With all the magic of Disney, combined with legendary service, spacious staterooms, a range of dining options and unrivalled entertainment, your Disney cruise includes almost everything you and your family could wish for. On every Disney Cruise you will find:
- Full Board Rotational Dining
- Unlimited soft drinks, tea, coffee, and ice cream available on deck.
- Amazing family entertainment including original Disney musicals and deck parties with the first fireworks at sea*
- Immersive kids’ and teens’ clubs
- Exclusive adult-only areas including a pool and sun area, lounges and fitness center
- Special moments with Disney Characters provide life-long memories for everybody in the family
Disney Cruise Line’s ships all have everything you need for delicious meals from morning to evening. With three themed main dining restaurants, a casual venue, quick-service dining, 24-hour room service and snacks throughout the day, you’ll never find yourself going hungry during your holiday. With so many options, you may be overwhelmed when it comes to choosing where to go, but here are a few favourite venues:
- Duck-In Diner– featuring Middle Eastern inspired shawarma as well as classic American hamburgers and hot dogs.
- Pinocchio’s Pizzeria– choose your favourite toppings and tuck into this delicious, freshly made pizza available throughout the day.
- Sweet on You– perfect for those with a sweet tooth, dig into decadent frozen desserts and lots of other treats.
- Tiana’s Place– inspired by the Princess and the Frog, this lively restaurant features classic southern USA dishes served up alongside live jazz music.
In addition, for the grown ups looking for a romantic place to have dinner, there are venues that cater exclusively for adults. At Palo you can try Northern Italian specialties with a contemporary twist, while Remy serves up some of the finest French dining at sea.
And, if you’re on a Caribbean cruise stopping off at one of the Disney Cruise Line private islands (be that Castaway Cay or Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point), you can expect to enjoy authentic Bahamian food, flavourful Caribbean dishes, and beachside BBQ in restaurants like True-True BBQ, Serenity Bay BBQ, Reef and Wreck Bar, and more.
Offering a full list of entertainment options, including award-winning Broadway-style Disney shows, for both the young and the young at heart, there is something for everyone onboard a Disney Cruise Line ship.
As you would expect evening entertainment is vibrant, exciting, plentiful and provides the highest level of entertainment options for the whole family to enjoy. One of the highlights of a Disney cruise is meeting all your favourite characters! This could be classics such as Mickey and Minnie, and Toy Story or new franchises such as Avengers, Star Wars and Frozen. Whatever ages your kids (or any other members in your group), there’s guaranteed to be a meet and greet, and photo opportunities for everyone.
Live shows are also a highlight of evening entertainment. During your cruise you can enjoy musical extravaganzas such as the likes of Tangled: The Musical and Disney’s Aladdin in one of the onboard theatres. For those who’d rather be on their feet, there are also lots of deck parties throughout the cruise, which are of course also attended by some of your favourite Disney characters!
Alternatively, if you’d rather just enjoy a drink (or two!) there are plenty of bars and lounges to choose from on each ship, so find your favourite spot to head to night after night or try somewhere different every evening:
- Cadillac Lounge
- District Lounge
- Keys
- D Lounge
- Promenade Lounge
- Pink: Wine and Champagne Bar
- The Tube nightclub
- O’Gills Pub
That’s not all, though; if you’re on a Caribbean cruise stopping off at one of the exciting Disney Cruise Line private islands, you can also expect to enjoy some Disney-themed and Bahamian-inspired entertainment in the form of local art displays and exhibitions, Junkanoo parades, the Sun Beach Bash party (on Lookout Cay), a variety of sports, and more. You can also soak in the sun (and local culture) in places like the Play-Play Pavilion (on Lookout Cay), Pelican Plunge (on Castaway Cay), and more!
Youth Clubs
Younger children and infants can enjoy supervised activities in engaging spaces while teens can chill out in their own New York loft style club and enjoy cool activities including all the latest video games. No adults-allowed! Perfect for a cruise during the summer holidays or half term.
- It’s a Small World Nursery – Infants 6 months-3 years
- Oceaneer Club – 3-10 years
- Oceaneer Lab – 3-10 years
- Edge – 11-14 years
- Vibe – ages 14-17 years
Disney ‘s Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab features specially guided activities for children ages 3-4 years old.
Family activities
Full of fun water slides, main pools and water park areas for the little ones, all the family will love the pool deck onboard Disney ships. Even better, while tucking into some ice cream and having a break on a lounger, the gang can enjoy a movie on the big screen!
In addition, the fantastic range of restaurants, including buffet venues with lots of choice, include hit dishes such as pizza and pasta, mean that mealtimes are as easy as you can imagine, with every member of the family guaranteed to find something that will satisfy their palate.
On top of all this, if you’re on a Caribbean cruise to a Disney Cruise Line private island — be that Castaway Cay or Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point — you can expect to find fun for all the family on the stunning sandy beaches of the Bahamas. From character meet-and-greets to sports and beach parties, this is going to be an unmissable spot for everyone — younger guests included!
Disney Cruise Line offers a variety of itineraries and Disney cruise and stay holidays that take in the best of the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mediterranean and even Alaska. Disney Cruise Line also offer a selection of family cruises to the Caribbean sailing either from Galveston or New York. Most of the Caribbean cruises stop at the picturesque tropical retreat of Disney Castaway Cay, a private island exclusive to Disney Cruise Line.
Disney Private Island – Castaway Cay
Located in the beautiful Bahamas and enjoyed exclusively by Disney Cruise Line guests, Castaway Cay boasts BBQs on the beach, private cabanas, paragliding, both family and adult-only beaches, stingray petting areas and rentable watercraft such as pedalos. Here, guests can enjoy the breathtaking Bahamas in complete luxury.
Disney Private Island – Lookout Cay
A new one-of-a-kind tropical resort on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera, Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point is a stunning stop on any Caribbean cruise with Disney Cruise Line. Built with the preservation of the local environment and the local Bahamian culture in mind, this magical destination wonderfully blends everything you love about cruising with Disney Cruise Line and the rich culture of this spectacular chain of islands. A resort with bars and beaches aplenty, alongside Disney-themed attractions and plenty of restaurants to enjoy, you’ll have a truly wonderful visit in Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point.
Make your cruise exactly what you want it to be with the range of recreation choices onboard each and every ship. Whether you like being active or prefer to chill out, there are activities for everyone.
Pools
Featuring fresh water pools, play areas for children and waterslides for all ages, there’s the chance for everyone to cool off during their cruise.
- AquaLab– a big play area with pop jets and geysers for the youngest guests to splash about in.
- Donald’s Pool– this main pool area also has whirlpool spas and hosts daytime activities and nighttime deck parties, as well as evening movie showings.
- Quiet Cove Pool– exclusively for those aged 18 and over, this is a peaceful haven of poolside relaxation.
Spa and salon
If your idea of relaxation is a pampering session then look no further than Senses Spa & Salon. Here, guests can indulge in an extensive list of treatments, as well as a trip to the salon which offers hairstyling, manicures, pedicures and even teeth whitening.
Sports and fitness
For any sports lovers onboard, there are plenty of facilities for you to enjoy on a Disney Cruise Line ship:
- Fitness centre– fully-equipped gyms onboard every ship, complete with stunning ocean views as you work out
- Goofy’s Sports Deck– an outdoor activity centre featuring basketball courts, table tennis tables and a 9-hole golf course
- Shuffleboard– it wouldn’t be a cruise without trying your hand at this traditional cruise ship game
Disney Cruise suites
Make your Disney Cruise Line holiday even more magical by upgrading to an elegant suite, featuring everything you need for relaxing downtime away from the crowds.
- Concierge Royal Suite– the most spacious suite onboard you’ll be treated to two bedroom, two and a half bathrooms and your own private veranda for some of the best views at sea.
- Concierge 1-Bedroom Suite– art deco-inspired, in your concierge suite you’ll find separate living and sleeping areas, as well as your very own veranda.
- Concierge 2-Bedroom Suite– similar to the 1-Bedroom suite, in this room you’ll find even more space with an extra bedroom and bathroom.
Theme cruises
Disney Cruise Line offer several themed cruises and events on their sailings. For example, there’s the exciting Marvel Day at Sea, available on select 5-night cruises from Fort Lauderdale to The Bahamas and Western Caribbean, and Pixar Day at Sea available on select 7-night Caribbean sailings out of Port Canaveral from January through early March.
- Christmas Cruises– no one does Xmas at sea like Disney, where all your favourite festive movies come to life with events such as Mickey’s Tree Lighting Ceremony, Santa’s Winter Ball, Story Time with Mrs Claus and holiday-themed parties, meet and greets and gifts.
- Disney Halloween Cruises– if you’ve seen Disneyland® Paris or Walt Disney World Resort in Florida at Halloween, you’ll have a pretty good idea about what you can expect onboard a Disney Cruise at this time of year. Those of you who haven’t, however, are in for a real treat. Little kids and big kids alike will adore the festivities onboard, from the Disney characters in costume to the scary story time, not forgetting the adults’ costume party.
Accessibility
Disney Cruise Line are renowned for their family cruising, but their ethos that any child should be able to participate in youth programming, regardless of ability and employing youth counsellors who have experience working with children with special needs, including autism and behavioural challenges, separate them from the rest. Each Disney ship offers 16 disabled access staterooms, including two cabins that can sleep up to four passengers.
