Tay & Taylor: Inside the Magic at Walt Disney World

Summary

The Squeeze – Tay & Taylor: Inside the Magic at Walt Disney World

Host: Taylor Lautner (with co-host, husband Taylor Lautner)
Date: September 24, 2025

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Episode Overview

This special episode of The Squeeze takes place on location at Walt Disney World in Orlando, with hosts Tay and Taylor Lautner sharing their first-hand experiences—and plenty of laughs—immersing themselves in the magic of Disney. Beyond ride reviews and foodie highlights, the duo reflects candidly on the connection between mental health, nostalgia, and the restorative power of play and escapism that Disney uniquely offers. The episode aims to remind listeners about the importance of intentional self-care, being present, and making space for joy, even (especially!) as adults.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Why Disney World? – The Mental Health Connection

• Escapism & Nostalgia: Tay notes how Disney World isn't just for kids—it's a powerful escape for adults too, reviving a sense of childlike play and wonder.

  “It provides such like an escape and a nostalgic type feel and you're able to just kind of get away from your everyday life and almost like play as an adult.” – Tay [02:51]

• Being Present: Taylor reflects how being fully immersed led to naturally being off his phone, truly soaking in each moment.

  “The whole time I had been here, I had not been looking at my phone…” – Taylor [19:43]

2. Comparing Disney Parks: First Time for Tay, Nostalgia for Taylor

• Scale & Surprise: Tay, a lifelong Disneyland visitor, is blown away by the vastness of Disney World:

  “The castle alone is about five times the size… I understand the world now.” – Tay [04:40, 04:58]

• Unique Offerings: Taylor reminisces about visiting as a kid for martial arts tournaments—a tradition that ended over 20 years ago.
• Practical Discoveries: They both share the misconception that you can easily walk between Disney World parks—only to discover the massive distances and dedicated transportation system. [05:33]

3. Food Finds: From Iconic Snacks to Michelin Dining

• Expectations Upended:

  “The food, like, there's Michelin star restaurants here… we're actually like, we're foodies.” – Tay [06:15, 06:18]

• Must Eats:
  • Turkey legs and pickles (the classics, every day for Taylor!) [00:27, 06:36]
  • Brown Derby Cobb Salad – A standout for both, cited with enthusiasm.

  “The Brown Derby… I wouldn't make it a talking point on this podcast, but I—” – Taylor [22:34]

  • Jock Lindsay’s Hangar Bar: Creative Halloween snacks (mummy pigs in a blanket, ghost dumplings).
  • Epcot Food & Wine Festival: Sampling dishes and drinks from around the world, feasting on Japanese and German treats, and a highlight hibachi dinner at Teponado. [11:09–12:56]

4. Standout Attractions & Parks Breakdown

Animal Kingdom

• Safari Experience: Both are awestruck by the authenticity and scale.

  “Legitimately felt like we were in Africa.” – Taylor [07:26]

• Avatar Flight of Passage:

  “It’s Soarin’ on steroids… you get the smells, you get the spray, the mist, and it literally feels like you're in Avatar.” – Taylor [08:02]

• Expedition Everest:

  “I was not prepared to go backwards at all… the tracks end, and you’re like, oh.” – Tay [08:46]

• Tree of Life:

  “They have… 365 carvings of different animals… standing under that, we took our photo in front of it, and there’s water coming down.” – Taylor [09:16]

Disney Springs

• Theming: Loved fall/Halloween vibes and playful food. [09:59–10:43]

Epcot (Food & Wine Festival)

• Immersion:

  “Each country you enter… you feel like you’re fully immersed there, teleporting there.” – Tay [11:39]

• Rides:
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: “Like a dance party… we did it twice because it was so good… the funnest ride maybe I’ve ever been on.” – Taylor [14:20]
  • Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure: Tay’s enthusiasm prompts a movie night.
• Night Shows:

  “The way they combined like light and music and the, like, choreography almost, of the fireworks. It's emotional.” – Tay [15:29] “Our whole group was, like, tearing up from this show.” – Taylor [15:46]

• Festival Note: Food & Wine Festival running through Nov 22 [16:21–16:38]

Hollywood Studios

• Tower of Terror: Original style, with a twist they won’t spoil. [17:06–17:31]
• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance:

  “The ride starts before you’re even on the actual ride… so immersive.” – Tay [18:27] “It was Rise of the Resistance that made me want to dive into [Star Wars].” – Taylor [19:17]

Magic Kingdom

• Tiana’s Bayou Adventure:

  "I was being a loving wife... we rode it twice. I would have done it a third time if the group would have allowed me to." – Tay [23:12, 23:24] “This is what happens when you put yourself out there and stretch your boundaries.” – Taylor [24:24]

• Meeting Rapunzel:

  “Meeting Rapunzel was crazy because it literally felt like she stepped out of the screen… I got to hold her hand, she took photos. She was making me dance.” – Tay [25:19–25:38]

• Merch Haul: Ears, especially themed popcorn ears, were a major souvenir.

5. Nighttime Magic, Fireworks & Shows

• Castle Fireworks:

  “It’s so immersive… they project lights onto the castle… Minnie or whoever will shoot something out of a wand on the castle… and a firework comes out.” – Tay & Taylor [26:31–27:25] “The choreography of it is nuts… especially the Halloween specific firework show at the castle was so much fun.” – Taylor [27:06, 27:44]

• Personal Resonance: Tay recounts Halloween nostalgia from childhood visits, now recaptured as an adult.

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• On Disney as Adult Self-Care

  “Just getting yourself out of your normal routine in your normal space… taking time for yourself to kind of just hit a reset button and recharge and restart.” – Tay [21:32]

• On Being Together:

  "We spend a lot of time together, live together, we work together, work from home. But this was a different kind of time." – Taylor [28:49] “It was so much fun and we just like we had so much bonding time with the two of us…” – Taylor [28:21]

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Key Timestamps

• 00:14 – On-site at Walt Disney World: intro and excitement.
• 02:51 – Disney as self-care and nostalgic escape.
• 04:40–05:33 – Scale differences: Disney World vs. Disneyland.
• 06:07–06:38 – Food highlights; discovering Michelin-star meals.
• 07:03–09:48 – Animal Kingdom safari, Avatar ride, Tree of Life.
• 10:43 – Disney Springs: Halloween food fun.
• 11:09–12:56 – Epcot Food & Wine Festival, shopping, and rides.
• 13:38–14:39 – Epcot rides: Guardians of the Galaxy, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure.
• 15:29–15:46 – Emotional night shows—the Symphony of Us.
• 16:48 – Day 2: Hollywood Studios and Star Wars.
• 18:58–19:43 – Reflection: escaping technology, being present.
• 22:34 – The Brown Derby Cobb Salad love.
• 23:12–24:54 – Magic Kingdom: Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, pushing comfort zones.
• 25:19–25:38 – Meeting (and dancing with) Rapunzel.
• 26:31–27:44 – Fireworks spectaculars and projection-mapped castle.
• 28:21–28:51 – Bonding and relationship takeaways.
• 29:32 – Closing wellness reminder.

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Final Takeaways – “The Magic Recap”

• Intentional Play: Disney isn’t just about rides—it's a setting for mindful play, deep connection, and rediscovering joy.
• Presence: By leaving behind stressors and screens, both hosts found a renewed ability to be present and recharge.
• Connection: Whether in childhood or grown-up “date night” form, shared adventures can deepen relationships.
• Mental Health Priority: The episode repeatedly circles back to self-care, with Disney as both metaphor and method for taking restorative breaks from routine.

“Make sure as you’re heading into this busy, back-to-school, back-to-work… that you’re still taking time to prioritize your mental health and your self-care and finding time for yourself and to be with your loved ones, with your family, with your friends. And there’s really no better place than Disney World to do that.” – Tay [29:32]

Rating and recommendation?

“Highly recommend. 10 out of 10.” – Taylor [30:00]

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This episode blends pure Disney fun with honest, actionable mental health wisdom—illustrating that even in the ‘lime-est of lights,’ play is powerful, connection is vital, and everyone needs time to reset.

Transcript

[A]

The following podcast is a Dear media production. There's a lot of pinch me moments, but I feel like this is definitely one of them.

[B]

Like, that's. That's the castle.

[A]

Do you think we can put one in our home?

[B]

Um, we are at Walt Disney World, Orlando. It's been 20 plus years since I've been here. Your first time ever.

[A]

Literally, my first time time ever at Disney World.

[B]

I am the guy that has a turkey leg once a day while here.

[A]

You did.

[B]

Don't get me wrong.

[A]

And a pickle.

[B]

And a pickle. Yeah. Yeah. Avatar was a top three for me.

[A]

There was also Expedition Everest, which, to my surprise, went backwards. Not prepared to go backwards. The tracks end and you're like, oh. And it was.

[B]

In that moment, it legitimately felt like we were in Africa. Us and our whole group was, like, tearing up.

[A]

Wait, what happened?

[B]

Well, I know. I'll tell you. I'll tell you off camera. It does something that I don't remember it doing before.

[A]

I got to meet Rapunzel that you did. They literally just, like, plucked her out of the cartoon. I got to hold her hand.

[B]

I fear this is going to become a date night for us. Just the two of us going to Disney World. Fun Wife. Fun wife.

[A]

Hello, Lemon Drops. Welcome back to a very special episode of the Squeeze. You may realize we are not in the studio.

[B]

What? This isn't our studio.

[A]

No.

[B]

Oh, that's.

[A]

We are not in our home. Where are we?

[B]

We are at Walt Disney World, Orlando, and this is so co. Crazy. Like, that's. That's the castle right there.

[A]

Do you think we can put one in our home?

[B]

I don't know about that, but maybe we can say after this episode that this is. This is our home and we, like, live at the castle.

[A]

I would live in the castle.

[B]

Yeah, we live with Mickey.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. That's so sweet. No, this has truly been such surreal. Even just. I was just telling Taylor before we started that this is like, there's a lot of pinch me moments, but I feel like this is definitely one of them because I am a Disney human through and through. So this experience is one of those.

[B]

When people ask for our highlights moving forward, you know how they ask us all the time? They're like, you know, what's the coolest? Who's the coolest guest?

[A]

What's gonna make it so easy moment.

[B]

Yeah. We're gonna be able to say never. Did we think when we started this podcast that we would be filming in Disney World, like, right here?

[A]

No. And I feel like you may be wondering what the tie in of mental health and Disney World is, but I feel like it is such an obvious one after thinking about it. You know, a lot of us grew up going to Disney World, Disneyland and it truly, every time I come back I feel like it provides such like an escape and a nostalgic type feel and you're able to just kind of get away from your everyday life and almost like play as an adult. Like you get to come back and play and do all of these things. And when people think Disney World, I feel like they maybe think kids and families. But I feel like I've seen a lot of young adults here and we've been having the time of our lives here.

[B]

Yeah. I actually grew up going to Disney World because as many of you know, I did martial arts for a long time and one of the tournaments yearly was in Orlando. So every year when we had that tournament I would also come to Disney World. But that stopped when I was 11, 12 years old and I haven't been back since. So it's been 20 plus years since I've been here. And it's your first time ever?

[A]

Literally my first time ever at Disney World. I grew up going to Disneyland. I did Halloween at Disneyland. I had an annual pass for like almost my entire life. And this is my first time here. So it has just truly been such an insane thing. But I also feel like people don't. Which I didn't until coming here. The size difference, like this actual. The castle alone behind us. Like.

[B]

Yeah. The castle alone is about five times the size. But also the property in general, like don't. Don't get me wrong, Disneyland is incredible.

[A]

Oh, I love Disneyland.

[B]

But Disney World, they call it Disney World for a reason.

[A]

I understand the world now.

[B]

It's like you come through the gates and you have entered it's its own city.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So there's there, you know, there's four different theme parks. It's four theme parks in one. But they're so spread.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

About because.

[A]

And they're each massive.

[B]

Is like 20 something resorts and their own like downtown that has movie theaters and food and.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

There's just so much to do. It's like it's its own city.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It's shocking the scale of it.

[A]

That was something that I had truly no clue. I thought we were going to be able to just like walk.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Between parks and.

[B]

Yeah. I mean. Because you'd never been here.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And even. But even me being here once a year when I was a child, I. I Didn't realize and remember that.

[A]

Yeah. And there's so much more than just the rides. Like, there's so much shopping. There's so much food. We're gonna get into the food because I have been blown away by the food. Like, I feel like we were kind of shocked by how good our meals have been.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Because when I think Disneyland, I think, you know, iconic turkey leg and you know, the pickle, which are a staple which we had multiple of this trip.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But the food, like, there's Michelin star restaurants here.

[B]

Yeah. Cause we're actually like, we're foodies.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So, you know.

[A]

No. Like, we literally scheduled lunch after this taping to go back and have lunch at one of our favorite restaurants because we loved it so much yesterday. We're going back for round two.

[B]

And I am. I am the guy that has a turkey leg.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Once a day while here.

[A]

You did.

[B]

Don't get me wrong.

[A]

And a pickle.

[B]

And a pickle. Yeah. That's the go tos. But no, the, like, the higher level food was delicious.

[A]

Should we get into telling them about our days? Because I feel like even though I grew up as a Disney kid, I didn't realize how much there was in Disney World and like, everything that it entails. Should we just kind of recap our trip and start with Animal Kingdom?

[B]

Probably. It's so tough to say, but I loved Animal Kingdom.

[A]

I just feel like the biggest. I mean, there's literally real animals. The safari, it was unreal. Was insane. I didn't like, I don't know how I. I didn't realize that there was real animals.

[B]

Oh, I didn't. Yeah.

[A]

That were going to be there.

[B]

Especially at that scale.

[A]

Like baby giraffes. We got to see. We got to see anim that I feel like I only saw in like the Lion King.

[B]

It legitimately felt like we were in Africa.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I left that ride, or whatever you want to call it, and I was like, we need to go do a safari.

[A]

Because literally my phone camera roll has so many videos of me just like zooming in on these animals because they were the cutest little things. And just like crazy that you that we got to see them in real life at Disney World. Like, my brain can't like comprehend the two.

[B]

I know that was really special.

[A]

But I think Animal Kingdom, that was like a really big standout. There was also Avatar line of passage. Do you want to explain that right.

[B]

A little bit. If you haven't done the Avatar ride, you have, like, it's worth Coming here just for that. It's one of those, like, screen rides where you're, like, in something, and it's a 4D immersive experience. So if you've done Soarin, it's similar to that. I think a lot of people call it Soarin on steroids, and that's pretty accurate. To me, it just, like, you get the smells, you get the spray, the mist, and it literally feels like you're in Avatar. So, yeah, that was definitely. Avatar was a top three for me, for sure.

[A]

Yeah, that was a standout. There was also Expedition Everest.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Which, to my surprise, went backwards, and I was not prepared to go backwards at all.

[B]

Yes, it did.

[A]

But I remember it's so cool because you, like, go up, and. I mean, I don't want to spoil the ride or anything, but you go up and it's like the tracks end, and you're like, oh. And it was in that moment, you know, that. You know that trend. It's like the record scratch. And it's like, you may be wondering how I got here. That. That was me in that moment.

[B]

I was like, oh, there was one way out.

[A]

Yeah, there was one way out, and it was backwards.

[B]

There was also the Tree of Life, the giant. Remember, we saw the real version of the tree in the safari. Yes, but the Tree of Life is like this. I mean, it's, like, almost as big as the castle.

[A]

Yeah, no, it's huge.

[B]

And they have, I think they said, like, 365 carvings of different animals within the Tree of Life. And just, like, standing under that, we took our photo in front of it, and there's water coming down. Like, it was. Yeah, it was so cool.

[A]

No, it's. It's truly so magical. I feel like it was the perfect way to kick off our, like, weekend here.

[B]

Yeah. Although I wanted to go back.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. I guess we're just gonna have to do double the time.

[A]

I guess we. I guess we have to come back. Another cool thing that we did was we went to Disney Springs and we had some lunch drinks at Jock Lindsay's Hangar bar. They have some really cool Halloween little snackies. We cute little, like, pigs in a blanket, but they were, like, little mummies, and they had little eyes. We had dumplings that were ghosts. We had a little, like, chicken sandwich that looked like a little alien with olives as eyes.

[B]

And it was just all. It was, like, spooky in there.

[A]

It really ties in, like, the play with your food. Like, the food was so cute. Again, I have my camera, my Camera roll is really full after this trip, just.

[B]

Yeah. But you know, we love fall.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

This is like we are entering our favorite time of year.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So it was, it was cool to be here at that time because they, they transform this place into fun Halloween, fall themed, like, special things that's only, you know, available this time of year. So it was, it was the perfect time for us to be here. And now I want to come back for Christmas.

[A]

Yeah. After that we made our way over.

[B]

To Epcot, which also was a good time to be here because they're doing their food and wine festival. You. When you walk around the world and this was a part I remember from when I was a kid and being my favorite. And again, we're talking 20 plus years ago. One of the major things I remember was Epcot and trying different drinks from. And keep in mind I was 10 different. But different drinks from different parts of the world.

[A]

For sure.

[B]

I loved that.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And it was like that. But again, on steroids for this food and wine festival because each country you enter, it's like you, you feel like.

[A]

Oh, you're fully immersed there, teleporting there. Yeah. I did not know what to expect, but it was way more than I expected. They're also like on top of all the food and wine that you can go and have, they also have shops. Like, we bought so many snacks from like Japan, from Germany.

[B]

Like clothes and knickknacks.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That.

[A]

That are specific to that country.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So that was really cool. And we did buy a lot of. I think we probably bought the most in Japan.

[B]

Yeah. Because Japan was a good one.

[A]

I love Japanese. Little snacks.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

In Germany, though.

[B]

Germany.

[A]

Because you are German. So we do.

[B]

I am German.

[A]

We did splurge on some, on some German goodies. But we did have dinner. A hibachi dinner. Again, the food, that was one of.

[B]

The tops, for sure.

[A]

Yeah. I love an hibachi dinner.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

We do a little Christmas party every year at our house with our close friends and we do hibachi at our house. So you could say we're hibachi connoisseurs. Yeah.

[B]

Now. Now you can.

[A]

Yeah. Especially after doing this.

[B]

But we went to Teponado. Teponado. Sounds right. I also loved the, the food pop ups that they have.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That's just for, you know, right now, like this time of year. So outside of the normal restaurants that they always have in the world out, you know, on the walkways, they have these pop ups that's like, just like snacks. So like when you're in Germany. Like, we got a bratwurst. And when you're in. There was. What was the. There was gyros and just fun little, like, snacks and knickknacks.

[A]

Yep. We did. We did pass Greece. We did have spanakopitas, which are my favorite.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Because I'm Greek.

[B]

Yeah. So Epcot was a hit that had your favorite rain. Oh, Guardians. Yeah. Guardians is insane. If you've never. If you've never been on Guardians of the Galaxy in Disney World, you're missing out. It's one of the coolest rides I've ever been on.

[A]

It's insane because it's like. It's a ride if you think, like, Space Mountain, but the cart, you're in turns while you're going, so you're, like, moving on the coaster, but then you're also spinning. But then to make it even more fun, they're, like, blasting Disco Inferno or September. So when I did it, I was just screaming September the entire time, because that was our song.

[B]

The best way I could describe it is it feels like a dance party.

[A]

Like, yeah.

[B]

We did it twice because it was so good. We had to do it again, like, right away. And the whole time. Both times, I was literally just dancing the whole time. Yeah. It's the funnest ride maybe I've ever been on.

[A]

Yeah. Another one was Remy's Ratatouille Adventure. You've never seen Ratatouille?

[B]

Embarrassingly enough, I have not.

[A]

Now, after riding the ride, will we be watching Ratatouille?

[B]

Well, you know the answer to that, because last night I said to you that I wanted to watch Ratatouille because it was so cool. It's one of those ones again with the screen and you feel like you're there, and there's, like, the smells.

[A]

We literally couldn't have enough Disney during the day. We literally went home last night and put a Disney movie on.

[B]

It's true.

[A]

We were inspired.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Look at us. I love it. The biggest thing, though, I do want to touch on with Epcot is the symphony of Us, which is their, like, water, light, gosh, fireworks show. I think that's been one of the biggest standouts here for us, has been the shows.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, fireworks. Oh. Like, I love a good fireworks show. But these shows, the way they combined, like, light and music and the, like, choreography almost, of the fireworks. It's emotional.

[B]

And the stories.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Like that one, specifically us and our whole group was, like, tearing up from this show. And then, I mean, of course, the. We'll get to it. But the fireworks show right here is insane. But, yeah, it's just crazy because there's so much. There's so much for us to do here. Like, not just the rides, the food, but the shows, the firework shows. The fireworks show there was definitely a highlight for me.

[A]

I can't get over it. I'm, like, still thinking about it, and I have a lot of videos of it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

On my phone.

[B]

Well, we can watch it back.

[A]

Also, I do want to flag that if you guys want to come to Epcot's Food and Wine Festival. It's running now through November 22nd. Okay. So it's a limited time. So, yeah, if that piqued your interest at all.

[B]

Now is the best time to be.

[A]

Now is the time.

[B]

I mean, I'm sure it's magical any time of year, but I just feel like the fall and Halloween stuff they're doing here is so fun.

[A]

Yeah. Day two, huh? We started our day at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Which I feel like is comparable. Not really comparable, but kind of comparable to California Adventure. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But some of the rides are the same, but.

[B]

But they have different spins.

[A]

Oh, yes.

[B]

Like, at California Adventure, we have the Guardians of the Galaxy ride, which used to be Tower of Terror, but here they have the, like, original Tower of Terror, but also with a spin, which I don't want to say out. I don't want to say out loud because I don't want to give it away, because I was shocked when it happened, but, yeah, having, like, the OG Tower of Terror theme.

[A]

Wait, what happened?

[B]

Well, I don't. I'll tell you. I'll tell you off camera. But it. It does something that I don't remember it doing before. You're gonna have to wait.

[A]

Interesting.

[B]

It was fun.

[A]

You. Taylor finally got to live his, like, glam bot moment. I don't know if you guys have been seeing that trend where it's, like, the slow mo, and then it's like, people will just, like, flip their hair and it's in slow mo, and they have, like, the total glam bot moment. Yeah, you got to have a glam bot moment.

[B]

Yeah. No, I worked.

[A]

How did that feel?

[B]

I served. It felt good. I haven't watched it back, like, 10, 20 times in a row.

[A]

Okay. I have to talk about the Star wars ride, the Rise of the Resistance, because as a Star wars girly, I grew up watching Star Wars. I had multiple lightsabers. I was like, queen. I dressed up as Queen Amidala one year for Halloween.

[B]

There's A great photo. And at this moment, we should, we.

[A]

Should, we should be putting it up right now because all of my friends were like cute, like little cowgirls or princesses and, and I wanted to paint my face white and be in a full on gown head thing. So. Rise of the Resistance is truly such an immersive experience because the riot starts like before, before you're even on the actual ride.

[B]

Yeah. It feels like you're in the movie.

[A]

And you walk past all the stormtroopers. It's just like every. If you've watched Star wars, it's a dream. We did it at Disneyland a while ago. And that got you excited to watch Star Wars?

[B]

Yeah. Literally. Yeah.

[A]

Again, I'm admitting I've been educating him. I've been educating him.

[B]

Yeah. I had not seen all the Star wars before, but it was Rise of the Resistance that made me want to dive into it.

[A]

I think that's like the biggest thing with everything here is it really is such an experience and an escape. Like it really just gives your mind a break from what's going on. You put your phone on do not disturb and you're able to just be fully immersed in the magic.

[B]

I think that's something important to talk about is I noticed yesterday that the whole time I had been here, I had not been looking at my phone.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, and I'm, I'm. It's one of my weaknesses. I need to work on that and probably do more things like that that take me away from my phone. And it was like three full days of. I would probably glance at my phone three times throughout the whole day. And then, you know, I would, I'd do whatever I needed to do before we came here and when we got back into the hotel. But while we were here for 8 to 10 hours, my phone just didn't exist.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I didn't feel the need for it. And everything going on outside of here, like the real like stressors of life, it just like completely went away and disappeared.

[A]

And it was the best feeling I know. And that's. I feel like something we talk about a lot is how important it is to find. I mean, you guys, if you've listened to this podcast, you've heard me literally preach for years how important self care is and taking that time for yourself to kind of just hit a reset button and recharge and restart. And I feel like the past couple days, what we've been able to, you know, experience together has been so fun. Like there's just, there's something to the magic of Disney World. And also just getting yourself out of your normal routine in your normal space.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And. Yeah, but you said not being on your phone, it's been so great. Like, I'm not looking forward to flying home and having to.

[B]

I know.

[A]

Get back on. Maybe. Maybe now is our time to finally set our. Do not. Or what's it. The timers on the apps that we've been saying we're gonna set.

[B]

Yeah. But no, I mean, I. I think now is. This was a good reminder.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Maybe we can take some of this home with us for sure. And, you know, not be so glued to our phones and devices and stressors of life and be able to, you know, just a little part of us take Disney World home with us.

[A]

I do want to talk about the Cobb salad that we had. Okay, go ahead, because we're gonna have it very passionate after this taping. I love a Cobb salad. You love a Cobb salad.

[B]

I sure do.

[A]

The Brown Derby.

[B]

I wouldn't make it a talking point on this podcast, but I. Oh, I had to.

[A]

No, my. My tummy growled. So I was thinking about. I was thinking about the Cobb salad. Well, I think that also we were. I mean, at least for me, growing up, when I thought Disney World, I did just think, you know, the food on the carts, which are great, but there's Disney World that has some amazing restaurants, too, that I think that was, like, the biggest thing for me was like, oh, I can. I can get, like, a good meal here.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

I loved it.

[B]

Had several of them.

[A]

Yeah. Okay. I want to talk about my favorite ride in Magic Kingdom.

[B]

All right, Well, I know where this is going.

[A]

Yep. And I am not one that normally likes a water ride at all.

[B]

No, I have to. I have to pull her on to water rides.

[A]

But I was being a loving wife, and Taylor really wanted to go on the water ride. So we went on Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

[B]

Which is new.

[A]

Which is new. Yeah. And literally, we rode it twice. I would have done it a third time if the group would have allowed me to, but.

[B]

Well, she started. She started this ride by, like she said, doing it as a favor to me. And as we were getting onto the ride, she looks at me and she goes, fun wife. Fun wife. And I was like, okay, yeah, yeah, you're going on a water ride. Fun wife. And it started with you treating it as you were doing a favor for me and you were bragging, you know, how brave you were and stuff.

[A]

Well, that I was being fun. Cause I do get a little Motion sickness. So there's a couple rides that I had to sit out on, but Taylor loves them, so, you know, he was a little sad I couldn't go with him. So this one I could. So I was teasing him and saying I was fun because I could still do that one.

[B]

And then she did it. And the second we finished, she was like, can we go again? This is what happens when you put yourself out there and you stretch your boundaries. Hey, I tried outside of your comfort zone, you experience new things.

[A]

I did do guardians for you, but I could not tell left and right.

[B]

That one didn't go as well.

[A]

Which was fun for you, not fun for me.

[B]

We won't talk about that one.

[A]

But no, this, this ride. And I haven't seen Princess and the Frog, like, since it came out. Mind you, we did go home and watch it last night after we went on the ride twice. But I just feel like the design of it, like, you were truly so immersed.

[B]

It was just beautiful.

[A]

Also, sit in the back row if you don't want to get wet. Because I was fine. That's why I did twice. But no, I just feel like it was. It was just the coolest thing and it, it was so funny how something I didn't think was going to be my highlight was the highlight.

[B]

It was a water ride.

[A]

Was the water ride.

[B]

I know.

[A]

And I'm not a. I don't like being wet. And it was fun. I loved it. My other highlight I have to talk about is I got to meet Rapunzel.

[B]

That you did.

[A]

Which was really fun because I love Tangled. I am a Tangled girly through and through.

[B]

Meeting Rapunzel was crazy because it literally felt like she stepped out of the screen.

[A]

They literally just like plucked her out of the cartoon and put her here.

[B]

She was unbelievable.

[A]

Yeah, no, so cute. I got to hold her hand. She was like, hold my hand. And she took photos. She was making me dance.

[B]

Move.

[A]

You did dance for her?

[B]

Uh huh. Multiple times.

[A]

Yeah. She wanted to meet us after the snuggly duckling, but yeah, she did. And Taylor's like, I have no clue where or what that is.

[B]

No, I didn't know what she was saying, but I. I nodded my head.

[A]

But he danced for her and concluded. But she was truly just. I was so it was, it was a dream come true.

[B]

Meet her after the.

[A]

For me, I also got tangled ears. I have them somewhere. I got a lot of ears.

[B]

A lot of ears.

[A]

These are pop. These have popcorn and a cute little bow. I don't know if you've noticed at all during this taping.

[B]

I think they can see that.

[A]

Okay. It's cute. I had to buy them. I have three pairs of ears, literally. And I'm bringing home with me. And I already have two at home, so that's fun. But I think the other biggest standout to us is the fireworks shows that took place at the castle.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

The first one we saw was the Halloween fireworks show. And then last night was the Happily Ever after fireworks show. Yeah, it's just, it's so, it's so. I hate saying a fireworks show because it really is so much more like you are just like immersed like into this thing. Like I feel like Taylor and I didn't even talk like the whole time we're just staring at it. But the way they project lights onto the castle and someone will shoot something out of a wand and you see it on the projection and then all of a sudden a firework comes out and it's just like, it's insane how that happens.

[B]

Yeah. The choreography of it is nuts. Minnie or whoever will shoot something out of a wand on the castle. Stay with me here on the castle. And then when she does that, there's like a sound and a firework comes from behind the castle. Like she just shot it out of her wand.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And just stuff like that keeps happening. And I don't even understand how they, they put all of these elements together. But it was, it was the cool. I've never seen anything like it. And especially the. You know how much we love Halloween. The Halloween specific firework show.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

At the castle was so much fun.

[A]

And I think that was really cool for me because like I mentioned before, I grew up going to Disneyland and I for probably like five or six years went to the Halloween at Disneyland and I would do the trick or treating. I'd come in costume with my girlfriends and our moms would wear like matching shirts. And so getting to come here as a 28 year old and see this full on production just like it put me in my feels and it was just so. It was so cool to get to experience.

[B]

Yeah. I fear genuinely that this is going to become a date night for us. Just the two of us going to Disney World because it was so much fun and we just like we had so much bonding time with the two of us and we had some friends with us.

[A]

Yeah. I think it was like intentional, intentional time because you know, we spend, we spend a lot of time together, live together, we work together, work from home. Like we.

[B]

But this was a different Kind of time.

[A]

Yeah. Getting to have intentional time together and experience fun, memorable things. Like, I already know on our flight home, we're going to be like, oh, my gosh, remember this? Or like, looking at photos.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And it's just so sweet that we get to do that together.

[B]

I know.

[A]

As you guys can clearly tell, we have truly just had the time of our lives.

[B]

We had no fun.

[A]

We had no fun whatsoever. And I just am truly still pinching myself that there's literally like the castle behind me and I'm sitting here working.

[B]

This was a lot of my life. We literally filmed an episode of the Squeeze at Disney World in front of the castle. Like, pinch me.

[A]

It's so cool. Take this as a reminder to make sure as you're heading into this busy, back to school, back to work, summer's over. We're getting, you know, back into our busy routines to make sure that you're still taking time to prioritize your mental health and your self care and finding time for yourself and to be with your loved ones, with your family, with your friends. And there's really no better place than Disney World to do that.

[B]

Highly recommend. 10 out of 10.

[A]

10 out of 10. What the. Oh. Oh, my.

[B]

Where are these bubbles coming from?

[A]

I think. I think Mickey's calling us.

[B]

Mickey, is that you? I'm coming, Mick.

[A]

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