diff --git a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/data_stress_test_lens.ts b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/data_stress_test_lens.ts
index ab425ee96b326..72da640c5cf6d 100644
--- a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/data_stress_test_lens.ts
+++ b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/data_stress_test_lens.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { createDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
+import { Journey } from '@kbn/journeys';
+import { setupDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
 
-export const journey = createDashboardJourney({
-  esArchives: ['src/platform/test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/stress_test'],
-  kbnArchives: ['src/platform/test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/stress_test'],
+export const journey = setupDashboardJourney({
+  // call the journey constructor in this file so the name is set correctly
+  journey: new Journey({
+    esArchives: ['src/platform/test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/stress_test'],
+    kbnArchives: ['src/platform/test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/stress_test'],
+  }),
   dashboardName: 'Stress Test Dashboard',
   dashboardLinkSubj: 'dashboardListingTitleLink-Stresstest',
   visualizationCount: 1,
diff --git a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/data_stress_test_lens_esql.ts b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/data_stress_test_lens_esql.ts
index 69c1ae044bfb8..8b4f2e7405383 100644
--- a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/data_stress_test_lens_esql.ts
+++ b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/data_stress_test_lens_esql.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { createDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
+import { Journey } from '@kbn/journeys';
+import { setupDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
 
-export const journey = createDashboardJourney({
-  esArchives: ['src/platform/test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/stress_test'],
-  kbnArchives: ['src/platform/test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/stress_test_esql'],
+export const journey = setupDashboardJourney({
+  // call the journey constructor in this file so the name is set correctly
+  journey: new Journey({
+    esArchives: ['src/platform/test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/stress_test'],
+    kbnArchives: ['src/platform/test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/stress_test_esql'],
+  }),
   dashboardName: 'Stress Test Dashboard',
   dashboardLinkSubj: 'dashboardListingTitleLink-Stresstest-(ES|QL)',
   visualizationCount: 1,
diff --git a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/ecommerce_dashboard_map_only.ts b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/ecommerce_dashboard_map_only.ts
index abe6de5bacb36..ee886b706cf1d 100644
--- a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/ecommerce_dashboard_map_only.ts
+++ b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/ecommerce_dashboard_map_only.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { createDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
+import { Journey } from '@kbn/journeys';
+import { setupDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
 
-export const journey = createDashboardJourney({
-  esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_ecommerce_many_fields'],
-  kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/ecommerce_map_only_dashboard'],
+export const journey = setupDashboardJourney({
+  // call the journey constructor in this file so the name is set correctly
+  journey: new Journey({
+    esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_ecommerce_many_fields'],
+    kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/ecommerce_map_only_dashboard'],
+  }),
   dashboardName: 'Ecommerce Dashboard with Map only',
   dashboardLinkSubj: 'dashboardListingTitleLink-[eCommerce]-Map-Only',
   loadCompleteAwaiter: async (page, kibanaPage) => {
diff --git a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/ecommerce_dashboard_saved_search_only.ts b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/ecommerce_dashboard_saved_search_only.ts
index 807d58f3b1376..c17abc139ef35 100644
--- a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/ecommerce_dashboard_saved_search_only.ts
+++ b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/ecommerce_dashboard_saved_search_only.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { createDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
+import { Journey } from '@kbn/journeys';
+import { setupDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
 
-export const journey = createDashboardJourney({
-  esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_ecommerce_many_fields'],
-  kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/ecommerce_saved_search_only_dashboard'],
+export const journey = setupDashboardJourney({
+  // call the journey constructor in this file so the name is set correctly
+  journey: new Journey({
+    esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_ecommerce_many_fields'],
+    kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/ecommerce_saved_search_only_dashboard'],
+  }),
   dashboardName: 'Ecommerce Dashboard with Saved Search only',
   dashboardLinkSubj: 'dashboardListingTitleLink-[eCommerce]-Saved-Search-Dashboard',
   visualizationCount: 1,
diff --git a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/ecommerce_dashboard_tsvb_gauge_only.ts b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/ecommerce_dashboard_tsvb_gauge_only.ts
index 453c7cf66f869..5a3ce3070fb98 100644
--- a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/ecommerce_dashboard_tsvb_gauge_only.ts
+++ b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/ecommerce_dashboard_tsvb_gauge_only.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { createDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
+import { Journey } from '@kbn/journeys';
+import { setupDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
 
-export const journey = createDashboardJourney({
-  esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_ecommerce_many_fields'],
-  kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/ecommerce_tsvb_gauge_only_dashboard'],
+export const journey = setupDashboardJourney({
+  // call the journey constructor in this file so the name is set correctly
+  journey: new Journey({
+    esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_ecommerce_many_fields'],
+    kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/ecommerce_tsvb_gauge_only_dashboard'],
+  }),
   dashboardName: 'Ecommerce Dashboard with TSVB Gauge only',
   dashboardLinkSubj: 'dashboardListingTitleLink-[eCommerce]-TSVB-Gauge-Only-Dashboard',
   visualizationCount: 1,
diff --git a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/flight_dashboard.ts b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/flight_dashboard.ts
index a282d64e90c49..eb079ba271b49 100644
--- a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/flight_dashboard.ts
+++ b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/flight_dashboard.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { createDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
+import { Journey } from '@kbn/journeys';
+import { setupDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
 
-export const journey = createDashboardJourney({
-  esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_flights_many_fields'],
-  kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/flights_no_map_dashboard'],
+export const journey = setupDashboardJourney({
+  // call the journey constructor in this file so the name is set correctly
+  journey: new Journey({
+    esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_flights_many_fields'],
+    kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/flights_no_map_dashboard'],
+  }),
   dashboardName: 'Flights Dashboard',
   dashboardLinkSubj: 'dashboardListingTitleLink-[Flights]-Global-Flight-Dashboard',
   visualizationCount: 14,
diff --git a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard.ts b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard.ts
index d84a66db46a50..b109a82dd5ad0 100644
--- a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard.ts
+++ b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { createDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
+import { Journey } from '@kbn/journeys';
+import { setupDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
 
-export const journey = createDashboardJourney({
-  esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_logs_many_fields'],
-  kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/logs_no_map_dashboard'],
+export const journey = setupDashboardJourney({
+  // call the journey constructor in this file so the name is set correctly
+  journey: new Journey({
+    esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_logs_many_fields'],
+    kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/logs_no_map_dashboard'],
+  }),
   dashboardName: 'Web Logs Dashboard',
   dashboardLinkSubj: 'dashboardListingTitleLink-[Logs]-Web-Traffic',
   visualizationCount: 11,
diff --git a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard_esql.ts b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard_esql.ts
index 7794b6e1f7db4..08296867bc470 100644
--- a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard_esql.ts
+++ b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard_esql.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { createDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
+import { Journey } from '@kbn/journeys';
+import { setupDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
 
-export const journey = createDashboardJourney({
-  esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_logs_many_fields'],
-  kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/logs_no_map_dashboard_esql'],
+export const journey = setupDashboardJourney({
+  // call the journey constructor in this file so the name is set correctly
+  journey: new Journey({
+    esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_logs_many_fields'],
+    kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/logs_no_map_dashboard_esql'],
+  }),
   dashboardName: 'Web Logs Dashboard',
   dashboardLinkSubj: 'dashboardListingTitleLink-Logs-dashboard-with-ES|QL',
   visualizationCount: 11,
diff --git a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard_esql_long_running.ts b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard_esql_long_running.ts
index d67dd7576121b..478f39200d61b 100644
--- a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard_esql_long_running.ts
+++ b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard_esql_long_running.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { createDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
+import { Journey } from '@kbn/journeys';
+import { setupDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
 
-export const journey = createDashboardJourney({
-  esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_logs_many_fields'],
-  kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/logs_no_map_dashboard_esql_long_running'],
+export const journey = setupDashboardJourney({
+  // call the journey constructor in this file so the name is set correctly
+  journey: new Journey({
+    esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_logs_many_fields'],
+    kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/logs_no_map_dashboard_esql_long_running'],
+  }),
   dashboardName: 'Web Logs Dashboard',
   dashboardLinkSubj: 'dashboardListingTitleLink-Logs-dashboard-with-ES|QL',
   visualizationCount: 11,
diff --git a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard_long_running.ts b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard_long_running.ts
index b97e69e9ce140..44fb7b616fffc 100644
--- a/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard_long_running.ts
+++ b/x-pack/performance/journeys_e2e/web_logs_dashboard_long_running.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { createDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
+import { Journey } from '@kbn/journeys';
+import { setupDashboardJourney } from '../utils/dashboard_journey';
 
-export const journey = createDashboardJourney({
-  esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_logs_many_fields'],
-  kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/logs_no_map_dashboard_long_running'],
+export const journey = setupDashboardJourney({
+  // call the journey constructor in this file so the name is set correctly
+  journey: new Journey({
+    esArchives: ['x-pack/performance/es_archives/sample_data_logs_many_fields'],
+    kbnArchives: ['x-pack/performance/kbn_archives/logs_no_map_dashboard_long_running'],
+  }),
   dashboardName: 'Web Logs Dashboard',
   dashboardLinkSubj: 'dashboardListingTitleLink-[Logs]-Web-Traffic',
   visualizationCount: 11,
diff --git a/x-pack/performance/utils/dashboard_journey.ts b/x-pack/performance/utils/dashboard_journey.ts
index 3f8d33084ff18..bf6a0abda94f2 100644
--- a/x-pack/performance/utils/dashboard_journey.ts
+++ b/x-pack/performance/utils/dashboard_journey.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@
  */
 
 import type { KibanaServer } from '@kbn/ftr-common-functional-services';
-import { Journey } from '@kbn/journeys';
+import type { Journey } from '@kbn/journeys';
 import type { KibanaPage } from '@kbn/journeys/services/page/kibana_page';
 import { subj } from '@kbn/test-subj-selector';
 import type { Page } from 'playwright';
 
 interface DashboardJourneyConfig {
-  esArchives: string[];
-  kbnArchives: string[];
+  journey: Journey<{}>;
   dashboardName: string;
   dashboardLinkSubj: string;
   setup?: (kibanaServer: KibanaServer) => Promise<void>;
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ interface DashboardJourneyConfig {
   loadCompleteAwaiter?: (page: Page, kibanaPage: KibanaPage) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
-export function createDashboardJourney(config: DashboardJourneyConfig): Journey<{}> {
+export function setupDashboardJourney(config: DashboardJourneyConfig): Journey<{}> {
   const waitForDashboardLoad = async (page: Page, kibanaPage: KibanaPage) => {
     if (config.visualizationCount) {
       await kibanaPage.waitForVisualizations({ count: config.visualizationCount });
@@ -34,18 +33,13 @@ export function createDashboardJourney(config: DashboardJourneyConfig): Journey<
     }
   };
 
-  const journey = new Journey({
-    esArchives: config.esArchives,
-    kbnArchives: config.kbnArchives,
-  });
-
   if (config.setup) {
-    journey.step('Setup', async ({ kibanaServer }) => {
+    config.journey.step('Setup', async ({ kibanaServer }) => {
       await config.setup!(kibanaServer);
     });
   }
 
-  return journey
+  return config.journey
     .step('Go to Dashboards Page', async ({ page, kbnUrl, kibanaPage }) => {
       await page.goto(kbnUrl.get(`/app/dashboards`));
       await kibanaPage.waitForListViewTable();