Disney Cruise 2024 Dates – When Will 2024 Disney Itineraries be Released?

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Wondering when the Disney Cruise 2024 dates will be released?

If you want to sail on a Disney Cruise Ship in 2024 you will have to wait to book.

Whilst some other cruise lines release their new itineraries two or even three years ahead, Disney tends to only have dates released around 18 months ahead of time.

However, if you would like to plan a Disney Cruise vacation for 2024 there are some indicators of when you will be able to book, and also where the five Disney cruise ships are likely to sail.

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A Disney Cruise has a variety of activities and entertainment options available on the cruise, including character meet and greets, Broadway-style shows, and deck parties. And of course that all-important Disney Service.

Here I show you how to predict when sailings are likely to be released, how to plan, where the ships are likely to sail, and talk about a new destination for Disney Cruise Lines that is on the horizon for late 2023 and 2024.

How Far in Advance Can You Plan a Disney Cruise?

If you look at the table below you can see that we can make a reasonable guess at when the 2024 Disney Cruises will be available to be booked.

There is some pattern, but it has changed over the years, particularly in 2022.

When Will the Disney Cruise for 2024 Be Announced?

As you can see, going back to the Disney Cruises for 2015 this is the “usual ” pattern. There have been some anomalies, but in general, we can say:

• Early sailings are usually released from late September to late October
• Summer Disney Sailings are released any time from early to mid-May
• Fall and Winter Disney cruises are bookable from May to June.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as the fact that the Fall 2023 cruises were released late in July 2022.

However, there are probably very good reasons for this delay in 2022.

The Disney Wish had just been launched and there have also been some issues with actually getting through to Disney Cruise customer service.

The Disney Cruises to Australia and New Zealand were released in October 2022.

These are incredibly popular and this likely had an impact on when the 2024 cruises for the other ships will be released.

The Transpacific and Hawaii Disney cruises were released separately.

Castaway Club members had priority, but these were released to the public on 13 October.

Disney announced the early 2024 Disney Cruise Line itineraries on December 7, 2024. This was very much later than in previous years.

This release is the latest in 7 years!

However, the announcement for Summer 2024 came earlier than the corresponding time for the previous year.

When will all the 2024 Disney Cruise sailings be available? It has been announced that Fall 2024 cruises will be available to book for the general public on Monday, June 26, 2023.

Therefore at that time all of the 2024 sailings will be available to book, subject to availability.

Disney Cruise Itinerary Announcement History

Here is a table that shows the history of when the Disney Cruise sailings were released from 2015 to date.

	EARLY	SUMMER	FALL
2015	Tue, Nov 12, 2013	Tue, Mar 25, 2014	Mon, May 19, 2014
2016	Tue, Oct 28, 2014	Mon, Mar 23, 2015	Mon, May 18, 2015
2017	Tue, Oct 6, 2015	Tue, Apr 12, 2016	Tue, May 24, 2016
2018	Tue, Oct 25, 2016	Tue, Feb 21, 2017	Thu, May 11, 2017
2019	Thu, Oct 26, 2017	Thu, Mar 1, 2018	Thu, May 17, 2018
2020	Thu, Sep 27, 2018	Thu, Feb 28, 2019	Thu, Jun 6, 2019
2021	Thu, Sep 26, 2019	Mon, Feb 24, 2020	Thu, Jul 23, 2020
2022	Thu, Oct 15, 2020	Thu, Mar 18, 2021	Thu, Jun 17, 2021
2023	Tue, Oct 12, 2021	Mon, May 2, 2022	Mon, July 25, 2022
2024	Mon, Dec 12, 2022	Mon, Mar 27, 2023	Monday, June 26, 2023

When Can You Book a Disney Cruise 2025?

If you want to book a Disney Cruise for 2025 go to the article below:

How Do You Book a Disney Cruise?

You can go online to see the Disney Cruises that are available.

If you are waiting for new cruise dates Disney Cruise Line usually announces them about a week before they are actually released.

This gives you the chance to look at the itineraries and see what you want to book.

Disney Castaway Cay Club Members are given priority along with certain other categories.

You become a member of the Disney Castaway Cay Club after your first sailing.

Silver Members have sailed between one and five cruises, Gold between six and ten.

To reach Platinum status you must have sailed ten cruises and above.

Usually, the earlier you book the lower the price.

Booking early is also a good thing if you want to book Concierge staterooms, particularly on the Disney Wish.

If you want to get an idea of a cost of a Disney Cruise I have been following this for a long time and have lots of updated guides including:

How Much Does a Disney Wish Cruise Cost 2023?

What is the price of a Disney European Cruise?

As an example here are the dates for when guests could book the Summer 2023 Disney Cruises.

• Monday, May 2nd – Platinum Members, Golden Oak Club Members, and Club 33 Members
• Tuesday, May 3rd – Gold Castaway Club members
• Thursday, May 5th – Silver Members, Disney Vacation Club Members, and Adventures by Disney Insiders
• Monday, May 9th, first-time cruisers will be able to book.

Once the cruises have been released and are available to book for first-time cruisers, you can book at any time, subject to availability.

Will The New Castaway Cay Pearl Level Influence the 2024 Disney Cruise Release Dates?

When you have sailed on a Disney Cruise you become a member of the Castaway Cay Club – the DCL loyalty program.

There are 3 Disney Castaway Club Levels of membership:

• Silver – Begins after your first completed cruise
• Gold – Begins after your fifth completed cruise
• Platinum – Begins after your tenth completed cruise.
• Pearl = Begins after your twenty-fifth completed cruise.

Disney Cruise Line has announced that there will be a new level.

When you have completed 25 cruises you will attain Pearl status.

This new level will begin on May 1, 2024.

It may be that the new summer 2024 cruises will not be released until after May 1, 2024, so those of us with the new title will have priority.

This is usually the pattern for the release of sailings for Castaway Club Members.

Castaway Cay Members will have priority booking according to this schedule:

• Silver Castaway – 1 day prior to sailings being released to the general public
• Gold Castaway – 2 days prior to sailings being released to the general public
• Platinum Castaway – 3 days prior to sailings being released to the general public
• Pearl Castaway – 4 days prior to sailings being released to the general public

Where Will Disney Cruise Line Sail in 2024?

If you are wanting to book a Disney Cruise date 2024 it is a good idea to do your research ahead of time, so that you can think about which ship you want to book and the itinerary that you want to sail.

You will want to know the different dates and ports of call so that you can start to choose which Disney Cruise you want to book.

Although we never really know until DCL releases the exact itineraries, we can probably safely assume that certain things will happen:

• The Disney Wish will most likely sail 3 and 4-night Bahamas Sailings. This is likely to continue at least until the sixth Disney Cruise ship is launched.
• The Disney Fantasy will sail from Port Canaveral on 7-night Western and Eastern Caribbean sailings. The Fantasy is the perfect choice for a Caribbean cruise.

Disney Cruise 2024 Dates for the Dream

She will sail to her new homeport of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in November 2023.

From what we can see of the November and December 2023 itineraries, the Dream is likely to continue sailing 5 Night Western Caribbean and 4-night cruises to the Bahamas.

All of these cruises will visit Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay

When the 2023 Summer itineraries were released, there was some surprise as the Disney Dream is going to be sailing in Europe. In previous years Disney Magic has sailed in Europe.

It seems likely that the Disney Dream will sail to Europe again in 2024. This is a destination that is on many people’s bucket lists.

Disney Mediterranean Cruise – What You Need to Know

Likely home ports for whichever Disney ship sails to Europe are Barcelona, Dover or Southampton, and Copenhagen. Some of the fabulous destinations that will most likely be included are:

• In the Mediterranean Cannes, Livorno, Naples, Civitavecchia (for Rome), Naples, Mykonos, Piraeus, Santorini, and Chania.
• For a British Isles Disney Cruise, the ports may include Belfast, Greenock, Liverpool, Ringaskiddy, and Portland.
• On an exciting Norway cruise Amsterdam, Skjolden, Nordfjordeid, Sandnes
• On a magical cruise to Iceland, Norway, and France the port stops most likely will be Cherbourg, Reykjavik, Isafjordur, Akureyri, and Alesund

If she does sail to Europe I would predict that New York will be her temporary home port for Fall 2024 before she sails back to Fort Lauderdale.

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Disney Magic 2024 – Where Will She Sail?

We don’t know yet where the Disney Magic will sail in 2024, but we can take a reasonable guess at the itineraries that she might sail.

The Disney Magic will be in Galveston at the end of 2023 after sailing through the Panama Canal.

Disney Magic will have her home port in Galveston until the end of January 2024 when she will reposition to New Orleans.

She will then sail back to Galveston to start more Western Caribbean sailing on March 5, 2024,

The Magic will then sail 2 Southern Caribbean sailings from San Juan.

The last sailing for the Magic that we know about right now is the Southern Caribbean from San Juan.

Disney Wonder Sails to a New Destination in 2024

The 2023 Disney Cruise Fall Itineraries were not released with the other four ships in July 2022.

When this article was originally written In August 2022, I said it was highly likely that the Disney Wonder would be sailing to Australia in 2023.

We now know that this prediction has come true and that she will be sailing Transpacific cruises to reposition to Australia and New Zealand.

She will return to Vancouver in early March 2023.

After sailing from Vancouver to San Diego on March 11, 2024, the Wonder will sail her usual Baja and Mexican Riviera itineraries until she returns to Vancouver on May 13, 2024.

Although the specific sailings have not been released yet Disney Wonder will sail from Vancouver on what is likely to be her usual 7-night Alaskan itineraries until September.

Will she then sail back to Australia via Hawaii for more Pacific cruises in late 2024?

Many people hope that there will be more Disney Cruises to Hawaii.

Hawaii Disney Cruises are pretty rare. The first Disney Cruise to Hawaii was in 2012.

There were two Hawaii Cruises on the Disney Wonder in 2012. They were 15-night round-trip cruises from San Diego in May and September.

Disney has not repeated this cruise itinerary to Hawaii, which had 9 sea days, since 2012.

There was a gap of eight years before Disney scheduled another Hawaii Cruise. That was supposed to happen in 2020, but as we know, a lot of things just didn’t happen in 2020.

In 2022 the Disney Wonder sailed from San Diego to Hawaii and from Hawaii to Vancouver, Canada, to start her Alaskan sailings.

When Will Disney Cruise to Hawaii again?

Thankfully we now know the answer!

Disney Wonder will sail two repositioning cruises to Hawaii in late 2023 and early 2024.

10-Night Hawaiian Cruise from Vancouver to Honolulu

The Disney Wonder will sail from Vancouver to Honolulu Hawaii on October 3 2023

The starting prices are:

Inside Stateroom $2,632
Outside Stateroom $2,752
Verandah Stateroom $3,902
Concierge Stateroom $7,372

10-Night Hawaiian Cruise from Honolulu to Vancouver

Disney Wonder will sail from Honolulu Hawaii to Vancouver Canada on March 1 2024

The starting prices are:

Inside Stateroom $2,601
Outside Stateroom $2,731
Verandah Stateroom $3,881
Concierge Stateroom $7,381

Many people had their wishes granted when the Hawaii cruises were announted, as this is one of the most sought-after and popular Disney cruises.

Hawaii Disney Cruises are pretty rare. The first Disney Cruise to Hawaii was in 2012.

There were two Hawaii Cruises on the Disney Wonder in 2012. They were 15-night round-trip cruises from San Diego in May and September.

Disney has not repeated this cruise itinerary to Hawaii, which had 9 sea days, since 2012.

There was a gap of eight years before Disney scheduled another Hawaii Cruise. That was supposed to happen in 2020, but as we know, a lot of things just didn’t happen in 2020.

In 2022 the Disney Wonder sailed from San Diego to Hawaii and from Hawaii to Vancouver, Canada, to start her Alaskan sailings.

Now we know that there will be two cruises for the Disney Wonder with port stops in Hawaii and she will briefly have Honolulu as her home port.

Disney Cruise Line Sails to Australia

When the late 2023 schedules were first announced there was some mystery surrounding the Disney Wonder.

When the itineraries for the Disney Wish, Dream, Magic, and Fantasy were announced, there was a lot of speculation as the Wonder sailings were not announced at the same time.

The reason was that Disney was waiting to announce that they would sail to Australia for the first time!

If you want to see more about these very special Disney Cruises here is all the information:

Disney Cruise to Australia

Which Disney Cruise 2024 Dates are you going to book?