Posts Tagged ‘Disney Cruise Line’

Setting sail on a Disney cruise means a party on land first, right?

Captain Hook visits the 'So You Want to be a Pirate' lab, one of many children's activities on Disney Cruise Line. (Photo by Disney Cruise Line) My family is embarking on a Disney experience we haven’t yet tried — yes, there still are a few of those! — and I’m the...

March 8th, 2010 | A Mom and The Mouse, Featured, Kristin Ford | Read More

In a recession, Disney’s tour business adds cheaper trips

Adventures by Disney is now offering lower-priced, fewer-frilled versions of some of its most popular trips, including one to London and Paris. (Photo courtesy of Adventures by Disney) At a time when travelers are trading down, Adventures by Disney is going budget. The Walt Disney Co.’s premium-priced...

February 15th, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney Magic arrives at Port Canaveral a day late after weather delay

The Disney Magic cruise ship returned to Port Canaveral Sunday after a weather delay stalled the ship at Disney’s private island in the Bahamas for an extra day. A file photo shows the Disney Magic docked at Castaway Cay, private island of the Disney Cruise Line. The ship was stalled there this weekend...

February 14th, 2010 | Featured, News | Read More

Nemo splash zone, Goofy golf course on deck for Disney Dream

Disney Cruise Line has announced more elements of Disney Dream, the ship that will join its fleet in early 2011. Among them: + Nemo’s Reef (rendering above) is a children’s play area featuring a soft, wet-deck surface with pop jets, bubblers and chacters from the film Finding Nemo. The...

January 26th, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, News | Read More

Analyst says higher gas prices could crimp Disney World

Even as they attempt to dig out from the global recession, Walt Disney World and other theme parks could face a new threat: Higher crude oil and gasoline prices. That’s a potential concern raised by stock-research analysts who follow the Walt Disney Co. for Janney Capital Markets. “We suspect...

January 12th, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney Cruise Line makes changes in children’s programs

Captain Hook visits the 'So You Want to be a Pirate' lab, one of many children's activities on Disney Cruise Line. (Photo by Disney Cruise Line) Disney Cruise Line has announced a change in its popular kids programming that is sure to please parents — children no longer will be grouped...

January 6th, 2010 | A Mom and The Mouse, Featured, Kristin Ford | Read More

A look back at Disney Company’s magic in 2009

Disney Channel stars (from left) Joe Jonas, Selena Gomez, Kevin Jonas, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato and Kevin Jonas kick off "Friends for Change: Project Green" in May 2009. (Walt Disney Co. photo) As we look ahead to all the new and exciting things in store for the Walt Disney Co. in 2010,...

January 1st, 2010 | A Mom and The Mouse, Kristin Ford | Read More

New Disney parks chief faces big challenges

For two decades, Tom Staggs has plotted strategy for the Walt Disney Co., helping steer the entertainment giant through multibillion-dollar decisions ranging from the acquisitions of ABC and Pixar to the construction of new cruise ships and theme parks. Now, however, Disney’s longtime chief financial...

December 29th, 2009 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Bigger bills coming due for Disney’s new cruise ships

A rendering of the Disney Dream. (Courtesy of Walt Disney World)The Disney Dream, the first of two new 4,000-passenger ocean liners being built by Disney Cruise Line, is inching closer to its maiden voyage in January 2011. And that means more bills are coming due. Payments for ship construction helped...

December 4th, 2009 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney Cruise Line: Sorcerer Mickey will be stern character for Dream

Who will be hanging out at the stern of the Disney Dream, the under-construction ship for Disney Cruise Line? That would be Sorcerer Mickey. The company has announced that its “stern character” will be the iconic mouse as seen in the classic Disney animated film Fantasia. No photos...

November 17th, 2009 | Dewayne Bevil, News | Read More