[00:00:00] Speaker A: Hey, explorers. This is a rebroadcast of our episode 139 that first came out back in July of 2018, where we talk about how to stay safe and how to keep yourself cool in the japanese summer. A lot of this stuff hasn't changed. It's still very relevant information, and we are in the thick of it right now. It is incredibly hot.
So enjoy this rebroadcast of our episode from 2018, and. And we'll have a new one for you next week. All right, explorers. See you in the next one. Enjoy.
[00:01:02] Speaker B: Welcome to episode 139 of the TDR now podcast, the first english speaking podcast focusing on the Disney parks in Asia, including Tokyo Disney Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Shanghai Disneyland. And we are coming to you directly from Japan. You can find
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And Chris, how are you? How are you avoiding the heat? What's going on?
[00:01:55] Speaker A: I am not avoiding the heat because I am outside.
Apparently, I love suffering. Apparently. That's what I enjoy doing.
[00:02:04] Speaker B: I enjoy in, like, short bursts. Like, I don't mind biking outside for, like, a little bit in the heat because it feels like, good to have the sun on your skin. But the thing is, after, like, a couple of hours, it starts to wear you down, you know?
[00:02:18] Speaker A: Yeah. And just feeling like you're swimming.
[00:02:21] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:02:23] Speaker A: Your own sweat.
[00:02:24] Speaker B: It's like a sauna.
[00:02:25] Speaker A: It's really much.
[00:02:26] Speaker B: It's probably good for your skin, right?
[00:02:28] Speaker A: Yeah. We can tell ourselves that it clears everything out of your skin. I don't know. Clears the pores.
[00:02:37] Speaker B: It purifies you.
[00:02:41] Speaker A: I'm one of your hosts, Chris, the chief content editor of TDR Explorer. And besides sitting outside, I'm also the one eating all the seasonal food at the park. And soon it's gonna be all that delicious kakigori or the shaved ice and all the other delicious snacks for the summer. Can't wait for that.
It's gonna be really good. It's gonna be good. I'm looking forward to summer this year. The summer event, I should say.
[00:03:08] Speaker B: Fun, you know?
[00:03:10] Speaker A: Yeah, it is. It's always. It's hot, yes, but it's usually a lot of fun. A lot of, a lot of stuff is going on. So before we get started, want to talk really quickly about our Patreon. Big thank you to everybody who's already contributing to us on there. You do help keep the show running. So we cannot thank you enough.
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What are we talking about today?
[00:04:19] Speaker B: What are we talking about? Well, we got a little bit of news, some in the parks, and we are going to be talking about that hot, hot summer sun that's hitting Japan right now.
[00:04:34] Speaker A: We definitely have to talk about the summer heat because it's hot, and we want to make sure that you're safe. We don't want you getting sick or gang heatstroke or anything like that because that is unpleasant. And we don't want to ru. We don't your. We don't want your vacation to be ruined.
[00:04:47] Speaker B: Exactly. You don't want to die on vacation. That's never fun.
[00:04:50] Speaker A: Yeah, we should probably avoid that.
So for the news, this is mostly merchandise related because there's a lot of stuff coming out lately.
The biggest thing is the Mickey hand soap dispenser.
[00:05:07] Speaker B: That's kind of. That's the biggest news.
[00:05:10] Speaker A: That is the biggest news. And it's the simplest thing. And I can't believe how much traction this got, especially across social media and everything. Everyone is essentially freaking out over this. So what it is is this little hand soap dispenser that spits out soap. Hand soap. And what makes it special is the soap comes out in the shape of Mickey, and everyone is losing their collective minds over this.
And it came out on July 3, and it sold out pretty much that day. It was either the third or the fourth that it sold out on, but it sold out very quickly.
And the official website says it won't be back this month. But it will be back at some point. I'm guessing they don't say specifically. All they just say. All they say is it's not coming back in July.
So I'm sure they'll get it back at some point.
[00:06:07] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:06:08] Speaker A: They probably weren't anticipating it to go that quick.
[00:06:12] Speaker B: I mean, who knows? It's hand soap.
[00:06:15] Speaker A: Yeah. It's what, 1200 yen? So it's about $11.
[00:06:18] Speaker B: It's expensive hand soap. Yeah, the dispenser. The dispenser. The soap itself is normal hand soap.
[00:06:24] Speaker A: Yeah. It's by the Ko corporation. They're the sponsors of the hand soap in the parks.
[00:06:31] Speaker B: It's good pr for them. Right. And it's good because it gets people washing their hands, which is really important for people's health. So that's cool.
[00:06:38] Speaker A: Yeah.
And alongside that, they've also installed two more hand washing stations that dispense the Mickey mouse shaped soap. There's one in tomorrowland now, just behind Space Mountain. I think it's right behind, like, the walkway or something.
It's around that area. And then there's also one in mysterious island at Tokyo Disneysea now.
[00:07:03] Speaker B: Cool.
[00:07:04] Speaker A: So that's cool.
I was able to get my hands on one, so I was good. I was there the first day it came out because I kind of had a feeling that it was gonna sell out.
[00:07:15] Speaker B: How were the line? Was it crazy lines?
[00:07:18] Speaker A: No, it wasn't.
[00:07:19] Speaker B: Okay, cool.
[00:07:20] Speaker A: They only had, like, at bon voyage, they only had, I think, two spots where the soap was. I didn't bother going into either park to check, but they were flying off the shelves. People were grabbing them, like, by the handful.
So very popular item. And surprisingly, it's much easier to dispense than the ones in the park because the one in the park, you kind of have to maneuver your hand properly.
[00:07:51] Speaker B: Yeah. Because it's like a machine. So it's. It feels like, much more difficult, this one. You feel like you have more control.
[00:07:57] Speaker A: Yeah. It has like this little guard like rail or whatever underneath the nozzle. So you know exactly where to put your hand. So your hand's not too close. Then you just push the nozzle down and it just does it.
So it's pretty simple.
It can't go wrong. Really can't.
And the summer merchandise has finally come out. We got a lot of summer merchandise. It's cute. Yeah.
We have the Natsu Matsuri merchandise at Tokyo Disneyland, which is very heavily focused on Chippendale. This year.
[00:08:33] Speaker B: Yeah. This has been the Chippendale event, right. For the past couple of years.
[00:08:38] Speaker A: Yeah. So really heavy on the chip and Dale merchandise. I'm not complaining with that. And they're going the route of corn on the cob.
[00:08:47] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:08:48] Speaker A: The themed merchandise, which is really cute and very japanese.
[00:08:54] Speaker B: I like the shaved ice, the little mini shaved ice with them on it.
[00:08:58] Speaker A: Yeah, they have. And, yeah, that's the other food item that they're kind of theming. Everything after is the shaved ice, which is, you know, a very popular snack in the summer.
[00:09:07] Speaker B: That's pretty cool.
[00:09:09] Speaker A: And then they have the pirates merchandise, and they kind of have it split half of its characters. So like Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, they're all dressed in pirate merchant, or pirate outfits.
And then the other half is actual pirate stuff. So there's a lot of Captain Jack Sparrow on everything and all that stuff.
[00:09:31] Speaker B: It's pretty close to last year.
[00:09:33] Speaker A: It's nothing too different compared to last year.
Just, you know, the costumes are different for the characters this time around.
And then we have the merchandise for celebrate Tokyo Disneyland, which is the brand new nighttime show.
[00:09:47] Speaker B: The projection show.
[00:09:49] Speaker A: Yeah, nighttime projection show.
It's the replacement for Once upon a time. That ended a while ago. November.
Yeah, something like that. It ended a while ago. And they have the grinning ghosts as merchandise, as little plushes.
[00:10:11] Speaker B: Those are really cute.
[00:10:12] Speaker A: I love those, which is really cute. And then they have the, they have more country bears because, you know, we get a lot of love for the country bears here. And they also have the dog from parts of the Caribbean, you know, the dog that has the keys in his mouth.
[00:10:28] Speaker B: So adorable.
[00:10:29] Speaker A: Yeah, there's a little plush with him.
[00:10:31] Speaker B: I love it.
[00:10:33] Speaker A: That's pretty clever, I thought. And they also got this new, like, I don't know what to call it.
It's Cinderella Castle. It's clear and it comes with candies inside of it. But once you empty, like, you take the candies out, it actually attaches to the light, the light up wand that has the mickey head on it. You take the mickey head off and put the castle on it, and then it starts. It lights up the castle.
[00:11:01] Speaker B: That's cool. I like that.
[00:11:02] Speaker A: Just a little. Little clever. Yeah, I kind of like that.
And that's pretty much it for news. So in the parks, what did you do in the parks?
[00:11:17] Speaker B: I feel like I didn't go in the parks. I went shopping outside the parks. Like, I bought. I don't even remember if this was last week or this week. The trash cans.
[00:11:27] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, those are sold out now, too, aren't they?
[00:11:29] Speaker B: Those were fl. When we were there, they were flying off the shelves. So we bought the big one of the Tokyo Disneysea. No, the Tokyo Disneyland big one and the small one of Tokyo Disneysea.
[00:11:41] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:11:42] Speaker B: I feel like they can make them for every area, and it will still sell really well because it's useful and it's really cool. It's like something really interesting that we haven't seen before at our parks, at least. Yeah, that's kind of nice.
And then my son went without me today.
Bad mother. He went shopping for pirate stuff, so he got a pirate t shirt and some keychains and stuff like that. I think he went to bon voyage. I don't think he went inside the parks, but I think that's it. You know, it's just been so hot, and there's a lot of events going on in the city, so we're trying to catch up on other, like, museum exhibits and stuff like that, and we'll probably catch up this week.
[00:12:25] Speaker A: And as for myself, well, I went and got the hand soap, of course. Of course I did that. And then I decided to work at the Starbucks in Expiari, and their ac was broken.
[00:12:41] Speaker B: That's not good, man.
[00:12:42] Speaker A: It was not very. Like, it was fine for the first little bit.
[00:12:47] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:47] Speaker A: But then it just kind of cut hotter and hotter, and I'm just sitting there and I'm sweating. I'm sitting there and I'm sweating, and it just, you know, it's hot when that happens.
[00:12:57] Speaker B: Wizard. Like, why didn't you try a different place?
[00:13:00] Speaker A: Because I needed Wi Fi, and Wi Fi is so spotty.
[00:13:04] Speaker B: Ah.
[00:13:06] Speaker A: Which is really irritating.
[00:13:08] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:13:10] Speaker A: Starbucks has probably the most reliable and easiest to actually log into.
Whatever.
[00:13:20] Speaker B: Hopefully they fix it, because it's been really nasty outside.
[00:13:23] Speaker A: Yeah, they need to fix that thing.
I was also working on the USJ book. I was working on it at Tokyo Disney, so is that a little uncouth?
[00:13:37] Speaker B: I think that's fine.
[00:13:40] Speaker A: I felt. I felt a little weird having, like, all my research books with me. Like, my USJ guides and stuff. They're all open, and there's, like, minions on the page and Harry Potter and stuff. And I'm sitting here at Tokyo Disney.
[00:13:51] Speaker B: I think it's okay.
[00:13:53] Speaker A: Tokyo Disney resort. Yeah, yeah. It's just that the. The whole thought was just kind of.
[00:13:59] Speaker B: Funny to me.
[00:14:03] Speaker A: And, yeah, that's pretty much all I've done so far, but, yeah, very hot. Very, very hot.
[00:14:11] Speaker B: But it feels good, though. It's nice to finally get that summer heat you know, because we, we kind of needed it. There was a few chili jays earlier in the week, and it's like, oh, come on, just be over with. So it's good to feel that sun on your skin, too.
[00:14:24] Speaker A: Yeah.
Yep. Officially summer.
So before we talk or get into our talk about the summer heat in Japan, in the parks, and how to deal with that, talk really quickly about our Tokyo Disney resort ebook, our e book travel guide. It's sold over 1100 copies so far. So thank you to everyone who's purchased your copy.
And it has 200 pages of awesome advice, tips, information, everything you need to know about Tokyo Disney resort. Seriously, it's. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it's probably, probably the most in depth guide out there right now.
200 pages is nothing to. Nothing to, to scoff at.
And funny story. I actually, I don't know if she listened to the podcast or not, but a fellow explorer, I saw her in Shibuya the other day.
[00:15:34] Speaker B: Oh, no way.
[00:15:35] Speaker A: And she had a copy of the ebook printed. She printed it out.
[00:15:40] Speaker B: Oh, my God. She was carrying it with her.
[00:15:42] Speaker A: She was carrying it with her. And she asked me to sign it, so I did.
[00:15:45] Speaker B: Oh, that's so funny.
[00:15:47] Speaker A: So, Susan, if you're out there listening, thank you so much. And I'm so glad that I got to sign your book. That is so amazing.
[00:15:54] Speaker B: Oh, my God. What a coincidence that you were both there at the same time.
[00:15:58] Speaker A: It was so funny. Yeah. Of all the places, right?
So if you want to get your copy of the ebook, you can head on over to tdrxplorer.com ebook. That'll take you right to the page, and you click on the buy button and everything. And, yeah, make sure you head on over and buy your copy. And I do get asked a lot if people should wait for the updated version. And my reply to that is, you can wait if you like, but the way the book has been designed, a vast majority of the information in there is not time sensitive.
So a lot of, like, the tips and information, advice and all that is kind of timeless in a, in a sense, if that makes any sense.
So a lot of the information there is not very time sensitive. So it's always going to, going to apply no matter when you visit. Of course, I'm going to be updating the book for a new version later. And, you know, there's things that change because the park changes so much. Like the day after I published the book, you know, something changed at the resort. You know, it's just it's impossible to keep up, as everyone probably already knows.
So, yeah, head on over to the website trxplorer.com ebook to get your. To get your copy.
Let's talk about that summer heat, man.
[00:17:30] Speaker B: How are you surviving right now?
[00:17:32] Speaker A: I'm sitting in my room or my living room with the AC on.
[00:17:37] Speaker B: Me, too. Yeah, it's ac time. Earlier in the week, it felt like you could get away with just opening the balcony doors because the breeze is so strong here. But it's to the point where. Yeah, you need your ac right now for sure.
[00:17:52] Speaker A: Yeah, it's too humid, and it's not even that bad for humidity. It's going to get worse.
[00:17:58] Speaker B: Yeah, it's actually, like, because I'm comparing. I'm, like, constantly going back and forth between the weather here and then the weather back home because it's fairly close to our hometown.
Orlando's a little bit higher and the humidity is a bit higher. So I'm like. I'm kind of gauging, like, how to survive the Orlando heat. And it's not too different.
The humidity is a bit higher, but, yeah, it's okay. So it's all right. It's gonna get hotter, though.
[00:18:29] Speaker A: Much hotter.
[00:18:30] Speaker B: Much hotter.
[00:18:31] Speaker A: You're gonna sweat in places you thought you couldn't sweat.
[00:18:34] Speaker B: Oh, no.
Oh, gross.
[00:18:39] Speaker A: Little TMI for that. But, you know.
So how. How do we. How do we deal with the heat in Japan? And also at the parks, we have a lot of tricks. We have a lot of.
A lot of stuff that we do. It's a lot of work.
[00:18:55] Speaker B: Yeah. I feel like the people that are coming to TDR, if you're coming from Orlando, you already have. If you've been going to the parks at Orlando, you already have a pretty good idea at how to survive the heat and humidity. If you're coming from maybe Anaheim or maybe from Europe, it might be a little bit of a different story. So this is definitely more focused for you. But Orlando peeps, you should have a general idea of what to do, but let's go over it together anyway.
[00:19:23] Speaker A: Yeah. Or if you're coming from, like, Southeast Asia country or, like, Hong Kong, it's.
[00:19:30] Speaker B: Gonna feel colder here unless you're in a building. Right.
Because the AC there is so pumped up. So if you go to the Starbucks and Expiari, you might be in for a bad time.
[00:19:43] Speaker A: Yeah. Because it's funny because Japan is, like, hot and humid. Right. But Hong Kong is worse.
[00:19:48] Speaker B: It's. Yeah.
[00:19:50] Speaker A: So much worse in Japan.
[00:19:51] Speaker B: It's longer, too. It's like, all year.
[00:19:54] Speaker A: Yeah. Hong Kong is. Hong Kong's a whole other ballgame when it comes to that kind of stuff. But anyway, I digress.
How should we start this? Should we start with, like, gear, clothing, that kind of stuff?
[00:20:06] Speaker B: Let's do gear and clothing. Heck, yeah. Get your sunglasses, get your t shirts. Let's get started.
[00:20:13] Speaker A: So one thing that I always have, I forgot to put in the list here, but I always have the air rism undershirts.
[00:20:19] Speaker B: Mm hmm.
[00:20:20] Speaker A: I always, like, I swear by those. Now, I know they say the air isms come from uni glow, so I think they have air isms in the US. Uni glows. I'm not 100% sure I would imagine.
[00:20:37] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:20:37] Speaker A: I've never been to a uni glow in the US, so I don't really know. But they're the thin undershirts, and they come in different colors and different, like, there's a v neck one, and there's a normal, like, the normal crew neck one.
It says it's supposed to keep you cool. It kind of does, but for the most part, it's mostly to catch your sweat so you don't look like a drowned rat, because I know a lot of people ask me when they see me or they see photos of me in the summer. How do you not look like you're a puddle of sweat? I'm like, no, I am. Trust me, I am. But I'm usually wearing an undershirt, and that usually helps because that catches all the sweat. And then the, like, your. Your outer shirt doesn't get as bad.
So that's. That's the one thing that I typically do.
[00:21:31] Speaker B: And, you know, I don't know if you know this, but, like, it's kind of weird. At eon, they have, like, a fake version of the airism. I think it's slightly cheaper. I don't know what the difference is between the two. I've never tried it. So if you're looking for a value version in your. A tourist in town, you could check out eon in their clothing department and let us know how that works out. I'm not sure, but it seems like it's about the same thing. So eon actually does really good products.
[00:22:04] Speaker A: Yeah. I love those undershirts. I swear. I swear by them.
[00:22:07] Speaker B: Yeah. My husband has, like. And I don't even know why he has so many, because we do the laundry every day, but he has, like, a stack in the. In his little closet. So I'm like, darling, why do you need, you know, this many shirts? I guess on business trips and stuff.
[00:22:23] Speaker A: But, yeah, I have. I think I have five, five or six.
[00:22:27] Speaker B: They're very good.
[00:22:29] Speaker A: Yeah.
I guess a good trick with that is because I have different colored ones, I have white ones, and I also have, like, light brown ones. If you have a light colored shirt, if you wear a white one underneath it, you can kind of see it, of course, because the, you know, the white is very bright. So if you want to avoid that, get the light brown version, because then it kind of closely matches your skin tone.
[00:22:58] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:22:59] Speaker A: So then if you're wearing, like a, like a white t shirt or something, it's not going to be as obvious or, like, you won't see the lines that you're wearing an undershirt. So that's the one trick that I do. So if I'm wearing a very light shirt, I'll wear the light brown colored undershirt. And then that way it looks like I'm not wearing an undershirt, but in fact, I am.
[00:23:19] Speaker B: I agree. I do that with the girls tank. Little undertank that they sell. That's the airism. It's fantastic. You can't go wrong with it. And, yeah, that skin tone one is really, really nice. My husband in particular, particular because he uses it for work, only has white. It's a very nice material, like, and it's changed, hasn't it, recently, the new material this year, I think so it's like, thinner, very thin.
[00:23:43] Speaker A: Yeah.
They're always changing it.
[00:23:46] Speaker B: Oh, for sure. And they're constantly improving it. So go out and check it out. And it's a good souvenir in any case, you know?
[00:23:53] Speaker A: Yeah. It's definitely worth investing in. Trust me. Especially if you're someone who sweats a lot of. It'll help you not, you know, because, you know, if you're wearing, like, a gray shirt, you're gonna see the sweat.
[00:24:07] Speaker B: No. Gross.
[00:24:08] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:24:08] Speaker B: And you don't want that. Right. That's not a good look.
[00:24:12] Speaker A: So get an undershirt. I know, like, a lot of people might think, oh, that's counter intuitive. You're wearing more layers.
If it's an undershirt like that, it's kind of nice.
[00:24:21] Speaker B: And also, too, it protects your clothes, which are important.
[00:24:25] Speaker A: Yeah. Protects your clothes and also gives. It gives kind of a cooling effect, like kind of more on your lower back, like if. Because that's where most people sweat. Right.
[00:24:33] Speaker B: Right.
[00:24:33] Speaker A: If there's, like, a nice breeze and it's wet on your lower back, it kind of feels nice and cool, which is really weird, but, yeah, it feels. It feels nice.
Yeah. Anyway, we've talked way too long about.
[00:24:47] Speaker B: The undershirts because they're so good. Okay, we're not going to talk about undershirts anymore. Okay. What else we got? We've got. That's close. So that's shirts. Um, for the rest of the clothes, shorts, skirts, you know, whatever's comfortable.
[00:25:02] Speaker A: Right.
[00:25:03] Speaker B: And do remember that even though. So. Okay, there should be one point that we talk about. So we talk about whatever's comfortable. But do keep in mind that people do dress up a bit more at the parks here and they show a bit less. Sorry, they show.
They show less skin here, so you don't want to go too casual. I know it's summer, and I know you don't want to wear too many clothes because it's really, really hot. But people do tend to cover up more. So keep that in mind. It's just like a cultural thing. And people do dress up a little bit more here. So you don't want to go too bummy looking at the parks or in the city.
Right.
[00:25:49] Speaker A: Yeah. Like a tank. Like a tank top and, like, really short shorts. Most people won't wear that.
[00:25:55] Speaker B: And it depends on the kind of tank top, like the kind of fashion that you're wearing.
[00:25:59] Speaker A: So, yeah, I guess I'm thinking of, like, you know, ones you would wear at home.
[00:26:03] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. This is more like, if it's like a nice, like a really nice tank top, then it's okay. But you don't want to go like, too, you know, like bummy.
[00:26:12] Speaker A: It's true.
Cooling towels.
[00:26:18] Speaker B: Yeah, I live by them.
[00:26:19] Speaker A: I live. I love them. They're so good. You can get these at the, like, daiso, and you can also buy them off of Amazon, too. I think there's one called chili frog.
[00:26:31] Speaker B: Yes. Yeah, something like that.
[00:26:34] Speaker A: Yeah, same. Same thing. Exact same thing.
[00:26:38] Speaker B: They sell these in the states as well, so you can find them in your home country. So you can come and already have them prepared so that way you don't have to go searching for them when you get here.
[00:26:47] Speaker A: Yeah, those are so nice. Especially just like, get it wet and then, you know, put on your forehead or around your neck or something. I just. It just feels really nice.
And then there's the instant cooling packs that we have.
[00:27:03] Speaker B: Those are a lifesaver. So not only are they helpful to cool down, but if there's an emergency, they are very, very useful to have on you because there is a high danger of heat stroke in the summer. So those heat, those little ice packs that you crack and they provide an instant coldness. Really, really important.
[00:27:24] Speaker A: Yeah. And you can get those, too, at Daiso and other places. And they also have them in the convenience stores and stuff, too.
[00:27:31] Speaker B: Absolutely. And I think they have them in the parks now.
[00:27:34] Speaker A: I think so, yeah. I think I've seen them around. They're a little bit more expensive, but if you're in a bind, get one.
Hooded towels.
[00:27:44] Speaker B: Yes. I feel like all the towels you.
In Japan in the summer, whether you're in the parks or out of the parks, you will have a million towels on you of various sizes. And in the parks, the hooded towels serve two functions. They protect you from the sun and they look cute, right?
[00:28:01] Speaker A: Very cute. And also they'll help protect you from the water shows.
[00:28:05] Speaker B: You can dry off with them, but make sure to cover them up before the water show and. And then take them out so that they're not already wet, but. Yeah, absolutely.
[00:28:16] Speaker A: And, of course, sunscreen. Gotta have that. Kind of have that sunscreen. That's it kind of goes without saying, but it's worth mentioning.
[00:28:23] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:28:24] Speaker A: Always have sunscreen. And a little fan, perhaps you can. A lot of people will buy, like, the little motorized ones.
[00:28:33] Speaker B: See, like, coming from Orlando. I feel like the fans, once it gets to a certain point of heat, they don't do much except blow around hot air.
[00:28:43] Speaker A: Yeah, I guess it kind of depends on where you are.
[00:28:46] Speaker B: Yeah. If you're in a shady area, they tend to work a little bit better. It's just. It's just so humid here because my son, every year, he wants these things, and I'm like, fine. And then I'm like, let me try it. And then I'm like, no, if it's the one with the water, it's better.
And you can put, like, ice in the. In the little water shooter, the mister. Yeah, yeah, that tends to work a bit nicer.
Yeah. And keep applying sunscreen. Don't just apply it one time, keep applying it because you will get sun anyway. Like, we keep applying and we still end up tan at the end of the day just because there's so much concrete in Tokyo and in the parks and that sun is reflecting at you from various different angles. So watch out with that.
[00:29:33] Speaker A: Yeah, that's a very good point.
There's the cooling wipes. The menthol cooling wipes.
Yeah, those are nice.
[00:29:45] Speaker B: I feel like men also, in particular, love these. My husband always has a massive pack in his bag. Yeah, I'm okay. So I find, like, the men's scent tends to be so strong on these cooling pads.
[00:29:59] Speaker A: Yeah, that's true. They're very. They're very potent.
[00:30:02] Speaker B: Yeah, very potent.
[00:30:07] Speaker A: I like to use them, like, midday just to kind of, like, cool down a little bit. It feels really nice, especially if there's a breeze. It feels really nice.
But then there's also. You can just get, like, body wipes, like, ones that don't have the cooling effect. If you want to just wipe yourself down. Sometimes it's just nice just to, like, if you can't get to the washroom to wash your face or something, just have a body wipe just to kind of wipe your face down. Just makes you feel human.
[00:30:37] Speaker B: That cooling effect feels really good, though.
[00:30:40] Speaker A: It does.
[00:30:42] Speaker B: And if you like the Disney characters, you can find, of course, not just in the parks, at the convenience stores there, but also outside of the parks. Often, whether it's eon or the supermarket or other convenience stores, they'll have, like, Disney character versions of these cooling wipes, which are really, really cute.
[00:31:03] Speaker A: I think some of the body wipes that are more geared towards women, they have, like, a light, like, powdered scent to them or something.
[00:31:14] Speaker B: Not just the scent, but they also have, like, a light powder. So your skin is a little powdered, so it's less, like, glistening, you know?
[00:31:22] Speaker A: Yeah, I guess it gives, like, a matte effect.
[00:31:24] Speaker B: Exactly, yeah.
[00:31:26] Speaker A: Hmm. Maybe I should get that.
[00:31:28] Speaker B: Maybe. Yeah. But I feel like for. I don't know. I don't know about you. My husband finds that, like, really, really freezing effect of the men's wipes really satisfying. So I don't know if you like that freezing effect. I feel like you'll get that more from the guys wipes.
[00:31:45] Speaker A: Mmm, fair enough.
[00:31:46] Speaker B: The girls ones are a little, like, more subtle, so you'd miss out. You miss. So I'll borrow his sometimes just for that freezing, like, that chill it gives you, but just the smell is so strong.
But, yeah, that powder is nice. You should double up so you could do both.
Yeah, that's my recommendation.
[00:32:05] Speaker A: Alternate between the two.
[00:32:06] Speaker B: Heck yeah.
[00:32:10] Speaker A: Another thing is a waterproof bag of some sort or waterproof gear. And this is only really for in the parks if you're watching the water shows. Like the summer water shows. Yes, because depending on where you're standing, you're gonna get wet or soaked, so you're gonna want to protect your stuff.
[00:32:30] Speaker B: And you're gonna want various sizes, so you want to make sure to cover your bags completely, any camera equipment you have, and, you know, your sightseeing. So of course you're gonna have phones and camera equipment and all that stuff. Wi fi and everything.
You. I would pick up some garbage bags from the supermarket. It sounds kind of weird, but they're a good size. They'll cover up everything that you have and mini ziplocs and all that good stuff. Different sizes is the key.
[00:32:58] Speaker A: Yeah. And the parks will also sell their own, like, big plastic bags. Of course, they're expensive, but if you want something that looks cute, there's also that as an option.
[00:33:10] Speaker B: I feel like you want to throw those bags at, like, you after the show. You just want to just, like, toss it because it's so soaked. But, yeah, the Disney version is super, super cute.
[00:33:20] Speaker A: Yeah. And they're. They're pretty durable, too.
[00:33:23] Speaker B: Yeah, they're okay. They're pretty good.
[00:33:25] Speaker A: Yeah, they're not. They're not super durable, but they're. They're better than, like, a grocery bag, I guess.
[00:33:31] Speaker B: And if you forget, you can always ask the store staff and they'll give you a bag, like a shopping bag, so you don't really have to buy the bag. So you could put your stuff inside.
[00:33:40] Speaker A: Yeah. If you have, like, a small, like, you know, some things you just need to get into a plastic bag. That's fine. Yeah.
[00:33:48] Speaker B: What about. So people visiting from other parts of Asia will probably be familiar with this. In the west, I find. Not so much parasols.
[00:33:57] Speaker A: Yeah. Westerners don't really use them.
[00:34:00] Speaker B: Not so much, right.
[00:34:01] Speaker A: Yeah. Not to my knowledge, anyway. I've never really. I've never really seen it. People don't do it.
[00:34:06] Speaker B: No. And it's. The thing is, if you're waiting for, like, the water show, it's kind of nice to have on you because, like I said, you do have that sun coming at you from so many different angles. Even with sunscreen, it is very, very easy to burn. And what's cool about a lot of the parasols they sell here, it doesn't, like, like we say several times, the ones in the park are so, so cute and such a good design. They are very, very pricey because they do have uv protection, and they also double as waterproof, like, for umbrellas if it's raining sometimes. So I. The one they have. Have you seen the, the one with the photo collaboration? They got it back, and it's like, like almost like $50, I would say.
[00:34:54] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, yeah, I did see that.
[00:34:55] Speaker B: Yeah. It's really, really cute. I'm considering it and I'm thinking about it. It looks really good. But then there's another one in the park, which also looks really cute. So I'm trying to decide if you don't want to go the Disney style. You can go to a store like plaza or any department store, Mitsukoshi, or anywhere. Any. Any place where they sell accessories for women, and they will have these parasols. So it's not something that's only at the parks. It's sold all over the country and at various prices. So you can find them ranging from ¥2000 to a good penny more in the hundreds. So about $20 to, like, the hundreds of dollars, depending on the brand and the fashion. And some of them are very, very cool. So make a fashion statement when you go home, if you're going back to the west, and protect your skin.
[00:35:48] Speaker A: Let's talk about some of the food.
[00:35:49] Speaker B: There's so much food. Okay, so I have to go on a diet again. But there's so much food because it's summertime, right? And summertime food in Japan, it's a time to go outside at night, right. And enjoy the atmosphere of festivals and of community events and kind of, like, stay. Staying out of the daytime sun and coming out at night and enjoying, like, a nice atmosphere, whether it's drinking beer with your friends or having, like, some kind of, like, outdoor communal dining. So, yeah. What's your favorite summer food?
In the parks and outside?
[00:36:25] Speaker A: It's definitely the shaved ice.
[00:36:27] Speaker B: Yes. It's all about that cooling down.
[00:36:30] Speaker A: Yeah. Kakigori is so good. Shaved ice.
[00:36:34] Speaker B: It really is.
[00:36:35] Speaker A: You can get it in the parks, and also outside the parks, you can get. It's a. It's an everywhere snack, and, you know.
[00:36:43] Speaker B: Okay, so this is kind of, like, funny because I'm kind of playing the tourist role this month. You can actually get your own shaved ice maker at the department store. And they have, like, the japanese traditional designs. They have, like, both electric, which will give you that really fine ice, and also the hand crank. And it makes a good souvenir if you have some room in your luggage. I'm bringing some back from my family, like, the old fashioned design because it looks kind of cool.
So you can make it back at home. But in the parks, they're Disney style. Super cute. You can get it with ice cream. You can get it with fresh fruits if you go into the city.
There are shaved ice places, not just from Japan, but different places in Asia, whether it's kind of like the korean version or the taiwanese version is very hot right now, and they look amazing.
My favorite place is Himitsudo in Nippori, and it's a little tiny shop, but it is so, so good. And the flavors are always changing, and it's, like, homemade.
[00:37:48] Speaker A: Oh, nice.
I like the ice monster. Ice monster in Harajuku, yes. Yeah. Or no? It's. Well, it's in harajuku, kind of. It's on the Omotesando street, which is right beside Herochuku.
[00:38:06] Speaker B: It bleeds into each other.
[00:38:07] Speaker A: Yeah, they're kind of in, they're kind of the same area.
[00:38:11] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:38:11] Speaker A: Like, literally side by side.
But in the park, my favorite is the matcha.
[00:38:18] Speaker B: Oh, it's so good. Yeah.
[00:38:19] Speaker A: Shaved ice. That's the one that has the green alien mochi on top.
[00:38:23] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:38:23] Speaker A: And the sweet red bean and matcha jello or jelly and condensed milk is so good.
[00:38:33] Speaker B: Anytime that they add condensed milk, it kind of, like, ups the game for shaved ice.
[00:38:38] Speaker A: Yeah, that's so true.
[00:38:41] Speaker B: What's your favorite ice monster flavor?
[00:38:46] Speaker A: I just, I love matcha so much. I don't know why.
[00:38:50] Speaker B: Cause, you know, it's a nice, like, it's a nice soft flavor for summer, and I feel like summertime. You don't want to often go too intense, right?
[00:38:58] Speaker A: Yeah, that's true.
Oh, this, this one kind of makes everyone, like, throws people off a little bit. The. The frozen bottle drinks that you can buy in the convenience stores.
[00:39:14] Speaker B: Yes. My go to every year.
[00:39:17] Speaker A: Yeah. So you can essentially buy a frozen, like, a frozen drink. It's usually, like, one of the sports drinks, like kelpis or picari sweat or something, or green tea. And it's just a block of ice, which is perfect. Like, obviously, you can't drink it right away, but it helps keep everything nice and cool. And then once it finally melts a little bit, then you got a drink.
[00:39:43] Speaker B: A nice cold drink, and it will melt fairly quickly once we're at peak summer. So don't worry about getting this block of ice in your bag. It will melt very quickly.
[00:39:55] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:39:56] Speaker B: And they do sell them at the park, at the hotel convenience stores now.
[00:40:00] Speaker A: Oh, they do? Good.
[00:40:01] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:40:04] Speaker A: I always love buying them. Just, like, holding onto it.
[00:40:08] Speaker B: I make it at home, I'll get, like, a big sports bottle. And what I do is, like, I fill it half with water, and then I freeze it on its side overnight. And then I fill it with the other half with regular water and so I can drink some. Yeah. And then let the other melt.
[00:40:25] Speaker A: Oh, that's a good idea.
[00:40:26] Speaker B: Right?
[00:40:27] Speaker A: I like that.
[00:40:28] Speaker B: Mom hacks.
[00:40:32] Speaker A: And then there's cold food, like udon. Cold udon, yes.
[00:40:37] Speaker B: I love it called udon. And zaru soba. The. The chilled soba noodles are so good.
[00:40:44] Speaker A: Yeah. That's nice.
There's always. There's so much different types of food you can eat in the summer, and.
[00:40:52] Speaker B: I love festival food.
Any festival food, you know, whether it's like, the chicken on a stick, the yakitori, or the. My son is okay, so I don't know about you, Chris, in Japan, the mochi mochi potatoes.
[00:41:10] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:41:11] Speaker B: He's obsessed with that. The kids love that. It's like these long french fries.
[00:41:16] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:41:17] Speaker B: And they're chewy.
And the kids.
[00:41:20] Speaker A: Yeah, they're kind of chewy on the inside.
[00:41:21] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. It's really hot at the festivals, like, for the past couple of years, and they. Real kids freaking love it.
[00:41:28] Speaker A: Yeah. They're just. Yeah. They're so good, though.
[00:41:31] Speaker B: I feel like it's a matter of time before we see the TDR version, which I think it's. I'm surprised that we haven't seen it yet.
[00:41:38] Speaker A: Yeah. They usually kind of latch on to fest, like, japanese festival foods and make their own.
[00:41:43] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:41:44] Speaker A: Make it their own in the park. Yeah. Maybe next year.
[00:41:47] Speaker B: I feel like we'll see it and things like takoyaki, the octopus in, like, batter the balls. Yeah.
[00:41:56] Speaker A: Yeah.
Very clever.
[00:41:59] Speaker B: And you'll see all this food referenced in the TDR summer festival goods, which is kind of cool, you know?
[00:42:06] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:42:08] Speaker B: With chip and Dale enjoying it.
[00:42:13] Speaker A: Another way to stay cool is, of course, buildings will have ac and trains will have ac.
[00:42:20] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:42:21] Speaker A: For the trains. So most of them are gonna have, like, they're gonna blast the ac. So it's gonna be. It might be a little too jarring for people, but there are certain cars on, like, the metro and the trains that have a lighter ac.
[00:42:38] Speaker B: Yes. It's so interesting.
[00:42:41] Speaker A: So without, like, a lot of. It's not going to be in English, but if you just look for a light blue, like, light blue text above the door, like, they're. They're. They're always denoted with a sticker.
And the sticker says, like. Like, light air conditioning is what it says. So if you don't, like, really intense AC, try and find one of those again. It's just like, a light. Like a. It's a white label with. With light blue writing on it.
[00:43:09] Speaker B: Mm hmm.
[00:43:11] Speaker A: Of course, like, there's no point in saying or telling. There's no point in me telling you how to say it because it's all in kanji, so most people aren't gonna be able to read it anyway.
[00:43:20] Speaker B: You won't have time to read it. Like, to, like, find it and get on. But if you look for that little symbol, that blue symbol, you should be able to find it.
[00:43:27] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:43:31] Speaker B: So I think it's kind of interesting because compared to, like, Hong Kong or Florida, the AC here, it tends to be, except on the train and the buses for some reason, but in buildings, tends to be a little bit more toned down in general.
[00:43:47] Speaker A: Yes, I've noticed that.
[00:43:49] Speaker B: Because, like, Florida and Hong Kong, you need a separate jacket even if you're dying outside, because once you go in the building, it's like an icebox. Right?
[00:43:59] Speaker A: Yeah, it's almost. It's almost uncomfortable.
[00:44:01] Speaker B: Uh huh. Yeah, it does. It does get to that point.
But it's always good to carry, just in case, a light jacket, you know, like, for when you get on transportation and things like that. And sometimes in the building, the buildings here, it's not as crazy as other, other Disney parks and hot climates.
[00:44:22] Speaker A: Yeah, that's true.
If you're out and about, like, if you're in Tokyo or other major places in Japan, a lot of places will have underground walkways.
[00:44:36] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah.
[00:44:37] Speaker A: Which is really nice. Most underground walkways are nice. Some of them are.
They feel like you're walking in a, like. Like someone's blowing a hairdryer on your face. But for the most part, a lot of these underground walkways are pretty nice. Like, they probably won't be air conditioned, but it'd be cooler than being up in the elements.
[00:45:00] Speaker B: Yeah. In that direct sun. Absolutely. And a bit safer. Right?
[00:45:04] Speaker A: Yeah. So place like Shinjuku, Ginza, Tokyo area, and, like, most of the major places will have underground walkways. You can kind of walk between buildings or between train stations and stuff, all underground.
Just be mindful. You might get lost.
[00:45:21] Speaker B: Yeah. And your gps won't work as well underground sometimes, so be aware of that.
[00:45:28] Speaker A: Follow the signs. Yeah, follow the signs. But it's good being out of the elements, so it's nice.
Take lots of breaks.
[00:45:40] Speaker B: Yeah, it's very important, I would say, avoid the midday heat completely if you can. Yeah.
[00:45:48] Speaker A: Go, like, go back to the hotel if it's nearby, or get yourself in a restaurant or a cafe or something like that and just chill out.
[00:45:59] Speaker B: Have some of that shaved ice.
[00:46:02] Speaker A: Exactly. Sit back, relax, let the. Let the sun start calming down a little bit, and then head back out after that.
[00:46:10] Speaker B: And we used to do the same when we were kids. We would have, like, a pool break in the middle of the day, you know, pool break and nap time, and then go back into the parks and hit the parks again. So if you're staying at, like, any of the hotels along the monorail line or the Disney resort hotels, they all have really nice pools, especially Sheraton. Sheraton has, like, a really, really nice pool, which looks very cool. Miracosta has a really lovely indoor and outdoor pool. So. Yeah, check that out.
[00:46:44] Speaker A: I think I kind of mentioned this already, but the water shows at the parks.
[00:46:49] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:46:51] Speaker A: Watch those. And that's a good way to cool down and get completely drenched.
[00:46:55] Speaker B: Yeah. And use the kids area. If you have little ones, it will be a lifesaver. You don't have to wait as long and much, much safer. So again, put safety first. And if you do have kids, or if you're a kid at heart, Chris, do you sometimes run through the fountain at the american waterfront park?
[00:47:15] Speaker A: No.
[00:47:15] Speaker B: What? Lawyer. Yes, you do. You don't. Okay. Do it this year. It's fun.
[00:47:21] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:47:22] Speaker B: Don't run. Walk briskly through.
[00:47:25] Speaker A: Yeah. Otherwise you may slip.
[00:47:27] Speaker B: Yeah, you'll slip. Don't slip. Don't. Don't hurt yourself.
[00:47:29] Speaker A: Don't want to do that.
[00:47:31] Speaker B: It's always fun to see, like, adults running through it, like, you know, and it's going on all day and sometimes you need it because the heat gets so, so oppressive sometimes. And it's. You don't have to wait for anything to start to do that. It's going all day and really easy. Quick way to cool down.
And at Disneyland, they have the misting areas, right?
[00:47:58] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They have, like, little misting.
Misting things everywhere, which is nice. Yeah.
Oh, we forgot to mention, like, all the different ice cream and stuff, too, at the park.
[00:48:11] Speaker B: What? How did we not mention that?
[00:48:13] Speaker A: I don't know. But, yeah, like, the Mickey mini ice bars are really good.
Soft serve kind of melts too quickly.
[00:48:23] Speaker B: Man. Soft serve goes really fast.
[00:48:26] Speaker A: Yeah. So, like, it's good to keep cool, but you're gonna have to eat that thing really quick. Otherwise you're gonna have it all over your hand.
[00:48:34] Speaker B: Yeah. I feel like I want a cup whenever I get ice cream.
[00:48:38] Speaker A: Yeah, try and get a cup if you're doing that. Don't get a cone. Get a cup if you can.
The ice bars do melt pretty quickly, but not as quick as ice cream.
[00:48:48] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:48:49] Speaker A: You still have to eat them pretty quickly, but, yeah, they're good.
[00:48:55] Speaker B: And gelato. Gelato has a slower melt time.
[00:49:01] Speaker A: Oh, that's true.
Oh, speaking of slower melt time, there's an ice cream place in Harajuku.
[00:49:08] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:49:08] Speaker A: That has non melting ice cream.
[00:49:11] Speaker B: Kanazawa ice.
[00:49:12] Speaker A: Kanazawa ice? Yeah.
[00:49:14] Speaker B: That is so cool. Yes. I've been telling my son, you know, my son is one of the rare people who does not freaking like ice cream.
[00:49:21] Speaker A: Weird.
[00:49:22] Speaker B: I know. So I'm like, let's go try Kanazawa ice. It doesn't melt. Cause he loves popsicles. I'm like, it's like a popsicle. He's like, no, mommy, I don't eat ice cream. And I'm like, shut. Oh, boy.
[00:49:35] Speaker A: But are you sure you're my kid.
[00:49:36] Speaker B: I know. Did you try it? How do you like it?
[00:49:39] Speaker A: Yes, it was good. It tastes like ice cream and it doesn't melt.
Up to 40 degrees celsius. It won't melt.
[00:49:48] Speaker B: That's insane. I feel like I don't know what.
[00:49:50] Speaker A: They have in it.
[00:49:51] Speaker B: Right? It was a university that developed it, I think.
[00:49:55] Speaker A: I don't know. Yeah. I don't know the story behind it.
[00:49:58] Speaker B: That is so freaking cool. And I feel like in that area, the Harajuku motesando area, there's so many, like, hot ice cream places to try. So whether you go to Eddie's ice cream, which is, like, super deco ice cream, it's very expensive, but it's, like, really decorated and nice for Instagram or that Thailand, the rolled ice cream is there. They have, like, a gazillion different types of ice cream in Harajuku motesando right now. Rainbow soft serve in different flavors.
Tons and tons of stuff, so.
And it's tourist land, so it's perfect.
[00:50:34] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly.
So I think. Yeah, I think we went over pretty much everything for that.
[00:50:40] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:50:41] Speaker A: That's good.
Well, let's get to our listener question.
[00:50:46] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:50:49] Speaker A: A lot of people were asking this. So where's the green alien emoji now?
[00:50:53] Speaker B: Man, I have no idea.
[00:50:56] Speaker A: It's in front of the SS Columbia.
[00:50:57] Speaker B: Now, where was it before? It was in the.
[00:51:01] Speaker A: It was in the american waterfront, but it was, like, near the hot dog stand, wasn't it?
[00:51:05] Speaker B: By Toy Story land?
[00:51:06] Speaker A: No, it was. Then it moved. Then it moved again.
[00:51:09] Speaker B: Why? Why is it moving so much?
[00:51:13] Speaker A: I don't know. I really don't. But last, I guess, I checked last week, and it was in front of the SS Columbia.
[00:51:21] Speaker B: What?
[00:51:22] Speaker A: So kind of, you know, right in front of barnacle bills, that kind of. That, you know, walkway.
[00:51:28] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:51:29] Speaker A: That turns into the bridge.
[00:51:31] Speaker B: It was right there. All right.
[00:51:33] Speaker A: And they only have so many. So once they sell out for the day, they're done.
[00:51:37] Speaker B: What's up with that? When did that start?
[00:51:40] Speaker A: It's been going for a few months now. So I don't know if they're getting rid of it slowly.
[00:51:44] Speaker B: Maybe they should make an ice cream version.
[00:51:48] Speaker A: Like, we've had that stuff for a long time, so I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to get rid of it.
[00:51:53] Speaker B: Have you ever had like yukimi daifuku ice cream?
[00:51:57] Speaker A: No.
[00:51:58] Speaker B: They should make a yukimi daifuku version of the, instead of the, the mochi having cream inside. It should have ice cream inside.
[00:52:06] Speaker A: Ooh, they could do that. Yeah, that'd be fun.
[00:52:11] Speaker B: I'm surprised they haven't done it yet.
[00:52:13] Speaker A: Yeah.
Well, hopefully someone's listening. They can do that.
And then for our park tip, for a lot of the gear that we talked about, you can find a lot of it at Daiso or other ¥100 shops in Japan.
And there is a daiso at the Shin Ureyasu station. The mall?
[00:52:36] Speaker B: Yes. It's in eon.
[00:52:40] Speaker A: Eon. Yeah.
[00:52:42] Speaker B: There's also sedia too, seria.
[00:52:45] Speaker A: So that's like a higher end ¥100 shop.
[00:52:48] Speaker B: They're both ¥100.
[00:52:50] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. I was doing like air quotes, the higher end.
So yeah, that's a good way to save money on that kind of stuff because a lot, a lot of the stuff you probably won't use back home, depending on where you're from.
[00:53:04] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:53:05] Speaker A: So there's almost no point in spending the extra money.
[00:53:08] Speaker B: And you can toss it before you go home so it doesn't take up luggage room.
[00:53:11] Speaker A: Yeah. Like if you want to get like body wipes or cooling packs or a.
[00:53:16] Speaker B: Little cooling towel, like misting bottles and stuff like that.
[00:53:19] Speaker A: Yeah. So you won't feel bad just like leaving it behind after you're done with it because you know, you only paid a dollar for it. So do that to save yourself some money.
All right, so that's, that's the show we have. We have to say thank you to some of our Patreon subscribers. Alright, so big thank you to acros, Disney girl, Alex, Angela, mama, explorer, Benjamin, Bryson, Carl, Carrie, Claire, Claudia, Darren, Dave, David, Disney it girl, and Hollye.
[00:53:58] Speaker B: Okay. And a very, very big thank you to JP and Jane. Thank you to Jess and Kathy. Thank you Lee and Leanne. Thank you Marie, Sarah and Sophie. Thank you Thomas and Timothy. Like Timothy Mouse. Thank you Tracy and Murray. Thank you Tomoko. And thank you Jessica.
[00:54:18] Speaker A: We can't do it without you, seriously. So thank you. Thank you so much for that.
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[00:55:10] Speaker B: Hey, guys, you can find me looking for a cocktail in the city because for me, that's the best way to escape the heat. And you can find me on Instagram and on Twitter, dreamslee love. And hopefully in the parks. But it's so hot. I'll be there at nighttime. So see you guys and keep exploring and have a great vacation.
