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The Real Disney Villain Is Your Socks · The Worst: Beyond the Magic

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  SPEAKER_01: Everyone tells you to rope drop.
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  SPEAKER_01: Nobody tells you your thighs might start a forest fire by noon.
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  SPEAKER_01: Disney planning videos covered lightning lanes, but nobody explains why your feet hurt like you marched to the island of the taffiti.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we're talking about real-world Disney survival guide today.
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  SPEAKER_00: The one that Disney doesn't put on their brochure.
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  SPEAKER_00: People spend thousands of dollars and hours planning rides, meals, and almost nobody prepares for walking 12 to 15 miles, Florida heat, and afternoon storms.
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  SPEAKER_01: Not to mention blisters, dehydration, sunscreen mistakes, not packing it at all, not using it, clothing choices.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_01: You could ruin an$8,000 vacation because you packed the wrong socks or shoes.
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  SPEAKER_01: The true Disney villain isn't maleficent, it's humidity.
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  SPEAKER_01: All right, Pete.
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  SPEAKER_01: First of all, it's great to see you again.
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  SPEAKER_01: We apologize for the bit of a break that we had.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_01: Pete and I were both on travel.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_01: I was vacationing in Charleston, South Carolina, and Pete was on a work travel trip all the way in beautiful San Diego, California.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, I vacationed somewhere other than Walt Disney World.
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  SPEAKER_01: It was beautiful.
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  SPEAKER_01: I know.
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  SPEAKER_01: How is your how's your trip, Pete?
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_01: I know it's for work, but how is San Diego?
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_01: California is great.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: I won't talk about California politics, but the sunny Southern California was beautiful.
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  SPEAKER_00: Got to see a Padres game, still go socks, but it was a good Padres game in the stadium was really nice.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, cool.
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  SPEAKER_00: But what we didn't have to worry about in San Diego was heat exhaustion.
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  SPEAKER_01: Man.
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  SPEAKER_01: So as a former firefighter yourself, and of course talking to one now, heat exhaustion is a real thing, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: So we put on uh 150 pounds worth of stuff to go into a fire or just walk around like a scene of a car accident or something like that.
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  SPEAKER_01: And you being in the military, you put on your BDUs, you have all kinds of gear you carry with you.
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  SPEAKER_01: How do you keep yourself hydrated?
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  SPEAKER_01: And how do we relate that to Disney?
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_01: Guess what?
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  SPEAKER_01: It's one and the same, folks.
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  SPEAKER_01: Combat preparedness for Disney World.
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  SPEAKER_00: You heard it here.
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  SPEAKER_00: So when you're getting that headache, you're getting those dizziness, you're getting nauseous, and not to mention cranky.
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  SPEAKER_00: What are some of the things we can do?
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  SPEAKER_00: All right.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I I know that our listeners don't want to hear it, but I think the first thing in this one is to eliminate alcohol.
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  SPEAKER_01: Or not eliminate, but limit the alcohol before a trip.
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  SPEAKER_01: I I know, I know.
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  SPEAKER_01: Go back.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay, I've picked that's it, folks.
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  SPEAKER_01: The episode's done.
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  SPEAKER_01: Peace out.
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  SPEAKER_01: We're over.
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  SPEAKER_01: Go back to our walking around the world episode at Epcot, and you can listen to all the alcohol stories that you want.
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  SPEAKER_01: But for today's episode, I did not get heat stroke that day.
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_01: No, you didn't.
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  SPEAKER_01: You didn't get heat stroke, you just got smashed.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's totally different.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's a different thing.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think it was like 50 degrees too, so it wasn't really it was cold.
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  SPEAKER_01: It was cold.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Anyway, so how do we prepare ourselves?
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  SPEAKER_01: Number one, limit alcohol.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I think a really good thing is the heat shaking his head.
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  SPEAKER_01: One of those liquid IV packets, the sugar-free liquid IV packets in a bottle of water ahead of time.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think that's a I think that's a great option.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's a good pregame.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or it's a good hangover remedy, but if you're avoiding alcohol, then disregard.
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  SPEAKER_00: Either way.
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  SPEAKER_00: Either way.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know what I like in what I just learned in June is the cooling towels.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've got, you know, they're simple little cooling towels, they're real light.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you get them wet in any of the uh water fountains that they have, they uh you put them on the back of your neck, you put them over your head, anything to get out of that blazing hot sun.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you're that dad, huh?
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  SPEAKER_00: You're that guy that guy that's walked around with it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll be that guy because it worked great.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's fine.
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  SPEAKER_01: It looks silly, but it's fine.
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  SPEAKER_01: It doesn't, we're not here to talk about how cool we look.
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  SPEAKER_01: We talk about how to keep the sun off our neck.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, do you remember playing Super Mario Bros.
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  SPEAKER_01: as a kid and that level in Super Mario where the sun is trying to kill you?
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh yeah, totally.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you yeah, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: You remember that?
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's the Disney weather between or the sun between April and September.
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  SPEAKER_01: So if you're brave like Pete and you want to go during the summertime, these are the things you need to take care and take with during those trips.
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  SPEAKER_01: If Mario had a cooling towel, he would have used it.
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  SPEAKER_01: He would have worn it.
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  SPEAKER_01: I don't know if he probably not.
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  SPEAKER_01: So we talked about liquid IV electric lights, and that's throughout the day, by the way.
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  SPEAKER_01: The cooling towels, indoor activities, indoor activities.
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  SPEAKER_01: I know we have we've mentioned a couple in the past.
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  SPEAKER_01: What indoor activities do you like to help yourself stay out of the heat?
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  SPEAKER_00: So my favorite, and I I'll say this over and over again, is Philhar Magic, really great one.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's got a good show.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's at Magic Kingdom, and you pop in there, you get some air conditioning, you get some nap time.
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  SPEAKER_00: My second favorite, though it's not outside, and I gotta mention it every podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's uh I made a bet with Brett Bye or whatever that gambling place is that I would mention Morocco, every podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: But that is in the shade, and it's in the back, and it's really nice.
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  SPEAKER_00: Although when we were there in June, I'm like, I know we have like 40 listeners and two goldfish, but I went back to my pavilion in Morocco.
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  SPEAKER_00: The place was packed.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm like, that's it.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's it.
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  SPEAKER_00: The podcast took off.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everybody knows about my secret spot.
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  SPEAKER_01: Everybody knows now.
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  SPEAKER_01: Wade, thanks a lot.
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_01: Thanks a lot.
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  SPEAKER_01: You've you've ruined it.
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  SPEAKER_01: You let out that one Disney secret, and look what you did.
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  SPEAKER_01: Ruined forever.
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  SPEAKER_01: What are your uh what are your cool spots?
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  SPEAKER_01: I think I know I've talked about in the past.
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  SPEAKER_01: Number one is Hall of Presidents.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's indoors, it's cool.
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  SPEAKER_01: You get a little history, a little entertainment, you know, my favorite word there.
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  SPEAKER_01: You also get a 20-minute nap if you're looking for it.
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  SPEAKER_01: But what's most importantly is a cool, nice, comfortable seat in the air conditioning.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can't beat it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
• 5:08
  SPEAKER_00: Call me a dork, but I will 100% in the heat go check out Frozen Ever After the sing along for the hilarity and the snow and the ice cold air conditioning.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's not one you're gonna sleep through.
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  SPEAKER_01: No, that that's the interactive.
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  SPEAKER_01: The the the presenters during that, the the cast members are in that, taking you through Arendell.
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  SPEAKER_01: They're hilarious.
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  SPEAKER_01: And every single time it changes.
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  SPEAKER_01: I can't I can't recommend that one enough.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's a blast.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's so much fun.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think another good one, and it gives you a bit of entertainment and it's indoors, is Voices of Liberty in the American Pavilion at Epcot.
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  SPEAKER_01: What do you think about that?
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  SPEAKER_00: I think it's great.
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  SPEAKER_00: I also think that while you're there, you can get barbecue and avoid the moonshine, but don't avoid the moonshine.
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  SPEAKER_01: But just drink water and electrolytes after.
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  SPEAKER_01: There you go.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's it.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's exactly one and one.
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  SPEAKER_01: If you're gonna have a moonshine, follow with the chase it with a glass of water and some electrolytes.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's gonna keep you hydrated.
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  SPEAKER_01: There it is.
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  SPEAKER_01: Or not.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, whatever.
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  SPEAKER_01: Or not.
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  SPEAKER_01: All right, so or not.
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  SPEAKER_01: Your vacation depends on these things.
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  SPEAKER_01: So your feet are the true annual pass holders.
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  SPEAKER_00: You agree?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is one that you I really want to stress if you have not been to Disney.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a great modern family where uh the one of the wives wants to go in stiletto heels and the husband's like, no, you can't wear it, and she sticks to it, and then she's miserable by the end of the day.
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  SPEAKER_00: But you're putting on a you're putting on quite a few miles, so those shoes do matter.
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  SPEAKER_00: So what's the advice we have?
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  SPEAKER_01: For the record, I don't think anybody wants to see you in any stiletto heels.
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean, maybe somebody does, but it's not me.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: No.
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  SPEAKER_01: So out of our worst advice for this for this segment is never wear new shoes.
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  SPEAKER_01: The the worst advice would be absolutely go buy go buy some brand new shoes for your trip to Disney.
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  SPEAKER_01: And why don't you want comfortable shoes?
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  SPEAKER_01: No, that's not what you want.
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  SPEAKER_01: You want comfortable shoes that you already have that you've already broken in.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's gonna help you the most.
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  SPEAKER_01: I wear uh Brooks.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm not the typical day I wear wearing the white new balances.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm not at that level yet.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm not there.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm not I'm maybe gonna get there, but I'm not quite there.
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  SPEAKER_01: I wear Brooks, they're the best.
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  SPEAKER_01: How about you to be?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll tell you, the Reef and Olikai brands too are really good.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've tested those out recently.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um I did the reefs in A, if we're looking for a sponsorship, by the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but we did the reefs in Disneyland, and I've done them at Disney World twice now, and they're really fantastic.
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  SPEAKER_00: They they don't look like much, but they hold up really well.
• 7:25
  SPEAKER_00: They got the little foam down at the bottom, probably some kind of magic.
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  SPEAKER_00: Who knows?
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  SPEAKER_00: But I'll give you that too.
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  SPEAKER_00: Good socks matter as well as the shoes, right?
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I for sure.
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  SPEAKER_01: Again, something that's uh not gonna brand you and stick to your body, and it's something that's gonna sop up all that sweat that's going on.
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  SPEAKER_01: I don't know, but nobody wants to talk about ugly, stinky feet, but that's what's happening, people.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's just you're you're gonna walk a long way, you're gonna beefy across the park multiple different directions all day.
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  SPEAKER_01: You get hot.
• 7:50
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, you get hot and your and your feet are also getting hot.
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  SPEAKER_01: So it's something to think about.
• 7:54
  SPEAKER_01: How about putting band-aids on the back of your heels and moleskin?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean, if you if you do happen to forget the good socks or wearing the wrong shoes, you're gonna get those blisters and stuff if you're really going for it, which a lot of people are.
• 8:04
  SPEAKER_00: There it's their only chance to get there, and they want to get as much as they can, and that's great.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but we're here to help try to help you survive it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, band-aids, you know, like back in the day when we get the heels going and just throw a band-aid on there, that helps a lot.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's body glide that you can put on heels too.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't really, I don't really agree with that one as much as the band-aids, though, because that's a really good one.
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  SPEAKER_00: But people are average steps a day.
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  SPEAKER_00: 23,000 steps a day.
• 8:27
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: No, yeah, my Apple Watch less than a link.
• 8:30
  SPEAKER_00: I get that, just go to the bathroom.
• 8:32
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, no, I think last time I went, I think my Apple Watch was like, you've you've doubled your your pace for the day.
• 8:37
  SPEAKER_01: You've doubled your exercise ring for the day.
• 8:39
  SPEAKER_01: I'm like, what are you doing?
• 8:40
  SPEAKER_01: What is going on?
• 8:41
  SPEAKER_01: Where are you right now?
• 8:42
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, my you know, heart rate's up and all those kind of things that your your watch likes to tell you, but it's because I wasn't all that hydrated.
• 8:48
  SPEAKER_01: Had I listened to this episode ahead of time, I would have been fine.
• 8:51
  SPEAKER_01: But here we are now.
• 8:52
  SPEAKER_01: I'll know now, right?
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_01: So I think the next thing to talk about in segment three here is the chafing.
• 8:59
  SPEAKER_01: The chafing people.
• 9:00
  SPEAKER_01: Oh yeah.
• 9:01
  SPEAKER_01: It's the enemy that Disney doesn't like to talk about.
• 9:05
  SPEAKER_01: This office this part of the episode is brought to you by your dignity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 9:09
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, you gotta you gotta prepare for this.
• 9:12
  SPEAKER_00: Both my both the females in my family are uh are definite indicators and have given me some of their secrets for what they do, so I'm not embarrassed to admit it.
• 9:21
  SPEAKER_00: But uh the the main one that I didn't know about is uh putting a little deodorant where things might uh get some friction and it gives you a little more of the glide path, so it's easier.
• 9:31
  SPEAKER_00: But as a dude, I like to wear more of like a sport style uh boxer type thing, so it just covers everything up, so I'm not flesh on flesh starting force fires.
• 9:39
  SPEAKER_01: Is this episode PG 13 or not?
• 9:42
  SPEAKER_01: Because if it if it if it is, I'm gonna say all kinds of things.
• 9:45
  SPEAKER_01: Uh it's not that I should probably I should probably keep it PG.
• 9:49
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, we do have a good rating at this point, but yeah, good.
• 9:52
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• 9:59
  SPEAKER_01: Five stars.
• 10:00
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• 10:01
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• 10:06
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  SPEAKER_00: Five stars.
• 10:10
  SPEAKER_01: Once a chance game winning streak.
• 10:14
  SPEAKER_01: You parked the car.
• 10:16
  SPEAKER_01: It's got parked the car at Fenway.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_01: Anyway, once uh once the chafing starts, it becomes a life decision.
• 10:24
  SPEAKER_01: Every step of the way is another life decision.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_01: Do I really want to do this?
• 10:27
  SPEAKER_01: Do I really want to be here?
• 10:29
  SPEAKER_01: Your Florida weather during the summertime, it's sunny, then there's biblical flood, then that's sunny again, and then that's biblical flood again.
• 10:36
  SPEAKER_01: Usually that that summer rain lasts for about an hour in in Orlando area.
• 10:41
  SPEAKER_01: You can usually time it.
• 10:42
  SPEAKER_01: If you look at your if you look at your uh a phone or whatever you use to look up the weather, it's gonna say there's scattered thunderstorms in in the forecast for today for Orlando, Florida.
• 10:52
  SPEAKER_01: Well, that can mean anytime between noon and 6 p.m.
• 10:56
  SPEAKER_01: So just be prepared for it.
• 10:57
  SPEAKER_00: What do we have to be prepared for it, Pete?
• 10:59
  SPEAKER_00: Well, here's what I recommend.
• 11:00
  SPEAKER_00: Do not spend your money on an overpriced piece of plastic as a Disney poncho.
• 11:05
  SPEAKER_00: They're really great, but it has to be a wear it the one time.
• 11:08
  SPEAKER_00: It's got Mickey on it, it's gonna get lost in the closet or never leave your hotel room, and you're never gonna use it again.
• 11:14
  SPEAKER_00: So I would recommend prior to going, add this to your packing list, get yourself a nice cheap poncho.
• 11:19
  SPEAKER_00: Or just get a code, get bring your your raincoat or whatever your where you whatever you bring.
• 11:24
  SPEAKER_00: I would throw a couple of ziplocks in your bag.
• 11:26
  SPEAKER_00: You know, if you want to throw an extra pair of socks in your uh Ziploc bag, and then you can also put your phones in the Ziploc if it's getting really rainy.
• 11:32
  SPEAKER_00: People do that.
• 11:33
  SPEAKER_00: I I think when we were there last time, you just have to be prepared because they're gonna flood all the restaurants, they're gonna flood all any place that has cover, people are gonna go find that.
• 11:43
  SPEAKER_00: And so it's gonna be mobbed.
• 11:44
  SPEAKER_00: And I think you have a lot more fun if you just embrace it and you are prepared.
• 11:48
  SPEAKER_00: If you got your poncho, you got your raincoat, you got a pair of socks to change after the stuff has passed.
• 11:53
  SPEAKER_00: I think you're gonna be happy.
• 11:54
  SPEAKER_01: I think I think that's great advice.
• 11:56
  SPEAKER_01: You you strike me as a fanny pack kind of guy.
• 11:58
  SPEAKER_01: Are you uh you a fanny pack kind of guy?
• 12:00
  SPEAKER_01: Is it something you would you would wear?
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know how I feel about you saying I look like a fanny pack guy, but uh no, the answer is definitely no.
• 12:08
  SPEAKER_00: I uh I tried to do the cross body bag because as travel nation's worst worst at uh travel agents, they gave us those crossbody bags, and I just couldn't I couldn't get used to it.
• 12:19
  SPEAKER_00: But I know lots of people out there like it.
• 12:21
  SPEAKER_00: I see a lot of people in the parks wearing crossbody bags and fanny bags, but I will stick to my trusty, sturdy rucksack.
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_01: There you go.
• 12:28
  SPEAKER_01: You got the camelback on there with the is that the one the army gave you?
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_00: Well, no, I don't wear that one.
• 12:33
  SPEAKER_00: About 10 years ago when I was super gung-ho, you know, I had my dog tags in my backpack everywhere I went, but I'm a little more chill now.
• 12:42
  SPEAKER_01: You're not that guy.
• 12:45
  SPEAKER_00: Slightly.
• 12:46
  SPEAKER_01: So don't buy the emergency 18 poncho with Mickey's face on it unless it's an emergency.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_01: Unless you actually you forgot something and you didn't bring it.
• 12:54
  SPEAKER_01: If you get to your resort and you want to either order groceries, put those ponchos in that in that grocery order and have them show up at your resort and ready for you your first day.
• 13:03
  SPEAKER_01: So in case you didn't pack it, you don't have to spend the 18 to 20 some dollars on the one that with Mickey's face on it in the park unless you want to.
• 13:10
  SPEAKER_01: We're not here how to tell you how to spend your money.
• 13:12
  SPEAKER_01: If you want to do that, you're welcome to do it.
• 13:13
  SPEAKER_01: They're certainly there, and the Disney knows when it's gonna rain.
• 13:16
  SPEAKER_01: They got their umbrellas, they got the ponchos ready, they see you coming, and they're you're gonna you're gonna pay for it for sure.
• 13:22
  SPEAKER_01: All right, we just talked about this a second ago.
• 13:25
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, but before we do that, I'm gonna tell you something.
• 13:28
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not I don't know how I feel about this.
• 13:30
  SPEAKER_00: I was waiting to get one of those ice creams from Animal Kingdom, right?
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_00: And so if there's the threat of rain, they close up the the kiosks that are outside.
• 13:40
  SPEAKER_00: And so there's one, it's near the merchant place right at be as you get to the tree.
• 13:44
  SPEAKER_00: So I was there's no line there.
• 13:46
  SPEAKER_00: It's not the other spot where you can get the ice cream, so it's like great, you know, I'm gonna get that.
• 13:49
  SPEAKER_00: So it starts to rain.
• 13:50
  SPEAKER_00: I'm like, okay, not a big deal.
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_00: It's gonna pass.
• 13:52
  SPEAKER_00: We were prepared.
• 13:53
  SPEAKER_00: We had our banchos and everything.
• 13:54
  SPEAKER_00: Waited for it to pass, go back, and the guy's reopening it.
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_00: But this guy, I don't even know if we should talk about it because this poor guy, be nice to the staff members.
• 14:03
  SPEAKER_00: But I was like, are you opening soon?
• 14:05
  SPEAKER_00: And he's he's like, yes.
• 14:07
  SPEAKER_00: But this was like the sloth from the DMV, and he was just moving at a snail's pace.
• 14:13
  SPEAKER_00: And we had a reservation for Sana, and I'm looking at him, and he's just not even looking at me, but literally like unfolding the canvas in slow motion, and then he got it wrong, so he refolded it and unfolded it again.
• 14:26
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm like, Are you messing with me?
• 14:27
  SPEAKER_00: But yes, I love it.
• 14:28
  SPEAKER_00: He was great.
• 14:29
  SPEAKER_00: I'm happy he's enjoying his retirement working at Disney.
• 14:32
  SPEAKER_00: God bless it.
• 14:33
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's right.
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_01: Be nice to your cast members, folks.
• 14:36
  SPEAKER_01: Yep, the poor guy gets picked by the ice cream, you know?
• 14:39
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, he does.
• 14:40
  SPEAKER_01: Man, yeah.
• 14:41
  SPEAKER_01: All right, segment number five, Pete.
• 14:43
  SPEAKER_01: Ready for this one?
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_01: We just talked about a second ago, Super Mario Brothers.
• 14:47
  SPEAKER_01: The sun is trying to kill you.
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_00: It really is.
• 14:51
  SPEAKER_00: It's not just the dehydration that you gotta worry about, it's really the sunburn and the sun fatigue.
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_00: So uh, really, everybody knows this, but we're just giving you that survival guide because a lot of people don't remember to bring it.
• 15:02
  SPEAKER_00: And even in the fall, when you think you're gonna be okay and it's not, you still need that sunscreen.
• 15:07
  SPEAKER_00: And so I would make sure you're applying sunscreen before entering the park, and then you want to reapply.
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_00: We got some great uh goofy hats that we bring with us.
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_00: And uh, going back to that cooling towel that Mario would wear, and all the cool kids and all the cool dads are wearing with their new balance.
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, I would wear the cooling towel uh and then sunglasses and again hydrate.
• 15:27
  SPEAKER_00: There's another thing that we're gonna talk about a little bit further on, but you gotta really make sure we're hydrating.
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_01: Um, you got any tips for the sun?
• 15:35
  SPEAKER_01: I not specifically for the sun, but as far as hydration goes, I know I've said this in the past before.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_01: If you bring a reusable water bottle, first of all, don't buy water in the park because it costs a million dollars.
• 15:45
  SPEAKER_01: And if you don't have a bottle, if you if you could buy your bottle of water there if you want to, and then just continue to reuse that same bottle the rest of the day, that way you're not paying for it over and over again if you're okay with that.
• 15:56
  SPEAKER_01: But if you bring a reusable water bottle, any quick service location will give you free water, and you're welcome to free up you fill up your water bottle there.
• 16:03
  SPEAKER_01: And if you don't have a water bottle, any cast member at a quick service location will give you a free cup of water, no charge at all.
• 16:09
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, something to ask if we saw it.
• 16:11
  SPEAKER_01: Forget about it.
• 16:11
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's good.
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_00: All right, so hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.
• 16:15
  SPEAKER_00: The other thing I I'll tell you too, and it's it's it's not on our original list to talk about, but I want to make sure we bring it up is Jamie.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_00: Have you ever seen the um the the rash that people get um when they're leaving Disney?
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_00: I see it on the forums a lot and people are asking about it.
• 16:29
  SPEAKER_00: Have you seen that rash usually around the ankles?
• 16:31
  SPEAKER_00: I haven't.
• 16:31
  SPEAKER_00: That's good.
• 16:32
  SPEAKER_00: That's good.
• 16:32
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, so here's a legitimate thing, and people think it might be like bug bites and stuff like that.
• 16:38
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, every time I've been there in the past, you know, 15 years, I've not really dealt with any bugs.
• 16:42
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, if you want to break some book spray, that's fine.
• 16:44
  SPEAKER_00: You can break some book spray.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_00: But what it is is if you're not prepared to do some walking, you do get like a heat rash, especially if you're not hydrating.
• 16:52
  SPEAKER_00: So the best way to combat that heat rash that happens around the ankles and the and the calves and the feet and stuff, and you're your feet are already hurt and you don't want any extra problems with it.
• 17:01
  SPEAKER_00: But the best way to combat that is what Jamie was saying, is drink a lot of water.
• 17:05
  SPEAKER_00: And if you know you're going and you're gonna give it your all, I mean, I'm not saying you ought to train for Disney, but it wouldn't hurt to get out and uh do a little bit of walking in those shoes you're you're preparing to bring with you.
• 17:15
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I think that'll help with those rashes because when if you get them, you know, people are like, oh, it's bugs, it's this, it's that.
• 17:20
  SPEAKER_00: No, it's just uh, you know, you need a little bit more water, you need a little less alcohol and uh some good shoes and a little preparedness.
• 17:28
  SPEAKER_01: So a little more water, less alcohol, blasphemy.
• 17:32
  SPEAKER_01: Lame.
• 17:33
  SPEAKER_01: All right, quick.
• 17:34
  SPEAKER_01: Rapid fire, rapid fire survival guide tips.
• 17:36
  SPEAKER_01: You ready?
• 17:37
  SPEAKER_01: Things you'll thank us for later.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_01: Portable charger.
• 17:40
  SPEAKER_01: Number one, portable charger.
• 17:41
  SPEAKER_01: Refillable water bottle.
• 17:43
  SPEAKER_01: You said that.
• 17:43
  SPEAKER_01: You just said that.
• 17:44
  SPEAKER_01: I'm I'm late to the game.
• 17:45
  SPEAKER_01: I did.
• 17:46
  SPEAKER_01: It did.
• 17:46
  SPEAKER_01: It's okay.
• 17:47
  SPEAKER_01: It's all right.
• 17:47
  SPEAKER_01: Mobile order.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_01: Bing, there it is.
• 17:49
  SPEAKER_01: For you that haven't played a drinking game at home.
• 17:51
  SPEAKER_01: Pete has mentioned Morocco, and I just mentioned mobile order.
• 17:54
  SPEAKER_01: Let's keep going.
• 17:55
  SPEAKER_00: Rank.
• 17:55
  SPEAKER_00: Uh portable fans.
• 17:56
  SPEAKER_00: Is they they uh they sell them now at Target.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_00: They're real easy.
• 17:59
  SPEAKER_00: You put them over your neck.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_00: You they even have little circle clip on fans.
• 18:03
  SPEAKER_00: We brought some of those with us too.
• 18:04
  SPEAKER_00: Like thinks you gotta get them.
• 18:05
  SPEAKER_01: I think that's in the Disney Dad starter pack, is one of the along with your cooling towel.
• 18:10
  SPEAKER_01: I'm not crazy.
• 18:10
  SPEAKER_01: I know what my body can handle.
• 18:12
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I'm gonna go in the don't shit on my counter efforts.
• 18:15
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, that's our first swear.
• 18:16
  SPEAKER_01: Sorry.
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_01: Sorry about that.
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_01: Uh PG 13.
• 18:20
  SPEAKER_01: A blister kit, some extra socks.
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_00: I'm thinking hand sanitizer.
• 18:23
  SPEAKER_00: And uh, you know what I just heard about, and we gotta bring it up, but I guess there's some parasite with diarrhoea going around.
• 18:29
  SPEAKER_00: So it doesn't hurt to have a little antidiarrhea medicine because you don't want your trip ruined while you're sitting in the bathroom the entire time while your family's out having a grand old time.
• 18:38
  SPEAKER_01: You don't want to be playing Oregon Trail and die of dysentery.
• 18:40
  SPEAKER_01: You don't want that.
• 18:41
  SPEAKER_01: That could yep.
• 18:42
  SPEAKER_01: That could if you're if you're if you if you're not hydrated, that it's certainly a sign, right?
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_01: I know we don't want to talk about it, but it it it's certainly a sign of dehydration.
• 18:52
  SPEAKER_01: So tiny deodorants, uh SPF lip balm or chapstick, cooling towel like Pete's saying, and then a change, a change of outfit.
• 19:00
  SPEAKER_01: So you could go, like if you're going during the summertime like Pete, you could go in the morning, come back to the hotel for a nap or a quick dip in the pool, and you may need a whole new change of clothes.
• 19:09
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
• 19:10
  SPEAKER_00: If you don't have the skyliner or the monorail there to fix up your uh to get back to the hotel real quick, it doesn't hurt to have a change of socks, change of shirt, a change of shirt in your backpack.
• 19:19
  SPEAKER_01: So you're we're basically packing for an expedition to Everest, is what's going on here.
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_01: That's true.
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_01: Except Everest has short.
• 19:26
  SPEAKER_01: Especially Especially at Disney's Animal Kingdom, the hottest park on record.
• 19:31
  SPEAKER_00: It does get pretty warm in there.
• 19:33
  SPEAKER_00: I I think you know Epcot is right up there too, because there's not much shade out there.
• 19:38
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 19:38
  SPEAKER_01: No, it well in in the in the bars are, but if we're trying to hydrate, that's not where we want to be.
• 19:44
  SPEAKER_01: But all right, Jamie, I'm really this next segment because it's uh we got it from a we got it from one of your friends, uh a uh suggestion via our segment came to us from uh one of our very first emails that we got from a listener and my friend Sean Wilson, Charleston, South Carolina.
• 19:59
  SPEAKER_01: Uh yes, we we read the emails.
• 20:01
  SPEAKER_01: If you want to email us, it's the worstbeyondagic at gmail.com.
• 20:05
  SPEAKER_01: Hit us with what you want to hear, with any questions you have.
• 20:07
  SPEAKER_01: We're gonna go ahead and talk about it here on the episodes as we go along.
• 20:12
  SPEAKER_01: And if you leave us some five-star reviews, we're gonna read those reviews on our episodes as well.
• 20:17
  SPEAKER_01: So listen in for those.
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_01: We don't have any yet, but be the first one to leave us a five-star review and leave us a comment in that review, and we'll go ahead and read them on the air.
• 20:27
  SPEAKER_01: Five stars.
• 20:29
  SPEAKER_01: Five stars.
• 20:30
  SPEAKER_01: What is our toilet of the week?
• 20:32
  SPEAKER_01: I know we were just talking about diarrhea and what could happen if you're not hydrated, so we definitely ain't gonna need that toilet.
• 20:40
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I'm excited about this segment.
• 20:42
  SPEAKER_00: I'm glad that he recommended it.
• 20:43
  SPEAKER_00: Uh while he wanted a whole show.
• 20:45
  SPEAKER_00: I think doing a segment of the week sounds fun.
• 20:47
  SPEAKER_00: It gives us uh an opportunity to something really useful for your trip.
• 20:52
  SPEAKER_01: Something to look forward to every single week.
• 20:54
  SPEAKER_01: Why do we cover this, Pete?
• 20:56
  SPEAKER_01: Why?
• 20:57
  SPEAKER_01: You know why?
• 20:58
  SPEAKER_01: Because we're professionals.
• 21:00
  SPEAKER_01: That's why I can guarantee you, all the Disney podcasts out there, no one is talking about this other than the worst Beyond the Magic.
• 21:07
  SPEAKER_01: You are welcome, folks.
• 21:08
  SPEAKER_01: You're welcome.
• 21:10
  SPEAKER_01: All right, this is our rating.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_01: What's our rating gonna be?
• 21:15
  SPEAKER_00: What's our rating gonna be?
• 21:17
  SPEAKER_00: I think we still gotta keep it PG, my friend.
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_00: Although I did swear already, so that was our first one.
• 21:24
  SPEAKER_01: This is a monumental episode.
• 21:26
  SPEAKER_01: Our privacy, our this is gonna be based on privacy, cleanliness, air conditioning, and the escape factor.
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_01: Like escaping the crowds, not trying to escape the bathroom.
• 21:41
  SPEAKER_01: That's right.
• 21:43
  SPEAKER_01: To quickly get to the bathroom.
• 21:44
  SPEAKER_01: Alright, so here's our first winner.
• 21:46
  SPEAKER_01: Pete, you want to take it away?
• 21:49
  SPEAKER_00: Drumroll.
• 21:50
  SPEAKER_00: I think we're going back to the American Adventure Pavilion, the bathrooms in Epcot.
• 21:55
  SPEAKER_00: Why?
• 21:56
  SPEAKER_00: Why?
• 21:56
  SPEAKER_00: It's usually quiet.
• 21:57
  SPEAKER_00: Air conditioned buildings nearby, it's close to food.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_00: A nice break from crowds.
• 22:01
  SPEAKER_01: What else we got?
• 22:03
  SPEAKER_01: Or at the Tomorrowland Terrace Bathrooms in Tomorrowland and Fantasyland.
• 22:08
  SPEAKER_01: Or excuse me, in Tomorrowland in Magic Kingdom.
• 22:12
  SPEAKER_00: Well, because I love Epcot, I'm gonna take it back to the Japan Pavilion, and this bathroom has excellent acoustics and emotional support.
• 22:23
  SPEAKER_01: If you have really bad gas, you want like excellent acoustics, that can be that can make them fun, I guess.
• 22:30
  SPEAKER_00: So those are three escape uh hatches you got for uh two parks for this segment.
• 22:36
  SPEAKER_00: There it is.
• 22:38
  SPEAKER_00: The one I really do like the one I do really like out of all those is the Japan one.
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I like the Japan pavilion and it gives you an excuse to get in there.
• 22:48
  SPEAKER_00: Um and it's about that time or along your walk where uh you might need to go sit down and take a break.
• 22:56
  SPEAKER_00: Isn't that where I left you on the bench?
• 22:58
  SPEAKER_01: I was I was just gonna say, that's where you left me.
• 23:01
  SPEAKER_01: You never you never leave a fellow crasher and I was crashing and you left me.
• 23:05
  SPEAKER_01: And that's why that's why I recommend all the scenery at the Japan Pavilion, because that's all I had to look at.
• 23:10
  SPEAKER_01: And uh I was doing my best to sit up on the seat and not fall off.
• 23:14
  SPEAKER_01: So um that's uh the Japan Pavilion is is beautiful, and it looks like it has, or it sounds like it has wonderful toilets.
• 23:23
  SPEAKER_01: I I believe they're they keep it nice and clean there.
• 23:26
  SPEAKER_01: All right, so here's our first listener challenge.
• 23:29
  SPEAKER_01: What is something that Disney never warns you about it?
• 23:32
  SPEAKER_01: We want to hear about it.
• 23:33
  SPEAKER_01: Let us know.
• 23:35
  SPEAKER_01: We're gonna read those answers next week.
• 23:41
  SPEAKER_00: Disney's still one of our favorite places on earth, but the magic hits a little different when your feet have declared bankruptcy.
• 23:49
  SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna give you a little bit of tidbits to leave us with here.
• 23:51
  SPEAKER_01: We're gonna close it out.
• 23:52
  SPEAKER_01: Uh these these are uh these are so I've made every single one of these mistakes.
• 24:00
  SPEAKER_01: Uh the poncho makes everyone looks like disappointed baked potatoes.
• 24:05
  SPEAKER_01: Uh there is no graceful way to apply by a body glide in a public restroom.
• 24:10
  SPEAKER_01: Just do it, folks.
• 24:11
  SPEAKER_01: Nobody's judging.
• 24:12
  SPEAKER_01: Oh boy.
• 24:12
  SPEAKER_01: You're all there for the same reason.
• 24:13
  SPEAKER_01: It's hot.
• 24:14
  SPEAKER_01: You don't want things to rub together that aren't supposed to rub together.
• 24:16
  SPEAKER_01: Just put it on.
• 24:17
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe share.
• 24:18
  SPEAKER_01: You know, who knows?
• 24:19
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe make a new friend while you're in the bathroom.
• 24:21
  SPEAKER_01: Florida weather is basically a toddler with water hose.
• 24:25
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 24:25
  SPEAKER_01: It's uh it has a mind of its own.
• 24:28
  SPEAKER_01: It's a it has a mind of its own, and it's gonna rain for at least an hour a day at some point during the day.
• 24:34
  SPEAKER_01: But you want to take the next segment?
• 24:38
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean, every I think at some point everyone becomes sunburned, sweaty, and slightly confused as we're dazed around looking for snacks.
• 24:44
  SPEAKER_00: Um, but let's talk about purchases you won't regret.
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_00: Um, so we want to talk about some things that were worthwhile.
• 24:52
  SPEAKER_00: We talked about it a little bit earlier, but we're gonna cool close it out with that.
• 24:55
  SPEAKER_00: Um, again, with the cooling towel, and I and that that power bank is important, I think, because if you've got those neck fans and the those uh the one that goes around your neck and then the little fans, you sometimes they get run out of charge, so you need those.
• 25:09
  SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, I think we talked about most of these.
• 25:12
  SPEAKER_00: What you got any more for us?
• 25:13
  SPEAKER_01: You know, one you mentioned power bank a second.
• 25:16
  SPEAKER_01: If you forget to bring your own power bank, Disney does offer with those little fuel rods.
• 25:20
  SPEAKER_01: Uh they're shaped like um little tiny cylindrical rods uh that are actually batteries.
• 25:26
  SPEAKER_01: They do cost a little bit of money up front to have one, but then if you'll have it for the rest of the time that you're there and for however long you keep it.
• 25:33
  SPEAKER_01: The nice part about it is when it runs out of juice, you just walk up to the same machine and it doesn't cost you anymore.
• 25:38
  SPEAKER_01: You put it in the machine and they pop out a new one for you.
• 25:40
  SPEAKER_01: So you have a freshly loaded battery to go to charge those devices that Peter's talking about.
• 25:45
  SPEAKER_01: So that's that's one nice thing that they offer is those those fuel rods.
• 25:49
  SPEAKER_01: So look for those if you don't already have a power bank.
• 25:51
  SPEAKER_01: You mentioned the neck fan, you look ridiculous, but I'm sure it keeps you cool.
• 25:55
  SPEAKER_01: And the anti-fan.
• 25:57
  SPEAKER_01: We talked a lot about go ahead.
• 26:00
  SPEAKER_00: And we talked a lot about survival um here.
• 26:03
  SPEAKER_00: And if you're a teen and your phone runs out, uh survival turns pretty crazy when you when you're uh without a phone.
• 26:10
  SPEAKER_00: So maybe you don't want to buy fuel rods, maybe you want to.
• 26:15
  SPEAKER_01: How did we ever survive the 90s and the early 2000s without cell phones?
• 26:18
  SPEAKER_01: How did we do it?
• 26:19
  SPEAKER_01: We managed.
• 26:21
  SPEAKER_01: You didn't know any better.
• 26:22
  unknown: Yeah.
• 26:23
  SPEAKER_01: I think I want to go back to the phone.
• 26:25
  SPEAKER_01: I had my pager.
• 26:26
  SPEAKER_01: Oh.
• 26:28
  SPEAKER_01: Is there a pager service in this park?
• 26:30
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know.
• 26:31
  SPEAKER_01: Um, all right, Pete, I think we've covered everything today.
• 26:34
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I can't thank you enough, folks.
• 26:35
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you for tuning in every week.
• 26:36
  SPEAKER_01: And again, we apologize for the delay in the last episode.
• 26:40
  SPEAKER_01: I know we try to get these out to you weekly, but uh Pete and I uh we have full-time jobs, and it's hard to get together sometimes once a week to record them.
• 26:47
  SPEAKER_01: So thank you for being patient with us.
• 26:49
  SPEAKER_01: We appreciate it.
• 26:50
  SPEAKER_01: Pete, what else we got for the fine people listening?
• 26:53
  SPEAKER_00: No, I I agree with you.
• 26:55
  SPEAKER_00: Uh a little bit of delay on that one, and and it's you know the summertime gets us, but we got a plan moving forward.
• 27:00
  SPEAKER_00: We're gonna start recording a little bit more.
• 27:02
  SPEAKER_00: But it's good to hear from you.
• 27:03
  SPEAKER_00: We've gotten some mail, we'd like to get some more.
• 27:05
  SPEAKER_00: So if you want to send us some mail, we are the worst beyond the magic at gmail.com.
• 27:10
  SPEAKER_00: And uh, and I think that uh covers all of our survival guide tactics.
• 27:15
  SPEAKER_00: So let us know what yours were.
• 27:17
  SPEAKER_00: We're anxious to hear about that.
• 27:18
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• 27:20
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• 27:26
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• 27:27
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• 27:31
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• 27:32
  SPEAKER_01: Uh this has been the worst.
• 27:33
  SPEAKER_01: Beyond the magic.