Hello!

And welcome to very amusing, your one-stop shop for the story, secrets, and shenanigans of a popcorn-fueled theme park journalist.

I'm Carly Wiesel, and I am recently back from my absolute whirlwind trip to Orlando. I flew there to go to Epic Universe. I, of course, went to Disney World because when I'm there, I got to jam it all in. And I stayed at Caribe Royale, which you're about to hear all about, because they actually sent me to Florida. More on that in a minute. It was absolutely wild and I had the time of my life.

But that's not the only thing I have to tell you about this episode. Because at the start, I just need to let you know that over the weekend, okay, it is Gilmore Girl season. If you were on the internet, you know it is Gilmore Girl season. It is their 25th anniversary, which happened a few days ago. And I was lucky enough to be able to attend the weekend in Stars Hollow event that Warner Brothers threw at the Grove, which is the famous Disneyland-esque mall in L.A. They recreated Stars Hollow in the middle, the mall,

and it was exceptional. I posted some stuff about it. It was wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

But the reason I'm telling you about that is is because do you remember last year that I went on

the studio tour where you go to Stars Hollow, the set of Stars Hollow, and they like bring it to life, and it was amazing. I did a little episode, which was basically me screaming about how good it was for 10 minutes straight. I want to let you know from the jump, and we will get into theme parks in a moment. But if you are going to be in the Los Angeles area or will now be convinced to travel there,

December 18th to January 4th, they did announce the dates.

Those are the dates for the holidays made here event at the Warner Brothers Studio Tour Hollywood.

Now, you know, we did a big tour ranking episode, gosh, a year and a half ago at this point, a while ago. And Warner Brothers Studio Tour is so good. You know if you've listened to that episode, we talk about it in depth. And now included in your ticket, this is not an ad. This is just a passion of mine. Included in your ticket is a visit to Stars Hollow. They are apparently doing it bigger than ever before this year. I was told some stuff by someone at this event at the Grove, which I definitely should not know. I was kind of like, you're talking to a journalist. You're not supposed to tell me this. But it's going to be bigger. It's going to be more robust. It seems like there's going to be virtual cues for stuff inside. So you can like spend all day there and be able to see everything. If you are a Gilmore Girls fan, you have to go to this. It is so good.

I'm going to go able to see everything. If you are a Gilmore Girls fan, you have to go to this.

It is so good. I'm going to go four to five times. That is how much I love it. And I want to let you know from the jump so that you can grab tickets before it possibly sells out. I'm going to get all my tickets this week. Again, those dates are December 18th to January 4th. It is included with admission. and basically I think the approach is like,

so this virtual Q thing was a tip I was told,

which I didn't know about online. January 4th. It is included with admission. And basically, I think the approach is like,

so this virtual queue thing was a tip I was told, which I didn't know about online. Nobody haven't said anything about that yet, but some of the popular spaces will have virtual cues. So if you want to go on the studio tour earlier in the day, all studio tours end here. It's optional, but like you're going to want to go. If you go earlier in the day, you have Obviously, like the virtual queue, you'll have an earlier, like, return time.

But if you go later, this place, it's sunset and at night. Oh, I think they have a tree lighting. Last year, like the like Lorlai and Rory's house was like lit up in lights. Go during the day, go during the night. And no matter what you do, you're going to have the time of your life. There's even like a tasting food pass this year. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know from the jump. If you are around those dates, get tickets now because it is going to be exceptional. Again, I'm just telling you as someone who went by myself and was like, this is the most magical thing I've ever done, and then stalked the website for additional tickets to go back last year, which I did.

It made it back on the last day.

So if you are Gilmore Girls fan, this is Gilmore Girls Week. We are in the week of their 25th. Check that out. But that's neither here or neither because we are talking about my Orlando trip. And I cannot wait to tell you about it. My mom and I did so much wild stuff. you're going to hear about one of the best

right experiences I've ever had, something I've never

done before, which was a blast.

I'm making... I did so much wild stuff. You're going to hear about one of the best right experiences I've ever had, something I've never done before, which was a blast. My mom's many reactions to Epic Universe, one of which you could not prepare yourself for no matter what you've done. My review of the hotel we stayed at, which shocker, it was great. Also, they have a whole Starbucks. We'll get into it. Stick around. I can't wait to bring you along on this trip.

Oh, it was so much fun. All right. I'll see you on the other side. Welcome back.

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