Where Will Disney Ships be in Late 2027 and into 2028?

Where Will Disney Ships be in Late 2027 and into 2028?

Some of this is known fact much is reasonable speculation. I will clearly state what is Fact and what is Speculation.

 

Known Facts!

What is New!

New Year-Round Ports! There will be new homeports starting September 2027. It has been officially been announced by both the ports and DCL that there will be a ship or two at the Port of Galveston, Tx and San Diego, Ca.

 

Disney Magic and Disney Wonder will be sailing out of San Diego, Ca year-round.

*This does not mean they are not going to Alaska. More on this in my opinions/speculations.

*This will be the year-round schedule starting 2027 September to May has both ships going out of San Diego. May to September there will only be one ship.

 

There is speculation of what ship might be full time at Galveston, Tx but the ship to be assigned there has not been announced.

 

Disney Believe joins the fleet at the end of 2027. She will be the Ninth ship in the fleet. The eighth ship I believe to be based in the US. She can be placed at any homeport Disney has. Tradition says they start at one of the two Disney Florida homeports.

 

There is not really much more known for sure so here is my speculation.

 

The contract between San Diego, Catalina Island and DCL sets Magic and Wonder up to be in California full time. During the summer there will be at least one Disney ship going out of San Diego. Magic and Wonder are the two ships specifically named in both contracts. Catalina leaves an opening for an “yet to be named” Disney ship.

 

For the last few years both Magic and Wonder have been going to Alaska for the summer months. I honestly do not see that stopping. Popularity and guest stratification are high for that destination and Disney pays attention to Guest responses. If both ships leave San Diego to go to Alaska that leaves no ship in California as contracts states there must be. In my opinion DCL will bring a third ship in during the summer. Will they take the unnamed ship to Alaska leaving one of the Classic-Ships in San Diego? Will the unnamed ship stay in San Diego taking the Classic-Ships spot in California for the summer? That is unknown. We don’t know what class of ship or what ship. Again, a third ship coming to California for the summer is just speculation and my thought.

 

Galveston, Tx will get a ship in September 2027. The ship to call Tx homeport has not been mentioned in any official communications from Disney or the Ports. It may be one of the Dream-Class Ships or one of the first two Wish-Class ships.

 

I believe that Believe and Destiny will stay in Florida with a total of five ships split between the Florida Ports, Port Canaveral and Fort Lauderdale. During spring/summer of 2028 I believe one ship will head to Europe, as they have been doing so for years; and a second ship will head to California to cover what Magic and Wonder can’t. That will leave three ships in Florida between the two ports for Spring/Summer.

 

After 2028 everything is unknown except for where Magic and Wonder will be. They are staying in California because of the two agreements signed in 2025 and 2026.

 

The tenth ship is scheduled to be completed in 2028 and delivered early 2029 to the new company formed by the Oriental Land Company to run their fleet there. It will be the first Disney ship to sail out of Tokyo, Japan. It is the fifth Wish-Class ship. More may be ordered once they see how well this ship does.

 

Also in 2029, the first of a new class of Disney Ships will be completed! This class will be slightly larger than the original Classic-Class and carry 3,000 guests. That is 400 more than the Classic-Class and 1,000 less than the Dream-Class. At this time there are a total of  three of these ships have been ordered. First one joins the fleet 2029, second joins the fleet in 2030 and the third joins the fleet in 2031. Where they will be placed is a big question. Once completed there will be thirteen ships in the Disney Fleet. More of these smaller ships may be ordered. I’m waiting for the D23 Expo in August 2026 to see if there are any announcements.

 

I believe the ultimate goal is to have two ships at each homeport with two ships that can be deployed to seasonal destinations, like Europe and even California. They can also be deployed to take over while other ships are in drydock for their required every five-year refurbishments. It is possible that DCL will expand to more homeports on both coasts. Maybe they will do another port in the Gulf of Mexico, East Coast to go to towards Canada, and maybe on the West Coast between California and Canada. Only time and Disney will officially say.