Skip to main content
Phil Murphy

Phil Murphy

Disney Vacation Club enthusiast, DVC Fan contributor, and recurring guest on The DVC Show podcast

Sep 7, 2026

Jeff HaslamPANELIST
24:39
if we do it right.
24:40
Yeah.
24:41
Yeah, I agree wholeheartedly with that, Jeff, and that's a good perspective on it.
24:45
The way that I've been thinking about it is, and I'm making a lot of inferences and assumptions here, but when I think about, okay, why would they want to get in the mix with Royal Caribbean and have smaller, more intimate ships that we know are coming when, you know, there's not going to be that much room, in theory, for families, and they want to go to these more, quote-unquote, exotic ports, those are things that adults are going to be interested in.
25:06
The resurgence or...
25:08
I would say the double down on investment on Adventures by Disney, that's aimed at a specific segment of the population, which are people of a certain age with disposable income that have the freedom to travel the world.
25:19
And even in their media offerings, I mean, they just invested a lot of money into National Geographic.

19 MINS LATER

Jeff HaslamPANELIST
44:22
People like you and Pauline can never get on board because I just cashed in my old QS points and I'm going for 30 days.
Jeff HaslamPANELIST
30:07
And I think those Magic Kingdom parks, plus this other thing I have in my back pocket here that we're going to talk about later, is going to be the cornerstone of that 60th anniversary event.
30:19
Yeah, Paul, I tend to agree with you about the delays in construction.
30:24
I work in construction for a living, and I just had a conversation with a builder today.
30:29
They had to actually rescind purchase orders that we were about to fulfill because there is not enough labor available in the marketplace, and we can't even get houses built.
30:39
And the labor that is here, the constraints, and I don't want to make this political, the current administration has placed on the labor market, everyone knows what I'm talking about, The people that still are here and are able to work that have these skills, they're demanding 20% more.
30:54
And there's a bidding war to even get their services to come and put these houses up.
30:58
I have shells all over the state of Florida that are sitting dormant and empty right now because there's no hands to swing hammers.

16 MINS LATER

Jeff HaslamPANELIST
46:45
i'm not saying they shouldn't i'm saying they won't

We value your privacy

We use cookies to understand how you use our platform and to improve your experience. Click “Accept All” to consent, or “Decline non-essential” to opt out of non-essential cookies. Read our Privacy Policy.