Fairy Tales and Financial Fails: A Disney World Recap

In this episode, we dive into the magic and mischief of a family trip to Disney World, filled with laughter, unexpected adventures, and a touch of nostalgia. Join us as we recount our favorite moments from meeting beloved characters to conquering thrilling rides, illustrating why Disney remains the happiest place on Earth. 

But amidst the fun, we tackle a thought-provoking theme: the disparity between our monetary generosity and our willingness to truly support those in need. We humorously explore why, as a society, we often hesitate to lend a helping hand even when we have the means to change someone's life. Through anecdotes and comedic musings, we reflect on the heartwarming—and sometimes absurd—nature of human behavior, reminding us that a little kindness can go a long way. Tune in for a mix of hilarity and insight as we bridge the gap between fantasy and reality!

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Welcome to Gotta Get Said. Here's your host, Matt Cuco. What's happening, guys, and welcome to another episode of Gotta Get Said on this Monday, April the 13th, 2026. How's everyone doing? I haven't seen you guys in what, 10, 11 days? How is everyone's spring break? I'm gonna call it spring break. I was on spring break, I'm gonna call it, because I like all these podcasts and I listen to all these radio shows, and everyone was off last week. And I was like, oh well. And they all called it spring break. So I'm gonna do the same. So how was your guys' spring break? How was it? I was down in Florida in Disney World, as you know. We'll touch that in a sec. But how were you guys doing? Uh, was everything good? Was everyone happy? Everyone have some fun? Were you around good weather? Were you around family and friends? Or did you just work and nothing changed and you weren't on a break at all? Fair. Fair point either way. Fair point either way. But as you guys know, I was in Disney last week. I made that very clear last episode that I was in exotic Disney World. Okay, who wants to hear my who wants to hear my two cents about Disney? Who wants to hear my my reviews? Who wants to hear my reviews about Disney? Well, I'll give you guys a little recap. Very minor. Call it a 10-minute recap or so about Disney. So day of we're flying out, and there our plane was on a four and a half hour delay. Yeah. With with two kids under three. So that was fun. We get to the airport. We get our I think our flight was at one. We get to the airport at like 11:30. You know, domestic flight. Very small, small airport. Oh, you know, we're ready to go. We're excited. We're ready to go. We're packed. We get there, we see a delay. I was like, ugh, you know, that's unfortunate. We're checking the delay. We're like, oh hey, you know, we got the kids. Thankfully, this little airport. Shout out to Allentown, Pennsylvania Airport. Thankfully, this little airport had like an indoor playground for the kids. Very minor, but just enough. Just enough to help us through what we were dealing with. So, you know, we're at the playground, we're checking our phones. We see there's a 40-minute delay, you know, checking our phones. Oh, they just extended it, you know, an hour. Okay, you know. Four hours later, man. Oh. It was rough, man. It was a rough time. The kids were doing the best they could, but it was tough. I spent like $150 in the airport. You know, you got you don't expect to be there for so long. You gotta, you gotta eat, you gotta, you know, you gotta entertain. I'm broke before I even get to the trip. But yeah, that's how we started the trip. Four-hour delay in the airport. But you know, we get on the plane. Plane went fairly smooth. It's only a two-hour flight. Uh went fairly smooth. The kids liked it. They weren't like scared. I was definitely the most scared in our party, for sure. I was definitely the most scared in our party. I think I can say that. Flying's scary, man. I'm sorry. Flying's scary. The beginning's scary. Turbulence is scary. The ending's scary. It's just, you know, it's a scary situation. You're just so helpless up there. You have zero control. But this isn't an airplane thing. But whatever. We land, we get our rental car, we have we have to drive an hour, truth be told, from the airport to the Airbnb. We were staying at. So whatever. We get there. It was a good time. The Airbnb was nice, had to pool, the hot tub. Whatever. Great time. That was fun. Disney itself. My take on Disney itself. Um, let's see. I'll get I'll give my honest take. Um, my kids were probably a little too young for Disney. In a you know, hindsight being 2020. They were probably a touch too young. That being said, my my oldest ch little guy, who was three and a half, turning four in June, he had a good time. He did. His older brother was there. He rode the rides. He he enjoyed Disney. My youngest, who was turning two last week, did you know, didn't really give a shit, if I'm being honest. Like, she was, you know, sleeping, eating. She she the ride, she was like, oh, you know, lights, sprites, whistles, bells. Like, you know, she enjoyed it when she was there, I guess. More of like an infatuation rather than an enjoyment. But um she was in, she was definitely too young for Disney. Not that we had a bad time with her, but she didn't care either way. Whereas my four-year-old, you know, he cared a little bit, he cared just enough. Ideally, I think the perfect age for us personally would be like instead of four and two, maybe like seven and five would do the trick. Um, quite frankly, even six and four, if I'm being honest with you. But uh definitely not four and two, but it was still fun, it was still a good time, like they enjoyed themselves. Disney itself, from the outside looking in as an adult. Um, some pros of Disney. I'm just I'm not gonna shit. I'm gonna be dead honest. Like, some pros I found with Disney as a big guy who can't ride 99.9% of rides. Disney's very big guy friendly with rides. Every child ride that my kids went on, Buzz Lightyear, um, uh Toy Story, Peter Pan, it's a small world, um, Winnie the Pooh, uh stuff you know, like uh, you know, everything these kids rode in three different parks, I fit with them, no problem. And as a big person, that's pretty cool because I'm not used to that. I'm used to being on the outside looking in, not like it's a boo-hoo me moment, but I'm just programmed to not even remotely try to ride the rides. I don't even like ask. But with Disney, I was able to ride every kid ride they offered. And that's awesome because that's why you're there. Family experience, moments, photos, what have you. So that was fun. I was able to ride the rides, that was positive. Um, am I trying to think? What else? I I mean, honestly, that's like from the outside looking like very kid friendly. Obviously, the whole place is really designed for children, which is great. Uh, that's all good. You know, I'm all good with that. Um, you know, I couldn't help but like being on the outside looking in, like sitting on a bench while my daughter was sleeping in the car seat, uh, the stroller, so I had to watch her. So I would be like sitting on the bench, and I would I just like watched the people. And I'm never I it's safe to say I'm never gonna be a Disney person. And that's just okay, you know what I mean? Like I we spoke about it last episode. I'm not gonna like reiterate, but like it is what it is. Like, I'm just never gonna be like that person. Like, I'm watching these like adults, and like these adults are genuinely having the time of their lives, like they're just walking, waiting in line, paying for overpriced bullshit, chicken fingers and french fries that they're spicing up and calling it like bud nuggets and slinky buds, like you know what I mean? Like, like you're basically it's all bullshit, but like, you know, whatever. And like I'm watching these people like just uh invested, man. Like totally invested. Like I'll give you an example, like like, you know, like Mickey Mount, the characters, you know, they kind of walk around, but not really. They really go to like a designed spot, a designated spot, and there's a line formed, and then you take photos with those with those characters. So I was while I was sitting there in Ebcop in uh where was I? Mexico. My daughter was sleeping, I was sitting on the bench, and Donald Duck lined up right in front, like not right in front of me, but like right across the way, like 50 feet in front of me. And the line starts forming to take photos with Donald. And I'm watching the line, and I'm watching the people take photos, and they got matching book bags, and uh one thing I noticed is I guess a lot of people at like a certain age, they had there's like an autograph book, and you're like, I guess your objective is to get as many autographs from these characters as you can. So a lot of people in line were in line with their autograph books, and Donald Duck would sign their book, and that oh, I have Donald's autograph, and like you know, a lot of the people in line that were doing the autographs were like older, like I would say like nine to fifteen was like that like little realm. And I'm like, okay, you know, fine. Like, was I doing that at 15? No, but I don't even have a problem with you getting an autograph. The there were my point to this is there were a lot of adults in line as well with autograph books, and I'm just never gonna be that guy, man. And I'm not gonna shit on you, but I'm never gonna be a 30-something-year-old man standing in line without any children in it, going to take a photo with a character, and then having the character sign me uh their signature in a book of other signatures of characters. I'm just never gonna be that guy. I'm never gonna be on board, it's never gonna make sense. You're never gonna sell that to me, and that's okay, that's totally fine. But I was watching that interaction happen, and I literally said to myself, yeah, I'm never gonna be a Disney person. That being said, I'm gonna go back, I'm gonna have a good time, I'm gonna make memories, but like I'm never gonna be a I'm never going to Disney without my children. So, like, and like that, and like like, and I know a lot of people do, a lot of people on this podcast do, and I'm just I'm just never gonna be that. So, like, you know, and that's okay. Like, that's okay, but I just don't get like I don't know. I'm trying not to shit on Disney people because that's their prerogative, and who the fuck am I? You know what I mean? But like, what the fuck are you doing getting an autograph from them? How are you a grown adult and seeking an autograph from Donald Duck? It's not Donald Duck, it's fucking Bobby Boucher who's working the 4-12 shift this Wednesday. He's signing your book. He's signing your book. Listen, if these characters were real and we lived in a world where Mickey Mouse was Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck was Donald Duck and Goofy was Goofy, heck yeah, that's like a LeBron James autograph. I would love that autograph. That makes sense. There'd be memorabilia being sold for this. Like, I would love that. But like the Donald Duck at Ebcot on April 11th at 4 p.m. I don't necessarily need your autograph, you know? I feel like our autograph's the same as your autograph. So, like, I just I'm just never gonna understand. You're just never gonna make it make sense for me. But whatever. So, yeah, I'm never gonna be a Disney person. I was watching these grown women in like just full attire. And like, like I said, like I get it. Like, I I I understand. Like, I'm not shitting on you. I'm really not. I know it sounds like that. It's probably even becoming that as I keep splurging from the mouth. But I don't mean to, but I'm just never gonna be that. Like, I'm never dressing up as Snow White, you know? Not me, literally, but you got my point. I'm never gonna dress it up as Gustan, you know? What's his name? Guston? Gaffan's Gustan? Gustan? Gustan. Is it Gustan? Gustan. I feel like I'm saying it wrong. Gustan. Gustan. What was it was the dick in Beauty and the Burr. Ah, Beauty and the Beast. Dickhead. Gustan. G-U-S-T-O-N or something shit. Gustan. Guston. Whatever. The dick in Beauty of the Beast. I'm never gonna be dressing up as him, you know? Just to like show my support. So, but that's okay. You know, not a big deal, not a problem. Like, who gives a shit, you know? But yeah, no, that's so that's that. Disney in a hole, uh, for the children, I'll give it an eight out of ten. I really will. It's designed for kids, the rides are all interactive, it's cool. Some negatives, uh obviously overpriced, as we all know. Like, I don't even need to say that. The lines are obnoxious, the lines are very long. If you go to Disney and you don't get a hopper pass or don't have like a medical skip the line pass, you're insane. Because, like, like literally, like a teacup ride that you're on there for 30 seconds, quite literally, by the way, 30 seconds, there's like a two-hour wait for that. And like, it's not it's like the worst ride in the park. So, like, the fact if you're going there free balling and you're going there raw dogging Disney and you're just waiting in two and a half hour lines for 30-second rides that aren't even good, that's absurd. That is absurd because the lines are intense, the lines are intense. Um, but yeah, other than that, you know, it's pretty much exactly what I thought it was gonna be. I got nothing good, nothing bad to say about it. Uh, I will say this some takeaway. I was at an Airbnb about a half hour away in um Davenport, Florida, beautiful home, blah blah blah. I will say this, man. The traffic in Florida is appalling. I was like taken aback by how bad the traffic was. What I live in Jersey, which is traffic way worse than Jersey. Way worse than Jersey. Like my GPS sometimes to go to Disney would say like 27 minutes, and then sometimes it would say an hour and 27 minutes. Like the traffic was absurd. Like I would be waiting at a light for like literally 20 minutes because the light went so fast and there was so much traffic. Absolutely absurd. Huge takeaway from Disney was how crazy the traffic was. Truly crazy. But yeah, that's it. That's my Disney take. That's what I did last week. The kids had fun, whatever. Flew home, all good, back at it. Not a problem. But yeah, that was that. That was my Disney recap. I had to give you, I had to give you the Disney recap. I had to do it. It is what it is. So uh it had to happen. Anyways, what else do you guys want to talk about? What else do you want to talk about? I will say this. It's not even funny. Truthfully, it's it's actually sad when you really think about it, but I was just thinking about it the other day. It's so like the way like the humans are the way we are as humans is so funny. It's so fascinating to me. Um in a sense of like, I don't even know how to like set this up because not even like to be like funny or not funny. I genuinely don't know how to set this up. But um, it's just so funny. Like, I was like, I was like thinking the other day, and I was like, man, you know, like for perfect example for me, I'll I'll overshare for you guys, if you will, because I don't give a fuck. I'll gotta get said we're all friends and family here. I'll overshare for you. I was like, man, I really need 10 grand. You know, like 10 grand would truly, like, truly change my life. Like, actually change my life. Like, if I had 10 grand and I I need I I did everything I needed to do with that ten thousand dollars, my life would truly be changed. I would be on a different projecting, I would be on a different path of my life with my family, truly. And I was like, man, and I'm obviously not the only one that says that. Obviously, everyone, like everyone thinks, like, you know, everyone needs a number, you know, everyone's got a number to change their lives. Mine right now is literally probably like 10 grand. And I was thinking, I was like, it's so funny. Like, we as people just walk around in our homes with our family, our friends, just walking in society around each other, and like we can help some of us can help each other. Like, it's like it's just so crazy. Like, per like, I'm the example. Like, I need I $10,000, I believe, would actually change my life, truly change my life. And every single person, pretty much in my life, feasibly has $10,000 to like quote unquote give me, right? And this isn't like a I need like you don't stay on track with this. This isn't a me thing. Put yourself in. Like, I'm just using myself as an example. So I just don't want it to read as make me like boo-hooing over not getting $10,000 because it's not that at all. Use yourself as an example, whatever your number is, use that as an example. Let's say Sally, you know what? I'm actually not gonna use myself because I didn't like the way that worded. Sally needs $10,000. It would change Sally's life. Sally's friends and family all have $10,000. And like we all just like live with each other, and like it just like gets on, like it's just it's I don't know, it's just like fast. I was just thinking about the other day. I was like, man, like even like your dad, like your mom and Sally's mom and dad can easily give Sally $10,000 and change Sally's life, like truly, change your life, your actual life. Like Sally is gonna like buy a house and like have no debt, and like Sally's life is actually gonna change. Like Sally is in such a rut right now, and she's just like walking the streets in this rut, maybe losing it all eventually, Sally. And all Sally needs to like get up is 10 grand. And everyone in Sally's life, people she lives with under the same roof as Sally have $10,000 to change Sally's life. But no one does it. It's just the way the humans work. Sally won't ask. That's a crazy number. Sally's not gonna ask. And they're like, who's gonna no one's gonna offer? That's a crazy. And I'm agreeing with everybody, by the way. I'm on the society side. Like $10,000. We're not just gonna give out 10 grand, of course. That's weird. I get it. I'm on your side. I wouldn't either. It's just fascinating to me that it's like, like, damn, Sally's in such a rut. And like so many people can easily save Sally. Save her. And it's just not gonna happen. It's just the way the world works. Like, human interactions just aren't gonna do it. No one's gonna give Sally a free ten thousand dollars. And that's okay. And Sally's gonna have to figure it out and make it work. But like, it's just so crazy. Like, I don't know, I was just thinking about the other day. I was just like, damn, like, how many people walk around? Whatever the obviously, some people's numbers are higher than some people's. Some people's numbers is five grand, some people's numbers five hundred grand. You know, it depends on who you are. But like, for like, I would say what 60% of people in a rut's number is something that they know people that can easily give them that number, and it would actually like change that person's life, and it doesn't happen. And like, let's use, forget Sally, let's use Jimmy as an example. Jimmy, you know, Jimmy's in a rut. Jimmy needs 12 grand. Let's say Jimmy, I'm just using examples. I'm these are all lies, by the way. I'm grabbing random examples. Let's think of one together. Let's say Jimmy is in credit card debt, and Jimmy's about to get evicted, and Jimmy, he fucked up, and Jimmy's 12 grand in debt, and Jimmy's gonna lose his family because they're gonna get evicted, and she's gonna leave him, and Jimmy's about to lose it all. And 12 grand would get Jimmy out of literally, Jimmy's gonna lose his family. And I know, like, oh I this is a podcast. Like, this is a these are short examples. I know Jimmy put himself in that position, and Jimmy doesn't learn from his mistakes, and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. This isn't an indictment on y'all. This isn't an indictment. I get it. Jimmy's I get Jimmy's the problem. I totally understand that Jimmy is the issue. I get it. But like, to save Jimmy's life, it costs 12 grand. And me and you don't know Jimmy. Who cares? But someone in Jimmy's life mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, cousin, friend, someone in Jimmy's life has $12,000 that they can. And it doesn't affect their day at all. And someone can literally change who they this they love, Jimmy. Some people, this person loves Jimmy. Someone who loves Jimmy can literally save Jimmy's life from giving to give him 12 grand, save his life. And they're just not going to do it. No one does it. It happens every single day. And it just like, it's like, damn. It's just fascinating to me how it works. Like people just live in in like Ruttville, these people in ruts. And I know they get it, but they put them themselves. I get it. It's their fault. I understand all that. Enabling, I get it. But like it's just crazy. Like when you think of it like in a vacuum, it's like, damn, oh, damn, look at that person. Look at that. Look at Fred. Damn, yo, Fred's. Damn, Fred's Fred's credit's shot right now. Fred's five grand in debt. Fred's fucked. Damn, man. Fred needs five grand so bad. Fred's in such a rut. Fred can't get a car loan because his credit's so bad, because he owes this five grand. Fred, man, you really need five grand. Five grand would save your life. And Fred goes home every night. Fred goes to bed every night in the same house as his Fred's parents who love Fred. They made Fred. They're obsessed with Fred. And five grand would change Fred's life. And he's not going to get it from the people that love him most. Because he's not going to ask as you shouldn't. And they're not just going to give as they shouldn't. Like I said, I'm on everyone's side. It's just, it's, it's genuinely fascinating to me. How like the humans work. It's just funny to me. I just find I just found it fascinating. I was thinking about it one day and I was like, damn. Like, there's so many people walking around the world right now that just need a little something, something. And every single most people in their lives and their lives who love them the most have that something something to change their lives and they're just never going to get it. It's just crazy. It is crazy how it works. Well, one day, if I get rich, I don't even want to say the word rich. One day, if I'm able to help, I'm gonna remember this and pay attention to it. I'm gonna try. I'm gonna try to pay attention to it. And I'm gonna be like, yo, friend or family. You good? Like, you know, I'm good. Like, alright. Because if you need like four grand, if you need ten grand, like to change your life, let me know. Like, you know? If you need that to change your life, and I'm good, I think I got you, right? I would like to think that I got you. I dank, who knows though? As Drake says, people with no money act like money is in everything. Maybe. Maybe. Kudos to them. I'm on there. And for the record, I get it. I get Sandy. I get Fred. I get Jimmy. I get it. It's a problem. Can't just go around throwing 10, 12, 20 grand at people. I understand. I know there's both sides of it. I was just, I don't know, I was thinking about it, it's making me laugh. I was like, damn, there's so many people that walk around this earth living with people that can easily help them and change their life, and it's just never gonna happen. It's just never gonna happen. Crazy. Craziness. But yeah, that's about it, guys. I was just thinking about that. A little Disney recap. What else are we talking about? Uh I guess that's it, right? What else? My stand-up journey. Stand-up. I I love stand-up. I you know, I'm gonna take stand-up a little more. Not that I'm not taking it. I guess I'm not taking it seriously. I'm kind of just like doing it as I do the podcast. I'm just I just like go up there and I just like, you know, I think of things a day of. Um, but um, because I'm just not I don't know, I'm not like a joke writer. I can't imagine writing jokes, but I don't know, I'm gonna try. I'm gonna try to like hone in a little bit more and like maybe take it a little more serious just to see where that goes, where that asset, you know, goes. But yeah, I'm doing more stand-up. I'm trying. I'm trying, guys. I'm trying to get in a place where I can give that said person four to twelve grand without them batting an eye and changing their lives. I'm trying. I'm trying. I am trying, man. Yeah, we did this week, uh, this week's episode on Monday because uh I'm off today, so it's like fuck it. Whatever. I'm off today. Why wouldn't I do it on my day off, right? Why wouldn't I do it on my day off? Makes it easier. Back to reality tomorrow at work. I've been off from vacation. Now I'm back to reality, which is totally fine. I actually miss work, I'm weird. I like going to work. Something to do. Something to do, man. Something to do. But alright, guys, that's this week's episode. I will be back next week, probably Tuesday. I think I'm all Tuesday, so definitely back to the same time, same schedule day. And until then, I'm out of here. Hope you have a great week ahead. Enjoy the weather. Pretty much where all you where any of you live, I would imagine the weather's getting better. So that's fun. So I hope you have a great week. Hope the weather's amazing. And until then, I will see you next time. And I say peace. I'm out of ya.