Disney Fantasy ? March 2012?

[coachsomer]

March 2012 Debut for the Disney Fantasy? Enterprising searchers on the web may have unearthed the debut month for Disney Cruise Line's fourth ship, the Disney Fantasy. The new ship shows up on port schedules for St. Maarten, (March 26, 2012) and Grand Cayman (March 30, 2012).
source -Pass Porter newsletter

 

[mmouse37]

March 2012 Debut for the Disney Fantasy? Enterprising searchers on the web may have unearthed the debut month for Disney Cruise Line's fourth ship, the Disney Fantasy. The new ship shows up on port schedules for St. Maarten, (March 26, 2012) and Grand Cayman (March 30, 2012).
source -Pass Porter newsletter

That's about when it was speculated to arrive...hopefully we will find out for sure in the 18th.

MJ

 

[truck1]

I dont have the site off hand, but there is a website that show what ships will be where and when. I noticed that a few weeks ago that the Fantasy was showing up doing East and Wests, at the SAME time as the Magic, only on different days. The Fantasy showed up late March which is dead on to previous MW delivery scheds. Shell prob be here in the states early to Mid March, with an inaugural around March 20th or so.

 

[DrRae2B]

OK .... My family is toying with the idea of our first cruise. However, we can't decide if we want to do a 2011 Magic WC, or just wait for a 2012 7-night sailing on one of the larger ships. I'm NOT a patient person, and the suspense is killing me. So I took it upon myself to try to figure out if the Fantasy will be on my chosen itinerary in 2012 (so as to, ya know, make my choice even more complicated.... haha).

I went to http://www.caymanport.com/shipschedules.php and searched which Disney-owned ships that will be in port at Grand Cayman, from March 2012 thru Sept 2012.

Here's what I came up with (sorry the table is kinda crooked):



Ship schedule results:


# Vessel Name Vessel Line Max
Pax Arrived Pax
/Tonnage Arrival Departure
1. Disney Magic Disney Cruise Lines 2,500 2,500 Mar 20 2012 7:00AM Mar 20 2012 4:45PM
2. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Mar 30 2012 9:30AM Mar 30 2012 5:00PM
3. Disney Magic Disney Cruise Lines 2,500 2,500 Apr 3 2012 7:00AM Apr 3 2012 4:45PM
4. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Apr 16 2012 9:30AM Apr 16 2012 5:00PM
5. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Apr 30 2012 9:30AM Apr 30 2012 5:00PM
6. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 May 14 2012 9:30AM May 14 2012 5:00PM
7. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 May 28 2012 9:30AM May 28 2012 5:00PM
8. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Jun 11 2012 9:30AM Jun 11 2012 5:00PM
9. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Jun 25 2012 9:30AM Jun 25 2012 5:00PM
10. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Jul 9 2012 9:30AM Jul 9 2012 5:00PM
11. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Jul 23 2012 9:30AM Jul 23 2012 5:00PM
12. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Aug 6 2012 9:30AM Aug 6 2012 5:00PM
13. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Aug 20 2012 9:30AM Aug 20 2012 5:00PM
14. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Sep 3 2012 9:30AM Sep 3 2012 5:00PM
15. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Sep 17 2012 9:30AM Sep 17 2012 5:00PM
16. Disney Magic Disney Cruise Lines 2,500 2,500 Sep 25 2012 7:00AM Sep 25 2012 4:30PM
17. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Oct 1 2012 9:30AM Oct 1 2012 5:00PM
18. Disney Magic Disney Cruise Lines 2,500 2,500 Oct 9 2012 7:00AM Oct 9 2012 4:30PM



This tells me that BOTH the Magic and the Fantasy will be visiting the Grand Cayman port (Western itinerary, I assume) in 2012, with the Magic having an "off" time thru the summer months (maybe repositioning?? WHo knows...), and returning in Sept.

So. I'm concluding that Magic and Fantasy will do Western Carib sailings in 2012. Hope this helps some of you out!

 

[krhardy]

I am jockying for a 7 day on the Fantasy! As I've stated in previous posts, we will be celebrating DDs graduation and we have a *very* narrow window in which to cruise due to when she will have to report to her school. We would all rather cruise 7 days over 5 and she definitely wants to go on one of the new ships to go to the Vibe (or whatever they'll call it on the Fantasy) prior to her turning 18.

 

[dursin]

OK .... My family is toying with the idea of our first cruise. However, we can't decide if we want to do a 2011 Magic WC, or just wait for a 2012 7-night sailing on one of the larger ships. I'm NOT a patient person, and the suspense is killing me. So I took it upon myself to try to figure out if the Fantasy will be on my chosen itinerary in 2012 (so as to, ya know, make my choice even more complicated.... haha).

I went to http://www.caymanport.com/shipschedules.php and searched which Disney-owned ships that will be in port at Grand Cayman, from March 2012 thru Sept 2012.

Here's what I came up with (sorry the table is kinda crooked):



Ship schedule results:


# Vessel Name Vessel Line Max
Pax Arrived Pax
/Tonnage Arrival Departure
1. Disney Magic Disney Cruise Lines 2,500 2,500 Mar 20 2012 7:00AM Mar 20 2012 4:45PM
2. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Mar 30 2012 9:30AM Mar 30 2012 5:00PM
3. Disney Magic Disney Cruise Lines 2,500 2,500 Apr 3 2012 7:00AM Apr 3 2012 4:45PM
4. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Apr 16 2012 9:30AM Apr 16 2012 5:00PM
5. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Apr 30 2012 9:30AM Apr 30 2012 5:00PM
6. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 May 14 2012 9:30AM May 14 2012 5:00PM
7. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 May 28 2012 9:30AM May 28 2012 5:00PM
8. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Jun 11 2012 9:30AM Jun 11 2012 5:00PM
9. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Jun 25 2012 9:30AM Jun 25 2012 5:00PM
10. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Jul 9 2012 9:30AM Jul 9 2012 5:00PM
11. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Jul 23 2012 9:30AM Jul 23 2012 5:00PM
12. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Aug 6 2012 9:30AM Aug 6 2012 5:00PM
13. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Aug 20 2012 9:30AM Aug 20 2012 5:00PM
14. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Sep 3 2012 9:30AM Sep 3 2012 5:00PM
15. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Sep 17 2012 9:30AM Sep 17 2012 5:00PM
16. Disney Magic Disney Cruise Lines 2,500 2,500 Sep 25 2012 7:00AM Sep 25 2012 4:30PM
17. Disney Fantasy Disney Cruise Lines 4,000 4,000 Oct 1 2012 9:30AM Oct 1 2012 5:00PM
18. Disney Magic Disney Cruise Lines 2,500 2,500 Oct 9 2012 7:00AM Oct 9 2012 4:30PM



This tells me that BOTH the Magic and the Fantasy will be visiting the Grand Cayman port (Western itinerary, I assume) in 2012, with the Magic having an "off" time thru the summer months (maybe repositioning?? WHo knows...), and returning in Sept.

So. I'm concluding that Magic and Fantasy will do Western Carib sailings in 2012. Hope this helps some of you out!

Interesting. That would mean that DCL would have 3 ships based out of PC in 2012.

 

[NancyIL]

Interesting. That would mean that DCL would have 3 ships based out of PC in 2012.

I don't think the Magic will be sailing out of PC when the Fantasy is there. My bet is it will sail from Galveston in the winter months. However, seeing the Magic in Grand Cayman in the fall of 2012 doesn't bode well for the sailing from NY theory!

 

[Tower]

Hope you don't mind, I made it more readable.

 

[HallsofVA]

You can take it a step further from just Cayman as St. Maarten also has dates through April 2013, and Key West has some dates for 2012 showing.

The Magic seems to continue regular East/West cruises in January 2012, after the holiday cruise ends on 1/7/12, with
Western Cruises 1/7/12 (though not currently showing Key West stop on 1/8/12), 1/21/12, 2/4/12, 2/18/12, 3/3/12, 3/17/12, 3/31/12
Eastern Cruises - 1/14/12, 1/28/12, 2/11/12, 2/25/12, 3/10/12

The Fantasy is showing with stops in St. Maarten on 3/26/12 and Cayman on 3/30/12 as noted above, and again in St. Maarten on 4/9/12. There is a Key West stop indicated on 4/15/12, but the ship is not identified. I assume it's the Magic, as the Fantasy is due in Cayman on 4/16/12 (next day). There is one last misc. Key West stop listed on 05/01/12, which I again assume is the Magic, since the Fantasy is in Cayman on 4/30/12 (day before.)

The Fantasy seems to start on regular East/West rotations the week including 4/16/12, since it starts alternating Cayman on Monday 4/16/12, and St. Maarten on Tuesday 4/24/12 continuing through 1/1/2013.

There are no Cayman stops for the Fantasy listed for 2013, though it does continue the St. Maarten stops on alternate weeks 1/1/13 - 4/23/13.

The Magic returns to Cayman on 9/25/12, and continues to stop there on alternate tuesdays through 12/18/12. The Magic and Fantasy are both in Cayman on 12/24/12. The Magic resumes its alternate Tuesday stops in Cayman on 1/15/13 and continues on through 4/23/13.

 

[Euphscott]

Yep - it's looking like the Magic is going to be sailing out of Galveston - rather than a schedule offset out of Port canaveral.

 

[DrRae2B]

Hope you don't mind, I made it more readable.

Yay!

I would have done it myself but I was *supposed* to be studying and I was, uh, "taking a break" to check the boards.

Thank you!

 

[catzle]

Do you think the Fantasy will do a key west or double dip last weekend in June or 1st weekend in July? This is the two weekends we want to go in 2012

 

[jeffl]

This tells me that BOTH the Magic and the Fantasy will be visiting the Grand Cayman port (Western itinerary, I assume) in 2012, with the Magic having an "off" time thru the summer months (maybe repositioning?? WHo knows...), and returning in Sept.

Summer timeframe for Magic seems to correspond with the Mediterranean/ European schedule of the past couple years. So that is my guess as to where the Magic might be in Summer 2012.