Aug. 30, 2023

Disney World Monorail Pub Crawl!

Disney World Monorail Pub Crawl!

In this podcast episode, we are joined by a special guest, Cameron Matthews, to recount our remarkable Monorail Pub Crawl escapade at Walt Disney World. The Monorail Pub Crawl is an intriguing journey involving visits to diverse establishments situat...

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Disney World and Beyond

In this podcast episode, we are joined by a special guest, Cameron Matthews, to recount our remarkable Monorail Pub Crawl escapade at Walt Disney World. The Monorail Pub Crawl is an intriguing journey involving visits to diverse establishments situated within the hotels along the Disney World monorail line. During this adventure, we had the opportunity to savor delectable food and beverages offered at these venues.

Commencing our crawl at the Polynesian Resort, our first stop was Trader Sam's Grog Grotto. We soaked in the lively ambiance at the Tambu Lounge before progressing to the Grotto. Notably, the concoctions at this spot were exceptional, with noteworthy recommendations being the lapu-lapu and back scratcher drinks.

Moving forward, the next destination was the Grand Floridian, where the Enchanted Rose beckoned. This venue stood out for its sophisticated and elegant setting, coupled with creatively crafted cocktails. This strategic crawl approach advised listeners to initiate our journey with a lunch visit to Steakhouse 71 and conclude at either Trader Sam's or Enchanted Rose to ensure a pleasurable experience devoid of excessive crowds.

A focal point of our discussion revolved around the distinctiveness of Trader Sam's as a Tiki bar offering immersive interactions and captivating special effects. This was emphasized as an essential must-visit. Conversely, the versatility of Enchaged Rose, boasting three distinct bars and ample space for numerous patrons, was highlighted.

Our narrative featured an array of exceptional experiences at each location, encompassing an assortment of drinks, including some clandestine menu selections. Notably, the culinary offerings at Citrico's and Steakhouse 71 received praise for their excellence.

As our conversation neared its conclusion, prospects of forthcoming pub crawls were explored, with notions like a Skyliner Pub Crawl and a Disneyland-based bar crawl surfacing as exciting ideas.

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Transcript

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[1:07] Welcome back to another meeting of the Gold Key Adventurer Society.
My name is Dan Leonard. Hi Dan.
And joining me this week in the studio is Heather Strait. Aloha.
And Mr. Jeff Williams. Hey, that's me. Sure is.
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Recently, we took a field trip to Walt Disney World to meet up with some friends of the show and we decided to take on the legendary monorail pub crawl.
And now he's here with us in the studio to recap our eight and a half hour adventure.
Let's welcome our very special guest, Cameron Matthews. Hey guys.
Hey. It's great to be here.
Is that? Long time no see. Is that Cameron Matthews of Cameron Matthews Entertainment?
What a great plug you just did there. Thank you so much for that sir.
Yes. And I've just sobered up after our eight and a half hour pub crawl that we just recently.

[2:15] I've just re-gotten drunk for the first time since. That's why you're so well lit on Zoom tonight.
That's right. Get it? But yeah, we just did the Monorail Pub Crawl.
And if you've never done the Monorail Pub Crawl, folks, why don't we let's describe what it is.
Maybe folks don't even know what we're talking about.
I was confused. I thought I had to crawl on and off the monorail itself.
But apparently you're able to walk on and off of the monorail. Correct. You are.
At least for the first couple of stops. I was able to do it on the way to the Polynesian.
So the basic idea is you visit an establishment in each of the hotel's resorts on the monorail line.
So that's the Polynesian, the Grand Floridian, and the contemporary, Disney's Contemporary Resort.
That's right. And we've tried several of the establishments within each hotel.
And we did that all in eight and a half hours, had dinner, and still wanted more.
And it was something you're going to learn, that I could always eat and just enjoy more.
Yes, every, all the time. I suppose that now you could throw the Magic Kingdom into this pub crawl if you had dinner reservations.
Absolutely. Now that they serve beer and wine at the table service places in the Magic Kingdom.
We did not do that this time.

[3:34] No, we kept it park-free. Yes. Sort of a purist, classic form of the Monorail.
I agree. I agree. And we started early and we'll get into why we started early, especially at the Polynesian. But, you know, this is a great thing to do with your friends, your family, you know, even to bring the kids along, not that they're going to be drinking, but, you know, there's fun, you know, like kiddie cocktails along the way and snacks and food. So, you know what?
I disagree. Okay. Talk about that, Jeff.
I think cats do not need to drink. You got it. They will scratch you. They cannot hold their liquor. Yeah. Cats vomit to it.
Yeah. So, OK, leave the cats at home. Leave the cats with the kids.
You could bring the kids if you wanted to.

[4:15] Yeah. Yeah, sure. Yeah. It could be a family thing. Yeah. Yeah.
I think we we probably saw children in every place we visited.
We did. And we even experienced when it came to the point when they had to kick them out.
That was my favorite point. I do have to say no offense to parents out there.
But yes, there's some there's some debate over where you should start.

Starting at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort


[4:37] But we started, we chose to start at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort. I think, I think where we started was the perfect place. Will we say why now? Tell us why, yeah. Why don't we say, why don't we talk about why? Trader Sam's opens at 3 p.m. and you can start lining up as early as 1 You can get your name on a list as early as 1 p.m. for Trader Sam's Grog Grotto.
And you really need to you need to get in line and get your we got there. It was maybe.

[5:11] 120 on a Thursday on a yeah Thursday afternoon, About 120 we got there and they said it was gonna be about a three-hour wait, So we went upstairs. We got our name on the list There was only five of us, but there were so many people ahead of us on that list There were so many people already ahead of us at 120 So we went upstairs to the Tambu lounge to wait for our time and the cam has changed his background on our zoom call.
I want to relive this experience. So I'm reliving it. He is already at the Tambu lounge waiting room.
So we got our name on the list. We went upstairs to the Tambu lounge, which has a very similar vibe, not as themed, but it's also Polynesian. It's also tiki vibed.
And most importantly, it's connected to Ohana. And if you're a big fan of Ohana, they serve Ohana food there, too.
Yes, they do. Starting at, what did we learn, at 4 p.m., they started serving the food.
And you can get the noodles from the menu. Get the dumplings.
Dumplings. They're great. You know, beers are on draft, but great cocktails as well.
And one of their most famous, that several of us tried, was the pineapple drink, literally in a pineapple called the Lapu-Lapu.
It was delicious. The legendary Lapu-Lapu.

[6:35] I should correct myself. People line up at one o'clock for a 3 p.m. opening.
So 3 p.m. was when they started letting people get on the list.
So we got on the list at three and it was already a two hour wait.
By 3 p.m. when we got there.

[6:52] Yeah. We were not there at 1 p.m. waiting for two hours, I should say.
And this is just if you want to go inside Trader Sam's at the Polynesian.
So you can enjoy Trader Sam's, it's a different experience, but the same menu outside, and you don't have to do the whole reservation system. So if this is something you wanna do later in the day, you don't wanna get all the way out to the Polynesian just to put your name in, hey, you don't have to do that.
They have a beautiful patio outside. The week that we were there, it was over 100 degrees in Orlando.
So not only is it more themed and more magical inside, but it was just so hot.
We wanted to do the inside theme. They have all kinds of lighting and special effects and all that. I wanted to do the full Trader Sam's vibe, but...
You can also just go outside, have all the same drinks. Not quite as fun, but they always have a nice musicians outside.
It's nice outside at Trader Sam's on the patio and they have all the same drinks, but it's a little bit different vibe.
Yeah. And when we get around to that stop, we'll we'll talk about why you want to try your hardest to get inside, because it's definitely it is worth the way, definitely worth the experience, worth the wait.
So we recommend, you know, if you're going to do the full experience like we did. Go ahead and just get your name in at Trader Sam's. And then we just hung.

[8:10] Around at the Polynesian to get started because you never know if you'll get called early.
So at the Tambulange, they've got great cocktails, draft beers, and it's connected to Ohana.
So you can enjoy some of the great bites from Ohana, if you're a big fan of that, like we are. And we had the noodles and the pot stickers.
Everybody loves those noodles and the pot stickers. And they're so good.
So good. Oh, yeah. And they... And that peanut sauce. Yes.
Us to order more than one bowl of noodles because they were small. They weren't small.
They were so many noodles. It was a lot. It was a lot, but it was so good.
I ate about a bowl and a half. I was pacing myself, you know, pacing myself because I had the lapu-lapu, which is, if you're not aware of, it's the pineapple drink, uh, that the whole, it's like a thousand different rums in the pineapple. It's been cored out for you. He's exaggerating. It's 14 different rums.
Okay, he's exaggerating. It's three.
One of them is a floater of 151. Oh, there's 151 rums. That's what I just heard.
Yeah, that's right. So many rums.
But that's great. But my wife Hannah was with us as well, and she got the back scratcher.

Fun Drinks and Back Scratchers at Tambu Lounge


[9:21] Which is a real fun drink because it actually comes with a back scratcher as a souvenir.
A souvenir and a garnish. It doesn't get any better than that.
So useful. So useful.
So Jeff likes to use it on a different part of his neck. He does. Nope. Not going to go there.
We're just scratching the surface here, folks. We're just scratching the surface with this. Which surface are we scratching, Cameron?
Well, moving on right there.
So we hung out at the Tambu Lounge and we were there for a couple hours.
I think, right, guys? Yeah, Jeff had seven or eight lapu-lapus.
Well, and part of that was the day and not throw you under the table.
But you forgot all of the microphones for us to record sound bites.
Right when we got there. Right.
Yeah, I did leave my microphone and our show producer forgot to produce our show.
Well, I forgot to hire an assistant to remember things for me.
So but not to worry, Dan, because we had a great conversation without you.

[10:13] We're live, everybody. Are we live? We're live. Live from Walt Disney World.
We're on our first stop of the Monorail pub crawl. Dan, unfortunately, died in a tragic accident on the way here.
In other words, he left all of the other microphones in the hotel room.
Actually, yes, he had to run back to the contemporary where we're staying to get the other microphones.
So we are at the Tambu Lounge. We're waiting to get into Trader Sam's.
So we are having a lapu-lapu.
Ooh, that's strong. Ooh, ooh, that's strong. And what is in the lapu-lapu?
All of the rums, let's see, lapu-lapu.
It's a bunch of shit served in a pineapple.

[10:56] So he was yeah, well ready. How many lapoos in were you at this point?

[11:01] That was the first sip of the first one. Yeah. Yeah, that's one lapu in the amazing thing is it only took me Cuz I cheated and took a minivan from the poly to the contemporary I was only gone about 10 minutes and in that period of time, Y'all had turned into like the Marx Brothers or something. This is the chaos that I came back to Well, everybody Dan has made it back to the police station This is the chaos that I came back to.
Well, everybody, Dan has made it back with his microphones. Now, Dan, welcome.
Thank you. I'm so happy to be here. So, Dan, you're catching up.
This is the beginning of Dan's catch-up, because we all started drinking before.
Dan is actually just drinking catch-up. Catch-up busters. Dan's on his first lapu.
The rest of us are on, what, three?
I'm having a second lapu, because there was not enough rum in that first one.
You can tell from the slurring in my voice that I'm on the second lapu.
You're on your second lapu right now. Yes, it's the drinks are nicely named twice, and I got two of them, so they named four times.
I'm having a lapu-lapu-lapu-lapu-lapu. Have you had the lapu-lapu-lapu?
I'm currently... I've only had the lapu-lapu. I have not been brave enough to go for the lapu-lapu-lapu-lapu.
Have you had a lapu-lapu before? Yes, I have.
So, you've had a pre-lapu. This is not my first lapu.
I've heard you're taking in a lapu dance. That's what my mind wants to know.
A lapu dance. I'll give you a lapu. There's a lot of drumming.
We were very chatty for our first couple of drinks in.
That's right. And I really was not lying. I'm a little intimidated by the idea of attempting a double lapu evening.

[12:31] Hey, I don't know why, since since the contents of the rest of the evening were were pretty high proof also.
Yeah, but now to do the pub crawl, you know, you don't have to do every single bar at every single hotel.
But boy, the more the merrier.
That is correct. Wow, you go for it. I mean, maybe when I was in college, but you know, you really just need to touch one bar, have a drink in each hotel, and then you've done and the Magic Kingdom if you want to, and then you've done the complete pub crawl.
So we hang out, we hung out at the Tambu Lounge for quite a bit of time.
It was a while. Yeah.
Yeah. One thing we did not do on this pub crawl, we didn't do any poolside bars.
That was just something we decided we didn't want to do. It was really hot for August.
Because of the hot. It was really nasty and gross.
Yeah, we'll have to go back and do this again and maybe hit all the pool bars.
Yeah, we could do it and see what they have there. Absolutely.
But maybe a Disneyland.

[13:26] Hmm, I like that. I feel like maybe we're going to be taking this podcast in a whole new direction.
I think so. All pub crawls all the time. All pub crawls all the time. That's right.
That's right. So we hung out the Tambu Lounge and then we decided, since we had not been called for Trader Sam's, we decided to move on.
Right? So we just got on the monorail. And before we move on to the Grand Floridian, Dan, what do you recommend not to pack with you because you have to go through security every single time you do this is one thing pack lightly pack lightly when you do the pub crawl because you do have to go through security every single time to get on the monorail every and every single time we all made it through but Dan yeah I had a lot of camera equipment and some battery packs and I did get a tip finally like my last day that I was there from a security guy going through my bags and he said that But anything that's the shape of a portable battery pack for charging your phone, that, rectangle shape is something that sets off the machine.
So if you pull those out, and that's part of the reason why glasses cases often set it off too. So if you've got something vaguely long and rectangular, pull that out of your bag and hold it up in front of you so they can see it.

[14:43] And allegedly, that's going to get you through. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.
Is it because it looks like C4 or something? Yeah, what in the world?
I guess, I don't know. I had one of those bag safe chargers in my purse.
Didn't set it off. The big thing that set mine off was I had my camera gimbal with me the whole time and those motors and stuff were.
So just word wise, just pack lightly. Unless you like to open your bag for security at every stop.
Every time. The tweets, they're on, the tweets are on. And on a monorail crawl, that gets really repetitive.
So, but yeah, so then we moved on to the Grand Floridian and a lot of options at the Grand Floridian, right guys?
So, so many. Our favorite and where we went is Enchanted Rose. Enchanted Rose.
Or as I call it repeatedly, be our guest. Yes, he does, yes, he does.
Do you really? He does.
I cannot remember the name of this stupid bar.

[15:43] But there's also a beautiful little- Especially after a leper, leper, leper, leper.
Yeah. Right. There's also a beautiful lounge at Citrico's.
There's a lovely pool bar at Grand Floridian as well. And the newly remodeled Narcoossees has a bar.
Yes, has a lovely bar.
You can almost always walk up to that beautiful bar.
But we chose Enchanted Rose. Yeah, so this is on the second floor of the main lobby.
And it's really stunning in there. It's one of the newly remodeled spaces.
It's the same color as Heather's new home office. That's true, it is.
Yes. Lovely shade of blue.
Blue. Yes, this used to be a two small bar called Meisner's.

[16:30] It was one small little space. Yeah, so fun, loved that space, but it was too small.
It was always difficult to get into Meisner's.
It was shoved back there behind the Grand Floridian Band. May it rest in peace.
Miss that. I love that band. But they took over Meisner's and then a bunch of space next to it, a shop.
It was a shop, yeah. They took over Meisner's and the men's shop and the resort shop, which was like tropical resort wear and opened all that up where it all connects together.
And the resort shop, they added a balcony. There was a faux balcony to the resort shop.
It's now all one thing. It has a huge balcony, which right now is not open because they're doing some remodeling to the outside of the resort.
But when that is all open, there's seating in there for a couple of hundred people.
It's a huge bar now.
It's really beautiful. It is, but still popular. So you can encounter a line at Enchanted Rose in the evenings. Especially because it's on the monorail and because it's right by Magic Kingdom.
If you go there shortly after fireworks, forget about it.
Yeah.

[17:42] So be prepared. Day of what? Three rooms?
Two rooms? Three spaces. Three separate bars.
Yeah, three spaces in there and the balcony that's out there, which is great for sunset views.
The bar probably seats 25, and then there's table seating at the bar itself, and then the room that the bar is in has four, like probably eight or nine tables around it, and And then there's a room on either side of those that you just...

Beauty and the Beast Themed Space with Creepy Live Action Characters


[18:08] Uh probably see 30 40 50 people on either side really beautiful space yeah beauty and the beast themed so you can see some cogsworth and lumiere and just little those the creepy live action beauty and the beast so be prepared for that it is the live live action cogsworth is a little off-putting if you've had too many lapus or too many lapu lapu lapu lapu beautiful Lavender drink, you know what I really really like that, That's I'm not a fan of those live-action Disney remakes, but I love that one because I hate.

Love for the Live Action Beauty and the Beast Remake


[18:52] No murder she wrote no nothing nope well before one thing murder she typed We had some lovely drinks here.
My favorite drink on the menu at Enchanted Rose is called is a Kier Royale.
So yummy. It's champagne and a blackberry liqueur and they make at just to be over the top at Enchanted Rose.
They make these little they look like boba balls. They're little pearls that they have made out of Framboise liqueur.
Oh, it's delicious. Mandalorians have different balls than normal folk.
Wow.

[19:40] Amazingly, though, you managed to find a drink on the menu that you'd never tried before.
Yes, I tried something new. It was the Aura in Me.

[19:49] Aura in Me. Yes. I'm trying something new that I haven't tried here before. Is it possible?
I'm trying something new that I haven't tried here before. Is that possible?
It's just airway. I found something. Yes. This is called the Aura in Me.
It's an Olet's dry gin, Saint Germain, honey, pink peppercorn, cardamom, and lemon.
And it's got the delicious egg white foam. It's so pretty. Yes.
And it's very, very tasty.
I don't know where that name comes from, but it was delicious.
I hadn't tried it there.
I tend to stick to French 75s, and they have something called a floral bitter beauty. I love that one.
I think that's what you had, wasn't it, Dan?
That's what I had. Yeah, it was a very masculine drink. It has Hendrix in it. Bitter Beauty.
So we've gone from pineapples and umbrellas and back scratchers. To martini.
Coupes. Coupé. Coupes and some really beautiful cocktails.
Dan, tell us about your really strong, masculine drink.

[20:49] Yes, this is definitely the most masculine drink on the table.
I've got the Floral Bitter Beauty, which is Hendrix, Saint Germain, Saint Germain, Saint Germain.
Yeah, that's my good French accent.
Kicking in there with some Campari, Aperol, Lemonade and Soda.
And it is, it is, oh he's tasting it right now, it is floral and bitter, but very refreshing and delightful. And it is beautiful.
Yes, yeah.
These these drinks are really fun and I thought very creative.
They're all beautiful to look at.
They really remind me of if you've ever, you know, gone to Europe And you've gone to really you know fun bar in Europe. I thought they were very classy.

[21:26] I had something called the lavender fog, which was a gin cocktail, which was it was tea infused.

Delicious menu options at the pub.


[21:55] Very delicious, very delicious. And as my stomach will always appreciate, they had a great little menu as well.
You know, you can get charcuterie here and caviar you could get on this menu, right?
And the truffle fries are very good.
House house made beef jerky too. That's right Yes, just odd but cool, I, Mean, I guess maybe that's like the charcuterie board sitting out a while and not French British I don't know. Is that a traditional pub snack beef jerky? Yeah, All right. I don't know. It's salty makes you want to drink more. It's all David not unpleasant after you Didn't you have an old-fashioned type of old-fashioned, but it had that really cool, Seasonal old-fashioned. Yeah, they do they always have an old-fashioned of the, Season or week or I don't know how often they change it, but I always get that and they're always amazing, I don't remember what mine was.

[23:14] Something to do with pumpkin maybe because Halloween was just firing up when we were there No, it had a, I know that it had orange and chocolate bitters, and it had vanilla.
I think the I think instead of just simple syrup, it was it was vanilla.
It was amazing. And I get them every time we go to try them.
And they've I've never been disappointed there. They're always great.
So if you're an old fashioned fan, always try them.
You know, while we're here, because, you know, we dined at Enchanted Rose, not be our guest, Jeff, at Enchanted Rose.
We actually were in the I like to call it the the living room area, which was formerly Meissner's. But you were talking, Heather, about this one can get particularly crowded.
So any strategies for the pub crawl, guys?
I know it's like you're on the time crunch. You could do one lounge at each resort or you could try to hit them all.

[24:07] What would you say is the best time to start this pub crawl?
No, without Trader Sam's. Well, you could start at a blue barn.
Or, actually, noon, you can start at Steakhouse 71, which is open for lunch and it's fantastic.
Have a drink at Steakhouse 71, they start putting people on the wait list at 1.
Well, the nice thing is, though, all three of these resorts make a good starting and ending point because they all have multiple spots.
Multiple spots so you can start at one bar, make the full circuit, and finish at the same resort at a different length.
For Enchanted Rose, I'm trying to hit it before 9 o'clock.
I would say if you can do the pub crawl starting in the afternoon, it's going to be a lot less crowded, then it will be, you know, around dinnertime, post park closure.
Yes, because around dinnertime, you're also going to have people who are waiting for.

[25:12] Reservations. They may stop in there on their way to Cedrico's or Victorian Alberts or even maybe Narcoossees. You never know.
Oh, that's another reason why I think starting at the poly was definitely the right choice. It puts you in rotation, the order and the time that we Freedom.
We did it in was the best and it wasn't even that we're geniuses.
It just kind of worked out that way.
You just go with the flow with it. You know, don't feel like you've got to like leave within the hour.
Just when everyone seems to be done, you're like, are we ready to move on?
And for us, it was here that we got the notification that our reservation at Trader Sam's was ready to go.

[25:54] Back at the Polynesian for Trader Sam's where we were greeted by just a little bit of chaos, but in the best possible way.
Two shots of rum!
See, there you heard a little bit about flavor here at Trader Sam's.
Every drink comes with like a little interactive, a bit of show that happens.
That was Hippopotamai time? Yes, the Hippopotamai time.
They said we can only call them the hippopotamists. We can get two shots of rum.
The first was on me that we slot delivered. What was it? The server had on weird googly eyes. Yeah.
For those classic eyeballs on a spring glass. Yeah. Dragging one of her feet.
Yeah. During the rain storm, the Oa, they take a spray bottle and just squirt all over the place.
So it's like getting rained upon. So wear your vest. It is a ton of fun.
So it's, what's Trader Sam's all about?

[26:49] Oh, if you haven't visited Trader Sam's is the Tiki bar, a heart much all Tiki bars, which could be, well, yeah.
Tiki bar at Disney's Polynesian. That's right.
And the Disneyland. Disney's Disneyland. That's right.
So it's definitely a kind of a loudy experience.
There's a lot of chanting that comes along with the drinks. Unfortunately, people already just, often enough that you catch on really quick to the kind of ceremony that goes with each one.
If you've never been to Trader Sam's, It's a one-of-a-kind experience.
Think a Hawaiian-Polynesian speakeasy.

[27:28] Of sorts, right? Wouldn't you say that has a lot of magic and surprises that only Disney can do.
And as Dan was saying on that soundbite, you know, that there are little moments that happen with a lot of the drinks that you can order that are interactive for the entire space to enjoy.
Now, these moments, though, are only on the indoor portion of Trader Sam's.
So that is a difference and a reason we wanted to get a reservation to experience that.
Highly themed special effects tiki bar each Not each one many of the drinks trigger reactions and.

[28:08] Group yeah group interplay with Drinks that you order would be like we're group recall and response things. It's really really fun A rainstorm happens and your the waitstaff gets out their spray bottles and spritzes everybody. Yeah, like the you order a drink and everybody's, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
And there's- Make a sacrifice to a piece.
And just get- Oh, oh, oh.
Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh.
Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh.
We had a lot of fun there.
This is my favorite bar in the whole wide world. Yeah, I am.
I have a bar in my what used to be my garage that I am slowly but surely turning into this place.
It's so cool. Trying to add triggers and effects and lighting and things till it eventually is this place.

[29:21] It'll never be as good as this place. I don't know how to do that stuff, but, I can get at a home level It's like it's like a tiki bar in a in a Hollywood movie. It's like if if Peewee Herman, Stop at a tiki bar on his big adventure. Yeah, that's what Trader Sam's would be. Yeah, really?
There are trick stools that move up and down and Yeah, there's a stool at the bar that the bartender has control of a button that makes it ever so slowly get shorter and shorter and shorter and shorter.
And I was victim to it. I know that this exists at the one in California, but I was at the one in Florida and did not noticed till I was damn near on the floor.
And it's not just the bar stools at the bar, it's also on the surfboard table in the center. Those move too.
And you don't notice it, it goes so slowly. You don't notice you're sinking till you can't reach your drink. And you're like, what the hell?
So I told the bartender, like, hey, I've shrunken so much, I can't reach my drink.
And they have at the ready, five foot straws.
Giant straws. That they will put in your drink and give you so that they don't raise your seat, they give you a long straw so that you can reach your drink.
And they leave you sitting two feet off the floor on a tiny little bar stool.

[30:43] It's fun. Stuff like that, it's just so amazing. It's great, and then just within 20 minutes of being there, you know, it's a smaller drink menu, so a lot of the effects happen often.
So you start to learn them and all the callback phrases. So it's fun to be a part of the experience while you're there.
It feels like you're partying with everybody in the bar at once, especially because there's a good chance, we just, it's pretty small, we just got, What like 50 people 51 people can sit in there?
There's a chance if you're at the surfboard you might be seated with another party It's kind of communal table you might be standing in the middle of the room, I had one cheek. I had one cheek on it on a chair for about.

[31:25] Yeah, you have to trade up or one of your butt cheeks will go numb It's true, Luckily cams a skinny guy so he was able to get most of his butt cheeks on there Let's figure that you know I could eat and they have food there, too Good food I got the lettuce wraps that were there, So they have some other little bites and.

[31:53] Tacos yeah, yeah, there's tacos. There's a there's a sushi Hmm.
If I was a good MHF, I would look it up right now, but... This was also where we learned about secret menus.
This is the best part. If you've tuned in, this is what it's about, folks, right here.

Excitement Builds for Trader Sam's Secret Menu


[32:12] Is there like a secret menu? Oh, the Trader Sam's? Yeah. What's up? It's a secret.
I want something secret. It's a secret menu, Alex. I'm so excited for Trader Sam's secret menu.
I've never actually done this.
She asked if there was a secret menu. She said yes. That's a bonus.
Oh, I've never actually done this.
She asked if there was a secret menu. She said yes. I said, what's a secret menu?
I said, how do I get to the secret menu? She said, something like a secret menu roulette.
And I said, yes. She goes, OK. So something's coming.
Yeah, so this one is so secret that you don't even know what you're ordering.
That's right. You just have to go with it. It was secret menu roulette.
And that was amazing. Yeah, we had so much fun that we ended up getting every single one.
Every single one. We did one at a time.
And then we started getting the rest of the bar involved or like patrons next to us were going, what's that?
What's that? Tables on either side of us also ordered from the secret.
And they had kids menu, secret menus, or secret menus.
So we had kids that were doing non-alcoholic secret menu stuff.
So it's fun for the whole family, but the secret menu roulette.

[33:18] Was by far my favorite thing of the entire pub crawl this time our server. What was it Christina?
Super she was amazing super and she just guessed she was like I'm just gonna do a secret menu and everyone that everyone that she guessed She was just like bit by what we had ordered She guessed who we were and what we would like and she frickin pegged it every single time. Yes Yeah, cuz we had done regular drinks on the menu. We all did a first round We had all had a round or two before we did this.
And then when she did it, like she she ordered like I got my secret drink.
I was like, this is the best thing I've ever had. What is this?
She's what do you think it is? I said, it's kind of like an old fashioned.
She goes, it's a rum based old fashioned. Like, how would you know?
I would love I love old fashioned like when I'm not a tiki guy.
I am an old fan like my favorite thing in the world is rum. I mean is old-fashioned I'm a bourbon guy when I'm not Peaking and she goes I just knew that and I was like is it because I'm 53 and fat.

[34:28] Gentleman of a certain age you're a guy Tell you like a flat cap and you probably drink old-fashioned 100%.
I feel like she just pegged it. It was like every one of us, she nailed it.
Yeah. I'd like to know how she got Heather on the gin thing because your previous orders were not ginger.
No, none of everything I had before that was rum-based. Even Cameron hates coconut rum.
She brought him a coconut rum drink and he was like, oh, gross, I hate it.
But it was delicious. So good.
Yes, it's called the heart of Polynesia.
Yes, they couldn't say to Feetie. She said I think you're a guy that would not normally like coconut Yes, I could I rum but it was like it was good. I don't know how she did it. It was so good But it was great green. Sorry, but yeah, it was really cool cuz it glowed like.

[35:22] But yours that gin drink was my favorite of the entire Was called so folks can order it is Wait, did she say this was specially selected for you?
Oh wow. Heather has a bespoke TV drink. It matches her dress.
It does match my dress. So take a sip. What are we tasting?
What are we tasting? She's making yummy sides. Passion fruit.
It's delicious. It's tart. I think there might be some hash.
I can pick out a drink. That is a gin.
What's the gin one? What's it called? Grunt's Grub. Oh, Grunt's Grub.
Oh, Grunt's Grub. Oh. I won't do that anymore. What's it called? Grunzgrog.
Oh, Grunzgrog. That's right. Grunzgrog. Oh, yeah. I think now, ugh, it's so good.
It was so good. Yeah. Gin and passion fruit, and ugh, it was delicious.
But Dan, your drink was the last one. And a side note about our...
Fantastic server, Christina, correct? Yes.
She is a budding tiki bar enthusiast, has been for quite some time, and she actually created this one that Dan got, which was called?
Oh my god. Mine was the Sharkbait Oohaha. Yes! Oh, the leaf is like a shark fin! Oh, that's yummy.

[36:35] Sharkbait Oohaha. It's very fun. Oh, it made me eat. Describe the flavor, Dan.
I'm not good at that.
There's definitely a lemony... Hold on. There's lemony... That's very good. Yes.
Very. How about that?
It's chin. Yeah, I think it's chin. How does it say it's chin? Oh, girl. It's chin.
What? It has muzy. Really? It's really good.
It's really good. Oh, what is she? What does she pour in it? Chin and yuzu.
Yuzu. Describe it, Dan. We were very enthusiastic about all of the drinks.
It was like a bright aquamarine blue with a glow cube in it There was like a palm frond or a banana leaf or something sticking up out of it That looked like a shark fin and then she poured in a shoot of grenadine It looked like blood in the water Oh yeah, that was amazing It was so good It was a delicious drink, it was also Hendrix gin in that one And yuzu Oh yeah, I remember what the blue stuff was There's some lemon some lemon in there. It was it was really good. She was amazing. She looked like a pinup She had the whole tiki like retro tiki Billy vibe going and she has a she has a based YouTube podcast video podcast that she does now like she she's all in she was a ton of fun.

[38:05] She made it. She made it the best. She really did it Yeah, you can catch that we promised her that would give her a shout out. You can you can find that shows this dropping.

[38:15] Soon her first episode the first episode is in September is called tune in Tiki And they do they they visit tiki bars around the country and interview the bartenders and talk about the tiki cultures Yeah, they they will work and do they will show how to make tiki drinks And they have a whole set and it's gonna be a video podcast. I'm excited for that. I will definitely be tuning in. Hello.

[38:43] You know it's speaking of we had such great service, you know, Disney's But you know, we're not exaggerating here. We had fantastic service at all the locations we went to on this pub crawl, So just you know Thinking of that being a former cast member myself, you know Take care of your your cast member in the great That are taking care of you at Disney because they work really hard to make that magic for you So show him some love we really did and everywhere we went by the way we were were recording and we were pretty obvious that we were recording and we let them know and they were all a ton of fun with it and had no problem and and we're in on the fun and we're wide open with it and so that was that was great because nobody was weird about us recording and having fun with it right now just a side note about Trader Sam's and we brought this up at the beginning of our podcast but this is a location where those, Those under 18 are no longer allowed to be in there after 8 p.m.
So just keep that in mind, at least as of this date on this podcast.
That is what happens at Trader Sam's. Before 8, they are welcome.
And there are mocktails.

[39:59] After 8, gotta get out. We were there when that magical moment happened.
Yes, and they do a whole little thing, yeah.
Yeah, they were like, everybody's welcome, but at 8 o'clock, I forget what the whole ceremony was, but it was awesome. You are welcome to step outside.
Yes. Yes. That's what it was. Yeah.
Everybody's welcome, but at eight o'clock, you're welcome to step somewhere else.
And it was under 18. Was that what it was, or was it under 21?
It was 21. I think it was 18. I think it was 18.
I think 18 could be in there and can't drink, but I think it was under 18, had to leave at 8 p.m.
Yeah. that the kids that were in there were cute and well-behaved and...
Not annoying at all. Yeah, they were all enjoying the special effect.
Only one of them was passed out on a bench and that was because it was nappy time.
Yes. Yeah, he'd been over sir.
But we woke Dan up, so don't worry. Yeah.

Dinner Reservation at Citricos


[41:01] You know, guys, I know you're surprised, but I could eat. And it was at this point in our pub crawl that we actually made a little dinner reservation to break up our pub crawl, right Heather?
And we headed back to the Grand Floridian for some Citricos.
But first, Dan had to go through security, which we've talked about.
Again. Again. He had a bag check again. So I did. This is bag check two for you if you're counting.
OK, but we made it back to the Grand Floridian for dinner at Citricos.
At least bag check six. And we had some lovely, lovely drinks with dinner at Citricos.
That's right. And I somehow I know I was recording, but I couldn't find the audio from Citricos at all.
So let's just talk about what we had at citric ohs Oh, I think that might have been on my phone, and I never gave it to you that was on your phone, whoops Yeah, cuz mine had yeah, No, I had gotten some liquid in my In the jack where you plug in the microphone wasn't working, Yeah, I was a sloppy boy. I tell you what jack liquid is I knew that was coming and I didn't stop myself.

Unfiltered Moments: Boy, No Cuts Here!


[42:21] Boy please use that in the outtake, please I'm not cutting this out, you think I'm cutting this out?
Back to the drinks. Do you want to jump straight to the drinks or talk about our food first?
Oh, everything. We started off with some delicious drinks. I had a passion fruit margarita.
I had a wonderful cocktail that had the boba balls in it.
Delicious!
I had I actually opted since we had been doing this for quite some time at this point I went for the zero proof menu. They have, Probably one of the largest zero proof menus of the places we stopped here at Citrico's with Options that aren't just like let's throw some juice and some sprite in a cup, Although there's a couple like that, but I had the London dry juniper seltzer, which was Sinchona bark and smoked rosemary blend it up with some citrus lemongrass and juniper aromatics, Really good. It was you basically had yard work in your glass.

Exploring the World of Zero Proof Cocktails


[43:38] Zero Like it was a good kind of almost a zero proof gin drink But not it was it's a little smokiness from kind of like the wood bark kind of it was interesting I've never tasted anything like it. I love the listeners out there. Can you explain what zero proof cocktails are zero proof cocktails?
Let's not call them mocktails. They're they're You know thoughtfully blended interesting drinks that blend together.

[44:07] Interesting flavors Yes, zero zero proof You know what's weird though, they will not serve those to a child because some of them do have a, Trace amount of alcohol left in them if they use like bitters or something in it Narcosis has a few on the menu that they you they won't serve to anyone under 21 because there is still a little bit of Alcohol in it. Most of the ones at at citric hose are okay for kids and they will serve them. They don't. So if I'm a recovering alcoholic, should I have these?
You should look at the specific ones like for example, that you have ever been a recovering alcoholic. You should check with your server though, if it's something where you do not want any alcohol because for example, there's one that's called spirit-free gin and tonic, but it's made with.

[45:10] Really? Yeah. They've, they've removed most of the alcohol from it.
There still is a little bit.
It's like, it's like, uh, Oh, duals. Yeah. There's a, there's a whole line called people that just want to smell drunk. Right. There's a whole line called seed lip.
And that's what they use at Narcooses. And, uh, they use it at the, in a drink at Steakhouse 71, maybe even the one here at Citrico's, and it does, it has a little bit of alcohol in it, but not enough. I mean, you'd have to drink gallons and gallons of it to get drunk, but technically because it's in there, they can't sell it to kids.

[45:48] It's still really good, though, yeah. It was great, and we, you know, cause we were really doing an all day experience here. It's important to eat.
Yes. Maybe a little more than just, you know, the apps that you can get at the bars.
So having dinner was great.
Citrico's is amazing. It was a good restaurant before. The food has always been great, but it was in bad need of a facelift.
And boy, did they get one. It's beautiful now. Yeah. And this was my first time enjoying, I'm a bit behind on enjoying the new version of it, But it was so delicious.
And I have to say the best filet mignon I have ever, ever had was served.
Ever, ever. Ever in your life. Because it was, because the way they had, it was smoked in the marinade. My sister-in-law said that when we went there last March.
It was incredible. Incredible.
It's so good. They have that wood-fired grill that they finish it on. Yeah.
I had some popcorn soup to start. That was delicious. That's so weird.
Sweet corn bisque. Oh, it was yummy. That was served in a teapot, remember?
Very Mary Poppins.
Yes. Short and stout. Yes. And it did have some popcorn in it.
You know what I liked is how they pointed out both where the handle and the spout was.

[47:10] It was very kind of them Everything on that menu. I've tried most of it. They have some, guava barbecue short ribs That's what I have those were in, Credible days and I both had that we fed each other we, We actually we actually you know scooch down just to give the two of them a moment. Yeah Yeah, we we crossed arms or a gentle kisses. It was magical, Yeah, it was had an Olin Mills style photo shoot I Figured turnabout was fair play.

Enjoying Delicious Seafood


[47:53] Not a sponsor this podcast not yet. Yeah, I had some tile fish There's some shrimps on top. Oh so good floor you, How did you know I was looking for a grout joke.

Exceptional Service and Food at Citric


[48:16] Just excellent menu highly recommend citric us our server there was exceptional as well He was a ton of fun and really really good They also have a fleet of people like the server itself himself was great, But then like when your food is bringing being brought out they have like there were six five of us Eating so five people bring it out so that all of your food arrives exactly at the same moment, Mm-hmm. I just love that and those fine dining places, and just to remind you that if you don't want to have dinner and want to just enjoy citrus at the bar as, As part of the pub crawl, you can do that. Yeah, that's right.
There's a lovely bar and lounge and also the full menu available right there at the bar. Boom.
But you know what? We had one more resort to get to. Still another spot on the list.
And I got to tell you, if I'm being honest, I hardly remember this stuff.
I mean, as Dan mentioned, we did eight and a half hours. Is that what it was clocked?
It was eight and a half hours. I'm surprised.
OK, well, if we're let's just get us there. So we're heading over to Disney's Contemporary Resort and we decided to try the lounge at Steakhouse 71. Because there are there are lots of great options at the Contemporary.
There's the wave upstairs or outer rim, outer rim job upstairs.

[49:45] Terrific place. But they have kind of odd hours up there But the the servers and all downstairs at Steakhouse 71 formerly the wave, Fantastic. So great. Yeah, they may know us on site They do know us on hundred percent soon as we walk in there. They know I want an old-fashioned a lot of time at that bar.

[50:10] Before we dive into Steakhouse 71 I will also put it in a little plug for California Grill That is and thank you so and stop and I recently was introduced to a fabulous drink, Also a secret menu. You're welcome. Yes called a sake martini Say it again so good the sake martini. It's delicious, Yeah, I had never tried this, dine at California Grill all the time until cam and Hannah introduced me to this drink and And you have to be a little bit lucky to have a bartender who knows how to make it.

[50:46] If it's a newer bartender, they might not. We've never been told no when we've ordered it.
So your chances are really good.
Yeah. When, you know, I've been doing the pub crow for years now.
And when I started, I used to always start at the contemporary cause it was the easiest hotel to park at as a cast member.

Starting at Contemporary and California Grill for Sunset Views


[51:10] I used to always start at the Contemporary and also because I'd love to start at California Grill back when you could just go up.
More easily, it just sits at the bar. Before they started their pre-fixed menu.
I loved starting up there for the sunset.
So if you're gonna do an evening pub crawl, it's a beautiful place to start, the sunset view up there.
But the Sake Martini used to be on their menu for years and years and years and years and years.
It's basically a legacy drink now. But yeah, think of it like a pineapple 50-50 bar, right?

[51:41] Yeah, it's real good. It's a little bit of vanilla and the pineapple, Yep, liquor 43 is the vanilla, and there's some pineapple, passion fruit, yeah.
And it has an edible flower in there. Folks, it tastes like juice.
It is dangerous in the best way.
Yes, so good. But we didn't go there because we didn't have reservations.
So we went to Steakhouse 71. We also got there like right in the nick of time.
Yeah, we did. They close at 11, and I think we got there at quarter till.
Last call. Yeah. Yeah. We barely made it to the contemporary to get a drink. So we can say we made it. Let's take out 71. It's great. It's right off the lobby. Our man, Daniel saw us coming in and like, Hey, order drinks immediately. Quick, quick, quick. Yeah. My, favorite drink there is called the last last con. Yes. Because Heather and I are gin fans.
Gin, lemon, raspberry.

[52:43] Well, we're here to shake out 71. We've made it all down.
The Buffalo. All the way. It has been a long slog. It's been a long one.
It's been an extensive day.
How many hours has it been? Eight hours and 15 minutes.
It generally doesn't feel like that. Of drinking and talking.
Spice clothes, drinking, and fun. Cheers. Cheers to this. Cheers.
So we're at the contemporary.
We're at the contemporary. We were having a lot of fun at this point.
We're being joined by Walter Matthau and the ghost of Harry Carver.
We're drinking. We are drinking the last concourse here at Statehouse 71.
Did you just grab your last drink at the concourse? It is our last drink at the concourse.
And I believe it was also the time when Jeff broke the seal.
And Heather, you did order him his last Old Fashioned for the evening. I did, yes. Yeah?
Was I in the bathroom at this point? Like you're saying how you couldn't remember most of this, But yeah, you had an old-fashioned Dan, what did you have I had the I think it was cocoa or the chocolate boulevard.

French 71 and Fond Memories of Cognac-Infused Nights


[53:52] Delightful danced under that name, That's for an after after dark episode Yes, absolutely. They have a little bit of a riff on a French 75 there.
They call it the French 71. That's another of my favorites.
It's what makes it that one is instead of gin.
It.
Yeah, they replaced the gin with Cognac, Prosecco, a little bit of pear.
Is it Cavatier Cognac?
It is Cavatier, yes. Lady th' man. By the lady th' man. Oh, y'all, true story about me, Cognac was my, like, drink of choice when I started drinking in college.
With you, lady th' man. Hold on, this is a moment of truth.
Do you remember Alizé? Yes.
Alice. Oh my gosh. I could drink a whole bottle of Alizé and funny enough, with fruit cocktail.

[54:51] Like with the syrup, fruit cocktail in it. Disgusting. The thought of it now. Bidet.
Viscous. Good word. But cognac. Oh no. You know, I kind of want to try it again.
Well, let's try a French 71 and start there. We'll be there in October, please let's have some.
Do you have any Mott's fruit cocktail around?
I'm going to get one of those little plastic. I want just the little can that you got in your lunch.
With the little pull tab? Yeah, the little pull tab. It's happening, yeah.
True story about me, but that French 71 sounds really good. I always go with the last concourse because it's great.
It's delicious. It's delicious. Yes.
We should mention another drink that we saw served at the bar there the next night that looked amazing, especially for the size was the 1971 Sunset, which is like a tequila sunrise.
Basically a tequila sunrise. But they use Pog juice. And it's at the giant shareable bowl.
Yes. And it is a giant fish bowl of a shareable drink. It's only 27 bucks.
Yes, it's for two to share but easily four could share this. Yeah, or one, Yeah, I could stir this thing with my wiener.

Sharing the love for the Stack Burger at Steakhouse 71 Lounge


[56:20] Zero proof Jeff There's zero proof I ever did, Make sure you listen back to our sausage party episode. Yeah, which dropped just a couple of weeks ago go. What a good plug you did there, Dan. That was great. But yeah, after eight and a half hours, we did it. Yeah, we were there long past when the kitchen closes, but I have to give you a tip if you're new to my channel.
Are ever at, just the tip, at Steakhouse 71 Lounge, order the Stack Burger.
It is phenomenal.
When we first met, that's what we ate. I recommend having that while you tempt your friend.
Tell him to come over and join you while you discuss how amazing this burger is.
Long after they've punched. We'll get to this. Tell him about the burger and then we'll get to.
It has pork belly on it, you guys. It is the best burger I've ever had.
It's delicious. We had it multiple times.
I don't know whether Dan ever got to have one.

[57:25] I didn't get to have it. So I was at Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party the first night.
We left his sweaty ass at the Halloween party.
And we went back over there. They went and got food. I left immediately following the parade because it was so hot that I had to wring out my shirt.
It was just- Disgusting. You're like, Dan, you really should come join us over here for this amazing burger.
We're having the greatest burger.
Send him a picture of this burger. This is so good.
I didn't manage to get any food at the Halloween party because the lines were so long.
It was the first night and everybody wanted the exclusive food.
So, you know, it had been several hours.
I get there, kitchen's closed. Kitchen was closed. It had been for quite some time.
Oh man, it had been closed for like two hours. So I settled for a cheeseburger from upstairs at the Contempo Cafe.
They also have peanut butter and jelly chicken wings. I haven't tried those. They're amazing too.
Those are on the menu at the Muppet Labs spot at the Food and Wine Festival, which is in The Odyssey restaurant, but they also serve them there at steakhouse. They're delicious. These things are it sounds so weird. It's.

[58:48] Okay, it's like it's like Thai peanut sauce but with the sweet jelly and it's just so it's crispy or good, Just try them. They also have one of my favorite things that used to be a secret menu item, When it was the way menu, yes, but now they just went ahead and put it right on the menu in the lounge It's called bacon and eggs, and it is maple lacquered pork belly.
I was going to say, is it pork belly? Yes, and then cheese grits with a perfect egg on top.
And then they pour this sauce over. Ugh, it's...

[59:29] So good. Perfect egg. Think about that egg we had in Antarctica. It's a lot like that egg.
We could do a whole episode on that egg. Yes. So good. And we will. And we mean that.
For that egg. The egg. But I can't believe we did it in eight and a half hours.
Eight and a half short hours. Honestly, though, this is the thing I love about the Montreal Pub Crow.
I've done it many times and I know you guys have done it a bunch of times, but I've done it several times and every time I do it, it's new and it's memorable because of the company you're with.

Beyond the parks: The joy of the Monorail Pub Crawl


[1:00:11] It's different and fun. The company you are with just adds to it.
And you know, when you're booking a trip to Walt Disney World, there's just so much more to do just beyond the parks. And this is a great thing to do.
Not parents, you know, young 20s, you know, or older, whatever, anyone can do this.

[1:00:33] And it's so much fun. The kids will love riding on the monorail.
Hey, we grownup kids like riding on the monorail. It's fun to do.
And you just have a great evening. It's a great thing to do on a day you are taking a break from parks, enjoy the pool early in the day, and then do that at night.
Yeah, for sure. And on a day you don't have park tickets, you only spend four times what a park ticket would cost.
But you know what, if it's in the summertime, you're in the air conditioning the whole time if you stay indoors and you only have to take one shower that day.
Yeah, because other than other than waiting for monorail, you know, the monorails are, you know, they catch a lot of flack or whatever, but they're pretty cool.
Yeah. Yeah. And what we're going to try next time when it has cooled off a bit is the Skyliner pub crawl. Yeah.
Are we creating this? Has anyone come up with this? I think we're going to be the inventors of this. I really do. TM, TM, TM.
Yes. So the Skyliner Pub Crawl, so that'll be covering Art of Animation, Caribbean Beach, your favorite, the Riviera. Riviera. We may even dub the song with the Boardwalk.

[1:01:37] And then if we are really having fun and it's a great day, Hollywood Studios and Epcot are all on this.
That's true. My favorite bar, the Abracadabra.
The Abracadabra. That's great. And I'd love to take you guys, you know, to the Brown Derby yet.
We're getting drunk. Hollywood Studios. Magical. Wild stomping grounds.
So yes, I would like to go to the Brown Derby with stone granite.
So stick around coming this winter or fall. When it cools off in Florida, the Skyliner.
We'll come down that week. That one week. And we're going to.
I think we decided we were going to do that in January. I think so. Yes.
To coincide with art.
Oh, yes. One of my favorite festivals. Yes. Yeah.
So that's what the arts. We're all going to be next week in no week after next week after next Disneyland. Yeah, Disneyland, California complex.
So you're saying we should go to Trader Sam's and see if they have a secret menu to, oh, I think we should maybe do a bar crawl there.
I think we should. Yeah, I think we can make that happen. Okay, you know they did just add booze to like every single low sit-down location in Disneyland, so, But I love the craftsman bar at Grand Cali.

[1:02:55] Yes, we are some drinks and this will be a Pub crawl we have to use our own two feet, Yeah, it's a shorter crawl It's gonna be a hop. Yes.

[1:03:12] Do you think we can get one of those bar mobiles where everybody sits around a keg and pedals?
If anyone can do it, Dan, you can.
You're on it.
I just, I just volunteered myself. You are. You're, you're the producer.
When Cam gets hungry, we're going to stop for that dill pickle corn dog.
You know, I could eat. Yeah. I could eat. I'm getting near his shirt.
I could eat. And I will wear it. I will.

[1:03:38] And that's cats. And that's cats. Well, I've devoured this entire conversation.
I loved it. It's been so delightful.
And if folks want to do this, the Monorail Pub Crawl at Walt Disney World, who should they reach out to, Dan?
You should absolutely reach out to Key to the World Travel. But first, I just want to one more time, Cam, if people want to know more about what you are up to, do you have any social medias or websites or whatnot that you would like to plug?
Oh, that's really cool. You can follow me at camactor, C-A-M-A-C-T-O-R, and my business, Cameron Matthews Entertainment, for virtual live events, motivational speaking, video marketing, and such.
Would love to produce something memorable and energetic and entertaining for you and your team.
We cannot recommend what he does enough. He's great at what he does.
100%. Despite what you've heard here tonight.
Aw, that's very kind, you guys. Thank you. So thank you for hanging out with us again this week.
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Embrace life's brevity and explore the vast world ahead


[1:06:32] We'll see you next week for another meeting of the Gold Key Adventurer's Society.
And until then, remember, life is short and the world is wide, so go have an adventure.

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Cameron Matthews

Travel Host & Owner of Cameron Matthews Entertainment

I have been an entertainer and emcee for over 25 years in a career that has spanned stage, screen, theme parks, comic cons, and corporate events.

Since launching my production company in 2020, I have been fortunate to produce a variety of original immersive virtual & live experiences plus gone on to host several major live events
for companies and conventions across the country.

In addition, I am thrilled to offer services that I am passionate about from video marketing production to motivational speaking with the goal of having you, your team, and your business achieve a world of success.

If you are looking to ENERGIZE your next virtual or live event, panel discussion, advertisement campaign, conference, award show, or celebration into one that is ENGAGING, ENTERTAINING, and EFFECTIVE, I am ready to customize an EXPERIENCE for you!