Disney Magic makes the ship itself part of the story: Disney characters join you at dinner, the Walt Disney Theatre stages Broadway-style shows twice a night, and AquaDunk sends riders down a three-storey body slide from her highest point. Launched in 1998, she is one of Disney Cruise Line’s Magic Class ships, and she takes kids’ clubs, character dining and pool-deck play on round-trips from Vancouver, San Diego and Galveston.
Crew
950
Passengers
2700
Currency
USD
Decks
11
Language
English
Length
294
Launch Date
1998
Dinner on Disney Magic is part of the entertainment, because her main restaurants are each built around a Disney film. At Animator’s Palate the décor and the characters come to life during the meal, while Rapunzel’s Royal Table on Deck 3 sets a fairytale scene from Tangled and Lumiere’s, also on Deck 3, takes its look from Beauty and the Beast. All three are included in the fare. The Disney Cruise Fare includes full board with rotational dining, so you eat in a variety of restaurants, always with the same server, along with unlimited non-alcoholic drinks and soft-serve ice cream.
By day, the Deck 9 pool deck handles the casual eating, with pizza, shawarma, burgers, hot dogs and lighter salads and wraps, all included in the fare.
Disney Magic’s year moves between three home ports, each with its own season. In May and July she sails 6- and 7-night round-trips from Vancouver, and her departures sit among our Alaska cruises from Vancouver; ports change between departures, but Ketchikan, Skagway and Icy Strait Point are typical.
September and October bring 5- and 6-night round-trips from San Diego along the US West Coast, with Ensenada, Cabo San Lucas and Santa Catalina Island among the places she might call. In November and December she moves to Galveston for 7-night round-trips, which you will also find among our Caribbean fly cruises; calls vary, though Castaway Cay and Nassau in the Bahamas are among them. In April and November, 5-night Western Caribbean sailings from Galveston head for Mexico instead, where Cozumel and Progreso are typical stops.
Wherever she sails from, we book the flights from the UK, a hotel either side and the transfers with the cruise as one holiday, so a few nights in Vancouver or San Diego can bookend the voyage. Disney Wonder is also in the Magic Class, and the rest of the line’s ships are on our Disney Cruise Line page.
Disney Magic gives children and teenagers spaces of their own, split by age. Disney’s Oceaneer Club is a set of multithemed lands where children meet Disney Characters, complimentary for children of registered guests though reservations may be needed, and a second themed play space alongside it runs activities and games led by trained Disney Youth Counselors.
Older children move on to Edge, a tweens’ space for games, films and creative activities, while Vibe is a teens-only hangout with games, TV and live music. Both are included in the fare, which means a family with children of different ages can each find their own corner of the ship, then meet again at the pools on Deck 9.
Adults have spaces kept just for them: an adults-only restaurant, an adults-only pool and a spa. Palo serves contemporary Northern Italian cuisine in an intimate setting away from the main dining rooms; it carries a charge and reservations are essential. Quiet Cove Pool is an adults-only retreat from the busier deck areas and is included in the fare, and Senses Spa & Salon is free to enter, with treatments charged separately.
Her top tier is Concierge, a private suite area with its own facilities. Guests staying there have the Concierge Lounge, set aside for that area alone. To see where Concierge sits and how close a cabin is to the Deck 9 pools and casual restaurants, open the Disney Magic cabins and deck plans.
Cruise1st is one of the UK’s leading cruise specialists. Our team knows Disney Cruise Line’s ships and its fares, and how a season like Disney Magic’s moves from Vancouver to San Diego and on to Galveston. To see her summer sailings alongside the rest of the season, start with our Alaska cruises in 2027.

Come aboard the Disney Magic and discover one of 38 cabin categories on a total of 11 decks that can accommodate 2700 passengers. Choose your dream cabin and feel at home on board the Disney Magic!