Disney Wonder West Coast 2021

[iannovich]

I think the greater challenge is staffing the ship. Wonder seems to be last in line, and some of the countries that normally supply a lot of crew are problematic right now. Lot of quarantine.

Disney, as well as the other lines have been calling back crew members from even the hardest hit countries, like India and Brazil. A quarantine is just a quarantine, and I don't think it's an insurmountable obstacle... There's still 94 days before the next scheduled sailing out of San Diego, there's still plenty of time for both quarantines and crew vaccinations.

I do agree that the Wonder is last in line though. Based on the last round of cancellations and next sail dates, it looks like they staggered it: Magic, Dream, Fantasy, then Wonder.

After they exhaust the crew willing to come back (of course some will have moved on), they'll have to go next to crew members that haven't worked for Disney before. There are tons of crew members out there from other cruise lines that are very ready to work and would jump at the chance to work for Disney. I don't see staffing as a real challenge. Although I do think the first sailings back might be a little rough service wise as new members of the crew decide for themselves (or have the decision involuntarily made for them) whether or not they can hang with the Disney Way. I've been on other Lines, and have had plenty of interactions where I thought to myself "yeah, that attitude would not fly on DCL"...

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Magic contracts are also due to turn over after the UK sailings.

 

[radman90]

Its kinda annoying, Disney has to know if this is going to happen from financial stand point. Just let us know

 

[iannovich]

Magic contracts are also due to turn over after the UK sailings.

That doesn't change the timeline for me. Disney knows how to handle it. The crew is allowed to extend their contracts if they wish, and after a year an a half out of work, I'm guessing a decent number of folks will be willing to extend. They also aren't all joining the ships at once, so they're not all leaving at once. The staffing folks will be working constantly and playing Tetris for coverage, but that's what they do, and I'm confident that they can pull it off. The first non-UK cruise is on November 8th, that's well after we're all happily sailing on the Wonder on the West Coast

 

[mullysisters]

We are trying to book a San Diego to Vancouver on the Wonder for April 2022. I hope things are starting to recover, we really need this vacation. Never cruised before. Pixie dust needed.