Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - How To Plan A (Practically) Perfect Disney Trip
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Zak, Elizabeth, Lucy and Jamilah are joined by Lauren Passell, of Tink Media, for the ultimate conversation about planning and executing a Disney trip. We won’t lie — yes, it can be complicated, and expensive. But we’ll share how to manage the hard stuff and still have a great trip.
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| 0:28.1 | Terms and conditions apply. This episode may contain explicit language. |
| 0:35.8 | Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together. |
| 0:39.8 | I'm Zach Rosen. I host another podcast. It's called The Best Advice Show. |
| 0:44.3 | I am dad to Noah, who's seven, and Ami, who's four. We live in Amsterdam, and I'm hoping that I don't have to take them to Disney anytime soon. |
| 0:54.0 | Sorry, shots soon. Sorry. |
| 0:54.7 | Shot's fired. |
| 0:58.3 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. |
| 0:59.6 | I write the family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 1:01.8 | I'm the mom to Henry who's 12, Oliver who's 10, and Teddy who's 8. |
| 1:05.4 | We live in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1:07.8 | I would say I find myself at Disney every few years when the opportunity arises. So, |
| 1:15.0 | uh, I can't, I find myself somewhere like, can't remember all the rides and areas, but also I |
| 1:23.0 | know too much to have a casual relationship with it. So I'm going to mark my relationship with Disney as |
| 1:28.9 | it's complicated. Okay. Okay. Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I host another podcast, the Mamasita Rica. |
| 1:35.6 | I'm mother to Amelia who's 14, Avery who's 12, and I'm a Miami girl. So out the box, you're going |
| 1:43.2 | at Disney no matter what. |
| 1:45.1 | As a matter of fact, big Disney weekend coming up, President's Day weekend, and that is where there's zero lines and no wait for anything. |
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