Episode 686

Four Families, Two Weeks and One Unforgettable Disney Adventure With Merideth and Declan - Ep. 686

This week, Curtis welcomes longtime listener Meredith and her 13-year-old son, Declan, for a fun and heartfelt look back at their incredible two-week Walt Disney World vacation.

This wasn’t an ordinary family trip. Meredith brought together her family and the families of her three college roommates—eight adults, seven kids and more than 20 years of friendship!

We geek out about:

🏨 Split stays at Animal Kingdom Lodge, Riviera and Beach Club

🦒 Waking up to giraffes and spotting a new baby on the safari

🐭 Declan’s hilarious dance-off with Mickey

🍖 Searching for the best ribs at Disney World

🎢 The new Muppets Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster

🌙 Magic Kingdom After Hours and getting their money’s worth in Mickey bars

🚀 Declan’s secret to scoring four million points on Buzz Lightyear

🎆 A Magic Kingdom fireworks cruise and Fourth of July at EPCOT

👑 Four little princesses, one teenage security guard and some unexpected pixie dust

🐀 Getting evacuated from Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure

But the heart of this episode is about longtime friends bringing their families together, watching children experience Disney for the first time and taking one more special vacation while the kids are still kids.

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About your host

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Curtis Stone

I’m a husband, dad, grandfather, Disney Geek, podcaster, traveler, classic-rock fanatic and technology guy from Connecticut.

For more than a decade, I’ve hosted the *Geekin’ on Walt Disney World Podcast*. What started as a fun way to talk about Disney became something much more meaningful — an amazing community where listeners became friends and Disney became the thing that brought us together.

When I’m not podcasting, you’ll usually find me traveling with my wife Margita, listening to classic rock on vinyl, hiking with our yellow Lab Sawyer, playing around with new technology or dreaming about the next adventure.

As I head toward the next chapter of my life, I’m trying to keep things pretty simple: **travel more, stay curious, keep creating, spend time with the people I love and enjoy the good stuff while it’s happening.**

There’s still a lot I want to see, learn and experience — and I’m looking forward to sharing some of it along the way.