We did something that I would say you guys would not recommend doing, and we traveled on the day.

So to get from my house to get it on the ship, Sam, she made it on the ship.

So to get from my house to the ship, don't get from my house to the ship, I took a car and then a plane and then a bus and then a train.

Oh, my goodness.

We walked maybe a few hundred metres and we're at the ship.

Okay. Welcome back, everybody to this week's episode of the DCL Duo podcast brought to you by my path unwinding travel.

And Sam, you know what time it is.

It's review time.

Woohoo. Review time. Mail call, mail call. All right. Our review this week comes from Sarah Webb, who writes, great listen. I have so enjoyed this podcast and listening to all the different viewpoints from guests and from Sam and Brian. I've been able to pick up some great tips and tricks as well as just relive the magic until we're able to get on our next cruise. This has been my happy place just getting to go and stick my head in the Disney clouds.

These guys are so easy to listen to and very well spoken. Thanks, guys. Well, Sam, you're well spoken. What do you think about that? I mean, you've got a career in litigation. So I think that's probably a good, a good trait to have, right? Yeah, I would, I. But I appreciate the comment, Sarah. That's, we're very happy to oblige you with sticking your head in the Disney clouds. That's what we like to do every single day. I think some listeners accuse us of sticking our head someplace else, but we won't get into that. This is a family-friendly show. This is a family show, Brian. No, but actually, I'm super excited because she mentioned,

you know, different views and different perspectives. And we have a guest today who I think is going to offer perhaps a very different perspective than the one that we are used to having.

And that is because she comes from all the way across the Pacific Ocean.

And she lives in New Zealand.

She's a Kiwi.

So most of our guests, of course, are American with the occasional Brit, you know, mixed in here.

But now we've got Lauren from New Zealand joining us today. Thank you, Lauren,

for joining us. Kiyoda. Thank you for having me. Oh, I love it. Bringing out the Maori.

I like it. Yeah, we just discovered the remakes of Disney songs in Mayoria. We talked to someone

else from Australia, New Zealand the other day,

and she pointed us that direction, and I've been listening to a few of those remakes. It's really, really lovely. So, yes, great to have you joining us all the way from Down Under, and so can't wait to talk about this cruise. But before we dive into the specific cruise, Lauren, we always like to get folks' background with cruising. I believe this might have been your first cruise ever and your first Disney cruise ever, but have you had any other experience

with Disney?

Yeah, so this was my first ever cruise. It's something I've always wanted to do, but never really

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