And Eastern Caribbean is always on my list.

So any time I can get on that, there's just not a bad one out there.

I, you know, I would close my eyes and pick one and be perfectly happy and have a wonderful time. Welcome back, everybody, to a very special bonus episode of the DCL duo podcast.

It's Christmas time for DCL sailors because new itineraries released.

It's like Christmas morning because we get to see where the ships are headed and what they're going to be up to for early 2023. I wanted to start by welcoming a special guest to the show. I've got Gina from Touring Plans Travel joining me today to talk through some of these itineraries and pricing and booking and all of that fun stuff. So Gina, thanks for coming on. Thanks for having me, Brian. Yeah. We love our friends over at Touring Plan, so excited to have you. I always like to start these shows at the top by reminding folks of when they can book these cruises, because Disney does a tiered approach to opening these cruises for booking based on your castaway club status and some other special statuses here. So we'll start with the dates that these are going to go on sale. Just as a quick reminder, opening day pricing is always going to be the best pricing that you

can get. The prices on Disney Cruise Line only go up after opening day unless you've got potentially

some Florida resident rate cruises, some military rates, or sometimes they offer special rates to folks

coming in from outside the U.S., like the U.K. But generally speaking, if you are in the U.S. and you're looking to book at Disney Cruise, book it as soon as you can because the price will only go up. Gene, I think you'd probably share that view, right? Absolutely. That's a rule. All right. So the dates here, so depending on your castaway club status, let's start with our

platinum castaways, which have to have 10 or more sailings under their belt. Golden Oaks

Club members and Club 33 members of which, if you fall into one of those categories, please email

us because we'd like to make friends with you. Those folks can book on Thursday, October 14th.

On Friday the 15th, the booking will open up to gold castaway club members, which

for those not familiar is anyone with five sailings or more.

Then there's a long weekend.

So those gold and platinum members are going to get Saturday and Sunday some additional

time to book ahead of the silver members, which Silver Castaway Club members are anyone who has sailed

on one Disney cruise, at least one Disney cruise.

They can book on Monday the 18th, along with Disney Vacation Club members or DVC members and

Adventures by Disney Insiders.

And then there is three days between Monday and Thursday that those windows remain open for

all of those groups.

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