2027 Disney Summer Cruises

[msu2002]

NCL is doing 7 and 9 night one way baltic cruises from Copenhagen to Helsinki that have port stops in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Gydnia, Stockholm, Oslo, 2 in Germany. One sea day on the 9 night and none on the 7. It's an older ship, but the cruises are about sold out this year. I booked one for next year.

I'm not sure why DCL can't put the Magic or Wonder in Europe with some better itineraries. It think they would sell. It doesn't seem like Disney wants to keep their customer base as they age and want to travel to different places. It's all about short cruises and first time cruisers.

I posted this on another site and got downvoted, but I said I feel like a Verizon or AT&T customer where it's always about the new customers. I've been with your company for 20 years and could care less about me. I've been on all the short cruises, give me something new.

 

[holula]

Norway is doing the same, so very likely the Norwegian Fjords cruises will be reduced or not be on Disney itineraries in the future.

This has been pushed back to 2032 I read, as I thought it was meant to come in this year. I suspect they are going to keep pushing it back since there is only one cruise line (a tiny one) that would currently meet standards.

NCL is doing 7 and 9 night one way baltic cruises from Copenhagen to Helsinki that have port stops in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Gydnia, Stockholm, Oslo, 2 in Germany. One sea day on the 9 night and none on the 7. It's an older ship, but the cruises are about sold out this year. I booked one for next year.

I'm not sure why DCL can't put the Magic or Wonder in Europe with some better itineraries. It think they would sell. It doesn't seem like Disney wants to keep their customer base as they age and want to travel to different places. It's all about short cruises and first time cruisers.

I heard (unsure who true it is) they don’t want to put the miles the transatlantic requires on the Magic any longer. Then they send her through the Panama Canal but I would guess that’s maybe not as tough for her as it’s not open water? I would love them to have two Europe ships and I am also surprised they didn’t try it in 2027. They are the only cruises that seem to be selling well.

 

[brentm77]

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Responding to other posts:

As for the idea that cruising the Mediterranean is somehow not cultured, I disagree. It is not much different than a European coming to the U.S. and visiting each major site in an area for a day or two. How many come to NYC for an entire week? It simply isn't necessary to stay that long at many major tourist destinations to get a good sense of what they are about. The amount of stuff we can do in a day in NYC is pretty extensive.

Even when traveling by land, many people visit a city for a day and move on in Europe. In Japan, we had several days in Tokyo, but other cities were only a day or two. That's not much different than spending four days in Rome and then hitting other highlights in the Mediterranean for a full day each.

I felt perfectly content with a full day in Athens, which I loved, but I don't feel I need more time there. A day at each Greek island we visited was perfect, and a week would have been way too much. However, a day wasn't enough in Sicily, so we will plan a trip to go back and spend more time there. The idea that adding more time somehow provides more of a cultural experience is nonsensical to me because almost no tourists are really immersing themselves in the day-to-day lives of the locals. They are almost certainly still hitting up the major sites or even the off-the-beaten-path spots that they only hear of because they are becoming popular on social media.

I wouldn't say someone isn't getting the culture of the U.S. because they spent a day in San Francisco and then moved up the coast, staying in various towns one or two nights at a time. Yes, land trips are necessary for most of Europe, but I will die on the hill that cruising is an ideal way to see the Mediterranean because you can sleep at night while traveling instead of spending a full day of waking time between each stop. It's much different for Americans versus Europeans who can hop down to Greece in an hour or two and leisurely explore the area.

 

[DCLMP]

This has been pushed back to 2032 I read, as I thought it was meant to come in this year. I suspect they are going to keep pushing it back since there is only one cruise line (a tiny one) that would currently meet standards.

I heard (unsure who true it is) they don’t want to put the miles the transatlantic requires on the Magic any longer. Then they send her through the Panama Canal but I would guess that’s maybe not as tough for her as it’s not open water? I would love them to have two Europe ships and I am also surprised they didn’t try it in 2027. They are the only cruises that seem to be selling well.

Well NCL Princess and RCCL put old ships in Europe and Asia. I assume they cross open waters to get there. They could put the Wonder in Europe if that’s the reason.

 

[o&smom]

Guess 2027 won’t be the year we finally take some European cruises. Would not spend all that time and money on the Wish.

We were feeling the same way, but opportunities with DD are narrowing. I decided to look at the positive that Europe cruises are so port intensive that we won’t miss the areas that we feel are lacking on the Wish class

 

[o&smom]

They haven’t had Iceland ports since 2023? Maybe 2022? Basically when they realised they could make a lot of money doing a month of short cruises from the UK. Whatever year they did it last in they had to deeply discount that cruise too.

I hope they bring another ship to Europe so they bring back the Norwegian Fjords cruise outside of peak holiday time. I do not want to pay that price for a 7 night cruise, even with the offset cost of not having to fly to the port.

Yes, I have heard the comments about two ships in Europe in the summer and have not been feeling that Disney would do that any time soon...but, with the focus switching even more heavily to shorter cruise out of Southhampton, I am feeling it as a real possibility sooner rather than later. I think they will put one in Southampton all summer doing mostly shorter cruises. It would be nice if they did some longer ones at the beginning that draws more Americans since British schools go longer than ours. The other ship could offer more variety and lengths throughout the Med. Fingers crossed.

 

[DCLMP]

There are literally billions of Asians that have never done a Disney cruise. Hard to imagine lack of demand anytime soon. Also millions of current DCL cruisers like myself who will want to see the new ship. (not saying millions will)

How are they going to price these cruises? Tickets for the Disney park in Tokyo are 1/3 the price of the US parks. I don't think they can price the cruises like they price them here. I would love to do an Asian cruise, but I'm not spending 15 hours on a plane for a cruise to nowhere.