Fall 2026 itineraries

[DCLMP]

Right. The Dream didn't start sailing in Europe until after the Wish started doing the 3/4 night Bahamian cruises, so it is unlikely the Wish will sail out of Europe for an entire season until after a new ship starts sailing 3/4 nights out of Port Canaveral.

If history rhymes then when the Wish does go to Europe DCL will overprice it like they did the first time the Dream went to Europe. DCL always seems to overestimate demand and what people are capable of paying.

 

[Scalemaster34]

If history rhymes then when the Wish does go to Europe DCL will overprice it like they did the first time the Dream went to Europe. DCL always seems to overestimate demand and what people are capable of paying.

I suspect they have seen the way the wind is blowing, and that's part of the reason for the delay - maybe reworking some pricing to prevent having to do deep discounts later. Disney is always going to be more expensive, as there is a market for what they offer. But there is a fine line in being premium and being overpriced.

 

[Moonspinner]

I actually think they will have two ships in Galveston. Galveston is within driving distance for the South and US heartland and all the cruise lines are shifting more ships there. The US population in general is shifting South.

 

[dreamer17555]

I actually think they will have two ships in Galveston. Galveston is within driving distance for the South and US heartland and all the cruise lines are shifting more ships there. The US population in general is shifting South.

Im a bit surprised that they are doing a single ship year round let alone the idea of two ships. They have had to heavily discount (even for DCL prices) the Magic the last few years for sailings out of Galveston and she only hold 2,500. They are trying out MDAS this winter so maybe that would help but they already have a restricted GT rate for the Dec 15th sailing out of Galveston on the Magic and Canadian Resident discounts all the way to 1/29/26 on the Magic (and those are MDAS sailings).

 

[dreamer17555]

I suspect they have seen the way the wind is blowing, and that's part of the reason for the delay - maybe reworking some pricing to prevent having to do deep discounts later. Disney is always going to be more expensive, as there is a market for what they offer. But there is a fine line in being premium and being overpriced.

But they can't lower prices too much or they will cannibalize from their current sailings. I think at best we won't get an increase.

 

[DCLMP]

I actually think they will have two ships in Galveston. Galveston is within driving distance for the South and US heartland and all the cruise lines are shifting more ships there. The US population in general is shifting South.

The distance from the airport to the port negates the shorter flight for me. I would rather cruise out of FLL with the cheap uber ride to the port and plentiful hotel accommodations. Texas also has problems with weather related flight delays and cancellations. Fog in Galveston also causes embarkation and debarkation delays.

 

[DCLMP]

But they can't lower prices too much or they will cannibalize from their current sailings. I think at best we won't get an increase.

They lowered prices on Europe next year and they are still way above the competition. You are the only person I know that worries about Disney profit margin.

 

[Disneyworldlocal]

It's mostly Floridians like yourself that do the short cruises and Floridians are conditioned to get Florida discounts.

That’s what we did in May LOL saw the Florida discount for the Magic
And this Wish one at the end of the month was Guaranteed with Restrictions and got the Disney Visa ( we have debit card ) promotion
Other than the new ships doesn’t make sense for us to do anything but those types of rates

 

[Darren1969]

The UK sailings out of Southampton are expensive for what they are yet nearly full until the end of August.