Disney Cruise Line will bring Disney Wish to New York City for the first time in autumn 2027, with the Wish-class ship scheduled to operate seven cruises from the city following its inaugural season in Europe.
The 4,000-passenger ship will arrive in New York in late September before beginning a limited programme of four to seven-night sailings to Bermuda, Canada and New England.
Disney Cruise Line formally announced its fall 2027 and spring 2028 itineraries on 25th August 2026, confirming that the line will return to New York for the first time since 2023. Early bookings for selected Castaway Club members will begin on 31st August 2026, while general bookings are scheduled to open on 8th September.
The first Disney Wish departure from New York will be a four-night Bermuda cruise on 29th September 2027, calling at King’s Wharf before returning to the city on 3rd October.
It will be followed by a five-night Canada and New England sailing departing on 3rd October, with calls at Saint John in New Brunswick and Boston, Massachusetts.
A six-night cruise departing on 8th October will combine Bermuda and Canada, visiting King’s Wharf and Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Two further five-night Bermuda cruises are scheduled for 14th and 19th October. Both will include an extended stay at King’s Wharf.
The ship will then switch its focus back to Canada for its longest round-trip New York itinerary. The seven-night sailing departing on 24th October will visit Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island, along with Sydney and Halifax in Nova Scotia, before returning to New York on 31st October.
Disney has said five of the seven special voyages from New York will feature Bermuda, with three of those cruises providing guests with additional time at the destination. The deployment will also mark Disney Cruise Line’s return to Canada and New England from New York after an absence of almost four years.
Disney Wish Will Reposition From New York To San Juan
Disney Wish’s final New York departure will take place on Halloween, 31st October 2027.
Rather than returning to Manhattan, the five-night cruise will operate one way to San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a call at King’s Wharf in Bermuda along the way. The ship is scheduled to reach San Juan on 5th November.
Disney Wish will then operate two cruises from Puerto Rico.
The first, departing San Juan on 5th November, will be a seven-night Southern Caribbean itinerary visiting Oranjestad in Aruba, Kralendijk in Bonaire, Roseau in Dominica and Philipsburg in St Maarten.
Disney Wish will leave San Juan again on 12th November for a four-night repositioning cruise back towards Florida. That itinerary will visit Disney Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point and Disney Castaway Cay before arriving at Port Canaveral on 16th November.
Once back in Florida, Disney Wish will return to its familiar programme of three and four-night cruises to The Bahamas. Disney has confirmed that its post-New York and San Juan programme will include visits to both of its Bahamian island destinations.
The wider deployment will give Disney Wish one of the most varied years since the ship entered service in 2022.
A Much Bigger Year For Disney Wish
Before arriving in New York, Disney Wish will spend summer 2027 operating its first European season.
The ship is scheduled to cross the Atlantic from Port Canaveral before operating itineraries in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe, including departures from Barcelona, Civitavecchia and Southampton. Disney has already confirmed calls in destinations including Italy, Croatia and the Greek Isles, while its UK programme will include cruises from Southampton to destinations such as Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands.
That means passengers will see Disney Wish move through several distinct regions during 2027, beginning with its traditional Florida operation before heading to Europe, New York, Puerto Rico and eventually back to Port Canaveral.
The New York deployment is particularly notable because it will be the first time a Wish-class Disney ship has operated a season from the city.
Sister ship Disney Treasure was christened in New York in November 2024 but did not operate cruises from the port.
Disney Cruise Line’s most recent New York season was in 2023, when Disney Dream operated a limited selection of autumn voyages to destinations including Bermuda and Canada. New York has historically been an occasional rather than permanent homeport for Disney, with Port Canaveral remaining one of the line’s most significant bases.
The return comes as Disney Cruise Line continues to expand both its fleet and the number of ports from which it operates. Alongside Disney Wish’s New York programme, the company’s newly announced fall 2027 and spring 2028 schedule includes additional San Juan departures, Panama Canal cruises, expanded California and Texas operations and continued Disney Adventure sailings from Singapore.
Disney Wish’s New York season will run for just over a month, from 29th September until its final departure on 31st October 2027, giving passengers in the north-eastern United States a relatively rare opportunity to sail aboard one of Disney’s newest-generation ships without travelling to Florida.
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