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September 13, 2020 By Dave Parfitt Leave a Comment

‘Disney Wish’, Disney Cruise Line’s next ship, delayed

In a recent question and answer session, Christine McCarthy, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Walt Disney Company, shared an update regarding the status of Disney Cruise Line’s next ship, the “Disney Wish”.

Rendering of the Disney Wish cruise ship
Rendering of the “Disney Wish”, the fifth ship for Disney Cruise Line. Image by Disney Cruise Line.

In response to the question of when to expect the three new cruise ships scheduled for 2021 – 2023, McCarthy replied, “The shipyard we utilize for our cruise ships, Meyer Werft, was impacted [by COVID] and we encountered a delay. We’re in negotiations and discussions with the shipyard to finalize dates, but as soon as we have those, we’ll make an announcement for when the fifth ship will be delivered. But it is delayed from what we originally anticipated.”

Disney Cruise Line’s “Disney Wish” was orignally scheduled for delivery in late 2021 and expected to set sail beginning in January 2022. No new date was released for delivery of the “Disney Wish” at this time. During the D23 Expo 2019, Disney Cruise Line shared the first details of the newest ship including that Rapunzel would be the character adorning the stern.

McCarthy then addressed new rides and attractions scheduled for the Disney Parks. Confirming that attractions currently under construction remained a priority for The Walt Disney Company. Specific priorities mentioned by McCarthy for completion included the “Star Wars Hotel” at Walt Disney World, Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure as well as Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Disneyland.

The Walt Disney Company Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy at the Bank of America Virtual 2020 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. 

While McCarthy included three projects as priorities for the Disney Parks, there was no mention as to their timeline for opening. Disney previously announced that reservations Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, the “Star Wars Hotel”, would open later this year for a 2021 opening. The Marvel Avengers Campus was expected to open July 18, 2020, but the Disneyland Resort has yet to reopen since shutting down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Disneyland’s version of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway has already been pushed back from 2022 to 2023. Finally, there was no mention of Tron Lightcycle / Run slated to open in 2021 at the Magic Kingdom, or the multiple ongoing projects at Epcot including Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, Space 220 restaurant, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, nor others.

Similar to the questions about ongoing Disney Parks projects, there are many unknowns about Disney Cruise Line. In addition to the delay of the “Disney Wish”, it is currently not known when Disney Cruise Line will resume sailing. In accordance with Cruise Lines International Association, Disney Cruise Line has extended the cancellation of sailings through at least Oct. 31, 2020. In addition, Disney Cruise Line has removed a number of December sailings from online booking.

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September 3, 2020 By Attractions Magazine Staff 3 Comments

Disneyland’s Runaway Railway reaches construction milestone, opening pushed back to 2023

Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock has revealed that construction on Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway has reached a new milestone – and will also be opening a year later than previously announced.

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Filed Under: Disney, Disneyland Resort, Slider, Theme Parks, Video Tagged With: construction milestone, delayed, disneyland park, disneyland resort, featured, Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway, runaway railway, Toontown

July 23, 2020 By Brooke Geiger McDonald Leave a Comment

Disney announces big delays for ‘Mulan,’ ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Avatar’ movie releases

After twice delaying the release of the live-action version of “Mulan,” which was originally scheduled to hit U.S. theaters on March 27, Disney has announced that they’re pressing pause on sending the movie to theaters indefinitely. The film’s release was previously pushed to July 24, then to Aug. 21.

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Liu Yifei, star of Disney’s “Mulan”
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Filed Under: Disney, Movies, Slider, Walt Disney Studios Tagged With: AMC, amc theatres, avatar, delayed, Disney, films, movie theaters, Movies, mulan, Star Wars

June 24, 2020 By Brittani Tuttle Leave a Comment

Disneyland Resort delays reopening, pending government approval

Disneyland Resort has announced that its previously-announced plans for reopening on July 17 will now have to be delayed.

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Filed Under: Disney, Disneyland Resort, Slider, Theme Parks Tagged With: delayed, delayed opening, delayed reopening, Disneyland, disneyland resort, featured, reopening, reopening date

April 30, 2020 By Brittani Tuttle 3 Comments

Universal Orlando’s Epic Universe theme park now delayed due to health crisis

Universal has announced that construction is delayed for its Epic Universe theme park in Orlando due to the ongoing global health crisis.

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Filed Under: Slider, Theme Parks, Universal Orlando Tagged With: Comcast, delayed, earnings call, epic universe, featured, Super Nintendo World, Universal Orlando, Universal Studios Hollywood

April 11, 2020 By Brittani Tuttle Leave a Comment

Avengers Campus opening now delayed at Disneyland Resort

Disneyland Resort has confirmed that the recently-announced opening for Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure has been delayed due to the global health crisis.

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Filed Under: Disney California Adventure, Disneyland Resort, Marvel, Slider, Theme Parks Tagged With: avengers campus, corona, coronavirus, covid-19, dca, delayed, Disney California Adventure, disneyland resort, featured

April 5, 2016 By Matt Roseboom 1 Comment

Rivers of Light and nighttime attractions at Disney’s Animal Kingdom delayed

New Details on “Rivers of Light” Nighttime Spectacular Coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom

The debut of the Rivers of Light show and other nighttime experiences at Disney’s Animal Kingdom were supposed to debut on April 22, 2016. But Disney has pushed back the opening date as they continue to work on this one-of-a-kind new show. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Disney, Disney's Animal Kingdom Tagged With: delayed, Disney's Animal Kingdom, featured, nighttime, opening date, Rivers of Light, tree of life

May 28, 2014 By Matt Roseboom Leave a Comment

Busch Gardens’ Falcon’s Fury opening delayed until ‘later this summer’

Falcon's fury drop ride

It looks like guests will have to wait a while longer to drop face first on Busch Gardens’ Falcon’s Fury. Testing has been further delayed due to a shortage of parts. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Busch Gardens Tagged With: Busch Gardens, construction, delayed, falcons fury, featured, opening, Tampa

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