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]

Google is your friend...Laguna, Big sur, Carmel, and just keep going up the coast.

I agree. The Oregon Coast has some of the most unique and beautiful beaches in the world, in my opinion. They are not tropical, but they are amazing in a different way. Florida has some fantastic beaches too, if you want sun, clear water, and white sand.

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.

 

[Hubie]

It would be nice to see more variety for the Caribbean cruises. The Eastern routes are just boring, and the Western routes might not be the place to be if something else occurs in the region related to Venezuela, Columbia or Mexico.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

. Crusiing in the med is mostly about beach clubs, jumping off rocks or from the back of boats, long lunches and afternoon drunken siestas and hiking.

Not for Americans it isn't.

Both of my cruises have been out of the Med. First one was Adriatic in the month of July second was western in the month of March and April though the route is mostly similar with certain ports here and there altered throughout the season. Not one American was going to there for the beaches. The beaches are very rocky filled not sand filled by in large, you have to go to specific destinations within Europe for the beaches and most cruises are not hitting those. Boring is subjective, but in warm climates in the U.S. the beaches here are mostly sand beaches. I would never travel 8+hours (from the coast that doesn't include the flight to get to the coast) to Europe to go sit on a beach, it's not a good usage of my money and time even if I went to the Canary Islands or the Azores I would do a lot of historical site seeing with beach time mixed in. But it is to see historical sites and that is the travel patterns for Americans, the excursions don't lie either in numbers based on nationality.

If they want a beach they will normally go to somewhere closer, consider the Azores and Canary islands and south of France being akin to the Caribbean area in terms of proximity. We go the Caribbean if we want beaches outside the U.S. we do not go to Europe to do that, summer or otherwise.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Did you mean to say Germany is the largest economy in the EU? It is, but it is about 24% of the EU GDP which isn't most.

But that aside, an American booking in Europe right now will be getting about 10 percent less for their dollar against the Euro. A European booking a cruise in USD will be getting about a 10 percent discount. That would make a difference for me. Even our own puny Canadian dollar is doing quite well, my actual cruise cost decreased by almost 5 percent between my booking date and my payment date so that was a tiny bright spot for me amongst all the economic gloominess these days. I wouldn't be surprised to see more European and UK cruisers on DCL in Europe with these current trends.

Truthfully I've not met someone in the U.S. who has really decided to not travel to a destination because the exchange rate changed. It's either you can afford it or you're willing to pay it. I do however hear that a lot more from Canadians or Australians so I think people may overestimate how much an exchange rate for Americans really affects our decisions. Knowing and keeping an eye on the currency difference but deciding "ope no the dollar is worth less today than a week ago trip is cancelled" is just not what I've ever heard discussed.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

A cruise stop can offer a quick taste, especially if you get off the boat and explore independently, or it can give a chance to check off a bucket list sight that is hard to get to otherwise but it is not experiencing a country or a culture.

It depends on what the cruise is. There are many ways of cruises and many cruises put together a focus cruise where it's either a country, a geographical area, a culture, etc.

On our first cruise a 7 day one it started in Venice (we stayed in Venice 2 days ahead), went to Vodice, Croatia, went to Kotor, Montenegro and then the rest of the 5 stops were in Greece (Kerkira, Nisos Kerkira (Corfu), Greece, Sami, Cephalonia, Greece, Pylos, Greece, Nafplion, Greece and ended in Piraeus (Athens), Greece (where we stayed 2 days after). The focus was more or less Ionian and Venetian influences to the region (loved our Kotor, Montenegro guide who went over a decent amount the the Ionian and Venetian influence there)

Our 2nd cruise (12 day with 2 sea days) went from Lisbon (where we stayed 2 days ahead), to Porto, Portugal. Then back down to Cadiz, then to Malaga, then to Mahon/Mao, Menorca, then onto Port Vendres, France, then to Toulon, France, then to Ajaccio, Corsica, then to Elba, then to Portofino and ended in Monte Carlo (where we stayed 1 day after). I loved the way this cruise was structured as the culture was grouped together in ports going from Iberia and the Islamic and Moor influence, a brief glimpse of the Balearic culture, and then onto to Napoleon focus. The cultural discussions on board really melded this all together.

That said on land based trips one thing that I find I don't want to do is just stay in one place for too long. Would you get an in-depth overview of London if you stayed there for a whole week? Sure you'd at least get more but there's a lot more to England that you're missing because of that. More often than not we move around a lot because we only have so much time and lots of places to see, it does often mean we aren't in a city for more than 1-2 days with the understanding of not necessarily seeing all of it but getting more bang for our buck. I'm having a hard time with our upcoming Switzerland/Liechtenstein trip because even though there is far too much to see in Switzerland I do not want to only do the German areas and I also wish I could throw in some areas of Austria and of course my husband would really like to do Lake Como. We are having to redirect ourselves to only do just Switzerland/Liechtenstein. I could share our recent UK trip from September or the 2024 train trip through multiple countries but that would be adding even more length to the the already very long comment lol.

No way is really any better but I do think it's important to consider what you consider uncultured or what you consider subpar does not mean it actually is or that people aren't trying to work with what they have (time and money being big things).

 

[DCLMP]

It would be nice to see more variety for the Caribbean cruises. The Eastern routes are just boring, and the Western routes might not be the place to be if something else occurs in the region related to Venezuela, Columbia or Mexico.

The western ports aren't any where near Venezuela or Columbia. As far as know there has not been any disruption in Southern Caribbean cruises.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

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.

Seabourn is doing the Baltics now as well (starting in 2027), incredibly popular based on what I've seen.

This was a cruise I was really interested in and one of the fewer RT options as Seabourn doesn't tend to focus on that


That said there may not be the same appetite from the clientele of Disney to do these exact destinations

 

[DCLMP]

Seabourn is doing the Baltics now as well (starting in 2027), incredibly popular based on what I've seen.

This was a cruise I was really interested in and one of the fewer RT options as Seabourn doesn't tend to focus on that
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That said there may not be the same appetite from the clientele of Disney to do these exact destinations

Hmm. They've sold very well on NCL, Celebrity, and Princess. Disney used to do this cruise every Summer and it was popular. Cruise lines pulled out of St Petersburg and then for reasons that never made sense pulled out of the rest of the Baltics. They started going back this year minus St Petersburg. The cruises are popular. I wouldn't want to do the one above because it doesn't go to Helsinki. All the other ports look good.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Hmm. They've sold very well on NCL, Celebrity, and Princess. Disney used to do this cruise every Summer and it was popular. Cruise lines pulled out of St Petersburg and then for reasons that never made sense pulled out of the rest of the Baltics. They started going back this year minus St Petersburg. The cruises are popular. I wouldn't want to do the one above because it doesn't go to Helsinki. All the other ports look good.

Yes but I think Disney pulls more traveling groups with younger kids and they may not see that region with all that it can come with with respects to proximity to certain places in as much urge to go there. You can't measure interest before a war in a particular region/proximity to it.

I think the going back to that region is in high demand in the cruise lines that sail it or will be sailing it but it may not be the of high enough interest/fit for Disney is what my viewpoint is.

 

[AquaDame]

I feel like Disney tends to be overly cautious as well. The fact there is still a war on between Russia & Ukraine is enough to keep them away. Even though the actual area is far from the sea. They're still running ABDs to Egypt which is much closer to hostilities, but you're talking about filling a much smaller trip vs. a ship. In truth there are probably a variety of reasons they aren't resuming their trips in the area, they were always expensive even for DCL and only ran one or two a season if I'm not mistaken?

I know folk lament there not being longer cruises and more interesting ports but at this point, I have to just accept Disney knows what they're doing. If it wasn't going to work, we'd already be seeing cracks, and instead they keep buying ships and making the "unpopular" choices of short cruises that don't go much of, if any, where. Folk were expecting them to pull out of Galveston as well years ago due to deep discounts but now they're getting a year round ship... I am throwing in the towel on trying to predict what will happen next. I'm just along for the ride.

I don't see anything of interest (we're also saving up for Antarctica so it would have to be something amazing), so I emailed my TA asking her to cancel our placeholder that expires May '27. We'll make a new one when we sail in April and keep watching for something we want to jump on.

 

[DianaMB333]

I want to do the Norwegian Fjords but havent done any research on the ideal (or even second best) itinerary

Are the ones from Disney good ones?

(I haven't cruised in other cruise lines either, somehow I only trust D safety health stndrs but have to do a bit reading about the others )

 

[DCLMP]

Yes but I think Disney pulls more traveling groups with younger kids and they may not see that region with all that it can come with with respects to proximity to certain places in as much urge to go there. You can't measure interest before a war in a particular region/proximity to it.

I think the going back to that region is in high demand in the cruise lines that sail it or will be sailing it but it may not be the of high enough interest/fit for Disney is what my viewpoint is.

Proximity to what places? It's Europe. There is no war in the Baltics.

 

[DCLMP]

I feel like Disney tends to be overly cautious as well. The fact there is still a war on between Russia & Ukraine is enough to keep them away. Even though the actual area is far from the sea. They're still running ABDs to Egypt which is much closer to hostilities, but you're talking about filling a much smaller trip vs. a ship. In truth there are probably a variety of reasons they aren't resuming their trips in the area, they were always expensive even for DCL and only ran one or two a season if I'm not mistaken?

I know folk lament there not being longer cruises and more interesting ports but at this point, I have to just accept Disney knows what they're doing. If it wasn't going to work, we'd already be seeing cracks, and instead they keep buying ships and making the "unpopular" choices of short cruises that don't go much of, if any, where. Folk were expecting them to pull out of Galveston as well years ago due to deep discounts but now they're getting a year round ship... I am throwing in the towel on trying to predict what will happen next. I'm just along for the ride.

I don't see anything of interest (we're also saving up for Antarctica so it would have to be something amazing), so I emailed my TA asking her to cancel our placeholder that expires May '27. We'll make a new one when we sail in April and keep watching for something we want to jump on.

If that is true Disney needs to check a map Ukraine is nowhere near the Baltics. Europe as of yet is not at war with Russia.
I think it comes down to St Petersburg was the draw for those cruises. Other cruise lines have decided to make a go of it without the headliner and people seem to have accepted it. The cruises are selling. Maybe people have come to realize that seeing St Petersburgs may be a ways off and want to visit the rest of the Baltics. I was booked on Disneys Baltic cruise in 2022 when it got changed to a Northern European cruise and people on the cruise were very disappointed in the itinerary.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Proximity to what places? It's Europe. There is no war in the Baltics.

I know you know what is being referenced, the cruising industry does as well so not rising to the bait of getting into that discussion