Last we heard, Disney Cruise Line was canceling December 2012 cruises on the Disney Wonder from Los Angeles to Mexico and it appeared a re-positioning cruise through the Panama Canal was a possibility. Now, evidence points to an eventual new home port of Miami for the Wonder beginning in December 2012.
This article claims that Caribbean ports have been asked about booking in a new Disney ship and that the port of Miami has been contacted about finding a berth for the Wonder. They could just be exploring their options, but a cruise out of Miami would allow DCL to reach a different audience than they get out of Orlando/Port Canaveral.
If true, this would be a new direction for Disney Cruise Line. Or it could be they’re still experimenting a bit with how four ships, with a possible fifth being ordered, will work for the mouse. They’re trying all the traditional cruise destinations, but I feel that DCL is not a traditional cruise line. What would you like to see DCL do next?
How about a Miami to Puerto Rico cruise? That would be pretty epic.
There are 7 night Eastern Caribbean cruises that use a different itinerary (an itinerary “B” is what it’s called on disneycruiseline.com) that make a stop at Puerto Rico. I don’t see why DCL would need a full week long cruise for one destination.
Hawaii please, thank you!
I would have liked to see them try harder in Los Angeles. The market has very few ships. A weeklong Disney cruise out of LA didn’t really interest me, but I could see more people wanting a 3 or 4 day Disney cruise with a land/sea package for Disneyland. I think that would have been a big West-Coast draw.
Now that would be worth flying from the East Coast to LA. Maybe even tack on a few days at other places.
YA! What Vikki said!!
Personally and speaking selfishly, it would be AMAZING for ANY Disney ship to sail out of Miami. I have family there and it would be a lot more convenient for me to sail out of Miami than drive up to Port Canaveral. I wonder what kind of “different audience” the writer is referring to, though? Do they mean perhaps more serious or veteran cruisers rather than the typical theme-park centered family in Port Canaveral? Just curious.
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I’m sad that they aren’t staying in LA. We are on the west coast and It’s so much more cost effective and doable for us if it were in LA :(
@ Paul – There are 7 night Eastern Caribbean cruises that use a different itinerary (an itinerary “B” is what it’s called on disneycruiseline.com) that make a stop at Puerto Rico. I don’t see why DCL would need a full week long cruise for one destination.
I personally would like a cruise to Jamaica, Aruba, the Florida Keys, etc. The other Caribbean islands are being taken care of. Do something different for a change.
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how about sydney to los angeles.. that would be win.. with stops at new zealand, fiji, vanautu and hawaii then into la… could do it in 8 or 9 days.. i would do it
I agree with trying other carribean destinations such as Turks and Caicos, St.Lucia, St.Kitts, Aruba, Bermuda from Boston ???
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