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What we're going to do right here is go back. Way

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back. Back into time. To

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another episode from the WWE Ready Archives. I

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am Lou Manjolo and this is show number

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769. And

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this and every week I'm going to

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select an evergreen episode from the archives

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to share that maybe you haven't heard

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before or one that you haven't heard

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in a long time. From interviews to

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top 10's relevant reviews, guides, way back

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machines and more. It's a great way

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to visit or revisit some of our

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favorite episodes including ones that you have

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suggested that I share from the archives.

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And this week it's Valentine's Day

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possibly the most romantic time of the

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year. Although shouldn't every time of year

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be romantic. Anyway so I wanted to

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bring a little bit of romance and

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maybe some ideas for those last minute

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Valentine's Day gifts for the ones that

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you love or like. And

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so this week I went back into

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the archives to bring you our top

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10 romantic places in Walt Disney World

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from show 619. Whether

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you're celebrating an anniversary, planning a

1:06

surprise proposal, or maybe just looking

1:08

to infuse a little bit of

1:10

extra magic into your time with

1:12

a loved one, this episode is

1:14

going to be a treasure trove

1:17

of romantic inspiration and experiences. You're

1:19

going to discover some free and

1:21

spontaneous romantic moments, unforgettable experiences, and

1:23

some simple yet profound gestures that

1:25

turn every day into a fairy

1:27

tale romance. And of course

1:30

I'd love to hear from you and what you

1:32

think is the most romantic place, restaurant,

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or experience in Walt Disney World.

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Please share your thoughts in

1:39

the WW Radio Clubhouse at www.rodeo.com/Clubhouse.

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Be part of the community and

1:43

conversation there or you can

1:45

call the voicemail at 407-900-9391. That's 407-900-WDW1 and share your story and

1:47

thoughts on the show. But for now, sit

1:56

back, relax,

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and enjoy. this week's episode from

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the archives on the WDW Radio Show.

2:15

I have a confession. I

2:17

am a hopeless,

2:20

unapologetic romantic.

2:23

I believe in fairy tale romances,

2:26

the power of love and not

2:29

just the Huey Lewis song, that

2:31

chivalry is not dead, at least

2:33

not for me, nor will it ever be. I

2:36

believe in giddy

2:38

schoolboy and schoolgirl butterflies and

2:41

that romance isn't and

2:44

should not be limited nor focused just

2:47

to one, arguably potentially

2:49

over-commercialized and sometimes yet

2:52

worthwily expensive single day.

2:55

But with Valentine's Day coming

2:57

up, I think a lot of people

2:59

start thinking about romantic things to do,

3:01

oftentimes gentlemen, usually the morning

3:04

of, places to go and ways

3:06

to celebrate not just a day

3:08

but really relationships and

3:10

romance itself. And

3:12

so this week I thought we would finally,

3:16

literally, I have thought about this for years,

3:19

look at our top 10

3:21

romantic places, spaces

3:24

and things to do in Walt

3:26

Disney World. And

3:28

when I think of romance, of course,

3:30

the first name that comes to mind

3:32

is, no, wait, that

3:35

is, that is so very wrong.

3:37

When I think of top 10s, I

3:40

think of Tim Foster from Celebrations magazine

3:42

and Guide to the Magic. Wow, that

3:44

was awkward. Well,

3:47

I must confess, I'm a little

3:49

sad because when I think

3:51

of when you threw this topic out, I went right

3:53

to, this

3:56

is going to be a really awkward show, you know?

4:00

as if it's not already. It's gonna

4:02

be so much fun. And this is, like

4:04

I said, this is a long requested

4:06

show, is it not? It is, it

4:08

is. And I think we've passed over

4:11

this a few times. We've

4:13

alluded to it in other conversations.

4:16

Oh, sure. But never really

4:18

got down to it. And

4:21

look, like I said, Tim, I am a romantic.

4:23

I am a very sentimental,

4:25

not mental, emotional

4:27

guy. And everything

4:29

that I said at the intro

4:32

about romance and chivalry are

4:34

true. And you said like

4:36

yourself, you're a romantic guy. Have you ever

4:39

done anything that you would

4:41

consider romantic that

4:44

you are comfortable sharing, don't make it

4:46

weirder? Have you ever

4:48

done anything romantic in Walt Disney World? Or

4:50

do you wanna save that for one of your top

4:53

10 entries? Yeah, I

4:55

have. And I'll save it. There's a

4:57

few things I'll talk about. And

5:01

yeah, I'll share them a bit later.

5:04

You know, and I've

5:06

been back and forth on this. And look, I

5:09

say all the time, and this is

5:11

really going to be proof of it,

5:13

that you, the listener, are my friend

5:15

and Tim's. And I want to, excuse

5:17

me, I want to, I'm

5:22

gonna practice what I preach. And I'm going

5:24

to trust you by sharing a story

5:26

that has to do with romance in Walt

5:28

Disney World. I was,

5:30

at one

5:33

time, many, many, many years ago, engaged

5:37

briefly, very briefly, before

5:41

being engaged to the woman I am currently married

5:43

to. And of course, I

5:45

did it in Walt Disney World. It

5:48

was in front of that castle

5:51

cake. It was not as

5:53

I drew it up in my head at all.

5:56

It was not what you see in

5:59

the romantic. movies,

6:01

it lasted less than

6:03

Stitch's supersonic celebration. Well,

6:07

and no, it really was. Anyway,

6:09

measured it, doesn't matter. Anyway,

6:12

I did many of the

6:14

quote-unquote romantic things

6:16

that you're supposed to do, right?

6:18

Including proposing in front of

6:20

Cinderella Castle, sort of.

6:23

Again, didn't go as planned at all.

6:26

Oi. Anyway,

6:29

but I thought it would be

6:31

helpful and valuable to share some

6:34

of the things you can do with someone

6:36

that you like, love, or want

6:38

to love next time you're in Walt Disney

6:40

World. Or if you're listening and you're in

6:43

Walt Disney World right now, you can, it's

6:45

a great way to earn some quick points,

6:47

and there's some of these things you can

6:49

do without a

6:51

lot of planning. And I will tell

6:53

you, Tim, because I know what makes

6:56

you crazy, that everything on my list

6:58

is not just romantic places

7:00

to eat. I thought that

7:02

was almost a little bit too

7:04

easy, but I really wanted to come up

7:06

with some things that will help you look

7:09

like and be a hero or

7:11

heroine to the one you are

7:13

with or the one that you

7:15

love or want to love. You

7:19

didn't eliminate dining entirely. I'm not an animal.

7:21

Of course I'm not good. All right. I

7:24

just want to make sure. But

7:27

I think these are also

7:29

things, you know, we're talking

7:31

about this now because Valentine's Day is coming

7:33

up, but these are things that I think

7:35

you can and should do all

7:37

year long. You can do it on

7:40

a date night. And,

7:42

you know, we're going to talk about

7:44

a bunch of different ways that you can get

7:48

romantic in Walt Disney World

7:50

and celebrate and have

7:52

fun in your relationship, including some

7:55

that I think might be surprising

7:57

too. Again, We

8:00

are aware of the current state

8:02

of things and that COVID procedures,

8:06

protocols, limitations, and even some

8:09

activities are not currently

8:11

available in Walt Disney World. I'm still going

8:13

to allude to some at least on my

8:15

list because the hope is that when you

8:17

are listening to this, COVID will be a

8:19

thing of the past and things will be

8:21

back to quote unquote normal and a lot

8:23

of the things that you can do and

8:25

take advantage of in Walt Disney

8:27

World will be there and will be

8:30

back. But Tim, I am of all

8:32

the top 10s we have done in

8:34

15 plus

8:36

years, this is one

8:38

that I am both intrigued

8:40

and excited and remarkably frightened

8:43

to hear what your idea

8:45

of romance and romantic things

8:47

to do might be. So

8:50

please favor us with your very

8:52

first of what I'm sure will be many go

8:55

with me here's. Well

8:57

this isn't a go with me here so much

8:59

but I was trying to figure out should I

9:02

try to lead with this or save this for

9:04

later but since

9:06

you talked about stories we could share I'll

9:08

kick it off with a story I had

9:10

to share about something I did like

9:14

you back in the day getting engaged

9:17

though as you know I'm

9:19

a single boy looking for love in a

9:21

park and ball by myself but Tim this

9:23

is not a dating app although if you

9:25

want to reach out. I'm just I'm just

9:27

sorry another. No but back

9:30

in the day and actually the tip to be

9:32

taken from this is if you are if

9:35

you're planning a special occasion

9:37

like a surprise proposal or something

9:40

like that or a special anniversary

9:42

celebration or something I

9:44

did it this way and I encourage everybody if

9:48

you are planning something or you're trying

9:50

to plan something special but you don't know quite what

9:52

you want to do don't

9:55

forget and don't be afraid to reach out to if you're

9:58

working with a travel planner travel agent. Lou,

10:01

you've got some great ones you work with,

10:03

or you could even probably call Disney directly.

10:07

In my case, I reached out to a

10:10

travel agent, pal of mine,

10:13

who worked with Disney, told him I wanted to

10:15

do something, had no idea what to do. They

10:17

had all sorts of ideas, and Disney does have

10:19

all kinds of things that

10:21

you can do that you might not know about.

10:23

So definitely ask if you're

10:26

trying to do something. And in my case, what

10:28

I wanted to do, and the way

10:30

it worked out, was

10:32

this was very proposal, not

10:35

in front of Cinderella Castle and the birthday

10:37

cake, which reminds me, that was my first

10:39

trip to Disney when it

10:41

was the birthday cake. And I'm wondering, in

10:44

some weird multiverse way, I

10:46

was standing next to you and you were doing this, and

10:48

who knew? Years later, here we

10:51

go. Trust me, knowing the details of

10:53

my story as I do, you were

10:55

not the screaming family of children that

10:57

were running and jumping all around me.

10:59

I was trying to do it by

11:01

what, never mind. It's okay. Well, that

11:03

was the ruckus, though, going on. Okay.

11:06

It was definitely a ruckus. This

11:08

makes sense now. So

11:11

anyway, the way this happened,

11:14

this is the Grand Floridian, and it was going to be a dinner.

11:17

Now, the ruse that I was pulling was we

11:19

were going to be dining at the Grand Floridian

11:21

Cafe, which is up on my list of romantic

11:23

restaurants, which we'll get back to. Unbeing.

11:28

Wow. Now,

11:31

what the surprise was. Hey,

11:34

hey. No, I'm sorry. One of.

11:37

Oh my gosh. Wow.

11:39

I didn't know we were going to be critical here.

11:42

Okay. All

11:48

right. I'll comment later. Anyway, the surprise was,

11:50

so I explained I would like to do

11:52

something special. One of

11:54

the options that they had was we could arrange for

11:56

a private dinner up on.

12:00

one of the upper floor balconies, sort of

12:02

overlooking the Magic Kingdom, but we could see

12:04

the fireworks. And so

12:07

at the appointed time, we were in the lobby and

12:11

to perpetuate the, uh, the ruse, uh,

12:13

even further, I actually went up to

12:15

the, to the host. This

12:17

is at the Grand Floridian Cafe and explained

12:19

what I was doing. And, but

12:22

she thinks we're going in here. So could

12:24

you give me a pager just to make

12:26

it look convincing? This is where we're

12:29

waiting. And it's actually great when

12:31

you talk to cast members and get them in

12:33

on it. Cause everybody's so happy and excited. They're

12:35

like, Oh yeah. Yeah. And we'll call you. We'll

12:37

like, we'll make it all sound really good. So

12:40

we did that, uh, we're waiting

12:42

and then our private butler wandered over.

12:46

And, uh, the surprise was,

12:48

well, we're not going that way. We're going

12:50

this way. And they

12:52

did the whole nine yards. They had, I

12:54

had a ring that I brought

12:56

with me. They had taken care of, uh,

12:59

purchasing on my behalf, a glass

13:01

slipper, um, which

13:04

they put the ring in, put

13:06

it under a tray, ostensibly the

13:08

dessert tray, brought it out, listed it up. There

13:11

it is written out. Chocolate fireworks are

13:13

going off. It was

13:15

a beautiful occasion. So, and again, one that

13:17

I could only have done with the help

13:19

of one, I travel

13:22

people, friends, and Disney themselves.

13:25

And they, I remember

13:27

actually calling them quite a few times just

13:29

to make sure everything was just so they

13:31

were absolutely wonderful, make sure everything was perfect.

13:33

So it was a

13:35

night I'll never forget. And that's,

13:37

that's my first tip to everybody. If you want

13:39

to do something above and beyond, reach out and

13:41

ask. There's all kinds of stuff you may not

13:43

even know about was there. So

13:48

I was expecting to be surprised,

13:50

but not so pleasantly, Tim Foster.

13:52

Look at you being so romantic.

13:55

I did not expect you to have

13:58

this On my. List

14:00

because I did have sort

14:02

of this indulgence. Best overall

14:04

Bet you probably haven't done

14:06

this yet. Dining experience and

14:08

Walt Disney World as it

14:10

involves a butler not air

14:12

Tim Curry from Clue. But

14:14

if you really want to

14:16

do something extraordinary, an extravagant,

14:18

an indulgent, there's a lot

14:20

of different ways you can

14:22

do that type of butler

14:24

service. I know that and

14:26

again where it was taken

14:28

code as equation. Right now,

14:30

but at Grand Floridian you

14:32

can actually arrange for a

14:34

private dinner at a number

14:37

of different locations. Throughout

14:39

that resort that comes with your

14:41

own special menu and a private

14:43

butler. And like you said, the

14:46

cast members work. Alongside

14:48

you will the want to do

14:50

one of the upper level terraces.

14:52

Do you want who bob be

14:54

over on the lagoon somewhere? And

14:56

yes it can get costly but

14:58

it also can be the. You

15:01

know the best of the best

15:03

of the best of wonderfully romantic,

15:05

memorable like you wanna leave a

15:08

lasting impression on somebody's doing one

15:10

of these private dinners just for

15:12

to idle for years number of

15:15

they still do it anymore. You

15:17

were able to do a private

15:19

dinner for two at the terrorists.

15:22

At The Twilight Zone. Tower

15:24

Of Terror? Yes. I. Said

15:26

something about a wedding. Party.

15:29

That had like. Not. The wedding

15:31

but a. Bridal. Shower something

15:33

their. Yeah that I mean look

15:35

at expensive right about if if and this is

15:38

and but yeah it's It's good that we give

15:40

this one as the way like this is the

15:42

adult when it does does if money is no

15:44

object like. Disney can do

15:46

it. you know? if you say look. Yep!

15:49

I have a budget of this. What

15:51

can you do? What can you do

15:54

to wow me? Disney will wow you

15:56

with him to Disney will do things

15:58

moon that can knock yourself. Robin.

16:00

If you want to have dinner for two.

16:02

in all after hours at an attraction, I'm

16:04

sure they could make that happen. I'm in

16:07

Illinois so maybe it's good that we sort

16:09

of get this of the way I am

16:11

on out of the where the I will

16:13

scale back a good wow I'm able a

16:15

things on my list that are actually free

16:17

to do. To. Feel

16:20

free things. But. It was nice or

16:22

that the icing on the cake though proverbial

16:24

I see on the cake whether year while

16:26

in our case. As we leave

16:28

and the other cast members or again

16:30

so wonderful gradually. To.

16:33

I just got engaged buttons. That

16:36

we could wear for the rest of the trip. Which.

16:38

Scored us even more. Free.

16:40

Cupcakes and free to search and feel.

16:42

They. Of or

16:45

if you're celebrating and anniversary get

16:47

a happy anniversary button or just

16:49

marry you know with at the

16:51

same expensive very cupcakes. So it

16:53

depends on your point of view

16:55

right? But it's worth it. And

16:58

look, I'm I'm a kind of

17:00

person that if something and somebody

17:02

is worth it like I never

17:04

begrudge. Spending. The Money on

17:06

something that is going to be an

17:08

amazing meal and incredible trip by a

17:10

a wonderful memories must if it involves

17:13

you know, my kids or something like

17:15

that, you know if I'm able to

17:17

do it So. Very.

17:20

Good. Wow So

17:22

now I almost feel like how do

17:24

I follow that up? As as well

17:26

known I have the birthday cake castles

17:28

home in Iraq. Stop bringing that up

17:30

It still it still is. Neither am

17:32

I still get get the heebie jeebies.

17:34

My think I saw this sub. Not

17:37

really. It all worked out for the

17:39

best. Yes it so. I.

17:41

Are here. Okay so ominous or of take

17:43

the idea of it will do. We said

17:46

we're not gonna tell my dining first. we

17:48

will talk about donning first because you don't

17:50

necessarily have to do the full blown. stereotypical

17:54

romantic dinner somewhere not and yes

17:56

we will get to them but

17:58

i think that there's ways especially

18:00

if you're going to Walt Disney World chances

18:02

are you or both of you are Disney

18:06

enthusiasts and maybe you want to spend

18:08

some time in the parks without maybe

18:10

don't want to do a full sit

18:12

down meal and look admittedly

18:14

I am not a big drinker at

18:16

all so I'm going to swap out

18:18

you know and

18:22

you could do either or both what

18:24

I'm calling either like

18:27

a tasting around the world whether it

18:29

is a wine tasting around the world

18:31

it is a culinary tasting around the

18:33

world I think something simple

18:36

and romantic that you don't have

18:38

to worry about overly planning is

18:41

going to world showcase

18:44

like especially if you do it anytime I just

18:46

write and the weather is beautiful and the sun

18:48

is just starting to set and you can do

18:51

it on a weekday so it's not crowded and

18:53

you visit each pavilion and

18:56

you sample a wine

18:58

or a beer or a snack or

19:00

a food item if you prefer

19:03

from each of the country so you

19:05

almost can do these little wine and

19:08

cheese plates or a beer and pretzel

19:10

plate or so you craft

19:12

your own sort of mini menus

19:15

as you go around because it's

19:17

less about the food

19:19

that you're eating and and what

19:21

you're drinking than the time that

19:23

you're spending together the the experiential

19:26

aspect of it is really

19:29

what is the the

19:31

romantic part you know

19:33

holding hands in theory as

19:35

you walk through world showcase having

19:38

fun as you are expanding your

19:40

culinary palette maybe learning about some

19:42

different wines and beers it's

19:45

simple and it's fun and I

19:47

think that too could be romantic

19:49

without it being prohibitively expensive as

19:51

well what's

19:53

your most romantic world

19:56

showcase pavilion wow

19:58

that's a great question I

20:03

think it depends how and

20:05

where you spend it because

20:07

there is something just inherently

20:09

romantic about France

20:12

at night with the music

20:14

in Paris and it's this

20:16

city of lights and love.

20:20

We know my affinity for the Japan

20:22

pavilion. Look I think one

20:24

of my personal favorite alone spots could

20:27

also be one of my favorite romance

20:29

spots sitting up in

20:31

Japan outside Ketsura Grill all

20:33

the way in the back corner with your

20:36

back up to the bamboo forest with

20:38

the soft hanging lanterns

20:40

above you and the waterfall in front of

20:43

you and that view of the

20:45

promenade and the music in the background is an

20:48

incredibly romantic spot that you

20:50

might not necessarily think of because

20:53

it's not this formal

20:55

get dressed up sit

20:57

down dining location. You

21:00

know it's interesting because I was as I

21:02

was going through my list trying to think

21:04

of spots I was I found myself repeating

21:08

a lot of the same locations we

21:10

would have talked about in you

21:12

know favorite places to relax or

21:14

most magical places we've been that

21:17

sort of thing and

21:20

which I thought no I'm going

21:22

to repeat myself but then it

21:24

rang true because these places in

21:26

the Japan pavilion my friend no

21:28

surprise on my list too as a place

21:31

to be but

21:34

I think the thing to take away from

21:36

that is that these places are so special to

21:40

us and relaxing and magical part

21:42

of what makes a romantic

21:44

place so romantic is you sharing the

21:46

experience with that person that you love

21:49

so it only makes sense that the

21:52

places we think of as

21:54

the most magical relaxing and wonderful

21:57

are those places I want to share

21:59

with somebody. So yeah,

22:01

whether I'm sitting alone in the Japan

22:03

Pavilion or wandering

22:06

through France or

22:08

the courtyard in the UK Pavilion or

22:10

whatnot, it's

22:14

magical by yourself in a way, but just so much

22:16

more when you're with somebody,

22:18

of course. Okay,

22:20

so where, what is next on your list in

22:22

terms of romantic places? Well, I have things to

22:25

do. I was walking. Well,

22:28

we'll keep walking because you kind of led

22:30

me to that. One

22:34

of my favorite just

22:36

romantic activities period is just walking

22:39

around, like you said, hand in

22:42

hand at a, not down Main

22:44

Street as everyone's rushing out of the

22:46

park, but in that quiet place off

22:48

by yourself, invariably

22:51

at night when the lights are

22:53

out, the music is playing, the crowds are a little

22:55

less. World Showcase was

22:57

first up on my list of places to

22:59

walk around, and I actually love walking around

23:01

and done this a few times during

23:03

the Flower and Garden Festival. Well,

23:06

all the festivals with Flower and Garden,

23:08

because hey, flowers, and it's free to

23:11

smell the flowers. And

23:14

you know, Disney's done, as

23:17

we know, a better job. It's evening

23:19

out the crowds throughout the year, but many

23:22

times you can be there when it's less

23:24

crowded. That would be great. And we

23:26

can all remember back in the day when you could go in

23:29

March and April and it'd be not too crowded,

23:31

not too hot yet. The flowers are out. And

23:34

that's a wonderful time to walk around. But

23:36

I also like walking around Crescent Lake. By

23:41

the world, they'd be the Epcot Resorts, just

23:43

walking along the boardwalk, no particular place to

23:46

go. But in the evening, you can see

23:48

the lights playfully

23:52

dancing off the ripples in the lake.

23:54

Oh, that's romantic. I

23:56

love, love one of my favorite places

23:59

to walk. period is

24:01

that the

24:04

walkway that leads under the bridge

24:06

going to the international gateway, which

24:08

is straight out of Ratatouille and

24:10

walking around in Paris to me.

24:14

And best of all, if you time it right, you can

24:17

find yourself on that bridge, but on

24:19

the top and have

24:22

a nice quiet place with just a few

24:24

people around to watch the fireworks

24:26

that evening, whether it was illuminations and

24:28

days gone by or harmonious and years

24:30

to come. That's

24:32

a wonderful place to

24:36

spend with somebody because one,

24:38

you have the spectacle of the fireworks, you have all

24:40

of the ambiance and

24:43

the beauty of the resorts and the lights around

24:45

you. But it's in a not very crowded place.

24:47

You're out of the park, you're away from the

24:49

crowds, but you can still hear the music from

24:52

the France Pavilion. And it all adds up to

24:54

be one of my most favorite

24:56

beloved locations in all of all Disney World

24:59

that I really love spending with someone special.

25:03

I love it. All walking sounds exhausting.

25:06

Well, I'm sorry. Get

25:09

a surly bike. Oh my God. Those

25:12

hills are killer. It's

25:14

like an endurance event for me doing that. No,

25:17

you sit in the back or you do distract

25:19

enough that you get away. You kind of fake

25:21

a pedaling motion once in a while, but you're

25:23

not doing the thing. It's so romantic here, honey.

25:26

You pedal. You pedal around. Yeah.

25:29

And yeah. Well,

25:31

you did say something which actually leads me

25:33

to something that is

25:36

on my list multiple times. I'm

25:38

going to sort of combine them here into one because I think

25:41

the water is romantic.

25:44

I love walking

25:46

by the water, being on the water,

25:48

sitting on a beach or a lake

25:51

or dining waterside. And

25:53

I think that Walt Disney World, something that

25:55

is an overlooked experience and maybe even more

25:57

so over the past. number

26:00

of years. Look, when Walt Disney World opened, it

26:02

was billed as the vacation kingdom of the world.

26:05

Meaning that Disney wanted, and

26:08

because it was only one park, you had a lot more

26:10

time, to really take advantage

26:12

of the resort. And I think that

26:14

it's starting to happen

26:16

again, where people are starting to spend more and more

26:18

time. And one of, I think, the

26:21

most wonderful ways and romantic ways to

26:23

do that is by being on

26:26

the water. And it's by renting a boat

26:28

or renting a kayak

26:30

or a canoe. There's a lot of

26:32

different options that you

26:34

have that you can either drive

26:38

or control on your own, or

26:42

you could be taken out. So,

26:44

for example, there are a number

26:46

of different motorized boat options at

26:48

Yotten Beach Club, Polynesian, Grand Floridian,

26:51

Contemporary, Fort Wilderness. There

26:53

are sea racers. There are those little two-person

26:56

boats. There are Boston

26:59

whalers you could take out as well. There's also,

27:01

I mean, if you really want to, you

27:03

know, go all out, you could rent

27:06

the Grand One for a specialty cruise.

27:08

We'll get back to that later on.

27:10

But there's also canoe rentals and kayaks

27:12

at Fort Wilderness. There are the

27:15

Sun Tracker pontoon boats you

27:18

can take out as well. And I think that there is

27:21

something about doing

27:23

that activity together, you sort

27:26

of having control over the experience.

27:28

We talk about things like immersive

27:30

and interactive and us sort of

27:32

not being passive observers. Getting into

27:34

your own boat and going around,

27:37

you know, Seven Seas Lagoon or Bay

27:39

Lake or wherever it might be is

27:42

such a great opportunity to

27:45

do that in a much simpler

27:47

form where you're not sitting waiting in

27:49

a queue to get on an attraction

27:53

to get off and sort of have that limited

27:55

experience. And look, and it's not that expensive at

27:57

all. For example, the sea racers and these

28:00

prices or object obviously is subject to change. A

28:02

sea racer is like $30 for a half hour.

28:04

I think the Boston Whaler

28:07

is like $45, but the kayaks

28:09

are like $13. The kayaks and

28:11

the canoes are like $13

28:14

at Fort Wilderness for an hour. I

28:16

think it's per adult. So for like 25 bucks, you know, less

28:20

than $30, you can go out for an

28:22

hour kayaking, having fun,

28:25

and just sort of spending that,

28:27

you know, wonderful. I don't want,

28:29

you know, I'm not making

28:31

fun of when I sail, but you can. You

28:33

can spend some of that simple bonding time together,

28:35

and I think the water is a beautiful place

28:38

to do it. I,

28:41

yeah, I love being on the water,

28:43

which is, yes,

28:46

very romantic. I was

28:48

going to talk about fireworks, cruises, and stuff. I

28:50

have a story to share about that. Of course

28:52

you do. But before

28:54

that, speaking of boats, though,

28:56

one of my favorite things to do, has

29:00

to do with boats, and this one's

29:02

actually free. So you

29:04

don't have to pay for this. Although the cruises

29:07

are fantastic, if you can't arrange

29:09

one, or like you say, get

29:11

a boat and go out on your own piloting

29:13

around, that's fun. But if

29:16

you don't have that available to you, or if it's a

29:18

last minute thing, the launch

29:20

boats at Disney, we've talked about so

29:22

many times as one of our favorite

29:24

things to do. And

29:26

there are lots of

29:28

launch boats of various sizes

29:31

and shapes, of course. My

29:33

favorites, though, from a just

29:36

immersing yourself in the magic of Disney

29:38

and being in a romantic location,

29:42

would be the smaller boats,

29:45

especially the ones that go between the

29:47

Grand Floridian and the

29:49

Polynesian in the Magic Kingdom. And

29:51

similarly, the boats that go from, not

29:56

The Magic Kingdom to the Wilderness Lodge, but the ones

29:58

that go from the Wilderness Lodge. Large to

30:00

the contemporary to the campground. the once the

30:02

go in the circle and eight these are

30:04

smaller boats other not the big. Ah,

30:07

you know. Chugging big

30:10

boats that everybody's crowded into.

30:12

Ab. And as long as you're not going. We.

30:14

Know at the end of the day when there's you

30:17

know, hundred people in a good any or boat if

30:19

you do it either off time. And. Lot

30:21

of times in get that both. Say.

30:23

Sometimes to yourself, I've been in that situation

30:25

or actually very late at night. That

30:29

happens to am. And

30:31

ethic from going to the Magic Kingdom over

30:33

to the Grand Floridian, that's that's my favorite

30:35

boat root of all, but I'm. From

30:38

there you can see. In

30:40

The Lights of the Magic Kingdom and

30:42

also The Lights of. The

30:45

Grand Floridian and the and the

30:47

Polynesian reflecting on a water you

30:49

see. If you

30:51

time it right, you can actually see the fireworks.

30:54

And which is one of

30:57

those serendipitous moments, but especially

30:59

at night and. It.

31:01

Doesn't take long for you. Once you

31:03

leave the doctor feel like you are

31:05

worlds away from everywhere? Am. Which

31:08

is. A truly astonishing thing to

31:10

do when just moments ago you were solid

31:12

shoulder with ten thousand of your closest friends

31:14

on Main Street watching the fireworks. But. Getting

31:17

on a cruise Durga mother's. Even

31:20

the launch boats it's you far away from

31:22

everybody and atilla specially the wilderness lodge boats

31:24

and specially night if you go behind discovery

31:27

eyelid that you're out by yourself and you

31:29

get the anything and it's scary it ah

31:31

hey but that's romantic to hold my hand

31:33

and scared you them as that's a good

31:36

movie. And the but the

31:38

sorry I'll tell that this is one

31:40

you can't plan but this get get

31:42

kind of a and of this is

31:44

disingenuous of me to say but one

31:46

of the. Great. Or

31:49

mansukh things I would suggest people.

31:51

Is hard to suggest because it's those not play.

31:54

and moments you know the ones that you

31:56

just happened to login to but you'll remember

31:58

them for the rest year So it's

32:00

kind of a fair thing to not

32:02

fair thing to throw out there. It's just not like you can plan

32:05

for it, but But in this

32:07

case for example We

32:09

were at the Grand Floridian the

32:11

Grand Floridian is going to come up quite a bit and

32:14

show Lou I'm warning you now But

32:17

we went out the back. We went to Gasparilla's got

32:19

a couple cupcakes and went out. We were just going

32:21

to watch the fireworks But

32:25

a boat pilot wandered by and

32:27

and you don't remember when you're

32:30

outside of Gasparilla's you're right near the boat

32:32

dock and He

32:34

asked how we were doing and we

32:36

were doing fine and here marked. I

32:38

have to do a Take

32:41

this boat out for a little

32:43

maintenance run. How'd you like a fireworks

32:45

cruise? Are

32:47

you serious? Yeah, I have to

32:49

go anyway. I got blankets okay,

32:53

so We

32:56

went he had another couple sitting there So

32:58

just totally random out of the

33:00

blue can't plan for it, but we got

33:03

a personal Fireworks cruise who

33:05

went down the seven seas lagoon stopped in

33:07

the middle watched the whole show It

33:10

was great. So that It's

33:12

not a fair thing for me to bring up because it

33:14

is one of the most romantic things I've done, but it

33:16

wasn't one I could have planned for or or you

33:20

know figured out how to do an advanced short

33:22

of renting a boat like you had mentioned but

33:26

So clearly when you did it in Boston

33:28

Romance fortune shines upon you things happen. Yeah,

33:31

you know, I was there was one I

33:33

wanted to include I was gonna mention it

33:35

separately But I think it probably makes more

33:37

sense to include it here as long as

33:39

we're talking about boats and telling boat stories

33:42

Look at this not so subtle transition over to

33:44

the boat house And I'm

33:46

not going to talk about having dinner there,

33:48

but there's not one but two Different

33:52

boat rentals that you can do there

33:55

One are the little amphicars those

33:57

little sort of 50s looking cars

34:00

right on the boat ramp right

34:02

next to Boat House where you

34:05

can fit as many as three people in there

34:07

and they take you on a little tour of

34:10

the lake behind Boat House and sort

34:12

of the waterway that goes down

34:15

by paddle fish

34:17

and then across to Saratoga

34:21

Springs Resort and you can book a

34:23

tour. It's like $125 I think

34:26

for up to three people but if

34:28

you really want to sort of turn

34:30

the romance up to 11 to

34:33

foster as clearly I know you like

34:35

to do. You can

34:37

also book the Venetia which

34:40

is a 40-foot breathtakingly

34:43

beautiful elegant

34:45

40-foot Italian water

34:47

taxi and the

34:49

boat house is captain and crew

34:51

will take you out on a

34:53

journey through the waters of Lake

34:55

Buena Vista and the scenic Riverway

34:57

again I'm a romantic you can

34:59

do it at sunset it's amazing

35:02

and they'll bring out chocolate-covered strawberries a

35:04

champagne toast you can do you know

35:06

other food as well so if you

35:08

want to do something for your anniversary

35:11

and listen that the

35:13

knee the the the castle engagement

35:15

thing has been done been there

35:17

done that you want to do

35:19

an engagement that he she will

35:21

never forget the Venetia

35:24

again not the least expensive

35:27

thing that you could do

35:29

but relatively speaking a three-hour

35:31

rental is $500 so

35:33

comparing against some of the other the cost

35:35

of some of the others it

35:37

is an indulgent thing but again it's something

35:40

that you can only do here and

35:42

that doesn't include food and drink you

35:44

can add that on I have actually

35:46

done this in the past I actually

35:48

took the speakers out for momentum last

35:51

year two years ago I don't

35:53

know we went out on on

35:55

Venetia I was on it once

35:57

before it is a beautiful beautiful

36:00

thing and there's a truly memorable

36:04

special special event that you can do and you

36:06

can find out more and you can book it

36:08

by going to the boathouse or or going to

36:10

the boathouse's website i

36:13

can't wait i'm still waiting for my first

36:16

time to go to the boathouse i

36:19

promise i can't promise you the venetia but i

36:21

can promise you boathouse okay

36:23

but we did have dessert there wait i

36:26

forgot about that what

36:28

did you forget you

36:31

did take me to the boathouse so

36:33

what you're saying you're off the hook all these

36:35

years that you've been complaining that i've never taken

36:37

you there you now are admitting

36:40

that i did you

36:42

did and not only that because

36:45

you're you i

36:47

don't know what that means american's

36:49

guest you

36:53

were able to score

36:55

the entire new dessert menu

36:57

in one shot for us

37:00

to enjoy so it was

37:02

a tasting it was a tasting okay

37:05

you had to roll me out of there but it

37:07

wasn't listen if you roll out a boathouse that means

37:09

you did it right you did it right yes so

37:13

we love our time on the water uh

37:15

time on or in the water where else will

37:18

you go next or is it or is it

37:20

technically my turn i don't know uh

37:24

i think it's technically your turn

37:26

okay so i

37:28

think whether you are

37:31

visiting walt disney world and staying at

37:33

a resort or if you're local and want

37:35

to do something special and have a

37:37

little staycation i think

37:39

there are as we're talking about ways that

37:41

you can plus your experience and

37:44

i think one of the things to

37:46

do is it's not necessarily

37:48

where you'll stay and we'll talk about that

37:51

i'm sure but things you can do in

37:53

your room as well and

37:56

disney floral and gifts has

37:59

an incredible array of

38:01

very romantic in

38:03

room surprises, touches,

38:06

flowers, and gifts that

38:09

they can bring and have

38:11

even ready for you when you check

38:13

in at your hotel.

38:15

Anything from cakes

38:17

that could be personalized and decorated

38:20

to gift baskets, floral arrangements,

38:23

they'll do a rose petal

38:25

turn down service with champagne

38:27

and cheese and chocolates and

38:29

you can get embroidered Mickey

38:31

robes. I mean you really

38:33

can take the

38:35

in-room celebration to

38:38

whatever sort of level that you

38:41

want. Whether it's something as simple

38:43

as you know

38:45

a small floral arrangement,

38:47

the bed of roses with champagne,

38:49

balloons, whatever it might be. And

38:51

again you're limited by

38:54

your and Disney's imagination and

38:57

budget but you can have

38:59

cakes delivered and

39:02

they have a number of allergy free items

39:04

as well too. So I think

39:08

doing something in your

39:10

room, having that surprise right it's about

39:12

sort of that surprise and delight where

39:14

especially if you have that

39:16

incredibly exciting check-in moment and you're just

39:18

thrilled to be there but

39:20

like Disney you're able to

39:22

exceed expectations and the door

39:24

opens and that balloon bouquet

39:27

is there or if there's

39:29

this Valentine basket with chocolates

39:31

or a dozen

39:33

or a dozen dozen roses,

39:35

whatever you know

39:37

fits for you. I think some of the floral

39:39

and gift things that you can do and you

39:42

get a search for Disney floral and

39:44

gifts and I've worked with them in

39:46

the you know in the past and

39:48

they are just not just only wonderful

39:51

to work with but incredibly creative

39:53

and will make that trip,

39:55

that staycation, that night, that

39:58

moment even more. more

40:00

special than you could have imagined. Yeah,

40:03

that's, I love that. And

40:05

that goes back to when I had

40:07

the dining experience, if like working with

40:09

Disney, like I said, they have so many great, so

40:12

many great ideas and they're so creative. They'll think of

40:14

things you could never think of, which

40:17

is great. I do, I do remember once though, being

40:20

surprised in my room by a, a,

40:22

a cold. I

40:24

don't know if this was a romantic gesture, but

40:26

it's a nice cold case of Dr. Pepper soda,

40:28

like a 12 pack. I sent that to you.

40:30

That was my, that was my gift. You did

40:32

use that card. Get lost. Yeah.

40:35

The card. No, I know it was from you, but, uh, yeah, good

40:39

stuff. Um, my next

40:41

one is a little

40:44

different. So, uh, I have no idea

40:48

if this is still something you can do. I'm

40:51

not even at with everything going

40:53

on, but I don't even know going forward, but one

40:56

of the, and again, I did this.

40:58

And it was very, very, very romantic thing.

41:01

Um, was a horse

41:04

drawn carriage, sleigh

41:06

slash sleigh, um, which

41:09

you could do over at the Fort wilderness

41:11

campground and you could do, they

41:13

have the haunted hay ride versions you could do. They

41:16

also had Christmas ones, which is the one I did.

41:19

And again, Lou, I have no idea this year, obviously not,

41:21

but I don't even know going forward if this is still

41:23

something you can do or we'll

41:26

know. I don't know if you know for sure. I

41:29

believe that the carriage

41:31

rides might still be

41:33

on hold. I, I, maybe, well,

41:35

hopefully come back as of, as of this

41:37

recording. Um, and you can

41:39

do this. Uh, I haven't done this, but correct me

41:41

if I'm wrong, this is something you can also do

41:43

over at Port Orleans as well. Or you

41:45

could do. Um, but anyway, the one, the,

41:48

the one we did, so this was a, this

41:50

was at Christmas. And,

41:52

uh, it was a horse

41:55

drawn sleigh ride sleigh ride with no snow.

41:57

Hey, it's Florida, it's Disney. It's magic. But

42:01

in this case, which you did, you went around

42:04

the campgrounds at

42:07

Christmas, which was very cool because all

42:10

the people that are staying there

42:13

all have great traditions and decorations of

42:15

decorating their own campsites in their own

42:17

way. So it's like

42:19

you're going around your neighborhood or

42:22

going – like we

42:24

have a tradition at Christmas, we always go on

42:27

Christmas Eve or that weekend nearest to it.

42:31

Well, just drive around random

42:33

neighborhoods just to look at Christmas lights. But

42:35

this is the Disney version of it with

42:38

the clip-clopping of the horses in front

42:40

of you. You're a friendly

42:44

driver. Whoever time I think of

42:46

him, I just can't help but thinking of

42:48

Kramer on Seinfeld when he was driving Susan's

42:51

parents around. That's another story. You don't feed the horse

42:53

chili. That's all I'm saying. Beefareno

42:57

is not a good – yeah, not a

42:59

good – what do you feed that thing?

43:03

But – unless you get the wrong idea.

43:05

That does not happen on the sleigh ride.

43:08

But it's – so

43:10

it being Christmas time, if

43:13

you happen to hit it at the right

43:15

time, it's usually cool. I know it's Florida.

43:17

It could still be 87 degrees

43:20

in December. But

43:22

I know for us, it was chilly enough that we had

43:25

– they have blankets and hot chocolate

43:27

and all that. And you can do

43:31

the whole thing upright. And

43:33

it was fantastic because you're –

43:36

it's just the two of you,

43:38

you're off deep into the campground, so

43:40

you're away from everybody, away from the

43:42

crowds. You see all the Christmas lights

43:44

around. You're under – cozying under the

43:47

blanket. It's nice and chilly. That

43:49

was a very romantic thing I could do. And

43:52

again, not sure if you – well, it's obviously

43:54

not Christmas anymore. But hopefully next year at

43:58

Christmas. Halloween, although

44:00

I think Halloween hasn't been going on

44:02

for a while, I'm not sure. But

44:06

always check because they're available. They can

44:08

also, they have various

44:11

horse carriage and riding activities

44:13

over at Port Orleans as well. So

44:16

if you like that kind of thing, that's

44:18

available at

44:21

least at those two places and very

44:24

romantic. Especially

44:27

if you bring along some chocolate

44:29

covered strawberries. Wow, look

44:31

at you Tim. Look at you. You're

44:36

like a walking tinder ad right now because I

44:38

just I can hear the swooning going on. It

44:40

was on my list and I agree when it

44:42

comes back it's something simple

44:45

and wonderful and elegant to do. Much

44:48

like what is next on my list

44:50

which is the afternoon tea at Grand

44:52

Floridian. Oh yes. I think

44:54

this and this can be both

44:57

a romantic and non-romanting experience. However

45:00

you choose to enjoy it.

45:02

I actually did a live review

45:04

of this back on show 435

45:07

with a long time friend of mine Emma

45:10

from the United Kingdom. And between

45:13

the atmosphere, the elegance, the

45:15

music, the simplicity, the finger

45:17

sandwiches, the tea, the cakes,

45:19

the scones all

45:22

on this wonderful traditional

45:24

afternoon tea platter.

45:28

And again it has this wonderful sliding

45:31

scale really of how

45:34

much you might want to do it. I

45:36

think that the smallest amount

45:38

might have been like $35 like

45:41

for a certain thing. But you

45:43

could then add champagne

45:46

to it. You can do one that

45:48

includes all the sandwiches and scones and

45:51

caviar and a accoutrement

45:53

as you will with your

45:56

choice of pots of tea. Either

45:58

way it was a We sat

46:00

there for a couple of hours. It

46:03

was so

46:06

simple, yet it felt

46:10

so fancy and indulgent. You know, it's

46:12

one of these things that you can

46:14

do obviously in the afternoon. And if

46:16

you want to dress for afternoon tea

46:18

with someone that you like or love,

46:20

you can do it, or if you

46:22

want to come from the park and

46:24

go in, either is

46:26

perfectly acceptable. The food was

46:29

delicious. I love the

46:31

little cucumber sandwiches and that they have like this sweet

46:35

curry chicken and little egg

46:37

salads. So nice. I need to

46:39

go back and do it again. Again,

46:42

I did not go in a

46:44

romantic context, but it is a

46:47

very, very romantic, wonderful, and I

46:49

think also overlooked thing

46:51

to do for potentially not

46:54

a huge amount of money if you don't want to spend it.

46:57

Well, let's spend some more time in

46:59

the Grand Floridian because actually

47:03

one of my questions – I was going to pose to

47:05

you much like Dr. Beaux. I will go with you to

47:07

– Thank you. You

47:09

know what they were doing? Wait. I think

47:11

one – I had an idea. I want to go

47:13

back and show you. We're going to do an afternoon tea. Oh,

47:15

no. I was going to give it away as like a contest

47:18

prize. I mean – Like I'll

47:20

take a – I mean that's wonderful. Yes.

47:22

And you can't win. Oh, wait. Maybe we'll

47:24

all go like while you're there. Yeah.

47:28

I mean I'm not going to wait that long, but we can go

47:30

back all the way there. Whenever that will be again, but – All

47:35

right. So I'm sorry. We're staying at the Grand

47:37

Floridian. We're staying at the Grand Floridian. Well, here's

47:40

a question because I asked you what you thought

47:42

the most romantic world showcase pavilion was. How can

47:44

you choose? But speaking

47:46

of resorts, what

47:48

would you say is the most romantic

47:51

resort? And really only two come to mind

47:53

for me. But you might have some honorable

47:56

mentions. So I think

47:58

we literally could do a – 10

48:00

romantic resorts at Walt Disney World

48:03

because I do not agree that

48:05

there's only two that come to mind. I

48:08

was hoping you wouldn't. So I'm

48:10

curious on your list is

48:12

Grand Floridian and what was the other one?

48:14

Well for me the wilderness lodge is the

48:16

other. Okay. For a variety

48:19

of reasons but but

48:21

like you mentioned there's any

48:23

any of the resorts can be romantic in

48:25

the right setting of course so but

48:28

while we're talking about the Grand Floridian since we're

48:30

there already I had a couple other items on

48:33

my list that revolved around that resort so we

48:35

might as well just do it all in one

48:37

shot here. One thing

48:40

I was trying to think of was as

48:42

far as restaurants go and when we do

48:44

get to dining what

48:47

my answer

48:49

would be for the most romantic restaurant

48:51

and I will preface this

48:53

by admitting I have not

48:55

been asked nor have taken anybody to Victoria

48:57

and Albert so that's not on my list

49:00

but certainly would be up there but me

49:03

answering that question I would stick

49:06

with the Grand Floridian and go Narcoses

49:08

or the Grand Floridian Cafe and I

49:10

think the Grand Floridian Cafe just not

49:14

being priced or anything but it's just

49:16

it's so beautiful and

49:19

it's it's it's

49:21

pretty wide open so it doesn't take much especially

49:23

if you go at kind of an off time

49:26

to be sitting

49:28

right by the window and of course

49:30

you're surrounded by the Victorian decorations

49:32

and the elegant play settings and

49:34

the wonderful wonderful food and

49:38

a server that may

49:40

very well sing you a special anniversary

49:42

song if he you mentioned

49:45

that's the case I forget his name I would tell you

49:47

to ask for him but he's there he's

49:49

a good guy but

49:52

also the Grand Floridian just

49:55

sitting in the lobby you know when you're

49:57

talking about what can you do romantically that

50:00

you didn't plan ahead for, you didn't reserve

50:02

that cruise, you didn't plan this

50:05

dinner six months ahead of time. If

50:07

you simply just going to the

50:09

Grand Floridian lobby and

50:12

relaxing, listening to the

50:14

piano player, listening to the orchestra,

50:19

if it's Christmas looking at the Christmas

50:21

tree and the gingerbread house. But

50:24

again, if you go, you know, hopefully you

50:27

can get there, it's not overly crowded, get

50:29

a nice place to sit and just relax. You

50:31

can spend so much time there. Even if you're going

50:34

to be dining at the cafe

50:36

or in our cozies or Citra Coz

50:38

or wherever, going

50:41

ahead of time, you know, an hour,

50:43

a half hour ahead of time and

50:45

just relaxing is

50:47

great because

50:49

it's obviously very beautiful romantic

50:53

resort, how it's decorated and all

50:55

the things you can look at. The

50:57

other thing that's actually

50:59

I was going to ask you this is another

51:01

question. If you're there, particularly I feel like in

51:03

the afternoon more so. You

51:05

may witness some

51:08

romance playing out in front of you as a

51:11

wedding party comes down the stairs

51:13

for their photos accompanied by Mickey

51:15

and Minnie in their

51:17

finest wedding attire. Or

51:23

we were there once and we saw an

51:25

impromptu in the middle

51:27

of the lobby ball with princesses

51:29

and their princesses in which everybody

51:31

could join in. So you

51:34

never know what you might happen

51:37

upon if you're sitting there. And

51:40

then finally shopping, window

51:44

shopping and the

51:46

Grand Floridian is one of my

51:48

favorite places. Of course, shopping at

51:51

the jewelry store on Main Street

51:53

USA and the Emporium is

51:56

nice too. But you know, there can

51:59

be a lot of people. People in there and you may

52:01

be a little hot from walking around the park, but

52:03

if you're. If. You're just

52:05

relaxing. Say. Going for dinner

52:07

program for rating for example are launching

52:10

Go Shopping Our to Atlas I as

52:12

your friend I have to stand on

52:14

I have to help you but what

52:16

would I do I have never seen

52:18

somebody gain and lose points so fast

52:20

as you did. You. Know Lives

52:22

and I quote i'm Gonna have I'm gonna have

52:24

this demographer readers back from the oh Now I

52:26

know I feel bad that when you said. Go

52:30

Shopping You. We can go shopping.

52:32

Take her shopping. Window. Shopping.

52:34

There's a huge difference between take

52:36

somebody softball and then disappointed with

52:38

no no honey I put that

52:40

bring down i'm and window shopping.

52:42

Big difference.what I met wow by

52:45

wanted to be clear. That

52:47

are right, Now.

52:50

Browsing around know I we've had many

52:52

at it, like in advance of a

52:54

dinner or something like that going around.

52:56

Sticking to the Grand Floridian going as

52:58

such. whether or not we're buying anything

53:00

but going, it's like base and white.

53:03

This. Than the always go to base and

53:05

way try out get some of that sugar

53:07

scrub and. Yeah was

53:09

it it sounds silly but his ear

53:11

both doing it it's It's a little

53:13

elegant. it's a little feared see it's

53:15

candidate You go over to the others

53:17

shops and look at things like wishful

53:19

things like if you are going to

53:21

take me out one which one would

53:24

you pick. And then you

53:26

play that. Game. But then. The

53:28

next day. You. Pick it up on

53:30

the sly. And. You bring it to the

53:32

next in an easy route was going with that. Now.

53:35

I do know now years and I you're ruining. See

53:37

it. There's there's, there's, There's.

53:40

A There's a. I don't want

53:42

to say plane that sounds devious, but. It's

53:44

all for gets off for good. Only

53:47

to recover. But the whole, but the whole

53:49

experts. Basically the whole experience with the Grand

53:51

Floridian. Top. To bottom the monorail,

53:53

the doors, everything else. And.

53:55

Cuddling up by the fire places are

53:58

the upper levels of the wilderness. I

54:00

will throw that in there. So

54:02

you know, I was actually going to piggyback

54:05

on that because I do have a

54:07

list of romantic resorts and rooms, but

54:09

you know what, Tim? I

54:11

do want to save this as a separate

54:13

top 10 because I have a few in

54:15

there that I think not

54:17

only might surprise you, but

54:19

you might not even know exists. Interesting.

54:24

Interesting. Because there,

54:26

and I agree that any resort you

54:28

look, and part of the

54:30

takeaway of this whole thing is going to be

54:32

you can make your trip romantic without

54:35

having to specifically plan

54:37

or pay for anything

54:40

to make it romantic on your own.

54:42

And I think that holds true for

54:44

your resort as well. There's a lot

54:46

of things that you can do. Surprises.

54:48

Look, I'm, and I know

54:51

I drive my family crazy with this.

54:53

I love surprises. Like I love surprising

54:55

people, whether it's with a gift or

54:57

just something unexpected. Like that could be

54:59

something simple and romantic that you do,

55:01

right? Bring some things that you purchased

55:03

at home so you don't have to

55:06

worry about, you know, trying to sneak

55:08

away and every day, you know, have

55:10

a little surprise for them when they

55:12

wake up with maybe a clue as

55:14

to someplace that you're going somewhere that

55:17

you're eating, a little trinket

55:19

or a little item that gives a

55:21

hint of what is to come from

55:24

the next day, someplace

55:26

else that you might go. I

55:28

love those little things that make

55:31

not just your, an

55:34

event memorable, but it makes every

55:37

day something that they're going to look forward to.

55:39

Like, oh, what does he or she have planned

55:41

next? And it's not about the amount of money

55:43

that you spend. It's the thoughtfulness I think that

55:45

you put into it. That matters most to people.

55:47

At least that's what I hope for. I

55:50

hope it's a thoughtfulness. I

55:52

love that idea. I think now

55:54

I got, now I got all these new ideas.

55:58

I told you I'm a romantic kind of. the

56:00

guy. Oh nobody nobody ever doubted

56:02

that for a minute. And

56:04

wait till I tell you I'm trying I'm

56:06

hoping that you don't say what I think

56:08

is potentially one of the most romantic things

56:10

you could do for last. Well

56:13

I feel it's so bad. Well to be

56:16

fair I'm kind of at the end of my list I'm

56:18

kind of ending with something just sort

56:20

of silly and free but well that's what I'm

56:22

gonna do. I'll go for something silly

56:24

and free because that's exactly where I was. I

56:26

am I am a simple person.

56:29

Some people might call me a simple ten

56:31

whatever. And I do believe

56:33

that you can have some

56:35

of the most romantic memorable moments by

56:39

exchanging a glance or an

56:41

embrace keep a G rated

56:43

kids a hug wherever it is

56:45

or just a moment. And I

56:47

look I am like

56:49

I said I'm a romantic. I think that

56:51

there is something incredibly wonderfully

56:54

romantic about trains. I

56:56

don't know why. And whether

56:58

it's a ride on the Walt

57:01

Disney World Railroad just a

57:03

trip to nowhere just riding around in

57:06

circles enjoying the views the breeze in

57:08

your hair just sort of sitting there

57:10

together talking. I consider

57:13

that the TTA that the people

57:15

mover I consider that to be.

57:17

You took you took my. I

57:21

consider the Skyliner it's sort of

57:23

it their air rails right it's

57:25

I think the Skyliner is incredibly

57:27

romantic and right now and

57:30

don't make this weird right

57:32

now because of Covid you

57:34

it's actually even more so

57:37

because they it's only one

57:39

party per Skyliner vehicle which

57:42

means that you can

57:44

enter a vehicle and do the

57:46

two different loops and you have it to

57:48

yourself again just

57:53

hold hands whatever keep it but

57:56

it especially at night and at sunset

57:58

it is incredibly romantic.

58:00

And you know what too? And

58:03

I just thought of this, speaking of riding

58:05

the rails and trains, I

58:07

did this a couple times as

58:09

a kid. Amtrak has the, I

58:12

don't

58:15

know what it's called, the something

58:18

liner that goes from, I think

58:21

it's like Virginia, to not

58:24

far from Orlando. And it's

58:26

an auto train, so if you want to sort of drive

58:28

your car, they put it on the train

58:31

and then you and your

58:33

car and your family, the person

58:35

you're with, whomever, you

58:37

get sort of to experience the,

58:39

you know, Eastern Seaboard to a certain degree

58:42

by train and getting there really is half

58:44

the fun. It sort of extends that

58:46

simplicity of a train

58:49

ride. And I think you

58:51

mentioned it too, Tim, something simple

58:53

like sitting on rocking chairs, whether

58:55

it's at Wilderness Lodge, Fort Wilderness,

58:57

Animal Kingdom Lodge, has a ton

58:59

of incredibly romantic places, or even

59:02

just sitting out in Liberty Square.

59:04

There's those two rocking chairs on

59:06

the side of Hall of Presidents

59:08

that you can sit on. All of

59:11

those things, Tom Sawyer Island, the

59:13

same thing, all of those things

59:15

are simple and free and they are

59:17

moments that you can create without

59:19

having to spend a dime. I love

59:23

it. I'm gonna have to

59:25

check out that train. That might be possible.

59:27

I was

59:29

gonna kind of carry on that

59:31

you took the TTA, but I'm gonna talk

59:34

about the TTA a little more. Because just

59:36

on its simplest basic level, I was trying

59:38

to think of if you're, if

59:41

you're that Disney with that

59:44

special someone, and again

59:46

short of all the extravagant dinners

59:48

and plans you could do, just

59:51

in terms of riding attractions. I was

59:53

trying, what are the most romantic attractions?

59:55

And I think every time we we

59:59

contemplated doing this shortest show,

1:00:01

I think that was always the first question

1:00:03

like, where's the best cuddle spot on what

1:00:05

attraction. And

1:00:08

I was thinking about it and I have kind of

1:00:10

words, the ones I would think of

1:00:12

the thing they would have in common is that

1:00:15

you're sitting there, slow moving rides

1:00:17

and they're long. Obviously,

1:00:19

I don't think I don't know how romantic you

1:00:21

can get on Expedition Everest,

1:00:24

say, I don't know if holding

1:00:26

hands out of sheer fright counts,

1:00:29

because that would be me. Romantic is probably not on

1:00:32

the top of the list of things I'm feeling

1:00:34

at that moment. But on

1:00:36

the TTA, because that was one of my

1:00:39

most romantic attractions, but

1:00:42

it's one of those you can, especially,

1:00:45

I hope you hopefully you can still

1:00:47

do this. If it's not that crowded, you can,

1:00:50

you could even ride it

1:00:53

multiple times. There's never

1:00:55

a way to get on. So you don't even have to

1:00:57

worry about this is going to be romantic, but we do

1:00:59

have to wait an hour in the queue to get there.

1:01:02

But once you get out of the rocket tower Plaza,

1:01:05

and we talked about this so many times with

1:01:07

the TTA, you're off on your own. Two

1:01:10

of you in a car confession,

1:01:13

as soon as we leave the station, I

1:01:15

take my shoes off and kick them up.

1:01:17

You can play a little footsie there. Oh,

1:01:19

all right, stop it. Don't tell anybody you

1:01:22

did that. But especially

1:01:25

at night, especially at Christmas,

1:01:29

I remember many a time being

1:01:31

at a very Merry Christmas party riding

1:01:33

the TTA. So not only is it

1:01:36

magical TTA, it's magical TTA at Christmas,

1:01:38

where you can see the dream lights

1:01:40

on the castle, you can see the

1:01:42

lights and tomorrow land. And

1:01:45

even better when it's not that

1:01:47

crowded. Every once in a

1:01:50

while, you get that not so rare

1:01:52

opportunity. Not only is it just

1:01:54

the two of you in the car, it's the

1:01:56

two of you in the whole train that leaves

1:01:58

the station. And that's what I'm going to do. That's happened

1:02:00

a few times. And that's really cool because then

1:02:03

you're really truly off

1:02:05

on your own. This is like your,

1:02:07

it's like your own personal tour that's,

1:02:10

you know, you might've ordinarily paid a lot

1:02:12

for it tomorrow land. It's just YouTube, but

1:02:15

you have it all to yourself. Oddly

1:02:17

enough, I saw it, and

1:02:19

maybe this is an odd if people hear it. I

1:02:22

had a vote for the haunted mansion as

1:02:24

being a nice romantic

1:02:26

as you buy yourself. It's scary.

1:02:29

Hold my hand. I'm scared, but

1:02:31

it ticks off those things. It's just the two in your

1:02:34

car. You're not with a bunch of other people. It's

1:02:36

stark. It's long. Um, you know,

1:02:39

it's not like, like

1:02:41

something like Peter Pan flight where. Yeah,

1:02:43

you're alone, but it's sober before you know

1:02:45

it. This is nice and long. And if,

1:02:47

if, if you, uh, have an

1:02:50

affinity for Halloween and a lot of people do,

1:02:52

that makes it an even more special place and

1:02:55

even more romantic and spooky, shall we

1:02:57

say during Halloween or not so scary

1:02:59

Halloween party. Um,

1:03:02

so it's the question to you, Lou. What

1:03:05

would you nominate as your most

1:03:08

romantic attraction? Again,

1:03:12

keep it G rated. Keep it

1:03:14

G rated. Remember, remember, um, look,

1:03:16

I'm a snuggler, right? So this very

1:03:18

much is in my wheelhouse. Don't

1:03:21

say, of course you want to stop it. Um, so

1:03:24

there are a few, like I have, like I think.

1:03:27

I think pirates is one. I think Peter Pan's

1:03:29

flight is one you've got. You've

1:03:31

got that pirate ship all to yourself. Spaceship

1:03:34

earth is one. Yes. Navi

1:03:36

river journey. Again, you're

1:03:39

on the water. I was gonna say living

1:03:41

with the land. Uh, but if

1:03:43

you get a boat all by yourself, it could be,

1:03:46

but I think Peter Pan's flight, you know, those, those.

1:03:49

Attractions, a haunted mansion, very much high

1:03:51

on a list. Um, yeah. Attractions

1:03:54

where it's just the two of

1:03:56

you in a

1:03:58

vehicle. and

1:04:00

you're able to sit together and, you

1:04:03

know, put your arm around each other or whatever it is, inherently

1:04:06

make those attractions romantic. I

1:04:09

like it. My cat's wandering in. He's got some things

1:04:11

to say about this, but... Yeah,

1:04:13

I was trying to think of

1:04:15

other attractions, and I forgot. Yeah,

1:04:17

spaceship Earth definitely too. You

1:04:20

know what? I remember romantic

1:04:23

nights, one more quick story. It was the first

1:04:25

time... I mean, told

1:04:27

you this, Lou, so many times. The first

1:04:29

time I visited Epcot was in

1:04:32

the evening. It was an October evening. We were at

1:04:34

the Magic Kingdom. And

1:04:37

actually, I was so new to this, I didn't

1:04:39

realize that monorail went over to Epcot, and we

1:04:41

found out it did, so away we go. But

1:04:45

it was... You know, it

1:04:47

was in October, so it was cool. There was

1:04:49

hardly anybody there. Epcot was sort

1:04:51

of still newish at that point, so

1:04:53

everything was... super

1:04:57

clean. The original imagination, world of

1:04:59

motion, there was all still there.

1:05:02

Music emanating from the shrubbery. It

1:05:04

was fantastic. But any of the

1:05:06

attractions in there kind

1:05:08

of ticked off those

1:05:10

checkboxes. Nice and slow, just you.

1:05:13

It's, you know, 5, 10,

1:05:15

maybe 15 minutes, whether

1:05:17

it was imagination or world

1:05:19

of motion, or spaceship Earth, like you said. Or

1:05:24

even the seas at that point, you

1:05:26

know. So all

1:05:28

of Epcot. There's nobody there. El

1:05:33

Rio del Tiempo. Okay,

1:05:35

so as I was looking through, because I

1:05:37

don't have a lot on my list left

1:05:40

either, I do have

1:05:42

obviously some restaurants. I'm going

1:05:44

to save those for... I think there's

1:05:46

a top 10 romantic

1:05:48

restaurants in Walt Disney World. Oh, yeah.

1:05:51

That we can do, because

1:05:53

I think there are many, including some that

1:05:55

I think are unexpected. And number one, if

1:05:57

this is going to sound like a... like

1:06:00

one of those click bait articles, number

1:06:02

one on my list will surprise you

1:06:04

because it will. It

1:06:06

might. And then again, it might not. But there's a

1:06:09

few that I think are incredibly romantic,

1:06:11

just like there are romantic resorts

1:06:14

or romantic rooms even that you could

1:06:16

ask for at

1:06:18

certain resorts. So I will save

1:06:20

those for another top

1:06:23

10, which we can do maybe very

1:06:25

soon. I want to just

1:06:27

I'm going to quickly mention a couple of

1:06:29

honorable mentions before I hit what I think

1:06:32

might be one of the

1:06:34

possibly the best of the best of

1:06:37

romantic things that you can do in

1:06:39

Walt Disney World. So earlier, Tim, you talked

1:06:42

about taking a walk, right? Taking a walk,

1:06:44

taking a hike. I think there's a lot

1:06:46

of different places that you can do that,

1:06:48

whether it's the boardwalk, the resort trails, Fort

1:06:51

Wilderness, like you said, even some

1:06:53

of the quote unquote running trails between

1:06:55

like Old Key West and Saratoga

1:06:58

and Disney Springs are really

1:07:00

nice. I think you can take romantic walks in

1:07:02

the parks. I think the Gardens

1:07:04

in World Showcase is one. The Maharaja

1:07:06

Jungle Trek, especially you get some of

1:07:09

those that nice weather and

1:07:11

the right time of day. So

1:07:13

many of the resorts have wonderful grounds

1:07:15

that are meant to be wandered and

1:07:18

explored, especially some of the larger resorts

1:07:20

that are a little bit more spread

1:07:22

out. I am

1:07:24

not an athlete. I am an athletic

1:07:26

supporter. So I do

1:07:28

like miniature golf. It's

1:07:31

almost like that teenage

1:07:33

romance thing to do, but it can

1:07:35

be so much fun and so romantic.

1:07:37

So an evening or a

1:07:40

morning at Winter Summerland or Fantasia Gardens

1:07:43

could be something that is fun and

1:07:46

romantic as well. It does not

1:07:48

have to be the

1:07:51

flowers and the champagne and the

1:07:53

strawberries. Look, I think there's a

1:07:55

lot of places that

1:07:58

can be romantic if you're in the park. If

1:08:00

you approach them that way, whether it's the

1:08:02

Liberty Square River boat or to the

1:08:05

opposite of your point, I think you can stroll

1:08:08

down Main Street, USA and

1:08:10

have it be something simple

1:08:12

and romantic to do

1:08:14

together. I think sort of romance is where

1:08:16

you could make it. If you

1:08:18

go to Animal Kingdom Lodge, the Starlight

1:08:21

Safari is one of, I

1:08:23

think, the most special and unique things that

1:08:25

you can do as you

1:08:27

go at night and you're

1:08:29

given night vision goggles and see, I

1:08:31

think it's like 30 different species of

1:08:34

African wildlife. I know they

1:08:37

did nighttime safaris in Animal Kingdom

1:08:39

too. I think those are currently

1:08:42

on hold as

1:08:45

well. What

1:08:48

I think is the number one thing

1:08:51

on my list to do is

1:08:54

easy, it's

1:08:56

romantic, it's

1:08:58

unique, especially right

1:09:00

now, it can

1:09:03

be private-ish, you don't

1:09:06

even need a park ticket for it. And

1:09:09

you don't need to be staying at a specific resort. It's

1:09:14

characters in flight at Disney

1:09:16

Springs. Oh. Did

1:09:19

you know it's the world's largest tethered

1:09:21

helium balloon? I

1:09:24

did not know that. See that? Full

1:09:26

of useless knowledge. The

1:09:29

gondola is this 20-foot

1:09:31

diameter basket,

1:09:34

enclosed basket. And look, if you're afraid

1:09:36

of heights, I am not the biggest

1:09:39

fan of heights as well. You

1:09:41

feel so safe and so secure

1:09:44

because you can't go anywhere

1:09:46

and the balloon can't go anywhere so

1:09:48

I never had any of that fear,

1:09:50

although I do acknowledge that for many

1:09:52

people it does exist. While

1:09:55

the gondola can hold up to I think 25

1:09:58

or 30 people, especially I've no noticed

1:10:01

over the last number of years, it's

1:10:03

not, especially during off times, it's

1:10:06

not often crowded. It's

1:10:08

not often being used because there's not

1:10:10

a line of people. So depending

1:10:13

on what, look, if you go on

1:10:15

a Tuesday at 11 o'clock, chances are

1:10:17

you're going to have that balloon all

1:10:19

to yourself. If you're going to go

1:10:22

at the end of a night, maybe

1:10:24

after a romantic dinner in Disney Springs,

1:10:26

boathouse, and then you have a

1:10:28

surprise, you think that you're walking to the

1:10:30

buses or back to your car, and then

1:10:32

you hook a right and you walk over

1:10:34

to characters in flight and you have this

1:10:37

reservation for the balloon for just the two

1:10:39

of you. The

1:10:41

views are spectacular. It's not even

1:10:43

that. It's just, it's

1:10:46

that simplicity of the

1:10:48

balloon ride. And it's only $20 for adults. Kids

1:10:51

I think, I think kids are like 15. But

1:10:56

it is such a

1:10:59

unique view and you can see

1:11:01

for like 20 miles all around.

1:11:03

You can walk all around the basket.

1:11:05

You don't feel cramped at

1:11:07

all. You look at pictures or videos. I did

1:11:10

this a couple of times. I haven't

1:11:12

been in years. I

1:11:14

want to do again. But

1:11:16

timing it just right, it

1:11:19

is just such a

1:11:21

simple, romantic thing. And if

1:11:23

it's just the two of you, and

1:11:25

obviously there's the pilot in there as

1:11:27

well, it is a

1:11:29

wonderful, wonderful, very overlooked

1:11:31

experience of Walt Disney World that

1:11:33

ticks all the boxes. Like I said,

1:11:36

you don't have to book

1:11:38

this six months in advance. It can

1:11:40

be private. It is unique. It is

1:11:42

romantic. It's something you can do together.

1:11:44

And it does not cost you a lot. It's

1:11:47

$40 for two people. I

1:11:50

love it. I am a little afraid of heights,

1:11:52

but you've convinced me. I think I can handle

1:11:55

it. It's even perfect. Like,

1:11:57

oh, you're a little afraid of heights. Come here. I'm

1:12:02

not saying that's why it makes

1:12:04

sure it's obviously completely consensual, but

1:12:06

you know what I mean. I'm

1:12:08

assuming that if you're there together,

1:12:11

that that is not an

1:12:13

issue. Yeah,

1:12:15

the one last thing I'll just add

1:12:18

is I think the commonality to all of

1:12:20

this was wherever

1:12:24

it is, whether it's a restaurant,

1:12:27

resort, attraction, or whatever. Like

1:12:31

for me, the romantic part was

1:12:33

just being able to share that magic moment,

1:12:35

whatever it was, with that

1:12:38

someone special, especially when to both of

1:12:40

you. It's that Disney special

1:12:43

moment that means that much

1:12:45

more to you because we're

1:12:48

Disney people, but this means a lot to us. And

1:12:51

it is really special

1:12:54

to share those moments with someone. It's

1:12:57

also cool, and the last thing

1:12:59

I will put on this list is if

1:13:01

you get to both experience something new for

1:13:04

the first time that you're both looking

1:13:06

forward to. Not even just an attraction or something,

1:13:08

but for example, I remember the

1:13:10

first time going into Pandora at

1:13:13

night with

1:13:16

somebody. Not

1:13:18

only was I experiencing this for the

1:13:20

first time, but it was so beautiful

1:13:22

and magical that we've talked about separately.

1:13:25

But being able to share that experience with

1:13:28

someone too who is just as in

1:13:30

awe and mesmerized as you are, and you're both

1:13:33

taking in this incredibly magical

1:13:35

experience together is really

1:13:37

cool too. So again, that's –

1:13:39

I mean, you have to kind of plan ahead

1:13:42

to be there when something opens, but being able

1:13:44

to experience something together for the first time is

1:13:47

also pretty cool because it's not just sharing the

1:13:49

moment, but you're discovering the moment together. And

1:13:52

it'll be that moment that you'll remember

1:13:54

for the rest of your lives because you

1:13:56

did it together, and you'll never see this

1:13:59

thing for the first time. first time again, like I'll

1:14:01

never, I will

1:14:03

never have another first time I was

1:14:05

at Pandora moment. So being

1:14:08

able to share that with someone makes it extra

1:14:10

special. Yeah,

1:14:12

look, and as an extension of all

1:14:14

the things that we're saying, you know, especially if you've

1:14:17

been with somebody a long time, or you've been

1:14:19

married a long time, or you're worried about, you

1:14:21

know, budget and things like that, you know, that's

1:14:24

why I wanted to really have a wide spectrum

1:14:26

of things that you could do for

1:14:28

free and things that if you wanted to celebrate

1:14:30

and indulge and look to your point Tim about

1:14:33

this place, this experience together,

1:14:36

being special, even if you are married,

1:14:38

and you've been married for years, and the

1:14:41

romance is gone, there's nothing

1:14:43

that stops you from proposing

1:14:45

again. Maybe you didn't have the wedding,

1:14:47

it's what made it to where you didn't honeymoon in

1:14:50

Disney, where you found this Disney love after,

1:14:52

there's nothing that says that you can't

1:14:54

go and find or

1:14:56

make your special place whether it's in

1:14:58

front of now the non pink

1:15:01

castle cake thing, if it's,

1:15:03

you know, in front of

1:15:05

a favorite attraction, there's nothing and you don't need

1:15:08

another ring, you don't need another celebration, you don't

1:15:10

need any of that kind of stuff. It's just

1:15:13

like what we're talking about. It's it's

1:15:15

proposing your love, it's sort of reinforcing

1:15:17

that and forgive me for being all,

1:15:20

you know, like I said,

1:15:22

at the outset, as

1:15:24

as idealistic and romantic about

1:15:26

it. But I think that there

1:15:28

is something about making that

1:15:30

moment of getting down on one knee

1:15:32

looking up into the eyes of somebody

1:15:34

that you love and then sort of

1:15:36

professing that love, especially if it's in

1:15:38

a place like Walt

1:15:40

Disney World or Al Lonnie

1:15:43

or Disney Cruise or Disneyland,

1:15:45

wherever it might be, because

1:15:47

now you have that moment,

1:15:49

that place, that thing. And to

1:15:51

all the things that we talked about, it doesn't

1:15:53

matter what you do to celebrate,

1:15:56

you know, Valentine's Day, whether it's in

1:15:59

Walt Disney World. Walt Disney World or

1:16:01

anywhere, it's about the time together, but when

1:16:03

you are Walt Disney World, it's about sort

1:16:05

of making those memories in what I

1:16:08

would argue maybe is

1:16:10

not just the most magical place on earth.

1:16:12

It's not just a vacation. It's

1:16:14

one of the most romantic places on

1:16:17

earth as well. But I

1:16:19

want to know from you, my friend,

1:16:21

our friend, who's listening here

1:16:24

with us, hopefully jotting down

1:16:26

ideas or making quick phone calls for

1:16:28

last-minute plans if you're in Walt Disney

1:16:30

World, tell me what you

1:16:33

think the most romantic thing

1:16:35

you can do, you should do, or

1:16:37

you have done in Walt

1:16:39

Disney World is share your story. You've

1:16:41

already done it, so it's okay. Or

1:16:43

maybe something that you

1:16:45

would love to do when you find

1:16:47

that special someone. What is your perfect

1:16:49

romantic day and night look like in

1:16:52

Walt Disney World? What is the thing

1:16:54

that you hope someone would one day

1:16:56

do for you? There's a

1:16:58

number of different ways you could let us know. I

1:17:00

think the best way is for us to tell us

1:17:02

in your own voice, call the voicemail. I will play

1:17:05

it on the air at 407-900-9391. That's

1:17:09

407-900-WDW1. You

1:17:13

can also go, I'll post this on

1:17:15

our group on Facebook. It is the

1:17:17

WDW Radio Clubhouse. It is fun

1:17:19

and family-friendly, of course free

1:17:21

and a very warm, welcoming

1:17:23

place. Share your story,

1:17:25

share your idea there, or you can

1:17:28

email me. Just lu at www.radio.com or

1:17:30

share it on social and let me

1:17:32

know. You know what

1:17:35

else I think is incredibly ... Listen,

1:17:37

if you don't know what to get

1:17:39

her or him for

1:17:41

Valentine's Day and you're looking

1:17:43

for the ultimate romantic gift,

1:17:45

look no further than not

1:17:47

your service merchandise catalog, but

1:17:49

go to celebrationspress.com because

1:17:51

it's literally the gift

1:17:53

that keeps on giving

1:17:55

all year long.

1:17:59

That it is, Lu. That it

1:18:01

is. I feel like I'm quoting Christmas vacation right

1:18:03

now. But

1:18:06

the big news, Lou, the

1:18:08

big news is

1:18:11

we're happy. So proud to

1:18:13

know Celebrations magazine is back

1:18:15

in print. And

1:18:18

we are so excited. Enter

1:18:20

dramatic music. So we're so excited. We've

1:18:22

been working really, really hard. Say

1:18:25

yes. We're, I don't know. We're going to kick things

1:18:27

off. What better way to kick things off than

1:18:29

with a special commemorative Walt

1:18:31

Disney World 50th anniversary gala

1:18:34

issue, which we're putting together

1:18:36

now. So we're very

1:18:38

excited about that. It's out. It's available.

1:18:40

We love everybody to come

1:18:42

check it out. See what you think. So

1:18:44

we're super, super excited. Also,

1:18:48

I will. Oh, there's more. Well,

1:18:51

and maybe we'll have a special something

1:18:53

for your audience, Lou. Which

1:18:57

I guess I should mention. Like,

1:19:00

this is me as a friend

1:19:03

to you. It's

1:19:06

like telling somebody like, listen, maybe

1:19:09

I'll have something romantic for you, but then again,

1:19:11

maybe I won't. So we're

1:19:13

going, we're going to put together

1:19:15

to celebrate the return of celebrations

1:19:17

in print. We do have a special

1:19:20

coupon, which Lou will include in the

1:19:22

show. I will put it in the

1:19:24

show notes. Um,

1:19:27

that we're going to offer all you

1:19:29

guys 20% off of the new subscription.

1:19:32

And we also, we're going

1:19:34

to run a little contest or

1:19:36

select few winners that we'll choose

1:19:38

will win in addition to a

1:19:40

free year of celebrations magazine. We'll

1:19:43

put together a special gift

1:19:45

package of our nighttime

1:19:47

memories, hardcover book. We just did

1:19:50

some of our recent back print issues

1:19:52

and some other goodies that

1:19:54

we'll throw in there. Some

1:19:56

booklets of perhaps illuminations or

1:19:59

the mainstream. electrical parade, how I

1:20:01

miss you and that sort of thing.

1:20:03

But Lou will

1:20:05

put all of the details on all

1:20:07

of this in a show, share with

1:20:09

everybody. But we want to

1:20:11

offer this to everybody because we just

1:20:14

want to share it with everybody because we're so excited and

1:20:16

hope you are too. Awesome.

1:20:19

I certainly will go to www.radio.com, click

1:20:21

on this week's podcast. You'll find links

1:20:23

and all of the details once Tim

1:20:25

gives them to me there. Once we

1:20:30

have to figure out what the coupon code is

1:20:32

actually. Lou is my, Tim

1:20:34

is a cuddler 20. We'll

1:20:37

figure it out. Check the show notes. That's

1:20:39

a little long. We'll shorten it up to

1:20:41

something much, much nicer. Well, look,

1:20:43

Tim Foster, I am

1:20:46

so grateful for you being here.

1:20:48

We're going to have to come

1:20:50

back and talk about romantic resorts

1:20:52

and rooms and restaurants and places

1:20:54

to dine. But the takeaway, Tim,

1:20:56

is that romance is

1:20:58

still not dead, nor should

1:21:00

it ever be. No way,

1:21:02

my friend. No way. What's

1:21:05

the most romantic, oh, top

1:21:08

10 romantic Disney songs. Oh,

1:21:13

I'm going to have to think about that. I

1:21:15

know. I'm going to write this down. Romantic Disney.

1:21:18

I was even going to mention top 10 romantic

1:21:20

films. Cause I don't know

1:21:22

if I said this on the show, I mentioned

1:21:24

you. I watched end game again last night and

1:21:26

cry romantic six more times. And what

1:21:29

better way to, um, have

1:21:31

a romantic moment than cuddle up watching your

1:21:33

favorite movie, especially one where

1:21:36

you'll cry a little bit. I'm

1:21:38

a crier. Hey, just say I cry it. I'm a

1:21:41

hugger. I'm a crier. I'm

1:21:43

a sentimental kind of guy. So can

1:21:46

I tell you, I wear it. Uh, I wear

1:21:48

my heart on my sleeve proudly. Uh,

1:21:50

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