List of Past and Present Disney Cruise Line’s Broadway-caliber, Disney-themed live shows. These shows are performed aboard across the fleet in the Walt Disney Theatre. Some live stage shows are available on multiple ships. If you cannot make the show, check your stateroom TV guide for viewing in your stateroom.
During longer itineraries the Walt Disney Theatre will play host to guest performers or screen one of Disney’s latest theatrical release movies.
Current Disney Cruise Line Shows
| Show | Magic | Wonder | Dream | Fantasy | Wish | Treasure | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Fantasy Come True | Yes March 2012 – Present | ||||||
| All Aboard: Let the Magic Begin | Yes* | Yes* | |||||
| An Unforgettable Journey | Yes March 2012 – December 2019 | ||||||
| And The Award Goes to… | Yes March 2020 | ||||||
| Beauty and the Beast | Yes November 8, 2017 | YES December 2024 | |||||
| Be Our Guest Variety Show | Yes* | ||||||
| Disney Dreams – An Enchanted Classic | Yes 2003 – Present | Yes 2003 – Present | |||||
| Disney Hercules | YES 2025 | ||||||
| Disney The Tale of Moana | YES December 2024 | ||||||
| Disney Seas the Adventure | Yes June 2022 | YES December 2024 | YES 2025 | ||||
| Disney The Little Mermaid | Yes June 2022 | ||||||
| Disney’s Aladdin – A Musical Spectacular | Yes March 2012 – Present | Yes August 2022 | |||||
| Disney’s Believe | Yes Jan 2011 – Present | Yes March 2012 – Present | |||||
| Farwell Show | Yes January 2020 – Present | ||||||
| Frozen, A Musical Spectacular | Yes November 2016 – Present | Yes October 26, 2019 – Present | YES 2025 | ||||
| Remember the Magic: A Final Farewell | Yes* | Yes* | |||||
| Tangled: The Musical | Yes November 2015 – Present | ||||||
| The Golden Mickeys | Yes September 2003 – Present | ||||||
| The Golden Mickeys: A Timeless Tribute | Yes Jan 2011 – Present Subtitled: A Timeless Tribute | ||||||
| Twice Charmed: An Original Twist on the Cinderella Story | Yes 2005 – Present | ||||||
| Walt Disney: The Dream Goes On | Yes* 2010 – Present | ||||||
| Disney’s Once Upon a Song | Yes* | ||||||
| *some itineraries |
Retired Disney Cruise Line Shows
| Show | Magic | Wonder | Dream | Fantasy | Wish | Treasure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discover the Magic | Yes | |||||
| Disney – The Art of the Story | Yes July 2016 | |||||
| Disney Wishes | March 2012 – September 6, 2019 | |||||
| Hercules: The Muse-ical | Yes July 1998 – 2005 | Yes August 1999 – March 2008 | ||||
| Morty the Magnificent | 2003 | |||||
| Muppets Ahoy! | July 2006 | |||||
| Toy Story – The Musical | Yes March 2008 – September 2016 | |||||
| Villains Tonight! | March 20, 2010 – November 2015 | Jan 2011 – August 7, 2017 | ||||
| Voyage of the Ghost Ship | Yes July 1998 – ??? | |||||
| Welcome Aboard! Variety Show | 2003 | |||||
| When Mickey Dreams | May 2007 |
I wonder if they would ever consider re-running a retired show? We saw Hercules: The Muse-ical on our first two sailings and loved it!
I only saw Hercules once, but a revised Muppet show would be a great idea for an opening night variety show. It would be easy to plug in the special guests such as Knight Magic.
Remember the Magic also plays on the Wonder on some itineraries.
How often do the live show itineraries change? We are thinking of booking our second cruise on the fantasy but are hesitant only because the live show schedule appears to be the same as it was almost 2 years ago? Does it ever change? Thanks so much for your input!
They do change, but not very often. Pending any drastic shakeup your cruise will have the same shows.
We’ve cruised on the Disney Fantasy 3 times (2012 & 2014 & 2016) and have seen the same shows everytime. We are cruising on the Fantasy again in 2020 and would love to see something new but expect to see the same.
The Fantasy has the new Aladdin musical! It’s great 😀
It does change from time to time, but they add new segments and it normally takes the shows to the next level.
Do you have to reserve seats at the shows on the Dream? Is there a charge? Do you have to get there like an hour early and stand in line?
Cindy, You do not need to reserve seats or a showtime. The live shows are included in the price of the cruise. Lines do form prior to the show as seats are first come first serve and saving of seats is discouraged.
I was just on the fantasy january 25-1 and loved aladdin and wishes but I can’t find a cast list anywhere I would love to know who the actors are.
Is Walt Disney: The Dream Goes On only on longer cruises? If so which length of cruise.
Does anyone know what order the shows play in on a 4 night cruise? We’re trying to schedule Remy, but I really want to see the Villains show.
Jen, Check out a set of Personal Navigators from the Disney Dream.
The Villians show on the Dream was the BEST show we saw on our cruise! The cast member who played Hades when we were there was so amazing!
I hear that they have special shows during the Holidays. Is this true or is it just the movie selection?
They have special events in the Atrium such as King Triton’s Tree lighting.
Any idea how often they replace the shows? I have friends who were on the Wonder in 10/13 and want to do an Alaskan cruise this summer, but are afraid the shows will be exactly the same..
Mindy, the shows, as a whole, do not change that much.
Do You have an estimate of how large the total cast of a play would be?
I believe the number is about 20.
thanks. Is that per play or does the same crew work on every play?
Same cast for all the shows.
33 where on the wonder in april according to the peter cruise director
We are sailing for the 3rd time on the Disney Fantasy summer 2016. Do you think there will be any new shows by then? We saw the same ones summer 2014 that we saw summer 2012. They are great but would like to see something new.
I would not expect any new shows on the Fantasy for next summer.
I agree, it’s time for something new. We skipped all the shows this past November. 3 times on the Fantasy and no new shows. The only way to see something new is to switch ships but then the problem for me is that the the spas are outdated and I love and need the Rainforest….uggg So I am going to bite the bullet and go on the Magic next to see Tangled. Thankfully I love to hang out in Keys.
Since the ships are usually running 7 days a week, the turn around in the home port is too short to uninstall an old show and install a new one. As a result if the ship has not entered a dry dock situation since your last cruise, it is highly unlikely for the shows to have changed.
Any chance the Tangled show will ever be brought to a different ship? We are hoping to go late Spring 2017 but so far it looks like the Magic is only sailing out of San Juan! 🙁 We were hoping to do Eastern Caribbean from Port Canaveral.
It was said during the DCL Parks Blog event that they are attempting to keep things varied across the fleet rather than duplicating shows on each ship, to help keep things fresh for repeat guests.
Any chance I can find out the time and schedule of each show? so far my search turned up nothing? I need to know the times to schedule dinner on Fantasy cruise 7 night East carib.
There are two show times each night opposite Main and Late dinning times. On some sailings there are even matinee showings.
Anyone know the running time of the shows? I mean the actual start to finish each evening?
The shows vary, but they are about 45 minutes to an hour in length.
On the Dream, 3-night cruise, do you get all 3 shows? {Believe, Golden Mickey’s, Villains Tonight}
Yes
Does the Wonder ship has more than one show as well? We are currently on a waiting list for early dining and we are hoping we don’t miss the shows. We sail Friday after Thanksgiving 2016. Thank you!
Fara, there are two dinner seatings. If you have main dining your show time will be after dinner. If you have late dinner, you will go to a show then eat. You will not miss them due to the dinner seating time.
Thank you! I can stop worrying now,😀
One more question (you hope). Do we have to make reservations on any particular activity like character breakfast or pictures with the different characters?
There are a few meet and greet experiences and possibly a character breakfast depending on your ship/itinerary. DCL recently added online reservations for some of these, but as of now still offer onboard reservations on embarkation day. Check your Navigator if you do not pre-book online.
Thank you!🛳
Scott, any thoughts on which shows will be on the 3-night Fantasy sailing 5/17/17? Has anything been published as to any show changes during the dry dock?
Mark, I would guess the 3 main shows will play; Aladdin, Wishes and Believe.
I’m so upset that they will be replacing ‘Villains Tonight’ with ‘Beauty and The Beast’. Nothing against the latter but ‘Villains Tonight’ is so good and funny! Thankfully, we’ll be going on Halloween on the High Seas this year to see it one last time. (Rather they had replaced the Golden Mickey’s, lol).
Scott, I know that Villains Tonight! has already ended but what is now showing in place of it till the new Beauty and the Beast show debuts? Haven’t seen any current Navigators. Thanks!
On the last 3-night the film, Disney’s Newsies The Broadway Musical was shown in place of Villains Tonight!
We are just trying to book a few things and want to be available for the shows. What times are the shows normally at? Is there anywhere that I can find a schedule. We are going Jan 6, 2018 on Fantasy !!
You can find links to previous Personal Navigators for your sailing on this page. Based on the latest navigators, showtimes on the Fantasy have been 6:15 and 8:30.
Hello, it’s Marcus again, I just want to say that my 2008 navigators have the show: “Remember the Magic: A Final Farewell”, and I was wondering if that show is still playing on the Magic/Wonder. Could you please help me on this one?
Are there any rumors on the dreamvine of the Wonder being pixie dusted with a new show? Dreams is already 15 years old, and the Golden Mickeys is nearly 20. My wife and I will be on the Wonder next Spring for an Alaskan cruise. When or how long in advance would they announce upcoming changes? It seems that quite a few were changed out after just 5 to 8 years.
DCL went through a period of making a unique, single franchise production for each ship. Tangled, Frozen, Beauty & the Beast, and to a lesser extent Aladdin. I recently heard some rumblings of a Toy Story something, but nothing that points directly to a stage production.
Hey Scott, if you have any connections pass on this idea to the imagineers. Replace the Dreams stage show onboard the Wonder and the Twice Charmed show on the Magic with a Star Wars and Marvel stage shows (different show on each). But let each one come with a twist where the World of Disney Magic (characters) help save the day in their respective universes. This could give a continual draw of Marvel and Star Wars fans to the cruise line beyond the special sailings, and at the same time let the fans of all three Worlds (Disney, Marvel, Star Wars) enjoy a crossover event. I love crossover tv episodes; why not stage shows.
With the extended shutdown due to Covid, are there any rumors about new stage shows, the same ones, or will they be put on hiatus like the parks? My wife and I have a sailing coming up in February, and we’re just curious as to what to expect.
There’s a show missing, I believe fully retired and only shown a few times. “When Mickey Dreams”, debuted for the EBTA in 2007 and shown on Med cruises, then again on the WBPC in 2008. Can’t find any reference to it existing outside of that.
I did find a reference in an old press release. I added a page for When Mickey Dreams.
The Golden Mickeys used to be on the Magic as well…