The Magic is the oldest DCL ship, so we'll look at its new itineraries first. Before this announcement, Disney had released what the Magic would be doing up until September 18th, 2022. On that day, it'll be finishing a 7-Night British Isles cruise from Dover and starting its annual westbound transatlantic cruise. This is a 12-night cruise that leaves from Dover and ends in New York City, with stops in Le Havre, France; Plymouth, England; Vigo, Spain; and King's Wharf, Bermuda. It also has seven days at sea. After this cruise, the Magic will go on two 5-night Bermuda cruises. Both of these spend two days in King's Wharf, Bermuda and spend two days at sea. They're also Halloween on the High Seas cruises. Next, on October 10th, the Magic will start a 6-night Halloween on the High Seas Canada and New England cruise. This cruise visits Bar Harbor, Maine; Saint John in New Brunswick, Canada; and Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada. Two days of this cruise will be spent at sea. If the pandemic hadn't happened, the Magic would've done a cruise to these same three ports in October 2021. However, this canceled cruise was known as a 6-night Canada cruise, while its 2022 version is called a 6-night Canada and New England cruise. Although it's minor, this is a good change. The cruise goes to Maine, which isn't in Canada, but in New England. The new name gives a better overview of where the cruise goes, without requiring people to view the ports that it visits. Good job, Disney! After that Canada and New England cruise, the Magic will do three more 5-night Halloween on the High Seas Bermuda cruises just like the ones I mentioned previously. Following those, on October 31st, a 7-night Halloween on the High Seas Bermuda and Eastern Caribbean cruise will begin. This is a repositioning cruise that goes from New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico. This cruise has stops at King's Wharf, Bermuda; St. John's, Antigua; and Philipsburg, St. Maarten. It also has three days at sea. This cruise is similar to one my family was planning to go on this year, but that got canceled. That cruise was a shorter 5-night Bermuda cruise that would've spent a day in Bermuda and a day in Tortola, along with two days at sea, before ending in San Juan. Like the Canada and New England cruise's name change, this cruise has a new name. In the past, cruises like this were called Bermuda cruises from New York ending in San Juan, but now it's a Bermuda and Eastern Caribbean cruise. Again, the name was probably changed for clarification. After that, starting on November 7th, is a 7-night Southern Caribbean cruise from San Juan! I've gone on two Southern Caribbean cruises on the Wonder, and they were both great, so I'm happy DCL is doing another one of these cruises. This is a nice itinerary: It goes to St. John's, Antigua; Castries, St. Lucia; Oranjestad, Aruba; and Kralendijk, Bonaire. Also, this cruise has two days at sea. My family and I probably aren't going on this cruise, but I'm glad to see that it exists. Following that nice cruise is a 6-night Caribbean cruise from San Juan to Galveston, Texas starting on November 20th. This cruise stops at St. Thomas, USVI and Falmouth, Jamaica. Three days of this cruise will be spent at sea. From Galveston, the Magic will do a 5-night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean cruise that stops at Progreso and Cozumel in Mexico, along with two days at sea. Finally, after that cruise, the Magic will do two identical 7-night Western Caribbean cruises from Galveston. These two cruises will visit Cozumel, Mexico; George Town, Grand Cayman; and Falmouth, Jamaica. Also, they'll both spend three days at sea. These cruises are just like the 7-night Western Caribbean cruises on the Fantasy, although these have an extra day at sea instead of a day at Castaway Cay. Castaway Cay is my favorite part of the Fantasy's Western Caribbean cruises, so I would prefer the Fantasy's Western Caribbean cruises over these.
Wow, the Magic will be busy in fall 2022. It'll start the season in Europe and end up in Texas. Thanks to this announcement, we know what the Magic will be doing until December 9th, 2022.
During summer 2022, the Wonder will be in Alaska. In September, it'll be finishing its Alaska season with two 7-night Alaskan cruises from Vancouver. Both of these cruises will visit four ports in Alaska: Dawes Glacier, Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan. They'll also have two days at sea. After these two cruises, on September 19th, the Wonder will start a 4-night Pacific Coast cruise that'll start in Vancouver and end in San Diego, California. This cruise isn't incredibly interesting, as it will only visit Victoria, British Columbia. After a day there, the Wonder will spend two days at sea sailing to San Diego. Next, on September 23rd, the Wonder will go on a 5-night Halloween on the High Seas Baja cruise. This cruise will visit Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, two Mexican ports of call. Two days of this cruise will be spent at sea. After that cruise is a similar 4-night Halloween on the High Seas Baja cruise. This cruise is a night shorter than the previous one, so this one only visits Cabo San Lucas and spends two days at sea. After that will be a 7-night Halloween on the High Seas Mexican Riviera cruise, starting on October 2nd. This cruise will stop at three Mexican ports of call: Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán, and Puerto Vallarta. It'll also have three days at sea. Next is a 3-night Baja cruise that sails to Ensenada and spends a day at sea.
For some reason, Disney doesn't have any more of the Wonder's fall 2022 itineraries on their website. All of the other ships have is listed into November and December, but not the Wonder. On the DCL website, if you choose to view cruises on the Wonder when September, October, November, and December are selected, this happens:
While we wait for that to happen, let's look at the remaining three ships' itineraries. For most of September, the Dream will alternate between 3-night Bahamian cruises and 4-night Bahamian cruises from Miami, with some of these being Halloween on the High Seas cruises. On September 26th, it'll change things up with a 5-night Halloween on the High Seas Bahamian cruise with two stops at Castaway Cay. As the name suggestions, this cruise stops at Castaway Cay twice. It'll also stop at Nassau once and spend one day at sea. After that is a 5-night Halloween on the High Seas Western Caribbean cruise that goes to George Town, Grand Cayman and Castaway Cay. It'll spend two days at sea. Next is a Halloween on the High Seas 4-night Bahamian cruise. After that is a different version of the 5-night Western Caribbean cruise. This version goes to Castaway Cay and Cozumel, Mexico. It still has two days at sea, and it's also a Halloween on the High Seas cruise. After this, on October 15th, the Dream will go on another one of the 5-night Western Caribbean (Grand Cayman) cruises, followed by a 4-night Bahamian cruise. Next, the Dream will do another 5-night Halloween on the High Seas Western Caribbean (Cozumel) cruise that starts on October 24th. After that is the Dream's last Halloween on the High Seas cruise of 2022, a 5-night Halloween on the High Seas Western Caribbean (Grand Cayman) cruise. Next is a normal 4-night Bahamian cruise followed by a normal 5-night Western Caribbean (Cozumel) cruise that ends on November 12th.
Then it gets weird. There's a gap between November 12th and the 17th. You may remember last year's fall 2021 itinerary announcement. There was a similar gap in the Fantasy's fall 2021 cruises because of a special Turner Classic Movies chartered cruise. Well, that TCM cruise on the Fantasy has been rescheduled, and it's now a 5-night Western Caribbean (Grand Cayman) cruise on the Dream. That special cruise will happen from November 12th to November 17th, but it can only be booked through the TCM website, which is why there's the gap on the DCL website.
After that TCM cruise, on November 17th, the Dream will start a 4-night Very Merrytime Bahamian cruise. After that cruise will be a 5-night Very Merrytime Bahamian cruise with two stops at Castaway Cay. This is just like the one it'll be doing in September, but instead of scary, this cruise will be merry. The Dream will finish November with a 5-night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean (Grand Cayman) cruise that ends on December 1st. December will start with a 4-night Very Merrytime Bahamian cruise followed by a 5-night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean (Cozumel) cruise. After those, on the 10th, a 5-night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean (Grand Cayman) cruise will start. Next will be another 4-night Very Merrytime Bahamian cruise. On the 19th, another 5-night Very Merrytime Bahamian cruise with two stops at Castaway Cay will begin, just like the previous one. After that will be a 5-night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean (Grand Cayman) cruise. Finally, the Dream will finish 2022 with a normal 4-night Bahamian cruise that ends on January 2nd, 2023.
I noticed that the Dream will be going on quite a few 5-night cruises in fall 2022. This is probably because Disney will have another ship doing shorter 3-night and 4-night Bahamian cruises that we'll get to soon. But before that, let's look at the Disney Fantasy.
I said we'd look at the Fantasy, not its itineraries. Now that that's out of the way, let's look at the Fantasy's fall 2022 itineraries. Throughout September, the Fantasy will alternate between 7-night Western Caribbean cruises and 7-night Eastern Caribbean cruises, with most of them being Halloween on the High Seas cruises. The Fantasy's Western Caribbean cruises visit Cozumel, Mexico; George Town, Grand Cayman; Falmouth, Jamaica; and Castaway Cay. These itineraries spend two days at sea. The Fantasy's Eastern Caribbean cruises visit Tortola, BVI; St. Thomas, USVI; and Castaway Cay. These cruises spend three days at sea. This is the most common version of 7-night Eastern Caribbean cruises. However, a different Eastern Caribbean itinerary will start on September 24th. This cruise will visit Philipsburg, St. Maarten; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Castaway Cay. Like the regular Eastern Caribbean cruises, this one will spend three days at sea. Following that cruise will be four 7-night Halloween on the High Seas cruises. Like in September, the Fantasy will alternate between the two itineraries (Eastern and Western). The Fantasy will end October with an unusual 8-night Halloween on the High Seas Eastern Caribbean cruise. This cruise will visit Philipsburg, St. Maarten; St. John's, Antigua; St. Thomas, USVI; and Castaway Cay. In addition to these ports, this cruise will spend three days at sea. When that cruise ends, on November 6th (a Sunday) a 6-night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean cruise will start. This itinerary is just like the Fantasy's normal Western Caribbean cruises, but since it's a day shorter than those, this itinerary skips the stop in Falmouth, Jamaica. The purpose of this 6-night cruise is to get the Fantasy back on its normal Saturday to Saturday cruise schedule that the 8-night cruise before it will disrupt. The rest of the Fantasy's November is simple: A 7-night Very Merrytime Eastern Caribbean cruise, followed by a 7-night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean cruise, followed by another 7-night Very Merrytime Eastern Caribbean cruise. Only two cruises have been announced on the Fantasy in December 2022. There's one 7-night Very Merrytime Western Caribbean cruise that starts on December 3rd, as well as one 7-night Very Merrytime Eastern Caribbean cruise. The rest of the Fantasy's 2022 cruises will likely be announced soon, maybe with the other ships' remaining cruises.
In fall 2022, the Wish will be going on its first Halloween on the High Seas cruises and its first Very Merrytime cruises. But other than that fact, the Wish's fall 2022 itineraries aren't very interesting. From September to the end of 2022, it'll be alternating between 3-night Bahamian cruises and 4-night Bahamian cruises, both from Port Canaveral. The most interesting cruise the Wish will be doing is a 3-night Bahamian cruise from November 4th to November 7th that only goes to Castaway Cay. Like the Dream, Disney has announced what the Wish will be doing through the end of the year.
That's it for the fall 2022 itineraries that have been announced so far. It's strange how DCL has announced cruises through the end of 2022 for the Dream and the Wish but not for the other ships. Wouldn't it make more sense to have cruises available on all of the ships up until a similar date? Maybe Goofy was in charge of releasing these itineraries. I'm planning on writing about the remaining 2022 itineraries shortly after they are announced. The fall 2022 itineraries are available to book now, so you want more information about any of them or want to book one, visit the DCL website.
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