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Episode 318: DVC Resale Market, Welcome Home Weeks & Villains
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The guys are joined by Dani from DVC Resale Market to dive into the latest Disney Vacation Club resale news. They discuss recent unexpected increase in ROFR activity, shifts in pricing, and the market’s record-breaking summer. Dani shares insights on current promotions, speculation around the upcoming Lakeshore Lodge, and how different resort restrictions impact resale value. DVC Welcome Home Weeks have started with a variety of free gifts for members in the parks and resorts. Minnie Vans will now transport guests staying at all Deluxe Resorts and Villas to and from the airport for a hefty fee. D23 will not have a Parks panel this year, but will feature a panel that discusses future villains themed attractions. Disney is polling guests on their level of awareness of Disney villains, including some rare ones. Oogie Boogie Bash begins this week with new character appearances from Syndrome and Maleficent.
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Introduction and Sponsorship
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This is Skipper Albert A. Wall, the voice of the jungle, broadcasting on the DVC to all voice unknown. If you're within the sound of my voice, you're listening to Welcome Home Podcast on the DVC.
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Hello and welcome home. This episode of Welcome Home is brought to you by DVC Resale Market. Thank you for joining us on episode 318 of Welcome Home, a Disney Parks and Vacation Club podcast.
Weekend Activities and DVC Resale Market
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I'm Tom here with Trevor. How's it going, Trevor? Hey.
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Pretty good. How are you doing today? i am. I am great, Trevor. I am. I've got like, you know, all kinds of energy today. ah good Feeling good. No crazy stuff going on this weekend besides kids birthday parties. You know, that fun stuff. I mean, that that is just that that comes with the territory. i Yeah. Yeah.
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yeah it It does stop. I mean, i you know, my my son doesn't do birthday parties anymore. Obviously, he's a teenager, but I do kind of miss that. Do you? Do you?
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It was fun. you know You know, honestly, having a reason to, like, go to, like, laser tag. i mean, there's, well, you never need a reason to go to laser tag. I guess. Yeah, maybe.
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You don't need a reason to go to laser tag. It it feels awkward when, you know, I go without my son. I feel like the old it's the only time I socialize with other parents is like when I'm at birthday parties and I'm like, you know, I should like hang out with that guy. That guy seems cool, but then nothing ever comes of it.
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I mean, it's hard because, you know, everyone's lives are in different directions. It is. It is. But we should we should not go too much further, Trevor, here without introducing our guests this week. It's been a while since we've had our friends from World of DVC on and and specifically DVC Resale Market. And Trevor, you actually were like, we need to have them on again recently. You know, you kind of mentioned that to me and I was like, yeah, let's make that happen.
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So we've got Danny, who is our longtime friend on the show. Right, Trevor? were you going to say? i apologize. i was just going to say, yeah, i i'm I'm excited to to have a conversation with Danny. So welcome back to the show.
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Thank you so much. Yeah, I took a little hiatus, went in, had a baby, and now I'm back. And congratulations, and thank you for taking time away from your baby for us, for these two babies. She's speaking right now. She doesn't know the difference. If she was awake, that would be a whole other story.
Danny's Disney Career and Life Changes
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Well, you know, we hopefully hopefully we won't we won't have to keep you away from her for too long today.
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But we just want to it's been a while. You know, we haven't we haven't talked a lot of DVC recently and and, you know, we have new listeners all the time. So so, Danny, you want to give a little bit about your about your background, ah you know, pre DVC resale market and what you do for the market as well?
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Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. So anyone who's new here, I used to work for DVC Direct for many years. I actually worked out on the cruise ships. um So I was out on the cruise ships for, gosh, I think it was like over 10 years.
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um So did many, many cruises all around the world. Then decided to leave Disney and my husband and I actually traveled around the world for a year and a half.
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um Went to over 20 countries. So that was pretty epic. And then came over to the resale market. And so I am a sales agent at DBC Resale Market.
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Which is more fun, being on the cruises or working at DBC Resale Market? I promise Nick does not listen to us, so you won't get in trouble. Well... stages of your life you know like the the cruise ships gosh I miss it so much I was actually just saying I never thought after working on cruise ships for so long that I would want to go on a cruise for a vacation just that was always working for me yeah and I was just saying this morning to one of my friends I'm like I'm dying to go on a cruise but that was you know
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I was younger. i was single for a lot of that time in my life and and just crazy and adventurous. And now I'm like married with a kid and we love to still travel, but it looks different. So I really do love working for Resale Market and just being able to work from anywhere.
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And we have clients all over the world and I just love the people that I work with. It's yeah. I love resale market right now for this point in my life, for sure.
Family Vacations and Changing Dynamics
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yeah But cruises were fun.
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it's It's funny you say that, Danny, because the last contract I bought from you guys was from a couple in Australia. I mean, so you guys are literally worldwide. Literally, yeah. Yeah. It's not i it's not just just around here. and like Or Canada, either. I mean, Trevor, you you you bought, too, i mean you know from them. So so that's that's great, Danny. I know what you mean. It's it's tough when you you know because like things just kind of like – change and your vacation changes and stuff like that in fact you know we're gonna talk we're gonna do an episode of our our food time show later we're gonna talk about food and wine and um i was i was showing my wife some of the pictures and she goes so she goes god i just miss going to food and wine just you and i just eating around the world drinking and you know like not having to deal with you know i want a snack i want
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Yeah, she's like, we need to go back and do food and wine just by ourselves. was like, yeah, you know, one of these days, but it's it's hard, you know, it's what I can say, you know, tell my daughter to stay home while we go to Disney World. Oh, that'll go over well. Yeah, you're not gonna buy that.
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I mean, we're getting to that point, you know, my well your're there yeah my son's getting to that point where he's like, i don't want to go to Disney right now. And so my wife and i like, fine, well, we're going. How does it last for that long? There's like a stage in your life where you're just too cool for Disney, but then you know three, four years later, you're like, so about that Disney trip. Come back around, right? yeah Yeah, I'm sure he'll be wanting to come back after you.
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you have any extra points with this? we We actually we talked about this because ah it's it's an interesting point, Danny, because like sometimes, you know, like when you're younger, you don't appreciate the finer points of Disney. Right. it's It's like you you appreciate like the the thrill stuff or like the fun rides that you remember, but you don't appreciate like the detail stuff that they do or like the shows or like just when you're a kid, you just don't get it as much, you know?
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And I mean, no, that's no fault of theirs. Like, no, no, not at all. dave If they've grown up doing Disney. like And then you do another trip somewhere else. They're like, ah what is this? What what is Where's the magic? yeah Yeah. I know exactly what you mean. You don't know what you got until you don't have it Until you're a broke college student and you're like, I have enough money to basically go down the street for my vacation. Yeah.
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Yeah, my my son's getting to that point pretty soon. he's he he's He has some plans with his friends, but he's like, oh, yeah, we're going to do this. And I'm like, i don't think you are. It's like you want to like travel to Europe. And I'm like, oh, my gosh, that's very expensive. And you're a college student.
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yeah But everybody on TikTok's doing it. yeah Oh, yeah, of course. it's It's so easy on social media. Yeah, that's yeah that's exactly right. But that's, yeah, no, it's, I, owe I talk about this all the time that I worry that my daughter will get spoiled because we go to Disney so much. And, you know, I try to explain to her all the time. I'm like, listen, most kids don't get to do this, right? Like, you got to understand that this is not normal.
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Okay. Like, you know, most kids don't, are going maybe once their whole life. you're Not once every year. Cause my daughter will say to me like all the time, she'll like, so when are we going to Disney again? And I'm like, I don't know.
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Sometime, but way i not we don't have one plan yet, but we'll be there. i mean but I mean, we are doing the Christmas party this year, though, Danny, for the first time. My daughter does not know yet, so we're very excited. ah Wait, so how are you going to...
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how are you goingnna Just surprise. Well, I haven't decided that yet. We're already going to be in Florida. So my mom lives in Florida about an hour and a half from from Orlando. So i we're going there. We're spending the week of Thanksgiving with them.
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So since we were doing that, I said to my wife, and it's almost impossible. You're an hour and a half from Disney. How are we not going to go for a day or do something, right? and And that's kind of what I always say to my wife. It's like, we're so close. Like, we got to do something. And then I was like, you know what? Maybe this is finally the year for the Christmas party because we've been waiting for my daughter to be old enough um where we felt like she would get something out of it and that we wouldn't be just, you know, dropping $200 she falls asleep at eight o'clock, you know? Yeah.
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So um I haven't
Disney Market Insights and Speculations
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decided that yet, though. We might just get in the car and go, but she'll figure it out immediately. I i guarantee my daughter will figure it I love watching those videos of yeah parents surprising their kids going to Disney.
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I do, too. They're great, right? so do you think you're going to tell her you're going to Disney and just not tell her you're going to the party or no i think we're just gonna surprise yeah i think it's gonna be a complete surprise i think maybe we'll just tell her like we're gonna go we're going to a party or something right oh yeah but knowing my daughter she because we've taken this trip from my mom's to disney so many times she's gonna know she's gonna know as soon as we start driving that direction she's gonna be like are we going to disney yeah she won't know why you're there though so you just roll up and are like yeah it's we're here for a party You can just tell her you're going to my house. used to five minutes from Magic Kingdom. just hey Danny lives like right near Magic Kingdom. I know it looks.
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this This route is very familiar to you, but we're actually going to someone's house. I'll probably just deny it until we drive through the gates. You know, like I'll just be like, no, no, no We're doing something else. We do Disney all the time. just We're just parking here because it's free. Yeah. Trust me.
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Don't worry about it. We're just getting on the boat. We're just parking here because it's the most expensive parking in all of Orlando. Yeah, exactly. Right. i I don't know. I haven't really thought that much about the reveal yet, but i I'm excited to do it, though, because honestly, it's one of those things that my wife and I didn't even do by ourselves pre-child. So we did a lot of the dessert parties, but we never did the Christmas party or or the Halloween party. So we're we're actually pretty pumped to do this okay well i have to come back on after you did the party so i could hear all about it hear how it goes yeah i got i got a whole crew coming so by the way i don't know if you guys know this but did you know we have the cheapest tickets for the parties i did not know that no i actually i was talking even cheaper than disney's really 10 yeah up to 10 off of tickets whereas like even if you're a dvc member you get ten dollars off
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of the tickets. um Yeah. Cheapest tickets you can find. Is this through Magic Unlocked? Is this your new... Yeah. Unlocked Magic. Unlocked Magic. I'm sorry. Unlocked Magic. You're fine. Yeah. so Yeah. So definitely check them out because you literally cannot find tickets cheaper.
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That's great to know because I was a little ah bummed that I didn't get my DVC discount for the date that I'm going because it's the weekend of of of ah Thanksgiving. It's not one of the weeks they give the discount. So it's like, that's a bummer. But that's good to know. we And by the way, for we are going to have somebody on about um about Unlocked Magic. So from from World of DVC sometime soon here to talk through that stuff. Yes. We should be on weekends coming on.
00:11:23
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What's that? I'm sorry. I believe Megan is coming on. Yeah. Which is Marissa's sister-in-law and oh she has a new position in the company and i believe she's going to be coming on to talk about Unlock Magic.
00:11:34
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Great. Yeah. I'm excited to talk about that because I almost never buy my tickets directly from Disney. I usually use undercover tourists, but since you guys are getting into the ticket business, i we we might need to ah might need to change that up now. So...
00:11:46
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Yeah. Well, anyway, we brought you here to talk about DVC, though. so Yeah. So what's what's going on in the resale market? Like, what's what's the what's the latest? Oh, goodness. Have you guys seen the rofers recently? that's part of why we brought you on. Yeah. That was what kind of sparked my interest was I've seen a lot of rofer activity. So what are you seeing from your perspective, Danny?
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Just randomness, to be very honest. No pattern whatsoever is what you're No. that I mean, they bought back a Riviera contract, which has never happened.
00:12:19
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Wow. Yeah. but I mean, it's still live inventory. So I would have thought, well that's what do you need it for? still have a lot of inventory.
00:12:30
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Hmm. Okay. Interesting. Interesting. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe it's just their um they're trying to control the market so it doesn't drop too low, um which as a DVC member, I really do appreciate that we have ROFR for that reason. Because if I ever needed to sell my contract, ROFR really does keep the market balanced. It keeps it from not going too, too low. like There's tons of other timeshares out there. If you ever needed to sell, you basically have to pay to get out of it.
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Whereas with DVC, you sometimes can even make money when you're selling your contract. So I think that, you know, they can't sell Riviera at $235 per point if the resale market is dropping for Riviera. So might be their way of just trying to keep the market up.
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um But yeah, that was shocking. And then, I mean, we didn't see any rofers for Riviera. Gosh, it was like over a year. Yeah. I remember when we talked about this last time, there was like no activity. There was activity at all. And then they they slowly started buying back like some Animal Kingdom um has been pretty steady with ropher buybacks, some Polynesian, Grand Floridian.
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But then this go around in July, we saw Bambi. Beach Club, we saw Boardwalk, Boulder Ridge, Copper Creek, Grand Californian, Grand Floridian, Old Key West, and Saratoga, and Vero Beach. they they They bought a Vero Beach back as well. um Yeah, so wild. Any theories behind this? Any conspiracy theories? ah Okay, so...
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there's my theory for some resorts is different than my theory for others. So for some, I just think that they need inventory. Like they had a higher demand of these sold out properties, or maybe they wanted to do some sort of promotion for a sold out resort ah just to get some traffic in the door.
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um And so they buy it back on the resale market and then resell it for double the price. for do um yeah out first So that I totally understand for those specific resorts. But then there's like all of these kind of outliers, which I'm not too sure about. I don't know if they're just trying to, you know, keep the market up or whatever.
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or they're just trying to throw everyone off. I don't really know. um but I think that it'll be cool to really keep your eye on the resale market over the next few months to see what happens because it feels like a shift is happening. i don't know what exactly is going to come of that shift, but um whenever Disney does big, unique, different things like this, you always kind of start to see a shift in the market. yeah,
00:15:28
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Um, I know kind of shift are you expecting? i mean, what do you, what do you think? You're not sure. It's kind of random. Okay. So then let's put together this with the fact that we had a record breaking month last month.
00:15:42
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Oh, wow. Um, which is not common for this, the middle of summer. and that's not, not the peak peak seasons, usually a little bit slower of a time. And we had an all time record breaking, um, company wide.
00:15:58
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ah record-breaking month. So I don't know. don't really know what to make of it, to be honest, right now. um I think, you know, I'll come on in like a month or two and then we'll will kind of dissect what's been going on because we're like literally right in the middle of what could be a ah shift.
00:16:18
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Interesting. so yeah So with that, i where you know what have resale prices looked like recently? What's the market been like the past couple months? So actually really, really good for buyers. where Well, it's good for buyers and sellers in a way. We're having our Red Hot Deals sale, which as you guys know, that's our most popular sale that we do. It's going until the end of the month.
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So for sellers, it's really good because i mean we're selling tons and tons and tons of contracts. So if you're looking to sell, your contract's going to sell really quickly. um But if you're looking to buy, there's a ton of deals ah right now. So the the market is looking looking really, really good if you're if you're in the market to buy at the moment.
00:17:00
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Nice. that's That's good. I was just looking at resale prices and it looks like they haven't... I was looking at... you So for those that don't know, you can go on DVCResaleMarket.com and go on their blog and you can see like a chart of the resale prices. And and they look like they've been... i don't want to say like relatively flat, but like there's you know obviously been some movement around.
00:17:19
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Yeah. They're pretty... The overall average price is pretty steady, but... you can get some really good red hot deals right now. Like those one-off deals that, I mean, every single week I have clients that will be like, Hey Danny, do you have any of those like really unique deals?
00:17:36
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And if you're looking for those, now would be the time to look on the site. There's definitely a, definitely a buyer's market right now. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Well, that's, i mean, that's not a bad thing, but um do you, so you guys have those red hot deals or those just like, those are just like really good deals at the, at the time. Like there's only, so it's only a select few, right? It's not like a, it's not all of your, your deals, I guess. Yeah. um So the, the promotion started in July and,
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And so he would have come on like the first week of the promotion. There were tons, but they all, I mean, a lot of them have sold, but there's still sellers who are just now participating in the promotion. So, I mean, I just posted a few just yesterday. So,
00:18:25
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there's There's still a ton coming on, but they go really, really fast. Like I posted one yesterday morning and then by the afternoon it was gone. So you just have to be quick about it. um I would highly recommend if you are in the market, download the DVC Resale Market app.
00:18:41
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If you had the app before, we the company spent a very, very pretty penny making this enhancing this app.
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And it's awesome now. So you can actually set notifications if you're in the market for a specific listing or... you kind of want to look out for those really good deals. You could set specific notifications for those specific listings. So that's the DVC Resale Market app. Definitely download that.
00:19:09
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um And then just like kind of keep your eye out every day because the sale's going on until the end of the month. So there's new contracts being posted all the time. They're first come, first serve. So they are firm price because the seller has already discounted pretty low the market um so firm price full price offers only um all terms agreeing with the listing and first come first search so if you see it just grab it right away if it's something that you know catches your eye that makes sense yeah that makes sense uh trevor i sorry i feel like i've been asking all the questions no no you're good i mean it it yeah that that's totally fine um
00:19:49
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Yeah, I mean, honestly, you asked everything that I would have asked at this point, Tom. um So, actually, I guess we do have... So, outside of the current yeah DVC um resorts and all that, ah you know we love to speculate around here. um so We always make you, like, guess stuff, too. Yeah. yeah So, with Lakeshore Lodge coming up, um do you see... or how do you see that impacting...
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the market? Because obviously, you know, it's, it's another new resort. And I know that, you know, you usually don't see, um, resale listings until like, like, you know, take some time for them to start showing up in the market. But do you see that, um, potentially causing a shift in how other properties sell or like, like, where do you see that kind of sitting in, in the ecosystem?
00:20:37
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Yeah. I mean, I think it's, So I've heard rumors that it's going to be part of the same association as Fort Wilderness Cabins.
00:20:49
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Now, if that's the case, then there will be resale restrictions. um If that's the case, there's not much interest in them, unfortunately. So then it just...
00:21:03
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brings everyone back to the 14 classics. um It's just you lose so much value. if If you bought that contract direct and then you go to sell it, ah you're losing so much money.
00:21:16
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yeah um And nobody buys a DVC contract expecting to sell it, but we we wouldn't be around if that wasn't the case. Life happens, you know? And so everybody kind of wants that safety blanket of, okay, if I ever need to sell it I can, and I'm not going to lose like my whole investment.
00:21:36
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um So, yeah, I mean, I, I hope that that's not the case, but I have definitely heard rumors that it will be in the same association. But if that happens, I think it's just going to, at least for us on the resale market, it's just going to bring more attention to the 14 classics. Yeah.
00:21:53
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Yeah, that that'll be interesting. I actually just, i was reading your that reading the blog and I saw that you guys just ah recently sold your first Fort Wilderness cabin resale market, right? Resale contract, right? 135 per point. 135, wow, okay. pretty low.
00:22:10
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Yeah. Especially because you buy it direct for two 35. Yeah. yeah Yeah. That, I mean, but I feel like we all probably, I mean, I don't want to say we all saw that coming, but I, it, I felt like that was, that one was going to be, uh, it was going to be kind of a challenge. And well, it was the same with Riviera though. We kind of thought that was going to be the case of Riviera because of the restrictions. Right. Right. right Exactly.
00:22:30
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Yeah. Um, yeah. So, I mean, the only time I really have people buy those restricted resorts is if they love that resort and they can't live without it, which, which happens. I mean, we sell Riviera all the time.
00:22:43
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um but it's just people who either have, you know, a bunch of direct points that they can use anywhere, or they have points at the 14 classics they could use anywhere. And they just want, you know, a handful of points they can use,
00:22:58
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specifically at Riviera. They don't care that they can't use them anywhere else or they just can't live without staying at Riviera. So it's not like they won't sell. Like obviously a Fort Wilderness cabin listing came on the market. It sold very quickly.
00:23:14
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um People will buy it, but it's just the people selling it are just going to lose money. Yeah. Well, that's I mean, I think I talked about this on the show when I bought my most recent contract. I did a contract swap, Danny. So like I had one contract that was a different use year than the other ah than my other two. And it was, you know, annoying me. So um i because it just as you know, it it caused the logistics of it are a little bit of a pain when you have different use years.
00:23:43
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And I just for years had been wanting to fix that situation. So when I swapped my contracts that I had ah sold my the the Animal Kingdom one that I bought back in I want to say, oh, gosh, what was it? Maybe 2017 or 18.
00:24:00
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seventeen or eighteen ah No, wait. yeah Let me think about that. Yeah, I think it was 18. And i pretty much got exactly what I paid for it back to me.
00:24:11
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Right. Which is unheard of in the industry, by the way. Yeah, it is. Yeah. It's super cool that that you could use it for all those years and still get what you paid for it.
00:24:21
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that Exactly right. Because I i mean, i I feel like I actually ended up on top just because to your point, I used it for all those years and still ended up getting back what I what i made. So like, yeah, it's ah it's that kind of thing that makes that you know makes resale like really worth it, you know?
00:24:38
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Right. And so when you're, you're thinking about like which resort to purchase into that, that really weighs into it. It's like, okay, I love Rivera for instance, but do I love it enough to lose? Yeah. you know that you so much i have to sell it Yeah.
00:24:56
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So it's definitely, it's definitely a huge part in people's decision-making when thinking about which resort to, to buy into.
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00:25:05
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Um, But yeah, other than that, there's also been rumors about – um the trust, like it it being in a trust and kind of like, I forgot about the trust.
00:25:17
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Yeah. So explain how that works. Not to put you on the spot. I mean, I don't know if if a lot of other timeshares do it. So basically they'll put certain resorts into a trust and then you buy into the trust. You don't buy into a specific resort.
00:25:32
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So you buy into the trust and then you have access to those resorts in that trust. Yeah. Okay. so yeah it'll be interesting because you know we get the question a lot what about future resorts if i buy direct i'll always have access to future resorts and if they do the trust that might not be the case and yeah because you would have to buy into the trust to have so those resorts So, yeah.
00:25:58
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It's interesting because it feels – the trust idea feels like it can be beneficial to people but also beneficial. I don't i don't know. i tried to like I try to feel like where there's a downside to it. Like if I'm into like these like three resorts that are in the trust, I mean that kind of sounds like a good idea. Yeah. You know?
00:26:16
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You have like the keys to the kingdom. you know Yeah. you You basically can almost guarantee that you're going to have um access to it whenever you want. But – it's Disney that can only last for so long, right? It's the busiest tourist destination in the world. So, yeah um, you know, maybe if you're one of the first people to buy into the press, uh, it'll be super easy to get in.
00:26:41
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That would be a huge advantage, but I mean, even down the road, it'll probably have better availability than, you know, maybe the other resorts. So I think that's probably their reasoning behind looking into it.
00:26:54
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Um, I mean, but yeah there's there's always pros and cons, you know? Yeah. It does kind of solve a little bit of the problem of choice paralysis because, yeah you know, you do have it. Like you said, you know there's 14 resorts to pick from, which, you know, for some people that can be very overwhelming. It's like, where do I stay? How, you know, you know, how do I decide?
00:27:14
Speaker
And if it's like, hey, there's there's just a group of three resorts and you can just you know move between those three resorts, that actually can be a big selling point for a lot of people too. That's a great point. Yeah, I get it It's not an issue for you, Trevor, since you only stay Poly. I mean, yeah. that's yeah you know if If they did restrictions on Poly, I'd be like, yeah, and?
00:27:33
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, big deal. Okay. Oh, yeah. Yeah. We were thrilled when when they announced that the Island Tower was part of the the original Polysorization. Trevor wasn't pumped about the Island Tower, Danny. got yeah i was to say, it was back to your point, Danny, about you know you know some people have like a particular resort. We are one of those families that yeah know we just like the Poly. it's It's not that I would never stay anywhere else. It's just...
00:28:02
Speaker
why would I not stay at the Pauly is kind of the argument. yeah but What's the argument not to, i which I get, you know? Yeah. Oh, I have tons of clients that are the same way about their specific resort. So super common.
00:28:17
Speaker
I feel like a lot of people have gotten very loyal to Riviera too, since that's debuted. I don't know why. I mean, it's nice. And I haven't stayed there yet. I just, I've, I've heard a lot of people that are like really love Riviera. Yeah. like Yeah, I think it's the first resort since Grand Floridian that kind of has that bougie vibe.
00:28:34
Speaker
yeah it see If that's your thing, then yeah. That's why, i see, it's not my thing, which is probably why I i mean i walked it i've walked through there a couple times and I have like been like, ooh, this feels uncomfortable to me. It's nice. I'm underdressed to be in here. Yeah, like I'm not cool enough for this place.
00:28:52
Speaker
Right, like people that love Grand Floridian love Revere. People that love Polynesian love like Animal Kingdom, Wilderness Lodge. And that's the beauty of DVC is there's kind of something for everyone.
00:29:04
Speaker
um That's what I love about it And it's just so funny. Like you were talking about how, you know, people just love their resort. It's like they're Disney people. Disney people are are so loyal to just the brand, to the, to their resort, to, I mean, to what they eat in the park. like They go and get the same snack every single time. It's a, it's a tradition.
00:29:29
Speaker
So yeah, there we see a lot of that for sure. So Disney's not allowed to change anything ever because when they do people get mad. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. all right. Well, Danny, was there anything else you wanted to talk about with the ah with with resale that you wanted to to talk about or promote? I mean, Trevor, i don't know if you had any additional questions, but I also know.
00:29:45
Speaker
I'm good. I had my my reckless speculation answered. So. Yeah, I mean, I do wonder what price point um the the the new Lakeshore Lodge is going to debut at. Because the thing is, Danny, I'm going to buy into that at some point, but most likely resale. not I don't think I'm going to buy direct ah for that one. and i think I'll probably wait.
00:30:05
Speaker
but Because we love Wilderness Lodge. so like that's And that looks like it's Wilderness Lodge times 100. Yeah, it's the bougie Wilderness Lodge. That's exactly right. yeah The bougie Wilderness Lodge. The intersection of... yeah yeah Yeah. um So it depends on how long it actually takes them because we usually see about one to two price increases a year.
00:30:31
Speaker
if they're at 235 now, you're probably looking 240, 245 per point. Okay. Interesting. Interesting. to forty to forty five per point interesting But then resale, maybe $145. Okay.
00:30:45
Speaker
That's more my speed. yeah start Start budgeting now, Tom. Yeah. I don't really need more points either. Okay. Nobody needs more points.
00:30:56
Speaker
Danny, you'll laugh at this. when I went on a Disney cruise recently, and it was the first one I'd been on, right? so i And I went to the DVC booth, and ah I said something. you know I gave my name to the person, and I was like, listen, I have enough points. don't need more points.
00:31:11
Speaker
and the woman And the woman peeks over to her computer and looks, I'm guessing, at like my profile. And she goes, I disagree. I think you need more. and I was like, I really don't, though. like yeah I'm good for right now. used to, when I worked on the ship, I used to play a game with everyone. i I was always just so curious, like...
00:31:31
Speaker
how many points everybody has. oh yeah And, you know, you'll always have that one family that's like, oh, I have more points than anyone here. And then I'm like, just wait.
00:31:44
Speaker
wait Because, I mean, we have members that have 4,000 points. It's crazy. Yeah. And they're usually not the ones that say anything. no just kind of It's always cool to meet them in real life. Cause I'm like, so I need to know every trip you've been on all the cool adventures. I mean, the people that have that many points, they do a lot of cruises. They do a lot of adventures by Disney. They do, you know, all sorts of,
00:32:09
Speaker
fun things with their points. And so it's, it's so cool to hear about all the different trips that they've gotten to take or the three bedroom grand villas that they've done. And, um you know milestone trips that's the that's the next one for me to conquer i want to do a i want to do a grand villa maybe at alani i think that's what think that's my next one i want that i well that that i really want to do where i'm going to blow out the points which it's actually actually not it's not even that bad for a week at alani for in a grand villa i mean i it's it's a lot of points but it's not as not when you compare it to the to the rack rate for sure but you're gonna be ruined after that oh i know like yeah
00:32:44
Speaker
You're going to do a grand villa at Aulani and then go back to like a studio? No. leave it so Okay. So we got ruined by two bedrooms a couple of years back. So lately, we've been doing two bedrooms more than anything. um But yeah, it's you're right because I'll do the grand villa. and But you know what I did, Danny, a couple trips ago? i had a grand villa booked.
00:33:05
Speaker
And then I changed it to two two bedrooms, which was less points. And it actually worked out better because we all kind of, we got to have space away from our family, which I think is nice when you're doing a family trip. Yeah, sure. No, it depends on what you're getting it for. Like if yeah you're doing a three bedroom because you are bringing a ton of people, yeah, then sometimes the the two bedrooms, two two bedrooms can be better.
00:33:27
Speaker
But if you're doing it for like the experience, it's such a bucket list experience to do a three bedroom Grandfellow. um I did one an Animal Kingdom one time and I surprised my grandmother for her 80th birthday. oh that's awesome.
00:33:43
Speaker
I told her, I mean, she didn't know the difference. I told her we were just staying in a studio. mean, she didn't ahead and yeah you know how many but how many people the studio could sleep. And so she walks into this three-bedroom grand villa at Animal Kingdom, and she was like crying. I mean, it was just so cool, unique. And it's an experience I'll never forget.
00:34:04
Speaker
So if you're looking for like the wow factor, those three-bedroom grand villas, they spoil you. ah I'm going to do it one of these days. like I did the cat i did ah one night of a cabin at ah at a Wilderness Lodge at a academy mean Copper Creek because we had just some extra points we had to burn. And that was that would that's hard to hard to beat them. Okay, let me paint a picture for you. The three-bedroom grand villa at Aulani, you basically have like that entire... If you look at the picture of Aulani, you have the whole balcony.
00:34:36
Speaker
The whole thing. That's amazing. Outside of the yeah he the hotel. here Yeah. You're like a celebrity. I mean, people are looking at your room like, who who are these people? yeah You just walk in and you're like, I'm checking into the three bedroom grandfilla. You just feel so cool. you almost have to not do the walk right to your room thing. You have to like go to check in and be like, ah yes, I'm doing the three bedroom. like Just really loud. It's a little bit louder so everybody can hear.
00:35:07
Speaker
Yeah. Are you sure my three bedroom is available? You know, just say it really loud. I don't know where to go. Can you take me to my three bedroom? yeah exactly. Yeah. Just loudly to all the Can I have an ocean view, right? The entire balcony. Ocean views. And did you order the dolphins, Jackie? Did you order the dolphins? I did. I love that.
00:35:28
Speaker
That's great. Danny, always have always a pleasure having you on. We really appreciate you dealing with our nonsense. But um thank you. How can people reach you? Yeah. um The best way to reach me is usually just text me. um So I just give out my cell phone number. It is 954-257-2425. That's the fastest and easiest way to reach me.
00:35:49
Speaker
um You can also email me at danny at dbcresallmarket.com. So D-A-N-I-N-I. at dbcresalemarket.com. And we are available seven days a week. um We are open from 9am to midnight.
00:36:04
Speaker
So I don't think any other company out there can say that, but we're always available to help you. And yeah. They never sleep at DVC Resale Market. We don't. early do you know I really don't sleep. like You have a newborn. That actually probably is good for you because you're probably up at all core kinds of odd hours. like oh Somebody at 2 a.m. just messaged me. One of my clients yesterday messaged me. She lives on the West Coast. and She's like, is it too late? I'm like, no, I'm just getting started.
00:36:34
Speaker
ah well Thanks again, Dani, for coming on. We we appreciate it. We'll definitely talk to you again soon. Of course. Take care, guys. Well, that was a lot of fun having Danny on. She's always a good time. I appreciate it. I miss Derek a little bit. I want Derek back on. Not that I don't like Danny. I just miss Derek.
00:36:49
Speaker
Yeah, well, I think we need to reach out to Derek directly and say, We miss you. What are you doing? We're so important, right? Yeah. what what's What other podcasts are you cheating on us with?
00:37:02
Speaker
yeah Yeah. Anyway. ah so But no, Dani's great. I enjoy Dani. She's just a really great representative for that company. So, you know. Yeah, absolutely. go talk please yeah Please go talk to them if you need anything. You know, obviously we we are...
00:37:17
Speaker
Or they're a sponsor of the show, but, you know, as you can tell from our our conversations with them, but you know, we wouldn't be dealing with them if we didn't believe in what they were doing. And, you know, they're great people over there. So, know. Listen, i this is this is true. i So one of the reasons why we started to to work with DVC Resale Market, because there's there's a lot of resale companies out there. There's there's quite a few, right?
00:37:36
Speaker
Mm-hmm. And part of the reason was, first of all, from the very beginning, the very first guest we ever had on the show was Nick, who owns DVC Resale Market. And back then, and it was a much smaller company. So he used to come on with us, right?
00:37:48
Speaker
And you know now they've grown exponentially. mean, they've exploded since we we started talking to them. and um But part of why we did that is, I mean, Nick you know was the owner of the company and was willing to come on and talk with us. And like it was...
00:38:01
Speaker
it was ah you know He was just very knowledgeable and smart, and they have all former DVC people that work there. and you know So these people know what they're doing. I mean, it's I wouldn't go anywhere else just because I know that they they know better than anybody else what they're doing. I mean, if you i mean if you look them up, if you Google them, they have you know a five-star rating on on on Google. I mean, they they they never get a bad review. So, I mean, it's can't can't say I want to work with the best when we do stuff on this show, and and that's why we work with them.
00:38:30
Speaker
Exactly. So not to shill. We really don't like doing. I mean, we're we're allowed to talk about this month. We try. Honestly, we do try to limit it on the show. We we we understand that, you know, people listening to the show, you know, you you don't want to be just plugged about yeah a particular company or whatever. You want to hear about Disney and DVC and all that kind of stuff. But.
00:38:53
Speaker
I feel it's still, we you know, it's still a valid conversation because if you are, you know, talking about DVC, you should be talking about all the options for DVC. So, yeah, you know, I still think it's it's fair, you know, yeah again, not all the time, but we still should highlight them from time to time.
00:39:09
Speaker
Yeah, and i think Danny will be your our ad for this week. so yeah But listen, if you do reach out to DVC Resale Market, you know it is really important that you go to DVCResaleMarket.com slash welcome home.
00:39:21
Speaker
Or if you talk to Danny, let them know that you heard let her know that you heard about ah them from from here. So that that is important us. so So we won't do an ad this week because the first 35 minutes of the show was an ad.
Welcome Home Weeks and Member Perks
00:39:32
Speaker
so So anyway, let's um I want to talk about some other DVC news. It's going to be DVC-heavy episode, but that's you know we don't always have a lot of DVC stuff going on. so That's good. I think Disney doesn't always publish DVC stuff, but when they do, they seem to just kind of...
00:39:50
Speaker
dump it all does yeah and so we got welcome home weeks going on trevor which yeah it's basically like uh it's almost like a dvc appreciation kind of thing right i mean this is it's it's a dvc member appreciation it's from august 14th to september 16th so this has already started but it goes all the way through september 16th and they they are celebrating members and so you get some free stuff if you're you happen to be by the parks right Yeah. It looks like, is it just the, ah there's like ah or they say it's a free shopping bag. I'm guessing it's like a, like one of those like canvas totes or something. Yeah. Like a reuse, it's a reusable shopping bag. So I think most of us have seen what those look like at this point. Right.
00:40:32
Speaker
um But yeah, that's, that's one of the things that they have. Yeah. Yeah. you know there's So there's a bunch of different events and the schedules are, you know, we there's an ice cream, there's ice cream, I guess, free ice cream, right?
00:40:46
Speaker
Probably just like a Mickey bar. It says ice cream sweet stop and yeah it's at it's in different places. So yeah I'm guessing it's probably like, yeah, Mickey bars or something. Yeah, so like Magic Kingdom on Wednesdays, Epcot Tuesday, Thursdays, Hollywood Studios Monday, Thursdays, Animal Kingdom Thursdays, Fridays, Disney Springs Mondays and Fridays. So you can, I mean, and then at Saratoga Springs, of course, you can just get ice cream all the time.
00:41:09
Speaker
That's a lot of plans. Like... like Would it be weird to like try and plan out my day if I was like, OK, I'm going to make sure I'm Epcot on Tuesday and Magic King like just for free stuff? Yeah. Right. Yeah. I mean, i feel I guess if you have park hoppers, I feel like that's entirely doable. Yeah.
00:41:32
Speaker
But it's still kind of weird to think about like, oh, like, you know, you know, I guess I'm not, you know, I'm not somebody hunting for free stuff. It's like if I happen upon it, nice. But yeah, it's just funny how they split it up. Like, like it's in these different parks on different days. So you do actually have to be like thinking about where you're going throughout the week. I mean, if yeah, if you want to track down free stuff, I mean, not everybody is cares that much about it. Right. Yeah. True. i mean I mean, to be honest, I'm assuming if it's if it's ice cream, like like they so they usually offer um like the the Mickey bars and the the ice cream sandwiches, and then they usually have the the fruit bars, which is my go-to because, you know me, I don't do tolerance yeah yeah i don't do the ice cream. So um so i I would assume it's kind of that kind of deal, which, again, you know if i if I happen upon it, great. I'm not going to be like going out of my way for a strawberry fruit frozen fruit bar.
00:42:28
Speaker
yeah Yeah, exactly. Yeah. ah So they also there's there's the welcome home ah wake ups. Right. So that one and that's not sponsored by us, by the way, i at Bay Lake Tower. They're doing it on Saturdays and Sundays. And then Wilderness Lodge, doing it Fridays and Saturdays. It is worth noting that you and also Disneyland. I'm sorry. The Villas at Disneyland Hotel.
00:42:48
Speaker
You do have to be registered to that resort. So you can't just be like, you know, staying at the Poly and then, you know, take a boat over to the to Bay Lake and then go get some free coffee. ah So, you know, just a thought there. And I'm sorry, Trevor, that, ah you know, Polly is excluded from this, but that's fine. I don't I don't need coffee in the morning. anyway Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:43:06
Speaker
Who needs? Who needs coffee? um And then there's special character encounters the boardwalk at the Disneyland Hotel. um And there's also a wine mixer. So, okay. ah Which I wouldn't go to because I don't i don't drink. um But, you know, good for you if you want to go.
00:43:23
Speaker
Well, but these ones also, just so everyone's aware, they are at the Grand Californian and Alani. so Yeah, not at Disney World at all. Yeah, so so this is not happening at Disney World. It's specifically Grand Californian and Alani. So if you happen to be in either of those hotels...
00:43:39
Speaker
and this And actually, it's not even... There's only like a couple of dates. I realize it's not like a through date. It's like there's one on August 27th and one on September 10th at the Grand Californian. And then Alani is August 20th and 27th and and So...
00:43:53
Speaker
this is This is very much kind of like a Moonlight Magic thing is like if you happen to or if your trip happened to line up with this, it's not like a window with these other ones where like, hey, I can stumble upon this.
00:44:05
Speaker
Yeah. This is like, you know, you have to very specifically sign up for these things. Yeah. And I mean, there, there are other things besides this, right. Besides events going on, there's a 40% discount at select table service restaurants, uh, over at Disneyland, you can get a 20% one-time discount on a quick service just at Disneyland.
00:44:25
Speaker
Uh, there's some like, uh, candy things at certain, uh, Walt Disney wrote world resorts where you got, you know, when they do the movie under the stars, things, you can get free candy. Uh, So there's there's like a lot of stuff going on. so And and that that reusable shopping bag you can get from the ah Welcome Home Center at ah at any of the Welcome Home Centers. So you can go get it from there. So really, this is like all over the place. right like They got a lot of stuff going on.
00:44:50
Speaker
which and Which, again, like like I said, that's kind of, I think, the best case scenario. Because yeah you you know we always talk about, you know hey, you're planning. you know If you happen to be there for something, it's you know sometimes it's very difficult to...
00:45:04
Speaker
like derail your other, you you know, obviously if you're making a vacation plan, you're not like leaving room necessarily for like, Oh, I'm going to go to, you know, this DVC event or whatever. So it's, it's nice that the, that, yeah, they kind of sprinkled these things throughout the different, um, you know, ah the different hotels, the different parks and all that.
00:45:25
Speaker
Yeah. And, and it's done over but like basically a month here that, uh, that we're having, we're having this stuff. So again, you know, if, if it, if that at least works out that, you know, you're there in, in the next month.
00:45:37
Speaker
um Yeah. Like, like I would say, you know, even, you know, you know, the ice cream is one thing, but it's like, Hey, you know, you know, character encounters, like, you know, if if there's some unique characters, like, you know, what, usually i wouldn't go out of my way to go over to boardwalk.
00:45:52
Speaker
But the character would make you go to boardwalk. And depending on what it is, I would be like, oh, hey, I'm i'm going to go over there and check this out. Like, yeah. Yeah. So by the way, speaking of free DVC stuff, also during Mickey's not so scary Halloween party, DVC owners can stop by McKim's Mile House for a free Halloween tote bag as well.
00:46:11
Speaker
And we don't picture of it yet. We don't because, because ah well, the first the first ah party was just two days ago. So I'm sure there's ah there's a picture out there somewhere on the internet because they were giving them out as of a couple of days ago here.
00:46:24
Speaker
ah So, yeah, but ah it's it's ah that another free thing you can get. i love I love all these little things. I know they cost DVC very little. you know It's like a little thing to do, but it makes makes you feel appreciated, you know?
00:46:37
Speaker
Yeah, for sure. I'm now hunting for a picture of that topic. I'm sure we can find a picture somewhere on the internet, right? i'm I'm looking and I don't... i mean Nothing? er Oh, is that? That's shocking.
00:46:50
Speaker
Oh, no. I think I found... Okay. Yeah. It looks like the... No, i mean that's no it's not the trick-or-treat bag. It's... Okay. Yeah, i think I think I found a picture of it. Here. Let me... I'll put it in the... yeah put in the chat, you can have a look at it too. It's it's further down in this article.
00:47:10
Speaker
Okay. um Oh, I see. I found it. Okay. I see this. That's actually a pretty cool tote bag. It's kind of small, but i yeah I just like, yeah, I guess I was thinking, yeah, usually when I, when I hear tote bag, I'm assuming like a, like you said, a bigger shopping bag kind of thing that this looks very, very teeny tiny, but it does yeah, but, but I guess it's, if it's for the, the, you know, if you're at the Halloween party, it's for, you know, and an extra bag for the trick or treating, which is cool.
00:47:37
Speaker
um Yeah, I mean, and yeah, the the design on it's nice. Like, it's like it's it's a good freebie, for sure. Yeah. ah Yeah. Yeah. the next thing, though, we have to talk about is not, first of all, it's not really technically DVC news, but it kind of is. And it's not free.
00:47:56
Speaker
It's very much not so. um So, this this happened a little while ago where, many so, you know, ever since we lost Magical Express, right?
Transportation Services and Comparisons
00:48:07
Speaker
There was, ah you know, people wanting other ways to get from the airport, obviously. And there's a bunch of companies that, where we you know, try to fill that gap. And then also, you know, some that popped up. Right.
00:48:18
Speaker
not But one thing we didn't really have was minivan. And when I say minivan, I don't mean, you know, the minivan of like, you know, i Not like a Dodge. No, I mean, or the minivan as in Disney minivan. um and they were Which is a rideshare service that they run through Lyft for anyone that's wondering. If you're not aware.
00:48:40
Speaker
Yeah. um And they they weren't doing back and forth to the airport. Then they started doing it for club level guests only. Okay. Club level guests, which is this very small population, right? Extraordinarily small. There's not a lot of club level Now, though, ah any guest staying at a deluxe resort or deluxe villa, which is DVC, can now use the minivan service to go from any Disney World resort to the airport.
00:49:11
Speaker
Which is great, although the price makes makes me ah like gag a little bit. but It's just not cheap. It is not cheap. No. Yeah. So each standard minivan can hold up to six guests.
00:49:24
Speaker
Pricing is $199 each way $398 for round trip. So $400 round trip. so four hundred bucks round trip I mean, that which this is like playing paying for like a high level like yes um channel service Yeah, I mean, like how much, I mean, how much you pay when you usually go from there? Because I, this is foreign to me just because I don't do this anymore, but.
00:49:44
Speaker
So when, or the last couple trips, I've just used mirrors and it works out to about $60 a person. So. Okay. And that's round trip.
00:49:55
Speaker
So 180 bucks if it's the three of you that are going. Yes. And, but um we've, we have done very, ah or we've done a couple of different, um, ah individual shuttle services. So what, so like town cars and stuff. And i think the most I paid again, round trip was 250. Okay.
00:50:15
Speaker
okay So, I mean, and this is, this is right. the Yeah. Disney is definitely being pricey about it because i get it too. You know, it's, it is a, you know, it's,
00:50:29
Speaker
Disney doesn't want it to be the de facto thing that people are doing. And, yeah you know, obviously, like you said, because of the fact that Magical Express is no longer a thing, I could see people going, oh, you know, if I could get a minivan for, you know, relatively cheap, that then floods or or it it makes the minivan service cheaper.
00:50:47
Speaker
um, become overutilized. So I can understand why they're using pricing to, you know, keep people away from it little bit. It's still like, it's a I would not pay $400 for the minivans too, in general though, are just more expensive, right? Like, so yeah we, we looked at trying to get, we, well, the last time we were there, we were at Rivera. We, you know, we, we got off the, uh, Skyliner and we wanted to go back to wilderness lodge. And so we, we pulled, i pulled up just to see what a minivan would cost.
00:51:16
Speaker
Um, And it was like triple the cost of just like a regular Uber or Lyft, you know? Yes. Which, listen, you're you're partially you're paying for the fact that it's a cast member and not a random person.
00:51:28
Speaker
You know, like it's, you you know, it's somebody that's well vetted. You know, they're going to drive safely, ah you know, and they they have car seats that you know are are are, you know, decent car seats. So like it's,
00:51:40
Speaker
you're You're paying for for that, right? You're paying for that experience, not necessarily... you know And so like if that's what's worth it to you, then that's great. Then do it, right? like that's I don't think anybody should you know say not to do it, but it is pricey.
00:51:55
Speaker
I mean, it's pricey. Oh, it is, yeah. yeah we We did it once. We used a minivan going from Polynesian to Wilderness Lodge because we had a dining reservation. and We were like... again and yeah yeah but... No, not Whispering Canyon. It was Storybook Oh, um Artist Point.
00:52:09
Speaker
Okay. Artist Point. Yeah. Sorry. I always call storybook dining. Well, no, it is though. It is. It's storybook dining at artist point. It's you're right. um But yeah, so, so we, we did that because, you know, same kind of thing is that it was, you know, we were, we knew that um specifically we had this reservation and we were like, well, we could, you know, get, go to the TTC, get on a boat, take it. Like, and was like, nah, that's, you know, you know, we'll, we'll do this like as a one-time thing where, yeah you know, for the convenience and everything. And because it wasn't very far,
00:52:41
Speaker
um you know we we could justify the cost of it. But yeah, same as you, as I've looked at where it's like, hey, you know going going across the the property in in a minivan can get very expensive. It's not something that I would use all the time. But I will say that the experience I had with them was definitely...
00:53:01
Speaker
Different than i don't want to say better that than any Uber or Lyft that I've had, because I've definitely had like like, I guess the thing about like doing Uber and Lyft rides is that it is a bit of a mixed bag in what you'll get. yeah um you know You know, some of the drivers, some of the drivers are fantastic. You know, you know they care about what they're doing. They're they're doing great.
00:53:24
Speaker
you know They understand that ah you know it's a tourist area and and you know that they realize that people don't know their way around. I've also had other Lyft drivers where they're kind of like, well, I do this all day. and you know you know it's It seems like you're inconveniencing them even though you're paying them to drive you somewhere.
00:53:40
Speaker
Right. Yeah. i And yeah. um The thing about, I guess, a minivan is like you said, you know, it's a Disney thing. These are Disney employees driving these vehicles. My experience with them is that they, you know, not only was it, you know, that they have everything, they have all the equipment and everything.
00:53:55
Speaker
and everything that they need, but they're also there, you know, understanding that you are a, you know, somebody who's interested in Disney and they will be more than happy to talk about things, Disney with you that, you know, you wouldn't necessarily get. yeah It's, it's the, the bus driver conversation, but cranked up to a hundred.
00:54:13
Speaker
my wake or spell Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, used, I forget if we used Lyft or Uber last time we were there, but we did it twice, right? The first one we got was,
00:54:26
Speaker
charitably sketchy. right like yeah Didn't feel safe in the vehicle. The guy was not particularly friendly. you know Wasn't great. Second one we did, fantastic.
00:54:38
Speaker
Complete total opposite. like know The guy was really nice to my daughter. like he had you know he He's one of those people that has like the bottles of water in the car. and like That guy knows what he's doing. like That's the way to do it. right like The other guy was just like I feel like he just decided to turn on his lift app for a day. It was yeah like people around and did not care about the experience whatsoever.
00:54:58
Speaker
which you know But again, if you get minivan, you know you're getting... like Like you said, it's a consistent experience. right it's It's not a mixed bag like you're getting with Uber Lyft. But I mean, listen, if you're if you're willing to pay this, this is you know it's it's actually it's not a bad thing that they have this. it's Options are good.
00:55:14
Speaker
right I mean, it's it's just... ah And it is interesting that they are only doing um deluxe resorts. But I mean, I also think to myself too, like... I mean, wouldn't want to pay if I were staying at a value resort. Yeah.
00:55:30
Speaker
yeah i mean, and and you're right. not Not to take away from, you know, know anybody who stays at a value resort is doing so because it makes sense for them. It's cheaper to do. Yeah. I mean, it but yeah, logically, if you're staying at a value resort, how are you doing the mental gymnastics to say, yeah, I'm paying for minivan? Yeah. Right. like Like, I mean, I guess I exactly anytime. and And I say this to somebody I have stayed at a value resort many times. When I did stay at value resorts, I was never thinking about like, oh, I'm going to pay extra. for Like, you know, you're you're kind of being budget conscious anyway.
00:56:03
Speaker
But. Yeah, like la I said, I feel like you know if if you're worried about that, but then you're going to spend $400 to travel to and from the airport, i i don't know what to think at that point. that's what Yeah, because I mean, you to your point, i i listen, we stayed at value resorts always, right? Because we were our goal was to do Disney as cheaply as we possibly could. And I think that's most people's goal, right? And you know we I've talked about this before. We got ruined by staying in a deluxe resort on our honeymoon. And then it was like, okay, well, now we got to do this all the time.
00:56:35
Speaker
uh and you know the whole saving money thing it still hasn't gone out the window you know it's say like we still try to save money when we go do it differently though yeah we we save differently we we don't save on the hotel piece of it but yeah i that would be hard that would have been hard for me to justify four hundred dollars while i'm staying at resort when i literally am staying at the value i mean that's like literally three nights in the value resort is four hundred dollars yeah like I was just thinking that if I was willing to give up like three days of my trip for the sake of, you know, getting a minivan to and from the airport.
00:57:06
Speaker
Yeah, it's just it's it's bananas. Right. So, yeah. But listen, I'm not going to be doing this because I don't fly. But i and and Trevor, I'm sure you're probably not going to be doing it either. But no, it's a good option. i I will say, you know, you know, like I will definitely still always use minivan or I'll consider minivan. You know, if I have places to go in the resort that are not necessarily available,
00:57:26
Speaker
ah connected by, um you know, the obvious transportation methods or if it yeah if it's like you have to do it roundabout way. Minivans still definitely make sense, in my opinion. um For airport travel, i I've i honestly kind of settled on mirrors because it is it is still the Magical Express. You're just paying for it.
00:57:45
Speaker
And i will say, you know, the last couple of trips I've had with them, they you know, they're trying to give that experience as best they can. You know, obviously they can't give the Disney experience per se, but, you know, you know, people, people going to and from the airport realize that, you know, they're, they're transporting tourists.
00:58:05
Speaker
And like you said, me mirror seems to do a really good job of it. So, I mean, that they're, minivans have a lot to compete with there because like, you know, I said, you know, the whole thing about, you know, having a minivan person ah or you know, a driver driving around is that, they you know, that they are that Disney employee mirrors is like Disney adjacent.
00:58:26
Speaker
So they still have that kind of similar behavior. Right. So, i mean, that's, yeah. So yeah, no, that great, great that it's an option. Great that it's also an option. I'm not going to use.
00:58:37
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yeah If someone wants to pay that more power to you. yeah like and and And I'm not, I'm not saying, you know, anybody who chooses to do this, we're not saying it's wrong at all. Like I'm just, we're just giving our opinions on it and you can, you know, you have to do whatever makes sense for your trip. Right.
00:58:53
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. Exactly. All right, Trevor, this next thing I thought was just kind of interesting. Right. And I kind of wanted to talk about it. Right. Okay.
D23 Expo and Disney Villains Speculation
00:59:02
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So these, the, the panel schedule came out for Yeah.
00:59:07
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and Which I forgot it's that time a year again. Yeah, we yeah we're not too far from there. always comes up like, I forget it. It's this time of year every year, but yeah I always forget that it's coming.
00:59:18
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shec Yeah, yeah. But yeah, it's so what we found, I mean, it's it's in the next few weeks here, right? so it's End of August. So yeah so August 30th is when it is. So the interesting thing about this is the past you know bunch of years here, d twenty three has been a platform for Disney to announce new things and or more details about new attractions, lands, whatever coming.
00:59:40
Speaker
Right. But this year, they don't have a parks panel scheduled at all. Which I think is interesting. But I also don't think it necessarily means anything. You know what i mean? Like, I don't think it that means like, oh, well, we have no announcements. Therefore, we're not doing a parks panel.
00:59:57
Speaker
I don't think that means anything to me personally. But it after what they did last year. Yeah. yeah They announced a ton of stuff last year. and And how they did it. Like they kind of dropped it or everyone thought they were done. And then they they dropped a bunch of stuff. Right.
01:00:12
Speaker
Yeah, that's and that to me, like, listen, they've made a lot of announcements. There's a lot of things that are under construction right now at pretty much every Disney park, right? I think every Disney park probably has some sort of big thing going on.
01:00:24
Speaker
um you know, do we really want them to take time in a panel to just like give us more details about those things or updates? I don't know. i mean, maybe the interesting thing though, here is that they do have a villains panel.
01:00:38
Speaker
They do have a panel discussion about Disney villain experiences around the world. So that, I mean, i assume they're going to be talking about the villains land, but like, I don't know. I just thought it was interesting that they're going that route.
01:00:52
Speaker
And I mean, there's there's a good, what this, 45 minutes of time they have slotted for this Disney villains thing. There's a lot to talk about in 45 minutes.
01:01:04
Speaker
I would agree. Yeah, I would agree with that. Right. So, I mean, maybe we won't even get any more details about Villain's Land. Right. Yeah, I feel like. yeah The hard part is, is we are, we're in the same cycle that we were in when a galaxy's edge was being built because yeah i don't know how many people remember this. I was, or the timing of when galaxy's edge was announced, I was, you know, i was still going to Disneyland primarily. I wasn't, or we weren't going to Disney world, but there, I remember watching, uh, there was vloggers and stuff that were covering the building of galaxy's edge. And it got to a point where it was like,
01:01:45
Speaker
Like they were they were looking at it so closely that i completely lost interest it because it was like, oh, they're they're building this thing. They're moving this. Oh, that might be a this built. Like like it was it was so much like – like microscopic investigation of the land that I just stopped caring.
01:02:06
Speaker
And, you know, maybe, maybe Disney or, and actually to be fair, you know, it wasn't Disney doing that. It was, that's not Disney's fault. Yeah. mean, that's, yeah. Yeah. But I feel like, you know, you know, you're right that, you know, they don't have or they did a bunch of announcements last year.
01:02:23
Speaker
They don't have to or they don't have to do something like this every year at They don't. But you're right. You know, we will probably get maybe some. updates ah you know kind of like they've been doing with uh with uh monsters land and you know all the lands is like hey you know we're getting more concept art we're getting more like you know these are the kind of rides they're going there villains land in particular has been a bit of a question mark other than like it's like yeah there's a yeah there's going to be a roller coaster but We don't really know what else.
01:02:55
Speaker
Right. Yeah. We really we really don't know what they're doing there. Now, listen, they might not know what they're doing there. I mean, I'm i'm assuming they're getting <unk> closer to that point now. yeah But if if they don't know what they're doing there, I'm going to be very concerned. I mean, I'm just saying when they first announced it, I guess maybe they weren't. Well, the plans were probably still, you know, in flux. Right.
01:03:12
Speaker
Um, but you know, it's, it is interesting. I just don't think they need to do these big update things. And, and Disney is also, they really like spacing out their announcements on things.
01:03:23
Speaker
There's already been a bunch of stuff announced, like we said, and there's a bunch of stuff being built and and happening right now. So, you know, why announce anything new right now? right Like, Because there's already so much going on that it's hard to keep track of. You know yeah you almost forget some of the stuff. you know yeah um My wife said to me yesterday, she goes, I just saw on TikTok that Disney might build another country at Epcot. And I was like, that's literally been rumored since Epcot opened. Yeah.
01:03:54
Speaker
Like, it's not even like at this point. I mean, I remember a couple of years ago, Trevor D23, I forget if it was like 2018 or 2019. There was a heavy rumor that there was going to be Brazil, a Brazil because ah pavilion. Yeah, I remember to remember that talking about it. Yeah, we were we were like, oh, you know, there might be a new land, you know, yeah because they were because they were doing some construction around the World Showcase. Right. And so and that it didn't happen.
01:04:17
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Yeah. And then it never happened. I don't remember what is. Somebody can correct me on the year, but like there were some reports, there were some blogs straight up reporting that it was happening. Like, and then it didn't.
01:04:28
Speaker
Right. Yeah. So, you know, I don't know. ah It's I, but I had to laugh when my wife said that to me. as I was like, yeah, it's been rumored forever. Um, but then she was asking me, she's like, well, what countries would you want there? I'm like, first of all, Brazil would be cool.
01:04:40
Speaker
But, um, you know, let's see. They hurt her there. But anyway, uh, the other part of this though, too, Trevor is, you know, this has been, it's been reported now too, that they are sending out surveys, you know, Disney loves their surveys, uh, to guests asking about Disney villains specifically.
01:04:59
Speaker
So and what they're asking is if like they're doing a thing where they're showing pictures of different Disney villains and asking about the guest familiarity level.
01:05:12
Speaker
So like oh very familiar to unaware, basically. um So they they are trying to gauge who should, who should be in there. Yeah. Yeah. And so the interesting, yeah. Cause to me, this is a direct, like, let's figure out who the the popular villains are and then let's, you know, shape what we're doing around that.
01:05:31
Speaker
That's, I mean, what else could they be using this for? Totally. And, and my, so the funny thing about that is I, I know we'll never see the results of that survey, but I would be very curious how, how relevant or how impactful different villains are, because I feel like, I feel like there's like a subsection of villains that I see in the parks that it's like, like, sorry, the, yeah the guy from meet the Robinsons, the guy.
01:06:00
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Like he's not even listed as a villain on this, on this. Right. But but like he was in the parks and it's like, I would see him and it's like, yeah, I saw that movie, but like, That, like, he's not, like, a major villain to me. Like, I know he was the major villain of that show, but it's like... He kind of had a redemption arc at the end.
01:06:19
Speaker
Yeah, but but he didn't... It doesn't hit the same as, like, a Maleficent or the Queen of Hearts or, or like... Yeah. So many others. So let's go down this list that was on the survey. Okay, ready? So here's the list. Hades, Cruella, Magnificent, Maleficent, ah Captain Hook, Lady Tremaine, Queen of Hearts, Jafar, Scar, Dr. Facilier, Mother Gothel, Stromboli from Pinocchio. No joke is on there. Oh, that's a deep cut. That is a really deep cut.
01:06:48
Speaker
Chernobog, which I know you really like. He's my favorite, but I also get like he's not Fantasia's been not a thing for a long time. But yeah, Chernobox is my favorite. He's the straight-up scariest of all of them. He is. and i mean I mean, he's a full-on demon. like then yeah I love it. It's cool. yeah The Evil Queen, Madame Mim, which again is the Sword in the Stone. You're pulling out Sword in the Stone.
01:07:11
Speaker
but but But okay, Merlin does get park time. So Mim, like... like But everyone knows Merlin, though. Everyone knows Merlin. Yeah, not everyone knows who Mim is. That's what I'm saying. Yeah.
01:07:22
Speaker
Yeah, I would think that would come back with low recognition on that one. Radigan from The Great Mouse Detective. Again, deep cut, man. Deep cuts. Yeah. I have not heard...
01:07:35
Speaker
Okay, that just triggered the song in my head. Yeah. Because I'm sure you've watched Great Mouse Detective. It's long time, dude, since I've seen Great Mouse Detective. But that's like a childhood memory that all of a sudden, like, I'm hearing the song in my head, like, you know, to Rattigan, but like. Yeah.
01:07:53
Speaker
But what? Whoa. Yeah, I know. Magnifico from Wish, which I have not seen Wish, so I don't know what Magnifico is like. The Horned King from the Black, again, the Black Cauldron, a movie that is well known for being a huge Disney bomb.
01:08:08
Speaker
They're throwing in a character from the Black Cauldron. But it's also like an incredibly scary movie. Yeah. and a Movie too. That's probably why it was a bomb. Yeah. well Well, again, just movies hit differently back then. I wouldn't have considered it a bomb, but I mean, I also watched Secret of Nim and i don't know if lot people know that, but.
01:08:28
Speaker
Yeah. Shere Khan from Jungle Book, which. OK. Yeah. Shere Khan, a classic. But yeah and again, he's like he's kind of had. I guess as far forward as Tailspin, he had some relevance. Yeah. Yeah.
01:08:42
Speaker
yeah Because he was in Tailspin. but Yeah, that's true. And then Gaston and Ursula. If I had to guess the most popular ones on here, you're going to have Cruella. You're to have Maleficent. You're going have Captain Hook. you're going to have probably maybe Hades in there.
01:08:54
Speaker
Hades, I feel. i mean, Hades has gotten a lot of. love in yeah recent years and and again you know you know the fact that he's been in like theme park appearances and whatnot and i mean just you know hercules as a show is still it's still pretty iconic well and there's and they're making it even more iconic by doing you know all the stuff that they're doing with it now too with the the show on the ship and yeah they're they're bringing it back around um but gaston is going to be probably one of the top of the list i i feel like i yeah everyone a guess yeah gaston's always had a presence right because i mean just again beauty and the beast like there there is that like Like...
01:09:29
Speaker
there is those upper tier shows that just yeah always get like, even if we're not watching them all the time, like everybody, everybody knows these shows. Like, like even, yeah even though they came out, like when I was ah kid, they'd been brought forward into like, yeah you know, you know, people who are my age are showing them to their kids.
01:09:49
Speaker
So yeah, I see why they they would be relevant, but then yeah, those those all make sense. I'm still puzzled about Rattigan. Yeah. That one's going to be getting you for a while there. That is so... i would I was not thinking I was going to be talking about Great Mouse
Villain's Land Concept and Character Discussions
01:10:06
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today. I mean, today but she to be told but interesting, from the one piece of concept art we have of Villain's Land, right? It's very clear that Villain's Land is centered around Maleficent,
01:10:16
Speaker
Right. like Yeah, it's it's the it's the castle for sure. firm Clearly Maleficent, right? Like, very clear. Now, given the they're they're probably going to come up with some sort of story that Maleficent like you know created like her own little world and invited all the villains over there or something. I don't know.
01:10:33
Speaker
Maleficent started at Airbnb and everybody showed up. Started her own little city here, right? so But I mean, it it very clearly seemed... And and i you know you could probably argue that Maleficent might be the most popular villain. I mean...
01:10:47
Speaker
She's definitely one of the most iconic and visible yeah Disney villains. Yeah. She's, she's certainly the dragon form alone. Like, like not even like, like her as like the, the ah fairy. Cause she is technically a fairy. um You know, no, there's her and her like human esque form, but the dragon is like, Oh, you want dragons? Like exhibit a Maleficent. Yeah.
01:11:11
Speaker
And you can do so many, many fun things with the dragon too. And everybody likes fire, you know? So it's, I don't know. It's going to be interesting to see how this shakes out. I do think it's interesting that they're asking these questions. Now, what this will actually mean.
01:11:23
Speaker
I just think it's hilarious. They're doing these deep cuts like Stromboli and Radigan, like what? we And the horn. Yeah. Like what? That is. so I mean, i mean, Stromboli is still like because, know, Pinocchio is still there as, as an IP, but I guess, I don't know how much people are thinking about it from like the actual, or like when you wish upon a star is, you know, you know, the Disney theme song. It is. Yeah. um But I don't know how many people are necessarily making the connection back to Pinocchio and then further to Stromboli. Like I, I don't, I don't think you can have a good show like, like Pinocchio
01:12:01
Speaker
But have a weak villain, right? Yeah. Like, I don't think Strong Bully is as strong of a villain as like Maleficent or as Gaston or Captain Hook. Like, I honestly, um say that like ah you know, of all the ones that the the other, you know, top tier ones, you know, if if I can't have Chernobog, my next pick is Captain Hook.
01:12:22
Speaker
Yeah. I think Captain Hook is a great one. um Gaston is probably up there for me, too. Gaston is because Gaston's fun. I think the problem is Gaston should, to me, Gaston should not show up in this villain's land as currently constructed, right? Because Gaston is too fun, too colorful.
01:12:39
Speaker
Villain's land, to me, is very dark, right? It's very like you need the dark villains in there. I don't know. i i I see where you're going with it, but I disagree. You think so? Okay. The thing that actually makes him dangerous as a villain is the fact that he does... He can make you let your guard down, and that's really his whole thing. He's charming. Yeah. Yeah, he his charm is honestly the most dangerous thing about him, and that's why I think he is a good villain to have in there, is that you should have... like There is the obvious... like
01:13:12
Speaker
dark, like, oh, these are these are the dangerous people, but yeah he's dangerous for another reason. Yeah, that's that's fair. You know what? That's a fair point. i i just, i don't know. it just He doesn't fit into that villain vibe to me. like He's just like a different kind of villain.
01:13:26
Speaker
Almost like Hades. like I feel like Hades and Gaston are cut from the same cloth, where they're like kind of funny and kind of crazy, you know but they're like they're not like scary, scary to me. You know?
01:13:37
Speaker
i Yeah, i i feel like in the... so I feel like every every villain has almost... Or equated to them having like a superpower, per se. like like they all They all have a like a thing about them, right? They do, yeah. yeah um And i i feel like what you're saying is that Gaston's thing about him is not... It's not as forthcoming as all of the other ones.
01:14:03
Speaker
Yeah. Right? like he's He himself as... he presents himself as just a normal guy per se, but you know, he, he does have the capability of being, you know, villainous and, yeah and it's, ah it's a weird thing. Like I get what you're saying is, you know, he it feels like he could be out of place. I don't think, i don't think he would be in a villain's land.
01:14:28
Speaker
Yeah, ah that's fair. That's fair. I'll be interested to see how this villain's land is going to. But also the ah the other weird thing, too, is that, you know, he does have his own tavern and everything over in fantasy land. So what is he having in villain's land?
01:14:43
Speaker
That is true. continuity Trevor or or is he or is he like is he going over there and visiting like like yeah he's just going over to hang out you know yeah but see the problem is there's a there was the the previous Gaston meet and greet that was like fun and funny and not evil at all right so like yeah i don't know Well, but to be fair, all of the villain meets are always fun.
01:15:10
Speaker
That's true, actually. Yeah, they don't make i ever like super evil. Yeah, youre yeah yeah they're they're they're never scary or intimidating. They're always fun. And the and and they they kind of get a little bit more... um freedom, I guess, than i feel a lot of other characters do because of the fact that they're evil. You know, they they can kind of say what they're thinking in the moment and they can take digs at, at the, uh, the guests where, you know, you know, like a snow white or something. Yeah. Yeah.
01:15:36
Speaker
yeah Yeah. There's no way it's not, you know, no commenting on why you were wore, wore Crocs and socks to the park. Right. Sorry. I know that was a, that was a dig. That was a dig. Speaking of characters though. And this is, I swear to you, try I put this on the rundown. is last thing we're going to talk about before wrap up here.
01:15:56
Speaker
No more Halloween stuff after this. I promise. ah So Oogie Boogie Bash, we got some ah more details on the characters that are appearing there. We're talking about characters appearing. And one of the things they announced is that Syndrome and Maleficent will be at Ogie Boyy Bash this year.
01:16:11
Speaker
I don't know what it is about Syndrome. He is in human form, but he he's very unsettling. I don't know. Yeah. he I mean, I mean, I guess that's the thing is that, like, if you if you look at Syndrome as a character. Yeah. He is meant to be off putting, like because he's he's that like like awkward and, trying you know, trying to be the superhero, but clearly Yeah.
01:16:35
Speaker
can't do it yeah which means they've like i think they portrayed them very well like i've watched some oh i do too syndrome and yeah that that's actually exactly how i feel syndrome should be in real life but like you said because of that though it does feel very like uh like like what like what oh gosh oh yeah it's just it's i don't know there's it's something weird about it it's like i don't even know how to put it you know Yeah, it's it's just... Yeah, like you said, he's just got that... like you know However they the actor... guess...
01:17:09
Speaker
however they they found the the actor like i guess ah this is i don't know how to say this in a nice way they that like and they're when they're when they're finding when they're finding cast members for this it's like we want you to be like this jerk and and ah lovable no like like but like but they got it like like that's the thing is that they got it and and you know i i don't want to say you know whoever this you know you know the person portraying this like they got the right person for it
01:17:44
Speaker
Oh, yeah, absolutely. they that Because I don't like him, but I don't like the character is the thing. like Yeah, that's you're you're not supposed to like him, right? I mean, that's that's the thing. So, yeah, I i don't know. it's it's it's just I showed the picture to my wife, and she was like, oh.
01:17:58
Speaker
was like, yeah, I agree. I i don't i don't know why, though. like it just He just feels wrong, and I don't know why. um You know what part of it is? I just realized this, is that he has... um Or he's clearly wearing contacts.
01:18:14
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Oh, yeah, yeah, definitely. And so it's it's the the the the like obviously like unnatural blue eyes are, I think, part of what's doing it.
01:18:25
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OK, I could see that because it is kind of bringing it back like like it is it is bringing it back to the the animation. Yeah, yeah. Which I think is is crossing that like it it it doesn't look like.
01:18:39
Speaker
you know, something's wrong with it, right? Yeah. Yeah. A hundred percent. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I, it's, yeah, I just don't, I don't know. It's, it's, it's just, I don't even know what to say about it. It's yeah syndrome is, and again, you know, you know, in terms of, of villains, like he's, he's a good villain and, you know, glad that they're including him in,
01:18:59
Speaker
Oogie Boogie Bash. I get, you know, every year that like, i guess this is the hard thing is that, you know, that Oogie Boogie Bash in particular, like they they have a lot of great character meets in there. Yeah.
01:19:10
Speaker
And, you know, they every year they want to try and pull something new. So so the the danger of that is that you can get to a point where, you know, like as we were just talking about villains, it's like you start digging towards the bottom of of like the available villains and not like syndrome is not on the bottom. Just, I was going to say syndrome is a great villain that they just underutilize. I feel like, yeah, but, but, but then, but then they'll start like digging into like really weird, like, like Stromboli would be one. I'd be like, I don't know that I want to meet Stromboli. Oh no, I don't want to meet Stromboli. I've no, I've no desire to meet Stromboli. Like that's yeah.
01:19:46
Speaker
and Unless, unless the Stromboli is in my hand and going into my mouth, I don't want to meet anything named Stromboli. That's a different Stromboli. I know it is. I meant a food item. That's the only time I want to interact with anything Stromboli related.
01:20:01
Speaker
So, so yeah, you know, definitely syndrome is a good ad for Oogie Boogie Bash. But like i said, he's, he's definitely, he's definitely met the ticked all the boxes for this is, this is a villain who, I mean, he has delusions of grandeur, which is, yes you know, his his biggest problem.
01:20:21
Speaker
and yeah he he looks like it like he he doesn't look like somebody i want to hang out with no no he does not and i mean that's by design so right so uh yeah anyway i i don't know i just thought that was that was interesting because you're already talking about characters you know that's fair and yeah you know i know i know we've talked a lot about halloween in the last couple of weeks but uh yeah I get it. i I get it is that time, and even though I'm still like, sorry, I'm still trying to get my kid ready to go back to school. Like, yeah, I get it. I get it.
01:20:56
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Like, like one thing at a time. But no, i I understand why we're talking about it now. But so I'm expecting that next week you're going to start in with the Christmas party. I mean, I feel like I've already started with the Christmas party, but yeah. Yeah. I mean, you're going to start adding it on the rundown. So we're going to talk about Christmas up until Halloween.
01:21:15
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Well, listen, it's it i am very dependent on what Disney wants to talk about. And Disney has wanted to talk about Halloween. So I'm I'm just going by their lead. That's all. Yeah.
01:21:26
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Fair enough. I will still comment on it. is I disagree with – I get why they push it as far ahead as they do, but it's the same problem I have when I go to Costco this time of year. Yeah. And there's wrapping paper out, and my wife is getting excited about Christmas wrapping paper, and I'm going – It's still summer. Please. Like just we giving give it a little time to breathe? Yeah. yeah so like yeah Can we just give it a minute is all I want.
01:21:52
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All right. Well, before we wrap up here, we should mention that we are going to be doing a food time this week. And this is going to be what we've been talking about. we' We're going to be doing a ah food and wine. episode so uh be sure to check that out that should be out on thursday this week yep uh and yeah so we we will have that ready for you i'm i'm i'm excited i'm i'm doing we're doing something a little different this time trevor doesn't even know yet but we're gonna i i've got some uh yeah no no it's a good thing it's a good thing where're we're actually upping our production value so you know
01:22:23
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All right. Ready for that. I'm, I'm curious and scared. And I know you should not be scared. It's going to be great. It's going to, it's going to look great. It's going to, it's going to be even, you're going to want to eat these things right off your screen. So ah yeah. So definitely check that out on YouTube or you can also just listen to the audio only version if you want to do that. But you know, I would definitely ah you know, push you to, to check it out on video. Cause it's going to be a lot more fun. And, and also we'll be, the video will also be on Spotify as well and our on our same channel. So.
01:22:51
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Awesome. Cool. Let's wrap it I can't wait to do that. But yeah, I guess, I guess for now we should close off this episode and yeah, let's do that. So, so, you know, for anything that you heard about on the show, if you've got questions or if you want to share your own trip reports or, you know, anything, anything related to the show, um you can always find us at welcome home podcast at gmail.com. We love hearing from you guys and and hearing what you think about the show and, and all that kind of stuff.
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01:24:51
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Uh, discord's a little more, it's, I shouldn't say a little more interactive. It's just different. It's just a different platform is all, but, uh, you know, again, more, you know, we've got lots of places to, to come and talk about stuff you've heard on the show. So, um, yeah, you know, please, please check any of those things out. If you're, if you're looking to, to get involved in, uh,
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01:25:31
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We do as long as it's nice and it's five stars. um That's not true. We've we've had plenty of of criticism and that's fine. You know, I guess, you know, nice nice in that constructive criticism.
01:25:46
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Sure. I think fair, you know, you know, yeah i could go around and just say this is bad and I don't like it, but that's not helping anything. I'm still waiting for for that that one review. i want that person to email me all of the things we've gotten wrong on the show because I don't know what they're talking about.
01:26:02
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and so Okay. Yeah. I mean – need specifics. Be more specific with your your feedback. Yeah. I mean, yeah. if If we're doing everything wrong, I don't know what that means.
01:26:13
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Yeah. that's so I mean – Yeah. but that So that to me is not even a – That's not even a comment at that point. That's just, yeah. Just being mean. Yeah. But the other thing you could do is don't forget to subscribe to Welcome Home Podcast so you be reminded every time we release an episode.
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01:26:44
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01:26:59
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01:27:21
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This is Skipper Albert A. Wall, the voice of the jungle, signing off from Welcome Home Podcast on the DVC. I looked around from pole to pole, found her in a sugar bowl.
01:27:35
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Look out, there comes my ball and chain.