Fall 2026 itineraries

[Royal Consort]

I’d be curious to know how the discount compares to the opening day price. Like it’s it 30% cheaper than opening day? Or is it 30% off the current higher price and it’s really about the same price as what it started at?

The Aussie dollar buys .65c usd with fluctuations with exchange rates (first mistake was not charging in local currency). Disney charged standard US market prices which the market baulked at. Most cruises didn't go up in price as they are already perceived by the market as overpriced. Disney sold very well in their inaugural year (marketing made it sound like it was a once off "special season".) But few are returning to cruise three/four nights to nowhere. Let alone the tipping situation which hasn't gone over well.

 

[mocodis]

I just want to know when the rest of 2026 itineraries are coming out. I guess real soon, like this month?

 

[nenis]

Itineraries are released at midnight, right?
Does DCL let their cast members know ahead of time when they'll release dates?

 

[DCLMP]

I’d be curious to know how the discount compares to the opening day price. Like it’s it 30% cheaper than opening day? Or is it 30% off the current higher price and it’s really about the same price as what it started at?

Is the price higher than opening day? I wouldn't just assume that you would have to compare opening day to now. There used to be a website for this, but I believe it no longer exists.

 

[OKW Lover]

Let alone the tipping situation which hasn't gone over well.

What tipping situation?

 

[DCLMP]

Itineraries are released at midnight, right?
Does DCL let their cast members know ahead of time when they'll release dates?

They release at around 9am, but the last few years they have released before the weekend with booking starting on Monday for Pearl status only.

 

[jwalk03]

Is the price higher than opening day? I wouldn't just assume that you would have to compare opening day to now. There used to be a website for this, but I believe it no longer exists.

I don’t know. That’s what I was asking.

DCL Blog might track opening day prices? But I can’t remember for sure

 

[DCLMP]

I don’t know. That’s what I was asking.

DCL Blog might track opening day prices? But I can’t remember for sure

There used to be a website called cruise fish that tracked it, but I think it died with Covid.

 

[Royal Consort]

What tipping situation?

Culturally Australia vehemently rejects tipping. Passionately. So much so that Carinaval and Princess cruises had to abolish the practice entirely on their ships.

Granted, our laws are different and staff are legally paid a solid minimum wage ($25 per hour) so tipping isn't the way people make a living here.

Practices that are seen as a "slippery slope" into tipping are outright rejected.

So what did Disney do?

Disney, rather than folding gratuities into the price, continued their standard gratuity practice. Aussies hated it. Cast members have complained about the number of passengers removing tips from their account. Other passengers are just angry when they are hit with the gratuity info at the end of their cruise, seeing the product as already too expensive.

Disney could have avoided this entirely whilst still ensuring that their crew get paid, simply by using cultural awareness and adding the cost differently and at the time of booking. Heck, a pre-emptive 'service fee' would have been accepted. Since the tips are also in USD, with the exchange rate... crew don't love their Australian contracts.

 

[Royal Consort]

I don’t know. That’s what I was asking.

DCL Blog might track opening day prices? But I can’t remember for sure

I don't believe they have gone up from opening.

 

[dreamer17555]

Is the price higher than opening day? I wouldn't just assume that you would have to compare opening day to now. There used to be a website for this, but I believe it no longer exists.

Disney Cruise Line Blog has them. Search for a specific sailing and they will have the opening day prices.

My Wish cruise this Sept- Opening Day for cheapest Oceanview- $2,750. I paid $1855 for an Oceanview with Restriction. Current Price for a non GTY Oceanview (cheapest) $2,750 (which makes sense because the offered all the discounts because it did not sell well)

Verandah same cruise-
Opening Day- $2,966
VGT- $2014 (Edited: I mistyped this previously)
Current non GTY Verandah- $2,982

And then the $250 in onboard credit for using a Disney Visa