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H: We're heading in S: We're at Disney
(Hannah laughs)
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How are you feeling, Shane, is this not adorable?
S: Dreams really do come true H: Yep
S: At Disney H: We're here
H: What a cute room S: It's a nice room
H: I mean, I love that bed, oh my gosh S: It's a cute bed
H: How cute, and the floors, Mickey
Can you do a point of view of you jumping violently into the bed?
H: Like I film myself doing it? S: Like first person point of view
Oh, it's so soft, it really is very soft
S: That was a great point of view (laughs) H: Thank you
Good morning
H: Coming down lower S: Good morning
H: I put the mic on, right? Yeah S: Good morning
H: Good morning S: Early morning
Yeah, it's early
We're headed off to the magical, magical world, the land of Disney
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We're in the line to get in, it's so long
S: We might not get in today H: Yeah
Might be a tomorrow activity
Maybe we should've gotten here a little earlier, that's probably my bad
I think Shane was ready before me
Yeah, well, I put on one outfit and I was like okay, this is my outfit
Well, I needed to decide what shorts to wear
And shirt, and shoes, you had me picking between options for every item
Two different pairs of sneakers, either one could've worked, it was a tough decision
Now we're late
Now we don't get to go into Disney
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So once we were in Disneyland, the first thing we did was get a little snack
And meet up with some friends that we were spending the day with
Gotta start with a snack
Yep, it was like 9am
H: We're having churros S: With who?
H: Cole and Charisma, here, ready?
H: We're all having churros (laughs)
B: And in the Galactic Alliance, the evil Emperor Zurg...
So this ride doesn't stop for people to get on
But they have to stop it to get my chair on
H: So we're gonna pause the ride
S: So everyone inside is gonna be like uhhh...
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H: Okay, off we go
H: We're on our first ride S: First ride
H: I won
S: She won, I got zero (laughs)
As you can see, I absolutely demolished Shane in the Buzz Lightyear ride
I think your score was... zero?
It was zero because I have no use of my hands
But this was one of the rides that I'm able to ride in my wheelchair
And just going through the ride
And seeing Hannah exuberantly trying to shoot everything was a lot of fun
I thought I was doing so well and then afterwards Charisma and I compared our scores
And she crushed me
I got off the ride and I was like
"Aw, I'm gonna have to tell her that I did really really well"
And then I was absolutely crushed
And we kind of teamworked it even though I wasn't shooting
Because Hannah would get really fixated on one target
And I'd be like Hannah, there's a big bonus one over there, over there, over there
So I was like her eyes, basically
Yeah, you were like a little spotter
Pretty much I did it alone
H: Oh, no, wow, I didn't realize, you love the boat?
S: I want to be a pirate
H: Shane was like look, the boat is so big
S: It's right here H: Okay, Shane (laughs)
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Winnie the Pooh, while probably intended for children under the age of four
Was my favorite ride
Oh
It was, in a word, whimsical
Did you get scared by the heffalumps and the weasels?
No, I felt like I was drifting into euphoria, I was just like (sighs)
It was a magical, magical world
Yeah, that's so nice
It was a lot of fun, I wanted to do it a lot more times
But we had other things to do
Yes, we did
Next, Charisma and I went on some rides that were not wheelchair accessible
So Shane and Cole just sort of sat and chatted
While Charisma and I rode some rides
Cole and I really got to know each other during this day
Because you guys were doing rides and we were just hanging out chatting
So that was a lot of fun, and obviously the people watching is great in Disney
Yeah
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(Hannah laughs) Oh, that's so funny
So the first ride we did together was Hyperspace Mountain
Which is in the pitch black, and it is so intense
While I was on the ride I was like thank god Shane's not on this
Because he would not have survived
I would get broken and twisted and mangled
Yeah, you need a lot of neck support for this ride, it's so violent
Imagine if I did do it, I was like no, I'll be fine
And then we begin and suddenly I'm just dead
Uh huh, decapitated? Bleeding internally?
They probably wouldn't let me on
They would absolutely not
"Hey, are you able to hold your head up?" "No, not really"
This is not the ride for you, I think it literally says you have to be able to do that
But they take a photo of you during this ride
And it's like pitch black and all of a sudden there's a flash
And that's the photo, and you can see that both of us have our eyes closed
There's not much to see
It's like, are you having a good time or a bad time?
I look happy, but I don't... the wind was blowing, and I was grimacing
And it looks like a big smile but I don't think I was smiling
It's actually pure fear
So I'm happy with how the photo turned out but...
S: After that we went to the Star Wars area
H: Our first time S: Yeah, really cool
S: Very immersive world that they've created, as Star Wars fans, it was incredible
S: We had lunch at, what was it, a Star Wars cafe?
H: Yeah, Star Wars themed restaurant
S: With Star Wars themed food, really cool
And then we did the Rise of the Resistance
I was able to do some of that ride
H: Yeah, there's a walkthrough part
S: There's a little show before the ride portion, so I did the show portion
S: That was really cool H: Yeah
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S: We are riding a Ferris wheel H: Oh, it's taking off! (laughs)
H: Woah S: Oh, it's very bright
H: It's very bright, do you want my sunglasses?
S: No, I'm alright
We could choose between a swinging gondola and a stable gondola
Obviously we chose the stable gondola
Because we didn't want to be swinging around
And the people above us are swinging around wildly while we're just stopped
It looks terrifying
It looks horrifying (laughs)
I can see Cole and Charisma (laughs) It's so high
Oh, we're stopped really high
The final accessible ride that we did together was the Ferris Wheel
And there were a few other accessible rides that we just didn't get to
Because we ran out of time
We spent like twelve hours at the park and still didn't get to everything
S: We were there all day H: Yeah
I want to take back something that I said
I said earlier that the Winnie the Pooh was my favorite ride
I would like to rescind that statement, that was a dirty lie
And tell you the truth, which is that the Ferris Wheel was my favorite ride
Anything that I can be really high up in, a mountain, a gondola, a Ferris Wheel
Those are my favorite things
You like heights?
Aeroplanes, a tower...
Some of these aren't really rides
A scenic overlook
Wow
I like being up high
So you loved the Ferris Wheel
Ferris Wheel was really cool
But you did pick the lesser of the two Ferris Wheel experiences
Well, the one that moves was real, that looked scary
Yeah, there's a swinging Ferris Wheel ride where it goes up
And then it has a lower point and the ride goes down and it swings so violently
And you can do it in your wheelchair
Yes
They have a way to secure your chair and they were like which one do you want?
I was like, uh, the safer one
H: The still one S: The still one
I did not want to do the swinging one because it would've made me nauseous, I'm sure
But we saw people in power wheelchairs
And they put little brakes around you and then you swing away
Not my cup of tea
Some people do love it, but yeah, we were too scared for that
So we had a wonderful day at Disney, and thank you to Disney for hosting us for the day
It was so fun, and then the next couple of days were pretty much just a blur
Of conference activities
Work
And speeches, and going to the Airbnb that my mom was staying at
To visit her and Chloe
The one day we visited her, something terrible and hilarious happened
Poor her
Wait, I have the camera
It's on my head, too, somewhere
A bird pooped on you?
S: No H: I don't see anything on your head
L: I heard a plop
Oh yeah, oh yeah, it did poop in your hair
Oh my god
(laughs) I'll get a tissue
Oh my god, get it off
(laughs) I'll get tissues, where are the tissues?
L: On the dining room table
H: Shane doesn't want to see the poop
L: Ohhh (groans) H: God
L: It plopped and then it fell, get it out of there
H: There's two bits L: (unhappy noises)
H: I don't know if... it's wet L: (unhappier noises)
H: (laughs) Yeah, it's gonna be... hold on, let me put the camera down
Alright, I got the bird poop off my mom's head
We were just in here talking and all of a sudden we heard a cry
And it was her, pooped on
S: My mouth is full H: I know
After LA, the next stop on our trip, Scottsdale, Arizona
Yep
Where we had another conference and pretty much just tried not to melt
In the ridiculous heat
Yeah, visiting in June is a really interesting...
S: It's the best time to visit Arizona H: (laughs) Yeah
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Again, my mom and Chloe stayed in an Airbnb
And luckily there was no shortage of Airbnb's with pools
That's because you can't be outside if you're not immersed in water
Yeah, so luckily we had a pool, and we spent a lot of time in there
In between conference activities
Hannah was outside in the pool for a little bit
And she was like "I'm not gonna get my hair wet, because if I do then I have to wash it"
"And I've just washed it and I don't feel like washing it again"
And I was like okay, that's fine
Um, it didn't go so well
This is what I look like now
Go wash it
This is the result of me putting my hair up in a bun
Thinking that that would be a good solution
I like the volume it has
What in the actual world?
How did my bun... it wants to be up here, is where it wants to be
You're adding Velma from Scooby Doo
Uh, that's an insult to Velma
Is it Velma?
Who's the one with the orange hair?
Ow, I think it's Velma
Anyway, we have a speaking engagement coming up
So I'm hoping that you don't look like that
Well, I guess I'll just have to wash my hair again
And here is Shane and his fabulous performing wife
"Oh, she looks different than she does online" (laughs)
Well, this has been a very long trip
Yeah, it's like three weeks
Yeah, three weeks, but it feels like we got it all done and we did it
This has been something that's been building for us and now it's done
It was a big success
Yes
And a lot of fun along the way
Yep
Alright everyone, that's it for this episode
S: Come back soon H: Soon
S: Okay, bye