Episode 25
The Ultimate Guide to Non-Park Days at Walt Disney World
This podcast episode delves into the myriad of activities available for families at Walt Disney World on non-park days. We explore the diverse options that abound beyond the confines of the theme parks, emphasizing the value of utilizing these days for relaxation and enjoyment. Among the highlights discussed are the attractions at Disney Springs, the allure of resort hopping, and the excitement of engaging in outdoor activities such as miniature golf and fishing. We assert that taking a day away from the parks not only alleviates the potential fatigue associated with continuous park visits but also enhances the overall vacation experience. Ultimately, this episode serves as a guide to maximizing the enjoyment of one's stay at Disney World, ensuring that every moment spent is filled with delightful experiences.
Takeaways:
- Visiting Walt Disney World entails not only enjoying the parks but also exploring various activities outside the parks to enrich the vacation experience.
- On non-park days, families can partake in activities such as miniature golf, resort hopping, and visiting Disney Springs, which offers unique shopping and dining options.
- The recent changes to the virtual queue system for attractions signify a shift towards increased flexibility for park guests, allowing them to choose standby options without the pressure of securing a virtual spot.
- Families planning their Disney vacations should consider incorporating rest days to alleviate the fatigue often associated with intense park schedules and enjoy the full breadth of the resort experience.
- Guests can enjoy outdoor movies, fishing, and boating at Disney World, providing alternative forms of entertainment beyond the theme parks.
- Dining experiences outside the parks, particularly at Disney Springs and various resorts, often provide some of the best culinary options available for visitors.
Companies mentioned in this episode:
- Disney World
- Disneyland
- Tiana's Bayou Adventure
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Cosmic Rewind
- Lightning Lane
- Tron
- Disney Springs
- Port Orleans French Quarter
- Yacht Club
- Saratoga Springs
- Magnolia
- Lake Buena Vista
- Palm
- Coca Cola
- M&M
- LEGO
Transcript
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Speaker A:It's another episode of the Wands and Wishes podcast.
Speaker A:Thanks for joining us.
Speaker A:I'm Tony Desiri along with Lauren Mallard.
Speaker A:Of all the magic travel, part of the joy of going to Walt Disney World is the parks.
Speaker A:Of course, four of them in Orlando and of course the two parks in Disneyland out in California.
Speaker A:But there is a lot to do outside of the parks.
Speaker A:Sometimes your vacations may be a certain number of days, but only a smaller number of days within the park.
Speaker A:So in this podcast we're going to talk about the things you can do with your family while at Disney World when.
Speaker A:When you're on a non park day.
Speaker A:How are you, Lauren?
Speaker B:I'm good.
Speaker B:How are you?
Speaker A:It's a day here in Tennessee where we are as spring is approaching and we got more spring breakers heading down to Disney World.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:Before we get to this, let's get to some news because it was announced that there is no more virtual queue for Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Gardens of the Galaxy.
Speaker A:Cosmic Rewind.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:So what exactly does this mean for people planning trips?
Speaker B:So basically.
Speaker B:So the virtual queue is one of those things that it.
Speaker B:People will say, well, what does that actually mean?
Speaker B:Can I not write it whenever I want to?
Speaker B:And so having no more virtual queue means more flexibility.
Speaker B:So basically you will stand in a traditional queue if you want to take the standby option, but it really shouldn't, shouldn't make your wait time any longer than it was when you got into the virtual queue, if that makes sense.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:So you can still buy a pass to go on.
Speaker A:You can still do that.
Speaker A:Now, is this going to be part of the Lightning Lane tears?
Speaker B:Oh, that's a great question.
Speaker B:You know, I don't think so, because I believe that it's still going to.
Speaker B:Well, Tiana's is actually already a tier one attraction attraction.
Speaker B:So that one will remain the same.
Speaker B:Guardians of the Galaxy will not be affected because it is a single pass.
Speaker B:So it is in addition to.
Speaker B:Or a la carte is like the way I like to explain it to clients.
Speaker B:So you don't.
Speaker B:That won't affect that either.
Speaker A:When you get something like this.
Speaker A:And Tron just recently lost its virtual queue.
Speaker A:Is this something that people like because again, it gives them the flexibility or do they go, well, I did know I was going to have a spot on the ride.
Speaker A: nce came out, we were down in: Speaker A:We had to wait for the second Launch of the.
Speaker A:We didn't get the first one, but when the second one landed and my wife said, we're all on, we were.
Speaker A:I was like, this is great.
Speaker A:There was a feeling of, I'm going to ride this.
Speaker A:I don't have to worry about missing it today.
Speaker A:So how does it.
Speaker A:How do you think this news comes down for most people?
Speaker B:Yeah, I think there's pros and cons to it because I think the pros were you have a little bit more knowledge of a window of time, I guess, as far as when you're going to get in line.
Speaker B:Whereas now with a standby line, it's like, do I take the risk and try to rope drop this and go with everybody else that's going to go to that ride or do I wait and watch it throughout the day and see what the line does?
Speaker B:But then the cons, I think, I mean, to having the virtual queue is, like you said, there's so much pressure because it is so fast.
Speaker B:It goes away in milliseconds and if you don't get it, then, you know, then you're.
Speaker B:You're forced to buy it.
Speaker A:Yeah, it's.
Speaker A:It was one of the more humorous highlights to be at a park when.
Speaker B:Like 2 o'clock people would start cheering.
Speaker A:Everybody's cheering and everybody's on their phone.
Speaker A:Like the exact same moment everybody's on their phone.
Speaker A:It can be in any line and everyone's ready to.
Speaker A:Ready to go at that particular time was always one of the amusing things.
Speaker A:My wife used to handle this and I used to say she was so brilliant at it because she always could get it and she always knew where she was going.
Speaker A:And I one time tried it.
Speaker A:I failed completely.
Speaker A:I was like, refreshing and I was like, oh, I'm like, I screwed up.
Speaker A:I don't think I got it.
Speaker A:So that being said, there is people who've been talking saying, okay, look, they're doing this because there's going to be a whole mess of things coming in the future and they're going to virtual queue those.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker A:So it's not necessarily them going, okay, we're done with this, there's just more coming and we don't want to keep things on virtual queue.
Speaker A:So we're going to give it enough time for you to get used to not having virtual queue and then we're going to launch it with new rides and new attractions.
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker A:And if is.
Speaker A:Is that a feeling of what he's.
Speaker B:Doing here, I definitely think that's what's coming down next for Whatever is the next big thing to open is going to be your next virtual queue.
Speaker A:So no more getting up at 7 o'clock in the morning and trying to make, make to land this.
Speaker B:Everything is gone at 7am which is amazing because you don't have to purchase your Lightning Lanes anymore.
Speaker B:You don't have to make your selection anymore.
Speaker B:So that is really nice.
Speaker B:It kind of takes that, that pressure off the Vegas now.
Speaker A:I did see a 170 minute wait time for Guardians on, on social media the other day.
Speaker B:Oh, that's awful.
Speaker A:I didn't ride Tron with my kids because, you know, we went.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Like day after, two days after Christmas.
Speaker A:And it was like two hours, two plus hours.
Speaker A:Forget it.
Speaker A:I ain't gonna do this.
Speaker A:I'm.
Speaker A:If I'm in a line and I.
Speaker A:And it's not moving immediately, I'm just the one going, all right, I don't know about this.
Speaker B:Can't stay here.
Speaker A:I just have that impatience bu to me.
Speaker A:All right, so a lot of people, especially now that there's this promotion, stay longer, save money.
Speaker A:Kind of what Disney is doing is trying to get people to stay longer at the resorts.
Speaker A:And some people are saying, great, I will stay five days and then I will just upgrade my ticket to five days.
Speaker A:But there are a couple of people saying, wow, you know, I, I do want a complete week vacation, but maybe with my family of five, I can't do six days.
Speaker A:I, I think I can do three.
Speaker A:Let me, let's just go down there and at least enjoy vacation.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And naturally you would say, well, there's pools, there's other things to do.
Speaker A:But there's a lot of stuff to do outside of the four parks.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:So let's talk about this and we will talk about Disney Springs because that's usually a place where people go.
Speaker A:But there are some other things to do in the parks.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:One of them is you can play miniature golf.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker B:Have you ever done it?
Speaker A:I have not.
Speaker A:Have you?
Speaker B:I have.
Speaker B:I've played both of the courses before and as a package inclusion.
Speaker B:And I think they're still doing it.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:But a lot of people don't take advantage.
Speaker B:You actually can play a free round, but it has to be before a certain time of day because I guess the influx of guests that are going to play miniature golf are going to want to do it at night.
Speaker B:So they're trying to entice people to come during the day and you can play a free round of golf.
Speaker B:And there's one that is that's better, more geared for children and just more fun.
Speaker B:And then there's actually a really challenging course.
Speaker A:Yeah, these are the Fantasia courses.
Speaker A:And one of them is actually built like a real putting course.
Speaker B:It is, yes.
Speaker A:So there you got the whimsical sort of what you expect at miniature golf statues hidden under this.
Speaker A:Etc.
Speaker A:But then there.
Speaker A:This is becoming more and more popular in miniature golf, which is.
Speaker A:Let's create a actual green, maybe areas where it looks like bunkers and make it more like real golf than anything.
Speaker A:Now do you find these crowded?
Speaker A:Is there a wait time?
Speaker A:Like you have to get there and go, all right, you can go off in 40 minutes?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:No, I did not have to wait when we went.
Speaker B:And we did go at night and we were there.
Speaker B:I think it was over July 4th when we did this and we did not have to wait.
Speaker B:There were people there.
Speaker B:But it's a great way to kind of spend an evening or spend a day if it's not blazing hot outside.
Speaker B:You don't want to go in the middle of summer in the middle of the day.
Speaker B:But yeah, it's a lot of fun.
Speaker B:All right.
Speaker A:And you can also play real golf, if that is your thing.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:Three 18 hole courses there.
Speaker A:Magnolia, Lake, Buena Vista and Palm.
Speaker A:I played two of them on a trip in spring break in the early 90s.
Speaker A:Okay, now here's the funny thing is because I always have this thing at my age now where I go, how did I do that?
Speaker A:Like, you know, like, I remember a friend of mine and I went to.
Speaker A:We were in high school, we went to a friend's house at a party that was like across the state of New Hampshire.
Speaker A:And I still go, how did we get to that friend's house?
Speaker A:Like, did you just give us a bunch of directions on the phone and we all just knew how to get there.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:And I remember my friend Neil and I went to down.
Speaker A:We went down to Florida for spring break.
Speaker A:We were golfers and he wanted to go to Disney and he'd never gone.
Speaker A:He's like, I want to go to Disney for spring break.
Speaker A:And I said, great, I've been there.
Speaker A:I'll go down with you.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:But he goes, I want to play golf.
Speaker A:And I don't know how we booked this.
Speaker A:I guess we just called.
Speaker B:Found it in a phone book.
Speaker A:Yeah, we guess we called information and just got the n.
Speaker A:There was no Internet to look at.
Speaker A:I didn't even know the names of the golf courses when I was down there.
Speaker A:So I Just went, we just booked some tea times and it was great because when we went down, we stayed in Orlando, not in the park, but we were able to drop off our clubs and we like, we got, we took the shuttle there and we dropped off our clubs and when they had their clubs all day and when we did the parks, we went back, we went to the golf course and played 18 holes of golf.
Speaker B:That's awesome.
Speaker A:And it was great.
Speaker A:And I have yet to play since they also have a nine hole, what they call executive golf course.
Speaker A:Now this is a walking course, shorter than your normal nine.
Speaker A:And this is a great way if you're a golfer and you're like, I just want to do just a bucket list of mine.
Speaker A:I want to play around of golf at Disney, but I don't want to do it five hours.
Speaker A:This is perfect.
Speaker A:You can walk a little nine holes.
Speaker A:It's relatively inexpensive for, in terms of, for, for Disney or anything.
Speaker A:And it's a great way to get some golf in.
Speaker A:And then you can wear a Mickey golf shirt and say you actually did play at Walt Disney World.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:So that's very cool to do that.
Speaker A:So I'm, I'm trying to do that with my father this year because he's done everything Disney but play golf.
Speaker B:That's awesome.
Speaker B:Side note, on the golf, if you are going to play golf, fellas, and you want to send your wife for something fun to do, there are a couple of spas on.
Speaker A:All right, so let's talk about the spots.
Speaker B:I've never been to any of them, but there are a couple of them.
Speaker B:There's one at the Grand Floridian.
Speaker B:There's one I believe at the Yacht Club and then there's one over at Saratoga Springs.
Speaker B:Maybe I could be wrong, but there's, there's at least two or spas look fantastic.
Speaker B:I would love to go one day, but I've never been.
Speaker B:But yeah, that's something great that your wife could enjoy while you go play around a golf.
Speaker A:All right, what about resort hopping?
Speaker A:What about going around to other resorts and checking it out?
Speaker A:This seems to be a popular thing to do.
Speaker A:I've never really done it.
Speaker A:I've gone to the resorts only in connection to get to somewhere else.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker A:Like I've gone to Boardwalk because I was going to catch the bus outside of Epcot one time or gone to different places.
Speaker A:I walked once from Hollywood Studios to Epcot, which is a horrible walk.
Speaker A:Yeah, it's too long.
Speaker A:Don't do it.
Speaker A:I thought it was shorter.
Speaker A:Than it actually was.
Speaker A:It's still the bane of my existence at Christmas parties in my family.
Speaker A:But that seems to be a popular thing to do, not just to eat, not just to get there to eat, but just go.
Speaker A:Let's check out the lobbies of these different resorts.
Speaker B:Yeah, it's a really popular thing to do and it's a great thing to do if you're unsure where you want to stay next on the next.
Speaker B:So there are fun things about different resorts for different reasons.
Speaker B:Like I have a lot of clients that like to go over to Port Orleans French Quarter and get beignets.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:And when they go over there, you can walk the paths between Riverside and Fren Quarter and see what that resort is like.
Speaker B:If you're on the monorail or over at Magic Kingdom and want to take a stroll on the monorail.
Speaker B:I've seen people get off at every Montreal resort and shop their gift shops.
Speaker B:They have fun gift shops at every resort and they're a little different in every resort.
Speaker B:So you can check out what they have, get a snack at different places.
Speaker B:Now the only thing that you can't do if you're resort hopping is you can't use another resorts pool.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker B:People will ask that a lot.
Speaker B:Can I go and check out the pool somewhere else?
Speaker B:You can't.
Speaker B:You can walk past it, you can check it out, see if you think you might like it for your next stay.
Speaker B:But you can't actually use those amenities at the resort.
Speaker A:Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker A:And it is a great way to go.
Speaker A:Hey, you know, our next trip, let's, let's take a look at Polynesian and see if we like that.
Speaker A:Or let's go check out some other places because there's so many different themed resorts that it's a great way to just sort of check it out yourself without trusting somebody's photoshopped picture online.
Speaker A:Which, which they're going to give you the best picture the lobby has ever looked ever.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:You know, so this is a way to kind of check it out and see and kind of see.
Speaker B:Speaking of the Polynesian, that's another thing.
Speaker B:If you don't want to be in the park at night with, with the exception of like July 4th or New Year's Eve, you can actually go to the beach at the Polynesian and watch the fireworks and they pipe the music in right there even if you're not staying there.
Speaker B:So you can go, like I said, it's limited.
Speaker B:You can't go on the 4th of July or New Year's Eve unless you're staying there, but otherwise you can go watch the fireworks from the beach.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:Now the.
Speaker A:What I said earlier is there is a lot to do at Disney Springs.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And a lot of people do take the option of going to Disney Springs.
Speaker A:It is a lot of shopping.
Speaker A:There are, there are a lot of stores.
Speaker A:But you can go bowling there.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker A:You can see a show.
Speaker A:Now, you did say in another podcast you're not the biggest fan.
Speaker B:I am not a fan.
Speaker B:Yes, that's right.
Speaker A:So I did want to bring that up.
Speaker A:So I, I'm with.
Speaker A:I find Disney Springs is like for my family when we go visit my parents in Ocala for the holidays.
Speaker A:It's the thing we just do on a day.
Speaker B:Sure.
Speaker A:Like, we'll, like, somebody will go, what do we want to do today?
Speaker A:I don't know.
Speaker A:You guys want to go down to Disney Springs?
Speaker A:It's always one of those things, like my sister will bring it up or my brother will bring it up or whatever.
Speaker A:My parents bring it up.
Speaker A:And so we've gone a lot.
Speaker A:But I'm.
Speaker A:I'm with you in a way.
Speaker A:We don't do the fun stuff.
Speaker A:We don't see.
Speaker A:We've never seen a show there.
Speaker A:We've never done the hot air balloon thing or we've never taken the car into the water.
Speaker A:We've never done those things.
Speaker A:We shop or eat.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Like, that's really all we do.
Speaker A:And I do, I do say there are some stores there that are really, really interesting.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And there's some.
Speaker B:There's some what?
Speaker B:I.
Speaker B:I guess you could say Normal Shopp, non Disney.
Speaker A:So brand stores, you know.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker B:So there's plenty of things to look at and see there.
Speaker B:I just, I don't enjoy it.
Speaker B:I don't enjoy the crowds and I don't enjoy the hustle and bustle.
Speaker A:I agree with you that there is a.
Speaker A:It can be.
Speaker A:If you're one of those people that can take the crowds because you're at a theme park.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Mult.
Speaker A: Like picture your mall in the: Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:Like, and it's just wall to wall people that can get like that at Disney Springs.
Speaker A:Where you.
Speaker A:And if it's hard to navigate.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:They do provide maps, but if you're not familiar with it, it's hard to navigate.
Speaker B:Can be very confusing.
Speaker A:Like if I'm trying to get to Gideon's Bake Shop and I don't know where exactly I am and I'm looking at a map and I can get there by a Bridge.
Speaker A:If I walk this way or go around the corner and find another store that's familiar.
Speaker A:So it is very difficult to navigate.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:But there is a lot to do, and it is a good time eater, if that's all right.
Speaker A:You can eat up hours and hours.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And World of Disney is a gigantic store.
Speaker A:It.
Speaker A:There's multiple entrances in there.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:But they also have the art of Disney.
Speaker A:There's also other places you can find Disney merchandise.
Speaker B:Lego store.
Speaker A:LEGO store is over there as well.
Speaker A:So there's a lot of really cool stores.
Speaker A:I do have a funny story.
Speaker A:When we were there a couple of years ago, my wife saw Winnie the Pooh weighted blanket that she wanted in the park.
Speaker B:Goodness.
Speaker A:And she goes, I think I'm gonna get that.
Speaker A:I said, do you want to carry a weighted blanket around for the rest of the night?
Speaker A:It was heavy.
Speaker A:She goes, no.
Speaker A:She goes, all right.
Speaker A:Well, when we.
Speaker A:I said, let's.
Speaker A:We'll go to.
Speaker A:You know.
Speaker A:We ended up leaving without it.
Speaker A:We went to Disney Springs and she found it, but the lady said, these things go like hotcakes.
Speaker A:She's like, they're flying off the shelves.
Speaker A:So she bought it, and I had to carry a weighted blanket around Disney Springs for her because she was afraid there wouldn't be one when we walked out of Disney Springs.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:There's a pin trading store that there as well.
Speaker A:But like we were saying, there's.
Speaker A:There's.
Speaker A:And there's places like Coca Cola, M M.
Speaker A:Places to get that kind of stuff.
Speaker A:But this is if.
Speaker A:If there's an off day for most people, it's usually I'm either going to spend it at the pool at my resort or I'm going to Disney Springs to shop.
Speaker B:That's absolutely right.
Speaker A:So you can do that as well.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:We mentioned Disney Springs.
Speaker A:You mentioned resort hopping.
Speaker A:But you can also do things like fishing.
Speaker A:You can fish at Disney World.
Speaker A:You can go to Port Orleans.
Speaker A:You can rent a pole.
Speaker A:You can fish.
Speaker A:There's other places to do it.
Speaker A:But you can also rent a boat.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:I've never done that.
Speaker A:Have you and anybody ever do this?
Speaker B:I actually haven't ever had anybody do this.
Speaker B:I've had people ask about the horseback riding.
Speaker A:Now, the horseback riding is very interesting.
Speaker B:Huh.
Speaker A:I'm.
Speaker A:I'm kind of afraid to do it because I've been on horses.
Speaker A:But I'm, you know, I've gotten older and I don't know if I'll get off a horse as well as I got on it when I was younger.
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker B:Same.
Speaker A:But you can definitely, you can book it, you can do that and you can do things again like we were talking about with the resorts.
Speaker A:Park Hop.
Speaker A:Visit some restaurants.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:Like go visit some restaurants in some places.
Speaker A:Go check out the different style of restaurants that are at different resorts.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:You can go to Polynesian and get a completely different kind of food as you can in other places.
Speaker A:Animal Kingdom Lodge, etc.
Speaker A:Etc.
Speaker A:Go check those kind of things out.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker B:I find that a lot of the best dining is actually outside the parks and in the restaurants or at Disney Springs.
Speaker A:Now I will ask you this.
Speaker A:As somebody who you know is, has seen many people take different kinds of vacation, do you find it's important that people do take a day off from the park?
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:I do too.
Speaker B:I do.
Speaker A:I do too.
Speaker A:I am, you know, look, look, I'm a go go person.
Speaker A:I like that kind of action.
Speaker A:But I almost look forward to my off park days.
Speaker B:I agree.
Speaker B:I think that if you are able to build in an extra night of your vacation and take that off day, it really helps because at the end of a Disney vacation you're going to feel like you need a vacation anyway.
Speaker B:So go ahead and build that in just, just for some rest time.
Speaker B:Whether you plan to do anything extra.
Speaker B:You don't have to do anything extra.
Speaker B:That costs money.
Speaker B:You can just spend a day enjoying what you've already paid for.
Speaker A:And we were talking about this one time in another podcast, people arrive at the resort, the room isn't ready.
Speaker A:They're not going to want to use a park ticket.
Speaker A:Let's say they get in at 11 o'clock.
Speaker A:They don't want to use the park ticket yet.
Speaker A:So there's got to be stuff to do until that room is ready at 3:00, let's say.
Speaker B: that you bring up because for: Speaker B:You can get into the water park for free on that check in day.
Speaker B:So take advantage of that because Disney has two great water parks.
Speaker B:They're only open one at a time, typically depending on the season.
Speaker B:So see which one is open on your check in day and if you get there early enough, that's a really good value you can take advantage of.
Speaker A:Now how do you like the water parks?
Speaker B:Because I love them.
Speaker A:I, I'm not a water park person.
Speaker B:But I hear that a good water park and it is fun.
Speaker B:Graham and I did Typhoon Lagoon on Our last trip and it's easily to me a half day activity if you get there early in the morning.
Speaker B:But there's a lot to see and do and it's, it's a lot of fun.
Speaker A:I'm more of a lazy river kind of person.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:That's my, more my style.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:So I, Yeah.
Speaker A:But these are really great themed water parks.
Speaker A:I remember when I was a kid we went down to Orlando and we were staying at a hotel near wet and wild.
Speaker B:Oh yeah.
Speaker A:And I've told my kids this in my, you know, a lot of times I tell stories to my kids about when I was young and they rolled their eyes because that's what you do with your parents when they, when they go back in my day.
Speaker A:But my brother and I, he's a year younger than I am, so we were at the same age for us to see.
Speaker A:We.
Speaker A:And we grew up in the middle of nowhere in New Hampshire.
Speaker A:For us to see a water park, we might as well have seen a colony on Mars.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And we did not know these things existed.
Speaker A:And so we see this and we're like slides into pools.
Speaker A:Like we were blown away.
Speaker A:Blown away.
Speaker A:And now, you know, of course now everybody knows what water park is.
Speaker A:Most people have visited but I mean we were like 10 years old and never even knew this place was there.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And so I, I found myself loving water parks.
Speaker A:But I found myself also as I've gotten older, I've gotten.
Speaker A:I just hated the waiting with the raft.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:You know, climbing the stairs.
Speaker A:Climbing the stairs.
Speaker A:Holding on to a big inner tube.
Speaker A:I, I just got done with that Is.
Speaker A:So is there, is, is there an ease of use to the Disney water parks?
Speaker B:It depends on the attraction.
Speaker B:A lot of them are still grab your float at the bottom and walk up the stairs.
Speaker B:So it's an exh.
Speaker B:Experienced but it is still fun.
Speaker A:The waves way pools.
Speaker A:Good.
Speaker A:Those are fun too.
Speaker B:Oh yeah.
Speaker B:I don't do the wave pools because I mean it's, it really is, it's, it's kind of a crazy experience.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:So again you, you can check into those.
Speaker A:When you check in and you have nothing else to do, make sure you pack your, you know, bathing suit and be ready to go and go to the water parks.
Speaker A:Any other advice for people on their half day or full day off outside of their own resort pool or just sort of taking it easy.
Speaker A:Outdoor movies, that kind of thing.
Speaker B:Yeah, I think we pretty much covered it.
Speaker B:There's always going to be something going on if you're at the pool.
Speaker B:You'll find the entertainment team there that's always doing games with the kids.
Speaker B:Sometimes they'll have little prizes for them.
Speaker B:They'll have music and trivia.
Speaker B:Sometimes just so just kind of sit back and enjoy just some off time when you're there.
Speaker A:Exactly.
Speaker A:And I will tell you this, I love your idea of, of shopping and going, you know, on the monorail stops.
Speaker A:The monorail for some of us is still a pretty cool thing.
Speaker A:Even though it's clunky, it's still kind of fun.
Speaker A:You can just ride that around.
Speaker A:Just enjoy that bit.
Speaker A:So again, don't be dismayed by I only have four days at the park but I'm there six or whatever it is.
Speaker A:There is still plenty to do and let your imagination run a little bit and you will definitely find things to do for sure.
Speaker A:Again, Orlando was built for the City of Entertainment was built for people leaving the Disney bubble.
Speaker A:But if you're staying within the Disney bubble, there is a lot to do within the Walt Disney World Resort.
Speaker B:That's right.
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