Fall 2026 itineraries

[JM_97]

The Wonder is showing on the Sydney port schedule for Oct 2026. And the date of her arrival there pretty much tracks with her last Alaskan cruise in Vancouver (and then allowing for time to get to Hawaii and then the south Pacific). Speculation on my part obviously but it does look like it's the Wonder heading back down under....(And I agree, they should send the Magic down under).

Well that answers that.

I guess Magic will sail from San Diego in the fall or get sent back to the Atlantic. But they are kind of oversaturated in the Bahamas/Caribbean (Dream, Fantasy, Wish, Treasure, Destiny) so I'm not sure if sending the Magic back to Galveston or San Juan makes sense.

 

[asgur5]

The Wonder is showing on the Sydney port schedule for Oct 2026. And the date of her arrival there pretty much tracks with her last Alaskan cruise in Vancouver (and then allowing for time to get to Hawaii and then the south Pacific). Speculation on my part obviously but it does look like it's the Wonder heading back down under....(And I agree, they should send the Magic down under).

If they do it will fail. Dcl Cruises for australians are much more expensive then for americans due to the exchange rate. Only rich australians can go and rich australians dont want the same shows and restsurants they have already seen and done. If the magic went it would be packed out. With the wonder it will be empty. Going second half of october is already quite silly given its wet, windy in southern australia at that time of year and the school holiday period has just finished leaving two whole months before the next holiday period begins.

 

[jwalk03]

The spot on the Sydney cruise schedule could very easily be swapped out for the Wonder I’m sure- if Disney wants to. It’s the same size ship so they may have used the Magic to reserve the spots with the intent to change it later once they make an official announcement.

 

[bcwife76]

The spot on the Sydney cruise schedule could very easily be swapped out for the Wonder I’m sure- if Disney wants to. It’s the same size ship so they may have used the Magic to reserve the spots with the intent to change it later once they make an official announcement.

Definitely!

 

[Royal Consort]

Maybe they are more aware of what they are doing than people give them credit for. They have a strategy that works.

The strategy that's working is to discount the entire season 30% or the ship won't fill.

 

[holula]

If they do it will fail. Dcl Cruises for australians are much more expensive then for americans due to the exchange rate. Only rich australians can go and rich australians dont want the same shows and restsurants they have already seen and done. If the magic went it would be packed out. With the wonder it will be empty. Going second half of october is already quite silly given its wet, windy in southern australia at that time of year and the school holiday period has just finished leaving two whole months before the next holiday period begins.

Disney doesn’t think about stuff like this, annoyingly. It would make more sense for Aus & Europe to send one ship for two years, then another ship for two years, and then go back to the first ship for two years and repeat. That would at least mean you aren’t seeing the same shows for multiple years in a row and if you can only sail once every other year you’d also get a different ship (which is why I wouldn’t alternate every year.)

 

[OKW Lover]

The strategy that's working is to discount the entire season 30% or the ship won't fill.

The entire season hasn't been discounted by 30% though. Only some cabins for some sailings. Not only that, but the assumption that ships need to be "full" to be profitable isn't accurate. There is a larger picture.