Disney Cruise Line ranked Top Mega-Ship Cruise Line for 2014

450px-Disney_Magic_1On July 2, “Travel & Leisure” magazine announced the results of its World’s Best Awards survey. The readers ranked Disney Cruise Line as number one Top Mega-Ship Cruise Line and Top Mega-Ship Cruise Line for Families. The readers were asked to vote on several different criteria including itineraries and destinations, excursions, activities, service, cabins and food.

This is the first time Disney Cruise Line has won the Top Mega-Ship Cruise Line award and the sixth consecutive year it has been named Top Mega-Ship Cruise Line for Families. Continue reading

Disney Cruise Line returning to Hawaii in 2015

777px-Disney_Wonder_(2671436632)Disney Cruise Line has announced that they are heading back to Hawaiian Islands in the fall of 2015 with Disney Wonder sailing on two 10-night cruises to the Islands.

The line has been basing its fleet in Florida during the winter sailing season and now it is spreading all four of its ships back out. Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy will continue to serve the Sunshine State. Continue reading

Cirque du Soleil’s “La Nouba” turns fifteen

fb_share_lanoubaCirque du Soleil’s “La Nouba” celebrates its 15th anniversary at Walt Disney World later this month. On December 23 actually, but he celebration of the milestone will be with a special pre-show moment during the 6 p.m. performance on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. The event will be celebrated with an unprecedented appearance by Special Friends from Walt Disney World Resort. The evening will also include a few more surprises to commemorate this historic moment. The anniversary also marks the 15-year partnership between two of the world’s most iconic entertainment brands.

La Nouba is a mesmerizing and extraordinary avant-garde circus spectacle performed by Cirque du Soleil exclusively in the Downtown Disney West Side area at Walt Disney World Resort. .La Nouba translates to English as “”to party, to live it up,”” and this theme is evident in the energetic performances, the colorful costumes and the moving live music.

Since opening, La Nouba has entertained more than 9 million guests and still features over 20% of the original cast. The unique cast of 65 international performers includes an artist who has not missed a show in 15 years – the trampoline performer Alexander “Sasha” Daniltchenko. He has spent his life on the trampoline: Before joining Cirque du Soleil, he was a gold-medal winning athlete for his homeland’s national team. He has no plans to stop jumping any time soon.
“Maybe I have a high pain tolerance,” he suggests with a grin. He can remember a painful time: “Around 7,000 shows, my back was so bad.”

la nouba

Others of the long-time performers of “La Nuoba” are the clowns Sergey and Balto. After a decade and a half, the clowns still love it. Balto shared that for him, “It’s a pride. It’s still a pleasure. After 15 years, we still get a standing ovation every show.” Sergey shares the sentiment, “It’s gone by fast. It’s a lot of work, but I still love the performance. This is my dream. For me, there won’t be a retirement … I was born a clown and I’ll die that way.”

 

Disney Cruise Line’s itineraries for early 2015. All four ships will be based at Florida

All Disney cruise ships will be based at Florida ports in early 2015. Dream, Fantasy, and Magic will all be based out of Port Canaveral, and Wonder will sail out of Miami.

Castaway_CayDCL itineraries for early 2015 include both Bahamian and Caribbean cruises, with the options to enjoy three-, four-, and seven-night sailings from Port Canaveral and four- and five-night trips from Miami. Each itinerary will include a stop at Castaway Cay, the Disney’s private island for DCL guests. It will be the second year in a row that Disney Cruise Line will have its entire fleet spend most of the season sailing Caribbean and Bahamian cruises from Florida.

Disney Dream will have three- and four-night voyages available to the Bahamas: Nassau and Castaway Cay. Disney Fantasy, the Dream’s sister ship, will offer seven-night trips to the Caribbean: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; Costa Maya, Mexico; Cozumel, Mexico; and Castaway Cay. Disney Magic will also have seven-night trips to the Caribbean available. The Disney Wonder, sister ship to the Magic, will have four- and five-night cruises. Its itinerary for the four-night cruise will be to Castaway Cay; Nassau, Bahamas; the Florida Keys. The five-night itinerary includes Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands and Cozumel, Mexico or Cozumel, Mexico and Castaway Cay.

Disney says fares for three- and four-night cruises out of Port Canaveral in early 2015 will start at $450 and $600 per person, respectively. Fares for seven-night cruises will start at $980. As with any DCL sailing, guests should book as early as possible for the lowest prices. Disney Cruise Line already accepts bookings for early 2015.

Disney Cruise Line

Disney Cruise Line

 

If you seek a vacation that will bring you an entertaining and adventurous experience, but in the same time is comforting and convenient – the cruising is just for you! On this kind of adventure you and your family can visit many and different paradise-like destinations in a short period of time, enjoy onboard activities and entertainments! You can easily and comfortably experience all of these and many more on the board of Disney Cruise Line.

The answer to the question why should you choose a Disney Cruise is quite simple – it combines activities for everyone: if you need some time to relax there is place just for you, adults, there is also place where your kids will have marvelous time. For sure there is – it is a Disney Cruise!

There are 4 Disney Cruise Line ships – all of them with an outstanding design, recognizable with the decorative gold swirls across their bows. And now there they are – Disney Magic, Disney Wonder, Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy! Mixing elegance and a pinch of element of fun, they are created especially for families! Now, find out the fabulous delights of sailing to exotic destinations aboard these liners that can even bring you back to the childhood.

Each one of these ships has enough places to keep you entertained until the end of the cruise, no matter if you are an adult or a kind – there are restaurants, nightclubs, shops and recreational facilities that will make this vacation an unforgettable memory.

For kids, and why not for adults, too, there are live-shows, including all of the Disney characters, performing musicals and dancing… Children and adults can meet and greet many of the Disney characters throughout the entire fleet of Disney Cruise Line Ships. There are youth activities aboard the Disney ships, including activity centers – delightfully themed onboard youth clubs, where kids of all ages can play and participate in different activities that gets their attention together with their siblings and friends and why not some new friends, met on the ship! There are 3 pools on the ship – Goofy’s pool, Donald’s pool and of course Mickey’s pool which even features a twisting slide.

For the adults there are many nightclubs and lounges – starting with the 687 – a contemporary sports bar where families can partake in activities and games during the day, and adults can relax with a cocktail at night. Bon Voyage is a cozy space where families can enjoy a refreshing drink or snack throughout the day. Cadillac Lounge, a piano bar that is an intimate spot with a classic Cadillac theme, where adults can enjoy a cocktail, listening to live music.

If you’ve already packed up the suitcases let me tell you where you can start this adventure – right from Port Canaveral, of course!