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WDW Prep To Go - a Disney World planning podcast

Elizabeth's back-to-back Destiny cruises - PREP 491

WDW Prep To Go - a Disney World planning podcast

Shannon Albert from WDWPrepSchool.com, a Disney World planning site

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 144 minutes

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Summary

Elizabeth recounts two back-to-back sailings on the Disney Destiny's maiden voyage, enjoying unique entertainment and special encounters despite logistical challenges and mixed dining experiences. She valued many aspects of the trip but, given the cost and some frustrations, isn't sure she'd choose the Disney Destiny again soon.
 
Post trip begins: 31 minutes
 
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0:00.0

Today we'll have Elizabeth's back-to-back cruises on the new Destiny Ship.

0:04.1

That's coming up on this episode 499 of WW Prep to W. Zeropertaker. We talk strategy and ideas for people planning their

0:29.8

Disney World trips. And we have lots and lots of trip reports, including today. I'm my host,

0:34.3

Shannon Albert from wdw prep school.com. Thank you for being here for episode 491.

0:39.1

Today is a fun one because Elizabeth was able to be on the first two cruises on the destiny that were with paying customers.

0:51.1

And first of all, back-to-back always fascinate me, the logistics of that, but also the fact that it's on a brand-new ship.

0:57.2

And so you'll hear our conversations here in just a minute.

1:00.5

As always, a reminder to follow on social media.

1:04.6

And I wanted to mention that upcoming podcast episodes are going to be available in video form on YouTube. And if I can

1:14.0

figure it out also on Spotify, but definitely on YouTube. If you listen through YouTube music,

1:18.3

you'll have a choice between audio and video. The actual podcast will not change on all the

1:23.7

platforms. If you're an audio only person, I totally understand. I know a lot of people like to pop these long-trip reports in their car on road trips

1:31.4

or while they're cleaning or whatever other tasks you have and just listen to them.

1:34.8

Totally fine.

1:35.3

It's going to stay the same.

1:36.9

But we're also adding a video component.

1:39.2

There have been Zoom videos available to patrons,

1:43.1

and patrons will continue to get videos early and ad free

1:47.6

for these episodes. But I am upgrading the video quality from Zoom to another platform that is

1:54.0

more suitable for video and just offering a video version on YouTube. That's coming up. It's not

2:00.0

available for this because we had to make sure that when we booked the guests, we let them know that they would version on YouTube. That's coming up. It's not available for this because we

2:01.4

had to make sure that when we booked the guests, we let them know that they would be on YouTube

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