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DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Ep. 140 - Bonus - A Ship Geek Experiences the Disney Magic for the First Time

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Society & Culture, Leisure, Places & Travel, Hobbies

4.9577 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We are so excited to welcome Andrew to our show this week all the way from the UK. Andrew is a self-proclaimed "ship-geek" and "ship-spotter" who loves taking photos of ships coming in and out of the port of Southampton near his home in the UK. Andrew recently experienced his first sailing on Disney Cruise Line aboard the Disney Magic for a 3-night UK staycation, and we were eager to hear his thoughts. After photographing the Disney ships over the years, did the onbaord experience live-up to Andrew's expectations? Come give a listen to find out! You can follow Andrew and see his photos on Twitter (@CruiseshipP) and Instagram (@Maritimegeek) If you're looking to plan your next fabulous Disney Cruise, Disney vacation or really any cruise or vacation, be sure to support our show and reach out to the fabulous folks over at Touring Plans Travel, our show sponsor.  We use Touring Plans Travel for our own family vacations, and love their service and expertise.  Touring Plans puts you, the customer, ahead of the product and will always recommend the best options for you and your family.  Head over to http://touringplans.com/travel to get a free quote today!! The DCLDuo Podcast is a weekly Disney Cruise Line and Disney travel focused podcast.  If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Our podcast is also available on Pocket Casts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google, TuneIn, Amazon Music, and most other major podcast providers. You can also like and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @DCLDuo. You can also join our Facebook Group, and subscribe to our YouTube channel for even more great content. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, you can email us at dclduo@gmail.com. You can also connect with us and read our blog at our website. Or you can become a supporter of the show over at Patreon. The views in this podcast are our own, and are not those of the Walt Disney family of companies, Disney Cruise Line or the Walt Disney theme parks or resorts. If you have questions about a Disney vacation or any of the Disney offerings discussed in this podcast please contact Disney directly or discuss with your Disney travel agent. Thanks for listening!! We're also listed alongside some other great Disney podcasts at:  Top 100 Disney Podcasts

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And unfortunately they arrived the day we got back.

0:02.3

So that was kind of like a double blow.

0:04.6

It was too sad getting off the cruise.

0:06.2

And then the first thing you open is your luggage label.

0:08.4

We're just like, oh, okay.

0:30.7

Yeah. Welcome back, everybody, this week's bonus episode of the DCL Duo podcast.

0:37.2

And we have been waiting a little while to have this guest on, but we are so excited that he is joining us. He just completed his first

0:38.6

ever Disney cruise on one of the UK staycation cruises over in the UK on the Disney Magic, and

0:44.3

he is himself a prolific cruiser and cruise photographer, and so we are excited to welcome

0:49.2

all the way from the United Kingdom, Andrew. Welcome, Andrew. Hello. Hi, guys. Thank you for having me on. Yeah, we're so excited to chat with you. So we bumped into Andrew on social media because he posts some of the most fabulous photos of ships in and around Southampton near his home, I believe. And it was great to see some of his photos of the Disney ships over in Southampton early this year, provide a little bit of glimmer of hope for us as those ships started sailing again, and we started to see them in Southampton, even ahead of their sailing. And so it was great to see. He is on Twitter over, his handle is Cruise Ship P, I believe, on Twitter. And so I really highly recommend heading over and checking that out, either his Twitter or his Instagram. And so,

1:46.0

Andrew, I get your handles right? Yeah, that's it. Yep. Spot on. That's it. Awesome. Well, Andrew, why don't you tell folks about your cruising background so they can get a sense of, you know, how much cruising you've done. So as we engage in this, compare and contrast with Disney, your first time I board Disney, they have a little bit of context. So my cruising, I got into cruising or coming to cruising quite late because basically my sort of, first of all, I'm a bit of a ship geek.

1:48.9

So I've always class myself more of a ship spotter.

1:51.6

So I've always been, I've been taking photographs of various ships for, for 15 odd years now.

1:57.9

And I write for them for various magazines.

1:59.9

I've written stuff on cruise ships for

2:01.7

magazines and other stuff. And so I've been invited on board a few ships and that's kind of where

2:06.8

the kind of cruising and the sort of love and the interesting cruising came along. So I also like

2:11.0

the technical side of the ships as well as, you know, the aesthetics and how they look and everything.

2:16.5

So for someone that sort of

2:18.8

writes, I've not been on too many cruises, I've been on a couple of P&O cruises. Obviously, being in

2:23.8

Southampton, they're kind of easy to, easy to get on quite, you know, quite easy. My sort of first

2:30.5

cruise, and obviously with the family, first cruise I did with the family was Harmony

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