Ep. 679 - Live Bonus Show - Adventures by Disney Holland & Belgium River Cruise the Duo's Verdict

Eight days, two countries, nineteen windmills, and one official certificate proving Sam is not a witch. We're back from Adventures by Disney's Holland & Belgium River Cruise aboard the AmaLea, and this is the full trip report — every port, every excursion, the ones worth your money and the one Brian would trade for a chocolate-making class. After two ABD river cruises, we give you our verdict on whether the premium is justified.

First, Danny from DCL Magazine joins us for Disney Cruise Line news and a crash course in taking better travel photos with the phone already in your pocket.

In this episode:

• Why five Adventure Guides are the real difference between an Adventures by Disney river cruise and booking AmaWaterways on your own
• Our port-by-port breakdown: Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Ghent, Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp, Dordrecht and the UNESCO windmills at Kinderdijk
• The Antwerp food tour that ranks near the top of every ABD excursion we've done — and the Brussels beer tour that fell flat
• Life aboard the AmaLea: the Chef's Table is now open for lunch, tips are fully included, and there is no reason to board before mid-afternoon
• How to legally bring real farm Gouda home — and why shipping it is off the table
• Danny's phone photography tips, including the parallax trick that keeps landmarks from shrinking into specks
• Our verdict, and the Adventures by Disney trip we booked before we even got home

"They bring the magic all the way to Europe and onto the ship and make sure that you just have that little dose of Disney that you need if you're doing one of these." — Brian

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