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Episode 356: DVC Resale Market, Legit Poutine & Patriotic Treats
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The guys are joined by Kerri from DVC Resale Market to discuss recent resale trends, right of first refusal (ROFR), continued low inventory, flat resale prices, Lakeshore Lodge, and the Palmetto Trust. Disney+ announces its first-ever slate of Canadian original programming. The opening date and full menu are officially revealed for La Poutinerie at EPCOT. Colorful new Logo Mania merchandise is headed soon to Disney Parks. Disney released a new menu of patriotic treats across the resorts to celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary along with a Sam Eagle popcorn bucket.
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Introduction and Sponsor
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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.
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Hello and welcome home. This episode of Welcome Home is brought to you by DVC Resort Market. Thank you for joining us on episode 356 of Welcome Home, a Disney Parks and Vacation Club podcast. I'm Tom here with Trevor.
Weather Discussion
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How's it going, Trevor? Hey, pretty good.
00:00:42
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Just enjoying a relatively warm Saturday for once. relatively You say relatively warm. it's And I know ah you know the Flurians are feeling this probably too, but I... yeah You know, it's like 97 degrees where I'm at right now. So oh it's not it's like that's not necessarily unseasonably warm, but, you know. Warm is 17 to 18 degrees Celsius, which which is like 70s, I think. that's see that's nice. That's that's nice.
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We have a very Canadian heavy episode today, by the way. There's like several Canadian specific things that found. Not heavy, but. Well, I'll look forward
Carrie Joins the Podcast
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to that. But we actually have some more pressing things we need to talk about. It's true. And we brought on a guest for that. Somebody that we've had on before. So I'm going to introduce her because normally you get to do this, Tom. So I'm just taking the reins of this. So we have Carrie from DVC Resale Market joining us on the show again. So welcome back to the show, Carrie.
00:01:45
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Well, thank you. it's so good to be back with you guys. And you're talking about the weather and ah Florida is hot and humid. I'm up in Boston, where it's a beautiful, like low 80s day today. So I'm loving this weather.
00:01:58
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okay. You know, are you not down in Florida anymore? You just vacation or something? No. Oh, yeah. I came up for a little bit um just to help my parents with a few things. And so I came up yesterday. yep So I escaped. It's rainy season in Florida and it's so hot and humid. And I've lived there for so long, having worked for Disney for so long. And so now to enjoy, you know, you don't get these beautiful days much in New England. So we'll take them.
00:02:23
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Isn't it just always hot and humid in Florida at all times? yeah yeah like I want to say anything bad about Florida, but yeah, for the most part, it is kind of hot and humid. I feel like Florida has like two seasons, extremely hot and slightly less hot.
00:02:37
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We do get chilly, though. If you're over there January, February, March. And I mean, I realize I'm talking to a Canadian also. I know who I'm talking to, but it does get cold there. It's crazy. It does. We can get down into the thirty s and 40s.
00:02:53
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Yeah, that that is true. We did actually one one trip. We we were there and we actually had to put on our toques in Magic Kingdom. And I know that was the most Canadian sentence I've said in a bit. i' your toos We we we we kept we we actually knew it was going to be cold. And and it was funny because, yeah, we were we were walking around and, you know, there was people like buying like blankets in the gift shop.
00:03:17
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because Because they weren't prepared. And we were like, wow yeah we got our gloves and our toques and we're good. So. And those of us who live there long enough, you know, we're just excited to break out some sweaters and jackets and cute accessories and everything to be cold for a little bit. Because it doesn't last too long. But when it does, it's exciting. It's exciting's the excitement of Florida. When the iguana starts out in the trees. Yes. The iguana starts out in the trees. Yeah.
00:03:44
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Yeah. So three seasons, super hot extremely hot, slightly less hot and cold for a couple of days. Surprise winter. pretty what to it yeah That makes sense. um But Carrie, you've been coming on our show for a long time now. i don I don't know how long it's been, but it's been a long time. I feel like. I know.
00:04:00
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I think it's been four years, maybe. that's's crazy It's been a long time, but always appreciate it ah coming on. Always appreciate the invitation and and your viewers. And it's always just such a great conversation. And ah hopefully it's, you know, good things to learn from DVC and what's going on and this and that. Just give a ah few quick updates and everything. But yeah, it's always great to great to be back with both of you.
00:04:22
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Great.
Current DVC Market Insights
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Well, do you have, ah so anything going on with the DVC resale market right now? Like any, I know you guys like run specials sometimes and things like that. So what's going on? Yeah. So, I mean, right now, you know, it's, it's been definitely a little bit of a different year. um a lot of people will ask me, you know, is it a buyer's market, seller's market? How are things looking? And things are looking a little bit different. It's, we need listings is really, we're really seeing some, some ah low numbers on listings, especially Grand Floridian, Polynesian, um So that's, you know, if you're looking to sell your contract, if you're kind of on the fence for it, now is really a great time because the inventory is low. So buyers, you know, your your contract may will stand out, you know, definitely as being kind of a little bit more of a buyer's market right now in in terms of not having a ton of inventory out there. um It's also a good time as I was sort of just thinking about this episode earlier, And as a seller, one of the things to think about as a seller is that the annual dues will flip over soon. So right now, the buyer will pay the annual dues for the 2026 points because if there's is still an allotment, say for June or August use years or whatnot, they're going to get those points.
00:05:37
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Come September 1st, that's going to flip over where the the um seller will not be reimbursed for the annual dues. So it might be a good time to consider listing if you're wanting to get your dues recouped, you know, for 2026. Yeah, that's a great, great, um great kind of timeframe. We're middle June. So you still have time to really get everything listed up, sold, you know, before kind of that September timeframe. Listings,
00:06:03
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Sales after November 20th is when Disney will require the dues to be paid by the buyer up front. So we've got some deadlines coming up, you know, for buyers and sellers that if if you're in the market for, you know, a great listing, now's a great time.
00:06:18
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You get maybe a full set of 20, 26 points that you can use or bank. um And then if you're a seller, you know, it's a great time now because you can still recoup those 2026 dues perhaps, even though you paid them back in January. So it's a great time to list. And um we definitely need some listings. That's probably the hottest topic
Disney's ROFR Strategy
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right now. That and a little bit of ROFR. There's some ROFR news too.
00:06:39
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Yeah, I was i was i was looking at because I do check out the the blog every once a while just to kind of see what Rofer is doing. And I i noticed that, you know, Disney does seem to be continuing to buy back contracts and ah and not, you know, not at high levels. I think it was the the what was the buyback like 3% or something like that. It was in that category.
00:06:59
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It's still a small amount, but it seems like they're really focused on Grand Flirty. and And I also saw that they were buying back some West Coast contracts, too, which I thought was interesting. The West Coast is crazy. Grand Californian has really had some eyes on it for Disney. um You know, the highest being bought back at $254 per point. That's really a great guy. That's high, you know, for a ropher. It definitely is. That's crazy.
00:07:23
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it just It's significant. It shows that Disney you know holds that inventory very ah valuable also for Grand Californians. So we are seeing that, but you're you're absolutely right. Grand Floridian continues to be just a solid ropher buyback. And then ah Old Key West comes in second.
00:07:43
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Interesting. Kind of those two you know those two first and second places. So you know there's no... rhyme or reason as to how to pass ROFR. I get a lot of buyers ask me that. How can we pass that? We can't guarantee anything.
00:07:57
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um You know, it's kind of like, I always call ROFR like the Wizard of Oz. You know, we don't know what goes on behind the curtain at Disney. And I worked for Disney. You know, i I think I've told your listeners many times I worked for Disney for over 20 years and I sold DVC for four years. So I have a really good understanding of Disney and DVC and, you know, what goes on behind the scenes at DVC. But with Rofer, we, none of us, and we're all the, a all of the agents and all of the admin here at Resale Market, we're all former DVC cast members. So it's hard to say what what would pass a rofer and what wouldn't. My opinion always is this ah just a strong offer.
00:08:35
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You know, make it as close, if not at asking price, agreeing to the terms, you know, that the seller has set and, and you know, seeing hopefully it passes rofer. Um. So, but we are seeing Grand Floridian, like I said, Grand Floridian and Old Key West are the top two that we're seeing be bought back quite a lot. And not, you know, anything record-breaking. We're still low on rofers coming back from last year.
00:08:58
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So we have less rofers this year than we did this time last year. So it's still a softer season for rofers. It's not gangbusters by any means, but you still want to make a good offer and do, you know, everything we can to try to get past that rofer buyback.
DVC Resale Market Services
00:09:12
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we I didn't put this on our on our list of questions, Carrie, so I'm sorry to blindside you with this. But we were talking about Rofer, and I forgot to add this. We had seen that there were reports out there that that Disney was now locking down points while the Rofer process was happening.
00:09:28
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So, like, that they were basically locking down points so that they couldn't be spent. And I was, like, we were wondering on the show, like, I wonder how much of a problem it really is when someone's going to sell their contract and it goes into Rofer, if that seller is...
00:09:40
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yeah how often a seller goes and then books you know something with those points when they really shouldn't be doing that. like does that Is that something that comes up a lot with resale? I mean, it is interesting to me that Disney took the step, reportedly. I don't know if it actually is happening or not. Yeah, no. Or if you can tell me more, but... It's a great question and a great point. I have heard that Disney's done it on at least one contract. I don't know, however, if it's been consistent across the board. What we tell sellers is, you know, it's it's like a house. If you've listed your house, don't go make any drastic changes. Don't go paint a room. Don't add on a second room. Don't destroy anything. You know, now's not the time to remodel. It's the same thing with points and ROFR that if your contract is listed, what's listed, if it's 100 points, 100 points coming this December and you go make a reservation, now that whole listing has changed. So we ask our sellers not to make any changes. Disney took it a step further by locking down the points, It seems on at least one contract to say you can't make a reservation. So from a seller's perspective, I can see where that might be a little bit off putting.
00:10:46
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But from a buyer's perspective, it gives maybe peace of mind that, you know, they're not no changes are going to be made. So I don't know if it's a yes that they're going to do that consistently ah with every contract or if it was just kind of a one-off as a test phase that, you know, Disney does love to do test phases.
00:11:07
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So it could have been that too. what What I can speak to though about that is that we are the only um brokerage that offers a point guarantee. And we do that through our title company and it's a free service. And what we do is we review the point activity statements and And all the points right before closing. So again, kind of going back to if you're buying a house, you're going to do your final walkthrough the day of closing to make sure that the kitchen's intact, you know, that there's no holes in the walls. They didn't take the fridge or something. didn't take the fridge. What didn't convey didn't convey. And so you're going to do your final walkthrough, make sure what you're purchasing is what you're purchasing. We offer that peace of mind guarantee so that every buyer before they move forward to the final closing, we've said you purchased 100 points and you're getting 100 points. So and if and if not, then we've got, you know, but policies in place to help, you know, rectify that. It doesn't happen too often, but it's just a peace of mind. We're human beings. The seller might
00:12:08
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mistakenly said, you know what, let's take one more trip and use 25 points. Oh, well, you can't do that. You know, but sometimes they innocently do that. Yeah. Yeah. yeah It actually, cut her I was going I feel like, like to to your point about like, you know, you know, being able to walk through a house is like you you have something physical there. i The hard part with point transactions is it's very, it it feels very ethereal, right? Like I know it's, you know, it is all very controlled and everything, but like to your point is,
00:12:35
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you know, I can't see what somebody else is doing with their contract until their contract moves to me. So yeah, that, you know, that surprise of like, oh, they they just emptied out like, you know, you know, this year and next year's worth of points.
00:12:50
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Surprise. Like, yeah, I can see where, you know, having that extra security is definitely a good thing because yeah i never thought
Personal Disney Resort Experiences
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about when I was buying my contract because I like, I guess I wasn't I was just more excited about buying the contract and I wasn't thinking about it. But if I like had something planned with that contract immediately, i would have felt really bad if somebody had effectively pulled the rug out from underneath me. so Yeah. and yeah and And it like I said, it doesn't happen too often. and And when it does, it's very innocent by the seller to say, oh, I thought we would just take one last trip, you know, before the kids go back to school. We have we have said, you know, please make no changes. Yeah.
00:13:31
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So, you know, it's never, I don't think it's ever maliciously done. I just think they get excited and if it is done, but we've got that point guarantee. And then if Disney's sort of putting a halt on those points, you know, while we're under contract, it's not a bad idea.
00:13:46
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it It really isn't. So I can see it, you know, like I said, being a little bit off putting for some sellers, but you're listing it. So and you've sold it, essentially. And that's when Disney's going, this is then you have to follow through with what you're selling. You know, any ah any amendments or changes is has got to be authorized, basically, you know, because then everything stops, changes.
00:14:07
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And we start from square one again. Oh, geez. Yeah. i I hope that it's most of the time it's just somebody making mistake. I actually remember when I bought my second house. we You know, you're not supposed to like before you buy buy a house. You're not supposed to like open any credit cards or anything like that. And I just we went and bought some furniture, you know, that gave us the the credit card deal, you know, and it's like zero percent for like five years. like Yeah, sure. We'll do that. And then when we got to closing. They were like, have you guys opened any credit cards? and we're like, oh, wait, yeah, we did. And that became a whole problem, but it was it it was innocent. like it was we just had I just wasn't thinking about it. yeah you know So I hope that that's what most of it is you know and not people just actively trying to you know yeah to to take advantage of other people. But yeah I think it's not a bad idea to just to just lock it down. like I don't think that that wouldn't put me off as a seller just because it's like, I already agreed to this. This is just them you know keeping me in check, basically. you know I agree. And it wouldn't put me off as a seller either. And I get asked a lot of questions too about if I did list it, we have a you know let's say we have a reservation over July 4th or even the holidays. Let's say you've got a New Year's Eve reservation. You can still list your contract. We can still be under contract and you can still enjoy both of those trips. You could do a 4th of July. You could do a New Year's Eve. And we just put a delayed closing where the buyer then agrees.
00:15:30
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that they know they're not going to close until, say, after December 31st or after July 4th or whatnot. So you can still enjoy your your your points if you say, we really want to sell this in 2027, but we've got the holiday trip.
00:15:45
Speaker
Should we wait? No, you can get it listed now. And then all parties agree to close after your trip and you can still enjoy your trip and we just close after. So there's there's always, you know, that's that's a good thing, too, is sometimes sellers think they have to wait until everything's completed and and you don't.
00:16:02
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You don't. Oftentimes, buyers are good with that because they may not need the points just yet. They might have just come back from spring break or, you know, their summer trip and going, we don't really need this until another year anyway. So we're fine to close late.
00:16:16
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that's another kind of avenue. Sometimes I think people don't know that, you know, those delayed closings, there's ah there's a reason for that, but that can be in the in both parties' best interest, really. Yeah.
00:16:28
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So the the message I'm hearing is if you're selling, just be clear with your intent on the contract. Don't like don't list it and be like, well, I might take a trip later. I'm not sure. You you just have to, if you're clear, usually people are pretty flexible and understanding.
00:16:44
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Yeah. Just don't change the deal last minute. Yeah. Yeah. Don't do that. yeah yeah carriey Don't paint your room before you leave your house. Yeah. I had this nice black paint I wanted to use yeah through marvel whole house. Yeah. um um So to um going back to um you were talking about like low inventory across um yeah resorts.
DVC Price Trends and Lakeshore Lodge Impact
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um One of our questions is, you know, with with inventory being low um and the prices of rentals seeming to be relatively flat for the last a while, do you see there possibly being a trend in that? Like I would think, you know, with with inventory being low, that that would kind of drive prices up. But do you see?
00:17:31
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Do you see it maybe or it's weird? Like, I guess. Yeah. how how How do or do you have any predictions on how pricing might change for? Yeah.
00:17:43
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For this. It's been interesting because we are seeing some resorts trend in an upward fashion and others trend lower. um So, for example, Disneyland Towers has really taken quite a dip over the past month in the price.
00:17:58
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um So if if you know if you're looking, if Disneyland is where you want to go, Disneyland Towers are beautiful, that might be a place to be. Something like Polynesian, as we've seen it kind of on an upward trajectory.
00:18:10
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um Grand Floridian seems a little stagnant. That's where my contract is. So I'm always kind of looking at, you know, I'm not going to sell it, but I always just like to do a quick analysis on what would it be worth. And I see it's kind of hasn't changed over the last little bit. I i have a, you know, just again, prediction, just my, my you know, ah opinion. i think we will see kind of different buckets of resorts.
00:18:34
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trend upward. I think you've got Polynesian, of course, with the tower, the location, location of the fireworks. Bay Lake Tower is another one that's kind of that quiet little understudy that it's getting a bit of a resurgence. I think the um ah refurbishment that was just done at Bay Lake Tower it is a plus. And I'm seeing more buyers sort of have a little peak interest in Bay Lake because the price is still so good.
00:19:03
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you can get around that monorail location, you know, kind of in the heart of Disney. So if that's something you're looking for, this might be a great time to jump on it because I i feel like prices will creep up.
00:19:15
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I do think that. I think that they will creep up. With Lakeshore Lodge opening, not to jump over there for a minute, but I think with Lakeshore Lodge opening... It's good We're going there. but i figured. So I'm pretty good at transitions. But with Lakeshore Lodge opening, that you know that's going to have a lot of eyes on it That's sometimes where sort of, you know, the other resorts, people might not look so much at them where now might be a great time to to look at them before those prices increase in, say, a year or two. um So it is it is kind of on the flatter side, but I don't think it'll stay that way. I think the community of DVC, the demand of DVC, they're building, they're investing in this huge Lakeside Lodge village. I mean, it is massive over there.
00:19:58
Speaker
yeah Yeah, I had a chance. I don't know either of you have seen it. i have. Have you? It's crazy. It's crazy. big We did a firework cruise around Christmas time at Magic Kingdom. And, you know, if you've ever done the firework cruise, if you haven't done a firework cruise, I highly recommend it. It is so much fun. But the captain of your pontoon boat will take you all around the Seven Seas Lagoon before the fireworks. And so we got to see just sort of the whole size And from ah Wilderness Lodge, Copper Creek, Boulder Ridge, it doesn't look that big. It looks like kind of normal size. And then you take the boat around, you're like, oh, whoa, this thing is massive. yeah So I think that's a good thing because they're investing, DVC's investing in more rooms for DVC members.
00:20:44
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to You know, to your point, though, Carrie, I own a Bay Lake and I haven't stayed at Bay Lake since we bought originally. So it's probably been about... I don't know, 13, 14 years, something like that. That seems correct.
00:20:56
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What? You stayed at Bay Lake. Oh, I did. But like recently for one night. Right. We did the grand. Yeah. We did the grand villa. I'm saying for like a real trip. OK, that wasn't a real trip. That was a one night. No, no, no, no, no. You don't get to say that anymore.
00:21:11
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All right. Fine. All right. We hadn't so we had't stayed for like a longer trip at Bay Lake in a while. We've just been staying in Animal Kingdom. And, and you know, we were're we're we're coming down in August and ah for a trip. And I was talking to my daughter and my wife. And, you know, was like, well, where do you guys want to stay? And I told them what was available because we're booking, you know, fairly last minute. It was like last month or the month before we booked.
00:21:31
Speaker
And, i you know, I had Riviera was an option, and and that one's on our bucket list. And we, you know, we stayed at Bay Lake before, obviously. And they were like, let's do Bay Lake. we And it's to your point. I mean, a Bay Lake, with the first time we stayed there, we didn't love it. the the The rooms were laid out in a weird way, and we just we just didn't.
00:21:49
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it just didn't do it for us. the The best part about Bay Lake is that you're a five to 10 minute walk from the, you know, most, most visited theme park in the world. And you can't get that at any other resort. So you, and, and that was great when we did the Christmas party. And so I think that's where it kind of got like, ah you know, in their heads. Cause I, you know, I wanted to go to Riviera to, you know, to, to have the Skyliner station right there. And, you know, but they want to stay at Bay Lake. So we're staying at Bay Lake, but,
00:22:16
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Love it. I'll say this because ah I'm sure Carrie understands this. Bay Lake is probably as close as you'll get to Grand Californian vibes for accessibility to the park. Oh, sorry as far as accessibility. I thought you meant design. I was like, they're totally different. No, no accessibility. You need to understand the vibe of like walking into the park from your hotel room. like Well, I mean, but can you can get that from like Boardwalk and Epcot though, right? There's something about Magic Kingdom
Bay Lake Tower's Underrated Value
00:22:42
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though. That's true. Yeah. It's not quite the same.
00:22:45
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yeah There was a member of mine when I worked for DVC, there was a member of mine and they had three kids and um they came back and they added on. And the the dad said, we were talking, you know, I asked him, you know, what made you add on? He said, because he said, my kids are now getting older and they were like 14, eight and six.
00:23:02
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And he said, it was the night that my 14 year old old and i were sitting up in the living room watching TV. Everybody else was asleep. They had a two bedroom. And he said it was about 10 or 1030.
00:23:15
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11 o'clock at night. And the the the father said, put your shoes on We're going to go ride Space Mountain. That's awesome. that's awesome Are you kidding? And he's like, no. And nobody's going to know. They're all asleep. And so he's like, me and my son just ran out the door ran over to magic kingdom because he was looking at the wait times and he's like that space mountain didn't have a wait time and he's like we literally ran in ran space mountain road space mountain and then walked back and he's like we both were high five and that was the coolest night ever no one will ever know you know that we were gone and he said in that moment i thought i gotta do this with all my kids I have to make sure the other two have a moment with dad where dad goes, let's go ride space. Let's go ride splash, like something fun like that. And um so, yeah, Bay Lake Tower is so underrated. I think it's it's such a great resort.
00:24:02
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Aesthetically, it's not my personal favorite, but location wise, I love California Grill. You can't get a better view of the fireworks like yeah it's just, you know, it's there's so much going for it. You you can't you certainly can't beat the location, but I agree with you, Karen. It's not my vibe either. like i i like I prefer Animal Kingdom Lodge and Wilderness Lodge. Those are probably our two favorites that we would stay at. like That's more of our speed, but to your you cannot beat the proximity of Bay Lake to Magic Kingdom. It's just so close. Yeah.
00:24:31
Speaker
yeah Yeah, if Pauly wasn't our vibe, yeah, we would be staying at Bay Lake as well. Pauly's a good vibe, though. That's a good vibe. It was a lot cooler. I was going to say was a lot cooler when they used to keep Magic Kingdom open until like 2 a.m. Then you could really do that kind of stuff. They don't do that anymore, really. yeah that But we we did that one time. Maybe they'll come back eventually. You never know.
00:24:52
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I would love that. That would be amazing. But anyway. yeah so So we started talking about Lake Shore Lodge. and like so Reflections. Reflections. Excuse you. Reflections. Hey, you said Lakeshore Lodge first before I did. Yeah, I know. It's reflections for the rest of the time. It's reflections in our heart. Yeah, it's always reflections.
00:25:10
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Yeah. But um so, you know, we want to start talking about that. But actually, I had ah a bit of a leading question for that because, ooh you know you know, you were talking about, um ah you know, from Wilderness Lodge, which is both Copper Creek and Boulder Ridge, you know, you know the size of those compared to, you know,
00:25:27
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um to Lakeshore Lodge. Do you, um you know, back to the point of like, like talking about pricing and things in the surrounding area of, of Lakeshore Lodge.
00:25:39
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I wonder, do you feel like there could be a possible change in the trends of people like looking to book at Wilderness Lodge? and And I feel honestly, this is where I'm wrestling with it is that I feel like either it could draw more hype towards Wilderness Lodge because people like that area or, you know,
00:25:57
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You know, you know that like it's the same kind of resort, but I also could see it maybe making that resort less desirable because you have like late or you have Wilderness Lodge 2.0 right next to yeah Wilderness Lodge.
00:26:11
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Right. Like I'm wondering if if you have any... Thoughts on on how Lakeshore Lodge could affect the Wilderness Lodge resorts. Yeah, I think just coming from learning what we've learned with Riviera, because I'm i'm pretty sure Lakeshore Lodge will have a restriction resa and like Riviera. And when Riviera was opening too, we all wondered, oh my gosh, that has the Skyliner. Yeah.
00:26:36
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It's right over to um Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Is that going rival Boardwalk and Beach Club? It's not kind of the same vibe. It is a different vibe where you've definitely got, you know, the Boardwalk Beach Club area. Riviera, I wouldn't say it's the same vibe like a Lakeshore Wilderness Lodge is.
00:26:55
Speaker
What I know about DVC members is that I think DVC members are, you've got kind of two groups really of us where there's diehard, I'm a Wilderness Lodge person, Boulder Ridge, Copper Creek, nothing's ever going to change that, or I'm open to anything.
00:27:10
Speaker
And if it's Disney, it's Disney. And, you know, what does that mean that people will purchase more into Lakeshore Lodge vert and then stay there versus Copper Creek and Boulder Ridge? It's hard to say, you know, I think Lakeshore Lodge is just so huge. That could be ah a turnoff for people that you've got a long walk to your room. You've got a long walk, say, to the food food court. For other people, they might say, this is where we come and we use, you know, the little lake houses that they're building. You know, they've got all those cute little lake houses and whatnot.
00:27:44
Speaker
um And I think, correct me if i'm wrong, is there like a lazy river? Oh, there is. Yes. i yeah I'm so excited for it. We were talking about that like nonstop. is There's so many great things about that. So I think if you I think you might get the same crowd, but I don't know if it would if it will deter from Copper Creek.
00:28:05
Speaker
And Boulder Ridge. It's kind of like Riviera with when, and I'm only speaking really to resale right now. You've got people who say, i really want to stay at reis at Riviera, but I don't like that restriction.
00:28:16
Speaker
Well, then if you, if that's where, you know, you want to stay for a long time, that's really where you love. Buy there and then rent out your points and stay out elsewhere. That's always kind of what we say is that's a good workaround to say, I've got 200 Riviera points and make a reservation, rent that out, use that cash to stay at Polynesian.
00:28:35
Speaker
So there's kind of a way to get around that restriction, um you know, by doing it that way. I don't know that it will rival the Wilderness Lodge. I think there's so many, i i am a diehard Wilderness Lodge fan myself.
00:28:48
Speaker
I love it over there. I love that resort. I love how close it is to Magic Kingdom. But you kind of don't have the hustle bustle of the the the monorail if you don't want It's like quieter almost. It's like it's removed a little bit. Yeah. It is. And my home resort is Grand Floridian. So I'm right in the hustle bustle as far as home resort. But when I walk into Wilderness Lodge, it's like there's nothing like it. It's so beautiful over there. um I don't know. It's going to be very interesting to see what what people think about Lakeshore Lodge.
00:29:18
Speaker
i We had been talking on the show about this since they started giving more details because obviously they've been building for a while and hadn't really said anything. you know And then all of a sudden we get like this deluge of like information about it. um But we had initially we were thinking that it was going to end up being like a 60-40 kind of situation as far as DVC to regular rooms.
00:29:39
Speaker
And then, you know, this this news comes out that, you know, when they file their their their applications for, you know, for for doing the the timeshare thing, it's it's all DVC. And this is a massive resort. I mean, like you were saying, the the predictions I've seen out there, I think from from you guys and from others, just based on the amount of points that they intend to declare, it's it's going to be, they had a like 888 rooms or something like that, which puts it only second to Saratoga Springs, which is crazy. Exactly. Yeah. And I was, i I mean, we, I think we were a little shocked by it, honestly, because it's, it's a lot of rooms to sell. I mean, there's a lot of points to sell, number one, um you know, but part of it, you know, obviously I guess makes sense because all of the Magic Kingdom area is obviously, you know, coveted, right? But were you surprised that this is going to be an all DVC? Like, do you think, I mean, do you think this is going to be, it's going to be all Lonnie where they never sell it out, but it's going to take a long time to sell all that, right?
Lakeshore Lodge Surprises
00:30:34
Speaker
Yeah. and I think it speaks to the community of DVC, um how much people love DVC, the the generations, generations after generations. DVC has been around for over 35 years and is still going so strong. So for me, as DVC resale market agent, but also a former Disney cast member, for really the majority of my life, I think it's great news to see this type of resort
00:31:01
Speaker
being built, although it's massive and it really took our breath away when we saw it, because I think the company just investing in such a large resort speaks to the the power of DVC and how much people love it and the demand of it. Now, I wish they'd build a fifth theme park because I really wish that they would do that so that people had other places to go to. But that's just my personal opinion and my dream.
00:31:27
Speaker
Because I think that that would be amazing to have a fifth theme park. yeah Yeah. Are you going to go to, are you going to stay at Lakeshore Lodge even though you're a wilderness lodge? Are you going to check it out? I mean... i Yeah, I mean, i I have yet to stay at Riviera overnight, but I've you know i've gone there a bunch of times. We did a um an event there ah for work in a two-bedroom as well, so I've seen the rooms. I've dined at Topolino's. I've been to the pool. I've gone to the little cafe downstairs. There's like that library off the main lobby. Mm-hmm. I love Riviera. So i I can't imagine I wouldn't feel the same way about Lakeshore Lodge, especially since it's such a vibe that I love at Wilderness Lodge.
00:32:08
Speaker
And to just go explore that whole resort one day or a couple days, it would be amazing. So yeah, I definitely will. And if I get to stay there, you know, whether I use my points or, you know, rent my rent out my Grand Floridian points or some gracious person allows me to stay there on their points, I would love to.
00:32:27
Speaker
Trevor, I think you were to a question. um I did, but I completely lost my train of thought. Sorry about that. No, no, that's fine. um Yeah. yeah No, so I mean, I know, I mean, Lakeshore Lodge doesn't even pique Trevor's interest because when you were talking about the two types of DVC members before, Trevor is the one that stays at Polynesian and only stays at Polynesian.
00:32:48
Speaker
I'm the one that stays, I'm trying to stay at every resort at some point, right? and yeah And that's cool. Like, I have no problems with Trevor doing that. I know lots of people, you know, I have... My brother-in-law's parents have DVC and they only stay at Saratoga. They just stay at Saratoga. That's where they like to stay. So, yeah. So I need to clarify this a little bit. Oh, no. day and Okay. i'm sorry i'm going to throw I'm going to throw my wife under the bus a little bit here. Oh, no. um it's it I am open to staying at other resorts.
00:33:16
Speaker
My wife very much loves the Polynesian and I you know i respect that. And, you know, I i don't complain, obviously. you know, it's the Polynesian. Why would I complain? I would love to stay at some of these other resorts, but I also understand why we don't because we don't need to. Right. It's comfortable. You know the poly, right? Yeah. You know the poly. So, yeah, I get it.
00:33:39
Speaker
But, well yeah, Lakeshore Lodge, though, is very much ah like it's It's somewhere that I, like like you, Carrie, I want to explore it. I want to just, you know, see what it's all about, see what it offers.
00:33:51
Speaker
Going the lazy river, clearly. Yeah, yeah. I love the idea of but of a lazy river like that. Like, the the idea of, like, doing a day at Magic Kingdom and coming back and, like...
00:34:03
Speaker
relaxing in the lazy river seems like such ah an amazing idea. Yeah. I wish that they would put more lazy rivers in, but i know why they can't. Yeah. yeah um take action ideass you know I remember what I was going to ask, or I was going to, was going to point out to you, to your point about, um you know, a fifth park that i yeah like, yes, a fifth park would be amazing, but the amount of expansion that they're doing at the existing parks, I see where, you know,
00:34:31
Speaker
I see where there's going to be enough space for everybody. um The one thing that surprises me, though, is that or we haven't... i don't recall the last time we've had a non-DVC resort open.
00:34:47
Speaker
That's good question, right? um When is the last one? you have to go back. to To that point, like, yeah you know, do you do you see do you see Disney, like or and again, I know I'm asking this, like, you know, we're we're all in the same boat and we don't know, but like,
00:35:06
Speaker
I wonder if there's ever scenario where Disney looks at opening a resort that isn't DVC resort because, you know, the size of this resort and the fact that it's DVC is like, according to the internet, according to the internet, uh, art of animation was the last that was a brand new resort. And that was 2012.
00:35:27
Speaker
yeah Now, if you count the grandestino tower at Coronado Springs, That was July 9, 2019. So, I mean, but net new Art of Animation, 2012. Okay. Yeah. And that's what was going to say was I thought, yeah, Art of Animation was the last resort open, not DVC. And Art of Animation, I have stayed there.
00:35:48
Speaker
And it it's great. The theming is is phenomenal, you know, in all of the areas. What I think sets DVC apart is in the comfort of the rooms, right?
00:36:00
Speaker
The everything down to like the textiles, the bedding, the comforter, the couch, everything to me felt much more comfortable and a little more plush at a DVC resort where art of animation was so heavily themed, which is great. If that's what you're looking for, the kids love it. Cars Land, Little Mermaid.
00:36:20
Speaker
ah What's the other land that have? Thank you, Nemo. Yes, it the the theming is absolutely spot on. But I feel like the rooms were a little, everything felt a little hard to me, a little hard edge, little uncomfortable. So I think their concept of doing family suites was good, but DVC takes it to the next level.
00:36:41
Speaker
So I don't know why you would build another resort. that's just either straight rooms or family suites when you could just buy DVC and save so much money. i don't know.
00:36:51
Speaker
It's an interesting point though. And Grand Destino is beautiful. I don't know you've ever, have you dined up there? i haven't, but just from the, I've heard many people talk about how nice it is and how it it doesn't feel like it's it's ah technically a modern resort, right? it It feels like it should be a deluxe, but. It definitely does. It is, it's spectacular. And the name of the the restaurant has just escaped me.
00:37:16
Speaker
Oh, gosh. It begins with a T, I think. Yeah, I know. It's escaping me as well. I've wanted to go there, though. I have dined there, and is it's phenomenal. And when I worked for Disney— Toledo? Toledo, yeah yeah. Toledo, yes. Toledo. Oh, my gosh, it's delicious. When I worked for Disney, one of my many jobs as a cast member, I was a meeting um an events coordinator long, long, long, long time ago. We're talking 20— More than 20 years ago. Oh, my Lord. Yeah, about 20 years ago. and But as a coordinator, a Coronado had just opened. And that was like the big meeting resort because it had this massive 80,000 square foot ballroom. And then, you know, it was great for the food court.
00:37:59
Speaker
um Rick's Lounge was there. So there was some decent nightlife. And then this huge ballroom with all of these breakout rooms and everything. And I remember back then over 20 years ago, they were saying Coronado really needs like a tower because, you know, meetings, conferences, business, you know, business people coming in prefer to stay more of an, in an inside tower you know, resort versus outdoor rooms. And so I feel like Grandestino was a long time in the making, but very much needed for that crowd, for that meeting and event space groups that come in. It makes a lot of sense.
00:38:38
Speaker
Yeah. So it the last question we had for you, it's funny because we, well, before we started the show and we do this a lot where we just kind of start talking and and you had mentioned you you didn't know much about this topic, but then we got talking about it and it was like, oh, okay, well, let's talk about this then still. Yeah. Because really it's just like, ah have some thoughts ah you know on it. But you know one of the things that's been coming up is this this Palmetto Trust thing and and where ah where the the cabins are in with within the Palmetto Trust, right? And and they're now it's kind of rumored, but not really sure, confirmed. We don't really know Lakeshore Lodge will be in as in this trust. And and I think we we were talking about this before the show. And in some ways,
00:39:19
Speaker
I think it would be beneficial to DVC owners and and especially to those that own at the cabins or want to buy at the cabins because you could theoretically have lower dues. One of the problems with the cabins is the dues are pretty high. and And you can, you know, you could end up with lower dues because you're spreading the costs across the two resorts um and you know it's and they're pretty much, they're next to each other. I mean, they're they're adjacent to each other. So it's, and kind of one of the things too, Carrie, that Trevor and I were talking about, you know was like, what if they did this with everything, right? Like, what if instead of buying individual resorts, you bought a Magic Kingdom area resort, right? Like, you you bought a you bought a share in a Magic Kingdom area resort and that includes all the DVC resorts that are around Magic Kingdom. Like, how cool would that be? I feel like that would be really interesting.
Palmetto Trust Speculations
00:40:02
Speaker
Now, they're not doing that here, but right it's,
00:40:05
Speaker
it is interesting like what could possibly happen if this, this does end up in that Palmetto trust. Right. huh But I don't know if you have any thoughts on that, but it's, it's, it's new. It's not new in the industry from what I see, but it's, it seems more newer to Disney to DVC with Fort wilderness with the cabins.
00:40:27
Speaker
I don't know. i I feel like I would, The little I know about it, i am a DVC member and I like that I have a deed. i have like a deed at interest.
00:40:40
Speaker
that And maybe that's just because I don't know a whole lot about the Palmetto Trust, but I like that I have one resort, my home resort, and these are my dues, but I can use the points other places.
00:40:51
Speaker
The only difference is that I can only book them seven months in advance versus 11 months. So I don't know. I'm a little bit indifferent about it, probably because I don't have all of the information. So that's that's kind of where I'm, I lean more towards, I like what I have.
00:41:06
Speaker
That's fair, yeah. Probably because I know what I have, you know. first we don't really know what this is all about, right? I mean, we kind of know, but yeah. You do bring up an interesting point, Carrie, about, yeah you know, having a deed and having having a clearly designated resort versus the Palmetto Trust being just like,
00:41:26
Speaker
a share of the trust basically. Right. Yeah. Because I think the interesting thing about that, or I guess my concern with it would be, um it kind of sounds like a bit of a double edged sword, honestly, that if you have a trust, is there, i don't know enough of the rules around trust. If, if,
00:41:46
Speaker
assets can move in and out of a trust, if that makes sense. So like, could it be that like, you know, like, like you're saying, Thomas, you know, maybe this becomes like the new trend where like all new resorts that come online, you know, are part of the trust. But, you know, at some point, if they just arbitrarily start making lines or saying like, oh, no, actually, you know, the, trust you know, this one's out of this trust. We moved it to a different trust. We moved it around.
00:42:09
Speaker
Yeah. so So you're denied access to something that you had previously, I mean, i don't even know if that's possible, honestly, but but it feels, yeah I get your point, Carrie, that it feels a little more fuzzy, I guess, is the best way I can describe it, that that it doesn't, because it's not clear to me, i like I'm very curious how this is going to relate to Lakeshore Lodge if... if i if they connect um the the cabins and Lakeshore Lodge together with this, what that actually looks like. Because, i mean, i I'll be honest, if it turned out that, like, buying into Lakeshore Lodge, you had to buy into this trust, that would be that would be a little off-putting to me, I guess, would be my take on it. If it wasn't even, like, really evident to you, though, like, would it like if it's if you're just still seeing, like, the points and stuff like that, does it really matter, I guess? Yeah.
00:43:01
Speaker
I don't know. that Yeah, like if if it's the the the members who purchased into Fort Wilderness cabins. Yeah. i I wonder to that to your point. Yeah. Yeah.
00:43:13
Speaker
Yeah. like Because for them, all of a sudden, things would change or, like you know, the rules would change. But it would be it would the problem would be a benefit to them. But then on the flip side of that for Lakeshore Lodge, like...
00:43:25
Speaker
I wonder. It would probably be a benefit to that, right? Like, yeah I guess really don't know, right? But i would like i'm wondering I'm wondering where, like, it feels like there's a negative that could come with this, right?
00:43:37
Speaker
Like, it's, yeah, it's, i like I said, i get I get what you're saying, Carrie, that, you know, we' we don't know any information about it yet. And, you know, we're just we're just asking this, obviously, because, you know, we we just like to talk about these things. Right, right.
00:43:52
Speaker
But yeah, it's ah I'm curious how this is going to shake out when Lakeshore Lodge actually comes online and how that how that may reflect to like resale contracts. Because it kind of it kind of feels the same as like the Disneyland Towers. like like I know you were talking earlier about the the Disneyland Tower being... um um Very. your dog so sorry i thought theify oh good um yeah You know, the Disneyland Tower, um you know, you know, wasn't isn't selling as well. But um i know part of that is because they have the transient tax and that's a turnoff to people. Right. I feel like the this trust could be the same kind of like a negativity around it. But you know what, though? Like, think about like the reset the resale restriction thing. What if the trust, you know, includes five resorts? And now instead of the with when you buy a resale contract, you're locked into one resort. You have a choice of five resorts because they're all the trust.
00:44:49
Speaker
I mean, I don't know if that's how it would work, but I'm just saying like that would be a net benefit. It would kind of take the sting away from that resale restriction a little bit, you know? Right, right. it but it yeah It's, yeah, it's all great points because we just don't
Anticipation for Lakeshore Lodge
00:45:04
Speaker
know. And I think, you know, that I lean more towards i kind of like what I like, what I have already. It's not broken. i don't want to, you know.
00:45:12
Speaker
Don't mess with mine. Yeah, don't mess with it. but yeah you know, I'm be open to hear more if it if it you know what the what the pros are of it as well. And you're right, like the transient tax in um for Disneyland and California. But that doesn't seem to stop members from purchasing it either.
00:45:30
Speaker
you know Everybody kind of has their their you know their pros and cons list too. So it' it's definitely going to be interesting. Lakeshore is going to be a very interesting time when it opens. I think you know it'll be interesting to see how sales go with it, the marketing that's done on it, and the promotions and whatnot. you know I was with DVC when Copper Creek opened.
00:45:51
Speaker
And i feel so lucky to have been at DVC for that time because it was so exciting. But I remember one of the things that people said, cast members that is, is our guests going to want this because Boulder Ridge is right next door.
00:46:06
Speaker
So why would you to pay more money for Copper Creek? And then all the pluses came out that it's in the main building. It's a longer deed. You know, there's there's different, the rooms are different, you know, so there is some differences to it.
00:46:21
Speaker
And it was a great opening. You know, Copper Creek didn't do as well as maybe a Grand Floridian add-on did, but it still had a lot of hype around it and people still loved it.
00:46:32
Speaker
so it's going be interesting to see what happens with Lakeshore Lodge. Well, Carrie, I think that's all we got for you today. I really appreciate you joining us as always. Thank you much. I always appreciate coming on and chatting with you, too. It's always entertaining, always fun.
00:46:48
Speaker
Thanks for letting me come on and just give a few updates. And for anybody, you know, if you're interested in selling your DVC contracts, dvcresalemarket.com. There's the information on there. And then of course, buying, there's all of our listings are listed under DVCresalemarket.com. And any of our agents would be happy to help you sell, buy, answer any questions. We love what we do. Like I said, we're all DVC cast members prior. So it's, you know, we're we're here to help however however we can.
00:47:16
Speaker
And how can they contact you directly if they want to they just want to ask you
Contact Information for Carrie
00:47:20
Speaker
questions? Yeah, absolutely. and yeah If anybody wants to ask me a question specifically, my email is kerry, K-E-R-R-I, at DVCresalemarket.com. I always spell my first name because there's like 50 different ways to spell That's true. and yeah think Terry or Karen or Carol or, but yeah, K-E-R-R-I. And so under under team, under DVCresaleMarket.com, you can read my bio as well if you'd like to as well. But yeah, if I can answer any questions or help you get anything listed, a lot of times people, especially sellers will say, I've thought about selling, but it feels, seems daunting. I try to make the process as simple as possible and try to get it listed, you know, as quick as possible. And then of course we want to sell it as fast as possible as well.
00:48:04
Speaker
I can attest that it is a very quick and easy process. And i so the last time I sold a contract, it sold within like 24 hours. Oh, that's good news. We like to hear that. Yeah, we do. Our marketing team does just such a wonderful job um with social media. And, you know, so there's an online presence, there's a newsletter, there's emails that go out. So we we work really hard to get our listings sold and to get you the top value for your listing as well. So, you know, I, ah we, we say work with the best. I kind of believe, i do believe we are the best. If I can give us a little plug. we want to work with you guys if you weren't. So yeah yeah guys yeah you guys truly are the best too. I i always love my Saturday afternoon chit-chatting and just catching up with both of you. We love it too. so Thanks so much, Carrie.
00:48:51
Speaker
Thanks, Carrie. All right, guys. Have a great afternoon. All right. So that was great having Carrie on as always. She's always, yeah always fun. Oh, yeah. but Yeah, I do really enjoy those conversations because like and and I know, okay you know, people people listening to the podcast may go like, oh, yeah, you know, you just you talk to your sponsor for an extended period time. but But the thing is, and we keep saying this, you know, we wouldn't be working with them if we didn't agree with what they were doing. And, you know, i hope from the conversation that, you know,
00:49:25
Speaker
It's as much about, you know, us learning stuff and, you know, hopefully people listening to the podcast learn stuff along the way to like that. And the fact that as a sponsor that they're willing to engage with us and give us like the level of information that they do, because I don't.
00:49:43
Speaker
they They don't need to like as a sponsor, like you don't need to come on and like talk about stuff necessarily. Right. Like, like you know, sponsorship doesn't have to be that deep. And I appreciate the fact that they do.
00:49:54
Speaker
So, yeah, absolutely I just I just put that out there. You know, you know, I think that says something to, you know, their their integrity as ah as a company and and all that. So, yeah. Yeah, yeah for sure. But um anyway, um I know you said at the beginning of the show and, you know, I've i've looked at the rundown as we're talking
Canadian Shows on Disney Plus
00:50:12
Speaker
here. Yeah. yeah did Did you like just search for no, all the Canadian news? No, it just happened. I and I was going to queue up the, you know, ah the Canadian National Anthem. I was going to queue up. OK, OK. I couldn't find a yeah rates free version. I was really disappointed by that. so Yeah. Yeah. That's disappointing. But.
00:50:31
Speaker
I remember the French version. Oh, Canada. So it's our new Canadian segment. oh you know I probably got that totally wrong. That's okay.
00:50:43
Speaker
yeah but so But this first news item is Disney Plus is developing first ever Canadian original shows, Trevor. Yeah. um This is, i mean, i guess I shouldn't be surprised. No, this is what Netflix does. they They do like all over the world, right? They have different like things they develop.
00:51:04
Speaker
but the The one thing I'll say that I'm really, so that so so reading this, um you're going to be psyched about the same thing I am. Maybe, yeah I assume you know who Bruce McCulloch is. Yeah, that's that's why. Okay, all right. I wasn't sure where you were going with that, but I loved kids in the hall. When I was a kid, I watched it all the time. Good, good, good. Okay. Cause, cause yeah, as soon as I saw kids in the hall, that, that piqued my interest because, yeah you know, same as you, I grew up on kids in the hall. it is,
00:51:32
Speaker
it is definitive like Canadian content from like the eighties and nineties and is in the same vein. Like for my humor, it's, it's like Monty Python, right? Like, like it's that like sketch is and yes yeah absurdist humor sketches, all that kind of stuff.
00:51:49
Speaker
So the fact that one of the, one of these shows is being developed by Bruce McCulloch from kids in the hall is really cool. Like that's, yeah, I love seeing that. That's a,
00:52:02
Speaker
I, I, it's called Nighted, though, is the name of the show. And I'm just trying to I'm trying to piece together what this would even look like. Well, it says it's a, yeah, go ahead, read it. It says, Nighted is a documentary-style series about a local dinner theater being developed by Bruce McCullough. So, okay, I,
00:52:23
Speaker
All right. Now that I've read it. it's the office kind of thing. Like it's a mockumentary style, right? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I got it now. Cause I was, cause I was like, when I read it, it, I missed the part about, about a local dinner theater because it made it sound like it's dinner theater, but it's a documentary, but no, it's, it's talking about a business that is like a, a dinner theater that I can see how this could get insane. could get fun. Like, and, and, you know, knowing, you know,
00:52:52
Speaker
Knowing how sketches go in in kids in the hall and stuff. Let's hope he brings that kids of the hall kind of style to this because then it will be great. Yeah. And I will say, I mean, i mean you know, he he honestly, like, ah Schitt's Creek um done by Dan and Eugene Levy is another example of great Canadian content. and I'm sure, you know you know, you've probably watched and lots of people have at this point.
00:53:18
Speaker
I feel like there's bit a bit of a high bar to reach there now because of it. Like, like that show was so phenomenal. I feel like I need to beat that. and yeah you know I mean, i i hope I hope Bruce is up to the challenge of, you know, meeting that level because... yeah yeah You know, i as ah as a Canadian, I'm very much on board with seeing more Canadian content as long as it's good Canadian content. because and not And this is not a problem exclusive to Canada, but in media, there there is all kinds of examples of like...
00:53:58
Speaker
low bar content that happens. And yeah yeah like from when I was a kid, that the problem that I have with it is that there was very much a mandate from our broadcast or the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that, um or actually, sorry, it wasn't even the CBC. It was, ah there there was another entity that basically they were like mandating so much Canadian content on TV and everything, which I understand. But the problem was, is that there was a lot of stuff that was generated that,
00:54:25
Speaker
really wasn't that good. like Like, people were getting basically grants to, like, make, like, I equate it did you ever own a ah Nintendo Wii?
00:54:39
Speaker
I did. Do you, I don't know how much you paid attention to it. Yeah, yeah. the The spread of games on the Nintendo Wii got really bad to the point where it was called, ah they called them shovelware games, where it was just like shoveling out garbage. Like, like ah there was just so many garbage games that,
00:54:59
Speaker
we had We had the same problem in Canadian media for a little while. and where there there was a lot of like just low-hanging fruit stuff that happened. or I guess maybe I saw a lot of it.
00:55:10
Speaker
So my concern with them saying like, oh we're doing Canadian shows on Disney Plus is I'm like, okay, but are you doing it just beat for the sake of saying that it's Canadian? are you actually going to get like...
00:55:24
Speaker
quality stuff coming out of this, right? Well, so far this seems quality, right? they got I mean, yeah. So so Bruce McCauley is, you know, you know that's that's a good... It's a Canadian legend right there, right? i mean Yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah. yeah you know You know, Canadian comedy legend. um so So that's a good start to this.
00:55:43
Speaker
And then um feel like we don't need to go into the other one too much. It's just like a true crime docuseries basically, right? Yeah. What's it called I'm Not Coming Back is the – yeah, it's a docuseries.
00:55:55
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um Yeah, let's not get into that one. Yeah, as I'm reading the description, I'm like, Yeah, go read about that somewhere else. Okay. this This is the funny thing too, and I think we've talked about this with Disney Plus is that – we ah So like you have Hulu and Disney, and like yeah the the more like like um adult trending stuff tends to land on Hulu, where Disney is very kid-oriented. Yes, it does.
00:56:23
Speaker
It's all mixed in for us on Disney+. Well, now it's all mixed in for us too, though. So Hulu still exists separately, but if you go on Disney+, plus now all of the adult stuff is also on Disney+. plus so okay so so Okay, so you're getting the similar experience to what we have, which which is sometimes funny because when you hit the like the the landing page on Disney+, plus and it's like...
00:56:41
Speaker
you get the ads for like, yeah you know, like, like, ah like Hopper's has just come out, but then the next ad is like something like this true crime docu-series. Have you watched Hopper's yet, Trevor? i have not yet. we We do need to watch it. and Yeah, we watched it again. It's great. okay My daughter liked it even more this time. so i need to ah I'm having a bit of a challenge with my son. that or so okay As a family, we've agreed that um we we were trying to sit down and watch
00:57:15
Speaker
movies together a little bit more because we we hadn't really done that for a while and and we all just kind agreed like hey you know it's a good way just to sit down and like you know spend some time together um the challenge that you know with my son my son is now officially an adult in Alberta and and I know you're like you know, for some of you out there, it's like, yes, 18 is the the legal age of adult.
00:57:36
Speaker
and So, so, you know, he's off with his friends being, doing adult stuff. like Like, you know, he can, they can go and drink now. They can go and, you know, you know, you know do all that kind of stuff, which, um,
00:57:51
Speaker
The problem with that, obviously, is that getting time to sit down and watch a you know, watch a show, his his time is at a premium. and and And I'm not saying this as like, I'm not being that parent where I'm like, why won't you spend time with me? But it's like, I also understand that, you know,
00:58:08
Speaker
my desire to sit down and watch a Disney show with him, like, he will do it. It's just... I think he'll like this. I think he'll like this. But honest but it's just it's just, I also have to accept that I'm not going to get his time. Yeah, yeah. you know you know you know, we have to negotiate when we're going to watch it. So it could be in the next month, could be in six months, I don't know.
00:58:27
Speaker
But I do want to watch it for sure. It is very good. Yeah. Okay. So not to move on here, but the, I, so back to Canadian content, but the reason I put, the reason I put this next one on, because we talked about it, but I put this on specifically because they put the menu out for the new poutine stand. Yes. A lot of poutiniery.
00:58:48
Speaker
And I thought reading the menu that you might feel better about this because it seems like they did what you've been asking for. A little, yeah, actually, okay. So, so, um, the poutinerie hosted by Air Canada, which Air Canada is not my favorite airline, but whatever. Um, the, the, the very first thing they put on here uh,
00:59:13
Speaker
the Quebec L'Authantique, which is French fries, cheese curd, and brown cray brown gravy. Gold star. You figured it out. You figured it out. That's routine, right? Yes. and and then and then the ah And then they they have a Montreal version, I guess. Yeah. Montreal.
00:59:34
Speaker
okay so It has the accent on there. It's Montreal. Montreal Beyond Fume, I think is how you say that. even bow me um French fries, cheese curd, smoked meat, pickles, and mustard gravy. So so it looks like they're they're starting from the base of proper poutine and they're adding stuff to it, which is fair. you like like so So my thing about poutine is that You have the base stuff there, you know, the French fries, cheese curds and the gravy. It's not hard, right? yeah You know, keep with those three things.
01:00:09
Speaker
You can add other things. So so like a Montreal smoked meat, really good. If you haven't had Montreal smoked meat, it's still lift delicious. But you can add that onto your poutine. The issue I have or that I've been getting stuck up on poutine is when they're like, here's like, here's sweet potato fries with like some queso. And like, yeah it's like, no those are loaded fries, not poutine. Yeah, exactly. like Like there is a difference. But yeah.
01:00:39
Speaker
But yeah, I mean, that that's that's a good start to the menu. I have to say the pictures, look they look they look really good. Even just like the ah the original ones, those fries look like hand-cut ah legit fries. That's how your poutine fries should be. like Yeah.
01:00:55
Speaker
that's They look delicious. That's how we get. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's the other thing too, is like, don't don't give me like the thin McDonald's fries in my poutine. Like, don't. Yeah, you got they got they got to be like real like like russet, you know, you know, skin salon. Yeah, keep the skin on, yeah you know, thick cut.
01:01:13
Speaker
Like they they need a little bit of weight to them because they got to catch all that cheese curd and gravy. So yeah I mean, these look like they do that. I'm going to have some of these when I go in August and I
Poutine Stand at Canada Pavilion
01:01:23
Speaker
will let you know. I love poutine. I love poutine. And then I know, um you know, we have been talking about your you're planning to come up north next year because you have a cruise. That's right. Yes. But maybe on your way up here, you can, you know, you know compare notes, um you know you know, stop and and grab some poutine here. You're taking me to get some legit poutine. That's that's a happening while we're I'll have to figure out where, like, so so the the interesting thing is poutine like a lot of things. I mean, it like, it is fast food.
01:01:51
Speaker
So I need to figure out where... I'll have to scope out some places because we because like we have like we have like cheap and dirty places you can get poutine, but I'll need to find ah a good proper one for you because we do have them. It's just, yeah. When when I Google it, the Smokes poutinerie comes up and there's like some pretty cool looking stuff on this menu, but I don't know if that's near you or not. I have no idea what that is. um Yeah, I'll have to look. It looks really good.
01:02:20
Speaker
Anyway, I just wanted to put it on there because I thought it would make you happy. Yeah. Yeah, that that that is that is definitely, they they figured I'm glad they figured it out.
01:02:31
Speaker
Yeah. Fine. Like there's. um Maybe they have a poutine representative from and Air Canada. Well, I mean, the fact that they're actually using like, like, it sounds like somebody from Montreal weighed in on this because really like, like poutine is, um it is very much a Quebec thing um where it started.
01:02:51
Speaker
And, you know, obviously I'm not from Quebec, but, you know, being in Canada, we, I know a lot of people from Quebec. There's, you know, poutine that comes out here. It's like,
01:03:02
Speaker
People have moved from other parts of the country to where I live, and I get to experience all of the things from those other parts of the country. So, you know, we do have authentic poutine out here.
01:03:14
Speaker
We do have people from Quebec that, you know, the reason that I know the difference is that, you know, I have friends from Quebec that are like, these are the rules of poutine. And that, you know, you know they really have they they have expressed it to me. and i and i And I do know the difference. I have had like the really bad, like loaded fries versus proper poutine. And when you know that,
01:03:36
Speaker
you you like you see the difference and and you're very quick to call it out because of it. so That's understandable. yeah i'm not I'm not trying to gatekeep your french fries experience, but poutine's poutine.
01:03:49
Speaker
yeah I'm with you. I'm excited to try this. yeah it's It looks good. i mean i mean I'll say, you know you know i usually walk by the Canada Pavilion. I might actually stop and have a look there. And and not because I dislike the Canada Pavilion. It's just...
01:04:04
Speaker
I don't have a need to go experience Canada when I'm from Canada. you're from but But I'm curious to see how their poutine works. shakes up like yeah the the gravy can also be bad too but you know i want to give them the benefit of the doubt that they seem like they're they're trying to do a legit um a legit take on this i agree i agree yeah so all right the other thing that i have on here is uh there's this new merchandise line coming out that i thought was very interesting called logomania um i've seen this too and it's really nice it' It is really nice.
Disney's Logomania Line
01:04:40
Speaker
It's interesting, right? Because so what they're doing here, it's it's all the same merch. It's just different colors. And the colors are very bold, right? Like they're very bold colors and they're like mean primary colors. kind of Yeah. yeah so So I guess the interesting thing, they're they're not all identical because they have like, they have little accents to them.
01:05:01
Speaker
So the, or like looking at the way described. So like all the blue is like, It says last day of trip blues, but it has like a Mickey balloon on it. yeah But then the green one is Tiki Room themed.
01:05:16
Speaker
So so like they're not. but But but it's not really Tiki Room themed, right? Like there's no like Tiki Room stuff on there. It's just this dark green color, you know, i'm trying to find if. Well, because they have the logo on the the website with like it's not on any of the stuff, though.
01:05:31
Speaker
That's what's weird to me. Yeah, you're right. I thought they would have had the logo the merch. Yeah, just like the same merch, just different colors, which is fine. I'm not complaining about that. I just thought it was weird when I said themed-ish. Okay, I read the Tiki Tiki Tiki Room collection, and I'm thinking, cool, Tiki Room stuff. And then I looked was like, but there's nothing about the Tiki Room on it. And how is this? I mean, because it's the color of a tree? don't know.
01:05:56
Speaker
you don't know. I just thought kind I mean, jungle-y themed, yeah. Yeah, but I just, all in you know. Polynesian jungle theme, yeah. Yeah, I got hyped up for Tiki Room stuff, and then there was no Tiki Room stuff on there. It just was the color. so And then there's like a bright pink that's a Fantasyland one. then there's Apparently that one's incredibly popular from what heard. really? Is that like a huge thing right now? i mean Yeah, from from I've seen people, you know, covering this and in videos, and like people buying the merch, like,
01:06:25
Speaker
There's like horde of people around the pink section and the other sections are are kind of left alone because listen I can see my daughter looking at this and wanting it like honestly. So she does like pink. And I mean, these are really bright colors. I will post pictures, but they are like really vivid colors. Yeah, it's very vibrant, very... um Very solid colors. I will admit, i like, you know, we've we've talked about this before with with Disney March, that sometimes, like, they'll do a they'll do a set where it's, like, Disney 2025, and, like, everything has, like, a logo on. That's, like, and I get trying to like, be like, oh, it's, like, a yearly collection, but it's, like, it's so, like, overtly over the top that you don't want to wear it because it's, like,
01:07:09
Speaker
Like you're buying somewhere. Yeah. but And it like it's either point in time or the logos like just overtake like the fashion itself or or like like what you're wearing.
01:07:20
Speaker
The thing I like about these is that, like you said, the fact that it is like it's just straight colors. Like it's literally it's Disney merch, but pick it in the color that you like. You know, you know, I like the green stuff. I like the screen hoodie. um You know, the bag is cool.
01:07:35
Speaker
a dream. Yeah. and And they're not even showing all the bags. Like, like they there's there's like a sling bag and stuff that they do in here. And it's like, yeah, I would i would buy that stuff. Like, you know, that's... yes that's It's simple.
01:07:49
Speaker
But yeah, fact yeah it's it's simple, but, you know, it it has the it has the logo. it You know, it's it's clear where it came from, but it's also not like...
Limited-Time Disney Items
01:07:59
Speaker
trying to do too much yeah right well we also though we there's a couple other ones right so there's the park hopper one which is a limited time one and that's a bright orange um yeah i i do like the orange and actually my wife really like this my wife likes orange so it's almost themed to monorail orange but even monorail orange has like a darker orange so this this is like really bright this is like a tangerine orange yeah Yeah. And then there's also a popcorn on Main Street one, which is exclusive to Walt Disney World and also limited time, which is just, again, bright yellow.
01:08:31
Speaker
ah think i Think ah movie popcorn. That's the color. Yeah. Yeah. yeah the the The coconut oil they put on your popcorn. yeah Yeah. Exactly. And then last but not least, another Walt Disney World exclusive, Parks After Dark. And, ah you know, you can probably guess what this color is. It's black. Yeah. um straight black that's right black yeah that is a very light sort of you know it's funny yeah it's a very like like just strong black like the hoodie like looks like it has like no texture to it because it's so so dark it's like blending into the background it's like yeah yeah but then the white pops on it so much because it is so black yeah So the interesting thing, though, is in this show is like, oh, why would you wear black? But then it's like, well, Mickey, like Mickey's black. and Mickey's Mickey Mouse is black.
01:09:21
Speaker
And like, I can see this being like, you know, people Disney bounding like this. ah This is how you, you know, accent your stuff for Disney bounding is, yeah you know, you get, you know.
01:09:35
Speaker
you know, the the black Disney World hoodie and, you know, whatever ah whatever else they offer with merch. They have these Mickey ears that are in all the different colors as well. the
Color Trends and Preferences
01:09:43
Speaker
The funny thing is, is that the black Mickey ears are like, if you think about it, that this is like the most basic Mickey ears. Could not be more basic. Yeah. yeah But somehow...
01:09:56
Speaker
It's fine. Like, like or yeah, that's you're right. Yeah, they're basic, but they they look good. i mean, i yeah although I'm not gonna lie, I look at this collection and I immediately go Darth Vader. Right. Like, like immediately go Star Wars, you know. Yeah, I was leaning towards Mickey Mouse. But yeah, you you could definitely. Yeah, this could be.
01:10:20
Speaker
Vader or... Actually, no. There's not any red in it. Vader needs just, like like, you need a hint of red in it somewhere. What, you like just from, like, the stuff he has on like his on his chest thing? Like, is that... That and the saber, yeah. Oh, well, the saber. Lightsaber, yeah. Yeah. I mean...
01:10:37
Speaker
Well, these are pretty cool, though. i I could see, like I said, I could see my daughter wanting these bright pink ones. um You know, who knows? that Her favorite color changes by the day. So it could be a different color. Who knows?
01:10:48
Speaker
But ah these are available now. So you can get these now. And as Trevor said, they're probably going to be a little bit challenging. They might be a little bit challenging to get some of the more popular ones. i could Some of the colors. Yeah. It's interesting. It kind of points out an interesting thing about color design and what's popular and what's not like obviously you know certain colors kind of move through in trends and stuff but it is very clear how like pink versus yellow versus orange yeah how it plays out for people that and and you know I I
01:11:22
Speaker
I don't know how to say this in a way that doesn't sound maybe condescending, but I feel bad for you if your favorite color is pink becauses because it's like, aable I know, but but it but it means that like, like the thing is, is like for me, it's like, Hey, there's there's some green merch and I'm like, yeah, I could probably get ahold of this. And like my wife likes orange. My wife's colors are like orange and purple. So it's like,
01:11:49
Speaker
You know, I could get a hold of green and orange merch in this line without a lot of issue. Oh, you're you're just saying you feel bad for them because they won't be able to get the stuff. Yeah, yeah. yeah I so popular okay feel bad because you're the common one.
01:12:05
Speaker
i see I was confused. I thought you were trying to say that you were looking down on people that wear pink. well but that but that's but yeah But that's not what I mean. Yeah, I know. I'm trying to pretend like that I'm somehow like...
01:12:16
Speaker
better than you because I picked a different color but it's just funny how like people gravitate towards certain colors and I kind of look and go like oh I'm glad that like I'm glad that's not my favorite color because i would hate to have to fight for that i get it yeah I get that yeah All right. ah No, i I'm not hating on anybody for, you know, you know, whatever colors you like, you're like, that's, you know, that's you. It's just, it's just funny how it like you see it in these collections, how people gravitate towards them. So, yeah, yeah, it makes sense.
01:12:47
Speaker
Yeah. Well, Trevor, we haven't done this in a while and we don't have time for a full one, but I'll give you a little taste.
4th of July and U.S. 250th Anniversary Food
01:12:54
Speaker
That's all you get. You don't have a time for a full ah full food time. I'm sure we will do one soon with food and wine coming up here. I'm sure we'll get menus for food and wine very soon. So we will definitely do, obviously, a full food time episode for that.
01:13:08
Speaker
But in the meantime, we do have a ah a Disney Celebrates America food foodie guide. So this is – some things coming out around the 4th of July and, ah you know, the 250th anniversary of of the United States. So we we i can't we got to talk about, you know, these these food items. We don't have a ton of time to do so, but let's let's do it.
01:13:29
Speaker
um Let's start, though, over at Port Orleans, which, you know, true to form have beignets, and these are 4th of July beignets, which are cinnamon-dusted beignets with marshmallow sauce and apple pie filling.
01:13:43
Speaker
you know I would eat that. I mean. The only thing that's 4th of July about them is the sprinkles. Yeah. Yeah. I guess the apple pie thing is, you know, people associate. OK, sorry. yeah Yeah. Yeah. I guess I forget the whole apple pie thing. Apologies. As you know, I dare you. I'm not in tune with how important apple pie is. Yeah. our national mascot. I mean, I
Dessert Highlights
01:14:05
Speaker
have it at Thanksgiving. So, yeah, it is. um um ah also got This next cake, though. Oh, yeah, this looks good. This Fourth of July cake that's strawberry and lemon mousse and confetti cake covered in a hard chocolate shell that just. It's one of those dome cakes. Yeah. Yeah. I would. This would be so satisfying to. Oh, I'm going to eat this. This is at Contempo Cafe, my friend. am staying right there.
01:14:33
Speaker
Yeah. I'm getting this cake. This is happening. Strawberry lemon ooze sounds delicious. How long did they say these are going to be offered for? Or does it say? doesn't stay. No. Because it says it says they're going to start offering them June 15th. But I wonder if they'll still be available by the time.
01:14:50
Speaker
That's a good question. Because because they don't have they don't have an ending date on this. They just say available starting June 15th. So I wonder, maybe, it do you suppose that they would do this for like, like because it's it's like like the 250th is like, you know, ah like maybe they're doing like a full year celebration thing where this is available? Yeah. They certainly could. I mean, they listen, they've sworn across America, right? so That's true. yeah it's going to be And they haven't even said when that's going to end right? so Which, by the way, there is a um Disney unscripted ah video out there about how they made Soarin' Across America, and i would strongly suggest you check it out. It's a really cool
Disneyland's Dessert Presentation
01:15:27
Speaker
video. If you haven't watched those unscripted things, they're like showing super behind the scenes of how they build attractions, and it is ah really fascinating. Mm-hmm. To me, anyway, if you're a nerd about that stuff, like they go behind the screen on Soarin', they like show how they program it. It's very cool.
01:15:43
Speaker
yeah um But anyway. If you want to understand that stuff. Anyway, but back to food. So we're um we're going down to the boardwalk next. Oh, well, what about ah Animal Kingdom Lodge in Coronado? They have a strawberry cheesecake. All they say is strawberry cheesecake. There's not even a picture of this, so I'm not. No, vanilla bean cheesecake, strawberry coulis, white chocolate color. Okay, cool. Cool, yay. Next. um ah like so and or but But, you know, they're showing all these other things that are, like, very, like, immaculately done. Show me pictures. Yeah. and and like But then, you know, you go to Boardwalk. Okay, this cupcake, this strawberry shortcake cupcake at Boardwalk with the pinwheel on it.
01:16:20
Speaker
Yeah. Like, yes, please. Like, it's... I had to say there is one thing that Disney really excelled. Not one. mean, they excel at a lot of things. But one of the big things they excel at is when you see the pictures of these things like this, this is what you actually get. Like, it's always accurate. It's not like when you watch the pizza commercial and you see this crazy cheese pull and then you don't get that when you get it at home.
01:16:41
Speaker
the The frozen pizza dilemma where you buy the frozen pizza and then all the toppings are like shoved in one corner. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. When you get yeah like they this picture of this item is what you're going to get if you buy this. Right. And it looks fantastic.
01:16:55
Speaker
Yeah. It even looks like they they put a little bit of gold leaf on the edges of the pinwheel. It's like pinwheel little bit of gold on there. Yeah. It's fancy. Yeah. yeah It's very fancy. And do that and if you're wondering, it's it's a vanilla sponge, cupcake, strawberry filling, chantilly cream and white chocolate pinwheel.
01:17:11
Speaker
So it almost looks like it's in like a box of pop like a popcorn box, like a striped popcorn box. Yeah. Right. I mean, I don't know if that's very,
Hoopty Doo Review Merchandise
01:17:19
Speaker
very like state fair kind of vibe. Yes. That's what I'm getting from it. Yeah. Yeah. hundred percent. Yeah. A hundred percent.
01:17:26
Speaker
ah we there's some things at the Poly, but they're not new, so we're not going to talk about Yeah, yeah. Pineapple cupcake. just see past that, yeah. ah Pineapple cupcake and chocolate-covered bacon, which, by the way, if you have you ever had chocolate-covered bacon? It sounds disgusting, but it is delicious. I i haven't had chocolate-covered bacon, but I know maple bacon and candied bacon are delicious, so I'm assuming it's in the same realm as that. Okay. Sweet and salty, yeah. ah Over at Hoopty-Doo...
01:17:54
Speaker
who's you do doing a thing, which this is a weird pull for sure. It is. it is But, but i get These are cool mugs though. These are cool mugs. Like there's, these are Fort Wilderness Hoopty Doo Review mugs and they're like metal, like camping mugs almost. Yeah. I was going to say that they they look like an old style, like camping mug.
01:18:11
Speaker
And awesome yeah, yeah. Very, very nice. Like I, I would honestly like do a whole merch line of like Hoopty Doo Review.
01:18:22
Speaker
Like, i know I know it's, like, not everybody knows what it is, but, like, this this is, like, the edge of the of a larger merch line, I feel. I agree with you,
Disney's Food Presentation
01:18:33
Speaker
actually. It feels weird that they haven't done stuff with it before. like because it does have, like, legendary Disney status amongst the the hardcore fans who buy merch like this, you know? so and And it does very... the The thing, I mean, obviously, the reason that they're they're pointing it as part of the 250th is it's a...
01:18:51
Speaker
it Maybe is this the wrong term? It's very like Americana, right? It's like old school Americana is like the entirety of Hoopty Doo. So, yeah, you know, it makes sense that they're they're putting it in with all this.
01:19:04
Speaker
100%. Absolutely. They look good. yeah There's a Mickey cupcake over at Beach Club, but it's just a cupcake with red, right and blue red white, and blue sprinkles and some Mickey ears. Nothing special to write home here. It literally just says Mickey cupcake with frosting. So we don't need to talk about that one. yeah There is, though, a new, and we can't see it. There's no picture of it, but there's the Star Spangled Shake over at ah Beaches and Cream, a place that I have tried to go to many times and have never actually gotten a chance to go to. Which drives me a little crazy because I want to go there. But it's a berries and vanilla flavored milkshake with confetti cake ice pop.
01:19:36
Speaker
ah Wait, confetti cake ice pop, whipped cream, red, white, and blue star sprinkles. That sounds pretty good. I would never drink that. Probably super sweet. don't know why they didn't put a picture of this on here. Like, if it's something new, I don't like i don't understand their logic here. Yeah, but maybe they didn't.
01:19:51
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. And then it then immediately right after it, they're like, here's the Mickey cinnamon roll, which doesn't... doesn't That's not new. It's literally just a Mickey cinnamon roll that they threw some red, white, and blue frosting on top of, which is fine, you know, and it's available everywhere, but it's nothing special. It's just, you know, they threw some red, white, blue stuff on top of it.
01:20:09
Speaker
Same thing with
Sam Eagle-themed Offerings
01:20:10
Speaker
this cake pop. Yeah. Which... But the ah the interesting thing that they're... The cake pop's new. Yeah. I elect this for most disappointing in show. like i wonder is what it looks like on the inside. Like, has it got multiple colors on the inside? Because that would enhance it, but they don't show it. Yeah, the the thing is, is that it like it's solid blue.
01:20:31
Speaker
It has a little bit of sprinkles. The red sprinkles aren't even, like, the right red. Like, they're faded, it looks like. Yeah, what is that about? That's weird. And then there's, like, a little bit of white frosting on it. Like...
01:20:43
Speaker
Yeah, what are they doing there? What are you doing? Yeah, yeah exactly. it What are they doing? I'm just like, what are you doing? what Why were are we doing this? Okay. Yeah, that's fair. Okay. And Disney Springs, the ganache tree, again, it's something we don't have a picture of. Fourth of July, Mickey, milk chocolate, ganache square. I mean, I guess we don't need a picture of that. We know what it looks like. Yeah.
01:20:59
Speaker
Right? All right. um So let's get into, I guess we're into the parks now, it looks like. Yeah. Oh, man, I want this so bad. I'm getting this. I'm going to tell you right now. All right. ah Over at Sunshine Seasons at Epcot, s'more and across America. I love s'mores. S'mores are like my favorite thing in the world. So you're talking a milkshake that is s'mores? I am getting that, like, immediately.
01:21:23
Speaker
I don't know if I should do before or after Soarin'. That's a question that I would love to to have someone answer for me. Do I drink the milkshake prior to Soarin' or do I do it after? So even though I don't drink milkshakes, I would say never do it before something like Soarin'. I agree with that.
01:21:40
Speaker
I feel like especially for something like this because it is, you know, you know it's marshmallow, graham cracker. It's, yeah, you you don't want that while you're trying to ride Soarin'.
01:21:51
Speaker
I will say this too. They also have like a chocolate piece on the top of the Soarin' in the shape of a hang glider. And it's a cutout of the really awesome attraction poster they did for Soarin' Across America. So i I love this and I want it and I'm going to get it and we'll take pictures of it while I'm eating it. Nice.
01:22:07
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Probably not. I'll probably eat it and then be like, oh, I should take pictures. because That's what I always do every time. um So the next couple of items here from ah the Regal Eagle Smokehouse. And I have to say, the these look really nice. And I appreciate appreciate the fact that there is, i didn't think I would be seeing food with Sam Eagle on it.
01:22:33
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all I mean, are you mad? Yeah. I'm not. No, no, no. i just I was surprised. I didn't think they would go that far. But yeah but it's yeah, it's a Sam Eagle star spangled shortcake, you know, vanilla cake, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, whipped cream, star sprinkles, and a Sam Eagle chocolate coin.
01:22:50
Speaker
Looking at you very judgingly as he does. Yeah. Yeah. And then there's also good. I was gonna say it's a printed thing. You know, we we've kind of gotten on them for that. But this is like you can see the effort. right This is I don't ding them for this one because. Yeah, it's we never get Sam the Eagle stuff. And like, I like this. This is cool. Yeah. There's there's also this drink, the 1776, which is blue raspberry sprite and strawberry ah fruit juice filled pearls. And they
Sam the Eagle Popcorn Bucket
01:23:17
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have it. So it's like.
01:23:19
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It's like white and blue. It looks an Astropop. It does look like an Astropop. You're right. Oh, man. It does. it It looks like that. And I bet i bet this tastes like an Astropop, too. like It should. yeah Raspberry Sprite and strawberry. Yeah, that's... I'd give this to my daughter and she went to sleep for three days. like this This is drinking an Astropop. The hard part is is you'd you'd have to like...
01:23:39
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if you or I would probably want more than one of these, so I'd have to plan out my day so that I would be walking by this place multiple times to get to get one of these. Yeah, yeah yeah I agree. i agree.
01:23:53
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ah Over at Magic Kingdom, ah Columbia Harbor House, which is, I always feel like a solid quick service, um but they've got a couple items. Nothing new, though. There's a berry shortcake. There's a red, white, and blue funnel cake, which is basically the berry shortcake but with with a funnel cake instead of a shortcake.
01:24:09
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um And then a red, white, blue but waffle. Again, they just keep replacing the bottom part is what they keep doing. You know that meme from The Office? you know These are the same... or Corporate wants you identify the the differences yeah and these are the same picture.
01:24:23
Speaker
These three things are that meme. like They're all the same picture. Just with different bottom. yeah Different... the different hardly yeah I hardly even noticed. i will yeah like Unless I read it, it's like, oh, that's a waffle, that's a funky... Whatever. like it Whatever, yeah yeah. You're giving me whipped cream strawberries and a cake of some sort. Like, yeah I don't know. yeah Yeah, pretty much. We got a red, white, and blue slushie over at Liberty Square. Also not new at Hollywood Studios, though. There is a new one, and this is currently available over at Rosie's, which, you know, that's ah not right. I don't want to say it's a random one, but ah there's the red velvet. out
01:24:59
Speaker
Yeah. less Red velvet cake with fudge filling topped with cream cheese icing, ginger streusel, star sprinkles, and a chocolate piece. That sounds really good. Yeah. And and the ah they're calling it the Riveter because it's ah it looks like ah it's like a 1950s I guess. Yeah, it's the 50s. Why am I forgetting? A Riveter or yeah is the is the job title. It's ah it a lady doing like metal Rosie the Riveter. Yeah, that's what it is. It's at Rosie's, so it's Rosie the Riveter. get it Yeah. Yeah.
01:25:33
Speaker
It's again, interesting pull because it's a little bit like not as popular or not, not, not the obvious like Hollywood studio stuff, but I appreciate it because it's, it looks different. And I never thought about having ginger. Yeah.
01:25:49
Speaker
In my red velvet. In a streusel? Yeah. i'm I'm not sure. I'm not sure I want that, but I'm curious. Like, like that's that's actually a good place for them to be with it because I'm curious about it. It's also, I don't know if I've ever had red velvet that has fudge with it, too. It has a fudge filling and it has the cream cheese icing.
01:26:08
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, I'm down. Don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining. That's a lot going on now that I think about it. Yeah, it is. Yeah, it is. Interesting. And then, Trevor, I think this is pretty great. You know, this is pretty awesome.
01:26:24
Speaker
So the popcorn bucket for the celebration is a Sam the Eagle popcorn bucket. I mean, looking judgingly at you yeah behind his podium with his red, white and blue hat. It looks like a decent popcorn bucket, too. Like, it's not. It's big.
01:26:42
Speaker
Like, yeah, it looks pretty tall. You know, obviously the hat is helping with that. Yeah, for sure. But yeah, like it it doesn't like some sometimes they do these popcorn buckets where it's like you're not fitting anything in there. This one looks like it'll actually carry a reasonable amount of popcorn.
01:26:59
Speaker
I didn't even realize that the podium was part of it, too. Like it it kind of blends in with the picture. But so it's Sam Eagle and he's standing in front of a podium with the with the bunting in front of it and everything. That's yeah. Yeah, that's hilarious. yeah I want to be able to eat the popcorn out of his mouth, though. Like I want to open the bottom part of his mouth. like popcorn out Yeah. yeah His the the jaw just unhinges. and Yeah. Like he's vomiting popcorn and I'm going to eat it. Like like a weird bird thing where like that's how bird.
01:27:28
Speaker
It looks like his jaw can move. Like if that's the case, like, you know, that that would be good. I like that. I'm fully expecting to see a video of you like making Sam Eagle talk like. my ah That's actually not a bad idea, Trevor. I like that. yeah um All right. Well, that's it for Disney World. Jumping over to Disneyland. And we really got to we got to hurry up here. Yeah, we we we got to got get out of here. talk tom Really quickly here,
Disneyland's Apple Pie Churro
01:27:56
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though.
01:27:56
Speaker
Apple pie dip over at, uh, at, um, what do you call it? Um, sure at churro near town square and sleeping beauty castle. So that this is just like an apple pie dip, but you know, yeah, this this is the churro cart in the, yeah.
01:28:10
Speaker
Yeah. I don't know what rocket soda is You know what rocket soda is? I have no idea what that Rocket soda. i I don't know what a rocket soda is And it gives no description. It's just a blue soda with some white stuff and yellow stuff on top. I have no idea what that is. I think that's supposed to be red. But yeah, that again, the coloring is off Yeah.
01:28:28
Speaker
And then an apple pie churro, which is... That looks like it would be impossible to eat without getting it all over your face and clothing. I mean, you need like a fork and knife to eat that, I think. Yeah, you have to. You're you're not You can't eat that. Yeah. yeah You can't eat that like a normal churro. it's It's literally like a churro and they threw a bunch of apple pie filling on the top and then I'm going to get... Is that ice cream or is it just like cream? I feel like that's whipped cream. It looks like it's whipped cream. Yeah. Yeah.
01:28:51
Speaker
Currently, you probably Yeah. um Then there's a red, white, and blue punch. Again, no detail. Why are they giving no details on what's in these things? This is at Smokejumpers. So this is actually... Smokejumpers is... thought that was in California Adventure. that We're in California Adventure now. yeah where we moved Yeah, we moved over to California Adventure. Oh, okay. I missed that. Okay, so okay so that's at... Okay, the the first churros in California Adventure or at Willie's Churro in California Adventure.
01:29:18
Speaker
Redway and Blue Punch looks better than the other drink that they showed, but it's still not clear what it is. Yeah, they don't didn't give any details. There's a Mickey Dips bar at Clarabelle's. That looks good, but basic, right? It's just a Mickey bar with, yeah. Yeah, it's a Mickey bar, but they went a little bit extra with the ah with the star sprinkles on it. So, yeah, I'll give them points for that.
01:29:38
Speaker
Yeah, there's also a s'mores marshmallow wand, which is just like a s'more on a stick, which, listen, I'm in favor. and Like, do do put s'mores on sticks and give them to me. You can walk around with a s'more and not get your hands messy. Yeah, that's what I like. And then there's a patriotic Mickey caramel apple and, you know, a Claribel cow caramel apple, which we is not shown here. But that's throughout the resort.
01:30:00
Speaker
Yeah. I want to love caramel apples, but I never buy them because they're just. There's just too much. i would If they cut it, I know they can they will cut it up, but I don't do biting it off a stick. like If it's cut up, I would eat it.
01:30:12
Speaker
Like, when yeah, whenever they give like give out the slices cut up, like I enjoy that. But I don't want the whole thing. It's yeah, it's too much. just fit much Yeah. Well, all right. I just let's let's see if we can find any other new things on here. I don't see anything else new so far. Yeah, I'm pretty far here. We might be done. yeah These are all this is all just like normal stuff. I don't know why they're or maybe maybe they're just reminding people that they have food. i don't know.
01:30:38
Speaker
Yeah, don't know. We have food at these restaurants. Come check it out. Kind of weird. Yeah. Yeah. Like there is nothing new here. They're just like going through all the stuff. You can get corn dogs at the red cart if you didn't know that. Like how like.
01:30:54
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. Corn Dog Castle. like Like if you didn't know that they were there because, you know, nobody talks about the corn dogs in Disneyland ever at all, at least multiple times a week. All right. I think that's it. I think that's it. I think we covered it. and i mean i think like I think that's good. Yeah. Yeah. I'll just, will I'll give you this to to end on. Yeah.
01:31:14
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That's all you get. um And we'll like I said, we'll do a full episode sometime soon here for for other stuff. so But anyway, let's wrap it up. That was good. Yeah. And yeah, you know, just just to circle back, yeah you know, once again, glad that we yeah we got to carry on from ah DVC Resale Mark. It's always great to to talk to her. she's great. And yeah, you know, you know happy we we got to sit down with her. But, you know, if...
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01:33:36
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01:35:02
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01:35:19
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01:35:29
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