Ep. 163 - Our Thanksgiving Cruise on the Fantasy: Not Quite What We Expected

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Hobbies, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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On this week's show we're sharing our rather unique sailing aboard the Disney Fantasy for a Thanksgiving, Very Merrytime, double-dip cruise. Our vacation didn't quite as expected, so we have a lot of learning to share! We also share the Very Merrytime experience onboard, the fabulous Thanksgiving menus, and a little bit of feedback to DCL on some things that are not working great right now onboard. We also have special guest Nathan!! 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	He was having so much fun swimming and he was breathing in my face the entire time.
0:04.1	And I was like, I am definitely going to get this cold.
0:06.1	There is no doubt about it.
0:07.3	Yep.
0:20.2	Welcome back, everybody, this week's episode of the DCL Duo podcast, and we are coming to you from the pool deck of the fantasy.
0:26.5	Actually, we're sitting in the adult area.
0:28.0	It's a little quieter here to record this as Hercules is playing on Funnel Vision right now at quite the volume.
0:33.3	We're currently docked in Costa Maya, Mexico, and it is Thanksgiving Day.
0:38.1	We're about four full days into the trip with about three full days left.
0:43.0	And we're sitting across from the beautiful Allure of the Seas, which is ginormous out the window here next to us.
0:50.0	But yeah, we have had quite the adventure on this cruise.
0:52.3	We thought we'd go ahead and give you the first half of the cruise.
0:54.3	It's been a little slower on our end for some unforeseen reasons that we'll get into.
0:58.3	But obviously when we left off on the bonus episode this week, we had just taken our COVID test for waiting for the results.
1:04.4	Obviously, those came back negative and we were able to board.
1:07.5	The lobby atrium was decked out with an amazing gingerbread house and Christmas
1:12.4	tree and smelled amazing from all the mold wine being made at the bar down there, which we
1:17.1	have to get down there and get some of that mold wine before we get off. So yeah, we had a great
1:21.4	experience getting on board. On our first day on board after embarkation day, we learned that Nathan had caught a cold.
1:29.3	And that was a wot, waw, right, Sam?
1:33.8	Yep, we had dinner our first night at the Royal Court, which was their normal menu,
1:41.3	escargo, Chateaubriand, and I don't even remember what dessert.
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