New Disney Ships: News, Rumors, Speculation.....and Names!

[JM_97]

It’ll be years before the home ports and itineraries are revealed. But it’s reasonable to expect that they will be used to fill out that schedule - that is, increasing service to Los Angeles and Galveston (both previously mentioned by DCL), going to two year round ships from Fort Lauderdale and adding a second ship in Europe. NYC, expanded seasonal San Juan, etc. are likely candidates as well.

I highly doubt DCL will go to Tampa. Budget itineraries (Tampa typically houses Royal’s cheapest itineraries) would sway dollars from PC. Consider that multiple bloggers reported that DCL wasn’t happy with the performance in New Orleans. Ultimately they’re going to expect a hefty premium so that rules out secondary ports and regular exotic itineraries.

I have a good feeling one of them will be in California year round

 

[nalababybear]

Dvc level branding for cruise ships. DCL is getting big enough to offer this.

We just did. Carnival cruise out of LB. What a shame Disney let all this real estate there go to Carnival.....bet they'd love.having that back now

 

[LAS2AMS]

I have a good feeling one of them will be in California year round

I wish but I’d place my bets on split service with Alaska (e.g. a second ship based there from May-Sep, performing LA/SD the rest of the year). That largely seems to be the norm - even LA-based Princess doesn’t do summers here, even though it cycles most its fleet here the remainder of the year.

 

[LAS2AMS]

Dvc level branding for cruise ships. DCL is getting big enough to offer this.

We just did. Carnival cruise out of LB. What a shame Disney let all this real estate there go to Carnival.....bet they'd love.having that back now

They can have all that real estate back. Long Beach is looking for somebody to develop it (the last party that tried to develop it just got charged with defrauding investors). A bigger shame is Long Beach pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the rotting Queen Mary - that berth would do wonders for the area handling a second cruise ship.

 

[ShaneDJ]

We were on Wonder of the Seas and will not go back.

Why?

 

[holula]

I wish but I’d place my bets on split service with Alaska (e.g. a second ship based there from May-Sep, performing LA/SD the rest of the year). That largely seems to be the norm - even LA-based Princess doesn’t do summers here, even though it cycles most its fleet here the remainder of the year.

This is my bet for one of the ships too. One west coast, then maybe one ship permanently in Australia. Then two more for boring Bahamas itineraries

 

[wendlle]

Surely one of them will be purpose built for the colder Alaskan weather.
I loved my Wonder cruise in Alaska but they REALLY need a covered pool deck / restaurants etc outside to take in the scenery.

I'm thinking that this will happen and then it will go to San Diego for the rest of the year.
Leaving the Wonder to come to Australia year round until she retires.

 

[HeadNerd]

They can have all that real estate back. Long Beach is looking for somebody to develop it (the last party that tried to develop it just got charged with defrauding investors). A bigger shame is Long Beach pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the rotting Queen Mary - that berth would do wonders for the area handling a second cruise ship.

Sigh.. bring back Port Disney. I know, I know, won’t happen but geez… DisneySea here plus a Port Canaveral style terminal for DCL?

Surely one of them will be purpose built for the colder Alaskan weather.
I loved my Wonder cruise in Alaska but they REALLY need a covered pool deck / restaurants etc outside to take in the scenery.

I'm thinking that this will happen and then it will go to San Diego for the rest of the year.
Leaving the Wonder to come to Australia year round until she retires.

Covered pool deck on one of them is a brilliant idea. Obviously for Alaska but then in the Fall/Winter even San Diego and Mexico can get cold/windy/rainy. Last Fall San Diego cruise we did we lost at least a day or two of outside time to cold windy overcast days. A covered pool deck would have been amazing.

 

[asgur5]

Not everyone likes the big ships, my wife and I have only been on the Magic and Wonder (4 cruises so far and 2 planned in 2026). I have no desire to be on the larger ships and won't look at any itinerary that are on the larger ships. So, while the market may be going in that direction, not everyone wants to be on the larger ships. If my choice is to go on one of the larger ships or not cruise, I'll save my money and not cruise.

Psy

The bigger ships feel no different in size or crowds to the smaller ships. You really would not notice any difference. Was on the wish recently and its size felt exactly the same as the wonder. If anything crowds felt smaller then my cruise on the wonder.

 

[asgur5]

Surely one of them will be purpose built for the colder Alaskan weather.
I loved my Wonder cruise in Alaska but they REALLY need a covered pool deck / restaurants etc outside to take in the scenery.

I'm thinking that this will happen and then it will go to San Diego for the rest of the year.
Leaving the Wonder to come to Australia year round until she retires.

Australia already needs a new ship. Australian Fans arent just going to repeatedly go on the wonder again and again with the same shows. Magic needs to come.

 

[wendlle]

Australia already needs a new ship. Australian Fans arent just going to repeatedly go on the wonder again and again with the same shows. Magic needs to come.

I disagree, people go in the same ships all the time
I highly doubt a new ship would come here - the market isn’t big enough they are already discounting too many sailings here as it is

A covered deck needs to happen for Alaska, I know so many people who won’t go with Disney because the wonder just isn’t set up for the cold weather
It would be a game changer

 

[LAS2AMS]

Australia already needs a new ship. Australian Fans arent just going to repeatedly go on the wonder again and again with the same shows. Magic needs to come.

LOL! Spoiled already?? The Wonder has spent a grand total of four months in Australia/ New Zealand, split over multiple home ports. Meanwhile, the Wonder has been the sole ship based in Los Angeles/ San Diego since 2011, sans a cameo appearance by the Magic last fall.

 

[LAS2AMS]

I disagree, people go in the same ships all the time
I highly doubt a new ship would come here - the market isn’t big enough they are already discounting too many sailings here as it is

A covered deck needs to happen for Alaska, I know so many people who won’t go with Disney because the wonder just isn’t set up for the cold weather
It would be a game changer

Most of the ships serving Alaska these days not not have a retractable covered deck. Even the ones that do have them don’t necessarily utilize them.

That said, I would except that if they replace and/or add a second ship to Alaska, it’ll be a Dream kr Triton Class ship. The four new ships will likely be larger and Florida-based.

 

[OKW Lover]

Surely one of them will be purpose built for the colder Alaskan weather.
I loved my Wonder cruise in Alaska but they REALLY need a covered pool deck / restaurants etc outside to take in the scenery.

I doubt that will happen. They already announced that the new ships would be essentially the same as the Wish class ships. I've sailed Alaska on RCL twice and their ships don't have a covered pool deck or outside restaurants. From observation, none of the other lines like Celebrity or Princess have that either.

The bigger ships feel no different in size or crowds to the smaller ships. You really would not notice any difference. Was on the wish recently and its size felt exactly the same as the wonder. If anything crowds felt smaller then my cruise on the wonder.

Agree. People often focus on how many passengers these new ships have without considering that they also have more space per passenger. That's why the big ships don't feel more crowded.

 

[ljhayes]

They already announced that the new ships would be essentially the same as the Wish class ships.

Can you point me to that announcement? (Not being snarky. If it's been announced, I missed it)

 

[wendlle]

I doubt that will happen. They already announced that the new ships would be essentially the same as the Wish class ships. I've sailed Alaska on RCL twice and their ships don't have a covered pool deck or outside restaurants. From observation, none of the other lines like Celebrity or Princess have that either.

Agree. People often focus on how many passengers these new ships have without considering that they also have more space per passenger. That's why the big ships don't feel more crowded.

Strange because when inwss researching Alaska cruises most of the other lines seemed to have covered decks

 

[nalababybear]

Can you point me to that announcement? (Not being snarky. If it's been announced, I missed it)

D23 showcase. 4 new ships on order. First being in service in 2027 I think.

That's in addition to the ships out of Singapore and Tokyo recently announced.

 

[peder]

D23 showcase. 4 new ships on order. First being in service in 2027 I think.

That's in addition to the ships out of Singapore and Tokyo recently announced.

I think ljhayes was asking for confirmation of this earlier "They already announced that the new ships would be essentially the same as the Wish class ships."

There's nothing that's been announced saying they'd be essentially the same as the Wish class ships. We only know it's the same builder, but that still leaves a lot of room for changes, especially because the ships will very likely be substantially larger than the Wish.

 

[asgur5]

LOL! Spoiled already?? The Wonder has spent a grand total of four months in Australia/ New Zealand, split over multiple home ports. Meanwhile, the Wonder has been the sole ship based in Los Angeles/ San Diego since 2011, sans a cameo appearance by the Magic last fall.

Which is very weird? People dont go to the same shows and restaurants on land time after time after time. They change them up. Why do cruise lines think people want to live on repeat on cruises?

Outside the disney die hards for most people the wonder is a one off luxury trip. Note dcl prices in aud are very high in australia. Double what americans are paying out of florida in usd. Only rich people can afford disney cruise line in australia. But if the disney magic came with different shows and restaurants then people who loved the wonder would pay up again.

In europe they are now changing up the ships. Dream only did two runs before switching to fantasy. The australian fans are expecting the same.

 

[asgur5]

I disagree, people go in the same ships all the time
I highly doubt a new ship would come here - the market isn’t big enough they are already discounting too many sailings here as it is

A covered deck needs to happen for Alaska, I know so many people who won’t go with Disney because the wonder just isn’t set up for the cold weather
It would be a game changer

They are discounting sailings because they started extremely high in aud and they are sending the same ship as before. Most tourists dont repeat holidays. There needs to be something new. Its bizarre that they dont swap the magic and womder around. Not just australia but california as well. They could charge higher prices if they did.