Ep. 305 - Bonus - Using Your Imagination: Talking with Former Disney Cruise Line Imagineer Theron Skees

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Leisure, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Hobbies

4.8 • 580 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

We're chatting with former Disney Imagineer Theron Skees this week. Theron was the portfolio manager for Disney Cruise Line for five years, overseeing design updates to the existing fleet and Castaway Cay, as well as managing the design of DCL's newest ship, the Wish, and it's newest island destination, Lighthouse Point. We couldn't wait to hear Theron's thoughts on the existing fleet, the design of the Wish, Disney Cruise Line's purchase of the Global Dream, and what it's like designing DCL's famous island destinations. All that and more on this week's episode! If you want to join the DCL Duo Inaugural Podcast Crusie aboard the Disney Magic for her three-night sailing on June 19, 2024 from Ft. Lauderdale to Nassua and Lighthouse Point, you can head over our to our booking page at My Path Unwinding Travel to secure your room today!! Rooms are going fast and some categories are already sold out. So, book today to ensure you can join us for all the fun in Summer 2024!! We've got so many exciting things planned, you won't want to miss this opportunity. If you are looking to book your next Disney Cruise, have been thinking about sailing concierge, have been eying an Adventures by Disney Trip, or are interested in what other kinds of vacations might be available, then head over to My Path Unwinding Travel so Karen and her team of expert travel professionals can help you find the perfect vacation for you and your family. Karen and her team are knowledgeable, responsive and welcoming and we are so excited to have them as a sponsor of your show! If you use Sea Bands to help prevent seasickness and motion sickness, then you need to check out Blisslets (via our affiliate link), a stylish alternative to traditional sea sickness bands designed to fit your lifestyle. Would you like a little downtime for date night or just some time to reconnect as adults on your next Disney vacation? Be sure to check out Nanny Land!! They've got tons of options from babysitting services, in-park nannies, and even nannies who will come with you on your next DCL vacation. They cover all of the Disney parks and resorts, world-wide, and are probably much more affordable than you might imagine. Use our affiliate Crown Code: KING85 to get a discount on your next Nanny Land booking. 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

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0:00.0	If you've never been in on the project team designing the Disney ships, you wouldn't
0:06.3	understand how incredibly difficult it is.
0:27.8	Welcome back, everybody, to this week's episode of the DCL Duo podcast brought to you by my Path Unwinding Travel.
0:31.0	And Sam doesn't get any more exciting than this around here, does it? I mean, we actually, I was thinking, we have actually had one other former Imagineer on this podcast.
0:40.7	That's our good friend, Mikhail, who worked in Disney Imagineering and Universal Imagineering for a little bit. Or whatever they call Imagineering at Universal.
0:45.9	They don't call it Imagineering. That's true. That's true. Universal creative thinking. But we are
0:51.5	excited today because we have another former Disney Imagineer, but more importantly,
0:56.6	a former Disney Imagineer who worked on Disney Cruise Line, one of our favorite, favorite topics.
1:01.4	And so I want to start by welcoming Theron to the show. Welcome Theron. Hi, everybody. Thanks for
1:05.7	having me. You've tapped into somebody who loves to talk about story and theme.
1:14.2	And of course, we are huge Disney Cruise Line fans ourselves. How many times, Darren, have you been on the cruise line as a passenger then?
1:20.3	Probably close to 20 cruises.
1:23.3	Oh, wow.
1:24.4	You're getting close to Pearl status there.
1:27.5	Well, yeah, we proved so much there wasn't a pearl status, right?
1:33.5	Which ships did you make it on there?
1:35.9	We've been on every ship except the new one. We haven't been on the wish yet. So my family
1:41.7	gives me post-it notes daily about Book of Cruz, Dad, Book of Cruz.
1:47.5	And I want to get this right. You were the VP and portfolio, I'm going to get it wrong,
1:53.0	owner or manager for DCL for five years. Is that right? That's right. Yeah, Imagining loves their
1:59.9	titles, right? So the official title was creative portfolio executive.
2:05.4	Basically, it's a creative vice president that kind of partners with the operations team.
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