[00:00:00] Speaker A: So we went to a few trivias and then my 4 year old and I actually did trivia together once. Toy Story trivia.
[00:00:06] Speaker B: Oh, that's a great. That's a perfect. Except for he hates Andy's room, but.
[00:00:11] Speaker A: But he does love. He still likes Toy Story.
We had no issues doing Toy Story trivia.
[00:00:28] Speaker C: Welcome back, everybody, to this week's episode of the DC Duo podcast. Brought to you by My Path Unwinding Travel. And Sam, instead of your normal jingle, I think we need to go with We Are the Champions, my friends.
[00:00:45] Speaker B: And we'll keep on fighting. That's terrible. I can't hit that note.
[00:00:50] Speaker C: Well, all right, well, this week's. This week's listener review. We're going to try and change up the. The new soundtrack.
[00:00:55] Speaker B: The new jingle.
[00:00:56] Speaker C: Yeah, the new jingle. We'll find the perfect one. Or if you're an audio artist out there and you just want to like, you know, do a, like, send it to the DCL duo. All right, here we go. This week's review comes from. It's a good one, Sam.
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[00:01:10] Speaker B: Oh, ct, our friend ct, our friend.
[00:01:13] Speaker C: CT writes a Michelin star podcast if there ever was one.
[00:01:18] Speaker B: I've been looking forward.
[00:01:19] Speaker C: I've been looking forward to this review. I've been seeing it kind of inch closer. So here we go. This podcast is like Palo. For first, there's Brian and Sam. Their wonderful dynamic of love for travel and cruising experience is like a good antipasto of parm, prosciutto and delightful breadsticks. That's followed by the appetizer. Whether you enjoy a good calamari or caprese, you'll see that Brian and Sam's talent for lining up great guests and planning meaningful topics is second to none. But then there's the main course. The DCL duo has such a flair for making guests feel welcome and asking great questions on top planning episodes. They help you design every trip like the perfect osobuco. Then there's Sam's rapid fire. The arbitrary questions, arbitrary rules and dash of judgment goes together like a souffle at the end of every episode. If you are planning a big trip for someone special or a large family, the DCL duo has the right four courses for you every week leading up to your trip.
[00:02:08] Speaker B: Oh, my God, ct, I love that.
[00:02:11] Speaker C: You just took the prize, my friend. Best review ever. I love everything about that review.
[00:02:16] Speaker B: I mean, my rapid fire got compared to Apollo souffle. Like, there's no better compliment from CT.
[00:02:24] Speaker C: Especially, but without the creme anglaise because you don't like it. So there you go.
[00:02:27] Speaker B: No, this is actually so this. I know when he's comparing it, he's choosing the chocolate souffle with the creme anglaise, whereas I would choose the amaretto souffle without the creme anglaise. And that's okay.
Everybody's entitled to their own.
[00:02:41] Speaker C: No, it's really not. It's really not. You can sit there and be wrong in your wrongness. But with that, speaking of fabulous guests, fun topics, Sam, who have we got with us today?
[00:02:51] Speaker B: Yeah, we are welcoming new new guests. Not brand new cruiser, but new guests show. Alicia. Welcome to the show, Alicia.
[00:02:59] Speaker A: Thanks for having me. Excited to be here.
[00:03:01] Speaker B: Yeah, we're excited to have you. I think it's going to be a fun topic. We've got to, of course, talk about your sailing on the Fantasy to Lookout Key. But before we do that, we've got to talk to you about your Disney background, your cruising background, and of course, when you started sailing in particular with Disney Cruise Line, because it's pretty recent.
[00:03:20] Speaker A: Yeah. Longtime Disney fans. My older sister really sparked the magic in me.
Both my siblings were born in Florida. Then my family moved to Michigan and had me. So I did not have as much of a close experience with Disney as my older brother and sister did.
But she loved it. So much so that I, as the little sister, kind of absorbed that love for Disney. And she did the college program, so I got to go visit her when she was in the college program.
[00:03:47] Speaker B: Oh, so fun.
[00:03:49] Speaker A: Yeah. But didn't have, like, we only went one time growing up. It was such a long journey coming from Michigan, but just really absorbed it through her and went on a few big trips with our families. So she's got two kids. We have two kids and had a really enjoyed the parks experience. But my husband can, like, handle the parks once every couple years. It's a lot. There's a lot of people.
[00:04:11] Speaker B: Yep. And we refresh her a lot. And the planning is a lot. It's a lot.
[00:04:15] Speaker A: And it's always hot, especially coming from Michigan.
[00:04:18] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, gosh. Yeah.
[00:04:20] Speaker A: So when we were trying to decide on a vacation with our kids and something we could all enjoy, he brought up cruising. And I had never cruised before. He had been on some cruises with his family when he was younger, and it was kind of that, okay, where do we go? What cruise line? Doing the research.
And I really honed in on Disney because I just felt like it was a guaranteed kids experience. I wouldn't have to worry about it right I knew for sure that it would be safe for kids, the experiences that they would be exposed to. Like they wouldn't run into anything that might be a little risky for them. There'd be plenty of activities. And I had heard such great things.
So we did our first cruise in 2023 on the Wish A4 night.
Kind of jumped right into the newer ships.
[00:05:08] Speaker B: The new ship.
[00:05:08] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah.
[00:05:09] Speaker B: Because that the ship only came out that year.
[00:05:12] Speaker A: Yeah. And honestly we didn't really know. I mean we just kind of lucked our way into that itinerary. Went right after Thanksgiving that fall and then went on another cruise in 2024 in the fall. Our first seven night on the fantasy.
[00:05:26] Speaker B: Oh, fantastic.
[00:05:28] Speaker A: And then decided one a year is not enough, we need to go more.
[00:05:33] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:05:34] Speaker A: And so went on another one this past spring, which was our Fortnite on the Fantasy. So three cruises in and loving it. We are fully hooked.
[00:05:42] Speaker B: Nice. And so you've hit the Wish class and the Dream class now.
So you're going to have to jump back and go do the Magic class obviously at some point. But you know, it takes some time to get through all the ships so. And obviously you chose to go on the Fantasy again. I want to ask about that question in particular.
Why did you choose to go on the Fantasy again and not on a different ship? Or was it really like itinerary timing based picking that ship in particular?
[00:06:10] Speaker A: Yeah, it was really itinerary based. But also this was the first time we were cruising with other families.
So we picked out a few different options. I was looking, we knew we wanted to go in the spring and I, my sister in law was the first family we had convinced that Disney cruising was the way to go. They have two little kids too.
And I sent her two options. One was on the Wish four nights was the same route that we had done before which was Nassau and then Castaway Key. And then I sent her the Fantasy four night.
And the advantage here was this was Nassau and Lookout, which we obviously had not been to. It was a new island for them to go to. And so basically said you make the choice, we're game either way. And she chose the Fantasy and going to look out. So that was what kind of drove our decision in picking this particular itinerary.
[00:07:02] Speaker B: Interesting.
Do you know why she picked the Fantasy over the Wish itinerary? Like was it castaway versus lookout or was there something else or the, you know, slightly different dates or something like that?
[00:07:15] Speaker A: I think it was date driven. Like that's the primary. And then we had Talked a lot about the kids were very excited about checking out Lookout because in particular Rush Out, Gush out looked very appealing to them.
So I think they had kind of chalked it up enough. And plus the dates that she leaned towards that they didn't really know the difference between, between the ships and I don't think it was ship driven really dates and the fact that we could go to the new island and see it really in its early stages.
[00:07:43] Speaker B: Yeah, well, I mean, obviously you couldn't really make a bad choice, but I'm gonna say you made the better choice by going on the fantasy over the wish. Not that there's anything wrong with the wish, but I just, you know, there's a couple of things on the fantasy in particular that I really, really love. Including of course, the Midship Detective Agency. I can't say enough about it. I feel like I talk about it all the time, but if I can evangelize Disney, please, please put it onto some, maybe the next class of ships when you build them. Because obviously we know they've already decided Uncharted Adventure is on the wish class, but maybe can we get back to our.
[00:08:20] Speaker C: But I think I actually, I would say don't put Midship Detective Agency on there. Like, but let's, there's something else they can do. Yeah, let's learn from the mistakes of Uncharted Adventure, but let's do something different. Right? Like I, I will stop myself from the rant about differentiating the ship. But like let's differentiate the ships. Like let's give reason people for people to go.
[00:08:41] Speaker B: Yeah, I understand. I just think they could just do like a new, new storylines on. I think they could do Midship Detective agencies, you new storylines and really not change anything. And I would be totally happy. So anyway. But I digress. Let's jump into talking about planning your cruise, Alicia. You convinced some first time cruisers to go with you. You guys were planning as silver cruisers because this was your third time sailing.
How did the, the booking go for onboard booking in advance of your cruise? Were there things that you were trying to get in particular? Obviously you're going to look out in NASA, so you might not be even trying to book excursions. Or if you are, you have a lot of choice at Nassau, of course.
But were there things you were looking to book either on the ship or excursions, you know, in advance of your cruise?
[00:09:28] Speaker A: Yeah, so we didn't do any excursions this time for us, we had been in Nassau before a lot of the excursions that we might be Interested in doing. Our youngest is four and a lot of them are like a five plus. You know, there's a few of them that are for under five. But we had already done the pirate ship, if you're familiar that goes out was a great little experience, not something we were going to repeat.
So we didn't book any excursions for NASA and the families that we were going with kind of took our cue and we're like, well, if you're, you know, thinking no, then we'll go with it.
And then of course at Lookout, it's so fresh and new. Like exploring the island was top priority and being a four night, I was like, I want to spend the time on the ship. You know, we've been on the fantasy before so I kind of was familiar. But now really got to like get into everything and explore the ship further.
[00:10:20] Speaker B: And do whatever you missed the first time. Right. I mean that's one of the beauties of going back on a ship. And I say this, even on a seven night cruise, you can't do everything. And so there's going to be things that you're like, oh, I wish I had done X, Y and Z and on that first cruise. But if you do it the same ship again or the same class of ship, you probably have that, that opportunity to do whatever you missed, which is really nice.
[00:10:43] Speaker A: So my big booking, I still did it at midnight because we love to do some of the classes. So for me it was like, which class am I doing on what day? How do we get, you know, seats in it?
And we obviously were able to book before the others. So I basically said, here's what we booked. I hope you can get in, but I'm going with or without you.
[00:11:03] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, I think that's a good strategy. Like don't. If you are sailing with folks who are different castaway club status than you, whether they're first time cruisers or you happen to be platinum in their silver or whatever. Like book what you can book and tell your friends who are lower castaway club status than you what you've booked and then they know what to at least aim for. But if they can't, I mean sometimes one, you can do some switching around in the months leading up to the cruise because people do tend to drop things and so they can kind of pick up things. But also you can check while you're on board and you can figure out can everybody switch to a different time or are there maybe a couple of spots that became available that you know, didn't Appear available on the app or something like that.
[00:11:45] Speaker A: So one thing that we did this time because of that issue was I have always wanted to go the champagne tasting and my husband likes champagne. But like for the price, it's not something we've booked ourselves.
So going with my sister in law, I knew she would want to go. So I booked it for me and my husband just in case we lost the spots. And then when she was able to book, I dropped his and added hers, which was really nice to just know that we could like guarantee that spot. And it worked, you know, in that case because he, he would have gone with me but wasn't particularly interested in the champagne tasting.
[00:12:22] Speaker B: Yeah, well, and a pro tip, even if you, if you're worried about dropping and booking because you have to do it really quickly unless there's lots of spots available. Right. And you're worried about that spot getting eaten up by somebody else really quick, you can book for you and your husband, then go on the ship, go talk to the guest services team and they can swap it out super easily for a different person and then bill it to that other person's stateroom. So you don't get billed for.
Yeah. So it's. We do it, we do that kind of thing all the time. Or you can settle up between the two of you venmo each other, whatever, however you want to do it. But they, they don't care if the person with that particular name shows up or a different person with a different name shows up. As long as you're checking in with at least one of the people that's from, you know, one of the people who booked it.
Yeah, not a problem at all. I went to the adventure tea on the Disney Treasure with my friend Ashley and her daughter Catherine. And I was Daniel, I was her husband Dan. Daniel. So for that, for that tea. And I just venmoed them the cost because that's one of those things where you, you have to go with a kid and Nathan didn't want to go and it's like super expensive and so we didn't want to spend. It's expensive for even a 1:1 adult. But it's like we don't want to spend the money for like me and Nathan or all three of us to go. But you know, my, my friend's husband Daniel was like, I don't need to go to that. Like I can miss that. And so anyway, so it's super easy. You can, like I said, you can either, you can deal with it on board with guest services or, or obviously venmo each other if you, if you don't want to even deal with it at all.
So let's, let's dive into what things you booked then. So champagne tasting. What other tastings did you book?
[00:14:04] Speaker A: We were set on doing a tequila tasting because we had done it on the Fantasy in the fall and loved it. Shout out to Gladwin and he hosted a fabulous class. We were hooked after that.
So we knew we wanted to do that and that was something that my sister and brother in law were interested in too.
And then we booked the mixology class for the first time. It was something I'd been interested in the past. I would probably book all the classes every cruise, but I try to limit myself. I'm like, okay, one or two is probably the right amount for a four night this time. I personally did three.
We booked the mixology two this time and didn't do any adult dining just with the four night. And we had done that previously. Thought we, we just want to stick the rotational and kind of host all those that were with us.
[00:14:57] Speaker B: Yeah, well. And pro tip, don't book multiple drink classes the same day because they serve a, like they serve you a lot of alcohol at these things. And so if you have two on the same day, like you're, you may not remember some of that the day or the night.
[00:15:16] Speaker A: I don't know how you do it. There was a couple in our tequila and the bartender was like, they're. They're back here. They just were at the last class and I don't know how you would do that. There is no way.
[00:15:28] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:15:28] Speaker C: Could not do that.
[00:15:29] Speaker B: Yes. I just do. Do not recommend.
[00:15:32] Speaker C: Well, I could do the, I could do the morning. The, the jump start your day. Jump start your day and then maybe one later in the day because it's like half of that is not alcoholic.
[00:15:40] Speaker A: Beverages you have to do. Yeah, that and then primote.
[00:15:43] Speaker B: Yes, exactly. Something with food. At least. At least. Yeah.
[00:15:46] Speaker C: I actually wonder if we'll start to see some non alcoholic beverage tastings on Disney because apparently the generation coming up, they are not drinkers. They. They drink the least.
[00:15:54] Speaker B: There's a lot of mocktails. Yeah. I wonder if they'll do like they could. I mean Disney could do like a cool. Instead of mixology, some kind of cool mocktail class. I feel like that would be, that would be fun if they did something interesting. The only, the only negative I would say with like doing a mocktail class, it's similar to the, the negative about the mixology which is that you can't. You don't actually get to mix anything yourself. Which I think it would be sort of. It's would be more fun if you got to sort of participate in the actual making process rather than it being a demonstration, which for those who haven't ever done any of these drink tastings, if you do a martini one or a mixology one, it's not.
Class is kind of a misnomer.
[00:16:34] Speaker C: It's a seminar.
[00:16:35] Speaker B: It's a. Yeah, seminar. Demonstration is a better description. But rather than a class, because they're not. They do show you how to make it, but you do not get to engage in the making process. Everything is made for.
[00:16:48] Speaker C: They should. They should make cocktails and dreams and you know, you're like. You're spinning the bottles behind the bar like Tom Cruise did.
[00:16:55] Speaker B: Yeah, I like that. I like that. All right, well, you guys are traveling from out of town to Disney. You, you mentioned that you guys are parks people. So you like to do a little land and sea. Did you do that this time? And if so, how far in advance of your cruise did you. Did you get into Florida?
[00:17:14] Speaker A: We did, and actually we've done a land and sea combo all three times. So that's been my end. To get back to the parks. I'm like, well, we're already here. We should just go for at least a day.
We weren't planning to last time, but my son's favorite ride at Magic Kingdom is Big Thunder Mountain.
And it was about to close for refurbishment. And so it was like, well, we gotta go. We're not gonna be able to go on it for another year. So we threw on Magic Kingdom last time.
[00:17:41] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, he's not wrong. You have to like, you know.
[00:17:45] Speaker A: So this time we did a little bit of a longer. We came down on Wednesday, late Wednesday night, and did parks Thursday and Friday, had a resort day on Saturday or. And then got on the ship on Sunday.
[00:17:58] Speaker B: Oh, nice. Yeah. So you had a relaxing day the day before you. You get on the ship. Now did you take Disney transportation down to the port or how did you get down to the port?
[00:18:08] Speaker A: Yeah, we did Disney transportation from our resort and have done that every time. I love it. I highly recommend it. It's nice and smooth and I feel like you get on the ship it feels like earlier than I think you might if you didn't have a status like the.
So my sister in law and brother in law, right. Had never cruised before. And then somewhere along the way, close to cruising, I convinced another Family to come with us too. Neighbors of my sister and brother in law. So we had two fresh cruisers with us and you know, they were able to board the ship at basically the same time as us. And I feel like a big part of that was because you don't have to pick your booking or your boarding time.
So you're just kind of with whatever the ship or the the bus is doing, which is really nice. And it's been smooth.
It is pricier, you know, especially if you're paying for kids to do it as well. But also nice with kids who typically would be in a car seat.
[00:19:02] Speaker B: Yeah. Because it's a little shape on the bus.
[00:19:03] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:19:04] Speaker B: You don't have to travel with the car like as long as you, you know, if you drove to your home airport. Right. And then you're. And you're going to take Disney transportation when you're on property and all that kind of stuff. Right. If you're going to take mirrors trans from the airport to your resort or how. Or you know, it's just nice to not have to schlep along a car seat or booster seat or something like that. And if you're taking Disney transportation to the port, again, the same thing applies. Yeah, I would say I agree with you. It is a little bit more pricey than if you were to book private transport or Uber.
Particularly the larger the party you have. It's actually Disney becomes less of a smart budget idea because they, they don't discount you for, you know, the larger group. Whereas, you know, pitching in with a couple with another family to, you know, a van or something, you'd split the cost. So certainly it would be less expensive. But it is that convenience factor. And you're absolutely right. From everything that we have heard in the last couple of years, if you are taking Disney transportation, you are getting into the port and onto the ship earlier than you probably would have if you don't have a high castaway club status. If you are sailing concierge or your pearl, it's not going to matter. You can show up whenever you want.
[00:20:19] Speaker C: And so we let our concierge sailors.
[00:20:22] Speaker B: Do pretty much whatever they want. That's right. That's right.
Shout out to those who know that reference, that movie reference filled with great old movie references.
[00:20:33] Speaker C: This. And you don't know them. You're missing some true gems of the cinema gems.
[00:20:38] Speaker B: All right, so you guys take, take Disney transportation from, from the resorts.
You get to the port, about what time did you guys get there and about how long was the pro check in process in order to get onto the ship.
[00:20:51] Speaker A: We got there around 11:30 and security was really smooth. Everybody got through without any problems. And the line wasn't long at all. They were actually letting people go in the castaway line to you and if they didn't have status because it was moving pretty smoothly and quickly.
[00:21:08] Speaker B: And you are right, you were at Disney's terminal at Port Canaveral. Right. For the fantasy. Because I think they're having the wish go out of the other terminal since they're both out of Port Canaveral now.
[00:21:17] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. So we were at the main Disney port and then last time we were there, which was a different experience than the first time. We had to wait a while. So I don't know if the ship came in later or customs took a while, but we actually had to wait before we got on this time, which was similar to the first cruise we did one of the escalators and it was like our boarding group was up next. So we were able to get right on the ship, which was great. So probably from the time we got there until we were on, maybe 30 minutes at the most. And mainly because a couple kids needed potty breaks along the way and wanted to take some pictures.
[00:21:52] Speaker B: Yeah, well, and that ladies bathroom in the port, in the terminal. It's a long line for those who've not been support Canaveral. The men's bathroom of course is always going, you know, very fast, but the. The women's line is always longer. So. Yeah.
How did, how did ember or how did it go?
Crossing or walking into the Disney fantasy? I know you had already been there, but your friends and your sister in law's family, they had not been. And so did they know what to expect? Did you tell them what to expect?
Were you ready with your phone to video their entrances? Like I got to know how did this all go and what did they think of it?
[00:22:32] Speaker A: Yeah, so we had to have a brunch a few weeks before to like debrief on all things. So they were ready. They needed to know kind of like what was the experience, what was going to happen. You know, it's a lot of information.
We kind of rolled with it. The first time I didn't. I did some digging, but just kind of went with it. I knew Disney and I knew it would be magical.
So I kind of briefed him on what was going to happen and then told them. When we get through, you know, the Mickey ears let us go first because I want to record you all. So yes, I was There, ready to go. We, you know, went through and I kind of got ours the same way I had, you know, done in the past. And then they were right behind us. So then I filmed both of their entrances and their names. And the one video was so cute because our friend's daughter's eyes just were so big.
She was taking it all in. Tiana was there. I mean, it was. Yeah, it was really magical.
[00:23:23] Speaker B: Oh, that's so fun. How old now your kids are? 4 and 8. How old were the other kids that were with you all?
[00:23:30] Speaker A: So we had another 4, 2, 3, 4 year olds.
[00:23:34] Speaker B: Oh, wow.
[00:23:35] Speaker A: All go to daycare together. So they were a little peas in a pod.
[00:23:38] Speaker B: Oh, fun.
[00:23:38] Speaker A: And then a three year old, a six year old and an eight year old.
[00:23:44] Speaker B: Oh, perfect. Yeah, all, all Oceaneer Club kids, which is nice because they're all in the same club. And then even the three and four year olds are in the cohort together within the club. So that's actually good. I mean, you got a group.
[00:23:58] Speaker C: How did that cohort thing go? Did your kids like that? Because that's, that, that's newer to the cruise line, you know.
Yeah. How'd that go this time?
[00:24:06] Speaker A: It, it went okay because they had each other, so. And it was familiar to them. Right. They go to daycare, they're used to it. They're all in the same room.
But last time we went, which was the first time our younger son was able to go in, he was not a fan of the cohort.
[00:24:22] Speaker B: The first time he had been in the nursery. The first time, I assume.
[00:24:25] Speaker A: Yeah, we went the first time we went to pick him up. You would have think he was traumatized in Andy's room. To this day, he'll still go, no Andy's room. No Andy's room.
[00:24:35] Speaker B: And most kids are like, I want to go to Andy's room.
[00:24:38] Speaker A: Oh my God, I love Toy Story. I'm like, what is going on here? And it's such a great room. I thought, he's going to spend his whole time in Andy's room.
Big brother was out in the space and I think he really wanted to be able to be with him and he didn't want to kind of be kept in this space, you know, especially with having an older sibling, you know, he, he wants to flock in that direction and he loves all of the things that you wouldn't expect. Like a typical four year old. Right. Like Star wars, he loves. So he was more into that than unfortunately, Andy's room this time.
So it took him a few Days, thankfully. Last time it was a seven night. So we had a few days to kind of warm him up to it and they let us know, you know, if he's having a hard time, he can ask for his brother.
And so we were really clear like ask for your brother, you know, they'll connect you with him or bring, you know, I think they, from what I understand, they bring the older brother to.
[00:25:33] Speaker B: The younger sibling to kind of check in.
Yeah.
[00:25:36] Speaker A: But it was a bit unclear the first time whether younger brother could go hang out with older brother because that was kind of way they made it sound. But I, I don't think that is the case. From what I've heard this time it went a lot better and he was kind of the, you know, experienced one.
You know, he's like, oh, I know what I'm doing here.
[00:25:55] Speaker B: He's, yeah, he's, he's the one who's been there before. The other, the other two four year olds and the three year old are all brand new to this. Yeah.
[00:26:02] Speaker A: Yes. So all the four year olds loved it. They seem to do a good job.
The youngest, a three year old was not quite. He's in a, you know, his mom cling phase and so it was kind of like a little much. He didn't go as much or love it as much but, but the cohort went a lot better. Having friends there. I don't know how it'll go in the future again because we'll have, you know, basically at least another half year. And I don't know if they keep them in there at 5 or if at 5 they're allowed to wander.
[00:26:33] Speaker B: Yeah, I think it's at 5 they are allowed to wander. Are you thinking opposite?
[00:26:38] Speaker C: I think when they say three to five they mean three through the age of five. Yeah.
[00:26:42] Speaker B: Oh, I thought, okay, I thought it was the three and four year olds.
[00:26:46] Speaker A: We're still one more year.
[00:26:47] Speaker B: Yeah, we're going to check up on that. I'm going to ask one of my sources if they can verify for us because I'm not sure.
And it's only a semi recent change obviously. And so it's definitely, it's only since they changed the cutoff even now to obviously to 10 instead of it used to be 12 and then made this cohort of the younger kids. So yeah, I think it's a mixed bag. I think it's a safety issue. I think is what their, their concern is is making sure that the little kids are not being bullied or hurt by the bigger kids. And so I understand that, but it's also like tough because there are younger kids who either like the big kid toys or have a big brother or sister in, you know, in the other group and really want to, you know, spend that time together and really don't feel comfortable being by themselves in the, in the, in the younger cohort. So, so, yeah, bit of a double edged sword there.
I'd love to know what are your embarkation day traditions at this point. I know this is your third cruise and did you introduce your friends to those traditions, if any.
But like for example, what do you do when you come onto the ship? Are you running to cabanas or I'm running to sit down lunch or I'm running to explore or to register the kids in the kitchen. Kids club, obviously there's a bunch of different things that one can do when they board a Disney ship.
[00:28:14] Speaker A: Our first activity is always go to the kids club, get everything set up and signed in. And then especially the first two times it was brand new. So it was nice to have that open house time to be able to explore it with the boys, see what's going on in there and kind of get them excited. And especially with the younger one, know the little cues we need to give them later when we're like, like, okay, let's go, you know, you can go play with this. Right.
So that's kind of always our tradition just to get that out of the way. And especially the first time we went on the cruise we were doing nursery and there's a lot more set up with that.
[00:28:47] Speaker B: So it was like yes, tons of paperwork to fill out for the nursery if you, I mean there is registration to do at the kids club, but unless there's a long line, it doesn't take very long. But at the nursery, from what I understand, not just when you go the first time, but every time, there's actually kind of a bit of a check in process that it's certainly more involved than the older kids.
[00:29:07] Speaker A: Yeah, so that's usually what we do. Like first every time. And then I always pack swimsuits and it's like next stop, pools and slides.
[00:29:16] Speaker B: Nice.
[00:29:17] Speaker C: I, I should clarify. So it's actually ages three to four. So you're right.
[00:29:20] Speaker B: Yeah, I was right. Okay, I got it.
[00:29:22] Speaker C: Guided activities are children ages 3 and 4. So at 5 they age out. That generally also means though they won't allow older children to go back into activities with younger kids. So this creates a problem where sister and brother, one is in the guided activities and one's Not. I don't think brother is allowed to hang out with sister in the guided cohort activities.
[00:29:44] Speaker B: They can come in, they can come and check on them. Like they'll let them interact and they can check on them and if the younger one needs to be calmed down. But I don't think they let either stay with the other. With the opposites group, I think is the. And that becomes the bigger issue.
[00:29:59] Speaker C: We should say, hey, listeners, if you have experience with this, we're just going based on what we're finding online because we don't have a three or four year old in our household anymore. So let us know how it's going out there for you. If you have any feedback on these policies, we'd love to hear it. Email us@dclduo gmail.com or infoclduo.com well, and.
[00:30:19] Speaker B: The, and the thing that we always tell people is the rules always say one thing and then what they actually do in practice might be slightly different. I tend to not find that they do things completely opposite what the rules online might say. But there is some variation across the fleet and of course, depending upon who's the manager or running things in a.
[00:30:39] Speaker C: Particular sometimes how full the sailing is.
[00:30:41] Speaker B: Yeah, right. And how full the sailing is. Absolutely.
[00:30:45] Speaker A: A little bit of a. We had a hiccup with our traditional routine this time because we've got two new families with us. We've been on this ship, you know, one time before, so we're familiar. And so it's kind of like, where do we go? What do we do? How do we get where?
So I'm trying to guide everybody, you know, through the ship and navigate. And it's a large crew. My husband, I'm like, he's back there somewhere, you know, he's pulling up the caboose basically and trying to point things out. We're moving through. We somehow got routed through cabanas. We get outside and some are going to stay at the pool and others are going to go to the kids club.
And my husband goes, where's our youngest?
[00:31:25] Speaker B: Oh, no. You lose a kid?
[00:31:27] Speaker A: We lost a kid. My own kid.
[00:31:29] Speaker B: Oh my God.
[00:31:30] Speaker A: So pro tips, if this ever happens to you, not the experience I would have expected in like the first minute on the ship. And of course like parenting guilt and all the things set in, but I'm like, this is why we picked Disney cruising. Right? Keep going to be safe.
So it was immediately like I just went back to cabanas that like mom intuition. I'm like, he got lost somewhere in the crowd trying to move through there and went back through. I'm looking all around. I'm like, I'm looking for Disney cast members. I'm thinking he's going to be flocked with people like a crying kid. They're going to swoop in immediately. So I walked a little ways and I turned around, I'm like, what if they already found him out on the deck? As soon as I turned around, there's him, three Disney cast members with him, all comforting him and talking and, oh.
[00:32:18] Speaker B: Trying to get his name.
[00:32:20] Speaker A: They found them right away and it was a great learning. So if you ever do get separated from your child, they will take them to the kids club. So that's like the meetup point, which is great to know.
So I was glad though that at least it was me and not one of our new friends.
[00:32:35] Speaker B: Your friends, because then that might have traumatized them or their kids.
[00:32:39] Speaker A: Yes, yeah, yes.
But it was just one of those moments where if you're bringing new people on, you know, you feel this like pressure, you know, to help them know what they're doing and so you're distracted.
[00:32:50] Speaker B: And then you lose track of your own kid. Yeah.
[00:32:52] Speaker A: And so, yes, I learned quickly, keep an eye, be multitasking at all times. Right.
But yes, that was an exciting start to our cruise experience.
[00:33:03] Speaker C: So Alicia, you mentioned a few times you sailed with friends. So this was not your first Disney cruise, but was their first Disney cruise. And so I'm trying to understand, typically then you get put into this role of, well, you're the expert. Right. And so I'm curious, what were the questions your friends were asking you about Disney Cruise Line for their first time through that?
Yeah, I'm just curious what the first question. Yeah.
[00:33:25] Speaker B: Either before or even on board. Right. Like, were they asking you like to play like cruise director?
[00:33:31] Speaker A: Basically?
A little bit. But that's also kind of my natural, my sister in law calls me the family manager.
My natural role of like guiding and directing. So it's a natural fit.
One of the top questions that I was surprised to hear, but I had never cruised any other cruise line. So I, you know, for me it seemed like an obvious. But I, I, they kept asking like what was going to cost money.
[00:33:55] Speaker B: Oh, interesting.
[00:33:56] Speaker A: Like, yeah, it's all included, you know, I'm like, other than the, obviously the, you know, adult dining or the alcohol or if you do like specialty classes, but kids clubs included all the pools and slides, you know, all the activities with on the fantasy, the exception of if you did like the golf Simulator, the sports simulator, but everything else, you know, putt, putt, it's all included. So that was kind of eye opening because for me going in the first time, I just assumed, like, like, we paid this money, I'm getting on a ship, you know, it didn't really even cross my mind that there would be additional costs. But that was one of the key questions was kind of clarifying, like all the things that were included.
And then of course, with kids, like, did I really feel safe dropping my kids off at the kids club and kind of that personal perspective of, you know, what, what is it like? Do you think the kids are going to like it? Did you feel safe? How do they contact you? How do you know something's going on?
So just kind of easing those concerns and worries about that experience.
But answer probably a lot of the questions in my pitches to them, and this is what you gotta do. It's great. You're gonna feel like, you know, you are actually on, I say, a family vacation. Like, we really get time to enjoy each other. We get time to enjoy our own things.
It's the only time I really felt like I can relax and enjoy a vacation altogether.
And then on the ship, it was like, where do I go on the app? What's going on? You know, are you going to this? And then how do you use the, you know, what's their number to get into the communication chat. So trying to guide them as much as possible. But thankfully you can really just spend time wandering around and enjoy the deck and not even do any activities if you're just in to relax. So it can kind of be a choose your own adventure. And that's nice when you're traveling with our families too. Like, not everybody has to do the same thing on the same schedule.
[00:35:50] Speaker B: Yes, absolutely. We like to say that as well. When we travel with others, there is no obligation that we do everything together, even excursions at ports and going to trivias or other activities.
Just because I want to do something doesn't mean somebody else has to come with me. I'm perfectly fine and happy to do something solo, like going to all the shows by myself. If nobody else else wants to go to the shows, I'm. I'm still gonna go. And I don't, I don't care that nobody's with me. Like, I'm, I'm gonna enjoy my, myself either way.
But we, we all sort of come together for dinner, and we might come together for a before dinner drink or an after dinner drink, but we're all Gonna be together for dinner, I think is sort of the, the universal I wanna put out there. For those who, who are wondering the same questions that Alicia's friends were wondering, the answer is yes. The kids club is very safe.
You check your kids in and out. If they're too young to check themselves in and out, you get messages through the app. If the, if your child needs you or wants you to come pick them up, they will message you. That doesn't mean you need to be there in like 2.5 seconds or anything like that.
Generally speaking, your child should be able to communicate and toilet themselves, but there are even exceptions to those for disabilities and whatnot. There is some wiggle room with those kinds of things. It just may be that you have to come and check on your child a lot more often than somebody who can, for example, toilet themselves. So talk to the cast members if you have those kinds of issues to deal with.
The one strict thing about all the kids clubs is the age limits, meaning you cannot age down. So if your child is above the age of 10, they will not be allowed in the Oceaneer Club or lab.
If your kid is above 14, they will not be allowed an Edge. And if your kid is over 18 or older, they will not be allowed in Vibe. So there are strict upper limits. And that is obviously for safety reasons. But yeah, I think all of those things are valid questions and concerns. The one thing I will say is the kids clubs are awesome and great. They can be a little chaotic. So if you have a kid who's a little bit more shy or easily overwhelmed, they might not do as well in the kids club. So you just, you know, you can't, you can't expect that your kid is going to spend all day, every day there.
Particularly the younger kids are going to have a harder time with that. Unless your kid is like the extroverted social kid who just loves, you know, that kind of experience. But not every kid is going to fit that mold. Our kiddo was not like that. He now spends all day.
He would spend all night in Edge if we let him.
But when he was younger, like when we first started cruising, he was not really into the kids club. It took a few years before he got to the point where he was sort of having a good time in the kids club and wanted to stay and all of that. But I think you had mentioned in the show notes that you sent us in advance that your older child did get check in, check out privileges for the first time. Tell, tell us about that and, and.
[00:39:15] Speaker A: How that Went, yeah, it was a big conversation on our last cruise because it was the first time they had asked, you know, if you sign this, he can have check in, checkout privileges. And I think he had probably made some friends who were slightly older who had those check in, checkout privileges. He falls into the category of, I would stay in the kids club 247 if he would let me. He loves it. It loves everything about it.
He certainly does come out and he does activities, but, yeah, he. He loves being in there.
But he also. He's the kind of kid that thrives on responsibility. Like, that really brings out the best in him. And so we talked about it, and because we were going back on the same ship and our room was basically across the hall from where it was last time.
[00:39:58] Speaker B: Oh, nice. So he would know exactly kind of where it was.
[00:40:01] Speaker A: Yeah, we talked about it and said, okay, we've signed you up this time.
But the very first night, what we did is he wanted to get up from dinner, right? He had finished dinner, and he's like, oh, I can go check myself in.
So my husband basically trailed him. It was like, show me that you know where it is. You know, I won't say anything. I'm not going to give you any hints, but show me that you know where it is. And then what we learned after this evening is we thought that it would still alert us when he left, like, once he, you know, and it doesn't automatically, but if.
As long as it's not busy, if you have your child, tell them, can you send my mom and dad a message? It would alert us. And so every time after that, he would just let them know. And then we would get a notification in the app. And our kind of protocol was, go back to the room.
And then he had an iPad in there because he doesn't have a phone yet. And I was really worried, like, how are we going to communicate? I listened to several podcasts of yours, trying to figure out what have other people done?
And we were able to get the Disney Navigator app on his iPad. And so then it was, get in the room, send me a message and let me know, like, I just am taking a snack break, or, you know, I'm gonna chill for a little bit, watch a movie, or if he wanted to connect, I'll come right to the room when you get there.
But he really loved that responsibility. And it worked out really well other than the first night, because he got back to the room and was hanging out there for a little while before we knew. And he was Fine. But it was just kind of like this disconnect of I thought we'd know. And so then after that, it went really smoothly.
[00:41:37] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, it's a great tip, though, because I wouldn't have thought to even tell people that. But you're right. There is no automatic. The only notifications that happen are if your child wants to leave and can't check themselves out. Right. Then they will message you. But if your kid just decides. If you give them the privilege and your kid decides to check themselves out, there is no automatic notification. The only way to send you a notification is if your child asks the cast member, hey, can you tell my parents that I am, you know, can you message my parents? And you're right, if they're really busy, it's not necessarily going to happen. So your kid really has to make sure that the cast member has time and is able to do that.
And so. But that's a great tip for folks if you don't have.
If your kid doesn't have a phone or a way to, you know, message you.
That's a great tip. The other one, though, I think is that that iPad is a great option because even if your kid didn't tell the cast member to message you when they get back to the room, they themselves can message you from the iPad, from the Navigator app, or if you've got imessage on that device through WI fi, you can do that as well. But of course, the iPad then has to have a phone number associated with it, so.
Well, let's talk about some other highlights.
Well, actually, let's jump onto your. To your private island experience at lookoutke, because this was your. Your. You had been to Castaway Key, Castaway Cay before on both of your prior cruises, but this is your first time going to Lookout Cay. What did you think?
How would you compare it to Castaway when. What did the whole group think as.
[00:43:13] Speaker A: Well, the island itself is just gorgeous. I mean, yes, it has obviously a lot of growth yet to happen. You can tell there's a lot of fresh, you know, agricultural work work that they have done.
But it's gorgeous. I mean, the beaches, the water, it's beautiful.
I went in expecting to like it drastically more than Castaway Key, which I know sounds like different than, you know, most, but Castaway Key for us, which I love, but we're not necessarily beach people.
And so the water slides and everything, being out in the water, especially when my son was younger, was a little overwhelming.
So then it felt like, you know, what are we going to do. You know, we don't want to just sit on the beach, you know, all day. So a lot of walking around and then the splash pad there is very underwhelming.
The one that's out in like the public area.
[00:44:08] Speaker B: Yes. It's literally. It's just like a little fountain. It's not really like a. I mean, splash pad is a very generous name to give it a splashback. I mean, the splash pads on the ship are really nice for those younger kids, but the one at Castaway is just. Yeah, it's literally water spouts out of the ground and that's it. Yeah, it's cute to see like, like the, like babies in it. Like, it's like. I feel like it's like for like the under one crowd actually. Yeah.
[00:44:32] Speaker A: The first time I went to Castaway Key, our youngest was two and so that, you know, it was perfect for him. You know, I was expecting more because I basically looked at the map and said, oh, okay, there's a little splash area and then got there and it was a low key splash area.
[00:44:48] Speaker B: Yes, yes.
[00:44:50] Speaker A: But so we, I went in kind of with really high expectations of, you know, especially with Rush Out Gush Out. We had kind of watched, you know, YouTube videos and saw reviews and we did love it. But I think it made me also love Castaway Key more because I really felt the nostalgia and Disney of Castaway Key, you know, that Lookout doesn't have. And that's okay. It's got a ton to offer and. And we spent like the whole time in Rush Out Gush Out. My boys absolutely loved it.
The beach was really. Especially for not being beach people. We still spent time on that beach because it's just gorgeous and the sand is amazing.
But it definitely like upped my love for Castaway Cay a bit more because it's just, it's almost like Magic Kingdom and the nostalgia that comes with it, you know, versus some of the, you know, like newer parks and some of the new experiences.
[00:45:41] Speaker B: Yeah, it's like California Adventure versus Magic Kingdom. I feel like it's like the. Yeah, you have like they both have something great to offer, but they're completely different. Right. Like, it's just like totally different parks.
[00:45:52] Speaker C: It's also that. That Lookouts leaning more heavily into the Bahamian culture aspects. The Disney side.
[00:45:58] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Castaway is much more Disney themed and. And Lookout is much more Bahamian themed with some Disney touches. Right. Like. Yeah, it's definitely a different experience.
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[00:47:10] Speaker B: What did. What did your friends think? Of course, this was their first time at any Disney private island, but I'm, I'm curious, like, if it met the expectations. I don't even know if they had any expectations, but I think they did. Yeah.
[00:47:22] Speaker A: Yeah, they loved the beach area. Spent a lot of time out there.
The only unfortunate part is we had a rather large storm come through. Thankfully it was only for part of the day, but it hit hard and it was like right around when people wanted to eat. So then it was like the running in the rain to get the food and then everybody's under those little shell and I think I went to the wrong shell with my food like two times and they're all yelling my name.
Pay attention to the number of the shell that you're in when you go to get food and try to come back because they all look the same. They do when you're walking back, especially in the rain.
[00:47:59] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:48:00] Speaker A: So that kind of disrupted the day and made the weather a little bit different and it was hard to tell if it was going to rain again. But I think overall really loved that, that experience.
And I'll be interested to see, like, now that they've done lookout first, what they think of, you know, castaway when they see it in the future. They all did placeholders. They're on board. They're locked in.
[00:48:23] Speaker B: Nice.
[00:48:23] Speaker A: I love that they'll see it at some Point.
[00:48:25] Speaker B: Yeah, I would. I definitely. I mean, if somebody asked me my advice, like where do you go like on your first cruise versus like your second cruise? Like I would tell if they. If you can't go to boat with. Right. Of course, because going to both is always the best option. But like I would probably tell them to go to Castaway first and then go to Lookout second. Right. Only because like Lookout's all new. Right. And Castaway is not new. And that might sort of color your experience, even though both are so, you know, fantastic and I see lots of value in both of them. Well, let's jump back onto the ship. I would love to hear like some of the favorite things that you guys got up to. Obviously you really enjoyed the drink tastings because you signed up for whole bunch of them.
But what were some of the other things that you guys got up to on board either with the kids or without the kids?
[00:49:18] Speaker A: With the kid, like daytime activity for me, I think I spend most of my time standing next to the yellow slide.
Our 4 year old could just do that all day long. And then they both love that little kind of waiting pool that's right behind it. So we spend a lot of time kind of that quadrant of the deck during the day.
And I love trivia.
I even like outside of the cruise, I love going to Trivia. I'm not exceptional at trivia. I just like it. It's just a fun activity.
[00:49:49] Speaker B: Yeah. You don't have to, you don't have to be a winner to enjoy it. Yeah.
[00:49:53] Speaker A: And this time what was really fun is especially with the 8 year old, he's now really like old enough to participate too. And like big Marvel fan, loves Star wars. So he and I went and did trivia a few times, did Marvel trivia and he loved that. And so it was fun to get it time, just the two of us. And again, a great example.
You know, it's hard to experience that on other vacations where you can actually peel off as two of you and go do something and then the other two can do something and, and vice versa.
So we went to a few trivias and then my 4 year old and I actually did trivia together once. Toy Story trivia.
[00:50:29] Speaker B: Oh, that's a great. That's a perfect. Except for he hates Andy's room. But.
[00:50:34] Speaker A: But he does love love. He still loves Toy Story.
We had no issues doing Toy Story trivia and we ended up kind of sitting right near the front and he made instant friends with the host.
I mean, so much so that he had been drawing on the back of our sheet and the host asked for it and said, I'm gonna put this in my like keepsake box that he has from memories of the cruise. So I thought that was cute. But he had to. Levi yelled one of the answers out.
Thankfully no one heard. They must have not heard it because I heard a lot of like, oh, mans. When he said the answer later.
[00:51:09] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:51:09] Speaker A: And Levi was like, it was his tail.
So we had to tell him, don't yell the answers out. But we almost won that one too. We only got two wrong.
[00:51:21] Speaker B: Oh, that's good.
[00:51:21] Speaker A: And there was one that only got one wrong. But we were very close to winning it as a four year old and mom duo.
[00:51:28] Speaker B: Oh, that's awesome. I mean, those are. I will say, I think all of the trivia on Disney Cruise Line is pretty hard.
And so if you even come close to winning and getting only one or two wrong, that is high praise because there are consistently crazy people on that get every single question right.
And I say on really hard stuff. That's why I'm saying they're crazy. Because I'm like, I don't know how you know all this information because it's like deep cuts. Like deep cuts. Whether it's Toy Story or Marvel or Disney parks or whatever. Right.
[00:52:02] Speaker C: So they've done it before.
[00:52:05] Speaker B: That's true. So.
[00:52:08] Speaker A: Think about that.
[00:52:09] Speaker B: Yeah, there are definitely. But. But the questions are. They are from the same group of questions, but they are still randomly selected. So like, yeah, you get 20 questions at trivia and you may have seen.
[00:52:21] Speaker C: Look, just all you have to do is look at the color of their lanyard and I think you'll see a correlation between those in higher castaway club tiers walking away with medals than those in lower ca. Way cloaked here.
[00:52:32] Speaker B: That is true. However, it's not. You would not be able to know like necessarily every question just because you have heard some of the. Because you might have heard some of them before. Because I've never. We've never been at a trivia where we have every question. We've heard the question before. Like that's just not ever.
[00:52:48] Speaker C: I don't know that. Brain teasers trivia. I feel like I've heard all of the questions by now.
[00:52:51] Speaker B: No, I don't think so. No, because remember we got the last time we tied. Well, the last time we were on and we did brain teasers Trivia, just Brian and I and we actually, we ended up tying for the win.
[00:53:02] Speaker C: I think we'd heard the questions before. But we couldn't remember the answers. So that's.
That's more about our aged and adult brains than not having heard the questions to begin with.
[00:53:11] Speaker B: You are right. The one. The one that. Well, not all of them, but one of the ones that we got wrong. We. We had heard the question before. The answer was crew. It was about.
It was a sport.
[00:53:23] Speaker C: Does one person go backwards and. Or one person going forwards and nine people are going backwards or something.
[00:53:28] Speaker B: Or something that it's.
[00:53:30] Speaker C: Yeah. Or one player moves backwards while nine players move forwards or whatever it is.
[00:53:35] Speaker B: I don't know. Something like that.
[00:53:36] Speaker C: Everyone answers based.
[00:53:37] Speaker B: No, nine players. Nine players move backwards, whatever. Travel backwards anyway. Yeah. It didn't even say one person moves forward. It was just with nine. With nine. Where nine players move backwards. And it's. Yeah.
[00:53:48] Speaker C: They just need to outsource this to like. Like there's a geeks who drink who do like pub trivias all over the US it's new questions every week. Like just. Just outsource it.
[00:53:56] Speaker B: Yeah, they do. There are too many. There are. There are some that defin.
Yeah.
[00:54:01] Speaker C: Well, then there are some that are just ridiculously hard. Like, what is the exact height of the fantasy? And I remember somebody, our friend got into an argument with the trivia host. Or are you talking from the bottom of the keel to the top of the mast? Is the smokestack there? You know, it's just like, oh, my Lord. Like it's a rubber metal.
[00:54:18] Speaker A: Just move on.
I had to warn my older son because I'm like, we're going into Marvel trivia. There are going to be die hard Marvel fans.
[00:54:26] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:54:26] Speaker C: That's the worst.
[00:54:27] Speaker A: And the questions are going to be tough, right. Because nobody wants to go into a trivia. And like, everybody gets all the questions. Right. So they can't make it super easy.
[00:54:35] Speaker B: But I have to be the members of the Avengers or. Right. Like, it's not going to be. Yeah, it's not going to be something like.
[00:54:40] Speaker C: No, they get into the comic book stuff now. Yeah.
[00:54:43] Speaker B: And like, they do.
[00:54:44] Speaker C: They do head to head. Like, it got so competitive. They do like they wean, they preen or prune the people out of the audience that are like casual fans and they get the Die Hards with their.
[00:54:53] Speaker B: Yeah, they do that.
[00:54:54] Speaker C: Collectibles in tow. And like they go head to head.
[00:54:56] Speaker B: They do. They've done that for Star Wars, I think, as well. But the Marvel, they do it every time. I feel like every cruise now they do like the regular Marvel trivias and then they do that one that's like a. Like, it's like sudden death elimination trivia.
Well, what about some of the. Did you any events without the kids?
[00:55:13] Speaker A: We did. So actually trivia again.
But highly recommend this first time I have done it is the music trivia.
We did the nine. I went solo actually to the 90s trivia because we were at dinner one night, I had seen it on the schedule. I really wanted to go and it was like, okay, some are going to get the kids here year. They're going to do this and then we'll all meet up, you know. So I was sitting solo at the bar in the tube doing 90s. It was so much fun because you've got a lot of people who grew up with that music.
And so they, you know, they're playing it, we're doing it, everybody's singing. It was like a big sing along of 90s music. It was so much fun. So the next night was 2000s and I told all of you know, my fellow cruisers, I'm like, we gotta go back and do the 2000s music together. Because it was a lot of fun. Fun.
And then my husband and I did pedicures.
[00:56:05] Speaker B: Oh, nice.
[00:56:06] Speaker A: That was very nice. I had convinced him on the last time. I'm like, you gotta try it out. He'd never had a pedicure. I'm like, just try it out. You don't, you know, and then.
[00:56:14] Speaker B: Gross. They need to get their feet manicured or pedicured, but you know what I mean?
[00:56:19] Speaker C: It's just Sam makes me wear two pairs of socks a day. Yeah.
[00:56:25] Speaker A: So he is officially hooked on pedicures now. He's like, every crew cruise were doing it. It was fabulous.
[00:56:31] Speaker B: Yeah. Brian does manicures and pedicures. Yeah. He doesn't get like, you know, color or anything. He just.
[00:56:36] Speaker C: I haven't had him put a Mickey head on my thumb the last time he did.
[00:56:38] Speaker B: He did have them. Put one Mickey head on.
[00:56:40] Speaker C: I'm here. Let's do it. Yeah. I'm gonna get my nails painted one time, Sam, and then you're gonna.
[00:56:45] Speaker B: Oh, okay.
I'm not sure I love that, but okay. It's your. It's your body, your choice. So.
[00:56:53] Speaker C: Aha. That is on the air now. I'm gonna finally get that tattoo I wanted that you won't allow me to get.
[00:56:58] Speaker B: Oh, God.
Take that back. It's not. I have to look at you. So temporary things you are allowed to get, but nothing permanent.
[00:57:09] Speaker C: We digress.
[00:57:09] Speaker B: I know. We digress.
[00:57:11] Speaker C: Sam shows. I feel like we have not covered shows. So we gotta cover shows.
[00:57:15] Speaker B: Yes, good point. Okay, so you'd been on the Fantasy before. I'm curious if you had seen all three of the main stage shows before and if so, I mean, are you a show person and did you go.
[00:57:27] Speaker A: Back on the Fantasy? Last time we were able to catch Aladdin and Frozen, we missed is it Believe on We missed Believe, but we also hit the in between. It was one of my favorite activities with my younger son. He loves anything with activity. Like it really doesn't matter what it is, but if there's anything going on. And it was also when he was not really feeling the kids Club. So I was like, okay, if you're going to hang out with us, you're going to go do what we're doing doing. And I want to go see the shows. When we went on the Wish, we did not make it to a single show. Looking back, I can't believe it. But I think especially with a four night cruise and trying to decide what are we going to do. And we did two adult dinings on that cruise so there was just not really time to fit it in.
But had done Aladdin and Frozen. He loved both of the shows. Aladdin was fabulous. Like they. The genie was really, really good, good.
And so I was planning this time if he was interested to go back and see Aladdin. But it was the first night we got on the ship and the kids were all excited about the kids club and I was going to ride that because he was not into it last time. So I'm like, y go to the kids club. Like it's go for it. So we missed Aladdin and then Frozen. We had two little girls with us so they were like, we gotta go see Frozen.
And Levi was like, I'm okay with the one time. I've got two boys and I think we've watched Frozen one time. It just. I can't get all the princess stuff. I tried. I'm like, you know, you want to watch it? It's funny.
So he. I wasn't sure if he was going to go and he decided not to.
So I actually took my older son and we went and saw a movie in the theater when Frozen was gone. So no shows this time, but definitely enjoyed them. The last time we were on the Family.
[00:59:20] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm surprised you didn't go on the Wish because I gotta tell you, if you go back on the Wish, you gotta see Seize the Adventure.
It's such a fun.
I'm not gonna spoil it except to tell you that Goofy is the main character. And it's one of these shows where they kind of string together different musical numbers from different movies and shows.
But it's really, it's shorter. It's a much shorter show than the others. It's only about 30. 30. Well, it's like 30 minutes, the actual show, but they do like kind of some intro stuff that takes like 10 minutes.
So it's shorter than the others.
I think it's great for younger kids. I think that they will actually appreciate that show more than some of the other shows on board. So, yeah, gotta give, gotta give a recommendation to. To CIC's the Adventure. And I think it is something that both boys and girls will love. It is the not Princess Sea, like, like Frozen is. So I'll put that out there.
[01:00:18] Speaker A: When we saw Frozen, I wanted more from Olaf, like, especially after seeing the Genie. I was like, come on, I know his name, the whole thing.
[01:00:26] Speaker B: His one musical number is obviously fantastic. Right when he sings Summer. But he, you're right, he doesn't have.
He doesn't have get enough stage time. Yeah, absolutely.
[01:00:37] Speaker C: Well, Alicia, is there anything we haven't talked about that you wanted to be sure to relay about your cruise experience?
[01:00:44] Speaker A: I don't think so. We've covered the getting lost and the check in, check out.
[01:00:49] Speaker B: Yeah.
[01:00:50] Speaker A: So a lot of the interesting aspects of our cruise this time.
[01:00:54] Speaker C: There you go. I was going to make a movie reference there, Kevin. All right, there we go. Last one, last one on the show.
All right. Well, Alicia, unfortunately we have reached that point in the show where Sam's going to ask you some arbitrary questions, apply some arbitrary rules, and probably more than a dash of judgment or the round we know as rapid fire. So Sam, take it away. I feel like I need like the death march in there from like Star wars now as the theme song.
[01:01:21] Speaker B: I'm gonna.
[01:01:22] Speaker C: Yeah, get some pre recorded audio in.
[01:01:23] Speaker B: The show, like Darth Vader. Come on. Listen, if I was gonna give judgment, I would have already given judgment on the fact that she skipped all the shows on this cruise and on the wish. Okay? So if I was gonna give judgment, it would have already happened.
[01:01:37] Speaker C: Little does Alicia know, she's already lost rapid fire.
[01:01:40] Speaker A: I'm not starting from a good place.
[01:01:42] Speaker B: I didn'.
[01:01:44] Speaker A: I want to say, you know what?
[01:01:45] Speaker C: I'm gonna do a sermon, give people a choice. You can have rapid fire with Sam or rapid fire with me.
My questions are much more off the cuff and I'm far less judgmental.
[01:01:53] Speaker B: Listen, I gotta put this out there, actually When I do the pre show chat with our guests like I did with Alicia, I always ask, I always say, I would like to do a little rapid fire if you're game. So I do give people the choice if they opt out of rapid fire and opt out of my judgment.
[01:02:11] Speaker C: It's a real choice.
[01:02:12] Speaker B: It's a real choice. I would listen. We just.
[01:02:15] Speaker C: Bilateral disparities in power there. I think. Yeah, you can be on my show if you do rapid fire. No, if you're not game for it. Oh, look, we're having technical difficulties.
[01:02:25] Speaker B: Technical difficulties. Oh, I'm sorry, we can't. We'll have to reschedule and then not reschedule. No, I'm just kidding. Just kidding anyway. But no, really, I really, I hope that people enjoy it's. It's, it's all in good fun. I don't, I don't really.
I'm not actually a super judgmental person in my real life, so Brian is. Oh, my God, that's so mean the way he's laughing. All right, Alicia, we're moving on to rapid fire because it's my show and I make the rules. So let's start with your Disney favorites. Let's start with who's your favorite Disney character? And Disney means basically everything in the world, because Disney owns everything.
[01:03:04] Speaker A: I have to go with Cinderella. It was my favorite movie as a kid. My mom told me I would watch it multiple times a day. Day.
It's my character on the. My Disney experiences.
I have a lot of favorite characters, but I think she's really my true favorite Cinderelli.
[01:03:22] Speaker B: Oh, that's so fun. You know, my, my Disney experience character is actually lady from lady and the Tramp. Even though I don't actually like love that movie, but I just love cocker spaniels. And we have cocker spaniels. And so that's why I choose. I think lady is adorable. I love Disney dogs, basically. So.
All right, favorite Disney movie. Same rules. Disney means everything.
[01:03:43] Speaker A: I mean, as a kid, I would lean towards Cinderella, but mixing it up, I really love the whole Marvels franchise. So I'll take a pivot over.
And my older son and I are really hooked on all the new Spider man movies.
If you ask him favorite Spider man, he'll be like, Spider Man, Tom Holland.
So I'll lean towards that because it's a nice little, like, bond between us.
[01:04:09] Speaker B: Awesome. Love that. All right, favorite Disney song.
[01:04:12] Speaker A: When youn Wish Upon a Star.
[01:04:13] Speaker B: Oh, very classic.
[01:04:15] Speaker A: Classic. And when they do that on the boat, I can't help but like tear up.
[01:04:18] Speaker B: Oh yeah. I mean it. And all of the ships, you know, if you go on the magic class, all of the ships play when you wish upon a star as their horn, even though the older ships don't play anything else. So the magic and the wonder, all they play is when you wish upon a star. So you'll hear it every time they actually blow that horn.
[01:04:36] Speaker C: I always wonder how annoyed the people of like St. Martin are to hear that song.
[01:04:39] Speaker B: Like hear it every time. I know. It's kind of nice that the, the Dream, Fantasy, Wish, Treasure, and of course Destiny have, have multiple songs. The newer the ship, the more songs they have just out there. If you haven't been on the Wish class, like they have the most amount of songs that they, that they will play. All right, well, let's, let's jump onto the ship. I'm still going to ask you your favorite show because you were on the Fantasy previously, but you can only choose from the Fantasy because you didn't see any of the shows on the Wish.
[01:05:09] Speaker A: So.
[01:05:10] Speaker B: So which one of the two that you've seen is your favorite? Aladdin or Frozen?
[01:05:14] Speaker A: I feel like I need to earn some points and I'll just say Beauty and the Beast because apparently the best show I haven't seen it.
[01:05:21] Speaker B: But that would be. That would be a correct answer.
[01:05:25] Speaker C: Such pandering.
[01:05:27] Speaker A: I am very looking forward to seeing it once I get the opportunity.
But from our limited exposure to the shows, Aladdin takes it for me, just because Jeannie was so good and the Aladdin and the Jasmine were fabulous. My son loved it.
They really, I mean, Frozen was wonderful too and what they do with the puppetry is amazing.
But we really enjoyed Aladdin and the Genie. Like I was excited to go back and see that one again.
[01:05:52] Speaker B: Awesome. You know, it must be that whoever's been playing the genie on the Fantasy like these last couple of years has been like, or maybe not even years, even the last couple of months in particular, I feel like everybody we talk to about the Fantasy is raving about the genie on board. So you know, they obviously rotate, but it's over. But it's usually like six or eight months that those folks are on the ship. And so yeah, it must be just whoever it is must be fantastic. So not surprising.
[01:06:20] Speaker A: He was making little like jokes and tie ins to like the cruise lines and recent new, you know, all little things that people would get and especially the naming of the adventures, adventure, the treasure, being the adventurer. But like he even like tied in some. Oh, he did know to get it.
[01:06:37] Speaker B: But like, oh, I kind of love. I kind of love that he poked fun at Disney Cruise Line itself. That's. That's actually really. That's really clever. It's. That's. It's smart when they do stuff like that. All right, let's talk favorite onboard activity across. Now this is not just on this particular cruise, but across your three cruises. What has been your favorite onboard activity activity?
[01:06:57] Speaker A: I would lean towards trivia. We've really loved our classes that we've done. The mixology, the tequila. They just do such a great job with them. And you really get your money's worth, in my opinion.
And it's a great way to connect with the bartenders. But trivia has been fun experience for me to go to, like as an adult, you know, doing some of the, you know, fun music trivias at night, but also with my kids. So I like that it's like a blend over activity.
But I'll add on my favorite favorite onboard activity, but it's not a structured activity, is at night after kind of things have settled down. Going up to the deck and getting some chicken tenders and fries or pizza and fries and watching whatever's on Funnel Vision. It's so quiet and like the waves and it's just like my favorite place to be.
Usually it's with at least my youngest and then your. Our older one will decide he's ready. So at some point it's all four of us up there like, like just watching whatever's on. And I. I love it. It's. It's the best.
[01:07:57] Speaker B: There's like almost nothing better than that. Watching Funnel Vision with some chicken tenders or pizza. Yeah, pretty much. It's like perfect. Yeah, love that. Okay, favorite rotational dining.
[01:08:08] Speaker A: I'm going to have to give it to animators palette. That was really nice. And shout out to the kids pork chop on night one. That at least that we've had on night one. Fun. Because I'll tell you what, both times my boys have just destroyed the whole thing.
So there must be something about it. It was the first time I thought maybe they're just hungry. Second time they did. And we love all the shows like the Crush show and then the animation.
I can't remember the name of it, but the animation Magic 1 was great.
Did love 1923.
Food was amazing on the Wish, but I think animators, just because it's a ra really like it's an experience plus, you know, some good food.
[01:08:50] Speaker B: Yes, absolutely. All right, we got it. Staying in the food Category, we gotta talk favorite food items. A sweet item and then a savory item. So we start with the sweets because savories are my favorite and we save the best for last. It does not matter that dessert usually comes at the end of the meal. So we're gonna start with sweet. What was a favorite sweet item? It doesn't have to be on this cruise. Also, it could be across any of your three cruises. But a favorite sweet item on the cruise juice line.
[01:09:16] Speaker A: I don't know the name of it, but in both Ashante and Remy, at some point, they brought out this dish that looks like a wafer thin chocolate.
And they explain that it has, like salted caramel underneath and you crack it and then you scoop. It is so good. And it looks underwhelming. Honestly, you're going like this dessert. You know, I'm expecting something a little more, but it is so delicious. Delicious. And I would have to say that one because it surprised me equally to being good.
That. Yeah, I think that's my favorite sweet.
[01:09:51] Speaker B: Awesome. All right, a favorite savory item also across any of your cruises.
[01:09:57] Speaker A: I'm gonna give this one to. When we did Ashante on the Wish, one of the courses I wanted to swap out. And so tip to everyone. If you're ever looking at those prefix menus and there's just something on it that you're not quite sure about. About, they will swap it out.
And so they swapped mine out for gnocchi.
And it was like I was having it for the first time ever. I was like, okay, what it's supposed to taste like, it was so good.
And so I have had a lot of amazing meals, especially Ashante and Remy and Paolo on the ships. But I'll give it to that one because it stood out so much that, like, I still tell people about that, you know, gnocchi to this day.
[01:10:42] Speaker B: Yeah, I will.
I'm gonna give a pro tip.
Don't order the gnocchi that is in main dining. It is not real gnocchi and it is not good. But order gnocchi in Palo also, like, if the. The one that's in Enchante or. And Remy, if you happen to get it as a part of your.
Your meal, if it's part of the fixed price meal at the time is fantastic. But even the one at Palo is also fantastic. So, yeah, it. Like you've never had gnocchi before. Absolutely. I love that description. All right, we are going to jump to a very important and controversial question. Which is your favorite ship? You can choose the Disney Wish or the Disney Fantasy. I really think there's only one right answer to this question. I think you're going to give me the right answer, though. I'm not. I'm actually pretty confident you're going to give me the right answer.
[01:11:34] Speaker A: So I will say fantasy, but it took us two times. Times.
[01:11:39] Speaker B: Oh, interesting.
[01:11:40] Speaker A: I. The first time I liked it. But coming off the Wish, it was kind of like getting used to everything. Right. We only knew that layout and so then coming on this for the first time, it was like, oh, this is totally different. And we loved the levels of pools. With having, you know, two kids at very different ages, it was nice to be able to kind of be in the same space. And so then having, like, the bigger pools was kind of okay, we're navigating this. What's going to work for.
[01:12:07] Speaker B: Yes, definitely. The Wish class has the superior pool deck arrangement. I would agree with you there.
[01:12:13] Speaker A: So it took me twice. And I think there's also just something about the first ship you go on that, like, creates a connection. It's where your love for Disney cruising blossomed. And so the Wish will always have a special place in my heart.
But I think the Fantasy has won us over after the second time especially.
And I'm interested to see now, like, navigating to other ships and feeling like, you know, it's just the comparisons will start and they all have, you know, amazing things. But I think both of those ships will always have, like, a special place for us.
[01:12:45] Speaker B: Yeah.
I'm relieved you picked the right ship.
[01:12:51] Speaker A: I know you're gonna have to, like, delicately there.
[01:12:55] Speaker B: No, they're. Listen, all of Disney's ships are fantastic and they're.
To be fair, there isn't a wrong answer. And especially because people do have those connections to, like, an emotional connection because it was their first cruise or because it was a particular, you know, milestone in their family's life or because they had some really wonderful server who made their interactions on the on board just really magical. Right. So there are different reasons why somebody might have an affinity for a particular ship.
But I do think, like, the Fantasy is such a great choice, and I. I think that there's some stuff that the Fantasy has to offer that I'm like, that I wish the Wish had to offer. Even though the Wish is. I say the Wish is the best ship to get married on. If you're going to get married on a ship, get married on the Wish. No question.
But I would choose the Fantasy over the Wish myself. Okay. Well, my Last question of Rapid Fire is the last question I ask everybody, which is what is your bucket list cruise? If you could go anywhere in the world on a Disney ship and it doesn't even have to be someplace that Disney currently sails, where would you go, Alicia? And remember, your choice doesn't have to be like, forget about your kids and your husband, it's just you.
[01:14:06] Speaker A: I would really love, I think, to do the Panama Canal. Like, it just interesting, just seems so different and you get to really see all the sides. And especially listening to some of, you know, your coverage with guests on the Panama Canal. That one I think is on my list of like when we could get away for a little bit longer. That would be awesome to do.
I also would love it if they would like island hop Hawaii.
[01:14:30] Speaker B: Yeah. Yes.
[01:14:31] Speaker A: That would be amazing. Like if I could go there and just kind of go from island to island but not have to do like a Trans Pacific or something. Like, I, I wish that we could get one of the ships to do that.
[01:14:41] Speaker C: So the problem there is if they island hop Hawaii, they have to be flagged in the US and follow US Employment and labor laws. And so there's only one ship that has ever done that. I forget the name of it now, but it's. There is one ship that island hops Hawaii. But they can't, they can't be flagged up.
[01:14:57] Speaker B: Passenger Passenger Services Vessel act or something like that. That is the ship is the act that makes them have to go hit a foreign port.
[01:15:06] Speaker C: They have to hit a foreign port if they're foreign flagged. If they're US flagged, they don't have to hit a foreign port.
[01:15:10] Speaker B: Right? No, that's what I'm saying. It's the PVSA that applies. People always call it the Jones Act. It's not actually the Jones Act. The Jones act is about commercial vessels, but it's as similar as a similar law. But basically the PVSA is an American law that says if you're flagged outside of the United States, meaning you are going to not obey US labor laws and all that kind of stuff, then you have to hit a, you can't do a closed loop cruise that is just us to us. You have to stop in a different country, which is why those cruises leave out of Vancouver and then go to Hawaii or go from Hawaii to Sydney, Australia. So yeah, unfortunately it's not going to happen for Disney Cruise Line. But there are some cruises that hit the Winans. But that, that's yeah, great. I mean, listen, these are great itinerary Ideas?
I highly recommend a Panama Canal cruise. We, Brian and I did one on Celebrity years ago with his folks. We loved it. It's like a ton of days at sea. It's a fantastic, relaxing itinerary.
The problem with the ones on Disney is just one, they don't do it every year, as we know.
We believe obviously they're bringing it back because we know the magic is going to be on the west coast and the wonder is going to be on the west Coast.
But the other problem is just the timing with school. You know, they just, it's not convenient for those of us who have kids who are, who are in, enrolled in school and not homeschooled. So. Yeah, but absolutely great choices. Alicia, you passed with flying colors.
And so that means you're welcome back to the show anytime.
[01:16:48] Speaker C: Your name will be etched on the wall of winners here at DCL Duo world headquarters.
All right, well, Alicia, did you, did you get an onboard placeholder?
[01:17:00] Speaker A: Yes, we do. Every time.
[01:17:01] Speaker C: All right. And are you eyeing anything on Disney Cruise Line?
[01:17:04] Speaker A: So we actually are going on another cruise one month from today.
[01:17:08] Speaker C: Amazing.
[01:17:09] Speaker A: And we are going just the two of us. So this is our first adults only cruise. I'm so excited.
[01:17:15] Speaker B: Oh my God, I'm so excited for you.
[01:17:18] Speaker A: It's a very short, short cruise. We just can't really get too many nights away from the boys.
Shout out to my sister. Thank you for taking care of my children in advance.
[01:17:27] Speaker B: Alicia's sister, you're awesome.
[01:17:30] Speaker A: But it's our 10 year wedding anniversary and we, we were like, we got to do something. Found a great, like last minute deal. So we're doing for the first time the guaranteed so book to, you know, dty. So it's really weird getting like our information in the mail and we still don't know what our stateroom is and we keep wondering what it's going to be. And so have that one booked.
And the Wish.
[01:17:54] Speaker B: Okay, so you're already doing three night on the Wish.
[01:17:56] Speaker A: Yes. Yeah. And that was mainly because it, the timing was right on our anniversary and it was over a weekend, which was perfect for the kids.
And then we also have the Destiny booked.
[01:18:09] Speaker B: Yay.
[01:18:10] Speaker A: In December.
The boys are so excited. My youngest one asks, like, everybody day, is the superhero ship ready?
[01:18:20] Speaker B: It will be ready. Don't worry, Levi. It will be ready. It's coming.
[01:18:24] Speaker A: We have that one booked. We, I, I think we're trying to like, get to the next status as quickly as we went from like 0 to 60 like once a year. And now we're like how many can we do?
[01:18:33] Speaker B: We're like three times this year.
[01:18:36] Speaker A: And then we're planning to get a placeholder on the one that we're going on in a month. And we want to book a Marvel Day at 6, see in February because it falls right over our midwinter break. So we kind of have that one and then eyeing a few others that are in the future. But yeah, we are locked in and trying to get as many as we can while we're not being pulled by all the activities quite yet.
[01:19:01] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[01:19:02] Speaker C: So you're saying you'll be back and I like that answer both for this show and on Disney Cruise Line. I love that answer. So. Well, Alicia, thank you for spending some time with us, you know, sharing your cruise experience with our audience out there. We would love to welcome you back.
I actually love to hear about your, your first experience, Adults Only cruising. That's.
[01:19:24] Speaker B: Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, Brian.
[01:19:25] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean we can line you up for a live episode here.
[01:19:28] Speaker A: Yeah.
[01:19:29] Speaker C: So I'd love to hear about that. But yeah. Alicia, thank you so much for spending some time with us and our audience and for sharing your cruise experience with everyone out there. We just really, really appreciate, appreciate it.
[01:19:36] Speaker A: Thanks for having me and thanks for what you do. I am love listening to it.
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