Disney Cruise Line quietly removed all remaining December sailings from their online booking page around 10 PM. The removal of sailings from further booking comes days after the CDC allowed the No Sail Order to expire and issued framework for the conditional sailing of cruise ships within the jurisdiction of the United States, and at the end of the day which had most other cruise lines announce cancellations through the end of the year.
The following December sailings are no longer listed:
Disney Magic
- Thursday December 17, 2020 🎄- 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Miami
- Monday December 21, 2020 🎄- 5-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Miami
- Saturday December 26, 2020 – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Miami
- Wednesday December 30, 2020 – 5-Night Bahamian Cruise from Miami
Disney Wonder
- Tuesday December 15, 2020 🎄 – 5-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Galveston
- Sunday December 20, 2020 🎄 – 4-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Galveston
- Thursday December 24, 2020 🎄- 6-Night Bahamian Cruise from Galveston
- Wednesday December 30, 2020 – 6-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Galveston
Disney Dream
- Monday December 14, 2020 🎄 – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
- Friday December 18, 2020 🎄 – 3-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
- Monday December 21, 2020 🎄- 3-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
- Thursday December 24, 2020 🎄- 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
- Monday December 28, 2020 – 3-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
- Thursday December 31, 2020 – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
Disney Fantasy
- Saturday December 12, 2020 🎄 – 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
- Saturday December 19, 2020 🎄- 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
- Saturday December 26, 2020 – 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
The next bookable cruises on Disney Cruise Line’s website are:
- Disney Fantasy | Saturday January 2, 2021 🤖 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral with Star Wars Day at Sea
- Disney Dream | Monday January 4, 2021 – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
- Disney Magic | Monday January 4, 2021 – 5-Night Bahamian Cruise from Miami
- Disney Wonder |Tuesday January 5, 2021 – 6-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Galveston
Now, with today’s disappearance of early December sailings for the fleet we are left to speculate. It is important to keep in mind, the December sailings listed above are NOT officially cancelled. This could just be Disney’s way to limit further bookings in order to limit capacity for onboard physical distancing and required quarantine stateroom inventory if the ships are able to resume sailing under restrictive guidelines. Alternatively, they could simply be preventing any further bookings until they have a better idea what the future holds based on the framework recently issued by the CDC.
I stress, please note, at this time, this is information is based on an observation and should not be considered fact until any official announcement is made by Disney Cruise Line. Please do not call Disney based on this posting, as nothing has officially changed.
We will continue to monitor this situation and provide updates when applicable.
The cruises will be cancelled. Though the order from the CDC lifted the ban, the cruise lines have to apply for a temporary permit, which takes 60 days. If they applied for that on Nov 1, the earliest sail date would be on Jan 1. There’s no question that these cruises will be cancelled.