TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (MON): Amy Had A Nice Dinner With Her Ex-Husband & His New Girlfriend

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show
Episode: TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (MON): Amy Had A Nice Dinner With Her Ex-Husband & His New Girlfriend
Date: June 1, 2026

Episode Overview

This episode of "The Bobby Bones Show" features the beloved "Tell Me Something Good" segment, where the hosts share uplifting stories from their personal lives and the news. Amy opens up about a special experience having dinner with her ex-husband, his new girlfriend, and both their families—a conversation that kicks off a candid discussion about navigating post-divorce family dynamics. The team also covers inspirational stories about family milestones, overcoming adversity, and fun vacation adventures, all wrapped in the show’s signature good-natured humor and camaraderie.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Amy’s Family Dinner with Her Ex-Husband’s Family

Timestamps: 02:36 – 07:45

• Amy shares gratitude for her kids’ relationship with their paternal grandparents, especially since her own parents have passed away.
  • "I'm just so thankful that they're around and healthy...and that they can have a grandma and a grandpa to be there and ones that are still able to travel and can come be at the important things with them." (Amy, 02:38)
• Unique family dinner: Amy describes going to dinner with her ex-husband Ben, his girlfriend, their kids, and his parents. She highlights the slight awkwardness and humor in the social dynamic.
  • "I got there and Ben's dad had texted me and I could tell he was texting me, kind of nervous...and then he's like, Ben and the kids aren't here yet...This would be really weird if we hadn't [met Ben’s girlfriend]." (Amy, 04:08 - 04:48)
• Handling the dinner bill and post-dinner ice cream: There’s a lighthearted exchange about who should pay and Amy describes stepping up to pay for everyone’s ice cream, prompting appreciation from Ben’s girlfriend.
  • “And I put my credit card down first for everybody...and then even his girlfriend came afterwards, she was like, ‘Did you pay for this?’ and I was like, ‘Yeah.’” (Amy, 06:17)
• Reflections on awkwardness: Amy and her co-hosts discuss that the situation was only as awkward as they made it. Amy expresses her intention to keep things comfortable for the kids.
  • "It's only as awkward as you want to make it. Like, I just had to step into the situation and own it." (Amy, 07:01)

2. Updates on Amy’s Children and Family Life

Timestamps: 07:45 – 08:52

• Amy discusses how active her son Stevenson is with track and cross-country, including participation in high school and club events over the summer:
  • "So his cross country team for high school has started meeting this week. And then he's doing a club program this summer for track." (Amy, 08:16)
• The group jokes about running, athletic training, and college-level track.

3. Team’s Feel-Good Stories

Timestamps: 11:12 – 19:32

• Eddie’s son passes the YMCA swim test: Eddie is proud that his 7-year-old faced his fears, took the swim test, and can now swim unsupervised.
  • "He swam it and he passed the test. And now, so for the rest of the summer, he can swim without anyone watching him." (Eddie, 11:40)
• Morgan celebrates her fiancé’s 'strokiversary': They mark the anniversary of his childhood stroke with fun at PopStroke, a mini-golf venue.
  • "So every year we kind of celebrate that and just, you know, it's like a, I'm so happy you're still alive and you're doing great." (Morgan, 13:39)

4. Lighthearted Banter on Theme Parks and VIP Experiences

Timestamps: 19:14 – 27:09

• Raymundo discusses stress-free Disney trips: He breaks down their strategy for a relaxing trip—splitting the day, napping midday, and using Fast Passes.
  • “We go there in the morning at like, 8, and we leave around 2 or 3 to go back to the hotel...then go back again around six and then stay there till the evening.” (Raymundo, 19:45)
• Theme park hacks: The difference between a Fast Pass, VIP tours, and regular lines is explained. The crew shares personal and humorous memories (including Lunchbox’s brush with the VIP experience because of American Idol work).
• Wild luxury at Disney: Anecdote about a Disney neighborhood (Golden Oak) where a family built a “Haunted Mansion” ride inside their home.

5. Quick News Stories ("Tell Me Something Good" Rounds)

Timestamps: 28:08 – 30:53

• Senior Living Bike Rides: A facility in Boise, Idaho helps residents enjoy nature safely by creating a bike track where staff pedal elderly residents in special bikes.
  • “So what happens is one of the younger members of the team that works there pedals the bike, and they're mostly put in these little chairs...they get pushed on the bike.” (Lunchbox, 28:51)
• Seattle Children’s Hospital hosts prom: The hospital organized its first-ever prom, complete with formal wear, music, a light-up dance floor, and therapy animals for teens unable to attend their own school proms.
  • “They brought in donated formal wear, professional hair and makeup, food, drinks, a DJ, photo booth, a light up dance floor, and therapy animals including a mini horse.” (Amy, 29:48)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Amy on co-parenting:
  "It's awkward also because it's unfamiliar. We haven't done this situation a lot, but I imagine over the years, if it continues, it would be more normal. And then nothing's awkward." (Amy, 07:16)
• Lunchbox joking about VIP Disney:
  "You would think I'd feel guilty from that. I did not. Not." (Lunchbox, 23:56)
• On random acts of kindness:
  “You don’t put 90-year-olds on huffies. That’s it. I do like the story.” (Lunchbox, 29:21)
• On making things normal for kids:
  "Probably makes the kids feel comfortable, too, that their mom and their dad's girlfriend aren't weird." (Lunchbox, 05:23)

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Memorable Segments & Timestamps

• Amy’s family dinner/awkwardness: 02:38 – 07:45
• Amy’s reflections on gratitude and family: 07:35 – 08:52
• Eddie’s son conquering swim test: 11:12 – 13:18
• Morgan’s fiancé’s 'strokiversary' celebration at PopStroke: 13:29 – 14:10
• Theme park/VIP stories: 19:14 – 27:09
• Senior Living Center bike story: 28:08 – 29:20
• Seattle Children’s Hospital prom: 29:48 – 30:53

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Tone & Style

The conversation is warm, often humorous, supportive, and candid. The hosts freely mix real-life vulnerability with playful ribbing and practical advice—creating a welcoming space that encourages listeners to embrace novel family situations and relish good news.

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Perfect For

• Listeners interested in positive co-parenting dynamics
• Fans who appreciate honest, feel-good storytelling
• Anyone needing reminders of everyday gratitude and joy
• Families navigating blended or extended family situations
• Fans of theme parks and quirky travel advice

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In summary:
This episode of "The Bobby Bones Show" blends personal growth, heartwarming family stories, and laughter, leaving listeners with plenty of reasons to find the good in their own lives—awkward moments and all.

Transcript

[Amy]

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[Lunchbox]

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[Eddie]

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[Amy]

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[Raymundo]

it's time for the good news.

[Lunchbox]

Tell me something good from the weekend, Amy.

[Amy]

The kids grandparents came in town and I'm just glad they have the relationship with them that they do. It's my ex husband's parents, so my ex in laws because both of my parents have passed away and I'm just so thankful that they're around and healthy and that they can have a grandma and a grandpa to be there and ones that are still able to travel and can come be at the important things with them. And they're just here to like kick off summer. And their dad had to go out of town and normally we'd arrange it to where? Oh, we'll just work out the schedule to the kids would come be with me that week and they were like, no, no, no, no, we wanna come. We'll, we'll be with the kids during your week. And they stopped by yesterday and I was giving them like a schedule and a printout and I mean there's some busy stuff going on this week with both of the kids and they're like, okay, okay, we got this. But they're like, okay, I think we can take a nap here. So I felt for them, but also I just have a lot of gratitude and I'm just so happy that they're here and they're able to do this sort of thing.

[Lunchbox]

Will you hang out with them?

[Amy]

Yeah, we went to dinner on Saturday night and then I saw they stopped by yesterday and then I'm sure I'll see them at some point this week before they go.

[Lunchbox]

You went to dinner with just them?

[Amy]

No, with them. Ben, his girlfriend and the kids and me.

[Lunchbox]

Were you Ryan Soldo?

[Amy]

Yeah, I was, yeah. Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

So it was you, your ex husband? Yeah, his new girl?

[Amy]

Well, they've been together a year.

[Lunchbox]

I mean to you.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Lunchbox]

It's not you. So his Right. And then the parents.

[Amy]

Uh huh. And when I got there, Ben and the kids were arriving separately and I got there and Ben's dad had texted me and I could tell he was texting me. Kind of nervous like, hey, we're in the, you know, bottom left side of the restaurant when you go down the stairs, I'm like, okay. And then he's like, Ben and the kids aren't here yet. And I'm like, I know, okay, cool. And when I get there, I hug them and then I to Ben's girlfriend, I say hi and then go over and hug her. And then his dad goes, have y', all, have y' all met? And I was like, yes, of course we met. This would be really weird if we hadn't. Like what a weird way for Ben to set that up. Of like, oh, let's do a family dinner. And also, I'm gonna get there late, so y' all have to be there all awkwardly together.

[Lunchbox]

Did you consider, like, a hire a hunk or you bring, like, a hot dude with you?

[Amy]

So I have a date.

[Raymundo]

Yeah.

[Amy]

No, that would be confusing to the kids, probably.

[Lunchbox]

That's a good point.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

How'd it. How'd it go? How's it?

[Amy]

Fine. The vibe was. It was good.

[Lunchbox]

Not weird at all.

[Amy]

No, just a. Kind of. Across from. I sat on the same rows as parents and then the kid, daughter, son. Yeah, it kind of like a horseshoe. And so. And it was. Yeah, I loved it like one. And afterwards, we went and got ice cream.

[Lunchbox]

Probably makes the kids feel comfortable, too, that their mom and their dad's girlfriend aren't weird.

[Amy]

Yeah. And if I had still had a boyfriend, and he would have gone, everybody would. Everything would have been fine. Even with Ben's parents there with my boyfriend, if I still had him. Who pays well at dinner? I didn't know how we were gonna do that. Glad you asked.

[Eddie]

Ooh, the new girlfriend.

[Unknown Male]

That's a flex.

[Amy]

Well, I kind of thought I'm the odd one here, because you don't.

[Lunchbox]

But I would think you don't pay.

[Amy]

Right. I kind of thought. Well. So then Ben's dad asked for the bill, and I was like, okay, that makes sense. Clutch, easy. Nothing's awkward. I don't have to. If Ben were to. I would feel like I'd be like, hey, you can just send me my bill, you know, because I don't think

[Lunchbox]

I'll venmo you for my slice.

[Amy]

Right, right, right.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Amy]

So then his dad got it. And then afterwards we went to get ice cream. And again, at the ice cream shop, I'm sort of the odd man out. And. And she walk up to the register. So then. And it was kind of weird. Like, everybody was ordering, and I was like, what do I do? Should I let them all order? And then they pay and then I'll place my order and then I pay. And then I saw Ben. He was with Stevenson. And I saw him walking up, pulling his credit card out of his wallet. And I don't know, something in me was like, I went. And then I put my credit card down first for everybody.

[Lunchbox]

That's good.

[Amy]

And then it was really. It was fine. And then even his girlfriend came afterwards. She was like, did you. Did you pay for this? And I was like, yeah. And she was like, thank you so much. And I was like, you're welcome. Nice so then that's how that. That's how that went.

[Eddie]

It's tough.

[Amy]

Why is it tough?

[Eddie]

That's just awkward.

[Amy]

I feel like I feel awkward. I will agree. It's. It's awkward, but it's only as awkward as you want to make it. Like, I just had to step into the situation and own it.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. And it can be awkward, but you don't want it to seem awkward to the kids or they feel that awkwardness.

[Amy]

Right. I don't think it was awkwardness that they would pick up on or feel. I think it's just. It's awkward also because it's unfamiliar. We haven't done this situation a lot, but I imagine over the years, if it continues, it would be more normal. And then nothing's awkward.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. It's not about you. It's just generally a socially awkward situation at this stage.

[Amy]

Yes. Yeah, I agree.

[Lunchbox]

Good for you.

[Amy]

It's like facing new things. But overall, the. The big. Tell me something good for me is just that the gratitude I have for that. His parents are alive and well.

[Eddie]

That's good.

[Amy]

And both healthy and they take care of themselves. And they. You know, there's a little. You have to yell when you talk,

[Lunchbox]

but you act like they're Mr. Magoo

[Eddie]

with the big glasses.

[Lunchbox]

Okay. Runs into stuff.

[Amy]

Well, they're in their 70s. Like, it's. It's. No, they're not. They're very. No, they're driving all around town. The. Trust me, I saw their schedule today. Like, they've got some places to go. Um, Stevenson's very active this week for some track stuff.

[Lunchbox]

He has cross most still after state, he's still running.

[Amy]

So his cross country team for high school has started meeting this week. And then he's doing a. A club program this summer for. For track.

[Lunchbox]

Good for him. No break.

[Amy]

Yeah, no break. And then he's got some summer school stuff that he's doing.

[Lunchbox]

And then there's a lot of running. Because even at the University of Arkansas, like, we traditionally have the best track program in college. Right. We win all the national championships, but, yeah, there's indoor, there's outdoor. There's just so many versions of running that I don't even keep up with it. And so, like, he finishes that. I mean, that's not indoor, that's outdoor, but that's not cross country. He was running on a track.

[Amy]

Right. Well, but this week he's mixed. Like, his cross country is what's meeting now. So he'll be doing long distance in the morning with them, and then his club thing is at night and they're on a track, so he'll be doing all right.

[Lunchbox]

Good for him.

[Amy]

22 a days.

[Lunchbox]

I guess the fact that he enjoys running is crazy. Like, I watch Mike D run this weekend. Not with my own eyes.

[Amy]

Cheering him on.

[Lunchbox]

He posts his Instagram story of him and would you do 20 miles? 21.

[Eddie]

Dang, dude, it's what?

[Lunchbox]

And he likes it for fun. He likes it.

[Eddie]

That's crazy.

[Lunchbox]

Clears my head. Feels good. There is nothing I like less. Like, I mean, I got a IV this weekend. Like that.

[Eddie]

That's nice.

[Lunchbox]

About equal to running. No, like the needle going in. Not even the whole IV part.

[Raymundo]

Like that.

[Lunchbox]

That's crazy. So in my quest to fully repair my ankle, which I think I'm getting pretty close, I'm just slowly turning up the one mile at a time running. Speaking of running, reminds me, I'm at like 7:30amile now. So when I'm running, which is. I'm not gonna go, it's not bad. Okay, that's a better tone.

[Amy]

What was my tone?

[Lunchbox]

Well, you're acting like.

[Amy]

No, I was saying that's not bad. Like, that's actually really good.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, see, now we're changing. Now we like how we're changing.

[Eddie]

That's super.

[Lunchbox]

The best I've ever heard.

[Amy]

I thought that was the vibe I was giving to begin with.

[Lunchbox]

Not first. Not the first first. It was like you were like just going, yeah, that's not bad. You'll get there, kid. So. And my ankle's not that sore after I finish running it at that pace. So I'll probably speed it up. Probably get to like, like a 6:45. And then I'm out. I'm done. I'm done with this little experiment. But my ankle is probably 85 to 90% good. So that's it. And then we didn't win, but we played in the College World Series. The Women's College World Series. Man, we played a game till almost midnight. And yeah, I'm on the team against Nebraska, and it was an awesome game. Went to extra innings. We ended up losing at the very, very end. But, man, what a game. Lost second game. I knew there was no way they were going to win the second game. They played till midnight, had to get up and play the next day.

[Eddie]

That was ucla.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Yeah. So it was super cool because Arkansas has never been to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. So just shout out to them. That was. It was really cool. I was able to after that night, one game Go. Man, what a game. Sucks. We lost, but what a game. So that's my. Tell me something, goods Eddie.

[Eddie]

So we're talking about how pools are open now because it's officially summer. Well, the YMCA has a pool and they have a rule that you, if you're under the age of like, I don't know, it's like 12 or something, or 11, you have to take a swim test to get a wristband. That way your parents don't have to supervise you while you're swimming. So my little one, my 7 year old is like, he's a good swimmer. I mean, I was a lifeguard, so obviously I taught him how to swim. But he is nervous every single time, every year. It's like he took the test one time and he failed it. He's like, and I don't. He doesn't want to do it again. Well, we took him to the pool on Saturday and he was like, dad, I'm going to try it. It's a new year. And he swam it and he passed the test. And now, so for the rest of the year or the rest of the summer, he can swim without anyone watching him. It's a huge success.

[Lunchbox]

Hey, not bad.

[Eddie]

That's fine.

[Amy]

That's not bad.

[Lunchbox]

That's cool. What's the test for a 7 year old?

[Eddie]

It's the whole length of the pool without any kind of aid. And they can't doggy paddle. So it's kind of got to be a real.

[Lunchbox]

You can't doggy paddle.

[Eddie]

Once you kind of do a doggy paddle, that makes it look like you're kind of grasping for air and then they'll just pull that little floaty out and then you fail the test.

[Lunchbox]

How did you work with him to teach him how to swim?

[Eddie]

Oh, like three years ago, like I

[Lunchbox]

taught him how to swim in that pool.

[Eddie]

Yes. Some at that pool, some at other pools.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

But I mean, I just kind of like, you know, just showed him. He's always been comfortable about around water, so I just kind of showed him like the techniques of swimming. Like you can do it. You can hold your breath for a very long time and by the time you pull your head up, you're always already halfway through the, the lap or whatever. But I think for him it was just kind of like the stress of the lifeguard looking at him the whole time and the fact that he couldn't doggy paddle, he would just stress out and fail.

[Lunchbox]

That's cool.

[Eddie]

And I confess this, but like the past years I've taken Old wristbands because I know he can swim.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, my God.

[Amy]

Eddie.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I probably shouldn't say that.

[Amy]

Yep.

[Lunchbox]

Well, so he's been swimming with a.

[Amy]

Something goes wrong, dude.

[Eddie]

And the stress of like, oh, my gosh, the. The tape's gonna, like, get wet, it's gonna come off, and the lifeguard is gonna find a floating wristband that it's obviously cut and like, glued together.

[Lunchbox]

That's how I feel when I sit at a seat at a concert that no one's sitting in. Or I'm just like, oh, God, I can't really enjoy this because even though I cheated, I don't do that anymore.

[Eddie]

Right.

[Lunchbox]

That's that feeling. More Morgan.

[Unknown Female]

So this weekend we celebrated my fiance's strokeiversary and we went to pop stroke.

[Eddie]

Hold on.

[Amy]

He had a stroke?

[Unknown Female]

Yeah, he had a stroke when he was 13.

[Eddie]

Oh, I didn't know that.

[Lunchbox]

What in the world?

[Unknown Female]

Yeah, so every year we kind of celebrate that and just, you know, it's like a. I'm so happy you're still alive and you're doing great.

[Lunchbox]

And what's pop stroke?

[Eddie]

That's the mini golf.

[Amy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Male]

Tiger Woods.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, stroke.

[Unknown Male]

Like golf?

[Amy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Is that place fun?

[Unknown Female]

It was so much fun.

[Lunchbox]

Are there so many people there, though?

[Unknown Female]

There was a lot of people there, but I. You can spread out quite a bit. There's a course. There's an 18 hole course outside. There's two 18 hole courses inside. And then there's a bunch of games. Or you could sit at the restaurant. There's like an ice cream parlor in there. It's a whole place.

[Lunchbox]

Can you play in order?

[Unknown Female]

Yeah, you can play in your order of your things. Like, it started raining when we were outside. We did nine holes and it started raining, so we went inside and we did another course and then we went back outside and finished the rest of our other course outside.

[Lunchbox]

So it's like people jumping in and playing holes.

[Unknown Female]

No, I mean, you can as long as, like, you're not interrupting somebody else's. There's a little bit weight. We were waiting on some families ahead of us, but just depends when you go.

[Lunchbox]

Is that the Tiger woods place?

[Eddie]

Yes. And you know what's really cool? They have a leaderboard. So, like, you put your scores on your app and if you can, like when you're first place and you see in the whole place that you're first, it's pretty awesome. And if you get a hole in one, you make the jumbotron. Your shot makes the jumbotron.

[Lunchbox]

How do People not cheat just to get their name up on the screen.

[Unknown Male]

They could because there's no tracking. Like the golf ball doesn't have like a sensor. So you could just write 2, 2, 2 every hole and you'd be on

[Eddie]

the leaderboard if that's how you want to be.

[Lunchbox]

I feel like that's how most people.

[Unknown Male]

That would be pretty cool.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Lunchbox.

[Unknown Male]

Yeah. Saturday night, the San Antonio spurs went to Oklahoma City for game seven of the Western Conference finals. And they beat the defending champs. They. They won. They're headed the NBA finals. That was amazing.

[Eddie]

That was awesome.

[Unknown Male]

It was great. So that made my whole weekend. It's just very exciting and it's really cool to have the spurs be back.

[Lunchbox]

Was that worth not being at the Chase Rice?

[Unknown Male]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, for sure. Like, I mean, the Chase Rice game. Yeah. I've given up on that. I've moved on. I. I'm more concentrated on the spurs and just that night. And it was a good game. It was exciting and so it wasn't like a blowout. So that it was intense the whole game and. Yeah. Lot of fun.

[Lunchbox]

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[Amy]

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[Lunchbox]

Raymundo, do you have anything? Yeah, my niece. It's always exciting when they still want to hang out with you. She's 16, and she chilled with us the whole weekend, and she wanted to. She actually asked, can I come hang out with you guys? So it was actually cool. Got to see what she's interested in. Played games, went to the mall. She loves to bake, which isn't a good thing. I mean, we got cookies. We got cookies and brownies. We got homemade ice cream. We got homemade ice cream with cookies in it. Other than that, though, just actually chilling my niece for the whole weekend was awesome. I know. Scuba Steve had a pretty good week. He's been on vacation.

[Raymundo]

I had an awesome week, man.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Tired. You tired from vacation? Because.

[Eddie]

Not at all.

[Lunchbox]

Yes, you are.

[Raymundo]

No, no, I'm not. I'm tired. I'm more tired when I work a festival because I'm up, like, 20 hours. Like our iHeart Festival, our country festival. This one was full of, like, just so much fun and so much love and. And I was with my family. I don't get to see much, so it was really cool.

[Lunchbox]

So it doesn't exhaust you because you went to Orlando?

[Raymundo]

Orlando? Yeah. I did Disney for two days.

[Lunchbox]

That's not. I just heard it's exhausting is why I assumed you'd come back exhausted.

[Raymundo]

No, I do. We do it right. We don't do it exhausting. We do it to where it's relaxing and fun and we enjoy it.

[Lunchbox]

How do you do it right then?

[Raymundo]

So there's a lot of different factors into it, but the biggest factor is we split the day into 2. So we go there in the morning at like, 8, and we leave around 2 or 3 to go back to the hotel, shower, eat like fresh fruit and just relax and watch some TV and change our clothes and then go back again around six and then stay there till the evening. So we split the day where most people will be there from sun up to sundown and the kids are crying, everyone's screaming. Everyone's sweaty and hot and having a terrible time and they're freaking out and they're eating crappy food. We split it. So that's the biggest factor for us to have an enjoyable time at Disney.

[Lunchbox]

Do you guys nap?

[Raymundo]

Oh, yeah, we'll nap. Like, the kids will be asleep either on their way out of the park going back to the hotel or nap at the hotel. I'll take a power nap. So for me, it's an enjoyable experience.

[Lunchbox]

Any meltdowns?

[Raymundo]

We had a meltdown on, like, the first day at the park on Tuesday. We. Well, actually, the biggest meltdown was my daughter because she was so pissed because she was one inch short and couldn't ride this ride called Tron. And she's. And she's only five and. And she's riding, like, Space Mountain and all these thrill rides. And my oldest son isn't really into that. And so we're about to go ride on Tron and she would go to measure up, and she was so excited for it all day long. And you have to be, I think, 42 inches. And we get up there and it's like one inch short and she starts crying and she's freaking out. And I was like, well, I'm gonna go ride it with your niece. And she's like, well, if I can't ride it, nobody can ride it.

[Eddie]

She kills them all.

[Raymundo]

And I was like, I'm sorry, beboob. I'm going on this ride. I don't care what you say. And so she's crying and freaking. I was like, I'll yell your name really loud if you stand right here. You can see me as I go by.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Lunchbox]

Did you ride it?

[Raymundo]

Hell, yeah. I wrote it. Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Was it fun?

[Raymundo]

Yeah, it was awesome. It was so much fun.

[Eddie]

That ride is cool. It's like a motorcycle.

[Raymundo]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

It's really the only one I've ever ridden that's like a motorcycle. And it straps you on, but you're on it like a Like a motorcycle

[Raymundo]

and it shoots you off from like 0 to 60 or whatever it is when you first launch off. The one thing I would say is the track's a little too short. It could be longer, but in general it's so much fun.

[Lunchbox]

How much time do you think you wait in line versus riding rides?

[Raymundo]

So we do, we do the fast pass thing, which at one point in time it used to be free, but now they charge you, which I get it, it makes sense.

[Lunchbox]

It was free. Oh yeah, Fast pass.

[Raymundo]

Oh yeah, Fast pass. Back in the day it was like a whole like exploration of you would get your Fast pass and once you got that fast pass, you have this hour window to ride the ride. And then once you ride it, then you now can go find your next ride. So I was always deemed as the guy that would go get the next fast pass because they were, they were paper tickets. You'd have to go to the actual ride to get the fast pass. But now it's all in the app. And so now at Disney you can go through and select your times and select windows, but they charge you for it because the convenience and everything. So for us, I mean, the longest thing we waited for was maybe 10, 15 minutes because of that.

[Lunchbox]

So why would people ever wait in line if the Fast pass was free? I thought that was something you paid for.

[Raymundo]

Well, so no. So back when it was free, most people won. If you're a tourist, you may not be, you know, may not understand or know. So they just didn't know. They wait in line and they find out later. Like I could have gotten a ticket that gets me in a shorter line. And then when you do it, it's also limited. So let's say you pick a ride like Tron that's so popular and they'll go out quick. So they, they distribute fast passes and some of those could be gone in the first hour of the park being open. So you may not get a Fast pass.

[Lunchbox]

So there are only so many Tron fastpasses for the day?

[Raymundo]

Yes. Yeah. Even with the paid ones now, now that it's paid, the only have a certain amount. So they have one hour windows throughout the day starting at 8 or 9am Whenever they open until 11 when they close. And so what is it like 10, 11 windows. And they only have certain amount of people in those windows and once it sells out, it's gone. So like something like Tron, you could check in at 8am and by 8:30 the whole day is sold out. And some rides that aren't as popular, they have fast pass all day long. Like Pirates of Caribbean. You can pick a fast pass whenever you want.

[Lunchbox]

What did I get? Because I was working for Disney. Meaning you got a vip.

[Amy]

Vip.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, so that's not fast pass.

[Raymundo]

No, that's front of the line. Hey, sir. They take you back?

[Amy]

Yeah, the escort.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You had an escort.

[Eddie]

You had the guy with a hat or like somebody with a hat.

[Lunchbox]

It's a woman. Texas.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah. Well, they're both.

[Raymundo]

Yeah, those are legit. Like when I was at Universal, we had vip and they. They just cut us around all the way to the front of the line and we could ride as many times as we wanted.

[Lunchbox]

And you would think I'd feel guilty from that. I did not. Not.

[Raymundo]

No, you should.

[Eddie]

No way.

[Raymundo]

Those are. That's really.

[Lunchbox]

But that's not a fast pass.

[Raymundo]

No, that's a VIP pass. That one you could still do as like a. Like a gem pop. But it costs like thousands of dollars to do that. Oh, but you got hooked up because you're you.

[Lunchbox]

No, not because I. Me. Because I was working for abc, which is owned by Disney, which is you. And I was in California for an extra day because we had a. Rarely was there a day we would shoot Idol, have a day off and shoot Idol again. But it was one of those days. And someone said, you know, you can go to Disney on your day off. And I was like, they're like, and you can go and you can do everything. What do you mean? What do you mean? Like, you just cut every line. Okay.

[Raymundo]

That's the way to do it.

[Lunchbox]

Well, I'm really looking forward to going to Disney, but if I get to cut every line.

[Raymundo]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

All right, so you're mad Disney's magic kind of guy.

[Raymundo]

Oh, yeah. I love Disney. I grew up in Orlando, and then when I lived in la, we had annual passes. So I love. I love theme parks in general, but. But my two favorites, Disney and Universal.

[Lunchbox]

What's the best ride at Disney that you rode this week?

[Raymundo]

That I rode this week. Guardians of the Galaxy is one of my favorites.

[Eddie]

That one falls, right.

[Raymundo]

That's at Epcot. Now that one is another one of those shootout ones, but this one is such a mind bending one because it does all the things all in one thing. So not only does it do the. Where it goes forward and stops and goes backwards, but it's also one where your cart shifts and so you're riding sideways at some points. It also has launch points and like, the graphics within it and all the aesthetics of the ride. Beautiful. I love that one. But then I also like the old school rides, like Journey to Space, which is inside the Epcot Ball, because it's just so old and cheesy and it just.

[Eddie]

But that's a slow one, right?

[Raymundo]

It's a very slow one. But. But it talks about the history of planet Earth and how we started as, you know, like, you know, cavemen and all the way to now. And that was a fun one as well.

[Lunchbox]

I have a friend that has a house at Disney. Yeah, they have like a neighborhood there, Golden Oak. Yeah. Not familiar with it, but it was like, hey, come over to the house. So went over to the house and then like a few houses down, one of the owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers has a house, and he was having a party and we went into his house and he had the ride of the elevator. Haunted Mansion. Haunted Mansion. The haunted Mansion. Right in the house.

[Raymundo]

Yeah, the Haunted Mansion. Right.

[Eddie]

Elevator.

[Lunchbox]

They built the ride in the house. Yeah.

[Raymundo]

Is this room actually stretching?

[Eddie]

That's it.

[Lunchbox]

What?

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Raymundo]

In the house.

[Lunchbox]

It was like a three story house. They. You go and they. And then every room was built like Disney. Like one of the themes of the Star wars room, there was a Mickey. I don't know. And every.

[Eddie]

Every room was connected in a way. There's like a secret door where you can go from one room to another.

[Lunchbox]

It was wild.

[Raymundo]

That's legit.

[Lunchbox]

Not only that, they had two houses beside each other, and this was the house that was all Disney with a ride. And they. And they, I say, lived in. They didn't even live there full time because that's just like what they want. One of their. They had the house right next to it for their normal living.

[Raymundo]

That's. And the HOA fees at that neighborhood, Golden Oak, by the way, it's owned by Four Seasons. Their HOA fees include, like the top of the line annual pass. And like, at the clubhouse, they have a private chef and everything. That neighborhood is so legit.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. I would imagine HOA fees not even a factor in considering if you're going to move there, if you can afford to live there.

[Raymundo]

Yeah, yeah, totally. Yeah. But it includes a lot of cool things, though.

[Lunchbox]

Well, I'm glad to hear that. 40 grand a year HOA fees.

[Raymundo]

Damn. Okay.

[Unknown Male]

Wow.

[Lunchbox]

Mm.

[Eddie]

But you get a pass from that apparently fast pass.

[Raymundo]

Yeah. You get everything there.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. You're not exhausted?

[Raymundo]

No, not at all. I could do it again. I could have stayed longer. It actually wasn't long enough.

[Lunchbox]

You know what? Go back.

[Raymundo]

All right, cool.

[Lunchbox]

You've been working hard. Go back.

[Raymundo]

I was still working through. I was doing emails and things in the morning. It was nice.

[Eddie]

Oh, I did get his. Ooh, I'm on vacation.

[Raymundo]

It was out of office.

[Eddie]

All right.

[Lunchbox]

Lunchbox out of hand. I never messaged you.

[Raymundo]

No, you didn't. You left me alone. I messaged you a couple times and these guys about some sales stuff and some little things and programming.

[Lunchbox]

I feel like that is precious time. I don't bother you at all.

[Raymundo]

But for me, it's also kind of like. I don't want to say enjoy it, but I don't mind doing an hour each morning or in the evening because then it makes my time coming back Monday much less stressful because I don't have a thousand emails that I have to go through and figure out.

[Lunchbox]

Well, you didn't get crap from me, buddy.

[Raymundo]

No, I appreciate that. That was really kind of you.

[Eddie]

Ooh, ooh, look at me.

[Unknown Male]

All right.

[Lunchbox]

There you go. That's what it's all about.

[Raymundo]

It's time for the good with Lunchbox.

[Unknown Male]

Man. There's a senior living place in Boise, Idaho, and they've been just, you know, sitting by a gorgeous river, but they could never enjoy it. They couldn't, you know, go outside. Well, the director said, you know what? Let's get some bikes and bring the joy back. And now they're riding bikes along the river.

[Lunchbox]

I like it seems dangerous. It seems dangerous.

[Raymundo]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

I started thinking that I like it. Like, there might have been a reason they've done that yet.

[Lunchbox]

I like it in moderation, guys.

[Unknown Male]

They're not actually on the trail. They really just ride around the facility. They made a track inside so they can see the river.

[Raymundo]

Okay.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Unknown Male]

Sorry.

[Lunchbox]

And not only that, I'm looking at pictures. So explain the bikes.

[Unknown Male]

I mean, I think they're just a little, like, stationary bike right now.

[Lunchbox]

So what happens is one of the younger members of the team that works there pedals the bike, and they're mostly put in these little chairs.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's cute.

[Lunchbox]

They get pushed on the bike.

[Eddie]

Okay, that's cute. They're not riding. They're not.

[Lunchbox]

They're going on bike rides. I'm up for it. I like this better.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Lunchbox]

Because originally I was like, you know, many hips are gonna get broken.

[Eddie]

Are they gonna fall on the river?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Unknown Male]

Or the.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, I didn't think about the moon.

[Eddie]

They're gonna fall off.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I'm looking at it. I like it now more.

[Unknown Male]

Okay. I thought they were getting to ride the bikes, but they are just a Passenger.

[Eddie]

That's good.

[Lunchbox]

You don't put 90 year olds on huffies. That's it. I do like the story. What's it from?

[Unknown Male]

It is from the table Rock senior living in Boise, Idaho.

[Lunchbox]

No, the source article so we don't get sued.

[Unknown Male]

Oh, ktvb, my favorite news source.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Seven. Oh, good. So I'm watching the video now of it.

[Unknown Male]

All right.

[Lunchbox]

There you go. That's what it's all about.

[Raymundo]

It's time for the good News with Amy.

[Amy]

People.com had the sweetest article about how Seattle Children's Hospital hosted their first ever prom for their patients. Their kids range between 15 and 19 years old. And obviously all of their peers are having prom and graduations and all kinds of things. Well, they brought in donated formal wear, professional hair and makeup, food, drinks, a DJ photo booth, a light up dance floor, and therapy animals including a mini horse. So this prom was legit. They delivered invitations to each of the patients to attend prom through their therapy dogs that work at the hospital, Scarlett and Nash. Which I think is a cute way to invite the kids to prom. And they said the event was such a success that they plan on hosting the prom annually.

[Lunchbox]

I love that. For those kids who probably thought, I just don't get to do that. I know, like that's it. I don't get to do that.

[Eddie]

And with a horse, it sounds better than the original prom.

[Amy]

I'm like, no.

[Lunchbox]

They even put a unicorn thing on the horse's head.

[Eddie]

That's awesome.

[Lunchbox]

In the pictures. Yeah, There you go.

[Unknown Male]

There you go.

[Lunchbox]

That's what it's all about.

[Raymundo]

That was. Tell me something good.

[Lunchbox]

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[Lunchbox]

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