What Is One Thing You Would Change About DCL?

[JM_97]

I like pretty much all the changes listed in the previous pages but what I would like the most, would be to have the Dream and Fantasy do 7 nights or longer cruises out of the US. We recently booked a Dream cruise out of FLL in July and it is only 5 nights. We have teachers in the family that can't get away during the school year so having a 7 night Dream cruise during the summer would be great....5 nights is just not long enough, especially when you have to include flights out of NYC. 5 nights just seems so short onboard.

Also, bring back DCL to NYC....don't even care which ship. I know the last 2 years is due to drydock but let's hope for late 2026.....and....if they do bring a ship back to NYC please, please, please have the 7 or 8 night itinerary that included a stop in Port Canaveral (with tix and buses to WDW for the day) and a stop at either Lookout or Castaway! Loved that itinerary out of NYC.

Do away with midnight madness....I am Pearl so it doesn't apply to me anymore in getting an early PAT but we are traveling with 5 cabins this summer in all different CC statuses and I feel I have to be up at midnight with all the different people's CC status to make sure we can get PAT's as close in time as possible (so that means 3 nights at midnight)....I feel responsible since I organized the cruise LoL

MJ

Would love a long sailing on the Dream class. Fantasy has only been doing short cruises since the Treasure came on, so one of the Dream/Fantasy needs to do 7 nighters. To me, it's the best class. Bigger than the classics and not an IP in your face at every corner.

The Bahamas/Florida cruise you mentioned would sell out immediately but don't know if the Disney of today would be on board with giving that many people included Disney World tickets. There would definitely be a catch.

 

[DCLMP]

I am intrigued by the fact the Magic and the Wonder are both doing 7 night Alaskan sailings next season... If that proves successful I wouldn't be shocked to see them try something like Sunday to Sunday 7 nights out of FLL on top of the Treasure itineraries...

I agree with those who think they may be overextending... Where that goes I'm not sure... but continuing to add capacity to me seems like a bad idea... I'd rather see that money going into parks, as I prefer the original 4 ships...

I think they will start to lose repeat cruisers. They've lost me in Europe next year. It's just same ole itineraries. We'll be sailing princess or NCL. You really have to love the DCL experience to keep paying the high prices to go to the same place.

 

[jimmymc]

This is why I don’t understand why Disney doesn’t throw in some longer cruises in off peak season. They have so many 3-5 night cruises and that’s just not sustainable forever. Why not throw in a 10 night in January one year to see how it sells.

Disney is still getting a lot of first and second time cruisers on the shorter Port Canaveral and Ft. Lauderdale cruises. They might eventually run out of new customers, but they seem to be doing strong.

I personally thought they would expand their Caribbean offerings and do longer cruises on the older ships once the Destiny came out.

 

[AquaDame]

I think they will start to lose repeat cruisers. They've lost me in Europe next year. It's just same ole itineraries. We'll be sailing princess or NCL. You really have to love the DCL experience to keep paying the high prices to go to the same place.

I think Disney is unique in that they aren't particularly worried about the middle of the road users. They know Pearls will come year after year with the same itineraries (they already have), and they'll continue to get new sailors year after year as people have kids. They've staked their money on people who don't know any better or care, and those who are mildly annoyed but keep coming anyway. It's not worth the logistic or financial cost to chase every person, especially when there are still major new markets to unlock in Asia and the Middle East.

 

[Cfabar1]

I think Disney is unique in that they aren't particularly worried about the middle of the road users. They know Pearls will come year after year with the same itineraries (they already have), and they'll continue to get new sailors year after year as people have kids. They've staked their money on people who don't know any better or care, and those who are mildly annoyed but keep coming anyway. It's not worth the logistic or financial cost to chase every person, especially when there are still major new markets to unlock in Asia and the Middle East.

for those with kids the DCL experience cannot be beat.