{"podcast":{"title":"DCL Duo Podcast: A Disney Cruise Line Fan Podcast","slug":"dcl-duo-podcast-a-disney-cruise-line-fan-podcast-26869","podcast_index_feed_id":26869,"rss_url":"https://feeds.castos.com/2k9vg","website_url":"https://dclduo-podcast.castos.com","image_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/605fcc0356bc18-83948612/images/podcast/covers/c1a-2k5wn-34n6kxv5t0zg-t8f8xo.png","author":"Brian Flock","episode_count":665,"summary":"The DCLDuo Podcast is a Disney Cruise Line focused podcast. We're DCL super fans who love cruising. We love talking about our own Disney Cruise Line Adventures, comparing DCL to other cruise lines, and talking about other Disney adventures, like Adventures by Disney. We love talking to Disney Cruise Line fans, as well as experts, insiders, authors, bloggers, vloggers, travel agents and cruise lovers! Follow us and our guests on our journeys, and listen-in as we chat about cruising, Disney Cruise Line, and all of our other fabulous Disney adventures!!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-06T06:19:50.624125+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dcl-duo-podcast-a-disney-cruise-line-fan-podcast-26869"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 657 - Live Bonus Show - Disney Destiny Spring Break Family Review | Was It Worth It?","slug":"ep-657-live-bonus-show-disney-destiny-spring-break-family-review-was-it-worth-it","published_at":"2026-05-17T00:37:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dcl-duo-podcast-a-disney-cruise-line-fan-podcast-26869/ep-657-live-bonus-show-disney-destiny-spring-break-family-review-was-it-worth-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dcl-duo-podcast-a-disney-cruise-line-fan-podcast-26869","url":"https://dclduo-podcast.castos.com/episodes/ep-657-live-bonus-show-disney-destiny-spring-break-family-review-was-it-worth-it","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.castos.com/605fcc0356bc18-83948612/2464561/c1e-gkpm3hr0m1gu7g92k-dmjmk043txo6-pdufsg.mp3","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…","meta_description":"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 o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4831,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dcl-duo-podcast-a-disney-cruise-line-fan-podcast-26869/episodes/ep-657-live-bonus-show-disney-destiny-spring-break-family-review-was-it-worth-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dcl-duo-podcast-a-disney-cruise-line-fan-podcast-26869/ep-657-live-bonus-show-disney-destiny-spring-break-family-review-was-it-worth-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}