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December 27, 2023 17 mins

Prepare to set sail on a sea of laughter and heartwarming stories, as we're joined by the most charming crew of little buccaneers! Teddy, Chambers, and Tater Tot (Reed) drop anchor in the Tiki Room to share their swashbuckling tales from the decks of Disney cruises. These young adventurers open up about their favorite moments, from the thrill of an emergency drill to birthday celebrations at sea. You won't want to miss the humorous recollections and adorable insights that only the candid honesty of kids can provide.

This episode is a treasure chest of childlike wonder, perfect for parents plotting their own Disney cruise or anyone who cherishes the magic of Disney through the eyes of its most important fans – the children. With personal anecdotes about room setups for larger families and the most beloved onboard activities, our tiny guests give us the scoop on what really makes a Disney cruise an unforgettable voyage. So, hoist the mainsail and join us for a journey filled with giggles, surprises, and the pure joy of childhood on the high seas. Ahoy, mateys—let the adventure begin!

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Hello friends, welcome back.
I'm Elizabeth.
I'm Sarah and this is the TikiRoom.
That's the Tiki.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Room.

Speaker 1 (00:14):
Yes, we have a very special day today.
We have brought in some of theBrannick graves and draper
children into the table to talkabout their.
Oh, yes, sorry one draper onedraper kid today, one Graves kid
and one Brannick kid, and weare going to be talking about
their Disney cruise experiences.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Yeah, we thought it would be a great opportunity to
talk to them and just get theirfeedback.
I mean, Elizabeth and I loveDisney, obviously, but it's
important to know what the kidsthink.
What are are the kids having agood time?
Is it just us?

Speaker 1 (00:54):
Just so you know.
They all three just left theroom.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
They just left the room, they got to drag them back
.
This is what it's like being atDisney actually with the kids.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
Yes, so should we start by introducing them.

Speaker 3 (01:04):
Yes.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
Definitely All right, what's your name?
Teddy, teddy, teddy, how oldare you?
Eight Teddy, who's yourfavorite baseball coach?

Speaker 3 (01:13):
You so good, chambers , good, what's your name?

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Chambers, how old are you?
Eight, who's your.
What's your favorite Christmassong?

Speaker 3 (01:25):
All of them.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
Read what's your name .

Speaker 3 (01:32):
Tater Tot.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
How old are you Eight and where did you celebrate
your most recent birthday?

Speaker 3 (01:42):
Somewhere that I forgot.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
Somewhere you forgot Answer on the Disney cruise.
That's right.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Um read what did you when you there was like an
emergency thing and what?
Then we'll get into some morespecific questions.
There's some emergency thingthat we had to do on the cruise.
Did you yell anything out whenwe went into that meeting?

Speaker 1 (02:06):
Very beginning, where they told us how to use the
life vests.
What did you say on board whenwe were all sitting there in
those chairs?
What did you yell to the crowd?
Do Ultimate hype man right here.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
This is great.
I just I live to hear read,talk about fishing and hunting
and do all he loves it all.
Yeah, I know All right guys,you.
We want to hear from you, theyoungest kids, about what you
guys think about the Disneycruise.
Okay, it's important to knowthe other kids out here
listening to this podcast.

(02:44):
They need to know what do eightyear olds think about the
Disney cruise?

Speaker 1 (02:48):
Okay, so, teddy, what cruise did you go on and when
did you go on it?

Speaker 3 (02:52):
The dream and I went in 2020.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
Right before COVID.
Yes, and tell me, tell me,teddy, what, what, what was your
favorite part about your room?
How many beds did you have?
Because you have six people inyour family, right, four beds.
Can you tell me what the bedsetup was like?

Speaker 3 (03:14):
It was like, did you?

Speaker 1 (03:15):
have one big bed or two big beds.

Speaker 3 (03:18):
I don't remember.

Speaker 2 (03:20):
I think that for your family, because you had a lot
of people in your family comeTeddy right, you had like aunts
and uncles and grandparents,cousins, so I think that some of
the kids in your family got toactually go and stay with a
grandparent in their room.
Do you remember that?

Speaker 1 (03:36):
Yes, did you get to sleep on a fold out bed?

Speaker 2 (03:39):
You definitely slept on a bed.
That would be very important toyour mom.
Yeah, yeah, yes.
Yes of course.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
Okay, next up in the lineup we've got Chambers.
Chambers, tell us, how manyDisney cruises have you been on?

Speaker 3 (03:52):
Two.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
And what cruise ships did you go on?

Speaker 3 (03:57):
The Disney Dream.
I went on first like I don'tknow how many years ago, but it
was kind of a while ago, likefour years ago, four, and I
recently went on one like twoweeks ago.

Speaker 2 (04:16):
Two days ago.

Speaker 3 (04:17):
Two days ago.
Yeah, feels like two weeks Timeafter time, and that was a
Disney wish.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
So good, Okay, tell me what the tell me about your
room in 2000 and on the dreamversus the wish.

Speaker 3 (04:32):
I honestly don't remember the dream like how.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
It was a dream.
It was similar.
We were just a dream.
We had.
What movie is that from?
What is that?
Pitch Perfect, oh gosh.
Well, chambers, you slept inour room along with your sister,
sydney, but Westline, she sleptwith Gigi and G Daddy in their
room, and then another cousinslept in there too, so the two

(04:59):
older, so the older cousins,they all switched off sleeping
and getting to be with thegrandparents.
They got to have summer partyand the Raleigh cousins, and so
we had four person room too.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Okay, so I really like how they stacked.
They stacked the rooms whichworked, because they had
multiple rooms and multiplechildren and different numbers
in each room.
So that's cool.
But so what did you do thiscruise that you just got off two
days ago?
How did we sleep?

Speaker 3 (05:30):
The kids all had their own bed, but as usual mom
and dad share a bed, so it waspretty much the normal setup.

Speaker 1 (05:42):
Did you sleep on the bed that came out of the ceiling
, the bed that came off of thewall or the bed that was the
sofa?

Speaker 3 (05:49):
So Westline stayed on the bed for all three nights
that came down from the wall,and then Sydney.
So the first night Sydney slepton the top bunk bed and then I
slept on the bottom bunk.

(06:09):
The next night we switched, andthen that last night we
switched again.
I love that.

Speaker 1 (06:18):
Reed Brannick.
Come on in.

Speaker 3 (06:21):
Step into my office.

Speaker 1 (06:22):
All right, buddy, tell me when was the first
cruise you ever went on?

Speaker 3 (06:26):
Like two days ago.

Speaker 1 (06:28):
What did you go on?

Speaker 3 (06:29):
The wish.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
When you, okay, tell me about your room.
How many bathrooms did it have?

Speaker 3 (06:40):
One, and it was amazing.

Speaker 1 (06:42):
No that one toilet.
How many sinks did it have?

Speaker 3 (06:46):
Two Okay.

Speaker 1 (06:47):
And was the sink in the same room with the toilet?
I mean, was the toilet in thesame room with the shower?

Speaker 3 (06:54):
Uh no, Is it in a different room?

Speaker 1 (06:59):
What was I thinking, reed, tell us where you slept in
that room.

Speaker 3 (07:05):
Well, the number was 9062 okay, that is great.

Speaker 1 (07:09):
I'm glad you remember that.
Where did you sleep in thatroom?
The?

Speaker 3 (07:14):
bathtub.

Speaker 2 (07:15):
I know it.

Speaker 3 (07:16):
I Slept in like a bunk bed looking thing.
Oh there's a thing that theycame down, but I Don't know did
anybody visit you in our roomWhile you were there?
Tinkerbell.

Speaker 2 (07:30):
Tinkerbell.
Yeah, how did tinkerbell comeand visit you in your room?

Speaker 3 (07:34):
So I lost the tooth and then, and then the tooth
fairy, I got two dollars and nota two dollar bill?
Yeah two dollar bills and thenthe best part about this is
there was a sign that said Tink,tink was here.

(07:55):
Happy birthday.

Speaker 2 (07:57):
What so?
What you're telling us, reed,is that if you lose a tooth on
the Disney cruise or at DisneyWorld, tinkerbell comes and
leaves you pixie, dust and money.

Speaker 3 (08:10):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (08:11):
Yep duh, so you heard it first here.

Speaker 1 (08:14):
People heard it heard it first, friends.
Okay, I have another question.
Okay, teddy, so on the Disneydream, tell me what your
favorite thing about the wholecruise ship was.
Probably pirate night.
Pirate night, tell us what youdid.

Speaker 2 (08:33):
What was it about pirate night that you liked to
Teddy?

Speaker 3 (08:36):
Just just Seeing everyone dressed up as pirates,
I guess.

Speaker 2 (08:41):
Oh yeah.

Speaker 3 (08:42):
Did they have fireworks?

Speaker 1 (08:43):
Yes, yes, okay.
So what else did you enjoyduring, like during the day, on
your cruise ship?

Speaker 3 (08:49):
the ocean view the ocean view.

Speaker 2 (08:52):
Teddy, I Love that, I love that.

Speaker 3 (08:56):
We saw a dolphin jump out of the water.

Speaker 1 (08:58):
What Like in the middle of the ocean, oh.

Speaker 2 (09:02):
My goodness.

Speaker 1 (09:05):
There, it is okay.
Chambers, okay, chambers.
Tell me what your favoritething to do on the cruise ship
was um other than the kids club.

Speaker 3 (09:19):
Well, my second favorite is is honestly
Everything else?

Speaker 1 (09:26):
Did you enjoy it?
Did you get to see theprincesses?
Um yes was there anythingdifferent about a princess on
the Disney cruise or a characteron the Disney cruise versus a
princess or character at DisneyWorld?

Speaker 3 (09:45):
They were like multiple princesses and you had
to wait in like a Line to like,and then you like went to one
princess and then you moved tothe next and they were like
probably like four, five.
So there's Cinderella, belle,rapunzel yeah, um, so Wouldn't

(10:11):
be on.
Ah, belle Juana and Cinderella,so five.

Speaker 1 (10:16):
Good job.
Good job Okay, and did you seeany other characters when you
were on board?
I think?

Speaker 2 (10:25):
Kind of in the very beginning, when you were sitting
on Daddy's shoulders, wewatched a show you saw.
All of them Did you see the key?

Speaker 3 (10:32):
Yes, you saw all of the characters.
Yes, but we didn't really getto meet them.
We watched like a show, likewhen we got off the dock.

Speaker 1 (10:43):
That's so fun.
All right, let's ask Reed whathis favorite part was.
I have a feeling I know.

Speaker 3 (10:48):
I told you I'm Tater Tot.

Speaker 2 (10:50):
Tater Tot.
What was your favorite part ofthe cruise?
Aqua?

Speaker 1 (10:55):
Mouse, Aqua Mouse Reed.
After you wrote Aqua Mouse, didyou just go over to the other
slide and live your best life?

Speaker 3 (11:03):
Yeah, brah, okay, so my second thing is actually the
Aqua Mouse, my third thing iseverything else.

Speaker 1 (11:08):
Everything else.
Okay, wait, what's your firstfavorite thing?

Speaker 3 (11:11):
My first favorite is actually the Aqua Mouse, my
second favorite is the Kids Cluband my third favorite is
Everything else, everything elseOkay.

Speaker 2 (11:20):
So, teddy, teddy just brought up a good point.
Teddy, what was the slidecalled on the Disney Dream?

Speaker 3 (11:25):
The Aqua.

Speaker 2 (11:25):
Duck and tell us, do you remember anything about the
Aqua Duck?

Speaker 1 (11:29):
I did not go on it.
Did you not go on it becauseyou didn't want to?
Or did you not go on it becauseyou were not tall enough?

Speaker 3 (11:35):
Because I just was too scared Same.

Speaker 1 (11:39):
So you had a fear of the Aqua Duck, like I did Tower
of Terror I didn't want to go on.

Speaker 3 (11:43):
It so bad.

Speaker 2 (11:44):
Yeah, now you're older.
Wiser Vacation, Tony Yep.
Let's say that Teddy, youdidn't get to do the Aqua Duck.
Do you have siblings, though?
That did the Aqua Duck.

Speaker 3 (11:55):
Yes.

Speaker 2 (11:56):
Did they seem to like it.

Speaker 3 (11:58):
Yes.

Speaker 2 (11:58):
Yes.

Speaker 3 (11:59):
That's what made me like I said, it was like really
fun.
So that's what made me likereally want to go on it now.

Speaker 2 (12:06):
Yeah, you definitely need the opportunity to go on
the Aqua Duck or the Aqua Mouse,really selling this?

Speaker 1 (12:12):
We are Okay.
Chambers, tell me something.
What was your favorite thingabout the ocean ear club?

Speaker 3 (12:19):
Probably that there was a stone goes area and you
got to flip like a bunch ofswitches.
And then there were, like thesetablets that, like you just
scan your magic band somewhereand then, like that, you click
something and then, like, youhave to scan a code, like really
quick.

Speaker 1 (12:40):
Did you see any Star Wars characters?

Speaker 3 (12:43):
Yes, I got to like go somewhere.
They said go to the Star Warsarea if you want to see Chewy in
Gray.

Speaker 1 (12:53):
Wait, did you see them?

Speaker 3 (12:55):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (12:55):
Well, you saw Chewy and Ray.

Speaker 2 (12:58):
Obviously Chewy, chewy and Ray.
Did you tell?

Speaker 3 (13:01):
her that you love her .
Yes, she's mad.
I love Chewy, the person who'syour favorite animal, like on
the Star Wars, some people saidPolo, some people said the other
people said Chewbacca Ewoks.

Speaker 1 (13:23):
What did you?

Speaker 3 (13:24):
say, though Most people and me said Chewy, oh
good answer Okay, did you go tothe Hyperspace lounge?
I did and I got to see it gointo Hyperspace.
That is so cool.

Speaker 2 (13:40):
Teddy, who are some characters that you got to meet?
Did you get to meet anycharacters when you were on the
cruise?

Speaker 3 (13:46):
Yes.

Speaker 2 (13:47):
Who did you get to meet?

Speaker 1 (13:48):
Main six oh, did you just say the main six?
The main six, like it's a band.

Speaker 2 (13:55):
How was that?
Did you like meeting them onthe Disney cruise?
How was it different?
Was it different at all frommeeting them like at Magic
Kingdom or, you know, meetingthem on the cruise.

Speaker 3 (14:07):
It's just weird seeing them in a different place
, because I was more used toDisney at the time.

Speaker 2 (14:12):
That is true, you are so great, teddy, I know.
Did they have like differentkind of costumes when they were
on the cruise?

Speaker 3 (14:21):
On pirate night.
They did.

Speaker 2 (14:24):
That's awesome.

Speaker 1 (14:25):
Reed Brannick, come over here and tell me your
favorite part about the Oceanierclub.

Speaker 3 (14:29):
Going to the Marvel's place.

Speaker 1 (14:32):
What did you get to do?
Oh sorry, tater Tot, what didyou do at Marvel?
Tell me.

Speaker 3 (14:37):
I got to like fight people and this terrible screen
Okay, so not in real life.

Speaker 1 (14:44):
On TV.
Did you get to become a Marvelcharacter?
So it was like a virtualreality type situation, a
cartoon, oh wow, okay, let's notbe as sassy as you're being
right now.
What did I say?
Okay, tell us how you would getinto the Oceaneer Club.

Speaker 3 (15:00):
Oh, you go down the slide or you could take the
stairs.
Wait and washing your hands.
Washing your hands is the bestthing, but the toilet is too
small.

Speaker 2 (15:12):
Toilets are small little people, but the hand
washing stations were kind ofcool.

Speaker 1 (15:17):
I'm going to ask one question one last question what
was your?
Favorite thing that you ate,starting with Teddy.

Speaker 3 (15:22):
Breakfast definitely pancakes oh pancakes yes.

Speaker 1 (15:28):
Reed Brandek, what was your favorite thing that you
ate on the ship?
And I know that there's twothings, so tell me both.

Speaker 3 (15:33):
That's three.
It's hot dog, chicken nuggets,chicken nuggets.

Speaker 1 (15:40):
Ice cream.
What flavor ice cream did youget?

Speaker 3 (15:43):
Chocolate.

Speaker 1 (15:46):
Chambers.

Speaker 3 (15:48):
I only got chocolate.

Speaker 1 (15:50):
Oh, but what was your favorite thing that you ate on
the cruise ship?

Speaker 3 (15:55):
Chocolate ice cream.

Speaker 1 (15:57):
Oh, so good.
I love that.
Did you have a favoriterestaurant?

Speaker 3 (16:01):
Probably the Arundel.

Speaker 2 (16:03):
Arundel restaurant.
I had a feeling so, oh, waityou had one, it is a 1923.

Speaker 3 (16:10):
Walt Disney, that was your favorite.
Yeah, duh.

Speaker 2 (16:14):
Wow, I think he's saying duh.

Speaker 1 (16:15):
I don't know, teddy, that makes sense.

Speaker 3 (16:18):
Yabra.

Speaker 2 (16:19):
Yeah, bra.
This is the final question.
Ok, now that all of you havebeen on a Disney cruise, would
you want to do it again?

Speaker 3 (16:31):
Yes, yes, yabra, possibly yes.
So can I play video games now?
No, with 15 billion questionmarks, oh no.
Exclamation points.

Speaker 2 (16:45):
Exclamation points yes.

Speaker 1 (16:46):
Do you think that we should all go together?

Speaker 2 (16:48):
Yes, we should definitely yes.

Speaker 3 (16:52):
I say yes, but I'm warning you it is going to be
crazy.
It's going to be a wild ride,if we ever did that.

Speaker 2 (17:00):
All right, can I?

Speaker 1 (17:01):
have all of you friends say thank you for tuning
in to the Tiki Room on thecount of three One, two three.

Speaker 3 (17:08):
Thank you for turning into the Tiki Room Exclamation
points and make sure tosubscribe to Tater Tots Markers.

Speaker 1 (17:23):
I I.

Speaker 3 (17:24):
I, that's a wrap, mic drop, it is not.

Speaker 1 (17:29):
Thanks, friends, bye.

Speaker 2 (17:32):
Sweet Caroline, bum bum bum, maybe we should just go
to a baseball game instead.

Speaker 3 (17:41):
Pound it Nions.
See ya, bye, bye.
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