i have a feeling that Disney might also fallow NCL, and have two ships doing the eastern and western, one for each. The other thing i still don't see how the southern from PC, MIA is a specialty when Carnival does it about every other week on 8 to 9 night cruises.
This isn't Disney news, but with the speculation about stationing a ship in Asia, I thought it was interesting.
NCL built the Joy especially for the Chinese market. It was designed for Asian tastes, the food was mostly Asian, the primary language was Mandarin, etc. Well, after just two years they announced today that they are pulling it from China, spending $50 millionto renovate it and moving it to the west coast of the US to sail Alaskan and Mexican cruises. They are replacing the Joy in Asia by renovating the tiny Spirit (one of their smallest and oldest ships) and sending it over to China "seasonally". It appears they seriously miscalculated the demand for their product in Asia.
I've pretty much always assumed that Disney would put a ship somewhere in Asia, given their huge theme park presence in the region. Now I'm beginning to wonder. I was reading about the Joy change over on another website and someone mentioned that Princess recently recalled a large ship from China as well. I have no idea if that's actually the case, but maybe the Asian cruising market isn't as lucrative as many of us thought? I still think if anyone can make it work, it would be Disney. There is obviously a demand for their unique product in Asia.
Time will tell.
No they haven't
Past practice has the new ships replacing the existing ships in PC. Main reason is those ships are cash cows and will pay themselves off early. I'd expect to see 3 at PC, 1 west coast 1 Europe and probably NY 1 in Miami with the Magic doing test runs anywhere DCL might want to go. Galveston might be a 50/50 shot.
I've looked on and off for different things and saw several names I've never heard of. Like GentingJust checked the webcams and there's no Disney ship yet. However, they are making one for Saga cruises, which I have NEVER heard of
Just checked the webcams and there's no Disney ship yet. However, they are making one for Saga cruises, which I have NEVER heard of
I also wish they would bring/leave one of the new ships in Europe. There are so many itineraries and ports that Disney hasn't even touched on. There are some lines that do more than one round-trip Transatlantic sailing a year. And leave one on the West Coast -- so many options (partial Panama Canal sailings, Alaska, Hawaii, etc.). It will be most interesting to see what announcements are made. Maybe they'll take a poll to see what people are interested in. I remember when they asked if you'd be interested in going to Bermuda, and then they finally added that one. So anything is possible. I do like the Asian idea -- and maybe once a year one of those long cruises from California that includes Hawaii and other Pacific ports. So many things to wish for
Disney uses some things as an excuse because they don't think the average person will question it. Ive said for a while now that DCLs excuse of not going to the southern Caribbean with out leaving from San Juan, was a convenient cop out, since almost all of the other lines can do it on a regular basis from the US mainland.
I wouldn't say conservative. Maybe lack of imagination.
Well what we did was to set up a separate Christmas fund thru the bank after Disney shut down their vacation account. It earns 2% and we still put in what ever the calculator from Disney said for the total I put in for.
I've always thought that the reason they didn't do the southern Caribbean from the mainland was more about the length of the cruise because of the distances to be covered. I realize that DCL and other lines do longer cruises from time to time, I wonder if there is enough interest in a 10-night (or longer) Southern cruise to make that an ongoing thing. I see two "problems" with the longer cruises, vacation time and $$$.
