Disney Wish Debut Delayed — Here’s What It Means For Guests With Reservations

The long-awaited maiden voyage of the Disney Want from Port Canaveral has been postponed from June 9 to July 14, 2022, due to delays in manufacturing. The shipyard producing the vessel has cited the pressures brought on by the omicron variant as the explanation for the setback.

Twelve deliberate voyages on the ship have been canceled because of the delay. The dates affected are June 9, 14, 17, 20, 24, and 27, and July 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, and 18.

What Occurs To Friends With Reservations?

With 1,254 staterooms onboard, these delays are sure to impression many households’ journey plans. In accordance with WDW News Today, visitors who reserved spots on the maiden voyage shall be mechanically rebooked onto the brand new first crusing from Port Canaveral. In addition to rebooking journeys and providing refunds to visitors, Disney Cruises is offering affected passengers a 50 % low cost on journeys that depart earlier than December 31, 2023.

“We all know how a lot our visitors are wanting ahead to crusing on the Disney Want, and we perceive the frustration and inconvenience this may trigger,” mentioned Thomas Mazloum, the president of the cruise line, in a press launch. “We treasure the connection we now have with those that sail and make recollections with us, and we are going to work intently with these affected to welcome them aboard sooner or later.”

Sights And Eating Aboard The Disney Want

The Disney Want will present loads of eating and leisure options to passengers, as is predicted from the media and trip big. A water attraction referred to as Aquamouse, which shall be positioned on the highest deck, remains to be beneath manufacturing. 

Friends aged 3–12 may also have the ability to try the Oceaneer Membership, an space of the ship that may provide actions based mostly round widespread mental property like Star Wars, Marvel, Disney Princesses, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, and Disney Imagineering. That final choice offers children an opportunity to design a curler coaster simulation that they will then “journey.”

Eating selections on the ship shall be no much less ample. The Disney Want will embody the Star Wars: Hyperspace Lounge and the Worlds of Marvel eating places. Worlds of Marvel contains a present referred to as “Avengers: Quantum Encounter.”

If visitors’ pursuits aren’t piqued by superheroes and galactic adventures, they will try Arendelle, an eatery based mostly on the hit movie Frozen, or 1923, a stylized restaurant devoted to Walt Disney’s early profession as an animator.

Shipbuilding In The Time Of COVID

Disney shouldn’t be the one cruise line that has been impacted by the COVID pandemic. Carnival’s Mardi Gras, the Superstar Apex, Royal Caribbean’s Odyssey of the Seas, and others have seen disruptions in manufacturing as effectively.

The Disney Want began production in 2020 and was initially slated for a January 2022 maiden voyage. These plans, in fact, modified after the appearance of the novel coronavirus that has reshaped most points of recent life. 

Earlier than arriving at its new residence at Port Canaveral, the ship will end building in a dry dock, start its journey down the Ems River in Germany, then bear in depth testing on the ocean. Meyer Werft, the shipbuilding firm engaged on the Want, additionally constructed the Dream and the Fantasy, Disney’s final two ships.

The Disney Want would be the second ship to run on liquefied pure gasoline (after Carnival’s Mardi Gras), a gas supply that burns cleaner than the business commonplace of diesel. This marks an essential step in making the cruise business extra sustainable. Along with the Disney Want, Disney Cruise Line has additionally ordered two extra ships which have but to be named and can set sail in 2024 and 2025. 

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