Ep. 344 - Closing Time: The Last 25th Anniversary at Sea Sailing on the Disney Magic

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Leisure, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Hobbies

4.8 • 580 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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We're sharing our trip report from our Labor Day Disney Cruise Line sailing on the Disney Magic out of Miami; the last of the Silver (25th) Anniversary at Sea celebrations in the fleet. We were so interested to see the new Soul Cat Lounge onboard, check out the new Concierge Lounge, and also see the newly refurbished Concierge one bedroom staterooms. We also finally got to see the 25th Anniversary fireworks at sea! All that and more as we break down our DCL family vacation! If you want to join the DCL Duo Inaugural Podcast Cruise aboard the Disney Magic for her three-night sailing on June 19, 2024 from Ft. Lauderdale to Nassau 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. Would you like to send us a question or a comment? Hit us up on our Google Voicemail line at (402) 413-5590. We’ll give it a listen and may even include a response in an upcoming show. 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, Google, TuneIn, Amazon Music, and most other major podcast providers. You can also like and follow us on Facebook and Twitter...

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0:00.0	Okay, so Wish and Wonder are tied for first, but now Magic is in second place?
0:04.6	Yeah.
0:05.5	Tell me why.
0:06.6	Because they have chocolate donuts.
0:09.3	You mean the chocolate donut you had this morning at breakfast at Rapunzels?
0:13.8	Yeah.
0:14.2	Yeah. Welcome back, everybody, this week's episode of the DCL Duo podcast, brought to you by my path unwinding travel.
0:31.9	And we are sitting poolside today on Disembarkation Day off the Disney Magic.
0:35.8	Talk a little bit more about what we get up to in Miami at the end of the show. But I want to lead off on the show with another review. Sam, you excited? You know I am. This one comes from Emily Hope V, who writes the best DCL show. Sam and Brian are great hosts, and I appreciate all the work they put into this podcast to bring us such good information. They're honest, funny, and just plain nice to listen to. Well, thank you, Emily, for that review. We really, really appreciate it. The reviews keep us motivated. So if you're out there listening right now, go over to Apple Podcasts, leave us a five-star review. If you leave us a written review, we will read it on the air up front of the show now because we want to thank everyone who's been leaving us reviews. Also want to thank a new Patreon this week. I'm going to read the Patreon list off in a future episode, but wanted to thank a new Patreon this week. Welcome back. Jeffrey Federson. As a Patreon at the Remy Dinner tier, we really, really appreciate your support of the show. So thank you so much. If you want to learn more about our Patreon, you can have read patreon.com slashcom slash DCL duo. But with that, we got to talk all about the Disney Magic today. We were on board the
1:32.6	magic for a Labor Day weekend cruise and couldn't have been more excited to get back on board
1:36.8	the magic to see all of the fun, new upgrades that were on there. And we'll talk about those
1:40.7	throughout the show. But what to start with, we flew from Seattle into Miami Airport.
1:44.4	It was a smooth flight, smooth off the airline.
1:48.6	We got in around 4.30 in the afternoon and headed straight to our hotel.
1:53.5	Some folks have asked where to stay in Miami downtown.
1:56.6	We've heard good things about the Intercontinental.
1:58.8	We chose to stay at the Hilton Miami downtown.
2:01.0	I thought it was a nice hotel. We chose to stay at the Hilton, Miami downtown. I thought it was, you know, a nice hotel.
2:02.8	We got a little surprise room upgrade for our one-night stay into something that approached
2:07.4	a gigantic boardroom.
2:08.6	You may have seen some pictures online of us having a little fun at the boardroom table
2:12.6	there.
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