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At least two of the DCL ships will be back in Florida soon.
WONDER has completed dry dock in Brest, France and did a crew pickup in Dover, UK. She is currently underway to a refueling stop in Madeira, after which she will be heading to Port Canaveral.
FANTASY was released from dry dock this morning, and is underway to Southampton, UK, after which she will also be destined for Port Canaveral.
MAGIC remains docked in Dover, UK and DREAM remains docked in Brest, France at this time.
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On 8/25/2019 at 6:36 PM, cantgetin said:
And, frankly I like the smaller ships. I've known for years that the new ones would be larger than the Fantasy, but that's not a positive in my book. I'm waiting for the first negative review that says, "I WISH I wasn't on this ship."
Wish will be a whopping 4.39 feet longer than Dream/Fantasy (1119.19 feet vs 1114.8 feet) and 6.56 feet wider (127.96 feet vs 121.4 feet). Same number of staterooms. Not what I would consider a major difference in size.
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I just read on a FB page that NCL is notifying passengers on their future cruises that this "ban" has been lifted, and door decorations will be permitted as long as they don't protrude into the hallways and are fireproof.
Exactly how they determine what is fireproof and what isn't is the big question.
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Snail mail:
Mr. Jeff Vahle
President, Disney Cruise Line
PO Box 10210
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-0210
Not 100% sure of his email, but most Disney email addresses are FIRST NAME dot LAST NAME @ Disney dot com
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The Port Canaveral Authority has disclosed plans entitled "Project Triton" related to port modifications necessary to accommodate the three as-yet-unnamed LNG powered DCL ships. That raises the question - is the first of those three ships going to be named "Triton" ? DCL's first two ships are referred to as "Magic class" and their next two are "Dream class", having been so dubbed with the name of the first ships in those classes. Not that my opinion matters, but personally I don't care for that possibly being the ship's name.
Here's info on the Port's plans - - https://disneycruiselineblog.com/2019/01/triton-class-confirmed-as-the-project-name-for-disney-cruise-lines-lng-powered-new-builds/
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Good to know. We booked a placeholder using our Chase Visa last month, and recently had to cancel that card and get a new one due to fraudulent charges. Think I'll call DCL and see if they can change the CC number, even though I don't plan to cancel the placeholder. Thanks for the "heads up". 👍
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We have taken non-members with us on a member cruise, but they were in our stateroom with us. Not sure if there is a limit on how many rooms you can book.
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I stand corrected. Perhaps I used an inaccurate word when I said "should be familiar with their evacuation station" - - "ASSEMBLY station" would be more accurate. My main point remains the same, however. Every passenger needs to be familiar with where they need to go in an emergency situation. If an actual evacuation occurs, you would of course be directed to an appropriate location which might be different from your assembly station.
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It makes perfect sense for the muster drill to be held at the actual location where you should go in an actual emergency. Seconds count in those situations, and all passengers should be familiar with their evacuation station, rather than having everybody make a mad rush to the theater or MDR where their briefing was held.
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The final bill will show each individual's KTTW charges.
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The Bahamian government today approved the sale of the Lighthouse Point property to DCL.
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I can picture the classics being relocated more-or-less permanently to ports such as San Diego, Galveston, San Juan, etc., both of the Dream class being moved to Miami, and all three of the new ships operating out of Port Canaveral for at least the first couple of years. I seriously doubt the classics will ever be sold, but will go directly to the scrappers and only when they are totally beyond being operationally and financially salvageable.
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Clayton was our CD on the eastbound Transatlantic in '15. We had several conversations with him over the 14 days, and when he learned that it was our 50th wedding anniversary he sent a wonderful tray of goodies to our stateroom with a very nice note. His departure means DCL has lost two of our favorite CDs - Clayton and Brent Davies. :(
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I may have been right. See the last paragraph of this CruiseCritic article.
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One simple reason is that the Sunshine Skyway Bridge's vertical clearance limit (distance between high tide waterline and the underside of the bridge) is 180 feet, and all of the Disney ships' height above the waterline exceeds 180 feet. A 2014 FDOT study noted that the Skyway's low bridge clearance prevented larger vessels from using the Port Tampa Bay terminals, but made no recommendation about options as the air draft of most new cruise ships exceeds the bridge's height limit at 180 feet (55 m).
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Weird.... To err is human, to really foul up requires a computer. :confused::confused:
Guess I'll do everything in Times New Roman, size 3 from now on. Thanks for the heads-up ! :cool:
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Sorry, off topic, but why are you posting in such tiny print now?
Looks normal to me....Arial, size 1
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Looks like DCL is pushing ahead with this plan.
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It would be quite unusual to cancel the cruise. DCL may delay the cruise, or, if possible, have it leave port early, but outright cancel? No.
Our 7 nighter on Fantasy was outright totally canceled by DCL last September when Hurricane Irma was still several days away from affecting Central Florida. It is, indeed, rare but it definitely can happen.
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DCL is considering building a new terminal in Miami and offering cruises year-round from there beginning in 2023. Judging from the statistics and dates presented to the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, it seems reasonable to assume that either Dream or Fantasy (and perhaps both) would be homeported there once the new ships are placed in service from Port Canaveral.
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When Fantasy left Port Canaveral on 8/25/18, the AIS system showed her destination as Tortola, and Marinetraffic dot com shows her as due to arrive in Tortola at 6:15 local time tomorrow, 8/28/18.
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I can't really answer your parking question....to be safe' date=' you might want to reserve a spot.[/quote']
Parking in the garage at the terminal is basically a "first come, first served" thing. They used to let you prepay for parking - thus basically reserving a spot - but that option no longer exists. That said, we have never had a problem getting a space in the garage, regardless of what time we arrived.
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If I recall correctly, when Dream and Fantasy were announced the agreement between DCL and Port Canaveral stipulated that DCL had to home port the new ships at PC for "X" number of years (I think it was 4 years, but I'm not certain). The same stipulation may be coming into play with regard to all or some of the three new ships. I suppose time will tell.
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Update:
WONDER is underway again, estimated to arrive at Port Canaveral on Nov 27th at 6:00 am.
FANTASY is also underway, ETA to Port Canaveral Dec 2nd at 12:00 noon.