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DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Ep. 613 - From Glaciers to Volcanoes: Disney Wonder Back-to-Back Alaska & Hawaii

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Hobbies, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.9575 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

What’s it like to sail back-to-back on the Disney Wonder from Alaska to Hawaii? In this episode of the DCL Duo Podcast, we welcome back Carin, a longtime listener and Disney Cruise Line veteran with 37 sailings under her belt, to share her incredible back-to-back adventure from Vancouver to Alaska and onward to Hawaii. Carin walks us through the planning and logistics of back-to-back cruises, including what turnaround day really looks like, how long you’re off the ship, and what to expect if you’re changing staterooms. We talk packing strategies for wildly different climates, laundry routines onboard, and lessons learned from traveling nearly carry-on only. In Alaska, Carin shares highlights like sled dog puppies, bear viewing in Ketchikan, and an unforgettable small-boat whale-watching experience in Juneau. Then we head to Hawaii, where she breaks down rental car strategies, favorite beach stops on Kauai and Maui, sea turtle sightings on the Big Island, and the onboard cultural enrichment that makes these longer Pacific sailings so special. We also cover a near pier-run moment that proves why planning buffer time matters. Finally, we wrap up with updated favorites across Disney Cruise Line — ships, dining, stage shows — and what’s next on Carin’s cruise bucket list. 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) | and 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. #DisneyCruiseLine #DisneyWonder #BackToBackCruise #AlaskaCruise #HawaiiCruise #DisneyAlaska #DisneyHawaii #DCLTips #CruisePlanning #DisneyCruising #DCLPodcast #CruiseLife #DisneyTravel #CruisePodcast #DCLFans

Transcript

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0:00.0

I highly, highly recommend, if you don't get to do it on the cruise, at El Lani, they do an very intro

0:07.7

ukulele lesson. And it was the thing that first, like, made me fall in love with the instrument.

0:14.1

And then when we came home, I had bought, I bought an ukulele in Hawaii and then took lessons at home.

0:20.5

It's a lesson like a test drive for a car, right?

0:23.1

Yeah, it's not like, yeah.

0:24.4

But they do teach you, they teach you four chords.

0:26.9

And as anyone knows, and any good...

0:30.3

Most popular music can be played using four chords.

0:33.0

Exactly.

0:33.3

Exactly. Welcome.

0:50.3

Welcome back, everybody to this week's episode of the DCL duo podcast brought to you by my Path Unwinding Travel and Sam, do your jingle.

0:53.5

Go for it.

2:03.7

Simply the best. Better than all the rest. There you go. All right. Live jingle and avoid copyright. Parity song. All right. This week's listener review comes from, now, Sam, I'm a little word. I got to put it out through the listeners. I do not have a good method of tracking which reviews we've read. And so each week I scroll back, I think we've already read this one. I think, did we already do Robbie Abney's review, Sam? I think we did Robbie's review. So do I, which makes you think that the one we read on the last show is probably one that we have already done as well. You know what? We're just gonna, pick it up from here. It's just just this is just what's going to happen. And we will get to the other reviews as we get to them. So this week's review comes from Robbie Abney. Potentially a repeat review. It reads, must in all caps, listen to DCL podcast exclamation point. Five stars all capped every time. I love how balanced they are in their reviews and discuss both the good and areas that could be better equally. Couldn't suggest this podcast enough for anyone that loves all things with a little more sprinkle of DCL. So thank you, Robbie. We really appreciate you out there. It was great. I think we've met Robbie a couple times now, maybe. Didn't we sail with them a couple times? Yeah.

2:10.7

We didn't sail with them. We've actually haven't met them in person. We've only met them virtually, Brian. They've been on the show.

2:18.0

When the parks are the show at one point. So, or sorry, the parks with the, yeah. Yeah, no, we've met them virtually a number of times. Lovely, the Abneys are fantastic.

2:20.9

And Robbie is, if for anyone who likes to see, you know, some of the Marvel Day at Sea

2:27.1

posters and stuff for DCL, really anything Marvel.

2:31.4

If it's got Captain America on it, you may be looking at our friend Robbie.

2:36.8

He's no longer a friend of Cap, but he was early on in DCL, his, or earlier on in DCL.

2:46.6

But he's also no Kroger Cap. No, he's no Kroger Cap. Yeah, there you go.

3:08.6

That's what we like to call the, what is it? I guess they call him the Thunderbolts now or the New Avengers, the Captain America that plays in that one or the... I forget what his superhero name is, but it's the guy who's Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn's son. There you go. There you go. All right. I don't even remember his name.

3:11.3

Do you want to introduce our guests and our phone topic for today?

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