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A member of the show.
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What's up, everybody?
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What's up, everybody?
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Welcome to the weekend. Why? Why?
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I was going to try to mimic you and I couldn't. I broke character. All right, go ahead. Sorry. Do you think.
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No, I. Hey, everybody. Welcome Scuba to the show.
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They know what's going on. They heard the intro. They got it. Let's do it.
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I know. So how are kids liking their new school? You were mentioning the reason you were talking about coming in a little late is because kids are in their new school. How's it going?
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Yeah, school, definitely. The traffic is. Changes everything, as everyone knows. But they are loving their new school. I think it's a different environment and less kids for one teacher. So there's a little bit more attention put on everyone. And they love that. I mean, their energy is completely different from where they were last year to now, so it's awesome. Okay, so excited.
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How are you feeling about the fact that your kids are liking private school a little bit more than public school?
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I mean, it's one of those things where I grew up in public school system, but even growing up in it, I had moments as I got older, I'm like, wow, this is. Especially in Florida. I don't know what they had in Kansas, but in Florida, when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s, we had this thing called the FCAT, which basically was a standardized test that everyone in the state took and then depending on how your students did, would reflect your budget for the school year, I think for the next school year or later, whenever they did budgets. So all we did all year long was learn this test. So we didn't really actually learn what we should have learned. I mean, there was a little bit of that sprinkled in there. But the teachers, unfortunate to them, they were so focused on making sure we memorize and knew this test because at the end of the year we're going to take it. And it reflected them as teachers. And maybe there's a bonus structure tied to it and all that.
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Something similar in Kansas, I think that used to be kind of a thing all over.
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Yeah.
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At least, you know, way before obviously now. But that sounds very familiar. I know we had standardized testing for sure. I just don't know what it was called. Maybe they were all cat.
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They just had some sort of cat.
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Yeah, cat. K. Cat.
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Yeah.
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C. Cat. Wait. Cc. Yeah, but it's like, kind of like, I understand you have to take a standardized test, see how the kids did at the end of the year, but then you put this pressure on the teachers where they're only focused on that test and then they're not looking at other things. They should be teaching you. Some teachers, kind of like I had some teachers that were like f that test and they would teach us whatever they wanted because they were just out of the norm. But those are very few, far in between. And everyone was very much following the regimen because they knew it affected them. Which is unfair to not only the teacher, but it's also unfair to us as kids learning and growing through that system. And so we didn't get to learn as much as we should have in public schools.
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That's also the reason why I have testing anxiety.
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Yeah.
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Because we always had comprehensive tests and I hated comprehensive tests because I would study for a test and I would just learn that. And then as soon as I took the test out of my brain.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Like I was not good at keeping information in my brain for the entire year.
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It's like memorizing a script. Like if you're an actor, whatever, you memorize it for that film and then you ask them 10 years later, hey, you remember? And they're like, I don't even remember any of it. But because they've moved on completely and it was just for that moment in time, which sucks. Cause you should. We should be absorbing the information. Whereas I feel like the private school because they're funded by us. There isn't this whole need to make sure we pass a stupid test.
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Yeah, it's an interesting perspective. I never really thought about that part either. Just the difference between private and public. Well, I'm glad they're liking their new school. I'm assuming you guys didn't go anywhere for vacation since they are back in school.
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Yeah, we didn't do anything because we did our vacation in the early part of the summer. We went to Kauai and all that.
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Oh yeah.
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So this was more like just I. I was at work every day so I came in here and, and got ahead on some stuff.
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And then did you feel weird that you were here by yourself and we weren't here?
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It was awesome. Cuz no one was bothering me or bugging me, asking me for questions or anything.
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So you like actually got to get all your stuff done?
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Yeah, exactly.
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Yeah.
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I don't have to stop or anything or. There wasn't anything railroading me. And my main focus was. Was me and what I was working on and then getting ahead on some stuff. So it was, it was actually I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Is. How does it feel being the one person because, like, you have that trip, and that's kind of the reason why you always take vacation different than us is because you have that specific trip and it's based on your family's timeline instead of our timeline.
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Yeah.
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What. How does it feel like doing that every year? And then, like, you're kind of always off. Are you like, I love this, or I don't like it when I first.
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Started doing it because my whole radio career has always been follow whatever the host takes for vacation. And then now that I've been doing this for almost 20 years and I'm married with three kids, and my wife has become more the priority and just kind of like, this just is what it is and making her happy. And she wanted to go on a vacation when her family goes, so I had to just kind of. When I got this job, we had that conversation of, like, my vacation schedule may be different. And Bobby was very understanding and got it. And he's like, look, you know, I want you to be happy. You go through a lot to keep me happy. So who cares if you're gone a week that we're still here? It doesn't really matter as long as your mental health is good. So whatever, do what you got to do. I'm like, all right, cool. Sweet. So we're on the same playing field, which is. Which is nice. But it is weird because for such a long time, we all. We all would look. Look forward to it together and be out and gone and come back and have the same kind of like, timeline. So it is really weird to be gone and you guys are still here. Because I'll still get emails and texts and then phone calls, especially from sales or whatever about stuff, and they just. They don't remember. Oh, it's crap. That's right, you're gone. Yes. My out of office says that I'm gone. That means I'm gone.
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The email.
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Yeah, we talked about it weeks in advance that knew I was going to be gone, but they're just so used to coming to me with stuff. And so even though I go on vacation, I still find myself. I still find myself answering emails or working in the evening every night. I'm on vacation, so I'm on vacation. But, yeah, I'm actually not. So to answer your question, it's great, but it also is annoying because they don't leave me alone.
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Yeah, because you're not. Because the rest of us are still there. So it feels like you should be there.
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Yes. And they're like, oh, we won't Bother you. And then when they do, like, I'm so sorry. I'm like, no, you're not. Because if you were, you wouldn't bother me. You just wouldn't do it. You just tell whoever it is to F off and that this guy needs a vacation and we'll get to it when we get back.
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I feel like that's also more outsider because I feel like for all of us in. We don't message you.
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No, it's more of like this affiliate of sales. Other people. Exactly.
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Yeah.
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The internal group. You guys will only reach out to me. I'm like, hey, if there is a massive fire or a big problem or there's something that's whatever, then let me know. Otherwise I'll deal with it back. And I would say that our inner circle, 99.9% of the time is kind of like, leave them alone. Which is great. It's everyone on the outside who doesn't get it or whatever. Which is great because I. Not great. But I always look, I envy other people in other jobs when they have two things. One, when their job is done, they can literally walk away from it, turn it all off. Turn it all off. And they don't have to worry about it at all until they get back the next day at 9 o'. Clock.
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Yeah.
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And then when they go on vacation, they're legitimately on vacation and they have somebody else filling in for them or everything just gets put on hold until they return. Like, what is that like, I know.
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And the first one I've never been able to have. The second one I'm really trying to instill in my brain and be like, no, I'm putting my foot down. You guys have to like, let me have time off.
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It's a week out of the entire year.
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Literally.
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Come on.
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It's not much for me to ask. And you know, for both of us, we don't have fill in, so that's kind of what it is. But I'm like, you guys can literally live without this for one week. We will be fine. Yeah, nothing can happen. Even like social posts, that's such a big part of the thing is advertisers love to schedule stuff. I'm like, there are four weeks out of the entire year that are off the table. And you know what? They always want those four weeks.
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And then if you do want it, let us know in advance and we can pre schedule it or something or get it figured out. And then the best part is that I bet if you went to the client and said hey, their executive producer is on vacation for a week. You know, I bet every client will go, oh, yeah, of course. Whatever. We'll deal with this on Monday when he gets back. But they put this precedent of like, oh, we got to know right now, it's like, no, you don't.
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Mm.
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You do not know.
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Exactly.
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And your vacation, though, your vacation was sick as almost like you got to go to a place I haven't been yet. Epic universe.
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Yes.
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Oh, my God.
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I went through to talk to you about it.
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Oh, my God. I was there a couple of your stories, and then I stopped looking at it because I didn't want to. Like, for me, it was a spoiler alert. I didn't want to be spoiled because I want to go into it completely. Just. I mean, I know exactly what. What to expect, but I don't want to see it all, you know?
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Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Scuba. It was so awesome.
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What was?
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The Nintendo world was as cool as they made it seem. You know what I mean? Like, you see videos and you're like, there's no way it looks this cool. It was okay. You walked in, just very much felt like you're part of the video game.
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That's so cool.
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Now I will say, like, Donkey Kong ride. We had to wait, like, a total of five hours.
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Oh, my God.
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Five hours combined. Like, we didn't stay in the whole line for that long. It was like one day. We tried. It was two and a half hours. We had a weather delay, and it just kind of kept getting pushed back. So we were like, okay, give up for today.
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Yeah.
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We come back tomorrow. We ended up getting. They're right. Rope dropped it. We got there right on time. We were towards the front of the line. They're like, we're on a temporary delay. We're not sure how long this is going to last.
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I always hate that when that would happen.
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Oh, yeah. And they're like. We would talk to some of the employees. They're like, this is something they haven't seen before. I'm like, that doesn't sound good.
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So, yeah, cool.
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We ended up waiting out and being on it. It wasn't worth a five hour wait.
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No. Nothing's worth a five hour wait.
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No ride at all combined, total.
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Yeah.
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But it was. And I'm sad because I feel like it was a cool ride and it was overshadowed by the fact of how long we had to wait.
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Yeah, I know. Ye.
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So that one was a bummer. But Mario Kart was awesome. We rode that twice.
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Okay, cool.
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We Rode the new Harry Potter one twice. The whole Ministry of Magic.
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Yeah.
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The only thing I am bummed about too is a little bit they didn't include. Are you a Harry Potter fan at all?
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Oh, yeah, of course.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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They didn't do Newt Scamander.
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Oh, they'd have Newt in there for the fantastic beast.
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I thought he would be part of the ride. Apparently he was part of like a circus show which we didn't go and see because I normally. I don't really go and see the shows. That's just not.
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Yeah, I usually don't either. Now I do more because I have kids and they're into it.
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Yeah.
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But me, whenever I go Universal, back in the day, I'd skip all shows unless it was Bill and Ted's Excellent adventure. Halloween Horror Nights. That was cool.
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Okay. And it obviously wasn't Halloween Horror Nights. Halloween Horror.
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Halloween Horror Night. There's called hhn.
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Yeah. So apparently he was in like the circus tent. So I'm bummed we didn't go in and see that. But yeah, he wasn't in part of the ride. It was more Harry Potter based.
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Okay.
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Which was so cool. And they. That cue was lined up so, so awesome. Like the queue was almost as cool as the ride.
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Okay. That's what, that's the cool thing about Disney and Universal is they make the lines enjoyable. Whereas if you go to like a Six Flags, it's just a freaking line.
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Oh yeah.
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There's nothing cool.
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Yeah.
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There's nothing cool at all the entire time. It's miserable. It's awful.
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No, terrible.
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The Harry Potter Ministry of Magic 1 was insane. It's probably the most detailed and like just insanely something I could never imagine that they put together.
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Yeah.
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Is like. It's the top one.
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Okay.
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It did the best. They. They really put the time and effort into it and it is so cool. How long was that Hagrids for me, like the ride wise.
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But Hagrid's is the. The coaster one or the bikes and the coaster.
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Which I did ride for the first time this time.
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Okay.
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Because I was scared of coasters.
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So you did all the. All three theme parks then?
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Oh yeah, we did all of them.
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Okay. Did you do Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket at Universal?
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I didn't do it. My boyfriend did.
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It closed down. I saw it's gone. I was like, what do you. Why would they take that away?
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I wonder if they're re theming. It would be my guess.
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Yeah.
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Cuz that track. I love the track. How you literally go straight. You have to. You have to go to the lockers to empty your pockets, because if you don't, everything is going to fall out of your pocket.
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Yeah.
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Because you go straight up and then straight down. It's so cool.
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Yeah. No, actually, I think my boyfriend wrote that one twice. He loves coasters. So he was like, all about it. And I was like, yeah, I'll eat ice cream and go.
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Right? Yeah, because you can go eat food and hang out.
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Yeah.
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Literally, that's what I did because I rode all. I rode every single coaster and ride with him. Besides velocity coaster, I couldn't do.
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Okay.
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Rip, ride, rocket, and then Hulk coaster. Those were the three that I was.
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Like, you knew Hulk.
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They have two significant of drops, and the drops is what gets me.
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Like, drops aren't that bad.
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No. The stomach drop feeling is what I can't handle.
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Okay.
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So, like, I can do them if they're turning and moving really fast. So I did the new, like, stardust one.
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Okay.
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Which apparently is like, same level of velocity coaster.
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Really?
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Okay.
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My sister was shocked that I did it.
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Yeah.
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But it didn't have any, like, major, major drop. At least that I felt okay. So I was fine. And we did it early in the morning, so I couldn't psych myself out of it. Like, we just went straight to it. It was the first one we rode the entire epic.
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Just do it.
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Okay.
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I didn't realize that, how intense of a coaster it was. I think I kind of didn't put into together.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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And then you got on it. Oh, crap. I can't turn back. You ever get on a ride and you're like. And you, like, internally, you're like, oh, my God. Should I ask, like, can I get off?
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Oh, yeah.
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Like, what do I do?
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And that was me on start Too late. I was like. I was already there. And I was like, this is gonna happen.
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Yeah.
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We had rope dropped it. So I was like, I can't waste this. There were so many complications in my head, but. And he wrote that stardust, oh, gosh, like, three times through.
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How long was the line?
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So we had fast passes, which really helped.
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Okay, that's. That's great.
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There's three of them at the new epic that right now aren't on the fast pass, but they keep changing it around so some will be on it and some won't, and then the next day it'll change. But I think you can get all of epic universe in one day if you have a fast pass and if you have early entry.
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Okay.
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I think you could do it all.
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Did you stay. What hotel did you say at?
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We stayed at Terra Luna.
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Okay.
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And it was really cool. And it was. It was the cheaper one out of all of them. And it was awesome.
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I was gonna say because if you stay at the three Lowe's Hotels, which is Royal Pacific, Hard Rock or Portofino, your room key is a front of the line pass for all the rides.
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Interesting.
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Built in.
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I think that's because those are. I think I looked at those, but those were.
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They're expensive. Yeah. Like, it's between like, at minimum, like five to a thousand plus a night.
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Yeah. Which is a lot because it's included. That part is included in all of that.
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For everyone that stays in there that has a room key, which is awesome.
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But something in my brain couldn't.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Just to it. No, the Terra Luna was awesome. I think it was built with the new Epic because it's right by Epic Universe.
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Okay.
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And it looks really cool. It's very futuristic. Very like kind of Fantastic Four.
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Okay.
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Vibes.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, you will. The new one. So that was very much a fun spot for like our Universal whole days that we.
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So how do you get to Epic Universe? Because I know the bridge, you know the islands of Adventure and Universe, they're right there and you walk to it. So how do you get to Epic from wherever?
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It's separate. So we shuttle bus to there. We shuttle bus from there to Universal Studios and Isles of Adventure. So they have shuttle buses running.
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Okay.
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But you don't have like the Hogwarts Express like you do.
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Gotcha. Okay. So it's completely separate, standalone.
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Okay, but.
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And honestly though, I have to tell you, one of the most underrated parks that I didn't see coming. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back.
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What I love about Impossible. You don't have to pick. It tastes great. It's delicious. Meat made from plants so you get to eat good and still go big. I'm talking about full on protein and full on cheat day meals without the cheat day fills. It's fuel for your body. And it tastes delicious. That is the most important part, right? It comes from plants. It grills like beef. It's not or it's. And it's impossible. Look, I love burgers. There's nothing like the grill going nice summer afternoon, getting that perfect burger, stacking it high, the whole deal, right? Summertime burgers. But I also like knowing that I'm not wrecking my cholesterol or feeling super heavy afterwards. It's everything you love about meat without the guilt of meat. Impossible. Let you have both. It's awesome. So if you're like me and you want to eat good and you want to feel good, grab some impossible meat products next time you're at the store. Red packaging. You can't miss it. It's everything you want from meat and everything you didn't expect from plants.
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Got him with the T's. Look at that.
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Oh, I love it.
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I'll tell you after the break, I.
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Realized I Needed a break, and I was like, I really need to tell you this. So you have five universes there. You have the Celestial, you have Harry Potter, how to Train youn Dragon, Super Mario Nintendo, and you have Monsters.
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G
Yeah.
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I did not anticipate to love monsters as much as I did. Like, I'm not a huge, dark, scary person. You might like that one because you love the Halloween stuff, and it's definitely more in that vibe.
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G
Okay.
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I didn't anticipate loving it as much as I did, but Monsters Unchained, it's called the Frankenstein Experiment, was one of my favorite rides.
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A roller coaster or a themed ride or.
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It's emotion you're on. Like, you're in a car and you're kind of getting twisted and turned around.
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Definitely more like the Harry Potter ride, where it's not a roller coaster, but more of a visual, cool experience.
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A
Yeah.
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It's like you're on a track because Harry Potter was so cool. The original one, the. The Castle, where you're. You're essentially on a track. Yes, you're on a track, but, yeah, you're on a track with almost like. Imagine, like, an arm moving where your arm moves, like, down, left and right, all over.
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Yeah.
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It's a cool visual experience.
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That's exactly what it is. But it's all monsters. It's about Frankenstein and Dracula.
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Cool.
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G
Yeah. Yeah.
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And the. Just the visuals and the things that they created in there were. I wanted to ride it, like, five.
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B
Times over because it's so cool.
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Yeah. In the line. The wait for it was only ever 15 minutes or so.
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B
It's awesome.
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And I'm just. That's the most underrated ride, I think, at Epcot or Epic Universe, whereas I think all the others were just as cool. But that one just kind of goes under the radar because everybody's so focused on Nintendo World and How to Train youn Dragon and Harry Potter, which. So was I. Yeah. But that one, like, came at top for me for the rides.
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B
Okay, so how many rides they have there? There was just the one. Or.
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A
No, there's. So there's at least that we rode. Yeah, I'm pretty sure, because there's some kid rides there, too, but we didn't ride any of those. So that we rode two at Monsters. We rode two at Mario Kart. I know there's at least three at Mario Kart. One of them's like Yoshi, where you go around. But that's like the kid, right?
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B
Kid.
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G
Yeah.
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A
And then there's one Harry Potter. There's I think three. How to train your dragon. We only rode two.
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B
Three rides.
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G
Okay.
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A
Yeah. One of them's like a water ride, I think more for the kiddos. And then Celestial has one. The Stardust Racers. So that's why I say, I think if you have early entry and you have fast pass, I think you can accomplish it all in one day. As long as, like, you do all the things you want to do right at the very beginning.
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G
Yeah.
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Instead of, like, trying to go universe to universe.
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What's Stardust? What is that? Was that based off?
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So that coaster, I think, wasn't somebody. One of the workers told us it was inspired by something else that they got rid of because it's a duel coaster.
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Oh, Dueling Dragons. Dueling Dragons was the coolest ride. That used to be an islands of adventure. And. And they. It was a. Yeah, it was two things where it was two dragons. They had fire and ice. And so you would. Each one of them was different, but there was. There'd be this moment where that was so cool that the two tracks would come together and just envision two roller coasters, like, almost going head to head, like playing chicken. And right at the very last moment, they both shoot up like you're about to hit each other. It was the coolest thing ever. And they had a hidden entrance to get in to. To skip line. So what we would do is you would ride it, and then you would get off. And then when. And then when everyone's going out the exit, there was this door that said, like, child. I think it was child swap or, like, employee entrance. But if you open that door, if you had the balls to open it, it brought you right to the front of the line, and you would basically skip everyone and just walk right up in there. And so we used to ride that ride over and over and over and over. And I would wear sandals. So I'd sit on my sandals, and so I would, like, have bare feet riding the ride. It was this whole experience, and we were on, like. We were. We took, like, stuff. So it was so awesome. And they got rid of it, and they trained it. They turned it into, like, a Harry Potter ride. And I think now they completely got rid of it.
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Oh, yeah. I don't know that I know.
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B
Dwindling Dragons is gone. Gone.
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Hippogriff1, maybe, but I don't. But Hippogriff doesn't have two coasters.
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B
No, that was. It's next to that. It was always next to, like, a little, small kid dragon roller coaster.
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Yeah. No, I Don't think they have it.
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B
Anymore, so just removed it completely. Wow.
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Not that I'm aware of. And maybe they turned it. Like they got rid of it and put something on it.
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G
Okay.
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Because that's where. At least where Hippogriff is. It's also Forbidden Journey. That's where Hogwarts is. Unless there's something further back.
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Maybe where the coaster, maybe that the kid. Whatever it is.
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Hippogriff. Yeah. Yeah, I like that one.
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G
Yeah.
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Not hypography. Now, what's the one with the freaking. Who's the guy? Hagrid. Maybe it's either where Hagrid is or Velociraptor, because it's pretty close to that area.
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And so, yeah, Stardust Racers. So when. When I went on it, they didn't have both running.
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G
Okay.
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A
But one of the times my boyfriend went on it, they were both running and he thought it was the coolest thing ever. He was fascinated. He was like, I want to ride that coaster a million times over. Because they were doing that.
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So it has a moment of the chicken moment there.
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A
He's like, you're going next to them pretty much the whole time and you, like interweave between them and it's. He was like, cool thing ever Thing.
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B
Oh, yeah. In the very beginning when you climb up and then you get to the top and that's like you could just. Because your feet are dangling. Is that a dangling feet thing?
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I don'. I don't think my feet ever dangled or I definitely would have cried.
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B
Okay.
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G
Yeah.
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B
Because this is one of those ones where you sit down and they strap you in over the shoulders and then they remove the bottom. The bottom goes. You know, your feet are hanging.
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A
Maybe they did do that. And I just.
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B
You blacked out.
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A
I closed my eyes a lot on that ride.
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B
I'm not gonna lie.
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G
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Not sure I knew what was happening, but they definitely strap you in. It's over.
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G
Okay.
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A
It's like he put that Velocicoaster was number one. Stardust was number two for him.
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B
Okay, that makes sense because Dueling Dragons was my favorite of all the rides of all time. Ever. And when they got rid of it, I was so butthurt. I was so sad about it.
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A
Yeah. And that's what an employee told us. We were drinking out one of the Harry Potter bars and she was like, yeah, they actually kind of mimicked it because people were sad that Dueling Dragons went away. Yeah, they did it with Stardust Racers, but like an improved version.
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B
So cool. Yeah, I'M so excited to go ride it.
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A
It was. Oh, my gosh. Awesome.
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B
Would you call it epic?
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A
It was epic. It was. And I hope they add on to it. Like, I hope to see them, like, keep adding more to it, like they do with all of them, because I think they have the best base to just build that entire thing off of.
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G
Yeah.
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A
Especially for all the Halloween horror nights with monsters.
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B
Oh, my God. Yeah.
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A
Cool to see what they do there. Like, I. In order of my favorite, Harry Potter's always gonna come number one. Because I just love the worlds of Harry Potter. I think the way they create them is just.
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B
You feel like you're there.
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A
Yes. They put so much detail into it. And then Super Mario is really close next to it. It's so fascinating. Monsters would be three for me.
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G
Okay.
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A
I don't really have a connection to how to train your dragon. I love the movies, but I wasn't like.
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G
Yeah.
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B
Like, my kids would love that. I think it's the coolest thing ever.
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A
Yes. And, like, the hip hiccups. Wing gliders, I think is what it's called. Which was. Their coaster was really good. You go over the water and it was fun. But then Celestials just number five. Just because you only have the one coaster, it's like the whole thing's kind of celestial, if you will.
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G
Okay.
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A
Is the way that I saw it. And maybe we didn't go explore over there enough. That's really where a lot of the restaurants and stuff are.
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B
Gotcha. That was my next next question. Because usually Disney always superseded Universal when it came to food. And actually, in general, Universal was always kind of like the number two, like the Pepsi to the Coke. And Disney always ruled. Now it's like a. Now it's a race. It's like a space race of the 70s, the 60s and 70s of who can be the best and greatest. So, Universal, what was your favorite food item or top three food items at Epic? Or even just all three in general? Because maybe they changed all their food. Because when I went there, it was standard.
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A
Yeah. They didn't change all the food. And I'm still not majorly.
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G
Okay.
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A
There wasn't anything that was, like, so, so major. I had, like, my three favorite things that I had were, like, this garlic stick that was insane. It was garlic and cheese. And then a confetti cookie that we found at, like, this cute little cookie stand or ice cream stand. And then what was the third one? I wrote them all down because there was like, three. But I. This is what's funny is this is what my boyfriend and I were having this conversation of. Of the comparison of the two. Oh, Butterbeer crap crepes.
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G
Okay, cool.
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A
They had those at a cafe in Harry Potter and they're pricey, but they were yummy. I love Butterfly, though, so maybe.
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G
Yeah, yeah.
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A
But where we put the comparison is Universal has definitely out edged Disney in the rides now.
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G
Okay.
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A
For sure. There's no doubt about that. But Disney still holds that food.
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G
Okay, cool.
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A
So that's where they're like at for both of us is like, we go back to Universal just for the sake of riding all the rides.
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B
Yeah.
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A
The theming, that's where it is. Especially for adults. Adults. I know that's different with kids, but for me, I would go just to walk around and eat.
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B
True. A lot of good food there. Can you tell me this? At Universal, they still have Men in Black. Did you ride that?
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A
Yep, we rode that.
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B
Okay. Always push the red button when he says don't because then you get a hundred thousand points.
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A
I did that.
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G
Okay, cool.
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A
Yeah. I wondered why I got a lot of points.
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G
Yeah.
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B
Yeah. And then when you're riding through, if you ever see the people's cars and they have a red circle lighting up, if you hit their car and their car, do you notice the car spins around in 360?
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Yeah.
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B
And then you get extra points for that too.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And then ET Is that still there?
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A
Yeah.
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B
Did you ride? Oh, my God, I love E.T.
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A
Okay, so this was so funny because I had. When I went to Universal last time, we really only did like the major ones because we weren't there for very long.
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G
Yeah.
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A
So this time we had enough time. We walked to every world and we were just checking everything out. So we rode every single ride that we could. Heck, we even had. I ate and had a pretzel at like the Simpsons Bar.
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G
Yeah.
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A
Sitting there hanging out.
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B
That's cool. Which used to be back. Back to the future, back in the day.
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A
Really?
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B
Yeah, when I was a kid to Simpsons.
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A
Simpsons is a cool land. If you're a big fan of that. It's definitely, definitely decked out for that. But yeah, he. My boyfriend loved ET Growing up. I was like, well, let's just ride the ride. Like we don't have anything to lose.
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B
And the line is so cool, right?
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A
Yeah.
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B
You walk in there and even smells like the 80s.
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A
Oh, it smells force from the 80s.
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B
Exactly. And they got that little thing where they'll speak spit cell, whatever it is, where it's like typing things in or whatever.
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A
And he was so fascinated. Because they wrote, they put take your name down at the very do.
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G
Yes. Yeah.
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A
And at the end, he was like, did he just say my name? I was like, yes, I told you.
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B
Goodbye, Stephen Morgan. The best part is, is we would. And you know, people from all over the world come to travel, and people would come over from Asia, and their names are different. And so it was always fun to watch the employees because this is a ride from literally the 80s where the names are very basic. It's like, it's all of our names. And so someone would pop up, like, what's one of the guys from bts? I think his name is Jinju.
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A
Yeah.
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B
So let's say your name is Jinju. And you walk up and like, hey, what's your name? My name is Jinju. He'd go, well, you're Jeremy today. And they would just type in the name. They wouldn't say anything. So you get to the. In, it'd be a car full of people from, like, Asia. And you're like, like, Jeremy Karen. You're like, nah, I don't think so.
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A
You're like, okay, those sound like names, but none of ours are actually here.
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B
And then the. The cards, they give you where they scan it and they have to give to the ride attendant. Are they still the crappy. Like, for when I was a kid, it was a piece of paper and they would just. It was a laminated piece of paper. Is it still that?
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A
No, there are cards now.
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B
Okay, cool. Well, I don't. I not going to say I did this, but I know somebody who has taken those cards and. And brought them home. The old ones. Has a whole stack of them at their house.
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A
Really?
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B
Yeah. I don't know who that is.
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A
His name never got called.
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B
Yeah, his name. His name got called early on. Then once he figured out that you could just take that card with you, then he took a couple of them a couple times.
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A
And like, I just don't have one.
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B
I don't have one.
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G
Yeah.
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B
And they're like, oh, I didn't get one. And. But he has a few of them at his house, though. It's pretty cool. I mean, every time I go to his house, I always check them out. They're really cool.
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A
That tracks that. ET Is your favorite.
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B
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I love that.
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A
I. I mean, I loved E.T. as a kid, too, but that move or that whole ride kind of set me back in time.
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B
Time it is.
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A
It smelled straight from the 80s, like, oh, rainforest Cafe.
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B
Totally. Exactly.
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G
Yeah.
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B
And that friend, by the way, that has a card is me. I have those cards.
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A
I wasn't gonna call you out. I don't know if that's like stealing or not, so I was just gonna.
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G
Let you do it.
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B
I think it's okay.
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A
We're fine.
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G
Yeah. Yeah.
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A
So, yeah, that was. That was the entire trip.
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B
That's cool.
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A
And then we'll take another break. We'll come back and we'll talk about whatever else we want to talk about. I just realized we need to take another break. So this isn't a deep tease.
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Here's what I love about Impossible. You don't have to pick. It tastes great. It's delicious. Meat made from plants so you get to eat good and still go big. I'm talking about full on protein and full on cheat day meals without the cheat day fills. It's fuel for your body and it tastes delicious. That is the most important part, right? It comes from plants. It grills like beef. It's not. Or it's. And it's impossible. Look, I love burgers. There's nothing like the grill going nice summer afternoon, getting that perfect burger, stacking it high, the whole deal, right? Summertime burgers. But I also like knowing that I'm not wrecking my cholesterol or feeling super heavy afterwards. It's everything you love about meat without the guilt of meat. Impossible. Let you have both. It's awesome. So if you're like me and you want to eat good and you want to feel good, grab some impossible meat products next time you're at the store. Red packaging. You can't miss it. It's everything you want from meat and everything you didn't expect from plants.
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A
Yeah, so I'm now obsessed. Like I just want to live there and go to Epic all the time.
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G
Yeah.
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B
My sister lives in Orlando and she does the whole Disney thing a lot because she has a nanny business through, through the whole Disney thing. But Universal, I was looking back, like when I used to go there, I had an annual pass and it cost me $10 a month.
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A
$10 a month.
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B
$10Amonth. And when I moved from Orlando to San Francisco, I canceled it. But I part of me was like, cause I was broke and I had no money and no extra income. Part of me was like, man, I should have kept that $10 a month because I don't know, if you get grandfathered in at some point, would they take it away from you or like almost like rent control where it goes up a little bit over time. Like I could be sitting here right now with $20 a month Disney Universal annual passes. Cause it was so much, you know What?
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A
It would have been worth it to keep. Even though you didn't live there anymore.
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B
Oh, my God. $10 a month. And that included. I had. I had the no blackout dates, and I had free parking. I think I got 10% discount on merch and food. And I also paid the extra. I think it was $50 initially to get the frequent Fear Pass, which meant during Halloween horror nights, I could do the daytime and then stay and do the night thing with no blackout dates either, with my frequent Fear Pass.
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A
Yeah, you totally should have kept that.
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G
Yeah.
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A
I'm assuming you canceled that when you moved.
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B
Yeah, I moved. I was broke. I didn't have any money. I was moving from Orlando to San Francisco where everything was super expensive. So I was like, well, I don't need that anymore. But, man, in hindsight, I should have kept that crap.
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A
Yeah, well, hindsight's always 20 20, of course.
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G
Yeah. Yeah.
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A
Especially when it blows up like that. Because back in the day, too, I don't. I don't know that you had near as many people traveling to go to those. Like, it's now a thing. It's such a destination for people to go and travel.
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B
And back then, it was mostly Disney. Everyone went to Disney. Universal was more of a locals, but there was some international travel, but strictly local.
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D
Loved Universal, you know, and speaking of.
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A
Disney, we did go to. We spent. We got a Park Hopper, so we went to Epcot and we did Magic Kingdom. We did Animal Kingdom. Really? Just for all the rides this time, this trip. Yeah.
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B
You went to Disney, too?
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A
Oh, yeah.
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B
Oh, because I blocked you on vacation. I didn't look at you because I didn't want any spoilers of Epic, so I stopped looking at your stories and all your posts. You also did.
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A
You actually blocked me?
- [37:56]
B
What? I blocked you. I just. Whenever. Whenever your face would pop up, like, nah, f that. Somebody else go to the next person.
- [38:02]
G
Yeah. Yeah.
- [38:03]
B
It wasn't against you. It was just like, I didn't want to see anything and. And ruin it for me.
- [38:06]
A
Yeah.
- [38:06]
B
And I said once I saw a couple of them come through, I was like, nah, I can't do it.
- [38:09]
A
You know?
- [38:10]
B
Yeah, I don't want to ruin it for me. I was like. I was really tempted. It was like a drug. I was like, oh, I really want to see it. But I was like, no, but I don't want to see it. I've seen enough. I'm good.
- [38:18]
A
Yeah.
- [38:18]
B
Like, movie trailer. I hate movie trailers because it gives everything away. Like, within 10 seconds, I'm hooked. And I stop It. And I'll watch any more of it.
- [38:25]
A
No, I totally get that. I mean, especially because you're so attached to that place, too. That. Yeah, you don't want to see that firsthand from videos.
- [38:32]
B
No, I want to see. I want to experience. But you went to Disney, too.
- [38:34]
A
Yeah.
- [38:34]
B
Oh, my God. You had the world's awesomeness vacation.
- [38:37]
A
Oh, yeah, we did. And we did it all in one day. And we rode all the rides. I wrote Tron.
- [38:41]
B
Oh, my God. I've never written that. Oh, cool.
- [38:43]
A
It was insane.
- [38:44]
B
I bet it looks insane.
- [38:45]
A
I wish it was longer.
- [38:47]
G
Okay.
- [38:47]
B
It's short.
- [38:48]
A
Yeah. I mean, you know, it's short in general. They're all short. You always want them to be longer.
- [38:51]
B
Course.
- [38:52]
G
Yeah. Yeah.
- [38:52]
A
Heck, except Avatar. Avatar's the only one where you're like, oh, this is actually worth it.
- [38:56]
B
I'm good. Yeah, I'm fine.
- [38:57]
G
Yeah.
- [38:57]
A
But, yeah, Tron was insane. It's like Guardians of the Galaxy, but on bikes.
- [39:03]
B
Oh, cool. Because Guardians of the Galaxy is really cool.
- [39:05]
A
So cool.
- [39:06]
B
Oh, man.
- [39:06]
G
Okay, cool.
- [39:07]
A
Yeah. And I got a. We rope dropped, that one because I really wanted my boyfriend to ride that because that's one of the one coasters that I can ride without knowing because I have no idea what actually happened. My brain. Strict.
- [39:17]
G
Yeah.
- [39:17]
A
And he loved that one. So Guardians and Hagrids were tied for him. Okay, but I mean, Universal. This is where I'm saying, like, the rides come in. Velocity coaster and Stardust number one and two spot out of all everything we rode.
- [39:30]
G
Okay.
- [39:31]
A
And he rode every coaster there was to ride.
- [39:33]
B
Did he ride Expedition Everest at Animal Kingdom?
- [39:35]
A
Yes, he did.
- [39:35]
B
That one's fun, too, because the. The whole backwards thing where you go backwards the whole time.
- [39:39]
A
Yeah. And he loved it.
- [39:39]
B
But so cool.
- [39:40]
A
Let me see if I can pull it up. He put together, like, his little. His roller coaster list.
- [39:44]
G
Okay, cool.
- [39:44]
A
So that'll help. You know, I kind of want to go with him.
- [39:48]
B
Like, him and I should just go.
- [39:49]
A
Yeah.
- [39:50]
B
And. And you know, my kids.
- [39:52]
A
You can also go with my mom and sister, who love them, so.
- [39:55]
G
Okay.
- [39:55]
A
My sister and him were totally geeking out. And brother in law, it's. My dad and I, we just like to. We get really sick. It's just not worth it.
- [40:02]
G
Yeah.
- [40:03]
A
So tier one Velocicoaster, Stardust Racer.
- [40:05]
G
Okay.
- [40:06]
A
That's it. And tier one, tier two. You got Hagrids, Guardians, Tron, Hulk, Wing gliders, which is the how to train your dragon one.
- [40:14]
G
Okay.
- [40:14]
A
Hollywood Rip and ride.
- [40:15]
G
Okay.
- [40:16]
A
And then you've got. And I don't know that he ever put Everest in there just because that was one of the last ones he rode. But tier three was Space Mountain Flight of the Hippogriff, Curse of the Werewolf, which was the other one in Monsters.
- [40:27]
G
Okay.
- [40:28]
A
The two rides. Tier four was Donkey Kong.
- [40:30]
B
And I think because the experience of it.
- [40:33]
A
Yeah. It just really overshadowed the entire coaster. And it wasn't an insane coaster. It's definitely more geared towards kids, for sure. So that's also why we're like, dang. We waited in line for. He's like, if I would have rated that for like Stardust Racer or Velocity Coaster, totally would have been like, worth the. The whole thing. But.
- [40:48]
G
Yeah.
- [40:48]
B
But that long of a way, you're like, this isn't worth it.
- [40:51]
A
Yeah. So. And I just think the. The wait so long because there's so many kids that want to ride it.
- [40:55]
G
Yeah.
- [40:55]
B
Because it is kid based. Anything Kid Base is going to have a longer wait. Like even Small World, sometimes you're like, there's an hour wait at Small World. This ride sucks. But because there's kids, there's more of them and less of us, so.
- [41:05]
A
Exactly.
- [41:06]
B
I get it.
- [41:06]
G
Yeah.
- [41:06]
A
Yeah. If I had to guess that the. The Everest one is in tier two or tier three.
- [41:11]
G
Okay.
- [41:11]
B
But that was a good one.
- [41:12]
G
Yeah.
- [41:13]
B
And so you went to which ones you went? Animal Kingdom? Magic Kingdom?
- [41:16]
A
Yeah. We ate and drank around the world at Epcot.
- [41:20]
G
Okay, cool.
- [41:21]
B
I love Epcot. It's such a fun experience.
- [41:23]
A
I was so exhausted by the end of it and I was definitely drunk.
- [41:25]
G
Okay.
- [41:26]
B
Did you ride Test Track? Because they recently redid that.
- [41:28]
A
I didn't because the wait was so long all the time. And they also changed all their. Which this made me so angry. Lightning Lane used to be so accessible.
- [41:37]
G
Yeah.
- [41:38]
A
And now you have to pay Lightning Lane for three rides at one park or another park. They're all totally separate. Or you can pay like an unlimited for one park. And The Unlimited for one park is like, anywhere from 250 to 500.
- [41:52]
B
Holy crap.
- [41:53]
A
It's insane.
- [41:54]
B
Oh, my God. In the summertime too. So it's a. Cause it's costing more.
- [41:57]
A
Oh, yeah. But this is. They're now all individual, so, like.
- [41:59]
B
Oh, my God.
- [42:00]
A
I don't know what it costs to have Lightning Lane for all four parks.
- [42:03]
B
Parks.
- [42:03]
G
Yeah.
- [42:04]
A
No idea. I didn't even get that.
- [42:05]
B
Yeah. I wouldn't even look at it.
- [42:06]
G
Yeah.
- [42:06]
A
We bought one Lightning Lane the entire time. And it was for Avatar. Just because we were going there later. We wanted to, like, Park Hop, make it and leave. And besides that, I was like, I'm not buying Lightning Lane. This is ridiculous.
- [42:18]
B
Is the Genie plus still a thing? And then Lightning Lane is the additional.
- [42:21]
A
No.
- [42:21]
B
Or is it now only Lightning Lane? Oh, because there was. Remember, it was Genie plus and you was like. It was like one step up, like the mid. And then. Then there were always like one or two. And it was usually the most popular rides. It's like an additional 17 if you want to go ride, whatever. Like, I'll do it for that one.
- [42:35]
A
Yeah.
- [42:36]
B
Now it's only Lightning Lane, man. They are. Yeah, they're going for the throat.
- [42:40]
A
Oh, yeah.
- [42:40]
B
And the wallet.
- [42:41]
A
So it's either you can buy a single one, you can buy a multi, which is three, but they also dictate which three. So it's not like you can get three popular ones. Yeah, one popular one and two others. Or you can get unlimited, but that unlimited is only for one park.
- [42:55]
B
I missed Disney in the 90s. That was when that was, in my opinion. And I don't need all the new rides that they've. That they've accrued all over the years. F those rides, I would. I would trade all the new rides in to go back to what it was when I was a kid. Did you ever go there when you were. When you were younger?
- [43:10]
A
I've only been as.
- [43:11]
B
You never got to experience that. It was so awesome. The longest line was like 30 minutes and everything was so affordable. I think for a ticket it was like 30, 40 bucks to get in for a kid and 50 bucks for an adult. It was. It was a. It was a thing families could go. And the whole reason Walt started this crap. And I feel like ever since Walt passed away, they got greedy. They got extremely greedy. It became more about the greed and the money versus the experience. Because the experience was a family thing that it was like, hey, you bring your family out. I mean, and it was. Back then, it was even like, even cheaper. It was like, the whole family can get in for 20 bucks. And then the foods. It's like. It was like. It was an enhanced fair. That's where the whole idea came from. If you ever go to la, Griffith park, they have like a whole or. Walt got his idea for Disney World. It's in Griffith Park. I think Eddie went there his last vacation. But yes, if you ever go to la, Griffith park, where the Griffith Observatory is. Walt conceptualized his ideas from this area in the. That hiking area where there's like a little merry go around all this stuff. But his idea was like a Place where families can go and have a good time and enjoy it. And now it's just straight. It's just oozing with greed. It's gross.
- [44:15]
A
Very commercialized.
- [44:17]
B
So commercialized. It sucks, but I still want to go. I know, but it also sucks because now it's costing thousands of dollars for a family to go. Like me with a family of five. It's going to cost us. Cuz we're thinking about going next summer after our kids get out of school and going right when school is over at the end of May because it's not as busy end of May versus like June, July and August.
- [44:35]
A
And it's not as hot either either.
- [44:37]
B
Not as hop. But I was looking at the budget for it for hotels and for tickets and not even thinking about expending. No spending money yet. Not, not, not food, not the lightning lane. It's just the base. We're looking at between five to seven thousand dollars for a family of five. A base price. So all in all, probably close to $10,000 just for the Disney experience. And that's insane.
- [44:57]
A
That shouldn't happen. And I, like, I get it, they're competing probably with Universal and what's happening. But, but I. That alone also makes me be like, I'm gonna go to Universal and pay for a fast pass because that fast pass is worth 10 times more now in Universal than.
- [45:13]
B
And if Universal keeps that and they don't get greedy, that's how they can combat Disney. So if you're listening, Universal, that's how you can beat them is. Is stick with what we are used to and what we should be paying for. And that alone, even if the rides are okay or even if they're the greatest, that's how you can beat them, is offer something that people can afford and get their money's worth versus Disney being so effing greedy.
- [45:35]
A
Yeah. Oh, it was crazy. I remember opening up the app that day and I was like, are you kidding me? I don't want to write anything this bad.
- [45:42]
B
Yeah. And then you wonder why you see these videos on World Star of Moms and stuff going off and you're like, yeah, because they spent $10,000. And if anything goes wrong, they're so pissed and they're so stressed.
- [45:51]
A
Oh, yeah.
- [45:51]
B
It's like, I totally get it now. Because those problems didn't exist 20 years ago because there wasn't any stress, because it was a fun, A much more fun environment.
- [45:59]
A
Yeah. No, you wouldn't mind waiting in lines because the lines weren't very long.
- [46:02]
G
No.
- [46:02]
B
They were like 30, 40 minutes max track.
- [46:04]
A
The entire day was over 130 minutes. 100, not 100. An hour and 30 minute wait.
- [46:09]
B
That's gross.
- [46:10]
A
The entire time I was like, I don't care enough to be in that line. I don't care enough to buy for. Buy a pass for it. And I don't care enough to wait that long. Like, I just want to ride the ride and enjoy it.
- [46:20]
G
Yeah.
- [46:21]
A
So. And I like the whole experience of rope dropping. I think that part's fun.
- [46:24]
B
That's fun. Yeah, it is. We would do that a lot.
- [46:25]
A
Yeah. That's kind of cool. That's how you ride the fun rides. We did it at Universal, we did it at Epcot. It was just. That's part of the experience. You're supposed to, like, be excited to ride these rides and.
- [46:35]
B
And you walk. You had to do that. That the mall. Fast walk where you're going as fast as you can to where, like, your shins are, like, bleeding because you're walking so fast, it's, like burning. Because you want to get to what, you know, whatever. You always. Okay, what's going to be the longest line that you've seen? That's the one you got to go to first.
- [46:49]
A
Yep.
- [46:50]
B
Because even if it's a 30 minute wait, you're like, 30 minutes is way better than four hours.
- [46:53]
A
Well. And that's exactly why we went to Donkey Kong.
- [46:55]
B
Okay. But you still got f'd because of technology. That's another thing, too.
- [46:58]
A
Yeah.
- [46:59]
B
Because whenever a new park opens, it's so technology based that there's always going to be problems. And they haven't worked it out yet. That's always the worst part. Remember when Islands of Adventure first opened up, like, back in the early 2000s, it was constant problems. You got. You used to go. Dueling dragons. They go, sorry, it's not working. We don't know. We've never seen this before. Because they've never seen any of it because it's all brand new. And so everyone would always be like, ah, f. Islands of Adventure. We're just going to go to the standard Universal and do whatever.
- [47:23]
A
Yeah. Now, like, Isles of Adventure is, like, all worked out and now.
- [47:26]
B
Yeah, they're fine.
- [47:26]
G
Yeah.
- [47:26]
A
We're just in the beginning phases of it. So I'd love to go back in a year.
- [47:30]
B
Oh. Be very different in a year. Two years. Even more different. Did you ride Mummy when you're at Universal?
- [47:37]
A
I don't.
- [47:37]
B
It's the indoor roller coaster. Like, when you walk into Universal, you walk in and you go past what used to be Jimmy Neutron or Hannah Barbera, which probably isn't there anymore. You keep going. And to your left is like the sound stages, and I think Jimmy Fallon's rides over there. And you make that right. And then right there in the corner, it used to be King Kong, and it's now the Revenge of the Mummy or Return of the Mummy. It's an indoor one where you go through and it's like there is no escape. Escape.
- [48:01]
A
And you get a little wet, I think.
- [48:02]
B
Yes. Yeah. Because they spit out you. It's like this. Death is only the beginning. You hit a wall. It's like. Wait, it's a curse. Yeah. That one's awesome. And, like, the. The little bugs fall out of the thing and you go backwards a little bit.
- [48:15]
A
Yeah. I was a little worried. I was like, what's happening on this ride? Because I. I didn't know. Right. I thought it was like one of the 3D ones.
- [48:21]
G
Yeah.
- [48:21]
A
I got tricked.
- [48:22]
B
Yes. But it's like a. It's like a mid roller coaster.
- [48:24]
A
It wasn't near as bad as I thought.
- [48:25]
G
Yeah.
- [48:26]
B
Even when you stop and there's, like, that whole thing where the guy comes out and he. It's on fire. And then, like, you. That little drop. Even that drop isn't even that big of a deal.
- [48:33]
A
Yeah, no, it really wasn't as bad. It's definitely one of the more baby roller coasters.
- [48:35]
B
It is. But it's so much fun, though. I love Mummy.
- [48:37]
A
It was. Yeah. We did all of them. Okay, well, he did all.
- [48:40]
B
He did all of. And you did.
- [48:41]
A
I mean, most. Like, three. I did as many as I could possibly do.
- [48:44]
B
I'm proud of you. It's pretty good.
- [48:46]
A
I'm proud of myself. I wrote Hagrid's three times.
- [48:48]
B
That's pretty awesome.
- [48:49]
A
And I didn't even want to write it the last time at all.
- [48:51]
B
So was it pressure from the boyfriend? You're like, I guess I should probably do this. I should do this, or. We just wanted to do it.
- [48:56]
A
No, I. I mean, heck, I sat there while he rode Velocicoaster five times, and I did not feel pressure.
- [49:01]
B
Okay.
- [49:01]
G
Okay.
- [49:01]
A
He was like, are you sure? It's okay. Keep going. I was like, please keep going. I'm not going to ride this ride. Like, if you want to ride it a million times over, I will sit here and eat ice cream.
- [49:09]
G
Hell, yeah.
- [49:10]
A
And I just know Hagrid's. I loved Harry Potter so much.
- [49:13]
G
Okay.
- [49:14]
A
And my sister was like, I really think you'll be okay. It has one drop and beyond that you're fine. I was like, okay. So I did it one time and I was like, okay, I like it enough. The drop is like one foot. It's nothing. It's just like a straight down is why.
- [49:26]
B
Okay, gotcha.
- [49:27]
A
And that gets me. So each time that drop came, I definitely, like, clenched my butt cheeks.
- [49:33]
B
Because you knew it was coming. Like, here it is.
- [49:34]
A
Yes.
- [49:34]
B
But you get through and you're fine.
- [49:35]
A
Exactly. So besides that, though, I. Yeah, I love tagards. I just love Harry Potter. I'm such a Harry Potter nerd. And I could. I could sit in the Harry Potter world and go back and forth on. On the train all over and over and over.
- [49:48]
B
Is Jurassic Park. Is it still Jurassic park or do they make a Jurassic World now? Like when you walk. You know, when you walk up, like Dudley do Rights is to your left. It's that water ride with Popeye. Did you ride that one?
- [49:59]
A
I don't think we did any water rides.
- [50:01]
G
Okay.
- [50:01]
A
We avoided kind of.
- [50:02]
B
Kind of uncomfortable after a while.
- [50:03]
G
Yeah.
- [50:04]
A
Yeah. Just because we didn't want to be soaking wet.
- [50:06]
G
Yeah.
- [50:06]
A
But I think it's.
- [50:08]
B
I hope it's still Jurassic Park.
- [50:09]
A
I don't think that they have necessarily a. There's one sign, but I can't remember what it said.
- [50:14]
B
Yeah, right. Yeah. Because right when you walk in, it's that. It's that from the movie where it's that big, like, stone hedge looking thing and at the top it's like the gate to the inside. And see Jurassic Park.
- [50:23]
A
I think that one is still the same. I think the one on the other one that kind of connects to kind of Harry Potter world.
- [50:27]
G
Okay.
- [50:28]
A
Says Jurassic World.
- [50:28]
G
Oh.
- [50:29]
B
So they just kind of wants park one's world.
- [50:30]
G
Okay, cool.
- [50:31]
A
I could be wrong on that, but okay. Because I don't know that we ever went on the other side, but I saw what you're talking about from the back side.
- [50:37]
G
Yeah.
- [50:38]
A
So I don't know necessarily what the writing was on it.
- [50:39]
G
Okay.
- [50:40]
B
Because my son really wants to because every time we go to Orlando, it's always in the freaking winter and it's so busy because it's holiday time. And he really wants to go see Jurassic park because it's his favorite, favorite thing in the whole world is dinosaurs.
- [50:51]
A
Yeah.
- [50:51]
B
So I'm hoping.
- [50:52]
G
Okay.
- [50:52]
A
You should totally take him. Does he like coasters?
- [50:55]
B
I tricked him onto a coaster one time back when he was like 4 or 5. I took him on that mine, the Snow White Mineshaft ride.
- [51:03]
A
Oh, yeah. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- [51:05]
G
Yes. Yeah.
- [51:06]
B
And he's like, this is like, a ride. It's gonna get a little fast, but it's fine. He's like, all right, cool. And then the whole time he's on, he's like. And he got off. He's like, dad, you tricked me. I'm so mad. And he was so pissed at me the whole time, and now he, like, won't touch it. But my middle child, she's, like, wild and crazy, and she would. She would definitely ride roller coasters, I. I believe.
- [51:22]
A
Okay. Yeah, don't put him on Velocicoaster, then.
- [51:24]
B
No, I wouldn't do that. No, no, he wouldn't. I wouldn't put him on that. No, no.
- [51:27]
A
Heck. I mean, my boyfriend was like, yeah. There was a few kids sitting next to me. I'm like, that's really cool. For them.
- [51:31]
B
That's for them. That's cool. That's not me. You're not going to get me.
- [51:35]
A
Not on this one. I watch you guys drop enough times from that.
- [51:38]
B
Yeah, I'm out.
- [51:39]
A
I got nausea just watching it. Not sure. So. All right, we're going to jump out of here. And thanks for talking about. About Universal and Disney with me.
- [51:47]
B
Yeah, this was.
- [51:48]
A
I knew I could nerd out with you.
- [51:49]
G
Oh, yeah.
- [51:49]
B
This was strictly a podcast, only about theme parks today. And nothing to do with Best Bits. It was. It was only a theme park show, and I'm okay about that.
- [51:56]
A
I know. And we love it, but that's. Steve and I, we both love those things.
- [52:00]
G
Oh, yeah.
- [52:01]
A
I think if. If the show would be by theme parks, I don't think you'd ever see either one of us.
- [52:05]
B
Oh, we'd have annual passes, and as soon as what we were done with the day, we'd go. Even if that's the best thing about an annual pass is you would leave. You could go there, and there was no pressure to ride everything. Like, when we were in la, we had Disneyland passes, and if we were to go on a week was just like, hey, let's ride whatever, one or two rides and grab some food and walk around, and we'd be out by noon because there was no pressure to do it all. That was the best thing about an annual pass.
- [52:26]
A
Enjoy it.
- [52:27]
B
Yeah, just like, whatever.
- [52:27]
A
This is like me, where I'm like, okay, we have to hit everything five times over.
- [52:32]
B
Forget that. That was the best thing about annual pass. That's why I'm saying, why is there not a theme park here in Nashville? Why?
- [52:38]
A
You know I don't know.
- [52:39]
B
Why is there not one? This is a place that needs one.
- [52:42]
A
I guess technically we have Dollywood.
- [52:43]
B
That's too damn far away.
- [52:44]
G
Away.
- [52:45]
B
That's not a day trip. There should be a theme park within the 30 to 45 minute range of the city. Dollywood is great, but it's too effing far away.
- [52:52]
A
You can't drive world. I don't. I haven't.
- [52:54]
B
It's also three, four hours away. Okay, There needs to be one here in Nashville. There's plenty of grass to rip something up and put a theme park in. Come on. Even if it's like a country theme. Like, you know, they. All those dumb bars on Broadway where everyone gets a bar, everyone gets a ride. Tim McGraw, you can ride the Fu Manchu, ride a bull, a roller coaster. You can have all kinds of country themed whatever.
- [53:16]
A
Could you imagine a country music themed theme park?
- [53:18]
B
I can.
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A
That would be awesome.
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I can just imagine a theme park and then we'll figure the rest of it out. But I can't believe with all these families and all the tourism here, we don't want to go just to Broadway tourism. When they come here, give them something else to do. We're done with Broadway. I don't want to hike. And that is it. There is nothing else around here but hiking and a frickin Broadway.
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You're not right. Wrong.
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Tell me the exact. I was gonna say tell me I'm wrong because I'm not.
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No, I'm giggling because you're right.
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So what? What? Give me a theme park. National Chamber of Commerce. I'm passionately asking you for a theme park. Please. I will help you out.
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A
You heard it here first. Steve's. What do they call that? Political. His campaign.
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My campaign is a theme park.
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G
Yeah, yeah.
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B
Freddie o'. Connell, you hear me?
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Bye, everybody.
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