[00:00:00] Speaker A: The lack of shade is disappointing. It is really, really hot. We went on a very hot day. It was gorgeous and I love heat. I'm from Colorado. We don't get enough heat. I want to bake in the sun and we baked and I keep thinking Disney's going to do something about that, add some shade. But I don't know. That would be my only complaint is it's a hot walk. Yeah, I was sweating in places I didn't want to SWE foreign.
[00:00:40] Speaker B: Welcome back everyone to another episode of the DCL Duo podcast brought to you by my Path Unwinding Travel. And this is a bonus episode. So we are also brought to you by WWDW magazine and DCL magazine. If you have not yet put your name on the list for DCL magazine, I would recommend you do so right away. It is dcl-magazine.com and you can be on the waitlist for the Disney Cruise line specific magazine. And if you want to buy anything in their shop in the WDW magazine's shop, feel free to use bonus code DCLDUO. That's all caps in order to get 10% off your purchase. So I am super excited today. As you can tell, it's just me, no Brian, because I did the show intro. As I like to remind people, if you hear my voice at the beginning of the show, that means Brian is not with me for the But I'm super excited to have a lovely, wonderful guest. First time on our show, but not a first time cruiser. Megan to the show. Welcome.
[00:01:42] Speaker A: Thank you very much. I'm so excited to be here. I feel like it's cheesy, but it's like a dream come true.
[00:01:48] Speaker B: Oh, I love that. And I love that you're wearing your. Your mini ears today. You've got sparkly mini ears.
Love it, Love it. I am wearing actually.
Oh, this is one of these. I can't remember the brand, but it's. It's got a bunch of ears on the back. It's actually. Oh, fun.
[00:02:04] Speaker A: I asked my husband, I was like, is this too much? And he was like, no, go for it.
[00:02:08] Speaker B: No, not at all. Not too much at all, Megan. I love it. Well, before we dive into talking, before we dive into the show topic for today, I want to start by asking you to give us a little bit about your cruising background, Megan, and how you got into Disney cruising and of course your Disney background. Where does your love for Disney come from? Awesome.
[00:02:29] Speaker A: Okay.
Honestly, prior to 2022, my only Disney experience other than, you know, of course, I loved the movies. I went to the parks once in the early 90s with my parents. I was only 4 or 5 years old, but beyond that, the Disney allure didn't really pull me in for quite a while.
Once my husband and I started having kids, though, there's that pull. There's, you know, you feel like you've got to take your kids to the most magical place on earth. But I was really overwhelmed by the planning process for the parks. I had just heard so many people talking about dining reservations and fast passes and, you know, where do you stay? And so I held off. And then I read a blog post about somebody that took a Disney cruise, and she spoke so highly of it and made it sound so fun and Cast Away looked incredible. So I thought this might be the perfect way to, like, experience the Disney magic without having to plan the parks. You can just basically show up on the ship.
And so we booked our first cruise for May of 2020, which obviously did not happen.
And we kept canceling and rebooking and canceling and rebooking. And it was actually during that time period I was just so desperate for any cruise content that I found your show.
[00:03:51] Speaker B: Oh, nice.
[00:03:52] Speaker A: And we finally, though, we finally made it on our first cruise in May of 2022 on the Dream and loved it. We were hooked immediately. It was so much fun. So then we went back the next May, May of 2023, on the wish and loved it even more.
[00:04:10] Speaker B: Oh, wow.
[00:04:11] Speaker A: The Wish blew us away in all the best ways. And then this May, we went on our first multi generational cruise. We brought along my parents, brought along my aunt and uncle and my cousin, and we all went on the Magic and loved the Magic too. I was a little bit worried about going from the.
[00:04:30] Speaker B: Yeah, now you've gone. Yeah. Classes. Dream class, then wish class, and then magic class. That's definitely a weird progression.
[00:04:37] Speaker A: Loved them all. Like, I feel like they all have things that kind of almost beat each other, you know, like, they all have places where they're kind of the best.
And then it was that trip, though, our trip in May, we went ahead and did our first kind of land and sea vacation. We made it to the parks nice, and instantly we're hooked. I mean, we knew we were parks people. Like the first, like 10 minutes in Epcot, we were parks people.
So much so that we said, okay, we've got to go back this year. Like, we can't just go once. So we planned kind of a Halloween Land and Sea.
So we were going to go to Mickey's not so scary Halloween party. But Milton had other plans. Our party was one of the ones that was canceled due to Milton. So we flew in a day later, and we did the infamous Four Parks in One Day challenge.
Yes.
[00:05:30] Speaker B: The hurricane cut you short, so you're like, we're going to go. We're going to be nuts.
[00:05:34] Speaker A: Yes, we're going to be nuts. And it was so much fun. We loved it. It was crazy, but it was. I think I took, like, 35,000 steps. But, oh, my God, it was so much fun.
[00:05:44] Speaker B: I have to ask you a question about. About the four park challenge.
Did you guys use Disney transportation? Did you use your own transportation? Were you on a VIP tour? Like, what? How. Because these things are, like, this is a really hard thing to do on your own.
[00:06:01] Speaker A: And we didn't even land until 3. So, like, we did it all. I know when I say it was the. And so. Because we didn't even know that morning if we were going, like, we. We live in Colorado. So we got to Denver's airport not even knowing, like, the airport was flying.
[00:06:17] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:06:18] Speaker A: The day before. So we didn't even know if we'd make it.
[00:06:21] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:06:21] Speaker A: So it was, like 10am when we got on our flight, and it seemed like we were going to make it. So we got on our phones and, like, bought our Lightning Lanes. We were like, we're just going to do it. So we had private transportation from MCO to the parks.
[00:06:35] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:06:36] Speaker A: And we started at Magic Kingdom, and then we did. We love minivans. I just feel like they're the. The most.
[00:06:43] Speaker B: What did you do with your luggage?
[00:06:45] Speaker A: So our private transportation drops it off as long as you're staying on a Disney resort.
[00:06:50] Speaker B: Oh, that's nice.
[00:06:51] Speaker A: So they drop you off at the parks, and then they take your luggage to luggage service.
[00:06:54] Speaker B: Okay, I need to ask you which private transportation this is.
[00:06:58] Speaker A: So I love it. I found out about it on Instagram through a travel agent. It's called Away we Go. We've used it now on both trips.
It's private. They're quick, they're friendly. They're very informative. You know, like, if you have any Disney questions.
And they've taken, like, one. Our first trip, they dropped us off at the Riviera so that we could eat and then took our luggage to Art of Animation. So they'll kind of do whatever you want to do.
[00:07:24] Speaker B: That's awesome. Yeah, that's fantastic.
[00:07:27] Speaker A: But, yeah, we use the minivans. That's just. It's kind of an extra magic touch. You know, to get in the car. And that was in between all of the parks.
And then at the end of the day, we just used Disney's bus to.
[00:07:38] Speaker B: Get to Orlando's riverside. Yeah, that makes sense. How old are your kids?
[00:07:44] Speaker A: So I've got three kiddos, but only my older two do have autism severe enough that this wouldn't be a fun vacation for them. So they stay back with grandparents and this is kind of an opportunity for us to then spoil our youngest with some attention. And one on one time. She's 11 or she's going to be so mad. She's 10.
Sorry, Emmy, if you listen to this, but my daughter Emma is 10 and she. So that was our travel party. This time it's just the three of us. My husband Patrick, me and Emma.
[00:08:15] Speaker B: Awesome. Now, so this was, this was a land and sea Halloween trip. Wow. I can't imagine doing. You know, I will tell you, we are trying a four park challenge next month and we're recording this in middle of November. So by the time this may come out after we've already done this, we're doing a four park challenge. But I have to confess, we're doing it with a group and we're doing it on a VIP tour. So it's going to be different.
[00:08:43] Speaker A: Yours is going to beat mine.
[00:08:46] Speaker B: We've never done a VIP tour at Walt Disney World. We have done it at Disneyland a couple of times now and so it's definitely a different experience. And they will transport you from park to park and whatnot. So that'll be. Yeah, so I'll, we'll, we probably won't do a show on that, but we'll be sharing of course on our Instagram and all of those.
[00:09:05] Speaker A: I can't wait to follow along. It was really fun, you know, and because it was the day after, like the parks were closed the day before.
[00:09:13] Speaker B: Right.
[00:09:13] Speaker A: So we, you know, they were closed on Thursday. We were there on a Friday. Even though we had just bought our lightning lanes that morning, we were still able to get the lightning lanes for all the rides we wanted. In fact, there were some we didn't like. I got, but we couldn't even use because there just wasn't enough time.
[00:09:26] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:09:27] Speaker A: And then we bought single pass rides. So we still got. It was, it was very fun. I don't, I won't do it again. But, but yeah.
[00:09:35] Speaker B: So.
[00:09:35] Speaker A: And then the cruise that we'll talk about was the fantasy for Halloween on the high seas. So that puts us at four of the five, almost six ships.
[00:09:44] Speaker B: Yeah. So it's just the wonder that you haven't hit then.
[00:09:47] Speaker A: Yeah. So I don't know if we go do Alaska. That is on our bucket list. If we do just a quick little Mexican cruise just to mark it off, you know.
[00:09:55] Speaker B: Well, and you're in Colorado, so it's not like it's too far to fly to San Diego to sail on one.
[00:10:01] Speaker A: Of those West Coast.
[00:10:03] Speaker B: Yeah. So in sailing on, you can, if it works out, I would say if you want to do Alaska, then of course do Alaska. But if you do want to get one in sooner than maybe you can make Alaska happen, then. Yeah, try for one of those spring break options because they do a short spring break season on, you know, on the, the Wonder out of San Diego, they tend to be four and five night itineraries is the only, that's the only negative.
[00:10:30] Speaker A: I'd love to go to Catalina. That's always been on my list anyway, so that would be fun.
[00:10:34] Speaker B: Oh, perfect. Yeah. Yeah. And yeah, and that's, it's. They're both go to, and always go to Ensenada and then they'll either go to Catalina or Cabo. That's sort of the typical, the typical itinerary for four or five night cruise out of San Diego. All right, well, let's, let's dive in and talk about this fantasy sailing you went on Halloween on the High seas. We're doing this as a bonus show, so we're going to focus on just a couple of topics. I want to of course, focus on the Halloween on the high seas aspect of the cruise because that's always fun. People like to hear about those events. And I of course, want to talk about. You went to Lookout Key. And we want, yeah, and we want to definitely get an update on how things are at Lookout Key and of course, your experience and how you thought it compares to Castaway. So let's, let's start with the planning process. I mean, when you're planning for this cruise out of, out of Port Canaveral, I presume. Yeah.
And you hadn't sailed on the Fantasy before, but you had sailed on the Dream, and you hadn't sailed to Lookout Key before, but you had sailed on Castaway or to Castaway. You know, what kinds of things did you do to prepare any, like, you know, are there videos you wanted to see? Did you want to be surprised? Like, obviously there's differences between the Dream and the Fantasy and there's differences between Castaway and Lookout, but I'm curious as to whether or not you wanted to do that deep dive or be just surprised.
[00:11:59] Speaker A: No, I am a deep diver. I am the deepest of divers. I am obsessed and I find so much joy in all the research and all the planning that's honestly, I could almost argue that it's even more fun for me is the pre trip than the actual trip. And so along with obviously the pod, my kids go to school along. It's almost an hour drive each way. So when I'm in the car, I'm podcasting.
[00:12:25] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:25] Speaker A: So I mean from Brian's very first trip to lookout, I mean I've been listening to podcasts and, and YouTube videos and tours.
So I wanted to know everything before we went. So very little was a surprise as far as kind of what to expect.
And that was both for lookout and like you said, Halloween on the high seas. I tried to watch, I figured not much changed year to year. So I watched a lot of vlogs from previous sailings of on the Fantasy for Halloween.
[00:12:56] Speaker B: So yeah, not much does really change I would say as far as like what the availability of activities and things like that. The costumes do change over time. The character costumes have changed, but I think that's a good thing. Right? It's kind of nice. Yeah. Always nice to get a new costume. Yeah. Well, let's dive in and talk about the Halloween on the high seas aspect first. What kinds of things or activities did you and your husband and your 11 year old, what kinds of things did you all enjoy on board?
[00:13:27] Speaker A: So and I, I will mention this was a lot of. This was for my daughter. She was, she's always wanted to do a Halloween on the high sea sailing. I'm not sure it was necessarily on my bucket list. I wasn't opposed to it but you know, she sought that out and we were excited to do that for her.
So let's see, the first thing that I remember that was kind of an issue was trick or treating was obviously one of the things that we were most excited for and that was on Nassau Day. And we had a beautiful Nassau day. I mean perfect weather. We were out on the pool deck all day and then like 5:36 came along and that trick or treating was going to be at like 6:30 and I mean the skies opened up and rain like you couldn't see Atlantis. I mean that's how hard the rain was coming down. So they had to move it indoors and I think that it made it a little more chaotic and crowded and I feel like some people didn't quite know what was happening. So it wasn't the smoothest process. And it also. I don't know. I don't want to say it was less magical than we thought, but it was very much just a crowd of people moving along.
[00:14:36] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:14:36] Speaker A: And then, like, just candy being poured into your bag, you know?
[00:14:39] Speaker B: Yeah. We had. I will tell you. So we. It's been a long time since we did Halloween on the high seas, but when we did one was actually, I think, Nathan's first sailing. We. We really enjoyed it. But the. But the trick or treating portion, we didn't really enjoy either. It was just chaos. It was. I think we had different spots that we went to on the ship. If I remember, there was one up on the pool deck, but then the rest were, like, in different places. Like, one was by the theater.
[00:15:07] Speaker A: Basically. Just cabanas.
[00:15:09] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:15:11] Speaker A: Like, all of the ship was just trying to get through cabanas.
[00:15:13] Speaker B: Get in through cabanas. Yeah. And honestly, I. I felt like even though we had to go to different places, it was chaos and it wasn't. Yes. Yeah. So that was.
[00:15:21] Speaker A: That was kind of a bummer. But we dressed up. We picked Frozen themed costumes. So I was Anna, My daughter was Elsa, and then my husband was Kristoff, and he had Sven. So that was, like. That was super fun. My daughter was most excited to just go all out in Disney costumes.
So we did that. And then we wanted to see all the characters dressed up and get all of our photos. That was. The photos were maybe my. That was like, the most important thing for me.
They always are. And everyone knows that they just have to do that for mom.
And now, as far as the. The show at night, the Halloween show at night, we actually. We didn't go to it. This was the first cruise that my daughter was in Edge. We got to sign her into Edge, and she made friends, and she wanted to be with her friends, and so.
[00:16:11] Speaker B: Wow.
[00:16:12] Speaker A: Kind of like, if she's gonna be busy, then we're gonna go do our own thing.
[00:16:16] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:16:17] Speaker A: So we skipped out. I felt a little guilty for not kind of taking part in one of the main, like, Halloween things, but it gave us more time to enjoy the ship that wasn't as crowded, so.
[00:16:30] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. You know, I love when I hear from parents about how their kids, like, made friends in the kids club, and so much so that it gave parents some time to just, like, relax and recover. Because I feel like, you know, that's. That's one of the major differences I see between a parks trip and, you know, on a cruise, because in the parks, there really Isn't there's there in the past there have been sort of kids babysitting type things that were available at certain resorts. But generally speaking there's. I don't know if there is any of them still currently in operation. But like it's not a relaxing vacation. You're running around, you're doing a million things.
[00:17:12] Speaker A: Not at all.
[00:17:13] Speaker B: Yeah. And on a cruise with your children, it can be a relaxing vacation at times, but it is, it can be more relaxing if they really enjoy the kids club and give you a little bit of time to spend, you know, either in Cove Cafe or on the adult pool deck or in one of the bars. It's just such a lovely thing. How did, how did she like. So she was 10 but you signed her into Edge?
For those who don't know, Edge is typically for 11 to 14 year olds and vibe is for 14 to 17 year olds. And so 14 year olds can go to either. 10 year olds are typically in the Oceaneers Club or Oceaneers Lab.
But if they don't have, they're not at sort of full capacity of tweens, they will let you basically sign a waiver to allow a 10 year old. You have to be within. So kids can only age up, they cannot age down at all. Disney is very, very firm on that policy. And the aging up is only allowed if they're in I believe one year of that club. So basically 13 year olds could age up into into vibe and 10 year olds can age up into Edge. And that's pretty much it. You can't age up from the nursery. That's one thing that they don't. And I'm sure that's reliability reasons but.
So you decided to do that. What was the discussion about that like? I mean was it, was it motivated by your daugh. Was it motivated by you guys? Like did you think she would like that club better or. Sort of. How did this come to be?
[00:18:48] Speaker A: So what's funny is one of the main reasons we took this cruise was a she. She did want a Halloween on the high seas. But after they changed the age limits for Oceaneers Club, you know, we realized that. Spoiler alert. Our next cruise is next May on the Wish. We realized she wouldn't be. She'd already be aged out of the kids club. And so I wanted to give her one more cruise where she could go to the kids club. So that's actually one of the main reasons we booked this. But I thought just in case, like let's get her introduced to the Edge.
[00:19:21] Speaker B: You know Ah, good idea. Before she has to go there.
[00:19:24] Speaker A: Yes, exactly. Just to kind of show her, like it can be fun, you know. Exactly. So then next time she, you know, she would already be familiar with it. So then joke was on us. So she didn't go to kids club one time like we did the open house. But she just, she made friends and they, I think she loved that they didn't actually have to be in Edge, you know, like they could. If they were friends and they wanted to go get ice cream, they're allowed to go do that. If they want to, you know, go play Midship Detective agency, they're allowed to go do that. So I think that freedom is something that she really enjoyed and it was great. And I'm. Because she wasn't really a big fan of the kids club. She would do it, you know, for like an hour. But that's really it. She's never been a huge fan. She likes to spend time with us. And this was the first cruise, like where she was content spending time with, with friends. So that was.
[00:20:17] Speaker B: Now, did you put, you know, limits or rules on her as to like where she could go, where she couldn't go or if she needed to communicate with you all like where she was going at times and if so how did you sort of do that?
[00:20:31] Speaker A: Honestly, she's a really well behaved kid. She's very just. I've never had, we've never had any issues with her behavior. So I do, I trust her a great bit. And so we didn't really put any limits. You know, it is a ship. I didn't think she couldn't go anywhere she really wasn't supposed to. She has her iPhone, iMessage works and the cruise messaging app works. She never didn't respond if we, you know, if we texted her. So I just, I felt comfortable with where she was at. She, I, I guess the only rule I would say is, I mean, I wanted to eat dinner with her, but she always knew when to come back for dinner. So that was really my only honestly rule is that we still, you know, made it back to the room in time to get ready for dinner together. So.
[00:21:12] Speaker B: Yeah, well. And I think, you know, if you've got a kid who has demonstrated some independence and some responsibility, I, I think that's great. You know, Nathan, when we first let him go to Edge at just this past year Also at age 10, we just told him, you know, no going into other people's rooms or letting people into our room unless it was somebody we knew already.
And you Know, other than that, don't go into secure areas. Right. Like, message us when you're, you know, where you're gonna be. Basically, just let us know. Yeah, let us know where you're gonna be. And he knew he could get, you know, ice cream, like your daughter on the pool deck. Burgers and fries on the pool deck. He. He's not really interested in going into cabanas to get food, so he never went there, but he's always interested in the pool deck food. And, yeah, if there was someplace we needed him to be, we sort of told him when to meet us, either back at the room or. Or at dinner.
Actually. He would always be early for dinner. We'd be like, where are you guys?
[00:22:15] Speaker A: And we'd be checking in on you.
[00:22:18] Speaker B: Exactly, exactly. So I think, you know, with those limits, and I think the one thing I know folks have asked us is advice on if you don't have a phone, you know, sort of what to do. And that, I think, is a harder. Because, you know, not being able to get in touch with your child, I think is. Is a tough scenario to be in. I think that if you don't have an iPhone, of course you can still use the Disney app to message people, but, you know, if you have another smartphone, like an Android, but I tell people, you. You could always have, like, an iPad that uses iMessenger and leave that in your room. Obviously, the kid's not gonna take it to the kids club, but make them go back to the room and message you that they're. They're back at the room, and then you can, you know, meet them and, you know, go to your next activity together. That. That would be. That would be like, sort of the second best, I think, option. Or if you have, like, a. A whiteboard on your door where you can sort of leave messages for each other of where you're gonna be.
[00:23:17] Speaker A: I've seen that. I. I think it would. I'm not sure how without a phone, I would be a lot less same. Yes.
[00:23:25] Speaker B: Yeah, I would. I would not.
I would not give him the same freedom without the phone, because I feel like the phone lets me contact him and him contact me if there's something, you know, going on. Yeah, I agree.
[00:23:39] Speaker A: I totally agree.
[00:23:40] Speaker B: Yeah. But I do think there are, you know, there are options if people are anti, you know, smartphone. And I get that there are those options, but those options just are a little bit more limiting. And I feel like, you know, they'll. There's some safety things that exist in that. In that Scenario. Well, I love that she. She loved Edge.
Yeah, that's just awesome. Especially now that, as you mentioned, you're going on the wish next year. She's gonna be forced. I hate to say forced.
[00:24:12] Speaker A: Right, right.
[00:24:12] Speaker B: She's not gonna be allowed now that the age limit is. Is 10.
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[00:25:17] Speaker B: Let's talk about Lookout Key because I feel like that is. I know that's the reason you reached out to us. Brian put sort of a call out to folks who had been to Lookout Key more recently because we haven't been since June, since we sailed right when she first opened. And we were just curious as to how things are going at Lookout, what people's experiences are at Lookout. I'd love to hear, Megan, what your thoughts were on Lookout in terms of especially comparing it to Castaway because it's such. I feel like that's the thing everybody's going to do is.
[00:25:50] Speaker A: Yeah, that was literally the like, the first thing my mom texted me was like, well, how is it compared to Castaway? I feel like that's the only thing everybody wants to know.
And I will, I mean, just spoiler alert. I, for one, spoiler alert. I loved Lookout. I loved it. But on the other, if I had to pick only one island to ever visit again, I still would pick Castaway. But thankfully, I don't have to pick. I can go, you know, to.
I can pick any Cruise I want. So I look forward to going to both of them.
So I guess, you know, to answer that initial question, if I. Yes, I think Castaway wins, but I still think Lookout is an incredible vacation. I did. I think the first thing that everyone talked about in the beginning was the pier. Now I'm a walker. That's my chosen form of exercise. Anyway. I love to walk and I walk many miles a day. So it didn't bother me in the slightest.
The length at least. The one thing I will say though is the lack of shade is disappointing. It is really, really hot. We went on a very hot day. It was gorgeous. And I love heat.
I'm from Colorado. We don't get enough heat. I want to bake in the sun. And we baked and I keep thinking Disney's gonna do something about that, add some shade. But I don't know. That would be my only compl is it's a hot walk. Yeah, I was sweating in places I.
[00:27:16] Speaker B: Didn'T want to sweat well, and that is so weather dependent, right?
Yeah. I think the first time we went, we had quite a bit of breeze. Well, the first time Brian went, he didn't have any breeze. I remember he was dying because it was again, not the length, it's just he was dying on the island because he was zigzagging all over to see everything and film everything and experience everything. And so, yeah, without a breeze, it can be really, really brutal. But when we visited and I, when I visited, of course, with him shortly thereafter, I think both times we were there, we had a nice breeze. And so it wasn't. Yes, it was hot and it was hotter on the way back, of course, because on the way back it's the end of the day and you're already. You're already hot and tired from a day out of the sun and sweaty. Exactly. So. So it was worse on the way back, but on the way out, definitely the ocean breeze helped. But I agree with you. I mean, there is a potential for Disney to put some canopies or something. Yeah.
[00:28:21] Speaker A: To help bring up the other island the perfect day. But they have those really pretty, colorful canopies and I know their pier is shorter, but just something like that.
And then I loved though that they have the photo spot on the pier that you can take that iconic picture with your ship behind you. It is, I think like the best photo. I made everybody stand there and we were all drenched in sweat. But I got my photo.
I loved. You know that when you get right there to Mabrika Cove, that You can shop right away. Like, they've got that little stand. I literally shop immediately and got.
[00:28:57] Speaker B: Got a few things.
[00:28:59] Speaker A: Didn't even wait to get to the main part of the island.
Trams were constant. We didn't wait a single second for a tram. I mean, there were trams loading when we got there and there were trams already coming up behind. So there was no issue waiting for a tram.
I will say the tram. It was a hot ride, though, because, you know, you're on that for like, yes. Eight or nine minutes and you're already hot from your walk. And then you kind of sit there with everybody next to you and it. That was sweaty. I won't. I won't lie about that.
[00:29:27] Speaker B: And if you sit on the one of the end seats, depending upon which direction. Right. You may be getting full sun also. Yeah. So it's, It's. I don't. You don't always know which side is going to be the shady side versus going to be the sunny side. And it's going to change depending on, you know, the day. Yes. But yeah, it's. If you're on the side that the sun is hitting, you are baking. It's. It's a.
[00:29:51] Speaker A: It's a hot ride. I will say one of the first things I noticed, though, because I hadn't watched a ton of vlogs since the. When it first, you know, there was that when everybody went on all the media cruises, there were so many vlogs that came out and then there hadn't been a ton that I had watched since then. The landscaping had grown so much just since those initial scenes.
[00:30:11] Speaker B: Oh, that's so cool.
[00:30:13] Speaker A: I was really impressed by how quickly it had already grown because it was. You saw it. I mean, it was brand new. It was sparse at that time.
So that was a lovely surprise at how much it had already grown in. So I can't imagine what it'll be like, you know, even by next summer.
Trying to think. Then we got there and we just wanted to see the beach the first thing. We're beach people. That is our happy place. So I had heard for so long what a beautiful beach it was, so I just wanted to get down there. So that's the first thing we did when we got off the tram. And it was. It was absolutely. It almost didn't feel real. It almost felt like you were like. It's all the backgrounds that you used to see, like on a. On a computer that you could just, you know, it looked fake. It's so beautiful. And everyone had talked about the Sand. And I had warned my daughter, like, don't expect hot pink sand. But I mean, when you pick it up, there are hot pink flecks in it. Like, it is beautiful. It felt like powdered sugar. I mean, it's the most amazing sand to walk on.
[00:31:18] Speaker B: Isn't that. I feel like that sand is better than the sand at Castaway.
[00:31:25] Speaker A: Absolutely, it is. I don't think I've ever, You know, I've been to California beaches, I've been to Florida beaches. I don't feel like I've ever felt sand like that. It was amazing sand. It's so fine. It's so soft to walk on.
[00:31:37] Speaker B: I think that, like, I think when we went to. I can't remember if it was Aruba, but it was like one of the. One of the southern Caribbean places, and it had sands like that. And it. But it's literally like the. I think two places I've ever been that had sand that fine, that soft, that amazing.
[00:31:55] Speaker A: Yeah, amazing. And it's. Then it's almost less hot to walk on, too, when it's that fine. Like, it's just so. Yes, you're right. Absolutely. Better sand. The water felt incredible. And I don't know if that's just because we were so hot, you know, maybe. But it was so refreshing to get in the water. And I think that is where Lookout simply beats Castaway. I don't even think that's arguable. Yeah, the beach is just so. I mean, it's a real beach at Castaway. It's a lagoon, and it's a very fun lagoon, and it's beautiful and I love it. But Lookout is a beach lover's paradise. I mean, I wish I could go back right now. I just. The waves crashing, because that's one thing you don't really get it. Cast Away is waves because it's protected, and we love to walk in waves. I love to feel it crashing on my feet. I love the sound. And so that's what we did. We played in the water for a little bit. My husband got a drink, and then we walked all the way down. You know, when you go down to the right, there's all the cliffs down at the end. Yeah, we walked all the way down to the end to the cliffs, which, by the way, if you just walk down a little ways, I mean, you basically get a private beach. Like, everybody kind of congregates in the same place, but there is so much beach that you can very easily just have a private beach to yourself.
So we walked all the way down to those cliffs, which are stunning. They're so beautiful. I mean, Castaway has nothing like that. You know, we got our photos. We, like I said, we enjoyed just kind of having the beach to ourselves and playing in the water.
[00:33:31] Speaker B: Did you check out some of the activities? Like, I forget what it's called, but it's like a Fun in the sun bash or something like that that has like a character kind of show.
And then it has some activities that they usually have, like, connect for and cornhole type stuff. And then, of course, the. The center. Gosh, I'm. I'm blanking on the name, but the. The center where they do all the Junkanoo stuff.
[00:33:56] Speaker A: The Junk, Right. The Junkanoo Celebration or the Junk. A New rush. Is that the parade? We did do the parade, and that was actually. I don't want to say it was on accident, but it was. We were. We went to shop at the. The Bahamian retail space, which I was so excited to shop. And I'd seen that on Vlogs, and I thought they did such a better job with that than they do on Castaway, and I was excited to shop for souvenirs there. And it's really cool. I'm going off topic, but when you are shopping, you are literally buying it from the person who created it. Yeah, it's amazing. But we were shopping there, and all of a sudden the parade started, and so it was on accident, but it was so much fun. It is such a lively celebration. And I remember, I think, Brian saying this on one of your guys podcasts. It's really cool that it's not Disney crew members doing it, that it is the locals, and that just makes it feel so much more authentic. And you can just tell that they are so proud to have you on their island and to be sharing their culture with you. And there's something very infectious, you know, and exciting about that.
[00:35:05] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. I love that they're sharing the culture with Disney guests who are typically Americans, who have not ever seen that, you know, seen those cultural experiences of the Bahamians before. I also love that they're giving, you know, jobs, of course, to Bahamian artists and artisans and performers. I mean, it's just like, such a rich addition to, I think, the Disney portfolio in doing that. Yeah, it's fantastic.
[00:35:35] Speaker A: And that's where Lookout, you know, clearly beats Castaway 2. That's another area where Lookout Key comes out way on top of Castaway, I think, is just the culture aspect. You know, we. There was an artist in there who Sells jewelry that she makes out of shells. And she literally has the shell that she uses, you know, next to the jewelry. So you can see that, you know, earrings came from a conch shell. And it was really great. We were able to get a picture with her with my daughter holding the earrings that we then gave to my mother in law as a souvenir. And I just think like, what a better souvenir or you know, to show literally who made your gift, where it came from. I just think that's really neat that they do that. And that was a very fun experience. And I'm. I'm glad that Lookout provides that because that honestly, on most Disney vacations you just don't get that aspect of culture, you know?
[00:36:26] Speaker B: Yes, absolutely. What did you.
[00:36:28] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah.
[00:36:29] Speaker B: What did you think of the.
The Disney tings shop? So the Disney actual shop? Because we, we always, you know, we talk about Castaway. They don't like change the merchandise enough. They often don't have enough supply of the merchandise. They are sometimes limited in sizes and things like that. And it's been better, I would say, in recent years than it has been in the past, but it's still limited. We felt like Lookout, of course, we were there when it first opened. So of course it was fully stocked with merchantism. Curious. Did it appear to be fully stocked? Lots of availability and what did you think of the variety of stuff?
[00:37:02] Speaker A: Yes, fully stocked there was for one, it was a very nice new. I do like how clean and nice and fresh it feels. You know, the shopping space.
Not that I don't love castaways too. You feel like you've come across some like shipwrecked place to shop. But Lookouts was fully stocked. It had great merchandise. I feel like so much more than just T shirts. And I love T shirts. I buy all the T shirts. But so much more than that. Like, you know, really nice pullovers and zippered, you know, sweatshirts. And I. We spent a ton of money because we love Disney souvenirs. But no, I loved it. There was so many things to choose from. In fact, it was challenging to pick what I wanted to buy, you know.
But yes, there. I feel like they had a great setup. It was very easy to walk around. I like that you could shop outside, you could shop inside. They had cashiers outside too, which I just kind of feel like spread people out. I thought that was wonderful.
[00:38:04] Speaker B: Yeah, I love that, the way that they've spread out the cashiers. Yes, that makes so much sense. Yeah. Yeah. And even so, I mean, the shops can still get mobbed. Especially when it. Especially when it first opened, like that opening day, the shop was mobbed, but like, later in the day, it was so easy. Especially with those multiple, you know, pay stations. Absolutely. Well, we've got to talk about, you know, the most important thing, which is food.
[00:38:29] Speaker A: Food. I knew. I knew that was coming. Yes.
[00:38:31] Speaker B: Right.
[00:38:32] Speaker A: No, and I did want to talk about that. For one, I was. I was nervous about flies. I really. And I know it had been months, and I know certain people had said that there were no flies, but I was nervous, and I am happy to report I literally did not see a single fly. I mean, kudos to Disney. They completely eradicated the issue. There was not a fly to be seen.
[00:38:53] Speaker B: Wow. Did they have the. Did they have those little table fans out or not even? Oh, yes, they still had them out.
[00:38:59] Speaker A: They still have those. And then they have. And I don't know if this was for the heat or for flies, but it was one thing I loved. They had ginormous fans just all around blowing, you know, in. In the covered eating areas. So whether or not that was for flies or for the heat, it was working for both because it was incredibly refreshing, you know, to have that air blowing on you. But it also there, I mean, just not a single fly to be seen. Nowhere near the food.
But that was actually. That brings up one other point that I wasn't expecting. That morning on the ship at cabanas, you are not allowed to eat outside. They have that completely shut off.
[00:39:36] Speaker B: Interesting. And I think that's because I heard.
[00:39:39] Speaker A: That flies were coming on the ship, and so they obviously eradicated that as well. They've just taken away that option.
[00:39:46] Speaker B: So that makes total sense. So we, of course, were on Lookout Key, so we didn't. We didn't eat on board while docked at Lookout Key. But I had heard that from some other folks too, that people who had stayed on board or had gone back on board and were eating outside on the pool deck were having a problem with the flies because they were just basically migrating from the ship. Yeah. So that. I think that's super smart of Disney to do. There's. I mean, I mean, is it a bummer if you can't eat outside? I guess. But you can always just go in.
[00:40:18] Speaker A: Cabana dealing with flies.
[00:40:20] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. Exactly. The minor inconvenience of going inside and sitting in the air conditioning.
[00:40:26] Speaker A: Exactly. Yes. No, because we actually love to eat outside, but yeah, I mean, it gets hot. And so it was actually kind of nice that morning to be like, oh, Shoot. We'll have to sit inside and stay cool. You know, it was kind of nice.
[00:40:38] Speaker B: That is.
[00:40:38] Speaker A: But as far as the food goes, we were really excited for the spicy chicken sandwich. Like, we had kind of hyped ourselves up on that. I was kind of excited to try the different paellas. They looked on video. They looked really good.
[00:40:50] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:40:51] Speaker A: But I. And while the food. I'll go ahead and say it. The food was great. We enjoyed it. The eating experience was not great. And I will say that that is. And I don't know if that was the time of day that we chose to eat, but it was a common complaint on my Facebook group. And even once we got on the ship, just kind of talking to people, like in line for the Aqueduct, people complained. The lines were insane. I think I waited like 40 minutes for food.
[00:41:19] Speaker B: Oh, my goodness. I've never waited that long for food at a. At a Disney Island. Yeah, I know.
[00:41:27] Speaker A: And you know, I'm sure clearly I picked the wrong time, and I'll take responsibility for that. When we saw the lines, we should have just said, no, we'll wait. But we had waited so long. We were really hungry, and you don't want to be hangry and hot. That's not a fun.
So I waited in line. I picked the spicy chicken sandwich line and that.
[00:41:46] Speaker B: Which food place did you go? The one that's to the right or the one that's to the left?
[00:41:51] Speaker A: To the Otsy from the tram station to the left.
[00:41:55] Speaker B: Okay, I'm gonna give a pro tip out there.
[00:41:58] Speaker A: I think I made the mistake.
[00:41:59] Speaker B: Go to the. I'm not saying it will be empty. Yes, it won't be empty. But the one to the right is closer to, like, the kids club and.
[00:42:08] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:42:08] Speaker B: Yeah. And that one is less crowded because the one on the left seems to be. It's closer to more of, like the beach. Right.
And.
Yes. And so everybody just, like, sees that one, and so they go to that one because it's like a marginally closer. But if you walk just, you know, just walk towards the kids club area. Go to that food place. I can't remember which one is two and which one is one, so I'm not going to see.
But the one that's to the right, that's closer to the kids club. Go to that one. I think it's less crowded because I. I don't know. I think it's just. It's like instinct. Right. When you look at. Like, you look, and that's what you see. You go towards that one Food, literally.
[00:42:54] Speaker A: That'S what we did. I mean, literally we saw it and so we went there. And so that's why I won't even necessarily count that as a negative to, to look out. I think it was more our fault. We didn't plan timing correctly and we didn't go go to a different location.
[00:43:07] Speaker B: And I honestly though they should have directed people though. That's what they like. That's what I was. I don't think it's, you know, the way that this, the layout is done. I do think it just kind of naturally directs people to that the one that's on the left to the food place on the left. And so I feel like if they, which is one of them is true true and one of them is true true too.
And so I think if they see that that one is getting crowded, they should just tell people, hey, there's another. This, this one has a really long line, but the other one, that's just another, you know, five minute walk. You're. You're less than probably five minute walk, you know, has, has no lines. You should maybe try heading over.
[00:43:47] Speaker A: I agree that would have been because I would have hop skipped and jumped right over there. To be honest, I, I guess I was maybe just so hungry it didn't even cross my mind. And I honestly just truly didn't think the line would take that long. I, I sure. I just, I just couldn't fathom that we would be standing there. And I think, I think my biggest complaint then with the way lookout keys food works. You know, there's different lines for different stations of food.
And my line was the spicy chicken hot dog and cheeseburger, which all were delicious, but I did actually really want to try ribs. But once I got to the front of the line, I had been in there for 40 minutes. I didn't want to then stand in line for ribs at another place.
[00:44:25] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:44:26] Speaker A: Whereas, you know, at Castaway, you just are all in one big line and you can get whatever food you want want. Yeah, I, I understand in theory what they were going for, but when there's crowds, I'm just not sure it worked as well.
Now the, the paella line was super short. I'm not sure why people didn't want the paella, but my husband got in line for that and honestly got me a bowl and my daughter a bowl and I was eating it in line. Yeah, I was so hungry and it was delicious.
[00:44:53] Speaker B: I think it's, I think it's that less of the kids are adventures.
So. Yeah, I Mean, I think it's just like. Or it's like a Caribbean rice, but it's very similar to, like, a paella. Yeah. It was so good, though. It was, yeah. Super good. Yeah. And they have two different ones. One I think that's seafood, and one that's maybe chicken. Yeah. And both are really good. But. Yeah, I mean, I think, like, Nathan would try that, but he wants the cheeseburger. Right. So I gotta stand in the cheeseburger line. Yeah. Regardless, I gotta ask how the spicy chicken sandwich was. You were really looking forward to that.
[00:45:28] Speaker A: I think we. After standing in line for, like, 40 minutes, we got, like, four of them.
[00:45:32] Speaker B: Oh. I was gonna say, you gotta get multiple spicy chicken.
[00:45:34] Speaker A: And it was. It was fantastic. So I've always. I'm still curious one day if I ever make it onto Royal. I've heard that Perfect Day has a really good spicy chicken sandwich. But as of right now, since I haven't tried it, I can say that Lookout wins.
[00:45:48] Speaker B: Oh, nice. Well, they have. I didn't have the spicy chicken sandwich on Royal, but I did have, like, basically like a chicken parm sandwich.
[00:45:57] Speaker A: Yes, the mozzarella.
[00:45:58] Speaker B: Mozzarella sticks. Yes, I've heard about that. Yes. That was. That was good. It was good. Is it, like, the best thing in the world? No, but it's good. Their mozzarella sticks are good. And I like mozzarella sticks, so.
Well, any other sort of. Did your daughter check out, Rush Out Gush out, which is that water play area? I think that's a. That was a big hit with Nathan, so I think that's a great addition too.
[00:46:22] Speaker A: So that is one thing I wanted to touch on. So we had an incredible day, but it was very hot that day. It was very, very hot that day. And, you know, there is just. You're just in the sun the entire time. And I. You know, she was. She's 10. She was having a blast. I don't think she knows how to necessarily recognize when she's overheating or getting too hot until she's already there and miserable, and she doesn't want to stop having fun. And so all of a sudden, we were having fun until we weren't. And she was like, I just want to go back to the ship. And so then at that point, she didn't want to go to Rush Out Gush Out. And I was disappointed. I wanted to slide. But I will say that's the only maybe big difference I felt. And I can't even put my finger on it. I felt like there was Less shade at Lookout. I just felt like we got hotter, you know.
[00:47:11] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:47:13] Speaker A: And I'm not sure that that's Lookout's fault. I mean, it's just. It's, you know, it's this beautiful stretch of beach, but. But I. I do just feel like there was less shade, and we just. And maybe because the beach is so big, we were walking more, you know, but my daughter did get just more hot and tired than she's ever gotten at Castaway.
[00:47:33] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:47:34] Speaker A: And as a result, I think it's.
[00:47:35] Speaker B: A foliage issue too. Right. Because you don't have the trees that are there haven't grown as high and so. And they're not as full. And so I do think. I think it's a combination of, like, the design of the. You know, of the space. And I think you're right. This. That it's a little bit more spread out and stuff, and I think. But I also think it's the foliage, and I hope as that grows, you know, the palm trees, that sort of a thing, as that grows, hopefully we'll get more. A little more shade. Yeah.
[00:48:03] Speaker A: I was disappointed not to slide because Pelican Plunge is like, my favorite thing at Castaway, so I wanted to compare the slides, you know, so we didn't get to do that, but that just means we have to go back.
[00:48:15] Speaker B: Yes, absolutely.
[00:48:16] Speaker A: The one. Another thing I think look out completely beats Castaway was the showers. There are so many more showers to wash the sand. I mean, because every bar has a bathroom, and every bathroom then has multiple showers. Where at Castaway, Unless you have a cabana where you have your own personal one, which is amazing. You know, you're going to that one that just gets disgusting and, like, everyone's.
[00:48:41] Speaker B: Lining up and filled with sand and. Yes. Yeah. There's so many more. I. I think the bathroom situation and the shower situation is just way better. Yeah, absolute.
[00:48:50] Speaker A: Absolutely. Absolutely. So that was really nice trying to look at my list and see if there was anything else about the island.
Oh. So one thing not a lot of people had mentioned, and I actually, you did mention that there was coral in the water, but I don't feel like many other people mentioned there is coral in the water at Lookout. Not so much rocks, but coral. And my husband did trip on a piece, and he did cut his foot pretty badly. So I do think. Think water shoes are beneficial. Just as beneficial at Lookout as they are at Castaway, because there's not a ton of coral. But it's just hard to see because what we noticed is the water Is beautifully clear, but when there's a lot of people in one place, because the sand is so fine, it kicks up.
[00:49:35] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:49:36] Speaker A: And so then the water becomes a little less clear, and so we couldn't see the coral. And you just don't want to step on that coral. Barefoot foot.
And I hadn't heard that many people talk about that, so I did want to bring that up.
[00:49:48] Speaker B: Yeah, that's a good point. Because it's not rocky like it is on Castaway, but there are these, like, large kind of pieces of coral, and. And they're mostly, like, smooth edges, but you might have some sort of jagged edges here and there as well. And so. Yeah, I think that's a good tip.
Yeah, it's. You got to be, you know, like, at any beach, you gotta sort of notice. And. And. And if you can't notice, then. Yeah, then definitely wearing some water shoes will. Will help you there.
[00:50:17] Speaker A: One thing we thought. I guess it just was. I don't want to say weird, but, I mean, it was just different than Castaway. You get so used to seeing the ship at Castaway, you know, it's actually one of my favorite things. It's just everywhere you lay and relax, you see that beautiful ship.
[00:50:30] Speaker B: You can't. At all. Yeah.
[00:50:32] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:50:32] Speaker B: So except from the cabanas, if you're in a family beach cabana. Yeah.
[00:50:37] Speaker A: Actually, it's a great view.
[00:50:39] Speaker B: Yes. You get the. The best view of ship from a. From the family beach cabanas. And you can take pictures of yourself in the water with the ship in the background. Like, you can do it. Cast Away. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:50:50] Speaker A: So that. That's, you know, that was just a difference that we noticed. Let's see here.
One thing that we love at Castaway. We rent floats. Every time. I love floating in the ocean, it is literally like we spend hours just floating, you know, at Castaway. And because this is an open ocean, obviously they don't have the floats to rent because. And I get it, they would just float away. But we did miss that. You know, that is just one of those things we love.
But the beach is so different that I thought that would actually be a bigger detriment. But, I mean, we had so much fun in the water, like, because when you get to play in waves, that's just so much fun. So while I thought that would be a real big disappointment, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Just. Just something for people to note if they're used to renting floats like we are.
[00:51:38] Speaker B: Yeah. Did they have the Bicycles available yet? No. You're shaking your head. Okay. Still not available.
[00:51:47] Speaker A: Someone in my cruise group was really hoping to do it and they. They were not able to yet.
[00:51:52] Speaker B: Yeah, I don't think they've finished the path, the roads. Yeah, yeah, I think that's the issue. I don't think it's like necessarily getting the bikes, but getting everything finished so that people can safely ride around that.
[00:52:05] Speaker A: We rode the tram on. Because I know when it first started and I don't know if this was true for your cruise, but I know like the very first one, I don't even believe it was paid yet because I heard a lot of people talking about how dusty it was.
[00:52:14] Speaker B: Was. Yeah, there were portions. There was like a portion of it that was paved, but it wasn't paved the whole way when we were there.
[00:52:20] Speaker A: Yeah, it's a little less dusty. You know, it's not the prettiest drive on the tram quite yet because it is just still being worked on, you know. But I love the, I, I love the little speakers that play on the tram though. You know, the. With the Lizzy and Sandy. I think it is. I actually thought that was really adorable and sweet.
[00:52:39] Speaker B: Yes, the crab. The crab and the lizard. The new characters of, of Lookout Key.
[00:52:44] Speaker A: And it makes the tram ride go by quick. Like having something to listen to. I actually thought that was, that was definitely a benefit.
Let's see. I think that is.
Oh, I think on your cruise or a lot of people talked about you guys got the fun aluminum cups to drink your drinks out of. Yes, we did not get those. They are back to just using clear plastic cups for us.
[00:53:06] Speaker B: Oh, interesting.
[00:53:07] Speaker A: Like when you're at the buffet, that's what they had at the buffet to get your sodas out of which is.
[00:53:13] Speaker B: Oh, the soda cups. The sodas. Gosh. I think, I think at the buffet they had the clear plastic cups. If I remember it, it was only at the, at like the bars that we got the, that we got those metal cups. Yeah, so it was.
[00:53:28] Speaker A: I thought that was also buffet. Okay.
[00:53:30] Speaker B: Yeah, no, it was for like, for both non alcoholic and alcoholic drinks, but they had different colors for, for those two options. And then. But at the buffet it was still the clear. Yeah, the clear plastic cups.
[00:53:42] Speaker A: Speaking of the drinks, I loved that one of the souvenir cups that my husband was able to get at one of the bars was. I mean, honestly, I think it's a coffee mug. I would call it a coffee mug, but I love. I had him get it just for me so that I Could bring it home. It's a really nice souvenir cup because typically you can do the pineapple, you can do the coconut. And we buy those because they're fun but they're not something you're going to drink out of every day. But I got a really nice, like coffee mug. I mean, really, that is what it is. But he was drinking a drink out of it so that they have a really nice selection there too.
[00:54:15] Speaker B: Awesome. Love that. Well, Megan, thank you so much for sharing updates with us on Castaway. I was about to say on Lookout Key. It's, it's great to hear that. I think there's been essentially improvements, I would say, since we went there. It was so obviously it was brand new and you know, with foliage growing with flies being taken care of, I think, I think that Lookout still has the potential to be better than Castaway in a lot of ways because as you mentioned, there are things all inherently better.
But Castaway is a well run operation and is a beloved place for Disney Cruise Line fans and so hard to know if it will ever, you know, top castaway in people's hearts. Hearts. Even if Lookout has a better beach. But it's funny that it can win.
[00:55:07] Speaker A: In so many ways because I mean, literally I hear myself talking like it does beat Cast Away in so many ways. But there's just something about Castaway that we all love, you know. But I think, I think that's what's great. Just go to both.
[00:55:18] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. You don't have to pick. I love that. Well, Megan, thank you so much for coming on the show. You are going on the Wish next year. Please come back and join us both. Hopefully Brian will be with me for that show and we can do maybe a trip report and hear all about your next experience on Disney Cruise Line. Perfect.
[00:55:39] Speaker A: Sam, thank you so much. It was a pleasure to talk to you.
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