: Yep.
46:21
SPEAKER_02: All right.
46:22
SPEAKER_02: So before we wrap it up, let's pick three things we'd absolutely save money on and things we'd happily spend money on.
46:28
SPEAKER_02: And what's one thing we'd tell a first timer to skip?
46:32
SPEAKER_02: So for me, I am gonna save on breakfast because um, you know, we can have a bagel, we can have a granola bar, we can have something in the in the room.
46:41
SPEAKER_02: Saves a lot of money.
46:43
SPEAKER_02: Um and then the splurge for me is uh I want to say hoop to do review, but one time we did um the wild Africa trek.
46:50
SPEAKER_02: And so that was not cheap, but it was an amazing extra experience that we did on our own.
46:55
SPEAKER_02: It was a private experience, and I think it was fantastic.
46:58
SPEAKER_02: And then skip what you brought it up.
46:59
SPEAKER_02: I'm gonna steal yours.
47:00
SPEAKER_02: I would skip doing park hopper tickets.
47:03
SPEAKER_02: I think you can just go to one park per day, and it's not a big deal.
47:06
SPEAKER_02: I think they're I think that's the way to do it.
47:08
SPEAKER_01: All right.
47:09
SPEAKER_01: How about you, brother?
47:10
SPEAKER_01: Man, I I hate it when we agree on stuff, it's still fun.
47:14
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so one thing we absolutely save money on.
47:17
SPEAKER_01: I agree with Pete.
47:18
SPEAKER_01: I I think you can skip the parkopper.
47:20
SPEAKER_01: I don't think you need that.
47:21
SPEAKER_01: I like the idea of eating breakfast on the go and not having to pay for it if you're on a dying plan, if you're not on a dying plan, whatever it is, just having something in the room to grab and go is totally fine.
47:30
SPEAKER_01: Nothing wrong with that at all.
47:32
SPEAKER_01: Doesn't have to be a super big fancy sit-own character meal at all.
47:35
SPEAKER_01: Again, if you want to go all in and do all those things, we can we can do that.
47:39
SPEAKER_01: We can it it's there.
47:40
SPEAKER_01: Don't feel obligated that you have to do those things in order to have a fantastic time because you don't.
47:45
SPEAKER_01: One extra thing we happily spend money on, I think it's uh the extra opportunities there, like P is mentioning the Wild Africa Trek or a uh Keys to the Kingdom tour.
47:57
SPEAKER_01: Something that's extra as a part of the Disney parks that you know we wouldn't normally get just by going to the parks.
48:03
SPEAKER_01: There's all kinds of different options out there, all kinds of different tours, whether it be uh VIP tour or the Wild Africa Trek or spending time with giants or feeding the rhinos at Animal Kingdom, uh the park that nobody likes.
48:16
SPEAKER_01: There's so many, I mean, there's I could go on and on and on of all the all the extras that are out there.
48:21
SPEAKER_01: Spend the money there, and it's just that's extra time that you're getting with your family.
48:25
SPEAKER_01: Rather than be bopping from ride to ride to ride to ride, you're spending an extra time with a guide or doing something that is just just more time that you're gonna have with your family and more memories that become of that.
48:36
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, absolutely.
48:38
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so I'm hoping people take away from this episode that Disney can be expensive, it can be really expensive, and we're not gonna pretend that everybody can afford to go or that it's not expensive.
48:47
SPEAKER_02: But we also don't want families to think that they have to experience everything, especially the way they see it on Instagram.
48:54
SPEAKER_02: You don't need the fanciest hotels, you don't need the most expensive meals, and you certainly don't need every upgrade that Disney gives you.
49:00
SPEAKER_02: Um what you just need to do is plan, and we can help you with that for sure for your family.
49:04
SPEAKER_02: And you know, years from now, that you'll have those memories like you, Jamie and I keep stacking them up.
49:09
SPEAKER_02: And whether it's at the Grand Flow or All-Star, we still got the same great memories.
49:13
SPEAKER_02: We remember the castle, remember Main Street, remember the rides, you know, just remember, like Jamie said, being as a family and doing stuff together.
49:20
SPEAKER_01: How about you, brother?
49:22
SPEAKER_01: No, I couldn't agree with you more, Pete.
49:23
SPEAKER_01: I and again, I know we're in the business to make money and make memories happen, but it's not all about making money.
49:28
SPEAKER_01: It's it's it's about getting people what they deserve and what they what they can afford and still providing them with a memorable vacation, no matter what the price tag is, on it, whether it's the cheapest or the most expensive thing, like you said, it's those memories that you're coming home with.
49:42
SPEAKER_01: Maybe a few less dollars in your pocket.
49:44
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yes, that's gonna happen.
49:46
SPEAKER_01: But it's the memories that we're that we're here to make with you and it to help to prov provide for you, not the dollar signs on top of it.
49:53
SPEAKER_01: I'm not here to stack and and bankrupt you.
49:56
SPEAKER_01: We're not here to do that.
49:57
SPEAKER_01: We're here to make it so that your vacation is magical and that you have a fantastic time and want you to come back again and enjoy it again, again.
50:04
SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
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unknown: Yeah.
50:06
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