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Ep. 657 - Live Bonus Show - Disney Destiny Spring Break Family Review | Was It Worth It?
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- May 17, 2026
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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 Trav…