As we sail in the new year, it is time for the return of Star Wars Day at Sea aboard the Disney Fantasy – starting this Saturday to be precise. Earlier today, Disney Cruise Line shared a partial list of guest presenters / speakers scheduled to appear aboard the 2018 sailings. Highlighting this year’s list of presenters is Warwick Davis who played Wicket, an Ewok. Davis also appeared in different roles in several other Star Wars films, including Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Later this year, Warwick will join the intergalactic action in the upcoming, Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Below are the schedule guest presenters at the time of publication:

• January 6, 2018 – 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Scott Trowbridge, Walt Disney Imagineering creative portfolio executive for Star Wars franchise
• January 13, 2018 – 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  TBD
• January 20, 2018 – 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Matt Martin, Lucasfilm Story Group creative executive
• January 27, 2018 – 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  TBD
• February 3, 2018 – 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  TBD
• February 10, 2018 – 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Delilah Dawson author of the “Phasma,” “The Perfect Weapon” and other Star Wars stories
• February 17, 2018 – 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Pablo Hildago Lucasfilm Story Group creative executive
• February 24, 2018 – 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Jarret J. Crosoczka writer and illustrator of “Jedi Academy: A New Class” children’s book series
• March 3, 2018 – 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  TBD
• March 10, 2018 – 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Troy Alders Lucas Licensing art director
• March 17, 2018 – 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Warwick Davis actor, multiple Star Wars films
• March 24, 2018 – 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Katie Cook artist featured in Star Wars trading card sets, children’s books and web comics
• March 31, 2018 – 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Leland Chee Lucasfilm Story Group managing Holocron continuity database
• April 7, 2018 – 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Russell Paul Industrial Light & Magic, asset and digital supervisor
• April 14, 2018 – 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
  Ashley Eckstein Her Universe founder, voice of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels

The original Disney Parks Blog article listed the April 21st sailings with guest Ashley Eckstein from Her Universe founder, voice of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. As far as I know and verified on DCL’s site, the 4/21 sailing is NOT a SWDAS cruise. I reached out to Disney Cruise Line for clarification and will amend this article as needed. I suspect she may be scheduled for the 4/14 voyage, but I will leave that sailing as TBD until I hear otherwise.

UPDATE: The Disney Parks Blog updated their article on Friday by deleting the reference to April 21st and changed the TBD on April 14th to Ashley Eckstein.

Click here to take a look at the list of guest speakers for the 2017 sailings.

Are you booked on a 2018 Star Wars Day at Sea cruise? Are you excited by the guest presenter lineup?