Ep. 651 - Is the Disney Destiny Good for Little Kids? A Mom of Three Just Found Out

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Hobbies, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Is the Disney Destiny worth sailing with truly young kids? Jessica — a listener from Southern California — answered our call for families who sailed the Destiny with younger ages, and her experience covering a nine-year-old, a seven-year-old, and an almost-three-year-old hits just about every scenario parents wonder about. From a toddler with deeply held opinions about the nursery to a seven-year-old who had to be physically extracted from the Oceaneers Club, this is the on-the-ground Destiny family intel you've been looking for. In this episode: Why the villain characters on the Destiny are genuinely exceptional — including what happened when Jessica asked Dr. Facilier to turn her son into a frog The Oceaneers Club age sweet spot: why seven-year-olds are obsessed and nine-year-olds are already aging out What happens when your toddler flatly refuses the nursery — and which onboard activities actually worked for an almost-three-year-old What to expect from Dr. Facilier's Parlor, Troublemaking with Cruella, and Maleficent Under Her Spell before you add them to your schedule The Hercules seat-saving showdown that earned Jessica a high five from a total stranger ✈️ A pre-cruise stop in Atlanta covering the Georgia Aquarium and the Center for Puppetry Arts — Sam is very jealous about the Muppets exhibit "My seven-year-old loved the kids club. We could hardly get her out of it. And there were a couple of times when I tried to take her to different things in the atrium and she would just run off and go down the slide." — Jessica Support the Show: Book your next Disney Cruise Line vacation with our show sponsor, My Path Unwinding Travel! DCL Magazine — your ultimate guide to Disney Cruise Line tips and tricks! Join the waitlist and use promo code DCLDUO for 10% off. Stay Connected with the DCL Duo: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Facebook Group | Watch on YouTube | Listen on Apple Podcasts 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) 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	when it kind of progressively gets darker and like the light start flickering and stuff,
0:05.3	he would like kind of bury his head in my shoulder and be like, spooky, spooky mama.
0:10.7	And then when it like all the cycle ends and it restarts and it gets, you know, light again,
0:15.6	then he turned to me, he's like, not spooky mama.
0:19.1	It was just really funny how he was like, oh, like, it's not spooky anymore.
0:22.8	But then the fish went away and that he was upset that he couldn't see the fish.
0:44.9	Welcome back, everybody, to this week's episode of the DCL Duo podcast brought to you by my Path Unwinding Travel.
0:47.2	And Sam, it's jingle time.
0:47.8	Woohoo.
0:49.9	Simply the best.
0:52.9	Better than all the rest.
0:53.7	Yes, yes.
0:55.2	Yes, that is true.
0:56.9	We have our listener review.
1:00.5	People probably think we're so full of ourselves that we do that. We're like two of actually the most humble people you will ever like.
1:04.4	Well, maybe not Sam.
1:05.6	All right.
1:06.8	All right.
1:07.4	This review, we are finally wrapping up our reviews from Canada.
1:11.3	This one comes from movie fan, Triple Seven, all the way back in the way back machine from
1:16.2	April of 2021, who writes, great Disney cruise content and more.
1:20.5	The reason the DCL Duo podcast is so refreshing is that it offers honest, independent content,
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