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Cruise lines publish fares sailing by sailing, but not the distribution of those fares. Using a commercial sample of the lowest public Disney Cruise Line fare in each stateroom category for 919 sailings departing between February 2026 and September 2027, we describe what a Disney cruise costs. Two guests sharing an inside stateroom paid a median USD 2,588 for four nights and USD 4,501 for seven nights, taxes and fees included; the overall median across all sailings was USD 3,049. The nightly inside rate was almost flat across lengths (USD 643 to USD 695.40 for two), so longer cruises bought more nights rather than cheaper ones. The month of departure moved the price more: the median inside fare per night ranged from USD 498 in October to USD 858 in June, a gap of 72%, and among ships sailing from US ports from USD 538 on the Disney Magic to USD 813 on the Disney Wish. The median per-sailing premium for a verandah over an inside stateroom was 16% on Bahamian itineraries and 97% on Alaska sailings. Recommended gratuities of USD 16 per guest per night added about 5% to a seven-night inside fare. We also describe booking terms, the growth of the fleet's summed guest capacity from 25,426 to 32,126 with the 2026 arrival of the Disney Adventure, the revenue of Disney's Experiences segment (USD 36,156 million in fiscal 2025, up 28.7% from fiscal 2022), and wage benchmarks for seafarers from the ILO and the BLS, since Disney publishes no crew pay. All inputs are public.
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