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Episode 343: DVC Swaps, DVC Resale Market & Disney Adventure
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The guys are joined by Dani from DVC Resale Market and Ellie from DVC Rental Store to discuss the current state of the DVC resale market and learn about DVC point swaps. They talk about inventory trends, the impact of new fees on pricing, and whether the current market favors buyers or sellers. Ellie explains how DVC point swaps work, allowing members to use their points for cruises, Adventures by Disney, and more. Tom has even more updates from his upcoming vacation. A new Orange Bird sipper is available at the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival. Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin is getting an updated sign. The first images from the Disney Adventure have been released and the guys marvel at the cruise ship that they’ll probably never get to go on.
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Welcome and Introductions
00:00:07
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This is Skipper Albert A. Wall, the voice of the jungle, broadcasting on the DVC to all points unknown. If you're within the sound of my voice, you're listening to Welcome Home Podcast on the DVC.
00:00:30
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Hello and welcome home. This episode of Welcome Home is brought to you by DVC Rental Store. Thank you for joining us on episode 343 of Welcome Home, a Disney Parks and Vacation Club podcast. I'm Tom here with Trevor.
Casual Conversations and Vacation Plans
00:00:41
Speaker
How's it going, Trevor? Hey, pretty good. How is your morning going so far? It's good. i i Okay, so this isn't your fault, Trevor. Okay, but... Continuing from last week, okay. Continuing from last week of things that are your not your fault. i So, you know my ever-expanding vacation. ah so Yeah.
00:01:02
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So I think if you guys have been listening, I booked a cruise last minute to, you know, and Disney Cruise Line. And then it was, you know, the cruise ends on Wednesday. And I'm like, well, what are we going to do for the rest of the week? Like, you know, I mean, and my wife has to work, too. So that was the other thing, because I was like, well, we'll stay in Florida. Maybe we'll go to go to the parks, you know, for a couple of days. And wife my wife's like, well, got to work.
00:01:23
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i was like, okay, well, that kind of ruins it right? So can't do anything. So I was like, well, I mean, we're going to be like an hour or so from Vero. Maybe we should just go to Vero and you can work from the beach. How's that sound? And she was like, yeah, that's awesome.
00:01:35
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And I was like, okay, let me go see if there's anything available. And lo and behold, I find a two bedroom available during the times we want to go. So now I'm staying at Vero after the cruise. Of course.
00:01:46
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Yeah. So still not my fault. I does not not didn't make you do any of this, by the way. No, you just, just I mean, it it it prompted a lot of things, but, and we're telling my my daughter doesn't know yet. Still, she's going to find out tonight. So, oh, wicked. Yeah, I know. We're, Very excited. So anyway, i don't want to I don't want to waste any more time, though, on that.
Guest Introductions and Backgrounds
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We can talk about that later or with with our guests that we have today because we have we have two special guests. One, ah Danny, who has been with us so many times. I don't even know how many times Danny's on the show. She's done of the show a million times. But I was talking about DVC swaps, I don't know, couple weeks ago, maybe last week. And funny enough, I was emailing with with the DVC Rental Store's swap representative. about my own vacation and then i mentioned to danny i said hey danny we need somebody from swap to come on because i want to learn about swaps and i want i want to talk to everybody uh you know the listeners about swaps and sure enough it's this it's it's it's ellie the same person i emailed with briefly and was like hey i need to do this last minute thing and she's like you can't do this last minute thing so but we're gonna get into it so welcome to danny and ellie danny from dvc resale market and ellie is from dvc rental store so thank you guys for joining us
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Thank you so much for having us. It is great to be back and I'm so excited to be here with Ellie so she can experience the fun and the magic. The fun and the magic. I like that.
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Yeah. Thank you for joining Ellie and thank you for being so nice over email for my unreasonable request. Yeah. Oh, absolutely. It's my pleasure. it's it's It sounds like it's not an abnormal thing, though, that people come to you trying to do this last minute, and it's not really a last minute thing that you do.
Exploring DVC Swaps and Benefits
00:03:23
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we We do want to allow you time to rent your points and go through the rental process. So yeah, Disney Cruise Line has been running some great promotions and offers lately, but they are a little last minute for Yeah. That's understandable, but I think we still want to learn about it. But before we do that, we need to get to know... And Dani, I'm trying to remember the last time you were on. It's been a it's been a little while. Yeah, a couple months. Yeah. So let's let's get a little bit of your Disney background and your resale market background and you know just your your your your DVC cred, I guess. Sure. Sure. Let me take you back many moons ago. Many moons ago. um Yeah. So I guess my my Disney background really started because I grew up in in South Florida. And, you know, I've been coming to Disney since I was three years old. My family, that was our our vacation every every time we traveled. um And so I ended up after college working on cruise ships. um And I know you guys have had Marissa on before. That's where you know Marissa and I met many moons ago. And then ah she brought me over to DVC. So I worked for DVC Direct for many years. um I worked at Walt Disney World and also on Disney Cruise Line.
00:04:37
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And loved that. And then met my husband over there. We decided to actually leave Disney and go travel the world for a year.
00:04:48
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And then Marissa brought me over to DVC Resale Market. So I've been here ever since. And just, yeah, having a blast. ah And we love having you on the show, Danny, and we love all the people that show up on the show. But there's a little part of us that also misses Marissa and Derek when they used to come back at our show. They need to come back. They need to come back. They're just very busy. Marissa's so busy now. She's like like a big shot. And early on, we had Nick on the show. so there's like I mean, Nick is never going to come on this show again. It's like, Yeah. And then Marissa went and had a baby just to add to the chaos. So yeah, she's, she's a little busy, but maybe I can, I can convince them. And Danny, please. no this does not take oh anything away from you being on the show. We love having you on the They're celebrities. Like, i Well, yeah which just they we they were besides Nick. They were you know, it was Nick and then it was then it was Marissa and and ah and Derek to come on. So and as they've expanded their world, we've had more of you guys on and got to meet more of you. And, and you know, you guys are always delightful to have on. It's just it's been so long since we've talked to Derek and Marissa. We'll have to do a family reunion.
00:05:56
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We have them both come on. Maybe all of us can come on one time. That would be amazing. That would be fun and chaotic. That would be like a three hour long show. I don't care how long that show. It's funny because sometimes I'll say like, oh, we're running long on this episode. And Trevor has to remind me sometimes it's like, well, we can do whatever we want. This is our show. We can make it as long as we want to. There are no rules here. You've given me a mission. going to make this happen.
00:06:26
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Oh, I love this. This is amazing. That has to be on video, Dani. Okay, that we will do on video and we will have big family reunion extravaganza. I love it. We're going to make this happen. We're going to make this happen. It might be in like six months because I need to like, you know, have my people call their people. Yeah. schedule it, but we'll make it happen.
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yeah lot of people calling people. yeahs not A lot of people calling people. We got to get on calendars. you know it' its it's yeah it's It's tough. but ah yeah now it's It's just funny to me because we where we started and how we got here, you know it's it's funny.
Ellie's Journey and Swap Program Details
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but um Also, Ellie, if you want to introduce yourself, since you're new to our audience, and i you know I would love for you to tell us a little bit about your background with the company and ah maybe and maybe some Disney background.
00:07:12
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Yeah, absolutely. Yes, my name is Ellie Fletcher. i am the swap program advisor at DVC Rental Store. I've been with DVC Rental Store now for over five years, um and I've been the swap advisor for a little over three years now.
00:07:26
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um I absolutely love it. ah My background, i am definitely a Disney kid. i come from a Disney family. we grew up vacationing and to Orlando, and we still do. We love visiting the theme parks. um When I was in college studying hospitality, I participated in the Disney College program and I worked on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and I absolutely loved it. I that. Yeah, I had a blast with that.
00:07:53
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um After I graduated from college, I went more into the events side of the industry for a while. um Then the pandemic hit. Events went away. i i was done with events and I found DVC Rental Store and I've been with them ever since.
00:08:08
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mean it It feels like a common story with ah the keyholder vacation world of DVC ah ah crowd of I worked at Disney, pandemic happened, now I work here. like you know it's its It happened with a lot of a lot of you folks. I mean, i listen, Disney's loss was obviously keyholder vacations gain. Yeah.
00:08:28
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It's been wonderful. Yeah, this is a great team. Yeah, everybody loves Disney. It's it's fantastic. I think Ellie has one of the coolest jobs in our company, too, because it's the part of the company that just opens the doors to so many different opportunities for our guests. And she gets to do so many fun things.
00:08:49
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it It is a really neat concept. Like when I was reading into it, i was like, this is kind of cool. Like, because this is not something you can really do through Disney itself, through DVC itself. Right. And Ellie launched the program. So like, oh wow that's why I call her like the swap ambassador or swap extraordinaire, because she really is, you know, she's the the knower of all things swap.
00:09:14
Speaker
Well, why don't why don't we start talking about swap then? ah so I'm sorry if I interrupted you there, Ellie. Well, I think you did. Because we obviously are DVC-oriented podcasts, and we're both DVC owners and and have been for quite a while. And you know one of the things we tell people all the time is, listen, you don't want to use your points for a cruise. It's just not a good deal, right? like you're You're using your points in an ineffective manner. or Now, listen, but lots of people want to do that, and that's totally cool. like i don't think I'm not going to judge anyone for the way that they want to use their points, right? Like use your points, how you want to use your points. Like that's at the end of the day, but you guys changed the math on that because yeah i mean, you do with the swaps because we do, because all of a sudden now it, it it kind of is worth it to use your points for a cruise instead of, in but but doing it through Disney is a whole different thing because it's because of the exchange that's going on there. But I don't want to explain everything. I would love for, for Ellie to, but Trevor, trevor I don't know if you're just going to say something. I was just thinking when you were talking about you know the math of converting points, like the the math doesn't math when you do it with Disney, but it seems like the math is mathing.
00:10:21
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The math is very much math. Math is math. math is mathing. And I don't think people understand how big of a difference it is. It's gouged. I think yeah people think, oh, maybe it's like 5% off or something like that. But Ellie, dive in. and tell Tell us all about this, Ellie. Absolutely. Yeah. So traditionally, um DVC members come to DVC Rental Store with their unused points, and we help them rent those points for cash. But we also offer the swap program, which is where members rent their points with us. And instead of taking that cash payout, they use their earnings from their rentals for new and exciting vacation opportunities. And we've really grown this program. We have so many different awesome offerings. I mean, you can swap for...
00:11:09
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Disney Cruise Line, Universal Orlando Resort, Sandals and Beaches Resorts, Adventures by Disney, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises, even Disneyland Paris. So this is such a great value for our DVC members to take their points and and explore all over the world with all these new exciting vacation opportunities.
00:11:30
Speaker
Well, and in a couple... i mean I don't know if you have any examples. Just just like you know off the bat, I know you there's some on the website for on on a rental store of like the difference between using your points through DVC for a cruise and then using you guys to do it.
00:11:45
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Because it was pretty eye-opening to me when I looked at that and I saw the difference. I was like, whoa, like that's that's huge. We do have examples. Yeah, it's shown on our site. um and And we can help you book any Disney cruise that you have your eye on. But yes, our our um it's our point to dollar conversion. You know, Disney's point to dollar conversion is vastly lower than ours. And all I'm saying by that is we will offer you a higher payout for your points than Disney will for you to swap directly with them. So it's a higher value for your points to rent with us. So because we're offering you that higher payout, it doesn't require as many points as it does to swap directly with Disney. So you get to keep a couple extra points in your pocket for your own own use or, you know, to rent for other items. But ah yeah, it's definitely a great value for sure.
00:12:37
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Yeah, i just pulled up I just pulled up the site because I think the examples are really – and these are examples only, by the way. But you know the five-night Bahama cruise from Fort ah but for Lauderdale on the Destiny with two adults, if you did it with points through Disney, it's 474 points. If you do it through you guys, it could be 241 points. It's a 233-point difference. Plus, you don't have to pay that $95 fee either, which is nice. And you can use resale contracts.
00:13:02
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Absolutely. Yeah. Like that's huge. A lot of people don't realize you're getting the exact same cruise, exact same stateroom. Everything's the same. It's not like you have to, you know, go down a few staterooms or anything like that to be able to, you know, see that savings. It's the same exact cruise, same stateroom.
00:13:21
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Absolutely. And that's, that's really cool. i would love to understand because I, I was, I was talking about, uh, you know, how I had tried to do this and was emailing with you and and I probably should have realized that this was a process that, you know, can take a little bit of time, but it's, it's not really something that's for last minute cruises necessarily. This is more something you need a little bit of time to kind of work through. Right.
00:13:46
Speaker
Right. and And I'll talk through the process a little bit. There is a way we can maybe do some more last minute cruises. um I mean, definitely, if if that's something, if you're more of a last minute planner, you can still participate. um But yeah, let me just walk you through the process. So first, um DVC members will submit an inquiry on DVC rental stores website. If you go to our direct site, members can see all of our different swap offer offerings on different tabs on our site. And you can submit an inquiry form there. And then I like to start with the fun part, which is planning and securing your dream vacation. So you'll work with me to get that vacation booked. And once it's booked, we get you onboarded as a renting member with DVC rental store to start paying for your trip.
00:14:29
Speaker
You're paying for your trip by claiming listings and booking reservations for our guests using your DVC points. And as we've talked about, rather than those funds being paid out to you in cash, they're being held in a swap account for you to go towards that trip balance.
00:14:45
Speaker
um The goal, obviously, is to have the points rented and the trip paid in full by your vacation's final payment date. And once it's paid in full, you're good to go. ah So there is a little bit of a rental process. um We want to allow you plenty of time to go through that process of claiming listings and booking reservations for our guests. So We do like you to have you know a couple months, ideally, to go through that rental process before your final payment is due to Disney Cruise Line or Universal or whatever it is you're booking. um
00:15:18
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If you are more of a last-minute planner, though, that's still totally fine. Reach out to me and You know, we can still get you on board it as a renting member on our site and you can start renting your points first and we'll hold your earnings in a swap account. Then whenever it you see, ah you know, like we were talking about, if you see a last minute cruise that, hey, I want to book this right now where it would need to be paid in full to Disney.
00:15:40
Speaker
That's no problem. We have your funds already held in your swap account and we can apply them to that cruise booking, too. Yeah, that's that's that's really awesome. i just like That just feels like a really easy process to to do. And i've rented i mean I've rented my points to you guys before. And I mean, it's it's such an easy process. And and so you know this just is like an additional...
00:16:02
Speaker
you know, easy thing to do if you want to try to to ah to do something besides go to the parks. My and my daughter, part of why we're doing cruises now and and doing Vero is my daughter kind of want a little bit of a break from the parks. We've been doing it, you know, we we do it a lot. And she just wanted to do something different. And so, you know, the idea that I can still use my points and I have a glut of points this year. Because i we banked a lot from last year and and now I have a lot this year.
00:16:28
Speaker
And so ah it's it's ah it's it's also really helpful that you you have more options to to use your points for. And and especially, you know, it also, i feel like makes resale contracts a little more valuable because, you know, you're restricted if you have a resale contract. you know, to do a lot of the other things besides the Disney resorts if you have a resale contract, but that's not the case here. So i think that's really a really good option for a lot of resale folks as well.
00:16:55
Speaker
right Can you talk a little bit about if someone doesn't have enough points to cover the whole cruise? Yes. So, yep, you you maintain full control of your points when you're renting with rental store. um You rent what you're comfortable with. And if, let's say, we get to that final payment date and you haven't rented enough points, if there's a remaining balance due on that cruise, that's no big deal at all. We would just have you pay the difference for that with a credit card.
00:17:22
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at that point. So yeah so you you have to yeah, you have to rent all of your points to cover the entire balance. You know, I have members come to me all the time and say, Hey, Ellie, I'm just going to rent 100 points or 200 points, and then I'll pay the rest with a credit card. That's totally fine.
00:17:37
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That is totally fine. a really nice way to just offset the costs of your cruises. So, you know, you don't have to use all of your points for a cruise. You know, if you want to just cover two people in the room, now you're not having to come to the table with as much cash.
00:17:52
Speaker
It's nice. You can do like mixed funding methods, essentially. Right. Yes. And another thing I want to mention, too, um ah a big benefit of participating in the SWAP program is that members, when you participate in our SWAP program, you are not issued a 1099 tax form for your rental income as those points are being swapped directly for your vacation. I i listened to your last podcast and I heard you talking about this trip and and talking about, well, can't I rent points and take the cash and go book this cruise on my own?
00:18:21
Speaker
You can do that. But if you take your payout via cash, you would be issued a 1099 tax form for your rental income. Versus if you participate in our SWAP program, you don't get that 1099 tax form. So additional savings as well when you participate.
00:18:38
Speaker
I know where Trevor, I know you're about to go. I was going to ask the question if you weren't. So go ahead, Trevor. I was waiting for the right moment. um so So I don't think we actually covered this up front. I'm actually in Canada. So I'm so i'm i'm international traveling to to Disney and all that. And um for renting points, i you know I was aware of this you know you know when when we've looked at renting out our points in the past is that you know There's those tax forms, but then also we have to go through a few extra hoops with getting um tax exemptions as international guests. With this plan or with this program, rather, um does any of that come into play or does it not really matter for people that are you know international DVC owners? if You are an international DVC member. We can still absolutely work with you. Yes. So in that case, you do not need, yes, you're referring to, you would need an ITIN. You would need these additional items if you are going to rent for cash as an international member. But when you participate in our SWAT program, yes, because we're not paying those funds out to you in cash, you do not need that idea idea that that additional tax information. So um you would not need that because you would not be issued a 1099 tax form. Nice. i See, that's that is far more appealing to me. told you, LA has a cool job. get to hand everybody all the fun stuff. yeah Yes, it is. Well, because Trevor, you were even maybe thinking about going to one of the Asian parks next year, right? So you could even think about me. I don't know if you guys are doing any of the the Asian parks or anything like that, but I know, Trevor, you were looking maybe Tokyo next year. And if that's the case, if if you guys will do that, I mean, might be a good option for you.
00:20:16
Speaker
Well, we don't offer any of those parks. The only international... I know, sorry. The only international park I offer is Disneyland Paris. Ah, bummer. I'm guessing it's because of how the the parks are structured, that because Paris is under like the larger umbrella of Disney now, so it's a little bit easier to...
00:20:33
Speaker
and Deal with them versus, yeah, like Tokyo is technically separate. kind yeah so Yeah. Yes. But that's I mean, that's good for you to know, the Trevor, because like I know you, you know, you if you're not planning to trevor like to travel, I mean, you could you could possibly do a swap of some sort, too.
00:20:50
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, i' I'll admit, so so just to give context for me in the past is there was one year where we had like, it was like 20 points or something that we we couldn't use.
00:21:00
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And I was looking to rent them out. But um unfortunately, I hadn't done any of the ah done any the paperwork for getting all the tax stuff done for, for like like you said, yeah you know, all the all the stuff we have to fill out.
00:21:14
Speaker
And it honestly wasn't worth the effort for the 20 points. Yeah. to go through all that. Right. But, a lot paperwork yeah yeah but but if this is an option, you know, you know, I, cause I assume like, even if I had like 20 points, I'm sure I could use that towards something. Like you said, like it it could just help offset the cost of like park tickets or or something like that. Okay. Yeah. and a but Hotel stay. Yep. Park tickets, a last minute Disney cruise. Absolutely. Yeah. That's awesome. towards that That's no problem.
00:21:45
Speaker
Yeah, this is why we wanted to have you on, Ellie, because this I think, and to Danny's point, what you're doing is what you guys are doing with this program is very cool. And I hope this doesn't sound to listeners like we're just like pumping up the sponsor. I legitimately think this is cool. And i when I saw this, I was like, this is an awesome option for my points. And I wanted to, like I said, I wanted to do it, but because I was doing things so last minute, it was incredible. It was a little hectic and i was just like, I don't have time to for this.
00:22:09
Speaker
i'll do I'll do it next time maybe when i actually plan ahead and and don't you know just book a cruise a month out. um But yeah. One thing I love about our company is, and especially you know coming from Disney and then coming to a much smaller company, is we're so innovative and creative. And this is part of the company that is just...
00:22:30
Speaker
so creative and we're always looking for new ways to offer more options to our guests. So if there are any other vacation opportunities that you guys are interested that, you know, the listeners are interested in, just let Ellie know because it we hear you and ah we'll do everything that we can to try to make it work and and try to, you know, add new offerings as well. We're always looking to expand this program. So absolutely. Can I ah put Tokyo on the ask list? I going to say, Trevor's going to say, put Tokyo on that list. um
00:23:07
Speaker
Yeah, work on Tokyo, Ellie. You got some time. Trevor says doesn't want to go until next year. So you got time to figure it out. We may not even be next year. wherere where' We're looking at some options. yeah Well, this is this this has been great. So Ellie, if somebody is interested in learning more about this or wants to you know find out what their options are, best way to find that out?
00:23:31
Speaker
Yes, you can check out our website, dvcrentalstore.com, or um you're welcome to send me a direct email. My email address is Ellie, E-L-L-I-E, at dvcrentalstore.com.
00:23:42
Speaker
I love how simple all the email addresses are at the over there at Keyholder Vacations. that you guys are just first name, place you work. I love it. as I'm an IT guy, so I do appreciate that from a structure standpoint. Simplicity. Just saying. We're a small company, so we could do that. You could do that. Yes, you can. You need like the first middle initial and last thing.
00:24:04
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. ah ah So, yeah, Ellie, hang around while we we we're going to talk some DVC here, too. But we love that. We really, really appreciate that you came on the show to talk about the SWAP program, because I think like I said, I think it's really cool. And I hope some of our listeners reach out to, you know, use some of their unused points for, for you know, something different. Maybe they want to, can you know, go check out Epic Universe or something. You know, there's all sorts of things you can do. And that's that's what's really cool about it. So.
00:24:29
Speaker
Absolutely. Thank you guys so much for having me. Yeah. Yeah. Hang out here. Talk to you. We see with us. So the and hold on for our listeners, though. Make sure you, you know, if you reach out to Ellie, let her know that you you heard her talking on the show. Yeah.
00:24:43
Speaker
yeah yeah Yeah, because they they try I think you guys enjoy that when you after after your appearances, you get usually get all sorts of weird questions from our listeners. so numbers But also like you become a VIP.
00:24:56
Speaker
that's That's true. when When we know where you came from, we're like your family. mean Yeah. we're goingnna We treat all of our guests wonderfully, but i mean it's so cool when you're you know chatting with someone on the phone and then you know where they came from and it just it yeah you become friends right away. I i totally agree with that. I i mean, listen, Trevor and I still think it's weird that anyone listens to us talk i know about this ever. So it's funny to us when and that drives anyone to talk to you guys too. It's a crazy concept. Sometimes I'll be talking to people over the phone and they're like, I know your voice. Why do I know your voice? I've heard it over my radio. oh wait know I know who you are. That's funny.
00:25:38
Speaker
well well ah Well, Danny, tell us what's going on in ah in the resale market. I know we were we you know we just we we just got out of the second month the year of the year, and I feel like the reverberation of the of the ah the the fee, ah the resale fee, is still kind of
Insights on DVC Resale Market
00:25:53
Speaker
kind of you trying to work itself out, right? like i don't I don't really know what kind of impact that's having so far. But where are we at right now? Are we we so buyers market, sellers market? What what kind of trends are looking at? So you know what, to be very honest, I thought that the fee was going to be really polarizing, especially because at the end of last year, when the fee was announced, everybody was like, I gotta get in before the fee, I gotta get in before the fee. So I was just kind of like, bracing myself for the new year. um And, you know, I thought that that was really going to deter a lot of people. But I
00:26:25
Speaker
I think we've just kind of accepted that things change with Disney and things change with DVC. And that's just how it is. And there's not much we can do about it. So I think buyers are just getting savvy and they're saying, okay, I have this $500 fee. Let me just change my offer up a bit to kind of compensate for that difference. And everybody's happy. Yeah. Sellers happy, buyers happy. So I really haven't felt it um very much at all, actually. Just more buyers getting a little bit more creative with their with their offers. um We're in a seller's market, but it's such an interesting seller's market um because none of the prices have changed. Usually, you know if you're in a buyer's market or a seller's market, you see huge dips or you know increases in prices. But
00:27:16
Speaker
prices just across the board have been super steady. i will say we're in a seller's market because inventory is super low So if you are a seller, the good thing is your contract's probably going to sell a lot faster than it normally would have.
00:27:32
Speaker
um But yeah, prices are pretty steady across the board I've seen. Interesting. So to that end is – so i I do browse – I read like subreddits and stuff about DVC resale. And and so my anecdotal experience is that um it seems like you know part of that is Rofer seems to be going through relatively quickly for people or at least what I've been seeing. Are you seeing that as well that like they're not – like rofers not taking a long time because of this? Oh my gosh. Well, the end of last year, I was seeing some in like four days. I was like tearing my eyes. How's this even happening?
00:28:09
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um Or I'd get, you know, ah a message from a buyer. Like i I just passed rofer. Is this a mistake? And I'm like, I don't know. Let me, let me check. um Maybe it is a mistake, but it wasn't.
00:28:19
Speaker
Now we're looking closer to like 15 to 18 days, which is still a lot faster than normal. So yeah, You know, you never know with Disney. That could change tomorrow. But I would say for the past few months, it's been pretty quick, which is lovely.
00:28:37
Speaker
Yeah, for sure. Yeah, it's kind kind of an interesting, like, I know it doesn't affect necessarily the the the buying or selling market, but i feel like... It affects experience, for sure. Yeah, yeah. Rofer is like, like yeah you know, if you're selling, like, there's that anxiety of, like,
00:28:54
Speaker
Am I going to sell it quickly? And then on the flip side, the buyer going like, as my is my proposal going to get approved, right? Like it's it does affect both of them, even though, like you said, it's kind of up to Disney at the end of the day. But it's an interesting thing that I'm always looking at that in relation to like how the market seems to be moving to. Absolutely. Actually, one thing about ROFR that I would love to talk about, just because I feel like I've been getting this question a lot from sellers.
00:29:20
Speaker
Just so you know, if you're a seller and you're you know selling on DVC retail market, you really don't have to worry about ROFR. I've been getting a lot of, what if Disney buys the contract back? How does that affect me? As the seller, it doesn't impact you either way. So when when the contract goes through ROFR, if Disney does decide to buy it back, you're just going to get...
00:29:43
Speaker
essentially paid out by Disney instead of the buyer, but they are going to pay you whatever the agreed upon offer is. So really the only person that the, that ropher affects is going to be the buyer.
00:29:54
Speaker
Right. Yeah, that's right. I keep forgetting that like it's not that Rofer stops the sale. It's just Disney takes over the sale. Right. Someone else stops it for the buyer. And then, you know, as a buyer, this is another question we get asked a lot, like what's going to happen to my escrow deposit? Your escrow deposit gets fully refunded or a lot of people will just find another contract. I always tell people when you're going through ROFR, have a list, especially if you're really close to the ROFR numbers, have a list of contracts ready to go so that as soon as we find out if your contract passed or didn't, if it doesn't, you have some options that we can just move on really quickly and then just apply your escrow deposit toward the new contract. So super easy. But if you don't happen to find another contract right away, the escrow deposit is fully refunded to you.
00:30:42
Speaker
I realized we started in that whole conversation of rofer and I should have actually like we have a lot of new listeners and I should have wanted to find this up front. Rover, we're talking about right of first refusal, which is part of all of our DVC contracts for anyone that is listening to this, because, you know, we're all saying rofer and, you know, sorry, this goes in like with all the other.
00:31:03
Speaker
Disney acronyms that all of us who just talk about Disney. yeah think about it Yeah. Yeah. But, but, you know, I forget sometimes that, you know, we do have new listeners and we should be, you know, helping navigate that.
00:31:15
Speaker
Yeah. You want to talk about maybe what right of first refusal is a little bit. Yeah, sure. Tell us all about it. Yeah. So basically right of first refusal is let's say you're looking at a contract and you put in a crazy offer. You just want to see if the seller bites.
00:31:32
Speaker
And the seller's like, you know what? I think that's a pretty good deal. I'm getting more than I paid for it. I kind of want to sell quickly. Yeah, let's go ahead and accept that offer. That's great. That's the first step.
00:31:44
Speaker
The second step is letting Disney let you or or having Disney let you buy it back at that price. So basically what they do is if they feel that the price is too low or for whatever reason, Disney has their reasonings, they'll say, you know what? That price is too low. We're not going to let you purchase that. We're going to buy it back at that price.
00:32:05
Speaker
And so the first obstacle is, is the seller going to accept my offer? But the second is, is Disney going to let that pass? And so one thing that our company does that I think is really, really cool is we're all about education. We want our buyers and our sellers to be super educated when you know buying or selling. And so we have reports on our site that we post every single month. And you can look at all of the ropher buybacks. um And so when you're making an offer, look at that report because you could strategically make your offer around that that report.
00:32:39
Speaker
I really love Rofer and I think a lot of members do. Rofer kind of stinks when you're a buyer because you have to worry about Disney buying back. But I feel like it's the one thing that really sets DVC apart from kind of every other timeshare out there. If you were to own another timeshare and you need to sell it, a lot of them, you you basically have to pay someone to buy it back from you um so that you don't have to pay the annual dues anymore.
00:33:05
Speaker
But with DBC, because of Rofer, because Disney doesn't let contracts sell for crazy, crazy low... It keeps the market where it is and it helps your contract retain its value. um So I think that it's actually a huge perk to being a DVC member is having Rofer, but it is definitely something you want to be conscious of when you're putting an offer in.
00:33:28
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, that that really helps Danny with, e you know, i I kind of knew a lot of this, but, you know, thank you for explaining this for our our listeners, because, you know, there's ah um there's a lot to rofer and it's ah you know, it's it's something like you said, it exists in the background that, you know, is there to help, um you know, keep our our contracts of value.
Speculative Disney Resort Ideas
00:33:50
Speaker
So um I think it's good that, you know, people know what it is. um Now, I would, or so I know, Tom, we had a few other questions on the rundown here, but I think I kind of want to jump to this one. And this is actually, um so, okay, we have a part of our show that we we like to call reckless speculation. um you don't You don't have to play the the... You don't want to play the song? You can if you want. No, it's okay. I want to subject you to the song. Yeah. um so So this is actually for both Danny and Ellie because, um you know, we we like to to have...
00:34:26
Speaker
fun conversations about these things is uh um so so the actual question was when do you think dvc will announce another new resort but then i also have a follow-up to that is what kind of resort do you think dvc would or like yeah what what do you think would be the next dvc resort yeah where is it what is it themed to like yeah because we ask carrie this too yeah i want a ski resort yeah Oh, so yeah want way you even want – wait, Okay, hold on. Hold on. what Do you want an actual real life? like I want an actual real life, okay very themed ski resort. But not at Disney World, at an actual like mountain place. Like Denver or something. yeah
00:35:07
Speaker
Yeah. I mean ah but I'm also spoiled because I live here. so I'm like, you know you always want what you don't have. Yeah. And I don't have snow, and I want snow. Yeah. Trevor's got plenty. He can loan you some. You can come have some of ours. we yeah I live next to the Rocky Mountains, so we have snow all the time. But but you don't have Disney snow.
00:35:27
Speaker
True. Which I can only imagine would be ten times better. And you know, it's like... ah Disney ruins you because when you travel, as you guys know, like I travel a ton and, and I love to travel, but when you have done Disney your whole life, no resorts compare. i mean, you just yeah have the highest level of expectations when you're traveling. And so I want a ski resort, but with Disney standards.
00:35:56
Speaker
I like that. That is not the answer we expected because we were thinking... Well, I like to throw you guys off. Listen, that's what we like here. This is your answer, not ours. So that's why we like it. But Ellie, let's hear what your ideal next resort would be.
00:36:12
Speaker
I've never... I haven't really thought about that. It's interesting. I don't know. like I think... one of my favorite places to travel is like just anywhere in the Mediterranean. So I'm almost thinking like maybe kind of a spinoff Riviera, like another Mediterranean style, kind like a multi coast kind of vibe.
00:36:32
Speaker
I don't know where that would go. the I mean, i love, I wish it could be near Epcot just cause I love that location. We all want a new Epcot resort. We want an Epcot resort with a really long deed.
00:36:48
Speaker
Yeah. they See, what I want is them to go to to pull to go back into the the the Disney Imagineer archives and pull out the plans for Westcott, which if you're familiar with Westcott, Westcott was going to be the West Coast Epcot and they were going to have hotels in the World Showcase where you could just like in the middle of the night, like pop out into the World Showcase and walk around and you could like stay in different countries in the World Showcase. And I'm like, do that. I want to do that. That every little kid's dream to just...
00:37:16
Speaker
you know, be able to go to a park after hours or like, yes you know, you hide out so that security doesn't find you. The park closes and then you have the whole park to yourself. but Yeah. I could do ah a spin on that. i love it. wouldn't want to do that?
Listener Engagement and Market Insights
00:37:30
Speaker
Right? That's actually a dream. I love it. Yeah. i that Listen, when they, the, the Westcott plans were going to be so cool and then they just didn't do And it's like, how cool would it be to stay in the world showcase? And, you know, one night I'm staying in Morocco and in Moroccan themed hotel. And the next one I'm staying in a Mexican themed hotel, you know, like that so cool. That would be so cool. That would be.
00:37:52
Speaker
Yeah. But you know, they're not going to that. Who do we need to call? i Well, you know, I, we, Trevor and I think that, uh, that Josh listens to the show. So, uh, that's our current running joke is jo Josh must be listening to us and that's fueling his decisions. Clearly all his decisions at the Walt Disney company as the new CEO are are fueled by the things he hears on the show. So, um, so Danny, is there anything else you want to mention about, uh, about DVC right now or, or, or anything else you want the listeners to know or, or anything we didn't talk about that we should have talked about?
00:38:26
Speaker
Oh, goodness. oh i don't think so. We just finished Red Hot Deals. There are still some contracts that were on Red Hot Deals that are now ah labeled as certified hot price listings. So they're now lukewarm deals. They're not... They're now lukewarm... Orange hot deals. They're still... yeah we kept them on the site and and kept them like kind of... um labeled differently so that you can tell which they are. Obviously, it's not part of this huge, you know, marketing advertisement for for this big promotion. But, you know, if you missed Red Hot Deals or maybe you you dragged your feet a little bit too long, just go to the listings and sort for certified hot price listings um because there's still some really good ones.
00:39:15
Speaker
And you guys are, I mean, we i was reading in the blog and you you have a fairly historically low inventory right now. So like now's the time to, you know, to really sell. You guys are looking for contracts. We would love your contracts. We would love them. It's funny. Some people, you know, will call me and be like, it looks like there's a lot of other listings. You know, I'm seeing like a seller that I'm seeing 13 other listings in the resort that I'm selling. I'm like, 13 is nothing. We usually have like 85 for that. for that yeah yeah You don't understand how big these resorts are. Yeah. How many contracts there are? Yeah. yeah I mean, we sell like five to sometimes $9 million dollars worth of DVC contracts every month. So yeah. 13 is nothing. It's nothing. Yeah. We could use your contracts. So give us a call. All right.
00:40:08
Speaker
All right. And how people reach you? Sorry. Sorry. Oh, sorry. Oh yeah. Sorry. Yeah. Danny, give us your contact info and then Ali will ask the same set of questions to you. Yeah, so put me on speed dial. The easiest way to reach me is actually text message. My number is 954-257-2425.
00:40:26
Speaker
If if you didn't have your pen out yet, it is 954-257-2425. That's the fastest way to reach me. I have my phone in my hand, kind of at all times. um And then you could also email me at danny, D-A-N-I, at dvcresalemarket.com.
00:40:47
Speaker
so You want to talk about feeling like a VIP. You have Danny's phone number. yeah yeah A lot of my clients have me on speed dial. So yeah. And and don't don't worry about the timing. I have clients you know in other countries, on the West Coast. You're not going to wake me. If you message me at midnight, I'm probably sleeping. I'll just answer you in the morning. So don't worry. Any any questions that pop into your head, just shoot them over and I'll get back to you as soon as I possibly can.
00:41:18
Speaker
And Ellie, I think you mentioned already where we can where we can find you, right? is a Yes, my email, Ellie, E-L-L-I-E at DVCRentalStore.com. Or if you want to give me a call, my office number is 317-296-7379.
00:41:33
Speaker
Well, listen, it's been a pleasure having you guys. ahead, Trevor. Sorry. I was just going to ask Ellie. you know it was you know We talked about a lot of stuff with the Rental Store and the Point Swap. Is there anything else that you want to mention that we didn't talk about? Oh, yeah. No, I think we hit everything. No, I think we're good. Awesome. yeah Excellent. well Any other questions, your fans can reach out.
00:41:53
Speaker
We, I, I know I certainly will be, uh, I, I really appreciate you guys coming on today and, uh, you know, we'll be, we'll obviously, you know, was good to talk to you again, Danny. It's been, it's been a little bit, so it was great to have you back on again. And of course we're, we're making a, we want to make sure, have you guys on more often. We like having you on. So, uh, so thank you for joining us. Seriously.
00:42:13
Speaker
Thank you so much for having us. guys This was so fun. So it was great having Danny back on it and also meeting Ellie too. Danny has such great energy and like, she's just so fun and she gets what we do here. And that's like always them. It's hard. We've talked about this before where Trevor and I like having guests, but not everybody gets the vibe of what we're going for here. And, and we found a really nice group at, you know, key holder vacations that kind of gets what we're doing, you know? Yeah, I mean, it's it's the difference between like, you know, there's there's there's podcasts that are like, like it's treated like a
00:42:50
Speaker
um like a radio talk show or, uh, or like, like very formal. Right. and And the thing is, is that that's not us, you know, we're, we're far more casual and, and, and we've, we've had listened or not listened. we've We've had guests come on where they, they've been thinking that they have to be like very professional and and perfect. And, you know, we're like we said, you know, we're not, that's not us. That's not what the show is. The show is meant to be casual. And yeah, it's nice when we,
00:43:17
Speaker
when when people get the vibe right away and and relax like like you yeah you can tell when you can tell when people relax on the show versus when they don't oh for sure a hundred percent and that's why you know we we always like listen we'll have anybody come on the show but it's it you can always kind of tell when someone is uh is is vibing with what we're doing uh and and someone who isn't so yeah and And I guess that's the first thing, you know, if if if anybody listening, if we if you end up on the show by some crazy circumstances, you know, we say it's up front. Just relax. It's it's like we're sitting around having, you know, a conversation around the kitchen table. It's not meant to be.
00:43:58
Speaker
We're not that serious. No, we're we're we're very much not. Yeah. um But, you know, that being said, we go ahead I was just going to say that the other thing, too, is, you know, ah very, very happy to meet Ellie and yeah really like the stuff that she's doing. You know, like, you know, like we said, it's um a lot of great info there and and a lot of things that, um you know, like even for myself, I i said, you know, at that one part that. We are, you know, you know, as an international traveler, those options that that she's presenting are very appealing to me because it saves me jumping through a lot of the hoops that as an international a DVC owner, we do have little we do have extra steps at certain ah yeah certain points. So that's nice. I'm really ah excited that they're they're able to offer that. Yeah, that is kind of cool. You don't have to the tax form part because you're not really like you're not getting the cash from it.
DVC Reservation Processes and Policies
00:44:51
Speaker
It's sitting in like an account that is going to be used for something else. So it's kind of almost like a loophole. Yeah, I don't want yeah, let's not say it's a loophole because then Disney might say something about it. but though Well, it's actually interesting you say that, Trevor, because I wanted to bring something up and i I meant to bring it up when Danny was here, but I i forgot. Yeah. Um, but you know, I was talking about the Vera beach thing and ah went, first of all, I, you know, was able to book a two bedroom pretty last minute, which I was surprised by, especially considering it's during spring break, which is, you know, a busy time, you know, it's now given it's a very high point value time, right? So the points are a lot more and, and I probably spending, uh, you know, like 30 points more than I would like the week after, like literally the week after they go down by quite a bit. Um, but,
00:45:42
Speaker
So and and we know that that you know most DVC members ah try to avoid the times where the points are higher. So, you know, and that's and which makes sense. But, you know, and probably also want to try to avoid Florida, Florida during spring break, too. But um but yeah, so like one of the things that was interesting is and i don't know if you've I don't know if you've ever done this for Trevor, but because of the way I had to book this.
00:46:06
Speaker
I they didn't have the first night I needed, you know, the the night that get off the cruise. They didn't have that available. Right. They just had the the next two nights of that week. And so I just booked those. And I thought to myself, OK, well, i I'll get the other night. Right. I just got to try, you know, keep looking. And and sure enough, you know, i I just had a tab open, you know, in my browser and I just had the website open. I literally just hit refresh every like 15 minutes.
00:46:28
Speaker
And sure enough, one of them popped up and I got it. But now I got two separate reservations, which is not a problem. I've done it before. You know, you you talk to member services, they will merge the two together. Really, they're not merging the two together. They're basically canceling them and doing a new one, you know, with that's just for the right amount of time. But that and I've done this many, many times. Right. Really, i've I don' probably every DVC stay I've ever done has been you know, one where I had together reservations. Yeah. Yes. Because I usually cannot get the whole thing because I don't schedule, you know, we don't book as far ahead as we usually should.
00:47:02
Speaker
um And so I, I end up a lot of times with, you know, doing things kind of last minute and, and that ends up with these, these broken up reservations in this time when I did it and it's been a while since I've done it. So I'm sure everyone out here,
00:47:15
Speaker
as you know This is not maybe necessarily recent thing, but it's been a little while. But I was on the chat with the advisor and she said she said, please confirm that you are are adhering to the terms and conditions of Disney va Vacation Club and that this is for personal use only.
00:47:35
Speaker
Ah, yes. And I was like, that's a new question that I'm being asked. I have seen this too when i when I've done stuff. And I'm pretty sure this is related to, you know, they they changed some of the rules around.
00:47:50
Speaker
um So there are... there are companies out there that um seem to, to operate in, they, they own a bunch of, so it like, yeah, the reason they're saying for personal use is that, yeah um and actually I think we should clarify this because, you know, i'm I'm sure a lot of people are drawing lines with like, Oh, like rental store is like one of these companies that is like renting out DVC,
00:48:15
Speaker
to ah to people and you know you know making money off of it. They're an intermediary, which is different than a company owning a bunch of contracts and renting those contracts out. That's a business.
00:48:26
Speaker
Yeah. yeah the reason The reason that they're they're making those statements now about personal use is Disney seems to be going after those companies that you know, you know, it's not, it's not an individual that owns their, their contract and they're renting it out.
00:48:42
Speaker
And, and by the way, that is still totally valid. Like that that's allowed. Yeah. Like, you know, when we were, when we were talking with our, our, um, Our advisor, when when we got our first DVC contract, that was one of the things up front. He was like, yeah, you you can w rent your points out. like they They were very upfront about that from Disney's point of view is that they don't have a problem with you renting the points. What they have a problem with is these companies that are somebody figured out like ah there was like a gray market of like, hey, you buy up a bunch of contracts as a company and you can make money off of renting out those
00:49:13
Speaker
those contracts. Right. Yeah. And so, so yeah, I think the reason why you're seeing that phrasing on the website now is, you know, Disney, Disney's, they're putting that statement out there because it gives them legal grounds to go after the chat agent said it to me. It wasn't even, I was seeing it on the website, the chat agent. or yes or Yeah. Sorry. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But, but to your point, yeah.
00:49:34
Speaker
you know yeah I've seen on the website too. so Yeah, yeah. But to your point, what DVC Rental Store does, you can do just yourself, right? like ah You can rent to anybody. Yeah, yeah. yeah so like DVC Rental Store is just making a little bit more secure, broadening your horizon as far as like you know people that will do it for you. But like, If Trevor called me tomorrow and said, hey, you know do you want to rent your points out to me? I'll give you $20 a point.
00:49:58
Speaker
We could do that. that's not a but like We just do that as as private people. This is just a more formalized way to do it. So it it is a different thing. um And it's what they're doing is not... I mean, some people might quibble with it, but I think we should be able to... I don't want to get to a place where I can't use my points for friends and family. Literally, we bought DVC so we could share it with our friends and family together. We could do things together. Like I'm doing Avera. We're going with friends. And...
00:50:28
Speaker
friends and That's the kind of stuff that we want to do. And i would hate to get to a point with UVC where they say, well, no, you could get every reservation has to be in your name. you know And like that's I don't think we're going get to that point. It's just it was interesting to me because I had not had that happen previously. And I know they've been trying to crack down on this. And and I also know that they do you know respect the idea of allowing you know members to rent out their points. They also, though, don't want what you're talking about, which is these...
00:50:58
Speaker
companies that are buying up thousands of points and then renting them out because that has a lot of other impacts to inventory and yeah availability. yeah It's a net negative for the experience of DVC. Yeah. I mean, truthfully, it's protecting members by being restrictive about that.
00:51:15
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah. But like you said, it's it's interesting that, yeah, they're using that phrasing, ah you know, within the chats and and all that. It's like and yeah, to your point is, you know, I'm the same way as like, hey, you know, you know, I I have had, you know, conversations with friends and family, even like, you know, you know, I went with my brother last year, but it was like, you know, we were planning together a trip and it was like,
00:51:39
Speaker
I should be able to, like, even if I wasn't going, I should be able to say, you know, Hey, I want to, you know, you know, give my points to my brother and, you know, not that I would ever charge my brother for my points, but it's like, if I, if, you know, if, if I was having a conversation, was like, well, you know, Hey, you can give me some money because I'm, you know, I'm giving you like, you know, the the ah hotel stay for free basically.
00:52:02
Speaker
um you know, that's my business at the end of the day. Like from a personal standpoint, I understand, like you know, Disney is basically saying like, you know, it's your business, how you use your points, but it's, you know, companies trying to act as owners, right?
00:52:20
Speaker
is that's the part they have issue with and and rightfully so i think like yeah and the other thing is they used to do these mergers right there with you on the chat and they don't do that anymore they now it's like a service request they put in and they told me it could take seven to ten business days i was like what yeah oh interesting yeah i was like they used to just do it right away now maybe that's just chat like maybe if i called they would do it right over the phone with me i bet they would i mean but yeah i feel yeah the the chat i think um I hate to say it or i'm I'm going to ruin the magic maybe a little bit here, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was an AI agent you were dealing with and not an actual person.
00:52:55
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, it could have been. Because that that has been becoming a trend for a lot of like help, like front end help desk stuff is ah even though like Yeah. acts like a person but like if if it's a simple enough request like i'm sure an ai agent can handle it and that's probably why they have it like you know oh it'll take some time because it's you know it's actually the system just doing it in the background it's not it's not somebody sitting there doing it necessarily i'm betting it's still a manual process because they gotta yeah they got me there's There's probably somebody checking it, but I wouldn't be surprised. And like I said, sorry, this is my anecdotal experience as, you know, like I said, I'm in IT. So I kind of see the back end of some of this stuff is lot of places are moving to try and, you know, minimize like for obvious repeatable things, not having to have somebody sitting there like doing the work necessarily. Right. Like, Yeah, this kind thing can be complicated, though, because it varies. You could have like five different reservation numbers. It's a little. That's true. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Merging reservations is not always cut and dry. So that is fair, too. And maybe that's part of the seven to 10 days thing is maybe it's, you know, maybe it's it's being handed off to somebody to do, but it goes into a queue. And that's why they can't say, like, you know, we'll do it for you right away. And that's what they said. They're handled first-conferment. It was just interesting to me because I hadn't run into that before. They used to just do it right there. And I don't know how new this is. This could have been like last year or the year before, and I just am not noticing until now. Yeah, I would be curious. And this is so – sorry. This obviously speculation, and we're just observing things as users of the system is I would be curious if –
00:54:44
Speaker
you know If you have to do this again in the future, or if either of us have to, if there would be a difference between making the phone call versus using the chat agent. Test it out. yeah Yeah. This is all in this is all in the the lens of just understanding the system. I'm not trying to call Disney out for anything. I'm not trying to you know you know say they're doing one thing or another.
00:55:06
Speaker
I'm making assumptions myself. And you know I'll say that up front is I'm not saying I'm an expert on these things, but I'm just basing it on my own experience that I've seen. in dealing with different companies over you know over time here.
00:55:19
Speaker
i I would be curious how it would how things would go if you did it over the phone. Yeah. So. Yeah. Someone tell us. How about you do this? How about you go back and you split your reservations? And then call... Yeah, let let's let's do that. let's I don't know if anyone else does this. And maybe it's just me. But like whenever I first book the reservation, I only ever put my name into it. right Because I'm like like... Just when I first do it. right like And then once it's confirmed, then I go back and edit it and then add all the other names in.
00:55:50
Speaker
I think it's just because like I'm paranoid that if it takes me too long to type everything in, like I feel less rushed if I go back and do it. Because now it's already booked. I have it reserved. I'm not scared that it's like going to disappear on me or something. I don't know. I've been doing that for a while. And it just... I like right now, the only person whose name is on there is me.
00:56:06
Speaker
There's nobody else on there. And there's seven other people that are are six other people that are going agree with us. So, um yeah, I don't know. I think so. I, I put in all of my family's info, but I think the difference is, is that mine are, I'm usually only booking for three people.
00:56:22
Speaker
So i it's, it's like all that stuff is pre-populated in my, my ah ah DVC stuff. So it, for me, I like, but I get what you're saying is like, yeah, you know, if you've got like a larger reservation, I see where you would just want to get it booked and then to go back and figure out the details later. Yeah. Because, yeah, especially if you got like, you know you know, people outside of your household and everything. But...
00:56:45
Speaker
I also didn't want to spend all the time doing it if we were just going to, because because if we didn't get the the first day you know, the the first night there, I might have canceled the whole thing, you know? So um now we just have to figure out because, you know, you get off the ship real early in the morning and then, you know, you can't check in until later in the afternoon. So we got to, and you know, there's only like an hour between the two, the two places. So it's like, okay, well, what what are we going to do in between? Yeah. I'm sure you i mean, one, you can drop off your luggage there. And two, I'm pretty sure you can find somewhere to just go and,
00:57:23
Speaker
either just hang out for a while or i know I saw in the discord, I think ah i'm pretty sure it was Dan that, uh, Oh yeah. Dan gave me a ton of information. Yeah. Yeah. he gave some, some tips on places to explore. So, you know, that's, uh, um, that I, I I'm doing it again. I'm, you're going to blame me for,
00:57:45
Speaker
don why this works or doesn't work because I'm telling you, you should go off and like explore things and you're going to be like, Trevor, it's your fault that I missed dinner. no, I'm not blaming you in front of me. I only blame you for the initial. Okay. okay i'm I'm making suggestions. I'm not telling Tom to do anything just so we're clear. they' just never good Listen, i even me blaming you, I'm blaming you in a good way because I'm happy that I'm doing this. This is great. I know. This is just a funny bit that we're doing now. It is. if I'm fine with it. yeah Okay. As you're cool with Um, no, yeah. So, uh, yeah. So there's that going on. I, um, well, was looking at doing Kennedy space center. Cause I've always wanted to do that. Um, and you know, like, and I don't know how familiar you are with, with, with that Trevor, but it's like, you know, space, speed is you know, rockets and,
00:58:30
Speaker
Yeah, I know about it.
Vacation Planning and Cruise Discussions
00:58:32
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I've not been there myself. But yeah, I really wanted to go Yeah, it seems like an an interesting time for sure. And it's 20 minutes from the port. I mean, you because, you know, they launched the rockets off like right there. Like it's Port Canaveral. It's where they launched rockets off, you know. So like you can you can, I mean, the one time when my wife and I went on a cruise that wasn't a Disney cruise and we were on a Royal Caribbean cruise and we were at Port Canaveral, we saw them rolling the rocket out to the launch pad. Like, because it literally goes right by the ships. They go right on the same road. Like there's like a little side road there. that they do it. So you can see that. And I, I, you know, and you can watch launches and stuff from there too, but I've just always wanted to go to the space center because it just looked really cool. They got a lot of cool stuff there. want to go check out some rockets. I think it would be entertaining, but it is a little pricey. And here's, ah you know what Trevor, this is always the challenge I have.
00:59:16
Speaker
with going on vacation with other people because I know what I'm willing to spend on things. You know, like I know i have no problem paying for the tickets to go to go do this, but we're with other people and I don't want to assume that they're willing to pay for it. You know what i mean? and And I don't also want to like make it feel like they have to. You know, because their money is their money. And I don't want to, like, pressure anybody. This is this is a challenge I always, and I know it's, like, in my head. and i like But I always, like, feel guilty, too, because I'm just like, oh, hey, I'm suggesting this, you know, fairly expensive thing. And it feels like I'm pressuring them to do it. It's it's a it's just, like, i don't know.
00:59:54
Speaker
But so, okay. I'll, I'll relate my own experience with this because I went through this with my brother last year because, you know, we, we don't travel together normally. And so I was, ah I was very much in the same boat as you, where I was like, you know, Hey, I have a list of things that I want to do. And I, and I know what, what I like to do at Disney, but he had zero context and even things like, you know, we, we booked an after hours party and he was like,
01:00:22
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ah Like his initial reaction was like, okay, like he didn't, he didn't understand why, but you you know, he got it when, once we were there, he got it. But, um you know, it was that, you know, upfront of like, Hey, this is going to cost X amount of dollars. Right. And so I guess the way that I handled it was I, and again, this, this is me, I'm,
01:00:43
Speaker
maybe over planning a little bit, but I literally like did cost breakdown of like, you know, Hey, here's the cost of all these tickets. If we do all this, this is going to run us X amount of dollars. um Yes or no.
01:00:55
Speaker
And basically I put it to him and I said, you know, you know, this is every, all the information I have, i am down to do these things. If you want to discuss changing plans or whatever, you know, let's talk about it. But if you agree with what we're doing, I'm going to pull the trigger.
01:01:12
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And so I, so, you know, he had the information and and, and, and, you know, if he, if he disagreed with it, it's like, well, but you, you agreed that we were going to do this. So like, I mean, that's how I guess I would approach it with like another family is like, just, you know, you know, put out like, Hey, I want to do these things.
01:01:28
Speaker
This is how much it'll cost. If you're in, you know, I'll bring you in. If not, it's like, you know, the other side of it too is like, Hey, if they don't want to go, you know, you guys figure out whatever you're doing for the rest of the day, I'm going to Kennedy space center.
01:01:41
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like Yeah, that's kind of what we may we might you know end up doing. because it's i And you kind of have to do that, I think. We talked about this before. When you go on vacation with other people, you kind of have to be okay with doing your own thing sometimes. Otherwise, it's going to create friction. Yeah.
01:01:58
Speaker
And I'm okay with it. I just always feel like even when Trevor, when you and I went to dinner, when we both were down there at the same time, and I kind of just was like, we already had the Liberty Tree reservations. And then I just was able to add you and your brother. But I also was thinking to myself, like, I hope they don't feel like they have to go because it's not exactly a cheap dinner because it's an all-you-can-eat place. And I was like, oh, man, I feel like I... We were already it.
01:02:24
Speaker
okay yeah and yeah i get that i know i know that happened last minute but you know we didn't have a plan for dinner anyway like we were just like gonna hit up quick services and now you're a fan of the yeah and the fact that you invited us we like like you know we we talked about it for like half a second it's like you know hey we're gonna go do sit down yeah cool but but i think that's also because you know we're we were of the same mindset that you know we're on vacation i am not here to limit my spending like like we've We both knew up front that we were going to throw money at things that on a normal day I would not do. And and so, yeah, I think that's part of it. you know you know If if you have that if you have that that pre-understanding up front that it's like, this is a vacation, we're going to spend money on a vacation, I think that makes those conversations easier too with it that's the other party, right? Yeah, it's always a tough thing to me. And you know and also just like... you know we We talked about this before, too. The other you know the point of contention that sometimes come up, especially in on a place like Disney, where there is so many ah additional add-ons you can do, right? It's like, and especially since you know we're going with my daughter's, one of my one of her closest friends, it's it's it's hard because it's like, okay, well, what if I want to do Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boutique with her? and I don't want to expect them to have to pay for it, but then that's going to, you know, cause a little issue, you know, and it's like, i and, and their daughter will go, but she's going, but why can't we go? you see say and yeah like yeah
01:03:59
Speaker
So I almost, I feel like we just will discuss those things with them ahead of time. And I, and, and just make, you know, see what they think and, and, you know, come to like, cause I don't want to cause a problem. Obviously I don't want to, And it really doesn't matter at the end of the day. And, you know, it's it is what it is. but but But, you know, I will say this, too, is, you know, i know you're worried about, like, upsetting other people. but I worry about all these things, Trevor, all the time. I know, but but and sorry, I'm also going to to put it out there that other people are responsible for themselves. know. Right? like even Even from the lens of you know saying, you know I want to take my daughter to Bibbibbibboutique. If her friend is upset about it, that's honestly between her and her parents at the end of the day. And it's not it's not your fault that you know one thing happens or another thing happens. And i get i get what you're saying. I get you don't want to you know cause... i feel guilt.
01:04:50
Speaker
i Yeah, but but I'm I'm also going to to remind that, you know, it is you you are as much there on your vacation as they're on their vacation and you have a right to choose how you spend your vacation. Yeah, no, I agree. So so, you know, I get I get where you're at with it. I get, you know, because you're like kind of the the focal point of planning all that that you feel like you have an obligation. But I do.
01:05:14
Speaker
But I think that's also where, like I said, you know, going back to my experience with my brother, it was, you know, easier because it was just me and my brother, but there was definitely a dynamic there you know, he didn't know, like I said, he didn't know what was up. He he was very much leaning on me. And so I felt an obligation of trying to like, you know, make sure that he got the most out of his his experience. But he eventually turned to me and was like,
01:05:36
Speaker
look, Trev, I like, I'm just going with the flow here. Like, you know, whatever you tell me is good. I trust you. Like, yeah. Like he, he basically had to say like, I trust your judgment on this. Stop feeling like you have to, you know, question it. Right. So.
01:05:52
Speaker
And the nice thing about doing the cruise is that this is actually still, even though I did one already still a bit of a blind spot to me, right? Like I am not an expert on this side of, of the, of the thing. So it's almost, I, I kind of can like, you know, I'm not the the responsible one here. Right. Because like I i know a little.
01:06:10
Speaker
Do I know a lot? No. and And I mean, you know, that's this is not like the parks. The parks are a whole different thing. I can tell you anything you want to know about that. But yeah cruises, I don't know. i mean, I'm still learning myself on these. So, um yeah.
Orange Bird Sipper and Collectible Discussion
01:06:24
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But anyway, we there was not a lot of news this week, Trevor. not yeah just and And I just put a couple things in that i thought were interesting. And the number one thing that I thought was interesting, and and usually, you know, when we do food time, we usually get to talk about, like, the sippers or the popcorn buckets. But this one, we didn't get to talk about when we did food time.
01:06:41
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good Yeah, they did they just announced this, like... Yeah. yeah Like this week. A couple days ago. Yeah. Yeah. And we so we got an Orange Bird sipper, and it's ah it's it's the Orange Bird.
01:06:53
Speaker
There's a whole history of Orange Bird. And actually, if if you want to know more about it, and and sorry, I'm just going to plug this here. Dapper Danielle, um or Orange Bird orangebi is her favorite character, and she's actually, I've watched some of her content, and she's actually done some deep dives into this.
01:07:11
Speaker
where orange bird came from and be, it was, it was a whole thing of, you know, corporate sponsorships all that. So if you want learn more about orange bird, she does have info on that. And technically, okay. So, I mean, this is kind of a weird thing, but it technically it is a Disney character, yeah, it is. He was a Disney character to be the mascot for the Florida citrus commission. So Disney created it, but it was for the Florida citrus commission.
01:07:38
Speaker
And that was in exchange for them sponsoring the the Tiki Room and the sun ah is Sunshine Tree Terrace. So it's, it is, but it's, you know, it's, it's, it's not like, um it's a Disney character in the parks, you know? Yeah, it's a sponsored Disney character as well. Yeah, exactly. It's a sponsored Disney character. That's a good way to think about it. It's, it's, it's one, but night it's a, it's a, it's, it's a Disney character, but not a Disney character. Yeah. But but now, so let's talk about the fact that it's an a sipper, I guess.
01:08:09
Speaker
Okay. i know I'm looking at this and, i mean, one, it like all the pictures I'm seeing of it it, I don't see any point where it actually has a drink in it. Has beverage in it?
01:08:20
Speaker
Yeah, they're showing it with like the cup of what did they say it is? It's an orange lemon smoothie. An orange lemon smoothie next to it. I don't even see where the straw goes into this thing. Like they're not showing that. I assume it's behind the leaf on the top of his head, right? Yeah. And I mean, and to be fair, like this, we're not looking at the link you sent isn't through an official Disney site. But I mean, my thing with sippers, like I do have a couple of sippers in this house that we've acquired along the way.
01:08:50
Speaker
I like sippers a lot less than I like popcorn buckets. And I feel like I'm drawing a line in the sand there. no I agree with you. But like sippers are just... i'll tell you what I'll tell you what the problem with slippers are, Trevor. and I think I've talked about this before. And I this is a general rule for me. Anything I'm eating out of or I'm sorry, anything I'm drinking out of.
01:09:12
Speaker
I don't I want to wash that first. Yes. Right. Yeah. yeah That's it for me is that I i can't easily wash a zipper. And and the the plastic ones come from the factory with like a little bit of like a weird chemically coverage still on them. And if you just pour a drink right into that, it tastes like that chemically thing. And that's like if i if you poured a drink into this and then drank directly from it, all you would taste is plastic.
01:09:40
Speaker
Like that's what you would taste, you know? And if you clean it, it'd be fine. But, you know, I don't know. That's that's what my issue really is. So if I were to get this, which, You know, it's cool. I like Orange Bird and i I like this iteration of it. There's a lot of Orange Bird merch go floating around the Flower and Garden Festival, too, along with some Spike merch as well.
01:10:02
Speaker
ah You know, i will i enjoy Spike as well, but there's a lot of Orange Bird stuff going on. um You know, I don't know. I just wouldn't put the drink in. I would i would get it as a souvenir and not a functional cup.
01:10:13
Speaker
Yeah. and And to that end, like even... Or I guess like, yeah you're right. It's still fine as like a souvenir and and like as ah as a little bit of a display piece. If you're a fan of of Orange Bird, you know, totally makes sense.
01:10:27
Speaker
um Like you said, my my problem with it is the same as yours is that like with a popcorn bucket, it's like you get like popcorn buckets come in weird shapes, too. And like they can be a pain to clean out. But it's like you're cleaning out popcorn, whereas like a sipper is like but my thing with sippers like.
01:10:44
Speaker
i I like, you know, I like the resort mugs because i when I get home, I can take a resort mug and I can wash it properly and, and, you know, and I can use it and I can be like, yeah, you know, you know, I'm using my resort mug. You know, sometimes, sometimes I drink out of my resort mugs. I have a bunch of them at home now at this point, just, you know, if I'm feeling like I need a little bit of Disney, you know, on a regular day and then I can throw them in the dishwasher. The problem with a sipper is that, know,
01:11:11
Speaker
You know, they really do that i'm I'm putting my drink in this and then i don't know that I'll ever get this thing clean, which means that, like I said, it it kind of relegates itself to it's always just going to be a display piece and not something usable. And even as far as popcorn buckets go, we actually we have a popcorn bucket that we actually use as a pen holder ah because why not? Right. Like it's. Yeah. yeah So, you know, um yeah, I just.
01:11:37
Speaker
I don't know. i like i i like the I like the way it looks, but I just – I wish that they would rethink how they do sippers. Yeah. Right? Like what actually would be really cool is if like the outer shell of the sipper was like you know these elaborate things. But then if they had something inside where there's like a removable cup or something that the actual liquid gets stored in that you can take it out and – wash it right like like a plastic bag in there or something like you wouldn't i mean it' serious yeah yeah yeah like do yeah do you do you know about milk in a bag yes i do know about milk in a bag although i thought that that was mostly like in only certain areas in canada It is actually, it's mainly in Ontario and i think Quebec still does it. But yeah, it's not a thing where I live, but we we're very aware of it. That's what I was imagining. yeah's what i This is the same thing. It's just like of your bag of of smoothie in your... Yeah, you just put a bag inside there. And then the nice thing about the bag is when you pour the liquid into it, it'll just conform to whatever the shape of the zipper is. That's true. and Then I'm okay with drinking from it because now I'm not drinking from, you know, from this weird plastic ah thing. I'm drinking from instead a plastic bag that is probably food safe, I would hope. And, and you know, doesn't taste like plastic.
01:12:57
Speaker
Yeah. i so like Like I said, that so then it becomes the issue of like cleater. I mean, like I wouldn't want to say I feel like a cup would be better than a bag because you can wash the cup, whereas bags like, you know, they're more disposable. yeah make it make it Make it a reusable bag. I don't know. Yeah. I mean, yeah. I mean, obviously it would be, but it like I didn't really think this idea through Trevor. yeah It got it got out of hand real quick. Yeah. but i listen i think it win I think I think I'm brilliant. um Yeah. Yeah, some food for thought with zippers. But yeah, let's move on to – I think we got what? Like one or two more things on
Magic Kingdom and Tomorrowland Updates
01:13:35
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the list? Yeah, I mean I feel like I i put the Disney Adventure stuff on here, which is a lot. so And I don't want to talk – And we you know we've talked for a while today. So you know maybe we can just talk about a couple of things about that. But the other thing I wanted to put on here, and just because we talked about it –
01:13:50
Speaker
Fairly recently was, you know, Buzz Lightyear, still closed. Space Ranger spin over Magic Kingdom, still closed. But they did just put up a new sign um replacing the old sign, ah which, you know, and when I say sign, I mean what held like the wait time thing, you know?
01:14:07
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And it was like that cartoony Space Command thing and very like, um I don't know, what would you call it? Like an industrial kind of feel to it, right? like it It was very 90s. futuristic. 90s Tomorrowland looking. um it it It felt like um the old sign felt like a remnant of when they were using... ah or, uh, or actually I guess it's closer to what they did in Disneyland, which people called them, I think they called them the space French fries because there was these, like, it was supposed to be like stone or like look like rock formations you would see on like Mars or something, but they painted them like a copper color and they kind of look like French fries for a bit. And then, um, but this is like the old one was in that same vein. It was like, it was like an older,
01:14:54
Speaker
um Older structure, this new structure or the the new wait time sign looks actually like something you would see. it looks closer to like Space Mountain. actually It actually looks more like current Tomorrowland. But also this article mentions, too, that it it's very much in the vein of the the sign that ah for the previous attraction, which is if you had wings.
01:15:17
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it Oh, I never actually saw that. so Yeah. so and they So they have a picture here of the If You Had Wings and it's it's kind of a very similar style. And it's it's it's almost like... oh yeah, yeah. Okay, yeah. i see I see that now. Yeah. Yeah. So it's like it's weird because it's like a throwback, but it also somehow is current is fitting like more of the Space Mountain, like the almost more of the current...
01:15:39
Speaker
Tomorrowland theming. I like it. I think it's cool. i it it gets a It gets away from like the toy cartoony kind of sign, but that it doesn't this is not the only sign. right like The whole front of the attraction is still ah you know being being worked on. like there's It's all just paint right now. um This is the sign that sits in front of where the doors are.
01:16:02
Speaker
uh, that, you know, just has the standby time and the lightning lane time. Uh, so it's, it's one of the signs, but it's not the only sign. So, but I, I like this. it And it also kind of looks like it's going to light up cool at night, which is pretty neat too.
01:16:14
Speaker
Yeah. And actually, yeah, I realized what it is now that, um, the, the old sign, it reminded me of the nineties cartoon. Yeah. Is what it is. So, so like it had that cartoon aesthetic to it. And this is more, like you said, it's, it's bringing it back to like,
01:16:30
Speaker
It's blending in with Tomorrowland, which is not a bad thing. like it yeah Because I think maybe maybe this is part of a larger thing that they're trying to do with Tomorrowland is Tomorrowland did feel a little bit disjointed for a while.
01:16:45
Speaker
that I mean, Buzz Lightyear never felt like it fit in there because of the kind vibe of it. Yeah. I mean, like that whole corridor, if you think about like, cause there, there used to be like Stitch and then Monsters Inc. and Buzz Lightyear. It was all like very, very cartoony. Right. But I think they're trying to get it back to like the, ah the Tomorrowland aesthetic, which is, you know, more futuristic, um, minimalistic, I guess, you know, you know, some people I get, you know, may not like that, but I mean, I, I,
01:17:15
Speaker
I don't think it's a bad thing because like that is supposed to be the vibe of Tomorrowland is like, you know, you know, kind of, kind of like what Epcot was proposed to be is yeah kind of the vibe that I'm getting from it. So yeah, absolutely. Which I like a lot.
01:17:30
Speaker
I really do. It's very cool. Yeah. Can't wait to see what the rest of the signage looks like. Yeah, seriously. I know i know we're talking about signs and getting excited excited about signs, theming is like important. i mean Yes, absolutely. like like don't Don't sleep on theming. like Theming is a big reason why we go to Disney. so exactly Exactly. I'm more than happy to talk about it.
01:17:49
Speaker
Yeah. And I mean, the last thing I had on here was just about the Disney adventure, a cruise ship that none of us will go on because it's in Singapore.
Disney Adventure Cruise Highlights
01:17:56
Speaker
Yeah. And it and it doesn't even like actually travel anywhere. just goes out to sea and comes back. Which I love. I just, I do. I, that's, that's an ideal cruise to me, man. Yeah. like just That's totally fine for with me. But listen, this cruise ship looks incredible. and Oh my goodness, yes. I think we talked about this, I don't know, a couple episodes ago where you know Disney bought this ship for nothing because this was a pretty much a fully built cruise ship that ah the company that was building it went bankrupt. So Disney came in and and and bought it for pennies, essentially, but then spent like...
01:18:29
Speaker
$2 billion dollars to like redo the whole thing. And you can see the money in it. Like if you just look at the pictures, it's, it is gorgeous. I mean, yeah. Oh man. Yeah. I mean, there's like the amount of variation in the areas.
01:18:45
Speaker
Yeah. This ship is insane. Like, Like just looking at like, like that courtyard, you know, with the, with the trees in the middle, yeah the open courtyard. And then, and then the San Francisco street is like, i very cool I would just go stand there and just like vibe with that.
01:19:04
Speaker
Like, it's so cool. I love it. It's really, really cool. it's And for those that don't know, it's, it's big hero six, which you haven't seen big hero six. What are you doing? Go see that movie. It's great. I love big hero six. Yeah, that's a fantastic movie. And but like so they have like this whole like street area that's got ah like ah it's got like ah it's like a market and shopping experiences. They have a four screen movie theater, which is crazy. he's just like it's It's just which is just yeah, nuts. I mean, also, you know, they've got rides on this one now.
01:19:34
Speaker
Now, the other this is a fairly common thing nowadays in the cruise ship industry to have like these ah roller coasters on the outside of ah the outer edges of their ships. A lot of the newer ships have this, but this is a first for Disney, and they also built the longest one in existence.
01:19:50
Speaker
But they also just threw a flat ride on on on on one of the de on the top deck, which is crazy that they did that. um And it also looks like some sort of go-kart kind of thing. and Yeah, there's go-kart.
01:20:04
Speaker
racing as well or just or I guess like a go-kart track yeah yeah yeah so there's that too and so these are all first for Disney because they don't like have ride rides on the on their ships that's just not a thing that they do and so that's a new thing that they're doing and an end listen that would work in the States but listen this ship looks incredible I really I hope someday it somehow makes its way to the States I don't it doesn't feel like it will it feels like they've created this very specifically for the Asian market and it's just going to stay there Uh, so, but I mean, I don't know. I mean, I'm sure they, if they really wanted to bring it over here, they could like, if it just is not doing well, but it's a very, if you've seen any of the other Disney ships, it looks very different. It's much bigger. It's by far the biggest ship that they've ever had. And it's, uh, but it's, I mean, the theming in it, you can see that they, where they spent this money. It just looks incredible.
01:20:55
Speaker
And, you know, Tom, maybe ah that's a conversation with Ellie because, you know, she said to us about, you know, potential vacation opportunities. Maybe you need to say, how can I rent my points to get on the ship?
01:21:06
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I don't want to fly all the way to Singapore. That feels really far away. i mean Yeah, it is. But I mean, you know, it would be ah an adventure, right? On the Disney adventure. I know. i got to check in with Brian and see if he's still doing, if he's still going on it. Because remember, Brian told us that he was yeah going to be doing that he was going to be doing the first sailing, but then they pushed it back a couple months. They actually delayed it. So I don't know if he still is.
01:21:31
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um I'm fairly confident he's going to go on it regardless. Yeah, I would. I like i would be surprised if he didn't. Yeah, yeah exactly. yeah i don't I don't see him. I don't see a world where he's not doing it. but Oh, wow. did you actually Did you watch the video that they put out, too? Because the video is even cooler than just the pictures. The video is awesome. I actually i did not watch the video. I kind of stopped at San Francisco Street, I'm going to honest. That's fair. They show you video of San Francisco Street, though, so you can see. Okay, now I need to go find where is the video.
01:22:04
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Or is it this... Yeah. I called me go-karts before and they're not really go-karts. They're just kind of like, like little, like, um, I don't know those big wheel kind of things that like, you know, kids will drive around sometimes. Yeah. Uh, which, you know, it's fine again, kind of cool, but not a thrill ride necessarily. But yeah, you can see the, the San Francisco, uh,
01:22:23
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Yeah. I'll have to watch this video in a minute because of the volume. It's an Instagram video and it's the volume is cranked up. So I can't actually watch it right now. I have mute i you know i can't see the mute button for some reason. That's okay. Well, anyway, I don't know.
01:22:39
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ahs Let's wrap it up. I mean, i I don't think we need to talk too far about this, but I mean, the the comments on this is is ah is pretty crazy on this video. The most beautiful ship I've ever seen. Good Lord, this beautiful, incredible.
01:22:51
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i mean, it is. it is yeah You can see the money they spent on it for sure. and it and like, I'm a little jealous of the of the Asian market for getting getting access. it Not that the other ships aren't beautiful. They are. But this is, ah they they definitely went to it and another level entirely here. Yeah.
01:23:08
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Yeah. Anyway. all right. Let's wrap it up, Trevor. All right. So, um, yeah, we talked about a lot
Community Engagement and Promotions
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today. So, you know, if you guys have questions about anything we talked about, um or or anything like that, you can always find us at our email address, which is welcomehomepodcast.gmail.com.
01:23:26
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Uh, we love hearing from you guys and hearing, hearing what you think about the show and hearing you share your experiences and all that. So, um, you know, please reach out to us. Um, you can also find us on social media so you can find us on Facebook as welcome on podcast. You can find us on YouTube as welcome on podcast and you can find us on Instagram as welcome on picks.
01:23:43
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Um, Again, all all great places to to get in contact with us. And we also have a Facebook group called Welcome Home Disney Waitlist where we talk about um stuff from the show and just you know general Disney stuff. And like I said, it's just it's all about just everyone sharing their experiences with Disney and DVC and all that because you know we all we all have our own takes on this and that's kind of the point. Yeah.
01:24:07
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Um, yeah, I mean, it it is really at the end of the day, that's why that's why we talk about is because, you know, we all are seeing this from different angles and it helps us better understand it when we can, you know, see it from all the angles. So, yeah um, yeah. So, you know, you know, you can, you can find us on social media and then also, um if you want to help support the show, um, we have a store, um, and it's, you know, we, we got some cool merch in there. So you can, you can check out our, our merch at store.welcomepodcast.co.
01:24:35
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um we We got a good range of stuff now. I think I'm i'm i'm pretty happy with the new store. um And I'm also excited that, um you know, if there's if there's something that you guys want to see in the store that, you know, maybe if there's a particular type of merch that you're curious about, again, you know, reach out to us. We can we we have the ability to add stuff to the store. So, yeah.
01:24:57
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Tell us what you want. We'll make it. Yeah, exactly. So, um, yeah you know, let, it let us know on that. And like said, and also if, if you do get some merch, you know, we'd love to see the end product of it as well, because, you know, we, or, you know, send us a pic, like, you know, if you're wearing shirts in the park and then everything, I, I do love seeing that because it's still, like we said earlier in the show, you know, still blows our mind that, you know, you know, people are excited about the podcast and everything and, you know, you know, Hey, show us, uh,
01:25:23
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If you want to make me happy, show us the, ah the merch in the park, because i love seeing that. um And also in the same vein, you know, for supporting the show, we do have a Patreon. So you go to patreon.com slash welcome home pod and check out our different levels of Patreon support, which have an exclusive logo that you can only get on Patreon. And all of our Patreon supporters get access to the Discord server, which is yet another place that we talk about stuff from the show. And like I said, lots of lots of great discussions, people sharing their own experiences, things like, you know, you know Tom asking about Vero Beach and people chiming in with recommendations. You know, all that kind of stuff happens there and just, you know, fun fun Disney-centric conversations. So um make sure you check that out if you're
01:26:08
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if you're interested in in getting in on the conversation and you know, ah like I said, how I like, uh, how I like seeing pics of merch in the park, uh, Tom likes five-star reviews. So i do if you're, if you're, you know, listening on iTunes or Spotify anywhere, you can leave a rating, you know, leave us a five-star on the show. Um, just let us know that you like the show.
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01:26:51
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You can find us. Huge thank you to to our our continual sponsor, Keyholder Vacations. And also, again, a big shout out to Danny and ah and um Ellie for coming on the show today and talking about some DVC and some swap and all that fun stuff.
01:27:05
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that was ah That was a great time today. so Yeah, for sure. sure thanks to them for joining that was we learned i i learned a lot i know i learned uh you know quite a bit so um so thank you guys really appreciate that um but join us next time for more disney parks discussion of course more dvc talk we hope to see you all real soon
01:27:24
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This is Skipper Albert A. Wall, the voice of the jungle, signing off from Welcome Home Podcast on the DVC. We do a hug when we had a chair.
01:27:36
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How she can cuddle these no-mess of fur. I look around for all the poles, found her in her sugar bowl. Hey, look out, heracles not more than change.
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The End