All right, we will put a trigger warning at the beginning of this episode, but that is, I mean, I have to say from a naming standpoint, that does be sweet on you by a mile.

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

And unfortunately for all of you out there, you just have me.

So that little tear can trickle down your cheek. But Sam had to run and air in this afternoon.

And so I'm going to do this one solo.

But I am excited because I'm joined by two fabulous guests to talk about our topic today, which we'll get into in a little bit. But let me start by welcoming Kathy and Kathy to our show. Welcome both of you. Hi. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Yeah, no problem. I'll say this off air. It'll be a little hard for me to throw things to one of you. So we'll have to figure out a system to do that a little bit. Kathy with a C, Kathy with a K, perhaps. Excited to have you on because today's show we're going to talk about Virgin Voyages, something that you both experienced. We've done a number of shows on our podcast comparing Disney Cruise Lines with other cruise lines. I'm going to go ahead and let folks know we're not going to try to compare here because as we dive into Virgin Voyages, I think we're all going to find out it is a very sort of different and unique product from what Disney and Royal Caribbean have to offer. At least that's my understanding. We might find out differently this evening as we're talking with Kathy and Kathy. But before we dive into the main part of the show, we always like to get our guests' backgrounds. And sometimes that's Disney background. But today I think I'm just going to

ask Kathy and Kathy to share their cruising backgrounds with you. So let me start with Kathy with

a K. What's your cruising experience been like? Yeah. So I've been on 11 Disney cruises.

I've been on all four of the Disney cruise ships. And as a child,

I also went on the big red boat, which was prior to the Disney cruise line. So that's my

cruising background. I haven't been on any other cruise lines prior to my recent Virgin voyages.

Okay. Well, you're going to have a very unique opinion then, I think.

Kathy with a sea, what about you?

What's your cruising experience been like?

Well, my first cruise was my honeymoon, and that was the Greek Islands, Istanbul,

and that was a very unusual cruise, barely held together with duct tape.

I don't think I would suggest that line.

I think the ship eventually sunk, so that's another issue. But I've done some very interesting

cruises. I've been to the Galapagos Islands on Silver Sea. Just, I really like to see as much of the world as I can. And that was part of my

interest in going on this recent Virgin Voyages. I mentioned, I went twice the inaugural year of

Disney Cruise Line. We liked it so much the first time we looped back around and did it a second

time and have done about as many Disney cruise line voyages as we've been able to. But I just, I love cruising. Let's switch over. Let's dive into this topic because there's a lot to talk about, I think, when it comes to a new cruise line. And Virgin Voyages, again, I said this beginning, I think it's pretty unique.

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