dmunsil
Disney Uber-Nerd
- Joined
- Jan 11, 2008
Here's my guess as to deployment once all 3 new ships are done. I base this in part on looking at what other cruise lines are doing and assuming Disney will do something similar. It seems likely that when the first new ship comes, it'll get sent to Alaska in the summer. Every cruise line is expanding their Alaska presence right now, and the fares for Alaska are quite high. Whether it goes back to the Caribbean in the winter or heads to Asia/Australia is the big question. I'm going to guess Asia/Australia, as that's a big growth area.
So all in, I'm predicting with all 7 ships operating:
- Winter: 5 ships in Caribbean/Bahamas (New2, New3 and Dream out of Port Canaveral, Magic out of Galveston, Fantasy out of Miami), 1 ship in Australia/Asia (New1), 1 ship doing West coast, Hawaii, Mexico, possibly S America (Wonder).
- Summer: 3 ships in Caribbean/Bahamas (Dream, Fantasy, New3 out of Port Canaveral), 2 ships in Alaska (Wonder out of Vancouver, New1 out of Seattle), 2 ships in Europe (Magic in N Europe, Iceland, Norway; New2 in Mediterranean).
So all in, I'm predicting with all 7 ships operating:
- Winter: 5 ships in Caribbean/Bahamas (New2, New3 and Dream out of Port Canaveral, Magic out of Galveston, Fantasy out of Miami), 1 ship in Australia/Asia (New1), 1 ship doing West coast, Hawaii, Mexico, possibly S America (Wonder).
- Summer: 3 ships in Caribbean/Bahamas (Dream, Fantasy, New3 out of Port Canaveral), 2 ships in Alaska (Wonder out of Vancouver, New1 out of Seattle), 2 ships in Europe (Magic in N Europe, Iceland, Norway; New2 in Mediterranean).