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DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Ep. 569 - Amsterdam to Anaheim (and the Wonder): Jason’s West Coast Disney Adventure

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Society & Culture, Leisure, Places & Travel, Hobbies

4.9577 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Jason and his family flew all the way from Amsterdam to combine a U.S. vacation with a 3-night Disney Wonder sailing out of San Diego. After starting with time at Disneyland, they boarded the Wonder for their second Disney Cruise Line experience. In this episode, Jason shares what it was like cruising “on the other side” after his first Concierge-level experience on the Disney Wish. From rainy days at the San Diego Zoo to tacos, trivia, karaoke, vegetarian dining, and magical evenings in Animator’s Palate, Jason compares ships, staterooms, shows, and family activities. This is a fun look at Disney cruising from an international perspective and a great resource for families thinking about sailing out of San Diego.   Listen now and join the conversation!   Book Your Next Disney Cruise Line Vacation: My Path Unwinding Travel   DCL Magazine – Your Ultimate Guide to Disney Cruise Line Tips & Tricks! Join the waitlist at DCL Magazine and use promo code DCLDUO for 10% off at the WDW Magazine store.   Stay Connected with the DCL Duo Website | Instagram | Facebook | Facebook Group   We’re listed alongside some other great Disney podcasts at: Top 100 Disney Podcasts | Top 20 Cruise Podcasts | Top 30 Disney Cruise Line Podcasts   The views expressed in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the views of the Walt Disney Company, Disney Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, or any other travel provider discussed or mentioned.

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In terms of the Golden Mickey's, the music is great, but the story is Benson Benson thing.

0:07.8

For me, didn't really cut it.

0:11.7

See, Brian?

0:14.1

Oh, my God, Sam.

0:15.5

You're like the ultimate of like confirmation bias.

0:17.7

No, it's cute.

0:18.5

It's, listen, it's cute, but it's, it's just not frozen level, right?

0:23.2

You know whose opinion I'm hanging my hat on Sam?

0:25.6

Carly Wysell.

0:26.7

So there you go.

0:29.2

55,000 strong followers on Instagram and she likes the golden Mickey's.

0:34.0

Yeah.

0:36.9

You know, than Mickey's.

0:52.6

Welcome back, everybody to this week's episode of the DCL duo podcast brought to you by my Path Unw Travel. And Sam, do a jingle. Pick a song. Sing, sing your song. I like Simply the Best, Better Than All the Rest. There you go. All right. It's review time. This is our new review time jingle. We'll figure it will polish it up. I like it. And I like that I sing it live every time. So it sounds a little different each time. It's not a recorded. That's not a recorded track, you guys. I'm singing that live every show. I don't think anyone would mistake it for a recorded track. All right, this week's review comes from KEMTV, Kemptev, who writes, can't Believe it took so long to find Sam and Brian. Love this podcast, very good info, and great balanced interviews. I'm an experienced Disney Cruiser, but wish I had found them sooner. Well, thank you for that. We're glad that our show can help you out, even as an experienced cruiser. We love bringing on people to give pro tips. Sometimes we sprinkle a few

1:45.4

like pixie dust into our own commentary. But yes, thank you for the review. And we're sorry it took you

1:50.2

so long to find us too. If you know, if you feel like there are folks who don't know about us,

1:55.7

spread the word. That's our best advertising is word of mouth. You telling your friend who's thinking about a Disney cruise that we exist and to listen or watch us on YouTube. When you're chatting with folks, cocktails in the hot tub on the Disney Dream or wherever it is, let them know about the DCL duo. All right, with that, just remember folks out there listening. One of the easiest ways to help support the show, right? You know this. You know the spiel. I give it every week. Head over to Apple podcast. Hit those five stars. If you leave us a written review, we will read it on the air at the top of one of our main episodes. And with that, Sam, I'm handing it over to you. We have a guest from a galaxy far, far away, or at least another continent here on our Earth. But yes, see you.

2:36.7

Yes. We're excited to welcome back to the show from all the way across the Atlantic Ocean,

2:42.5

from the city of Amsterdam, the city of Tulips, we'll call it. We are very excited to welcome

2:47.7

back to the show, Jason. Welcome back, Jason. Hi, guys. Thanks so much for having me back. I'm really excited. Yeah, we're really excited to chat with you. I was just thinking, when we're in the Amsterdam next summer, I'm hoping maybe Jason's there, we can say hi. Yes. If it's not too far, I, you know, I know, I, we sometimes say we're from Seattle, we're not, we're from a suburb of Seattle and, you know, it's yeah, yeah, so anyway,

3:11.8

we're, we're, we're very, we're very, we're very close. All right. We'll, we'll get a, we'll get a,

3:17.9

we'll get a bike, uh, and we'll bike over. That's required standard issue. That's right.

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