Where I Long To Be: A Magical Trip Report Podcast

Pre-Trip Report: Renée’s Road Trip to Walt Disney World (January 2025)

On today’s pre-trip episode, Renée joins Virginia to chat about her upcoming January trip to Walt Disney World.  This will be a split stay between Port Orleans Riverside and the Yacht Club for Renée, who will be joined by her husband, their 7 month old son, her mother, and one of their two family dogs!  Since her husband hasn’t been to the parks since he was 8 years old, Renée and her mom are looking forward to sharing their love of Disney with him and trying some new things themselves.

• Trip Dates: January 18-30, 2025
• Pre-Trip Interview: recorded 1/5/25

 

Episode Specific Links:

• Follow Renee on Instagram (@magicaltravelsbymonty) and make sure you reach out to her at MagicalTravelsByMonty@gmail.com if you’re looking for help planning your own magical trip!
• Winkler Botanical Preserve
• Walt Disney World Pet Friendly Resort Policies:
  • Art of Animation
  • Fort Wilderness
  • Port Orleans Riverside
  • Yacht Club
• Review: Trattoria al Forno

 

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If you would like to reach out to Virginia for something other than a trip report guest submission (for that use the link above!), you may email whereilongtobepodcast@gmail.com.

 

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Post-Trip Report: Disney Dames Budget to Bougie Trip (January 2025)

Virginia is back with the Disney Dames.  After a wonderful and busy trip, they are all eager to share the fun that was had on this budget to bougie vacation.  This trip included a split stay between All-Star Music in a family suite and a DVC villa at Riviera.  The ladies enjoyed lots of park time, especially enjoyed Festival of the Arts, and wrapped up the trip with a DVC Moonlight Magic party at Hollywood Studios!

• Trip Dates: January 22-27, 2025
• Post Trip Interview: recorded 2/4/25

 

Episode Specific Links:

• Follow the Disney Dames on Instagram and listen to their previous episodes of Where I Long To Be:
  • Chrissy - @cecagg
  • Jeanette - @pixiejeanette
  • Maria - @mrsbobo428
  • Nanci - @nancibat3
• If you are looking for a travel agent to help with your next magical trip, reach out to Dana for a free vacation quote at dana@unlockthemagicllc.com and don’t forget to follow her on Instagram (@dana_plans_disney) and listen to her previous episodes of Where I Long To Be!
• Video - Full Tour of the Chase Sapphire Lounge at LGA
• Vietnamese Iced Coffee from Isle of Java
• Food and Wine App (works for all festivals) - iOS or Android
• Video - Na’vi River Journey Shaman Breaks
• People mentioned in this episode:
  • Molly - @magicmemorieswithmolly
  • Renee - @magicaltravelsbymonty
  • Ashlee - @ashlee_ever_after

 

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Do you have an upcoming trip you'd like to share?  Submit your trip information here to be considered as a podcast guest.

 

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If you would like to reach out to Virginia for something other than a trip report guest submission (for that use the link above!), you may email whereilongtobepodcast@gmail.com.

 

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Pre-Trip Report: Disney Dames Budget to Bougie Trip (January 2025)

Virginia sits down with her Disney Dames (Chrissy, Jeanette, Maria, and Nanci) to discuss all the plans for their upcoming Walt Disney World vacation. This is usually an annual trip for sisters Chrissy and Maria, but when the idea came up to turn it into a Disney Dames getaway and the stars aligned for pricing and time off from work, the ladies knew it had to happen. This will be a split stay taking them from budget (All-Star Music) to bougie (Riviera)!

• Trip Dates: January 22-27, 2025
• Pre-Trip Interview: recorded 1/19/25

 

Episode Specific Links:

• Follow the Disney Dames on Instagram and listen to their previous episodes of Where I Long To Be:
  • Chrissy - @cecagg
  • Jeanette - @pixiejeanette
  • Maria - @mrsbobo428
  • Nanci - @nancibat3
• If you are looking for a travel agent to help with your next magical trip, reach out to Dana for a free vacation quote at dana@unlockthemagicllc.com and don’t forget to follow her on Instagram (@dana_plans_disney) and listen to her previous episodes of Where I Long To Be!
• Video Tour - All-Star Music Resort (Family Suite)
• Video Tour - Riviera Resort (One Bedroom Villa)
• Food and Wine App (works for all festivals) - iOS or Android
• Charm Patterns

 

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Do you have an upcoming trip you'd like to share?  Submit your trip information here to be considered as a podcast guest.

 

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If you would like to reach out to Virginia for something other than a trip report guest submission (for that use the link above!), you may email whereilongtobepodcast@gmail.com.

 

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Post-Trip Report: Danielle’s Dinosaur Tribute Trip (January 2025)

Danielle is back to report on all the fun she and her husband Danny had on their recent trip to Walt Disney World.  They wanted to ride Dinosaur as many times as possible on this trip, but as you’ll hear, there was another ride in Animal Kingdom that they hit up multiple times and the number made Virginia gasp!

• Trip Dates: January 8-12, 2025
• Post Trip Interview: recorded 1/17/25

 

Episode Specific Links:

• Your Go-To Resource for All Things Disney - askthemouse.com
• Follow Danielle on Instagram - @askthemouse
• Listen to Danielle’s previous episodes of Where I Long To Be!
• Holiday Inn Orlando (Disney Springs Area)
• Video - POV Dinosaur Ride Through
• Video - Demonstration of Mimosa Pudica Plants
• Recipe Dupe - Epcot’s Caramel Popcorn
• Video - Danielle’s Visit to The Little Words Project at Disney Springs
• People mentioned in this episode:
  • Jon - @thewdwrunner
  • Erika - @healthydoseoferica
  • Celeste - @meet.me.at.minnies

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Pre-Trip Report: Danielle’s Dinosaur Tribute Trip (January 2025)

Virginia welcomes back Danielle, founder of askthemouse.com, for her second trip report on the podcast. On this trip, she and her husband Danny are planning to stay at a good neighbor hotel near Disney Springs and have three day park hopper tickets, because if you know anything about them, they loooovvvveee to park hop! One of the top goals for this trip is to ride Dinosaur as many times as possible before it closes to make the switch to Indiana Jones. Also on the agenda is a Behind the Seeds Tour at Epcot!

• Trip Dates: January 8-12, 2025
• Pre-Trip Interview: recorded 1/3/25

 

Episode Specific Links:

• Your Go-To Resource for All Things Disney - askthemouse.com
• Follow Danielle on Instagram - @askthemouse
• Listen to Danielle’s previous episodes of Where I Long To Be!
• Holiday Inn Orlando (Disney Springs Area)
• Dinosaur “Hellooo There!” Sticker
• People mentioned in this episode:
  • Celeste - @meet.me.at.minnies

 

Be Our Guest:

Do you have an upcoming trip you'd like to share?  Submit your trip information here to be considered as a podcast guest.

 

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If you would like to reach out to Virginia for something other than a trip report guest submission (for that use the link above!), you may email whereilongtobepodcast@gmail.com.

 

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Post-Trip Report: Jon’s runDisney Dopey Challenge (January 2025)

Jon has survived the runDisney Marathon Weekend Dopey Challenge and is back to share all of the details of the trip with Virginia.  This trip included a brief stay at All-Star Sports followed by a stay at Animal Kingdom Lodge’s Jambo House using rented DVC points through David’s DVC Rental.  Run (pun intended)…don’t walk to listen!

• Trip Dates: January 7-13, 2025
• Post Trip Interview: recorded 1/16/25

 

Episode Specific Links:

• Follow Jon on Instagram - @thewdwrunner
• Listen to Jon’s previous episodes of Where I Long To Be
• David’s Vacation Club Rentals
• RunDisney
• RunDisney Training Programs
• Be Our Guest Podcast (Jon met Mike Rahlmann, host of Be Our Guest, in the Magic Kingdom)

 

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Do you have an upcoming trip you'd like to share?  Submit your trip information here to be considered as a podcast guest.

 

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If you would like to reach out to Virginia for something other than a trip report guest submission (for that use the link above!), you may email whereilongtobepodcast@gmail.com.

 

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Pre-Trip Report: Jon’s runDisney Dopey Challenge (January 2025)

Jon (aka @thewdwrunner) returns to the podcast, this time to share all the plans for his 4th runDisney marathon weekend.  Not only will he be running a marathon, but he will also be doing a 5k, a 10k, and a half-marathon…that’s right, he’s attempting the Dopey Challenge!  Joining him on the trip is his wife who will be going for the half-marathon for the second year in a row.  Last year the half was rained out, so they are keeping their fingers crossed that they will actually get to complete the race on the official course and not by running around their resort.

• Trip Dates: January 7-13, 2025
• Pre-Trip Interview: recorded 1/5/25

 

Episode Specific Links:

• Follow Jon on Instagram - @thewdwrunner
• Listen to Jon’s previous episodes of Where I Long To Be
• David’s Vacation Club Rentals
• RunDisney
• RunDisney Training Programs

 

Be Our Guest:

Do you have an upcoming trip you'd like to share?  Submit your trip information here to be considered as a podcast guest.

 

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If you would like to reach out to Virginia for something other than a trip report guest submission (for that use the link above!), you may email whereilongtobepodcast@gmail.com.

 

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Stand-Alone Trip Report: Virginia & Alex’s London Trip (August 2024)

On this Season 3 Finale, Virginia and Alex sit down to recount their August 2024 family trip to London that was part of Alex’s Christmas and 8th Grade graduation presents for last year!  London had been on the top of his list since he was 5 years old and started watching the Harry Potter movies so the trip included a visit to tour the Warner Brothers Studio where much of Harry Potter was filmed, of course.  They also made it to Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, and other fun spots around London.

• Trip Dates: August 24 - September 1, 2024
• Interview: recorded 1/1/25

 

Episode Specific Links:

• DoubleTree by Hilton London Chelsea
• WB Studio Tour: The Making of Harry Potter 
• Hamley’s Toy Shop
• Liberty London
• El Cenote (Mexican Restaurant in Camden we loved)
• Fortnum and Mason
• Afternoon Tea at the Clermont Hotel
• Buckingham Palace Tour
• Watching the Changing of the Guard
• Video: How to Get to the Secret Beach by the Tower Bridge
• Dirty Bones (restaurant in Soho on Carnaby Street we enjoyed)
• Today Tix London
• 606 Jazz Club
• Shakespeare’s Globe
• Video: Beauty and the Beat (a parody by Todrick Hall) 
• Sha Xian Delicacies (restaurant in Chinatown)
• Video: Trailer for “Kathy and Stella’s Murder Podcast” (a West End musical we saw)
• Santa Maria Pizzeria (Fulham neighborhood location)
• People mentioned in this episode:
  • Beth - @elizabethclifford_
  • Leoni - @leonibarker
  • Jeanette - @pixiejeanette
  • Maria - @mrsbobo428
  • Nanci - @nancibat3
  • Chrissy - @cecagg

 

Be Our Guest:

Do you have an upcoming trip you'd like to share?  Submit your trip information here to be considered as a podcast guest.

 

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