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1. 0:00Hello everybody. Well, we have a few
2. 0:03announcements to make.
3. 0:04>> Yes, we've been planning a few things
4. 0:06and we're very excited to finally let
5. 0:08you know what's been going on with us.
6. 0:10So, the first announcement is something
7. 0:11that we have been working on and
8. 0:13thinking about for quite a long time and
9. 0:15we finally decided to pull the trigger.
10. 0:17But, we're going to let you know about
11. 0:18this a little bit differently. We're not
12. 0:20going to say what it is in this video.
13. 0:22We're going to announce it via email
14. 0:24newsletter. So, if you're curious and
15. 0:26hopefully we've piqued your curiosity
16. 0:28and we'll continue to pique it a little
17. 0:30bit more. There is going to be a link in
18. 0:32the pinned comment where you can sign up
19. 0:34for our email newsletter and that
20. 0:36announcement will be coming out this
21. 0:38week. So, be sure if you're watching
22. 0:40this video to click that link and sign
23. 0:42up for the newsletter.
24. 0:43>> Yeah, it's going to be exciting. I'm
25. 0:45just saying. That's all I'm going to
26. 0:46say, but it's going to be pretty cool.
27. 0:48>> It's really hard not to talk about it
28. 0:49right here.
29. 0:50>> Yeah.
30. 0:50>> [music]
31. 0:50>> Okay, so moving on. Group cruises, you
32. 0:54guys have said that you wanted more
33. 0:55group cruises and we did a lot a few
34. 0:58years ago and we kind of took a break
35. 1:00from them and of course the big C word
36. 1:02happened and so we really had to take a
37. 1:04a break from cruises, but everything is
38. 1:06normal. We can do as many groups as we
39. 1:08want now and we've got some really
40. 1:10exciting ones planned.
41. 1:12>> We do.
42. 1:13>> Yes.
43. 1:14>> [music]
44. 1:14>> So, we have three for 2027
45. 1:17and there's also a link in that pinned
46. 1:19comment to our website where you can go
47. 1:21see everything that's going on. Now, the
48. 1:23first one we actually announced a while
49. 1:26back and it is a Creed cruise and it
50. 1:28sold out immediately. So, there's no
51. 1:30space on that one, but we have plenty
52. 1:33more to come.
53. 1:34>> Yeah.
54. 1:34>> And then next up in '27, I picked one
55. 1:37and Jason picked one. My favorite place
56. 1:39in the world is Alaska. So, we are going
57. 1:42to invite you guys to come with us to
58. 1:44Alaska in September of '27.
59. 1:48>> Yeah, it's one of my favorite places,
60. 1:49too. It's totally contrasting to the one
61. 1:51I picked, but that's okay, right?
62. 1:53Balance. It's all about balance, but
63. 1:55both I think are going to be great uh
64. 1:57cruises.
65. 1:58>> So, some details on this. We decided to
66. 2:00go with Princess this time. Princess
67. 2:03does
68. 2:03>> Something different.
69. 2:04>> Yeah, Princess does an amazing job in
70. 2:06Alaska, and their newest ship, Star
71. 2:10Princess, is sailing out of Seattle, and
72. 2:12that's the ship that we've chosen to
73. 2:14sail on.
74. 2:14>> Yeah, it's going to be fun. It's going
75. 2:16to hit the big three, Ketchikan,
76. 2:17Skagway, and Juneau. Also a stop off in
77. 2:20Victoria,
78. 2:21uh and then [clears throat] we got some
79. 2:22glaciers we're going to be looking at as
80. 2:24well.
81. 2:24>> Yes, on the way to Juneau, we have Dawes
82. 2:27Glacier, which is a beautiful glacier.
83. 2:29And then the fact that it's cruising out
84. 2:31of Seattle is great because Seattle is a
85. 2:34wonderful city. We can go in a day or
86. 2:36two before, go to Pike Market, go stick
87. 2:39some nasty gum on the gum wall. No, I'm
88. 2:41just kidding, that's a lot of fun. And
89. 2:43Seattle's just a great city, so we're
90. 2:45going to have a great experience. It's
91. 2:47going to be towards the end of the
92. 2:48season, September. So, the dates are
93. 2:50actually September uh 8th through the
94. 2:5215th. So, it's not the very end of the
95. 2:54season, but we're getting that little
96. 2:56bit of cooler weather for Alaska.
97. 2:58>> Yeah, that's fun. Alaska's just it's one
98. 3:01of my favorite cruises as well.
99. 3:03Um it's just beautiful, it's perfect for
100. 3:05a group setting, uh lots of wonderful
101. 3:07scenery and things to do.
102. 3:09Uh we we couldn't think of a better uh
103. 3:12place to go with a group, so that was
104. 3:13definitely one.
105. 3:15>> And the ship is great. So, we have not
106. 3:16been on Star Princess, but we have been
107. 3:18on Sun Princess, which is basically the
108. 3:20identical sister ship.
109. 3:22>> [music]
110. 3:22>> And that, I mean, we just loved it. The
111. 3:24spacing is beautiful. I love the uh the
112. 3:27dome at the top, and the performances
113. 3:30they put on. It's a neat space because
114. 3:31[music] during the day, you can sit out
115. 3:33and lounge, and then at night it kind of
116. 3:34comes to life. And it's just a gorgeous
117. 3:37ship. Uh great entertainment, great
118. 3:39venues, and just a very comfortable
119. 3:42setting for Alaska. [music]
120. 3:44>> Yep. All right. Now, group cruise number
121. 3:47two, without further ado, I bet you
122. 3:49could guess it. The Beachcomber
123. 3:51Margaritaville C Beachcomber yachts,
124. 3:53their new ship uh coming to Galveston.
125. 3:56Is It will This will actually be the
126. 3:58second sailing. We will be going east to
127. 4:00go west. We will leave from Galveston,
128. 4:03go to Florida Keys, and then to Belize,
129. 4:07and then Cozumel. But, I remember being
130. 4:09on we've done all the other
131. 4:12Margaritaville ships. We did the
132. 4:13Islander first, and then we went
133. 4:15backwards to the Paradise. And we really
134. 4:18loved the Islander. And so, when we saw
135. 4:21the Beachcomber, I was like, this ship
136. 4:23looks pretty awesome. I loved the vibe
137. 4:25of the Margaritaville.
138. 4:28So, I figured this would be a great
139. 4:30group setting for a group on a cruise.
140. 4:32>> Absolutely. And the reason we're doing
141. 4:34the second sailing on Beachcomber out of
142. 4:37Galveston is because the first one's
143. 4:38only 4 days. That's not enough time to
144. 4:40really enjoy this ship and have a group
145. 4:42setting. So, the second sailing is a
146. 4:437-day, and that's why we chose that one.
147. 4:46And this is October of 2027.
148. 4:48>> Yeah. That is just the vibe. If the
149. 4:50Islander is any indication
150. 4:53>> [music]
151. 4:53>> what they're going to be doing going
152. 4:55forward, we're in good shape because I
153. 4:57I've loved that ship. They do such a
154. 5:00good job of their theming,
155. 5:03but still keeping that old-school yacht
156. 5:06feel, like you're out there on a boat
157. 5:08with all their woodworking. And their
158. 5:10theming is amazing. The
159. 5:12music is wonderful. It's just excellent
160. 5:14atmosphere. And I think
161. 5:17I think our people are going to love it.
162. 5:18>> I think so, too. We've done a lot of the
163. 5:20Margaritaville
164. 5:21brand. We've been to the resorts. We've
165. 5:23been to the Margaritaville campgrounds.
166. 5:25We've been on the cruise ships. It's
167. 5:27just the vibe, like Jason said. We love
168. 5:29it. It's very laid-back, very chill. And
169. 5:32I've been looking at the graphics cuz
170. 5:34>> [music]
171. 5:34>> I don't know if you know this, but
172. 5:35Beachcomber's not even out yet. It's a
173. 5:37brand new to Margaritaville ship. It's
174. 5:40really being released in January. So,
175. 5:43all we've been able to see so far are
176. 5:45the graphics, which [music] look
177. 5:46absolutely fantastic.
178. 5:47>> And it's a bigger, newer ship than the
179. 5:50Islander and the Paradise. Paradise was
180. 5:52really small, and then you had more of a
181. 5:55mid-size ship with the Islander, and
182. 5:57then this one's even larger than that. I
183. 6:00don't have all the specs on it, but who
184. 6:01cares?
185. 6:02>> Irrelevant.
186. 6:03>> It's bigger, it's newer, and I'm anxious
187. 6:06to see all the improvements that they've
188. 6:08made because, boy, you know, they had a
189. 6:11bad rap when they came out with
190. 6:13Paradise. They got hit pretty hard, but
191. 6:14what we saw in Islander was a huge
192. 6:17transformation. They They really take
193. 6:20what the people are saying and make
194. 6:22those improvements big time. And so, I'm
195. 6:24really looking forward to seeing how
196. 6:26Margaritaville Beachcomber implements
197. 6:29those going forward.
198. 6:31>> And the food was really surprisingly
199. 6:33good
200. 6:34on Margaritaville. So, Jason said the
201. 6:36best steak experience he's ever had on
202. 6:39any cruise was on Islander.
203. 6:41>> Just a good good ship, good times. I'm
204. 6:43looking forward to seeing what
205. 6:44Beachcomber [music] does, you know, and
206. 6:46how all the improvements that they make
207. 6:47cuz I know that they're going to be
208. 6:48making more improvements with each ship
209. 6:50that they come out with. And I look
210. 6:52forward to seeing all of you guys there
211. 6:53and having dinners and doing some cool
212. 6:56stuff all together, right? That's going
213. 6:58to what it's all about.
214. 6:59>> Okay, so that leads into why you might
215. 7:01want to come on a group cruise with us.
216. 7:03We've done several of these in the past.
217. 7:05Leave a comment down below if you've
218. 7:06been on one of our group cruises
219. 7:08>> [music]
220. 7:08>> cuz we'd love to hear from you. We've
221. 7:09had a really good time and we've made
222. 7:11some friendships. Like we literally have
223. 7:13friends all over this country now that
224. 7:14we can go visit and, you know, hang out
225. 7:16with. And most of those friendships have
226. 7:18come through these group cruises. So,
227. 7:20it's a really good get-to-know-you kind
228. 7:22of experience. [music]
229. 7:23>> No doubt.
230. 7:24>> But what's in it for you guys?
231. 7:25>> Yeah.
232. 7:25>> Discounted cruising.
233. 7:27>> Nothing. No.
234. 7:28>> [laughter]
235. 7:28>> No, discounted cruising. So, whenever we
236. 7:30put these groups together, we we are
237. 7:32able to work with the cruise line to get
238. 7:33lower prices on our group space than
239. 7:36what you will find direct with the
240. 7:37cruise line. So, if you're wanting to go
241. 7:40on one of these group cruises, you do
242. 7:41not go book it on the cruise line, you
243. 7:43go through the link below, and you book
244. 7:45it through us so you are officially part
245. 7:47of our group. And not just the group
246. 7:48discounts, we will have, um, you know,
247. 7:51meet and greets on the ship, we will
248. 7:53have fun activities on the ship, we will
249. 7:56do group excursions in port. So, it's
250. 7:58just a really fun experience getting
251. 8:01together and cruising with other
252. 8:03like-minded people. And when you get off
253. 8:05the ship at the end, you've got new
254. 8:07friends.
255. 8:08>> Yeah, and and a lot of those people make
256. 8:10connections. You find your people on
257. 8:12those on those group cruises, right? And
258. 8:14you connect and you do you go off and do
259. 8:16your own little group cruises sometimes
260. 8:18and that's what's one of the coolest
261. 8:20things about what we do is we get to
262. 8:22bring people together.
263. 8:23>> So, that was the cruises that are coming
264. 8:25up for 2027,
265. 8:27but we've decided to take 2028
266. 8:30and go for the bucket list. We have
267. 8:32chosen itineraries that you look at and
268. 8:35you're like, "Oh my gosh, that looks
269. 8:38amazing. That is something I've always
270. 8:40wanted to do and doing it with a group
271. 8:43is going to make it even better." So,
272. 8:45the first one that we have chosen is
273. 8:47coming up May of 28 [music] and it's in
274. 8:50the Mediterranean. I don't know if you
275. 8:52guys have noticed, but we've been going
276. 8:53to Europe a little bit more lately and
277. 8:55have absolutely fallen in love with
278. 8:58Europe and the Mediterranean and
279. 9:00everything it has to offer over there.
280. 9:01>> Oh man, you got to get cultured. You got
281. 9:04to cross the pond a little bit. It's
282. 9:06[laughter]
283. 9:07we've had some of
284. 9:08our best times over there in Europe and
285. 9:11gosh, I mean just just the food and the
286. 9:13people and and doing something
287. 9:14different. The Mediterranean is
288. 9:16absolutely beautiful and when you go
289. 9:19over there, you realize how old these
290. 9:22countries are.
291. 9:23>> Right? I mean, okay, [clears throat] so
292. 9:25we live in perspective. We live in
293. 9:27Louisiana. Our oldest city is New
294. 9:28Orleans. And I think the oldest
295. 9:31buildings there are around 300 years
296. 9:34old.
297. 9:34>> Yeah.
298. 9:34>> That's considered new
299. 9:36>> Mhm.
300. 9:36>> in parts of Europe. 3 to 400 years old,
301. 9:39that's new.
302. 9:40>> When [laughter] I start when we started
303. 9:42going over there and then coming back
304. 9:44home, it was just like very eye-opening.
305. 9:47So, I definitely recommend, if you've
306. 9:50never done it, take that leap, go and
307. 9:54come with us, go explore some some new
308. 9:57things because I'll tell you what, it's
309. 10:01going to do some things to you.
310. 10:02Eye-opening.
311. 10:03>> It is. So, let me tell you about this
312. 10:05cruise. So, this is a 12-day
313. 10:07Mediterranean. It's on Norwegian Viva,
314. 10:10so it's the Prima class ship, new, nice
315. 10:13new ship. And the itinerary, okay, let
316. 10:16me grab this. I have to actually read
317. 10:17this because it's too many ports to
318. 10:19remember.
319. 10:19>> Yeah, I told her I said this is this is
320. 10:21all you, honey.
321. 10:22>> Okay.
322. 10:23>> I don't even know exactly where all
323. 10:25we're going yet.
324. 10:26>> So, this is one of those I look at
325. 10:28cruises all the time. Just like I
326. 10:30randomly look at websites, look at
327. 10:31cruises, and when I found this one I'm
328. 10:33like, "Jason, look at this." Because of
329. 10:35the itinerary. We are starting in
330. 10:38[music] Civitavecchia, which is Rome,
331. 10:40which means you're going to fly into
332. 10:41Rome, you're going to have that
333. 10:43experience [music] at least 2 days in
334. 10:45Rome before the cruise, you know, see
335. 10:47the Colosseum, see all the amazing
336. 10:50things, eat the food. All of Rome is
337. 10:54>> Civitavecchia is like Rome's
338. 10:57>> It's the port of Rome.
339. 10:58>> The port of Rome, and it's about a
340. 10:5945-minute commute to Rome from
341. 11:02Civitavecchia. So, for those of you who
342. 11:05are wondering, "Where's that?"
343. 11:06>> Yeah, it's a weird name.
344. 11:07>> And it took us forever to figure out how
345. 11:09to pronounce it cuz usually we'll show
346. 11:12up and be like, "Yeah, we're here." cuz
347. 11:13I'm not even going to try to pronounce
348. 11:14[laughter] that.
349. 11:15>> But we've cruised out of there a couple
350. 11:16times, so we have learned how to
351. 11:17pronounce it.
352. 11:18>> Yeah.
353. 11:18>> Okay, from there, so the next stop is
354. 11:21Corsica. This is France. This is an
355. 11:24island in the Mediterranean. This is
356. 11:26somewhere a lot of cruise ships don't
357. 11:28go, and this is another one whenever I
358. 11:30was looking at this I'm like, "Oh my
359. 11:31gosh, do you see this? There are some
360. 11:33ports here that you don't typically get
361. 11:36to on a Mediterranean cruise." So, I'm
362. 11:37very excited for that [music] one. Then
363. 11:39we have Provence, which is uh you dock
364. 11:41in Marseille, France. So, you've got
365. 11:43Okay, so we're talking our second
366. 11:45country already.
367. 11:46>> that with a little French twist.
368. 11:47>> Oh, of course. We must.
369. 11:49>> Where's Where we going, honey? Say it
370. 11:50again.
371. 11:50>> Marseille, Provence.
372. 11:51>> Ooh.
373. 11:52>> Provence.
374. 11:53>> I see.
375. 11:53>> But you dock in Marseille. See, I'm
376. 11:55getting better.
377. 11:55>> Not bad.
378. 11:56>> Okay, from there we are back in Italy,
379. 11:59and we are going to be docking at
380. 12:01Livorno, which from there you can go to
381. 12:03Florence or Pisa or both if that is your
382. 12:07inclination. Actually, you can even go
383. 12:09cuz we were just docked in La Spezia,
384. 12:12and we went to Portofino and Cinque
385. 12:14Terre. So many places you can go from
386. 12:16that part of Italy.
387. 12:17>> See why I'm not having anything to do
388. 12:19with the pronouncing these things cuz I
389. 12:21>> Hey, I'm doing the best I can here.
390. 12:22>> You're doing fantastic.
391. 12:24>> From there, you will have the one
392. 12:26>> The one.
393. 12:27>> the one sea day. This is very port
394. 12:29intensive. That's why I said this is a
395. 12:31bucket list Mediterranean cruise. You
396. 12:34see I mean look where we're at already.
397. 12:36Uh this is what day number five and look
398. 12:38what we've seen already. Okay, then
399. 12:40we're in So
400. 12:42hold on.
401. 12:43>> [laughter]
402. 12:43>> Salerno, Italy. After that, Catania,
403. 12:48Italy, Sicily. For the those of you have
404. 12:51not been to Sicily, yes, this cruise is
405. 12:54not just hitting mainland Italy. We're
406. 12:57going to Sicily. Then we're also going
407. 12:59to Valletta, Malta. How many countries
408. 13:02are we at now?
409. 13:03>> I've lost count.
410. 13:03>> Yeah, so Italy, France, and now we're in
411. 13:06Malta. That's a different country.
412. 13:07>> Malta.
413. 13:08>> Then we're going to Greece, y'all.
414. 13:10>> Then Greece.
415. 13:10>> Corfu. We haven't actually been to
416. 13:12Corfu. I'm excited about this because
417. 13:14we've been to several parts of of
418. 13:16Greece, but we've not been to Corfu.
419. 13:18>> Mhm.
420. 13:18>> Country number four. Okay, then we're
421. 13:20going into Croatia. We have two stops in
422. 13:21Croatia, in Dubrovnik and Split. We've
423. 13:24never been to these places, so I'm
424. 13:26[music]
425. 13:26so excited for this itinerary.
426. 13:29>> You probably haven't been to these
427. 13:30places either. We're going to go to
428. 13:31these places together. WE'LL BE LIKE,
429. 13:34"WHOA!" TOGETHER. So that'll be cool.
430. 13:36>> It is. I'm
431. 13:38crazy excited for this one. Okay, then
432. 13:40we have Koper, Slovenia. How many
433. 13:43countries are we we at now?
434. 13:44>> Man, like [music] a lot.
435. 13:46>> And then we are back in Italy ending in
436. 13:49Venice. I mean, COME ON.
437. 13:51>> COME ON.
438. 13:52>> LOOK at this itinerary. This is
439. 13:54absolutely spectacular. When I saw this
440. 13:56itinerary, I was like, "Oh my gosh, new
441. 13:58ship, 12-day Mediterranean, places we've
442. 14:00never been. Done. We are definitely
443. 14:02doing that."
444. 14:03>> Yeah, because I've done those before,
445. 14:05those places that you've never done, and
446. 14:07it's pretty cool.
447. 14:08>> It is.
448. 14:09>> So, I I approve. This is really good.
449. 14:12>> Yes, and great ship. So, um we do have
450. 14:15discounted pricing on this one as well.
451. 14:18Again, go to the link in the pinned
452. 14:20comment and you will get all the details
453. 14:21on our website and then you can send an
454. 14:23email for additional information,
455. 14:25questions, booking, all of that. But,
456. 14:27we're not done for 2028.
457. 14:29>> There's more.
458. 14:30>> There's more. I'm turning 50 in 2028 and
459. 14:34I want to do the ultimate Alaska.
460. 14:36[music]
461. 14:37And we're going to do it as a group.
462. 14:39Yep. So, August 2028, these itineraries
463. 14:42have not even hit the stands yet.
464. 14:44Literally, they don't come out till next
465. 14:46[music] week, but I've already talked
466. 14:47with Holland America. We're going to do
467. 14:49this with Holland America. This is going
468. 14:51to be [music] Denali National Park,
469. 14:53Kenai Fjords National Park, and then a
470. 14:56southern-bound sailing. You guys know I
471. 14:58love Holland America. Alaska's my
472. 15:00favorite place in the world, so where
473. 15:01else to spend my 50th birthday but in
474. 15:04Alaska with [music] you guys.
475. 15:05>> Yes.
476. 15:06>> This is going to be fun. So excited for
477. 15:08this.
478. 15:08>> Yeah, it's going to be cool. I mean, all
479. 15:10fantastic
480. 15:11uh itineraries, uh all fantastic ships.
481. 15:14>> So, you can see why we called this
482. 15:17bucket list for 2028. These are longer
483. 15:19itineraries. You can see more, you can
484. 15:22do more, and it's one of those things
485. 15:24that you're it might be a
486. 15:25once-in-a-lifetime trip. It might not
487. 15:27be. It might just be like, "Oh, yeah,
488. 15:29that sounds amazing. I want to do that."
489. 15:31But, because it's almost 2 years out,
490. 15:33we've got plenty of time for planning.
491. 15:36Now, we said there was going to be three
492. 15:38in 2028. The next [music] one is my new
493. 15:41obsession, and that is the European
494. 15:43Christmas Markets.
495. 15:45Yes, so me and Jason are doing our first
496. 15:47European Christmas Markets this year. We
497. 15:50are
498. 15:50>> We're going to do some recon.
499. 15:51>> We're going to do some recon for you
500. 15:52guys.
501. 15:53>> [music]
502. 15:53>> So, we are going to be on a Viking River
503. 15:56Cruise this time, which is not even
504. 15:59technically when the Christmas Markets
505. 16:01>> [music]
506. 16:01>> cruises have started. We're going the
507. 16:03week before they do, but most of the
508. 16:05markets on the Danube are open, so we're
509. 16:07going to get to really check them out. I
510. 16:09have literally been obsessed with this.
511. 16:11Like, every reel that I watch is the
512. 16:13European Christmas Markets. I keep
513. 16:15showing Jason pictures. I'm A squirrel
514. 16:17gets
515. 16:18I know.
516. 16:19>> She's She's She's obsessed about things.
517. 16:21Let me tell you.
518. 16:22>> [laughter]
519. 16:22>> But
520. 16:23>> That's okay.
521. 16:23>> But we have found one that's absolutely
522. 16:25great. It's going to be right after
523. 16:27Thanksgiving in this on Well, it starts
524. 16:31in November of 28, [music]
525. 16:33right after Thanksgiving on AmaWaterways
526. 16:36on the Rhine River. So, the Rhine is
527. 16:40We're doing the Danube this time for
528. 16:41recon, but the Rhine holds Strasbourg,
529. 16:45which is the Christmas capital of
530. 16:47Europe. So, that is why we have chosen
531. 16:48the Rhine for this group.
532. 16:51>> And if you come along with us, you can
533. 16:53get your very own Christmas ornament
534. 16:57from really far away at [laughter] a
535. 16:59Christmas market, and you can bring it
536. 17:01home and put it on your Christmas tree.
537. 17:03>> And not not just the ornament,
538. 17:05>> That's bragging rights, y'all.
539. 17:06>> but the mugs. Like, I have I'm trying to
540. 17:09strategically pack for this trip that
541. 17:11we're going on so that I have room in my
542. 17:13backpack to bring mugs home because
543. 17:15that's a thing at the European Christmas
544. 17:17markets. You go to the market, you buy a
545. 17:19mug, they fill it up with gluhwein, you
546. 17:21drink as much gluhwein as you want, and
547. 17:23then you bring the mug home.
548. 17:24>> Gluhwein?
549. 17:25>> Yeah.
550. 17:26>> Okay.
551. 17:27>> It's mulled wine. Hot mulled wine.
552. 17:29>> Nice.
553. 17:30>> Yeah.
554. 17:31>> All right. Is that regular wine?
555. 17:32>> Yeah, but you want to drink the the
556. 17:34mulled wine.
557. 17:35>> [clears throat]
558. 17:35>> The special thing for the Christmas
559. 17:36markets.
560. 17:37>> We've never been to a Christmas markets,
561. 17:39but we're about to go.
562. 17:40>> We are. And And let me tell you guys,
563. 17:43the river market is growing by leaps and
564. 17:47bounds. I'm I don't know if you've heard
565. 17:49that Celebrity Cruises is getting in on
566. 17:51this. They're building their first
567. 17:52ships. They're going to be coming out in
568. 17:532027. Then by 2031, they're going to
569. 17:56have 20 ships on the rivers in Europe.
570. 17:59So, this is something if you've never
571. 18:01thought about a river cruise, now's the
572. 18:03time to be thinking about it. So, our
573. 18:05first group is going to be in 2028. So,
574. 18:07it's plenty of time to kind of get the
575. 18:09feel for these river cruises.
576. 18:11>> research.
577. 18:11>> Me and Jason have been doing more. This
578. 18:13will actually be our second river cruise
579. 18:15this year. We did the Douro River in
580. 18:17Portugal earlier this year, and then
581. 18:18we're going to be on the Danube. The
582. 18:20immersive experience of a river cruise,
583. 18:23you're talking no more than 200
584. 18:25passengers. So, it's a small intimate
585. 18:27>> Intimate.
586. 18:27>> It's very intimate. You get to dock
587. 18:29right in these towns, which [music] is
588. 18:31so cool. So, like we're going to be in
589. 18:33Vienna. Our ship docks in Vienna and
590. 18:36then we can just walk off and go [music]
591. 18:37do really cool things.
592. 18:38>> Disembarking is so much easier. You're
593. 18:40there, you get off the gangway and boom,
594. 18:43you're there. It's you know, and there's
595. 18:45other things you can do. You can get on
596. 18:46a bus and go an hour up the mountain if
597. 18:48you want to
598. 18:49you know, go see wine cellars and things
599. 18:51of that nature, but you if you don't
600. 18:52want to, you don't have to either. And
601. 18:54I'll tell you what, being on a river,
602. 18:56you know, the land is so close to you
603. 18:58and going through the locks, it's just a
604. 19:00totally different experience. Very
605. 19:02intimate and relaxing.
606. 19:04>> It's super relaxing.
607. 19:06>> you know, it's
608. 19:08it's nice. Yeah, it's neat change. And
609. 19:11if you got a bunch of people that you
610. 19:13enjoy and you're making new friends,
611. 19:15it's going to it's actually a perfect
612. 19:18setup for a group setting.
613. 19:20>> It really is.
614. 19:21>> No doubt.
615. 19:22>> And the Christmas Markets river cruises
616. 19:24are a little different than the regular
617. 19:26itineraries because they're based around
618. 19:28the cities that have these markets. So,
619. 19:30they may make a stop on a Christmas
620. 19:32Markets river cruise that they would not
621. 19:33typically make on a regular river cruise
622. 19:36because they're wanting to get you to as
623. 19:38many Christmas Markets as possible. So,
624. 19:40what's great about them is you unpack
625. 19:42once and you're going to go to different
626. 19:44Christmas Markets every single day.
627. 19:46>> Going to be cool. So, I was telling
628. 19:47Lisa, I says
629. 19:48how many Christmas Markets are are we
630. 19:50going on on this trip? Was it five?
631. 19:53>> So, we have five different cities, but
632. 19:54within those cities there are multiple
633. 19:56markets. So, I don't know how many
634. 19:58markets we'll end up at.
635. 19:59>> I'm excited cuz holidays are approaching
636. 20:01and it's going to you know, we're amping
637. 20:03up, right? And that's really exciting.
638. 20:06I'm a festive dude. I love the holidays
639. 20:08like everybody else.
640. 20:10And what greater way to spend the
641. 20:12holidays and get hyped up for
642. 20:15Thanksgiving and Christmas than going to
643. 20:17the Christmas Markets. That's as about
644. 20:18as genuine as you can get.
645. 20:20>> Yes.
646. 20:21>> That is going to be the ultimate
647. 20:22experience. But with that said, I was
648. 20:24like, I think if I go to one I'm good.
649. 20:26No, we're going to go to five. Multiple.
650. 20:29I've done some research and they are
651. 20:31different. It's going to be you need to
652. 20:32see the differences and I'm very much
653. 20:34looking forward to it. And I hope the
654. 20:36bonus is that maybe we get a little snow
655. 20:38flurries one of them.
656. 20:39>> Oh, that would be great.
657. 20:40>> Cuz [clears throat] I would love to see
658. 20:41the lights twinkling through the through
659. 20:43the snow.
660. 20:44>> Well, I've already checked and it's
661. 20:46already dropping into the 30s.
662. 20:47>> Can you imagine hot chocolate? Hot
663. 20:49chocolate, snow, Christmas lights,
664. 20:53beautiful churches and old breweries and
665. 20:57all that put together in a
666. 20:59setting. Yes. Yes. Yes.
667. 21:02>> So, what do you guys think of our 2027
668. 21:04and 2028 groups? Please leave a comment
669. 21:07down below. Let us know which one you're
670. 21:08most excited about and be sure to click
671. 21:10that link in the pinned comment. Reach
672. 21:13out to us for more information.
673. 21:15>> [music]
674. 21:15>> And I will tell you, this is 27 and 28,
675. 21:18but we are already looking ahead to
676. 21:192029. There's not a lot of itineraries
677. 21:22out yet, but do you know what is out
678. 21:24right now for 29?
679. 21:25>> What's that, babe?
680. 21:26>> Antarctica. [music]
681. 21:28>> Mhm.
682. 21:28>> Yeah, we were talking about those bucket
683. 21:29list trips, haven't we? This one I've
684. 21:32been like it's like pulling teeth to get
685. 21:34him to Antarctica, but he's finally
686. 21:35decided that he's ready to go.
687. 21:37>> I'm ready to go. I'm going to bite the
688. 21:39bullet and uh do this thing. Not scared
689. 21:42anymore.
690. 21:43>> We haven't finalized that one yet, but
691. 21:45we are in the works for Antarctica for
692. 21:472029.
693. 21:49>> Play with the penguins.
694. 21:50>> icebergs.
695. 21:51>> On the icebergs.
696. 21:52>> So, yeah, we have definitely gone out
697. 21:55and researched and found these cruise
698. 21:57itineraries that we think you guys are
699. 21:59going to love and that are so much fun
700. 22:01to do with other people.
701. 22:02>> to know our crowd, our people, right?
702. 22:04You guys along the way. And so, we have
703. 22:08cherry-picked these for you guys as well
704. 22:10as us and we know it's going to be epic.
705. 22:13We know it's y'all are going to have a
706. 22:14good time. We hope to see you guys at
707. 22:16each and every one of those. Def-
708. 22:18especially the Beach Club one.
709. 22:19>> Cuz he picked that one.
710. 22:21>> [clears throat]
711. 22:21>> Okay, see you soon. Bye.
712. 22:23>> Bye.
713. 22:24>> Oh, yeah. And don't forget, going back
714. 22:25to the first thing that we talked about,
715. 22:27don't forget to click through the link
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719. 22:35and I can't wait to share it with you
720. 22:36guys.
721. 22:36>> And we can't wait to hear what you guys
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723. 22:40from this big announcement.
724. 22:41>> Yes.
725. 22:42>> Okay, we'll see you guys out there. Bye.
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