Ep. 149 - A First Time Cruiser Pits Royal Caribbean Head-to-Head with Disney Cruise Line

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Leisure, Places & Travel, Hobbies, Society & Culture

4.9 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On this week's show we're catching up with Josh who took his first cruise a few weeks ago - and boy did he go big! Josh put together a back-to-back sailing aboard Royal Caribbean and Disney Cruise Line, pitting the two against each other for a comparison across staterooms, food, and activities. And, let's not forget the biggest battle of all - Coco Cay versus Castaway Cay!! All that and more on one of this weeks show! Oh, and tons of laughs throughout!! 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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0:00.0	Can we first just start off by just acknowledging the elephant in the room?
0:04.9	Cocoa K is called Coco K.
0:08.1	And they make sure you know that by calling it perfect day at Cocoa.
0:13.3	I know.
0:14.1	It's wrong, though.
0:15.2	It should be Cocoa Key because that's how the Bahamians say K.
0:19.3	They say key.
0:20.5	Sam, we may disagree on what we eat for dinner, but girlfriend, you and I are in cahoots
0:25.0	when it comes to names, okay?
0:43.6	Welcome back, everybody, this week's episode of the DCL Duo podcast.
0:47.5	And we are going to talk to someone close to home. So we are bringing a listener all the way from Bellingham, Washington, an hour north of us, to talk about his first experience
0:55.8	cruising, his first experience cruising on Royal Caribbean, and his first experience cruising
1:00.1	on Disney Cruise Line, and all of that happened within like the last week. So I want to start
1:04.7	by welcoming to our show, Josh. Welcome, Josh. Oh, thanks so much, Brian. I told you already, but I'll tell the listeners as well. I've been listening to you guys in preparation for my first time on Disney Cruise Line. I've gotten a lot of advice and tips and a lot of laughs as well. And I'm super stoked to be here with you guys. We're so happy to talk to you, Josh. This is awesome. I'm glad you still decided to dial in after listening
1:28.1	to our tips and then cruising, so we didn't steer you too bad. Well, I also, I love talking to people
1:34.8	about their first. And so this is kind of awesome. It's like a triple first for you. Yes. Yeah, very much
1:41.2	so. Well, Josh, before we dive in, I've kind of already given away the headline here, that first time cruising, first time on Disney. But why don't we just ask, what is your Disney background? Josh, you go to the parks much. Obviously, hadn't cruised with them before, but are you a Disney fan? Yeah, super good question. So I grew up going to Disneyland, being on the West Coast, just every now and then.
2:02.5	And I think it wasn't until I proposed to my wife at Disney World.
2:07.6	And so my family and her family did a dual family.
2:12.3	We had been dating for a long time and we're pretty young.
2:15.2	And so when I proposed, it was that trip to Disney World
2:18.2	that we both fell in love at Disney. And so we got married and then about a year, now it was probably
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