The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Breaking News: Bachelor Nation Vacation At Sea!

Episode Date: September 3, 2025

The big announcement is here - THE FIRST-EVER BACHELOR NATION VACATION AT SEA! Ashley and Ben are breaking it all down for you - from some of the confirmed Bachelor Nation alum talent that will be on board, to activities, and exclusives you can only get on this voyage!  Get ready to set sail in November 2026!  Sign up for Presale now at www.BachelorNationVacationAtSea.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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You know there's a big tease. There is a big tease this week, Ashley, on social media that the Bachelor posted saying they had a big announcement that was going to change everything. And now we know what it is. It's the first ever Bachelor Nation vacation at sea. Ashley, I think fans are going to be excited. I don't know if this is what they were expecting. I think they were expecting like the Bachelor to be announced. So I think a cruise ship is going to be like, whoa, kind of a switch of the head, you know, like a.

A quick turn of, I didn't expect to see a Bachelor Cruise can he announced this week? Yeah. This is on Norwegian's joy. And I'm just assuming, I don't know the capacity of that, we're actually going to have a guest on, with us in a second, Darby Moeller. And she will be answering questions like that.

But it's going to be very limited. The true fan. The true fan. If you are hardcore, you better freaking be on your computer the day that booking starts. I am a fan of. of obviously new kids on the block and backseat boys and they've both done cruises and i think it looks like the best time for somebody that is a hardcore fan i actually can't believe that i

haven't been on a new kids or back shoe boys cruise but like if you are bachelor obsessed this is going to be so much fun for you because we have huge talent confirmed already jesse palmer um wells and hannah they both are going to be in the host role jesse will be master of ceremonies they're calling it and then Hannah and Wells will be respectively in their roles for paradise their hosts then we also have Kelsey Anderson and Joey G we also have Tyler Cameron who will be on the ship with Hannah Brown and don't tell me that like you didn't think about that one when he saw the cast announcement they're she's happily married Tyler is absolutely in a happy relationship they are friends but like to see the two of them together you know i understand charging big bucks for that um everybody's

favorite jill chen is going to be there sean and katherine with they're huge um kathy schwartz joan and chalk will be there katy and zach and um charity and doten another big one doten yeah here's the details uh this cruise will set sale november 16 through the 20th 20th 2026 So you have your time. It's over a year out. Location's going to be out of Miami to Porto Plata, Dominican Republic. It's a Norwegian cruise ship. It's called The Joy.

You can look it up four days and four nights with the most dramatic reality dating show alums you've ever come to know and love. We don't know everything about this, but we know somebody that does. We have a guest today, as Ashley mentioned, coming on the show. Let's welcome her in. Her name is Darby, and she is representing the cruise line and the cruise ship, and she will tell us everything we need to know about this exclusive, dramatic, incredible experience. Hi, Darby.

Welcome. Thank you. So Darby, this big bachelor announcement was just made. Listeners of this podcast are excited to hear more of the details. I know you have some information on the ship and what may be. attendees can expect to experience if they sign up for this cruise ship. Can you run us through kind of the high level details? Yeah, absolutely. So if we're just looking at the ship herself, she's around 1,700 cabins. So this is for about 3,700 super fans. Yeah. And there's 20 decks

on board, 16 of which are available for all of the guests, the other for, you know, everyone that's running the city on top. We have two pools. We have hot tubs on deck 17 and 18. Water slides, mini golf, a go-cart track. There's a lot of things to have fun and play with. This is all, of course, happening outside of the panels and screenings and things that we have going on for this event that you're going to be able to do. Let's dive into that. I know Ashley and I have some questions about kind of the activities that will be held. You said some screening. There'll be Q&As. What else can, you know, fans expect to experience? Yeah. So every single guest that books is going to have access to one tell all panel and one

love story rewatch. We are going to be announcing the content of those in the coming months. We're going to have nightly cocktail parties across all 13 bars on the ship every single night. We'll do legendary episode screenings. We're going to have Bachelor Nation trivia. We're going to have Bachelor Nation bingo. There will be themes. There will be, we're going to kick it all. off with a huge sailaway party on the pool deck hosted by Jesse Palmer. Tyler Cameron's going to host fitness classes every day. So even while you're on. Oh my gosh, people are going to have a field day with that. Yeah, even while you're, you know, getting your soft serve in the buffet and drinking your cocktails, you can still get your workout on. A lot of different types of activities like that.

So you can kind of curate the vacation to what's going to be most exciting to you, each individual fan. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate.

Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend

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everyone is going to be able to have a priority list of which ones they would like to get to and then we'll ticket everyone. So everyone will have access to one love story rewatch and one tell all panel. Everything else is going to be happening at the same time. So you'll be able to go to a trivia, but there won't just be one trivia.

There'll be a couple of them. And there will also be three other things happening at the same time. So those will be first come, first serve. I'll have some pool parties, silent disco, things like that. So you'll have a lot to choose from and you won't all just be shuttled into one place at a time. And how much access will guests have to Bachelor alum? Like, will there be designated meet and greets or are the cast going to be out and about all the time?

It's going to be a mix. They're definitely going to have cast members leading activities, as we said, throughout the ship, if it's a pool party, or we're still coming up with a lot of the little details that we want to create. The cocktail parties are going to be where you're going to see the most alums throughout the ship at each of the bars. there will be some designated meet and greets that will announce kind of the structure of those and how many people can have access to that. If you look at the pre-sale incentives, it's one of the reasons why people should get an early book at the very beginning as during the pre-sale, you would get the choice of a pre-sale incentive. So Hannah Brown is going to do a tell-all on an episode. You can choose to have your photo taken with Jesse Palmer. These are

on limited quantities. So if you book early, you get to select which one you want first. So those are going to be more designated specifically. The other ones are going to be more first come first serve. Now, we do have, you've mentioned a few of the contestants, the friends that have announced they're going to come. Ashley ran through the list. You said, Jesse and Wells and Hannah are going to be there along with Kelsey and Joey. We got Chalk and Joan, Tyler Cameron, one of our favorites, Jill Chin.

Obviously, we have some really exciting announcements with the Spencer and Jess from this season of Paradise. Also, we got Trista and Ryan going to be there, an appearance from Ryan Sutter, which doesn't always happen, but we're always excited to see it. Charity and Dotten, Sean Lowe and Catherine,

with a mix of some Goldens. So, I mean, you have, you know, Zach and Katie as well. So you have a really incredible list of people coming on the ship. Will each cast, or each contestant kind of be hosting one of these exclusive kind of gatherings or are sometimes the only time you could see them is at a cocktail party?

Everyone is going to do a handful of things. So yeah, there's not just going to be one place that you might have access to Joey or, you know, Ryan and Trista. But we do work with each of these teams to kind of figure out, you know, what would be exciting to them. Exactly.

Tyler wants to lead fitness classes. That makes perfect sense. Not everybody's going to want to do that. So there's going to be cocktail parties. There's going to be the panels. We're going to make sure everybody does something more official in that capacity. Then there's also those roaming. But we have a casino on board. We might be hosting some blackjack tournaments. There's going to be some dance parties who

wants to be a DJ. We're going to find ways for people to interact in a lot of different capacities on board. I'm just throwing out idea for you guys. You should do a singles mixer. Something with any guy that's single, Justin, Grant, just looking at the list right now, Blake Moynes. I think the girls would really like to have like their own bachelor style cocktail party with them. I think that's a really good idea. We used to host a live show called Bachelor Live on stage that myself and Becca Kufrin used to host together and we would do some speed dating on stage and always got a little weird and always very exciting and always very fun to watch. Darby, as we kind of close off here

with this, if somebody's listening, let's keep it really simple and clear. for them if you could do two things for us. One, tell us what makes you most excited for this experience, why you think somebody should come. And then if somebody says, I want to come, what is the best way for them to get started in the process of joining the cruise ship? Amazing. The thing that I'm most excited about and why I've been at Sixth Man for 13 years and built a lot of these events, I think it is so spectacular getting to watch a community of people that really care about the same thing that are really excited to dig deep and talk about it and get on board, and everyone on that vacation is like-minded with them and have the same

interests, it's really special watching those people make friends and watching those people get to connect with their heroes and the thing they're most passionate about. So getting to create something for these fans is what I'm most excited about and knowing that, you know, whether it's the tell-alls and the panels and those organic moments, just what you're talking about, of like, it always gets a little weird in the best way. That's what we can't plan for is what I'm most excited about. And if you are... are listening and you really want to find out how to get more information, pricing, what the pre-sale incentives are, and then how to sign up for the presale. Go to www.batchel nation vacation

at sea.com and you've got all the information on signing up for the presale there. Okay. And when does the presale go live? Presale will start on September 9th. You can sign up starting tonight all the way through the 9th. And then public on sale will be September 18th. Okay, sounds good. And just one more idea that I would love my favorite cruise line. They do this thing. They do the love and marriage game show and they have a couple that's been married for a long time and then like mid level and then like a newlywed and then perhaps like a couple that's still dating. I mean with Trista and Ryan there and then Katie and Zach and who knows right with Spencer and Jess. It's a really good idea.

And if Jared and I are able to make it, hey, stick us in there as the mid couple at six years. I would love that. Now, all right, well, I'm excited for everyone out there. And I just want to thank you, Darby, for giving us all the specifics. Yeah, and thank you all so much for having me. Again, it's Bachelor Nation VacationatC.com. You can visit it. The website is ready to go.

Darby, thanks for putting this together. It sounds like a great time for all the fans of the show. and if you're listening, we'll put the link somewhere that it's easy for you to find it because Bachelor Nation at C.Doc, I don't know, you can, goodness gracious, you can mess that up pretty quickly. Darby, thanks for joining us. Bye. Thank you all so, so, see ya, see ya. Ashley, great group of people.

We know and love many of them. Very excited that they get to share who they are with so many fans on this cruise ship, bachelor nation vacation assy.com. Go sign up if you're listening and you're interested. This has been the Almost Famous Podcast talking about cruise ships.

Until next time, I've been Ben. I've been Ashley. See you guys. Bye. Follow the Ben and Ashley I, Almost Famous Podcasts on IHartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious.

Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, luckily, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend's been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That seems inappropriate. Maybe find out how it ends by listening to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Why are TSA rules so confusing?

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