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Off on a Disney Cruise!

Everyone has heard of Disney World and various other Disney theme parks across the world. But far fewer people have heard of the Disney Cruise Line. As a family we went on our first Disney cruise in August 2016 and we now like to mix up a holiday with both parks and cruise. This year is slightly different as we are not heading over to Florida. Instead we have driven down to Dover and are about to embark on a Northern European cruise on the Disney Magic.

Previously we have sailed on the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasty – sister ships and the biggest in the fleet. This time we are sailing on the Disney Magic which, along with her sister ship the Disney Wonder, is the smaller class of ships.

I will try and blog as we sail though wifi and data will be patchy at times. This is my 6th cruise which means it is our first as Gold Castaway Club members (their rewards programme). Joining us for their first Disney cruise are my parents.

 

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Disney Cruise Line – Summer 2020 announced!

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Disney Wonder in Alaska

For all cruise fans, March is a firm date in the calendar as the next lot of cruise itineraries are released.  Last week Disney announced their itineraries for Summer 2020 – May to September. So what do they have in store?

The old favourites are still there – 3 and 4 night Bahamian cruises, 7 night eastern or western caribbean,  Alaksan, Northern European, and Mediterranean curises. Castaway Cay fans can also choose some 5 night cruises with two stops on the island (the double dip).

New for 2020 is a Greek itineray with a choice of 9 and 12 night cruises. These are bound to be popular as is any new itinerary. Expect demand for these to be high – along with the prices!

So when can you book? As always this depends on your castaway club status.

  • Platinum members were able to book from the 4th March
  • Gold members from the 5th March
  • Silver members from today (6th March)

This means that general booking opens tomorrow – 7th March. It is expected that the new Greek cruises will not have much availabilty at this point – certainly the new Hawaiin cruises in the last release sold out before they went on general release.

Bookings can be made online or on the phone – but remember that if you have a placeholder from a previous cruise you must book on the phone.

Good luck! As gold members with a place holder we have already booked. Took 36 attempts to get through on the phone and once we did get through we were on hold for an hour and twelve minutes!