Disney Cruise Line – Past and Future Growth!
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Disney Ships
Back Row R-L
Magic, Dream, Wish, Treasure, Adventure, Destiny, Unnamed OLC, Fantasy, Wonder
Front Row
Next 4 Unnamed ships. |
Disney Magic: The first ship of the Disney Fleet. She came
into service July 30
th, 1998. She is the first of the Magic/Classic Class
of Disney Ships. Disney Magic has the AquaDunk waterslide that drops you off
the front funnel.
Disney Wonder: The second ship of the Disney Fleet. Wonder
joined her twin sister, the Magic, August 15th, 1999. She is the
second and last of the Magic/Classic Class of Disney Ships. Wonder has no waterslide,
other than the kids Twist ‘n’ Spout that is also on the Magic.
Magic and Wonder move around to different temporary home
ports. Sometimes they are in the Gulf of Mexico going out of Texas or New
Orleans, they also go out of either Port Canaveral and Port Everglades, Fl, and
sometimes San Diego, Ca. Wonder also goes to Alaska out of Vancouver. Magic and
Wonder are the only Disney Ships to do the Panama Cannel. All the other ships
are too tall to go through the cannel. During the last few years Wonder has
gone to Australia for the Winter Season.
Disney Dream: The third ship of the Disney Fleet. She came
into service on January 26th, 2011. She is the first of the Dream
Class of Disney Ships.
Disney Fantasy: The fourth ship of the Disney Fleet. She
came into service March 31st, 2012. She is the second and last of
the Dream Class ships.
Dream and Fantasy have the AquaDuck Watercoaster. It is a
water powered coaster ride. They both have sailed out of Port Canaveral, Fl but
also have gone to the Mediterranean and done European Cruises. At this time
Dream will be sailing out of Port Everglades while the Fantasy will generally
be sailing out of Port Canaveral while not in Europe.
Disney Wish: The fifth ship of the Disney Fleet. Wish joined
the fleet June 29th, 2022. Wish is the 1st of the
Wish/Triton class of Disney ships. Wish sails out of Port Canaveral, Fl and for
the foreseeable future will continue to do so.
When Wish was built Disney Cruise Line ordered a second
Wish/Triton Class ship. They were to join the fleet earlier, but the Covid19
Pandemic delayed the ship until 2022. Before Wish was completed DCL upped the
order to a total of 3 Wish/Triton class ships! Disney Wish is themed after the Disney
Princesses.
All Triton/Wish class ships have the AquaMouse Watercoaster Attraction!
The AquaMouse is the first Disney attraction at sea. It is like the AquaDuck
but has video screens and special effects that tell a story, like the dark
rides at Disney Parks. The stories told on the AquaMouse change from ship to
ship to bring them in line with the ships theme.
Sailing on her Maiden Voyage December 21st. 2024,
Disney Treasure, the sixth ship of the fleet, has officially joined the Disney
Fleet. Currently, she is on her Transatlantic crossing with the crew finishing
up the details of the ship. Treasure will sail out of Port Canaveral doing
Western and Eastern Caribbean cruises.
The seventh ship joining the fleet November 20th,
2025, is the Disney Destiny. Destiny will be the next ship to join the Disney
Fleet. Destiny will sail out of Port Everglades doing Bahamian Cruises. Disney
Destiny has a Hero/Villian theme, showing the destiny of major Disney
characters.
The eighth ship, joining the fleet December 15th,
2025, is the most unique ship of the Disney Fleet. She is named Disney
Adventure. Adventure started its build as the Global Dream. It was being built
for a Chinese Cruise Line before the Covid19 Pandemic. The Chinese cruise line closed
its doors due to the pandemic and then the shipyard building it also went
under. Disney scooped up the half-built ship and changed lots of things to
finish it as a Disney Cruise Line ship! Adventure will be the largest ship of
the Disney Fleet carrying over 6,000 guests. The Triton/Wish class can carry
4,000 guests in comparison. Another huge change is the Adventure will sail out
of Singapore! Keep watching this blog for more information on the amazing
Adventure! There are too many exciting things about this ship!
The ninth ship was ordered by the Oriental Land Company,
that owns and operates Tokyo Disneyland. At this time the ship does not have a
name and will be completed by 2028. She will sail out of Japan from a port 15
minutes from Tokyo Disneyland. She will be a Wish/Triton class ship. While it
will be a DCL ship my understanding is OLC will operate the ship. OLC has
stated that after the ship is built and they see how it is operating they will
consider ordering more ships for the Asian Cruise Market.
Now things have gotten REALLY EXCITING!!! DCL has ordered
four more ships to be built by the Meyer Werft shipyard! They will be completed
by 2031!!! These yet to be named ships will bring the total number of DCL ships
to 13!! We have no information on the last 4 ships. We do not know when
construction will start or the exact dates they are projected to join the
fleet. They do not even have official names as of yet. We do not know if they
will continue with the Wish/Triton class or another design. Personally, I hope
they do not continue building the Wish/Triton class as there are issues that cannot
be fixed with that design. They are difficult for those with accessibility
issues. They need to find a team of real ship designers and put them with Disney
Imagineers to come up with some better design.
With all that is going on with DCL this is a very exciting
time for those who love to sail Disney! DCL has not announced exactly where things will
end up after the new ships join the fleet. There is indication that the Magic
may join the Wonder sailing out of San Diego, or another port on the West
Coast. As of 10/25/24 the last itinerary that is officially posted is the Magic
going through the Panama Canal to San Diego in June of 2026. This could
indicate that Magic will sail out of California while Wonder is in Alaska. It
is further possible that Magic will stay on the West Coast while Wonder goes to
Australia late 2026. It is unsure if Wonder will go to Australia at all.
Anything could happen!
New DCL itineraries for May-September 2026 should be
released soon. If you wish to be on a list to be notified when the release date
is announced please let us know!
Carolyn-Tinky@PixieDustedMemoriesTravel.com
Scott-Sparky@PixieDustedMemoriesTravel.com
