The Disney Wonder returned to Port Canaveral on Friday, November 27, 2020, becoming the first in the Disney Cruise Line fleet to return to from repatriation efforts and dry/wet dock in Europe. The following video show shows the Disney Wonder’s early morning arrival and maneuvering into her berth at Port Canaveral’s Cruise Terminal 10 (CT10). [embedded content] The Disney Wonder sailed to … [Read more...]

The Disney Wonder returned to Port Canaveral on Friday, November 27, 2020, becoming the first in the Disney Cruise Line fleet to return to from repatriation efforts and dry/wet dock in Europe. The following video show shows the Disney Wonder’s early morning arrival and maneuvering into her berth at Port Canaveral’s Cruise Terminal 10 (CT10). [embedded content] The Disney Wonder sailed to … [Read more...]

Disney Cruise Line’s 2020 Very MerryTime pin sailed into Disney’s Pin Traders at Disney Springs, the same location where the 2020 Halloween on the High Seas pin was released. The limited edition pin features Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in festive wear smooching in front of a decorated anchor. <img data-attachment-id="48294" … [Read more...]

I know a lot of cruisers make use of Disney Gift cards, especially since you can get some great deals on them at warehouse clubs and other retailers which can result in a significant discount on your vacation when using them to pay for Disney Cruises. According to DisneyGiftCard.com, the website will be upgraded on January 20, 2021, and existing DisneyGiftCard.com account details (logins and gift … [Read more...]

Personal Navigators, and other handouts from the  7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Fantasy – Itinerary B. The Disney Fantasy set sail from Port Canaveral, Florida on April 26, 2014. There are additional Personal Navigators from other sailings of this same itinerary for comparison. During this cruise, the ship was under the control of Captain … [Read more...]

Today, Joe Rohde announced via his Instagram account that he is retiring from Walt Disney Imagineering after 40 years. I’m sure by now many of you have come across the news that I am retiring from Walt Disney Imagineering. It has been 40 years since I stepped foot in the door at age 25, not knowing anything about theme parks, Disney, or what it meant to work for a big company. Every day of … [Read more...]

Today, Brightline and Walt Disney World Resort announced they have entered into an agreement to construct a train station at Disney Springs.  The Brightline station is intended to provide a convenient travel option between Walt Disney World Resort and Brightline stations at Orlando International Airport (OIA), Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach and planned stations in Aventura, Boca … [Read more...]

Today, Disney Cruise Line announced the extension of their cruise suspension for sailings through January 2021 in line with other CLIA member cruise lines as the industry continues to work through the conditional sail order framework issued by the CDC. While the CDC didn’t get to extend the No Sail Order into February 2021, they basically found an alternative way to stall the gradual resumption … [Read more...]

This week’s batch of special offers from Disney Cruise Line arrives with more changes. Previously, there have been offers ranging from mid-January into late April. Then, last week, the earliest sail date was in February. Now on the heels of January and February sailings being removed, the special offers range from mid-March into May 2021. The Canadian Resident rate remains absent due to the … [Read more...]

Disney Cruise Line quietly removed all January and February 2021 sailings from their online booking page as well as select sailings with US embarkation/debarkation ports over 7-nights due to the CDC’s restriction that all sailings through October 2021 can only be up to 7-nights. The European sailings are not impacted by this restriction at this time. The removal of sailings from further booking … [Read more...]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention set the travel heath notice status for cruise travel to Level 4: Very High Level of COVID-19 (archived link) from level 3. Level 4 was just added on Saturday, November 21, 2020, when the CDC adapted its 3-level notice system to a new 4-level system for COVID-19 (archived link) and updated criteria used to determine Travel Health Notices … [Read more...]

Disney Cruise Line announced the extension of their Cruise Date Flexibility Offer for all new and existing reservations made by December 31, 2020, for a cruise sailing on or before May 31, 2021. Guests will have the ability to change their sail date up to 15 days prior to embarkation with no sail date change fee applied. Cruise Date Flexibility Guests who have booked before December 31, 2020 … [Read more...]

Earlier this week, the sail date summary pages were enhanced with a calculation for the sailing’s paid in full dates based on length of cruise and stateroom type. For anyone not familiar with the sail date summary pages, when you use the Find Your Cruise search on the left side of the page and click on a specific sailing, a summary of the voyage will be shown. This page has long offered … [Read more...]

Personal Navigators, and other handouts from the  4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral. The Disney Magic set sail from Port Canaveral, Florida on March 10, 2014. There are additional Personal Navigators from other sailings of this same itinerary for comparison. The Cruise Director during the sailing was Brent Davies.  <img … [Read more...]

‘Tis the season to celebrate Disney Cruise Line’s Very MerryTime sailings… on land with a new selection of holiday items available from the shopDisney store. The all new 2020 Disney Cruise Line holiday merchandise includes a Spirit Jersey, festive t-shirts in adult, kids, and women’s cuts, and a full zip holiday hoodie. Last but not least, there is a fun Christmas Countdown wooden tree with … [Read more...]