Ep. 595 - Bonus Show - Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Inside the Disney Destiny’s Engine Room + Disney Cruise Line's Sustainability Story

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Leisure, Places & Travel, Hobbies, Society & Culture

4.9 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We’re bringing you a very special bonus episode from our media preview sailing on Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Disney Destiny. As part of this unique experience, we were granted rare, limited, and closely guided access to one of the most restricted spaces onboard: the engine room. In this episode, we share what we learned from DCL’s technical, operational, and environmental teams about how the Destiny is engineered for a more sustainable future. We discuss the ship’s energy-efficient systems, waste-management processes, and Disney Cruise Line’s ongoing efforts to reduce single-use plastics. It’s a perspective most guests will never encounter, offering a clearer picture of how DCL is working behind the scenes to reduce its environmental footprint while maintaining the magic at sea. Listen now and join the conversation! Help Support the Show: Book your next Disney Cruise Line vacation with My Path Unwinding Travel Join the waitlist for 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 Ranked as a Top Podcast by Feedspot Top 30 Disney Cruise Line Podcasts (#1) | Top 20 Cruise Podcasts (#2) | Top Disney Podcasts (#4) | Top 20 Disney Cruise Line Influencers (#12) 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. #DisneyDestiny #DisneyCruiseLine #DCLDuo #DisneyCruise #SustainableCruising #CruiseLife #EngineRoomTour #DisneyShips #EcoTravel #DCLSustainability #BehindTheScenes #CruisePodcast #DisneyTravel #GreenCruising #SustainableTravel

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0:00.0	Each ship produces up to 99% of its own freshwater on board.
0:06.1	Wow.
0:07.0	Yes.
0:25.1	Welcome back, everybody, to a special episode of the DCL Duo podcast brought to you by my Path Unwinding Travel.
0:28.9	This is a continuation of our deep dive series about the Disney Destiny.
0:31.8	And Sam, you're going to do a little interview here.
0:32.3	Yeah.
0:41.0	So today we're going to talk about sustainability across the Wish class because it's Disney Cruise Lines focus, or one of Disney Cruise Lines focuses. And Brian had this unique opportunity. He was invited to do an
0:46.5	engine room tour with a number of other media outlets. Basically, we're invited, but only one of us could
0:52.6	go. And we decided it made the most
0:54.3	sense for Brian to do this tour. And he got to see crew only areas, and not just crew only
1:00.9	areas, but specific areas that only sort of the engineers on the ship get to access. And so, Brian,
1:09.2	why don't you tell our listeners where you met on board and where you got to
1:14.5	go. And then we'll talk about some of Disney Cruise Lines goals and aims with this tour, I think.
1:20.7	Sure. And I really want to emphasize what a unique opportunity this was. So when we met up with the PR team in Saga as a group,
1:30.6	the PR person in advance of kind of taking us on the tour said that they had really racked
1:36.4	their brains over the last time they might have invited anyone but crew to come tour
1:40.6	the engine room and could not remember a time when this had happened before.
1:45.3	This was also very exclusive.
1:47.9	I think Sam mentioned a number of outlets, just to put perspective on it.
1:50.8	I think there were about 12 outlets present for the tour.
1:54.3	So it was like the 10 or 12 of us plus a couple of PR reps.
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