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DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Ep. 420 - Deep in the Heart of Texas: Dennis and His Family Cruise the Disney Magic from Galveston

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Hobbies, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.9575 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Dennis joins us this week to share his family's experience sailing Disney Cruise Line on the Disney Magic out of Galveston to Mexico. We love covering Disney's port experiences outside of Port Canaveral, as these overlooked ports sometimes offer a really great option for those not on the East Coast, or looking for something a little bit more manageable than what Port Canaveral offers. Dennis also took some really interesting excursions to the Mayan Ruins and compared those excursions for us on the show. Dennis and his wife also sail with two teenage boys, and we wanted to hear how they think about staterooms, onboard activities, and whether DCL remains their preferred cruise line as a family. All that and more on this week's episode.   Dennis is also the host of Podcast Stardust - a Star Wars focused podcast that is definitely worth a listen. Find it wherever you like to listen to podcasts. 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

Hey, I dropped Nathan off at the port for a, you know, six-month stint being a titled actor on board Disney Cruise Line.

0:07.6

Oh, Brian. And then somebody calls CPS on us.

0:11.9

He's an international waters. He's an international waterist. No law applies. Welcome back, everybody to this week's episode of the DCL Duo podcast brought to you by my

0:32.7

path unwinding travel. And Sam, it's time for another five-star review. Are you ready? You ready for the

0:38.3

positive vibes and good energy? I'm ready. It's, you know, middle of the day on a Friday as we're

0:42.9

recording. So I could use actually some positive vibes and good energy because I've got like

0:47.6

another few hours of work ahead of me and I am kind of swamped. So I need something to energize me. All right. Well, this week's review comes from

0:56.8

Curly 05-06 who writes, thank you so much. I have cruised before, but never on Disney. I have been to

1:03.1

Disney World several, and several times, I think they meant to say, and used to be a DVC member.

1:07.6

I live in California and go to Disneyland quite a bit. Both of my kiddos are adults. I was wondering if you had a show about adult Disney. My daughter and I are booked on the three-day Disney crews out of San Diego in October. My daughter has always been a huge fan of Disney. I was wondering if you can provide me some tips and tricks for adults. Once again, love the show. Thanks, Judy. Well, Judy, first, thank you for the review. Thank you for

1:27.9

listening. We have elected not to cover the Disney World Disneyland very much on this show. We've

1:34.1

sort of stuck to our swim lane here now that we're well beyond the pandemic and the ships are

1:38.5

sailing again. But we do like to discuss sailing Disney cruise line as adults. We have lots of shows out there where we've talked to guests who have sailed as adults only. And I think we even have a few shows in the catalog specific to adults only cruising. So be sure to check those out. But we really generally, we don't cover the parks on this podcast. We leave it to some of the experts out there. It's too much for us to keep up with. We do occasionally cover our park trips over on our Patreon. If you want to join, it's a patreon.com slash DCL duo. But leave this show to the cruising, right, Sam? That's right. But I would say, do all the signature dining. That's what I would say. There's like, the kids' prices on signature dining are ridiculous. I'm not talking about character meals. I'm talking about like California Grill and Topolinos and things like that. So, you know, really, there are some really good restaurants at Disney Springs and at various Disney resorts, not so much in the parks. But I feel like those are, you know, it's a lot to kind of do a full park day and then schlep your kids all the way to a resort for dinner.

2:37.9

And so I feel like for adult only park trip, like take advantage of some of that really yummy signature dining and, you know, kind of go out of your way and go have drinks at Trader Sam's, you know, go to Polly and have drinks there. So, yeah,

2:52.1

there's lots of great things to do adults only at the parks. But as Brian said, we're certainly

2:57.7

not the experts on that. So yeah. Yeah. Well, with that, say, we've got an exciting and fun

3:04.0

guest and a fun show tonight. You want to introduce our guests for the, for the evening?

3:08.2

I would love to. I am so excited actually to welcome this guest for the first time. I can't believe

3:13.8

this is the first time he's been on our show because we've actually interacted with him quite a bit

3:19.3

over the last several years. Even going all the way back to like the start of our show and in the middle of the

3:25.7

pandemic, we organized a virtual 5K with Dennis and his podcast, podcast Stardust, which is a Star Wars

3:34.6

focused podcast. But this is the first time that Dennis is coming on to our show. So welcome, Dennis.

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