Disney Cruise Line will return to favorite destinations and sail from new ones come summer 2018. Favorites like Disney's Bahamian private island of Castaway Cay will be reprised in the Caribbean while new stops in Europe will include the likes of Milan, Italy and Cork, Ireland. Reservations for the new sailings open on February 23, 2017.
Rome, Barcelona and Milan
Disney guests will have the opportunity to experience both Rome, Italy and Barcelona, Spain on a single sailing with the historic cities as embarkation and disembarkation ports. This will allow exploration of the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Vatican, Las Ramblas and Sagrada Familia before and after the cruise.
The Disney Magic will set sail from Barcelona to Civitavecchia (Rome) for a week on June 16, 2018, calling on Marseilles and Villefranche, France; plus Genoa (Milan), Livorno (Florence, Pisa) and Naples, Italy. Right afterward, the ship will return from Civitavecchia (Rome) to Barcelona for a week as well on June 23, 2018, visiting Naples, Livorno (Florence, Pisa), Genoa (Milan), Italy; and Cannes and Marseilles, France.
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Milan will be an inaugural call for Disney via Genoa, Italy as the Italian Riviera port city will be visited during three voyages in total. Also from Genoa guests will be able to tour Portofino. The third sailing to stop at Genoa is a 10-night itinerary from Barcelona on July 7, 2018.
British Isles
Farther north, the Disney Magic will also revisit the British Isles and make an inaugural stop at Cork, Ireland. The call will be a part of Disney's first-ever weeklong British Isles sailing leaving on September 2, 2018. Also featured on the itinerary will be Dublin, Ireland; Greenock, Scotland and Liverpool, England. One of Cork's most famous sites is Blarney Castle and its kissable Blarney Stone.
Besides the British Isles and the Mediterranean, the Disney Magic will also head for the Baltic and Norwegian fjords.
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Alaska
Following its extensive redesign, the Disney Wonder will again return to Alaska via the new larger Panama Canal locks. Itineraries will encompass 5-, 7- and 9-night voyages departing from Vancouver, Canada and visiting Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, Icy Strait Point and Tracy Arm Fjord.
Caribbean
Meanwhile, the Caribbean will continue as a mainstay with the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy sailing there year-round. The Fantasy will set out on a special longer 11-night southern Caribbean cruise on June 30, 2018, calling on Aruba, Barbados, Martinique, St. Kitts, Puerto Rico and, of course, Castaway Cay.
In fact, Castaway Cay will be featured twice per cruise on the Disney Dream on a series of dates: June 6, 20 and July 4. The 4-night sailings will leave roundtrip from Port Canaveral, Florida and also stop at Nassau, Bahamas. The double private island stops and singular Nassau stops will also be showcased on several 5-night Disney Dream cruises as well, leaving on June 1, 10, 15, 24, 29 and July 8.
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