The Wish, Treasure, Fantasy, Destiny, Dream, and Magic are all currently doing traditional Bahamas and Caribbean sailings. That is significantly more inventory on those routes than existed a few years ago.
Post-COVID, their service has gone down, same with the food consistency, though it might be more related to the rapid fleet expansion than anything. It's still great overall, but not quite as good. Food needs real work.
The Consumer Reports survey is from 2026, and asked their members to score the most recent cruise they took in the past 36 months (all post-Covid). DCL scored the highest of any medium/large ship cruise line at 78, far exceeding Royal Caribbean’s score of 60. In fact, Disney is in the top 4 cruise lines overall, while RCL was in the bottom 4 of the 19 lines ranked by Consumer Reports.
They were very selective promotions that reflected minimal cabin inventory. It was not widely marketed as current promotions are.
As an experienced cruiser, you know that most ships spend winters in the Caribbean or Mediterranean. Disney has recently deployed larger ships over the summer, late spring, and early fall on itineraries other than the Caribbean. This includes sending larger boats to Europe, and of course, now the largest boat to Southeast Asia.
And if you do a Google search, you can find a dozen other travel focused organizations that rank the industry with different favorites. So What’s your cherry picked point?
Yeah, the point is they have significantly more inventory than ever before. This is a simple fact regardless of how they move ships around. Just look at the fact that they will have twice as many rooms to fill in Alaska this year.
Consumer Reports’ methodology is simply to survey their members on their experience, unlike the other websites you mention whose “experts” put their thumbs on the scale.
My personal experience lines up with those numbers. The wife and I did a 7-night RC on the Utopia and it was pretty much a "one and done" for us on that cruise line.
It's a wonderful experience!
