The following 2012 Mexican Riviera cruises departing from Los Angeles on the Disney WonderŽ are no longer being offered: Dec. 9, Dec. 16, Dec. 23 and Dec. 30, 2012. - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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The following 2012 Mexican Riviera cruises departing from Los Angeles on the Disney WonderŽ are no longer being offered: Dec. 9, Dec. 16, Dec. 23 and Dec. 30, 2012.
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The following 2012 Mexican Riviera cruises departing from Los Angeles on the Disney WonderŽ are no longer being offered: Dec. 9, Dec. 16, Dec. 23 and Dec. 30, 2012.
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The following 2012 Mexican Riviera cruises departing from Los Angeles on the Disney WonderŽ are no longer being offered: Dec. 9, Dec. 16, Dec. 23 and Dec. 30, 2012.
They didn’t say why or what was being offered in its place. I am not surprised but I am very interested in where the Wonder will be now.
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Wow! I feel sorry for those folks booked for those dates. I hope that DCL gives a nice offer to them for a future sailing and that they don't wait too long to announce what the plan is for the Wonder as well as the Magic.
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They're cancelling holiday cruises? I was looking at bookings on some of those dates the other day, and it didn't look all that bad. I was actually surprised the rates were as high as they were.
Well, whatever they have up their sleeve, they expect it to be better than they already have, and I don't think just more 7-night itineraries in the Caribbean would be quite enough. All we can do is wait for the various shoes to drop. Now I'm beginning to wonder whether this has to do with the Year of More Magic announcement on New Year's Eve.
Here's an exotic idea for you... Rio de Janeiro over New Years. First two weeks, repo from LA to Port Canaveral, then at least two weeks down to Rio, maybe three (I had relatives who did NY-> Rio for a number of years running on Holland America, back when I was a kid, so it's sorta stuck in my brain.)
But of course, Holidays in Hawaii has that nice, alliterative ring to it.
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Anyplace could be a destination, but the East Asia cruise market is not nearly as large as North America and Europe, despite the population. I don't think Disney has built its cruise business to the point where they'd be ready to work in the Asian market. Trans-Pacific cruises are not all that common, due to the time at sea - usually it's a repositioning cruise, like the trans-Atlantic cruises (only longer). But I do keep speculating that a Disney cruise sailing between Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai (once the Shanghai park opens) would be pretty darned cool.
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Anyplace could be a destination, but the East Asia cruise market is not nearly as large as North America and Europe, despite the population. I don't think Disney has built its cruise business to the point where they'd be ready to work in the Asian market. Trans-Pacific cruises are not all that common, due to the time at sea - usually it's a repositioning cruise, like the trans-Atlantic cruises (only longer). But I do keep speculating that a Disney cruise sailing between Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai (once the Shanghai park opens) would be pretty darned cool.
That would be so amazing - and I'd definitely sign up for that if it ever happened.
Well, I'd like to (actually, I'd rather not) go in a different direction. Crime? They already dumped one port and several other lines are, or have pulled out.
I know that Disney has a more dedicated following, but at some point the crime situation in Mexico will start scaring off more and more people.
While I really want to point out that much of Mexico is "crime free" (you can still lose your wallet in a crowd, just like the rest of the world) some of the popular tourist destinations are being targeted for high visibility crimes. All you have to do is kill a retired couple off a cruise ship and that port may be all but closed off in two weeks.
As of right now I haven't seen anything (or can't find it) from Disney about anything after this weekend.
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