Bahamas Celebrates Inaugural Voyage of Disney Wish

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - July 18th, 2022

bahamas disney cruises — Disney Wish at Port Canaveral.

The Bahamas is celebrating the inaugural voyage of Disney Wish to the destination.

Disney Wish is Disney Cruise Line’s newest cruise ship.

It’s sailing out of Port Canaveral, Fla., with a combination of three and four-night itineraries to The Bahamas.

All of the cruises stop in Nassau and at Disney’s private island in The Bahamas, Castaway Cay.

Disney Wish is the company’s first-ever liquefied natural gas-powered cruise ship.

It has a total of 1,250 staterooms.

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