New Disney Ships: News, Rumors, Speculation.....and Names!

[truck1]

Right now, there're only 4 ports in the US with LNG permanent refueling capability: Seattle, port of LA, the port between NOLA & Houston whose name is escaping me along with...Port Canaveral. Miami had/has work in progress to develop a barge delivered capability and other ports are discussing the issue, but (as far as I know) that's it. The majority of permanent LNG refueling capability exists in Europe and to a lesser extent Asia.

You forgot Jacksonville and Georgia. Jax has production capacity for about120,000 gallons a day with storage for 2 million gallons. Most of that it is for Tote Marine. Ga, on the other hand has roughly 2.5 million gallons per day production, and a lot more storage. I think Ga is where the lng for Carnival and Disney is coming from. Supposedly, there is a lng line that runs near the Space Center, and the port was looking into tapping the line and running it to the port. Not sure where that is now. I was just looking and depending on who you read, the port isnt doing anything at the moment regarding bringing in the line. However, every body and there brothers uncle, are preparing for the first lng ship to arrive. The FD is training, the CG signed off on it already, and the port has a plan to deal with it for now.

 

[JM_97]

Came across this nice tidbit from biz Journals today that was linked from the Orlando Business Journal.

Emphasis provided by me.
So why couldn't the reverse be true. Headed to the parks, and want to add a cruise. You now have choices of ports. Looks like Virgin train is on pace for Orlando to Miami in 2022. With Disney working more with Port Miami and new ships coming on line. I can see new itineraries in the future, especially with the Lighthouse Point. I could 100% see the Dream or Fantasy moving to Port Miami and then adding in some more southern itineraries. Booking The magical express to the Miami port would include a train ride. Dropping one of the new ships there could be a real possibility as well. It could run short trips to Nassau, Castaway, and Lighthouse point, earning back it's construction cost quickly.

I'd be shocked if there isn't a full time ship in Miami by then. There probably would also be one there for part of the year, probably Magic or Wonder since Disney likes to move them around to Europe and Alaska

 

[Trera]

I was on the Magic MV and the Dream MV and both of those ships had cruises for VIP's and media BEFORE the actual passenger Maiden Voyage. I do plan on shooting for the MV of the Wish if possible.

MJ

are there special activities or other things they do on the MV?

 

[truck1]

are there special activities or other things they do on the MV?

Yes. Theres usually a champagne toast, special entertainment not normally found on the ships, special talks, about say Pixar, or the making of the ships, celebrities, Disney and DCL execs.

 

[ljmiii]

So why couldn't the reverse be true. Headed to the parks, and want to add a cruise....

Sometime last year, somewhere off in another thread about Brightline, I wrote about the frustration of trying to add a short visit to WDW to our President's Week 5-night Magic Cruise. The MIA-MCO flight schedules didn't mesh with the Magic's schedule and renting a car just wasn't working out to be a viable option either.

A shuttle from the Magic to the Miami Brightline station with a Magical Express connection in Orlando could have made WDW some extra money off of us and I'm sure a number of other Disney vacationers that week.

 

[mmouse37]

are there special activities or other things they do on the MV?

As mentioned a few things different than a regular cruise.



MJ

 

[Amunet]

So, with Summer 2021 prices coming out, anyone want to guess how much the Wish sailings will cost?

you may be the only person right now looking to go to China.

I am looking at it but not until 2022.

 

[ChicosWife]

So, with Summer 2021 prices coming out, anyone want to guess how much the Wish sailings will cost?



I am looking at it but not until 2022.

I kind of worried.

 

[Amunet]

I kind of worried.

Yeah, same

 

[mcd2745]

So, with Summer 2021 prices coming out, anyone want to guess how much the Wish sailings will cost?

3 arms, 2 legs...and your first-born.

 

[FightingIrishman]

Duplicate

 

[FightingIrishman]

Hong Kong/Shanghai/ Tokyo Asian Disneyland Park Cruise?

I'd take any Asian Disney cruise itinerary. Of course, they would probably be non summer dates, as the Wonder already has extremely profitable Alaska cruises for the foreseeable future.

 

[truck1]

Came across this nice tidbit from biz Journals today that was linked from the Orlando Business Journal.

Emphasis provided by me.
So why couldn't the reverse be true. Headed to the parks, and want to add a cruise. You now have choices of ports. Looks like Virgin train is on pace for Orlando to Miami in 2022. With Disney working more with Port Miami and new ships coming on line. I can see new itineraries in the future, especially with the Lighthouse Point. I could 100% see the Dream or Fantasy moving to Port Miami and then adding in some more southern itineraries. Booking The magical express to the Miami port would include a train ride. Dropping one of the new ships there could be a real possibility as well. It could run short trips to Nassau, Castaway, and Lighthouse point, earning back it's construction cost quickly.

From what I remember, when the first large ship, and I'm assuming Dream based on past practices, goes to Miami full time shes doing 5/5/4s. That may change when the 2nd ship arrives which may do 7s. I forget off hand who was doing what.

My gut is telling me LHP is for the Miami based ships. It's a similar distance from Miami as PC and CC are. It would be a stretch for a PC ship to make it but I could see an ultimate double dip of LHP and CC on a 5 day trip.

Disney has been trying for a while to get a train stop somewhere on property, and it makes perfect sense for a Miami link. When they talked about an I4 train, Disney was included in potential stops.

 

[Amunet]

3 arms, 2 legs...and your first-born.

Sweet, looks like I get a discount.

 

[ChicosWife]

Yeah, same

Maybe I am just not used to the higher prices for summer itineraries...

 

[iZon]

Anyone know what all the road construction is about to the port? Train? The roadside is dug up for miles and sometimes way back into the fields

 

[truck1]

Anyone know what all the road construction is about to the port? Train? The roadside is dug up for miles and sometimes way back into the fields

Blue Origin infrastructure improvements I believe

 

[PurplePencil]

So Meyer Werft's website has confirmed that construction started on Wish!

 

[truck1]

So Meyer Werft's website has confirmed that construction started on Wish!
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That might be a translation issue. Ive seen similar translations that didn't carry over well between German and English from their FB page. Look at the LNG part for example. It reads," has an eco friendly lng drive". Should read, will have. Last I heard, they weren't supposed to start until March 22 of this year. But anything is possible.

 

[PurplePencil]

That might be a translation issue. Ive seen similar translations that didn't carry over well between German and English from their FB page. Look at the LNG part for example. It reads," has an eco friendly lng drive". Should read, will have. Last I heard, they weren't supposed to start until March 22 of this year. But anything is possible.

This was from their website where there were different drop down menus for ships part of the fleet. I looked at "Planned" and only saw 2 unnamed ships, so clicked "Under Construction" and was pleasantly surprised to see the Wish listed.