We finally made it to Epic Universe — and WOW! 🤩 In this episode, we share our first impressions, favorite lands, details, of our preview day and the best things we experienced at Universal Orlando’s brand-new theme park.
From Super Nintendo World to Dark Universe, we’re breaking it all down.
Whether you're planning your own visit or just want to hear what this massive new park is really like, this episode is for you.
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Get ready for an out-of-this-world episode! 🚀
We’re diving into Epic Universe, Universal Orlando’s brand-new theme park opening in May 22, 2025!
From the lands we’re most excited about (hello, Super Nintendo World 👋) to our upcoming preview plans, we’re talking all about it!
We chat about:🎢 What we know so far about Epic Universe🎮 Which lands we can’t wait to explore🎟️ How we’re planning our visits (yes, plural!)
As always, we keep it silly and full of theme park love. If you’re as hyped as we are for Epic Universe—or just want a laugh while dreaming of your next vacation—this episode is for you!
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We are back from our first sailing with Royal Caribbean on their newest ship - Utopia of the Seas. This was a 3-night sailing and we're talking about food, entertainment and our overall thoughts about the experience.
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Our first cruise with Royal Caribbean is finally here! We're taking a 3-night sailing on the Utopia of the Seas to "sea" what the fuss is about.
In this pre-trip report we talk about what we have planned (it's a lot for only 3 nights...), what we're excited for and more. Excited for this one, more coming soon post-cruise as well!
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We're back with a little "Unwinding" February... winding down February? We can't decide.
Talking everything fun from February including Alex's book recs and Chris's excitement about MLS starting back up.
Enjoy & Happy March!
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We're a little delayed on this update, but better late than never! Although it's actually been a year and 4 months... here's our one year update living in the Orlando Florida area.
House, business and personal updates. Then we answer some questions from our Instagram followers. We hope you enjoy it!
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From the food to the entertainment, we're chatting about our night at the opening weekend of Mardi Gras in Universal Studios Orlando.
We both decide out of a list of 7-8 items from the event if we would take it or leave it behind.
Mardi Gras goes until March 30, 2025.
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We're chatting about our most recent cruise with Virgin Voyages. We took a 4 night sailing on the Valiant Lady out of Miami and we talk about it. Some good, some not so great. Hear our honest trip report here.
Thanks for listening!
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Want an honest and open conversation about how our first marathon went? Here's the podcast for you then.
We ran the full 26.2 miles with runDisney on January 12, 2025 and can officially call ourselves marathoners. It was a rough race for us and we talk all about it including our 6 months of training, lessons learned and more.
Hope you enjoy it!
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We're back!
Happy New Year! Thank you 2024. You were a great year, our first full year living in Florida and we did a lot.
We break down each month and some of our faves including Alex's book recommendations and Chris's favorite places in Florida.
Thank you to everyone who listened this year! Looking forward to 2025 together.
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Happy November and Happy Thanksgiving to our listeners! This episode we're chatting through how the month of November went including our RunDisney Half Marathon and gearing up for long drive back to Tennessee and Illinois.
We also look forward to December and everything going on there. Thanks as always for listening!
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Chris is back this week! We're chatting about everything we love about cruising and why we think you should cruise for your next vacation - especially if you've never been on one!
There's so much to love about a cruise vacation and we talk about it. Let us know if we changed your mind ;)
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We participated in our 4th Half Marathon and 2nd RunDisney event over the weekend for Wine & Dine Weekend!
Solo this week, Alex shares what we liked and disliked about the entire weekend from the race course to the Expo and merch... she talks a bit of everything RunDisney.
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Wind down the spooky month of October with us! Another busy month filled with a 200 mile relay race in Kentucky, separate guys/gals trips, our 10 year anniversary and first big hurricane in Florida.
As always, a chatty and laid back episode. We get off topic and talk about Dominos and Pizza Hut for a minute... hope you like it ;)
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Hurricane Milton made its way to Florida last week and it was our first big hurricane since moving here about a year ago. We talk about what we did to prep, how we felt during the storm and how we faired afterwards.
Mixed in we discuss our most recent relay race in Kentucky and our 10 year wedding anniversary. Grab your favorite beverage and join us!
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Hi all! This was pre-recorded about a week and a half ago before Hurricane Milton. You won't hear us mention the storm in this one because it wasn't on our radar at the point.
We are currently hunkering down, as prepared as we can be for the storm and are thinking of all our fellow Floridians as we go through this one together. Especially those on the West Coast. We hope this episode gives you a little laugh during what I know is a tense time for all of us.
Chris and Alex
You sent in your horror travel stories and we are sharing them with the world. Traveling is fun, but it isn't always without a little hiccup here and there. Usually we look back at them and laugh even if in the moment we're definitely not laughing.
If you have a horror travel story, DM it to me on Instagram or comment it below! We'd love to do another episode like this one. Happy Spooky Season!
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We went to Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and we're discussing if we'd give the fireworks, the food, the parade and more a yay or a nah. Enjoy and happy spooky season!
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“Wind down” September with us! From HHN to MNSSHP to Utopia of the Seas Tours - September was full!
This is a chatty, laid back episode. We hope you like it! Let us know your favorite way to unwind in the comments or DM Alex on Instagram!
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We went to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando and experienced the houses, scare zones, the food and more. It was Chris's first time, so he's blind ranking his experiences today. He doesn't know what order I'm giving the items to him in so he has to try and make a blind decision.
Enjoy!
We tried out a bunch of the new items at Epcot's Food & Wine Festival so we decided to rank them.
Ranking system goes from:
We get a little silly in this one so we hope it makes you laugh today. Enjoy!
