Ep. 657 - Live Bonus Show - Disney Destiny Spring Break Family Review | Was It Worth It?

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Hobbies, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Sara, a Florida-based military family mom who got hooked on Disney Cruise Line after just one sailing, just returned from a five-night spring break trip on the Disney Destiny with her ten-year-old daughter and six-year-old son — and brought receipts: 75 photos of her kids dominating the Happy Haunt game, a Palo brunch with Bahamian rain falling outside the window, and a Hercules musical that left her speechless. She joins Sam and Brian live, but first — a full DCL news roundup, including a major mechanical crisis in Singapore and menus that are making fans reach for the smelling salts. In this episode: The Disney Adventure's mechanical failure in Singapore — what went wrong, why guests had to disembark, and the full compensation package Disney Cruise Line offered A new San Diego port agreement signals a bigger ship — possibly Dream-class — is coming to the West Coast by 2027 New menus rolling out across the older ships: the Chateaubriand is gone, the fried brie is gone, and Sam has opinions New Castaway Club gifts and chandelier ornaments — one per ship, only purchasable on that ship, yes, they're doing this to you Troubling crew-related news spanning multiple cruise lines, including the Disney Magic — Brian confirms nothing occurred on board involving passengers Sara's day-by-day Destiny breakdown: the Grand Hall reveal, the Happy Haunt obsession, Frozen the Musical during 13-foot swells, a Pride Lands dinner where the performers kept going through the rocking, the Hercules musical, Palo brunch, and a Lookout Key snorkeling excursion that may be one of the best in DCL history "It exceeded my expectations in a knockout way." — Sara, on the Hercules musical aboard the Disney Destiny 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 at the WDW Magazine store: DCL Magazine 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) 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	I don't know if it's because he's missing two teeth,
0:01.8	but he really learned how to whistle.
0:03.2	And like the other day, he was in the other room making Legos,
0:06.1	and he was whistling, I can go the distance.
0:08.1	I was like, what's happening?
0:09.7	I love her.
0:10.7	That's awesome.
0:11.9	Succeeded at something as a parent. Welcome back, everybody to this week's episode of the DCL Duo podcast brought to you by my path unwinding travel.
0:33.8	And apologies up front.
0:35.5	We had a little hiccup in the pre-show.
0:39.4	The software was not working as intended.
0:42.7	Yeah, just cracked out on poor Brian.
0:44.8	And then the event, like, disappeared on his computer.
0:48.5	And so he had to, like, recreate the live show
0:50.6	so that we could actually go live on YouTube.
0:52.6	So apologies, if you are trying to find us
0:55.7	right now as on the link, the old link that is not the correct link, but if you, well, if you're on
1:01.2	here, you've found and refreshed and got the new link. And so I was trying to post on socials.
1:07.4	But anyway, we got a great show. We've got a great guest with us. We've got Sarah,
1:11.9	who we're going to talk to about the Disney Destiny, her spring break cruise with kids.
1:17.1	She put together a great presentation, but we've got a lot of news to hit on. Do you want to bring
1:22.4	Sarah on first? Yeah, let's bring our guest in. Let's bring our guests in. We can all talk news
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