Ep. 80 - Quirky Small-Ship Cruising with Heidi from QuirkyCruise.com

DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast

Brian Flock

Leisure, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Hobbies

4.8 • 580 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week we're talking to Heidi from QuirkyCruise.com about the multitude of small-ship cruises that are available in the market. We chat about expedition, river, coastal and ocean-going small ship opportunities and what to expect. Heidi has been on over 100 cruises and has a wealth of experience, knowledge and tips to share around small-ship cruising. So pack your bags for a conversation that spans the huge market of small-ship cruising opportunities. Be sure to check out Heidi's site QuirkyCruise.com for some great information on small-ship cruising opportunities; and subscribe to Heidi's newsletter for ongoing information and discounts! The DCLDuo Podcast is a weekly Disney Cruise Line and Disney travel focused podcast. If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Our podcast is also available on Pocket Casts, Spotify and most other major podcast providers. You can also like and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @DCLDuo. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, you can email us at dclduo@gmail.com. The views in this podcast are our own, and are not those of the Walt Disney family of companies, Disney Cruise Line or the Walt Disney theme parks or resorts. If you have questions about a Disney vacation or any of the Disney offerings discussed in this podcast please contact Disney directly or discuss with your Disney travel agent. Thanks for listening! You can connect with the DCLDuo Podcast and Vlog at: https://dclduo.com Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel at: https://tinyurl.com/u5bj9lv Please review and subscribe to our Podcast on the following platforms (or most major podcast providers): Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dclduo-podcast/id1501550336 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/gn6f1034 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Fcl8SPuSJFlam2KsJBHx7 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=526093&refid=stpr Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNDZlYjkzYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== TuneIn Radio: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports--Recreation-Podcasts/DCLDuo-Podcast-p1319273/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/744bd586-7298-4804-96c5-be20a1fff61f/DCLDuo-Podcast You can also like and follow us on social media at: The DCLDuo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DclDuo The DCLDuo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dcl_duo/ The DCLDuo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DCLDuo The DCLDuo Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dclduo We're also listed alongside some other great Disney podcasts at: Top 100 Disney Podcasts

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	three or four crew members held a bamboo pole, and that was the railing.
0:03.1	I loved it.
0:03.6	It was the impromptu railing to get up to the, you know, to get up the bank of the river.
0:07.7	It was really cool.
0:08.6	There you go.
0:09.0	For all the Disney Cruise Line fans listening, you can have a real pirate night experience
0:13.4	by walking the literal plank up to your boat.
0:36.5	Yeah. Welcome back, everybody to this week's episode of the DCL duo podcast.
0:54.9	And this week, we're bringing you another one of our episodes where we're bringing someone on to talk about cruising more generally. So not Disney focused cruising, but cruising more generally. And I am excited to welcome Heidi to our show. Heidi was featured in Paul Thornton's cruising Interrupted or will be featured in cruising interrupted when it comes out.
1:01.1	She's also co-authored Frommers cruising and Ports of Call Guide for a decade or more and several editions of Frommers' European Cruise and Cruise Vacations for Dummies.
1:05.4	It's been a contributor to newspapers, magazines, and online publications, including CNBC.c.com and condoness traveler, CNN.com,
1:14.6	and many, many more. She's a globetrotter who's been aboard more than 110 ships and small
1:19.8	vessels, and she reports that her small vessel sailing is some of her favorite. And so as the co-founder
1:25.9	of quirkycruise.com, let me welcome Heidi to our show. Welcome, Heidi. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Yeah, we're excited. We're going to talk about some small ship cruising today, which is something that Sam and I are really interested in. We've heard from a few people about small ship cruising, so we're really interested in it. I want to let our listeners know that you just stuck with me today. So I'm sorry about that, but we had a conflict in
1:48.0	Sam's schedule for recording. So it's just me and Heidi. Sam will be back on the next episode, but you're stuck with me today. Heidi, let's, before we dive into the topics, what I'd love to do is just give listeners a sense of your cruising background.
2:01.7	I kind of gave them a quick and dirty on your CV.
2:04.7	But talk to us about your cruising background, how many cruises you've been on and types of
2:10.0	ships and all that sort of stuff.
2:11.4	Well, as you mentioned, I've been on more than 100, I think 110, 110, 11 at this point
2:17.1	for over the last 25 years or so.
2:19.8	And I've traveled quite a bit even before I started cruising.
2:23.6	But I guess in a way, I'm an accidental cruiser.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Brian Flock, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Brian Flock and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.