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General News - (2/15/2026) UK Disney Fans… get ready because the Disney Wish will be coming to the UK in Summer 2027, departing from Southampton over the season with a variety of 3 to 7 night cruise itineraries, traveling across Europe. In addition, you’ll also see a few depart from Spain (Barcelona) and Italy (Rome).
 Late 2027 - Disney Believe - (8/20/2026) At D23 Disney Cruise Lines gave fans a look at their latest Wish Class vessel, the Disney Believe that will launch in 2027.
(3/18/2026) A new promotional video from Disney Cruise Line has confirmed that the “Disney Believe’ will be the name of the newest ship to join the fleet in late 2027. This is confirmed to be yet another “Wish” class vessel.
This is not the same as the other Wish class vessel that was confirmed as already being under construction in connection with the Oriental Land Company to service Japan starting in 2029. Following the Disney Wish, Treasure and Destiny, a 4th Wish Class was known to be on the way, but with the announcement of one for Japan, many assumed that was the 4th ship, but instead it seems the future Japanese vessel will be the 5th Wish Class, leaving the Disney Believe as the 4th one to join the main fleet.
Launch delays are somewhat common in the cruise line industry, so don’t be surprised if the launch doesn’t happen until early to mid 2028.
2029 - Japan Based Wish Class Ship - Under Construction - (3/18/2026) It was confirmed that the new Wish class vessel under construction in partnership with the Oriental Land Company is on track to launch in 2029.
(8/11/2024) A new Wish class ship (formerly Triton class) is said to be ordered by Disney’s Japanese partners, Oriental Land Company, which they hope to launch in Japan by 2028.
 2029 - 2035 - Disney Next Generation Cruise Ships - 4 Vessels On Order -
Class (Currently Unnamed) - Size Expected to be apox. 100,000 gross tons
(8/20/2026) At D23 Disney Cruise Lines gave fans a peek at their next class of ships that will launch starting in 2029. According to the panel, the next line of ships will fit somewhere between the original classic ships that the line started with and the current Wish class ships. So not too big… not too small… but just right.
(1/13/2025) Disney Cruise Line dropped an interesting note about the next wave of vessels they were adding to the fleet. Back in August Disney Cruise Line mentioned that their long term plans were to add four more ships between 2029 and 2031 (growing the fleet to 13 vessels). At the time they only mentioned that these new four ships would likely take the form of an entirely new design class. The latest hint released this week about these four new mystery ships confirms that these vessels will be smaller in size than most of the Disney fleet, coming in around 100,000 gross tons. The current Wish class ships are 144,000 tons, and the Dream and Fantasy are said to be 129,600 tons. This leaves the only smaller vessels to be the original two built in the late 90s… The Disney Magic and Disney Wonder, which are said to be only around 84,000 gross tons.
Given the timeline, it may be worth considering that these new vessels may be on desk to also serve as replacements for the Disney Magic and Wonder, as the average age for a cruise ship to last on a major line is about 30 years, and by 2029 those first two vessels will be hitting their likely retirement age.
Once the major cruise lines are ready to “retire” a ship from their service, there are typically a couple of likely possibilities of what happens. For big cruise companies that own more than one brand, sometimes the old ships are treated like hand-me-down clothes and gifted to the company’s less luxurious brand with a new name and paint job. Others are sold, used car style, on the open market where smaller more budget oriented cruise brands may try to pick them up to add to their own fleets. Beyond that, for ships hitting age 40 and higher, there are less glorious paths where they could be converted into service for other possible uses, and for those in the worst shape, they will eventually be parked, stripped down of anything of value, and broken up into pieces.
When it comes to their theme park attractions, Disney has never been one to sell off any of the old attractions on the used ride market, instead opting to have them scrapped rather than let someone else take ownership of them. So there is a good chance the same ideas might apply when the time comes to retire the Disney Magic and Wonder.
(8/11/2024) The Disney Cruise Line has confirmed that they have plans to add four more cruise ships to their fleet.
There are currently 5 active ships in the fleet (Magic, Wonder, Dream, Fantasy and Wish), with four more already under construction to launch in the next few years (Disney Treasure (Dec. 2024), Disney Adventure in Singapore (2025) and Disney Destiny (late 2025), along with a fourth Wish class ship (formerly Triton class) said to be ordered by Disney’s Japanese partners, Oriental Land Company, which they hope to launch in Japan by 2028.
Now on top of these 9 ships, Disney has just confirms plans to add four more, which will likely form a new design class. Look for this new class of ship to begin launching in phases between 2027 and 2031, which will see the Disney fleet grow to a total of 13 vessels.
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