our kid just ditches us, you know.

I mean, that but happens a little bit, right?

And I think, like, you know, this is why I know I probably did make fun of by a lot of my friends who are my age.

And I think because I'm like, oh, you're just one of those Disney adults now.

And I'm like, I don't think you understand how great this can be.

Yeah. understand how great this can be. Welcome back, everyone, to another episode of the DCL Duo podcast brought to you by my

path unwinding travel.

I am your host Sam today. As you can tell by

hearing my voice, Brian is not able to join me today. He's unfortunately a little bit under the weather.

And for all those ladies out there, you know when the man cold hits, it's just painful. So it's

probably better that you just have me today.

But I am joined by a listener, another gentleman here.

Instead of a Brian, I'm joined by a Ryan here today.

So welcome to the show, Ryan.

I'm glad to be here.

And the Brian Ryan thing, I'm sure we'll get very confusing as we go on,

but hopefully we can keep it straight in the podcast and everyone can follow along. Yeah, I'm sure we'll get very confusing as we go on, but hopefully we can keep

it straight in the podcast and everyone will talk and follow along. Yeah, I love it. All right. Well,

Ryan, you are a long-time listener, but first-time guest on the show. We've got to know,

of course, what is your cruising background, your Disney background, and how did you get started with Disney Cruise Line? I'll start with the Disney background. I went once when I was a kid, this typical trip. I'm originally from New Jersey. So we did the lunch trip when I was a kid. My wife went a few times when she was a kid. My daughter was two turning, her daughter's turning three. My wife was trying to really talk me and to go to World. And I was like, eh, do we have to? Blah, blah, blah. She got me there once. And her irrational was that, you know, she's only three. So she's still cheaper than if, and she gave up our plates. So we went there that one time. It was great. The way I fell in love with it was at Be our Guest Restaurant where the plates talk to you, where they know where you're sitting and that saw the magic on that this is the greatest thing ever in customer service wise and operational wise. So that was great. You've been three times with the family. My son is now 10, so he's only been once. My daughter's been twice.

For cruising, that story, I had a work trip scheduled for our anniversary to New Orleans.

And at first, we were going to take everyone in New Orleans and then cooler heads prevailed.

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