That is - the clocks get set back an hour at a time, so you're "gaining" an hour every time they do that. It happens about 4 times on a PC cruise (depending on if you're cruising over the change from daylight savings time or not).
Fewer time changes for the WBPC sailing out of Galveston, as opposed to the sailing out of one of the Florida ports, since Galveston is in the Central time zone (and San Diego is in the Pacific time zone, of course). Right now (so daylight savings time in the US states that observe it), Galveston, Cozumel, Cartagena, and Panama are all on the same time. Should also be the case for an early April sailing. That would mean only a two hour difference over the course of the cruise, with both time changes coming after the canal transit as the ship sails along the Pacific coast.
In 2023, looks like Magic went WB and returned EB about 6 weeks later. Maybe similar in 2026?
Our current placeholder expires mid to end of April 2026, so this first offering works out perfectly for us!
You meant 2026, right? I'm looking at doing that one as well. Starting out on Easter Monday makes it easier for us to get to Galveston since we're off the Friday prior
I didn't do the Panama Canal yet, really tempted to book this one.
It sails on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026.
That thought had definitely crossed my mind too since there are no sailings to book on the Magic once she arrives in SD.....I truly hope this is not the case though.
Ours expires the last week of March.
I would save the money. Half the fun of the PC is being surrounded by all of the excited people up on deck. We mainly sail ocean view, with 2 inside and 2 veranda cruises. We were lucky and had one of the huge extended verandas off of the back of the Dream for our Mediterranean cruise last summer. We are booking in inside. Our first PC Cruise was oceanview and then we booked inside for the infamous 2020 WBPC cruise. We upgraded at the port to an oceanview in case the worst happened. Our last was connecting oceanview because we had some discounts due to cancellation of cruises booked on the Wish before she sailed. We never really spend time in our room, and love the Magic. She was our first and started our addiction. Either way, you will love it.
But the sailing(s) after that would be the Summer season so that could be why it hasn't been announced.
Not enough to remember 10 days years later.
Exactly! My hope is that Disney has some new surprise itineraries for the Magic. They often cut off booking dates at different times for the ships to line up with summer season and unique itineraries like transatlantic. That way they can charge more.
Thanks. Yeah, we're not in the verandah a lot--the only reason we normally book it is that the 7A (obstructed verandah) is usually much closer in price to the Oceanview rooms on Caribbean and European sailings, which is what we've done, but that's not the case on this PC cruise. DH usually goes out there when we first arrive in a port just to look, and then we might have one breakfast out there during a sailing. But we go to the trivia and other entertainment a lot, and when in port we are always out doing an excursion (sometimes we even squeeze in two), so I think we don't need it.
It's interesting that you say that they won't do Australia for much longer. DCLs first season here was very successful in terms of filling the ships. The 6 day cruise we did from Sydney in January was fully sold out.
