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DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Ep. 413 - Fantasy or Fiasco: A Not-So-Fairytale Voyage on the Disney Fantasy

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Hobbies, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.9575 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Gabe joins us this week to share some of the mishaps his family experienced aboard a recent sailing on the Disney Fantasy, and how Disney Cruise Line (DCL) handled the bumps along the way to deliver a good experience for everyone onboard. Sometimes problems arise, but it's how the cruise line deals with those problems that reveals the true character of some cruise lines. Where did Disney do well, and where could they have done better? Listent to find out on this week's episode. If you are looking to book your next Disney Cruise, 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.  If you use Sea Bands to prevent motion sickness, then you need to check out Blisslets (via our affiliate link), a stylish alternative to traditional sea sickness bands. Would you like a little downtime for date night or just some time to reconnect as adults on your next Disney vacation, check out Nanny Land and use affiliate Crown Code: KING85 to get a discount. Would you like to send us a question or a comment call our Google Voicemail line at (402) 413-5590 or email us at info@dclduo.com. If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. You can also like and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @DCLDuo, or on Instagram @dcl_duo; join our Facebook Group; subscribe to our YouTube channel; or become a supporter of the show over at Patreon. If you want to see even more ways to connect with us just hit up our LinkTree or browse to our website. 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. We're listed alongside some other great Disney podcasts at:  Top 100 Disney Podcasts and Top 30 Disney Cruise Line Podcasts

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0:00.0

But there were three other ships in port.

0:01.9

There was a Royal Caribbean or Norwegian. Warwickian origin of a carnival ship. The carnival and the Norwegian left that night in the bad storm, Borough Caribbean and Disney State. I don't know what that says, but that's just kind of a fun fact. Well, I wonder if their itinerary was significantly different and maybe they felt like they could get out of the bad weather and still

0:21.2

get to where they were going. I think different cruise lines have a different definition of risk.

0:26.1

That's what I think is going. I mean, because I've seen the videos and like the Carnival cruise ship

0:29.8

that's like this and stuff coming in, water, all that sort of stuff. So like, I think there's

0:36.3

just a different definition of risk depending on which

0:38.7

Chris on you sail.

0:51.5

Welcome back, everybody, to this week's episode of the DCL Duo podcast brought to you by my

0:56.3

Path Unwinding Travel and Sam, Mail Call, Mail Time, all that fun stuff again.

1:01.1

We've got another five-star review to read on the air, which I know you're always excited about.

1:06.0

This one comes from Audrey L. Robertson, who writes, a really great resource.

1:09.9

What a great, honest, detailed,

1:11.6

knowledgeable podcast, very helpful with like four exclamation points. So there you go.

1:16.2

Ooh, four exclamation points. Next time we should go for five exclamation points. What do you think?

1:21.1

Detailed and knowledgeable. I'm not so sure about honest. We strive for. Great is really just Sam.

1:27.2

I'm just here. So anyway,

1:28.8

uh, Sam, do you want to intro our guests and our show topic for today? I would love to

1:35.0

introduce our guests. Our guest is a first time guest to the show, but long time listener

1:39.6

who went on a cruise that maybe not everything worked out so perfectly on.

1:44.6

But you know what?

1:45.4

We like to cover these experiences because not everything is always going to go 100% right

1:51.1

on your Disney cruise.

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