Ep. 526 - Toddlers, Turkeys, and Towel Animals: Karsh’s Recap of His Fantasy Sailing

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Hobbies, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Karsh is back—and he’s bringing all the cruise energy (and some spa secrets) from his latest 7-night Disney Fantasy sailing! In this recorded episode, we’re comparing two back-to-back Disney cruises: a shorter Halloween on the High Seas sailing aboard the Wish, and a Thanksgiving week cruise on the Fantasy. Which ship came out on top? Which cruise was more relaxing? And what happens when you try to stretch a one-time-only spa scrub into seven days? Plus: Sailing with kids, and why cast members are parenting MVPs ️ Dining differences on 4-night vs. 7-night sailings ‍♂️ The truth about the Rainforest Room Pixie dusting and surprising first-timers Why Karsh says 7-night is the sweet spot for DCL magic Listen on Apple Podcasts Watch more on YouTube ️ Book Your Next Disney Cruise Line Vacation: Visit our show sponsor My Path Unwinding Travel ️ Check out DCL Magazine – Your Ultimate Guide to Disney Cruise Line Tips & Tricks! Stay Connected with the DCL Duo Website | Instagram | Facebook | Facebook Group We’re listed alongside some other great Disney podcasts: Top 100 Disney Podcasts | Top 20 Cruise Podcasts | Top 30 Disney Cruise Line Podcasts ⚠️ Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the views of the Walt Disney Company, Disney Cruise Line, or any other travel provider discussed or mentioned.

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0:00.0	This is the way we indoctrinate people, Karsh, right?
0:02.9	This, you know, it's like I said, one family at a time.
0:05.3	One family at a time.
0:06.5	We're converting them one day at a time to being Disney Cruise Line devotees, as I like to call us.
0:12.7	Right.
0:13.6	Definitely. Welcome back, everyone to another episode of the DCL Duo podcast brought to you by my Path Unwinding Travel.
0:32.3	And as you can tell, when you're hearing my voice, I am solo hosting.
0:36.1	Brian is unable to join me today, but I am super
0:38.7	excited because I have a wonderful repeat guest with me. Karsh has been on this show before,
0:45.1	previously with his wife, to talk about a seven-night Disney fantasy sailing. And we're actually
0:50.7	going to talk again tonight a little bit about a different seven-night Disney fantasy sailing, but we're going to do it in a compare and contrast way to another cruise. So Karsh, welcome back to the show. It's lovely to have you. Thank you so much. It's great to be here. Yeah. It's so nice to like have people back who we've had on before. We develop a great rapport. It was like, gosh, it was
1:11.6	more than a year ago that you were on now. It's been more than a year. Yeah. I think it was
1:15.9	September 23. Yeah, that sounds about right. It was episode 367, I believe. If
1:25.7	folks want to go back and listen to this wonderful episode we did with
1:30.0	Karshan, his wife, Haral about their first Disney cruise. And now you just sailed your third
1:36.7	Disney cruise in the fall. Is that right? That's right. That's awesome. And you also just, just
1:43.6	like came back from a run Disney weekend.
1:45.6	We were talking offline about that.
1:47.0	But you are going to have a perfect year in 2025, meaning you are running all of the Disney races coast to coast.
1:56.3	All the races.
1:57.3	And I'm going to try and every summer they have their virtual series.
2:00.4	I'm going to try and get those as well. And I'm going to try and every summer they have their virtual series I'm going to try and get those as well and I'm going to try and push a castaway 5k in there some sometime this
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