Fall 2026 itineraries

[Jodi]

Could today be the day??

 

[justafigment27]

Could today be the day??

I hope so.

 

[lois00525]

Could today be the day??

I hope so!!!

 

[CaseyCruiser]

Could today be the day??

Probably

 

[awrites]

I admit I’m not very optimistic for a release today. Itinerary announcement history on the DCL blog indicates that when itineraries have been released in July, it was well past the 4th.

Would be happy to be proved wrong, though!

 

[jwalk03]

I admit I’m not very optimistic for a release today. Itinerary announcement history on the DCL blog indicates that when itineraries have been released in July, it was well past the 4th.

Would be happy to be proved wrong, though!

I think today is extremely unlikely. It’s a major holiday week.

I think it’s going to be at least Mid-July at this point.

 

[dreamer17555]

I was hopeful for today with actual booking next week but it is not looking like it. It would be smart if DCL dropped the itineraries before the 4th to allow those that gather for the holiday to make plans on what they want to book but so far crickets.

Most release dates have been in June (and May). Other dates in July have been July 21, 2022 and July 23, 2020

 

[jwalk03]

I was hopeful for today with actual booking next week but it is not looking like it. It would be smart if DCL dropped the itineraries before the 4th to allow those that gather for the holiday to make plans on what they want to book but so far crickets.

I actual think the opposite. Announcing things before a major holiday makes it get lost- people are not paying attention and you lose the natural buzz and excitement that it would otherwise generate.

That’s why companies, politicians, etc announce bad news around holidays, late on Friday afternoons, etc. it’s the news dump- you don’t want good news in a news dump.

I would also add that logistically you don’t want to make announcements that drive call volume around holiday times. Holidays themselves have very little or no call volume (none if they are closed of course) but then all the people that would have called on the holiday wait and call on the next business day in addition to all the normal Monday volume- and then if you add an itinerary announcement on top of an already stressed day in the call center you are just compounding your service level problems.

All this adds up to we are not going to see an itinerary announcement until at least mid next week.

 

[dreamer17555]

Actually, I’m back to thinking that they will announce it before the holiday because when they canceled the magic sailing up to Vancouver, they said new itineraries would be able to be booked on July 9th.

 

[angel's momma]

Actually, I’m back to thinking that they will announce it before the holiday because when they canceled the magic sailing up to Vancouver, they said new itineraries would be able to be booked on July 9th.

When they cancelled and re-released the 2025 WBTA, the date it was able to be booked ended up also being the date the Summer 2026 itineraries were announced.

 

[Jodi]

Actually, I’m back to thinking that they will announce it before the holiday because when they canceled the magic sailing up to Vancouver, they said new itineraries would be able to be booked on July 9th.

oh SNAP, this right here! lol

 

[SomePixiedust]

Could there be any chance that if they were going to drop itineraries today they may have pushed it back due to the incident on the Dream? Of course everything is speculation but I’ve read a lot of different posts on varied social media with people commenting how this convinced them not to book a cruise with young ones. Obviously us veterans know better but let’s face it, Disney wants new blood as well. just a thought

 

[jwalk03]

Could there be any chance that if they were going to drop itineraries today they may have pushed it back due to the incident on the Dream? Of course everything is speculation but I’ve read a lot of different posts on varied social media with people commenting how this convinced them not to book a cruise with young ones. Obviously us veterans know better but let’s face it, Disney wants new blood as well. just a thought

Very doubtful. Planning an itinerary release the week of a major holiday is just not realistic.

 

[peder]

As a bit of an aside to this topic, why is Disney so late to the game dropping itineraries? As their fleet grows, I think they're going to want itineraries published earlier so they have more time to sell. But also, I wonder if they currently do not have their first pick of port days and times, and that's something that could be a problem with a larger fleet.

 

[ladyofthetramp]

Actually, I’m back to thinking that they will announce it before the holiday because when they canceled the magic sailing up to Vancouver, they said new itineraries would be able to be booked on July 9th.

my thought when I saw that as well

 

[holula]

As a bit of an aside to this topic, why is Disney so late to the game dropping itineraries? As their fleet grows, I think they're going to want itineraries published earlier so they have more time to sell. But also, I wonder if they currently do not have their first pick of port days and times, and that's something that could be a problem with a larger fleet.

I totally agree. The EBTA for 2026 will need to be paid by early January. That’s not giving people a lot of time to pay off a cruise that’s a decent chunk of change. I thought their last double drop was the start of them bringing their itineraries to be booked earlier but clearly not.

As an aside, other than Europe their itineraries are the same week in week out so there is no real reason to delay the average Bahamas/Alaska/Caribbean cruise release if they are waiting on port availability.

 

[jwalk03]

As a bit of an aside to this topic, why is Disney so late to the game dropping itineraries? As their fleet grows, I think they're going to want itineraries published earlier so they have more time to sell. But also, I wonder if they currently do not have their first pick of port days and times, and that's something that could be a problem with a larger fleet.

I know the agreement that was signed with Catalina Island- they actually agreed to pay a higher port fee per passenger in exchange for priority access for their ships.

I would assume they may not get first dibs in many ports though when they are competing against the bigger cruise companies for limited space. I assume this is one factor in why they tend to sail the same ports over and over and over again.

 

[peder]

I know the agreement that was signed with Catalina Island- they actually agreed to pay a higher port fee per passenger in exchange for priority access for their ships.

I would assume they may not get first dibs in many ports though when they are competing against the bigger cruise companies for limited space. I assume this is one factor in why they tend to sail the same ports over and over and over again.

And maybe a reason they seem to be growing the fleet faster than demand allows is to realize scale advantages that drive up their operational costs (or reduce profitability with worse port times/locations)

 

[dreamer17555]

I totally agree. The EBTA for 2026 will need to be paid by early January. That’s not giving people a lot of time to pay off a cruise that’s a decent chunk of change. I thought their last double drop was the start of them bringing their itineraries to be booked earlier but clearly not.

As an aside, other than Europe their itineraries are the same week in week out so there is no real reason to delay the average Bahamas/Alaska/Caribbean cruise release if they are waiting on port availability.

The EBTA 2026 came out the first week of February 2025, so that’s almost a full year to pay on it.

 

[holula]

The EBTA 2026 came out the first week of February 2025, so that’s almost a full year to pay on it.

I’m going to blame this on the painkillers I’m taking. But my point still stands that they aren’t giving people a lot of time to pay off cruises. Likely less than a year for the earliest ones in their next release.