Is DCL Mainstream yet?

[Sleepyluke]

I am curious your thoughts when DCL did/will become a mainstream cruise line that happens to have Mickey and Minnie. Obviously we are a group that is much more dedicated to DCL than the general population, so we may be skewed.

I know they began a s truly niche market and could charge what they wanted essentially, but for a long time, they were dare I say reasonable. Now that they have grown considerably and other cruise lines have added some family style things, has DCL become one of them, and if not, are we close and what do they have to do to set themselves apart again.

Is it number of ships, itinerary, price per night? I really don't have a good answer, but it sure feels like they are getting dangerously close to that line.

 

[OKW Lover]

I don't know what the criteria would be or the certifying agency for designating a cruise lie "mainstream". I don't consider DCL to be mainstream myself.

 

[dreamer17555]

Things that would push it that way- Losing nightly turn down service, losing rotational dining. Otherwise its a premium line IMO, not a luxury line like Seabourn but solidly in the premium tier along with Virgin

 

[FastPasser.]

Based on its tiny percentage of the cruising market, l’d have to say no.

 

[Disneyworldlocal]

I put a lot of cruise line vlogs on in the background while doing paperwork. There are so many popular ones out there that never even mention DCL in any way. One of them recently ranked all the private islands and DCL wasn’t listed at all. Another one does cruise news all the time and for the first time in all of his vlogs he mentioned the Treasure was re routing due to the Hurricane. No other news ever for DCL.
It also seems like the newer ships that Royal, MSC etc seem to garner much more attention from what I can see.