Disney Cruise Line Announces Winter 2018 Itineraries (January – May)

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Disney Cruise Line announced their Winter 2018 sailings this morning with a variety of new and altered itineraries. The Winter 2018 Disney Cruise itineraries feature the Disney Wonder sailing the Southern Caribbean from San Juan with an all new port of call, Bonaire. From San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Disney Wonder embark on three 7-night cruises to the Southern Caribbean. The Disney Wonder will then sail a WBPC returning to San Diego for April and May voyages to Baja and the Mexican Riviera. 5-night sailings visit Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, Mexico, while 2- and 3-night cruises call on Ensenada. The Disney Magic will continue sailing Bahamian and Caribbean itineraries from Miami. The Disney Dream will continue to her alternating three and four-night Bahamian cruises. The Disney Fantasy will continue her Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises.

The Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy will remain at Port Canaveral with Monday, Friday and Saturday departures. The Disney Magic will spend the the winter sailing from Miami while the Disney Wonder splits her season between Port Canaveral and San Juan.

Today’s release extended the available sail dates into May 2018 for the fleet. These new sail dates will allow guest to plan vacations more than one year out, as well as take advantage of opening day pricing for some of of the more unique itineraries.

Although the dates were announced today, open booking will not being until October 27th. On Wednesday October 26th, Gold & Platinum Castaway Club members will be able to call in or have their travel agents book sailings. On Thursday, October 27th Silver Castaway Club members as well as first time cruisers will be able to book. I say this every time DCL releases new sail dates, but it is worth repeating… Please do not try calling today to book; this will just clog up the phone lines and bog down the reservation cast members. There may be people attempting to book an available cruise vacation today.

I will be updating this post and the website through the day as I add the sailings to the website. As of now, all the itineraries are loaded and I just need to make maps for the new itineraries. Thank you for your continued patience. Keep an eye on Twitter for updates as they are published and I will try to make an update on our Facebook page.

Compiling this information is not an easy take and I could not do it all on my own in this short amount of time. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Small World Vacations and Travel On a Dream for both helping to filling in the blanks and get things in order.

Disney Magic Winter 2018 Sailings

The Disney Magic will continue sailing in the Caribbean and the Bahamas from Miami. There is a 14-night itinerary gap between February 23 and March 8th. Unless I missed some sailings which is quite possible this may be reserved for the 2018 Dry Dock for the Disney Magic which was last out of the water in 2015 so it would be due for a hull inspection.

Miami

• 4-Night Bahamian Cruise
  Miami • At Sea • Nassau • Castaway Cay
  4/11/18
• 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Miami
  Miami • Key West • Nassau • Castaway Cay
  1/3/18, 1/17/18, 1/31/18, 4/25/18, 5/9/18
• 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Miami
  Miami • Castaway Cay • Nassau • At Sea
  2/14/18, 3/14/18
• 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Miami
  Miami • Castaway Cay • Key West • At Sea
  3/28/18*
• 5-Night Bahamian Cruise from Miami
  Miami • Key West • Nassau • Castaway Cay • At Sea
  1/12/18, 1/26/18, 2/9/18, 3/9/18, 3/23/18, 4/20/18, 5/4/18
• 5-Night Bahamian Cruise from Miami
  Miami • At Sea • Key West • Nassau • Castaway Cay
  4/6/18
• 5-Night Western Caribbean Cruise
  Miami • Castaway Cay • At Sea • Cozumel • At Sea
  2/4/18
• 5-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Miami
  Miami • At Sea • Cozumel • At Sea • Castaway Cay
  1/7/18, 1/21/18, 3/18/18, 4/1/18*
• 5-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Miami
  Miami • At Sea • Grand Cayman • At Sea • Castaway Cay
  2/18/18, 4/15/18, 4/29/18

Disney Wonder Winter 2018 Sailings

The Disney Wonder will finish sailing from Galveston then reposition to San Juan for a series of Southern Caribbean cruises. She will then reposition to Port Canaveral sailing Eastern & Western Caribbean and 3- and 4-Night Bahamian voyages before heading back through the Panama Canal in April to San Diego for a series of Baja cruises.

There is a 5-Night repo from Galveson to San Juan on January 9th, a 4-Night repo from San Juan to Port Canaveral on February 2nd and the 14-Night Westbound Panama Canal cruise will leave Port Canaveral for San Diego on April 8th.

Galveston

• 4-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Galveston
  Galveston • At Sea • Cozumel • At Sea
  1/5/18
• 5-Night Galveston to San Juan Cruise
  Galveston • At Sea • At Sea • Falmouth • At Sea
  1/9/18

San Juan (Pan American Pier)

• 4-Night San Juan to Port Canaveral Cruise
  San Juan (Pan American Pier) • St. Thomas (St. John) • At Sea • Castaway Cay
  2/4/18
• 7-Night Southern Caribbean Cruise on Disney Wonder
  San Juan (Pan American Pier) • Antigua • St. Lucia • At Sea • Curaçao • Aruba • At Sea
  1/14/18
• 7-Night Southern Caribbean Cruise on Disney Wonder
  San Juan (Pan American Pier) • Antigua • St. Lucia • At Sea • Kralendijk, Bonaire • Aruba • At Sea
  1/28/18
• 7-Night Southern Caribbean Cruise on Disney Wonder
  San Juan (Pan American Pier) • Basseterre (St. Kitts) • Martinique • Antigua • At Sea • Aruba • At Sea
  1/21/18

Port Canaveral

• 3-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Port Canaveral • Nassau • Castaway Cay
  2/8/18, 3/15/18, 3/22/18
• 3-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Port Canaveral • At Sea • Castaway Cay
  3/29/18*, 4/5/18
• 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Port Canaveral • Nassau • Castaway Cay • At Sea
  3/11/18, 3/18/18, 3/25/18*, 4/1/18*
• 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Disney Wonder
  Port Canaveral • At Sea • At Sea • St. Maarten • San Juan • At Sea • Castaway Cay
  2/18/18, 3/4/18
• 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Wonder
  Port Canaveral • Key West • At Sea • Costa Maya • Cozumel • At Sea • Castaway Cay
  2/11/18
• 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Wonder
  Port Canaveral • At Sea • Grand Cayman • Costa Maya • Cozumel • At Sea • Castaway Cay
  2/25/18
• 14-Night Westbound Panama Canal Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Port Canaveral • Castaway Cay • At Sea • At Sea • Cartagena • Panama Canal • At Sea • Puntarenas • At Sea • At Sea • Puerto Vallarta • Cabo San Lucas • At Sea • San Diego
  4/8/18

San Diego

• 2-Night Baja Cruise from San Diego
  San Diego • Ensenada
  4/27/18*, 5/4/18*, 5/11/18*
• 3-Night Baja Cruise from San Diego
  San Diego • Ensenada • At Sea
  5/13/18
• 5-Night Baja Cruise from San Diego
  San Diego • At Sea • Cabo San Lucas • At Sea • Ensenada
  4/22/18, 4/29/18, 5/6/18

Disney Dream Winter 2018 Sailings

The Disney Dream continues to sail alternating three and four-night Bahamian cruises with Friday and Monday departures from Port Canaveral.

Port Canaveral

• 3-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Port Canaveral • Nassau • Castaway Cay
  1/2/18, 1/5/18, 1/12/18, 1/19/18, 1/26/18, 2/2/18, 2/9/18, 2/16/18, 2/23/18, 3/2/18, 3/9/18, 3/16/18, 3/23/18, 3/30/18*, 4/6/18, 4/13/18, 4/20/18, 4/27/18, 5/4/18, 5/11/18, 5/18/18, 5/25/18
• 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Port Canaveral • Nassau • Castaway Cay • At Sea
  1/8/18, 1/15/18, 1/22/18, 1/29/18, 2/12/18, 2/19/18, 2/26/18, 3/5/18, 3/12/18, 3/19/18, 3/26/18*, 4/2/18*, 4/9/18, 4/16/18, 4/23/18, 4/30/18, 5/7/18, 5/14/18, 5/21/18, 5/28/18
• 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Port Canaveral • Nassau • At Sea • Castaway Cay
  2/5/18

Disney Fantasy Winter 2018 Sailings

The Disney Fantasy will spend the winter of 2018 sailing alternating 7-Night Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral, Florida.

Port Canaveral

• 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Port Canaveral • At Sea • At Sea • Tortola • St. Thomas (St. John) • At Sea • Castaway Cay
  1/13/18, 1/27/18, 2/10/18, 2/24/18, 3/10/18, 3/24/18, 4/7/18, 4/21/18, 5/5/18, 5/19/18
• 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Port Canaveral • At Sea • Cozumel • Grand Cayman • Falmouth • At Sea • Castaway Cay
  1/6/18, 1/20/18, 2/3/18, 2/17/18, 3/3/18, 3/17/18, 3/31/18, 4/14/18, 4/28/18, 5/12/18, 5/26/18

Winter 2018 Onboard Booking Blockout Dates

A complete running list of onboard booking blackout dates is available on this page. Below are the blocked out Winter 2018 sailings.

Disney Magic Sailings

• March 28, 2018 – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Miami
• April 1, 2018 – 5-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Miami

Disney Wonder Sailings

• March 25, 2018 – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
• March 29, 2018 – 3-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
• April 1, 2018 – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
• April 27, 2018 – 2-Night Baja Cruise from San Diego
• May 4, 2018 – 2-Night Baja Cruise from San Diego
• May 11, 2018 – 2-Night Baja Cruise from San Diego

Disney Dream Sailings

• March 26, 2018 – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
• March 30, 2018 – 3-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
• April 2, 2018 – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral

Disney Fantasy Sailings

• March 24, 2018 – 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
• March 31, 2018 – 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral

Updated 2016 – 2018 Itinerary Brochure

For those interested in a brochure, Disney Cruise Line published an updated 2016-2018 Sail Dates & Itineraries booklet. Click the image below to download the brochure as a pdf.

Complete Official Disney Cruise Line Press Release

Below is the copy of the press release that you can read line by line elsewhere on the interwebs,

New Caribbean destination, limited-time engagements from home ports on both coasts take center stage

CELEBRATION, Fla. (Oct. 25, 2016) – Disney Cruise Line introduces a popular Caribbean destination — Bonaire — into the lineup of favorite itineraries for early 2018. Limited-time engagements in Puerto Rico and California, plus a variety of cruises from Florida, offer Disney Cruise Line guests the opportunity to visit exciting ports of call in the Caribbean, Bahamas and Mexican Riviera from January through May.

Bookings open to the public on Oct. 27, 2016. More details on 2018 itineraries can be found on the Ports and Itineraries for 2018 page of disneycruise.com.

San Juan to Southern Caribbean, including Bonaire

Bonaire is a new port of call for Disney Cruise Line and part of a seven-night sailing that departs San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Jan. 28. Located just north of the South American coast, the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire is favored for arid climate and sunny weather. Beautiful waters and a reef-lined coast lure water-sport enthusiasts for scuba diving, snorkeling, windsurfing and kiteboarding.

From San Juan, the Disney Wonder sets sail on three seven-night cruises to the Southern Caribbean. Departing Jan. 14, 21 and 28, each voyage offers a unique itinerary with four destinations and two days at sea. This limited-time engagement includes a combination of calls on Bonaire, Curacao, Aruba, St. Lucia, Martinique, Antigua and St. Kitts.

San Diego

Disney Cruise Line will return to San Diego with seven Disney Wonder cruises to Baja and the Mexican Riviera, where guests can enjoy world-famous beaches and snorkeling. Five-night sailings visit Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, Mexico, while two- and three-night cruises call on Ensenada.

Friday departures for the two-night cruises offer the ultimate weekend getaway from San Diego.

Port Canaveral

With three Disney ships in port and cruise lengths spanning three, four and seven nights, vacationers looking for a Disney Cruise Line getaway in early 2018 have a full menu of options from Port Canaveral, Florida. Every sailing includes a day at Castaway Cay, Disney’s private island paradise reserved exclusively for Disney Cruise Line guests.

The Disney Fantasy continues to sail seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean voyages, while the Disney Dream embarks on three- and four-night cruises to Nassau and Castaway Cay.  From Feb. 8 through April 8, the Disney Wonder will alternate similar three-, four- and seven-night itineraries.

Miami 

To kick off 2018, the Disney Magic continues sailing from Miami with four- and five-night voyages to the Bahamas, plus five-night Western Caribbean cruises.

Castaway Cay awaits guests aboard every one of these Disney Magic sailings. Other Bahamian ports of call include Nassau and Key West, while a stop in Grand Cayman or Cozumel headlines the Western Caribbean itineraries.

To learn more about Disney Cruise Line or to book a vacation, visit disneycruise.com, call Disney Cruise Line at 888-325-2500 or contact a travel agent.

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Disney Cruise Line Announces Winter 2018 Itineraries (January – May) originally posted on The Disney Cruise Line Blog.

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