Disney will sail to Hawaii in 2015

By Tom Stieghorst

Disney Cruise Line plans to return to Hawaii in the fall of 2015 for two 10-day cruises.

Disney Wonder will sail Sept. 7 from Vancouver for Oahu, with stops at two other Hawaiian islands. It will make the reverse journey on Sept. 17.

Disney Cruise New Itinerary Announced

Disney Cruise New Itinerary Announced

The ship will also offer six cruises on the U.S. West Coast to Baja Mexico and then do nine sailings from Galveston, Texas, to the Bahamas, Key West and Castaway Cay.

In October, the Wonder will sail several cruises from San Diego on itineraries that include Ensenada and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

It will transition to Galveston in November and do mostly seven-day cruises to the Bahamas, Key West and Castaway Cay, with a sprinkling of other lengths and itineraries mixed in.

Celebrity Millennium’s remaining 2013 Alaska cruises canceled

Celebrity Millennium’s remaining 2013 Alaska cruises canceled

By Tom Stieghorst
Celebrity Cruises called a premature end to the Alaska season for the Celebrity Millennium, canceling the ship’s remaining four cruises on its schedule.

Celebrity acted after mechanical problems with the ship’s propulsion units kept it in port for at least part of the last two cruises between Vancouver and Seward, Alaska.

The canceled cruises, in addition to the current one, were scheduled to depart Aug. 23, Aug. 30, Sept. 6 and Sept. 13. Celebrity is in the process of contacting passengers on those cruises and rebooking or refunding them.

Affected passengers are being offered a full refund and a 25% future cruise credit.

The next scheduled sailing of Millennium will be a Panama Canal transit cruise from San Diego to Fort Lauderdale on Sept. 22.

Millennium carries 2,038 passengers at double occupancy.