The first Disney Magic at Sea cruise started today, July 15th. As you may know, these cruises depart from the United Kingdom, and only residents of the United Kingdom are able to go on them. Also, they don't visit any ports of call. The Magic is the only DCL ship doing these cruises (if all the ships were doing them, the cruises would be called Magic, Wonder, Dream, and Fantasy at Sea), so the three other ships haven't resumed cruises yet. Although they're not regular cruises, the Magic at Sea cruises are a good starting point for Disney cruises to resume across the fleet.
It's great to finally have cruises going again. However, after these Magic at Sea cruises are over, the Magic will stop cruising again. It's like DCL is taking a step forward but then taking a step back. Cruises on the other DCL ships would've been happening at the same time as those canceled cruises on the Magic, so it doesn't make a ton of sense. Sure, the cruises after the Magic at Sea cruises were normal cruises that would've visited places, but the other cruises scheduled to happen then are normal as well. Many of these canceled cruises would've departed from New York City, so maybe the reason that they were canceled was to completely avoid NYC and just resume cruises from Miami. Does Disney have a problem with big apples?
I'm really excited for cruises to resume fleetwide, and today was a major step toward that happening. As of now, the closest non-Magic at Sea cruise is scheduled for early August on the Dream. I don't think it'll get canceled. It's already mid-July, and if it was going to get canceled, I think Disney would've done it by now. We'll see what happens, DCL could do what they did in March 2020 again.
Until that cruise happens (if it doesn't get canceled), let's celebrate the Magic at Sea!
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