Disney Fantasy - Southern Caribbean Adventure

Where this cruise calls, day by day

8 ports and 3 sea days over 10 Nights.

1. Day 1

   Port Canaveral, FL

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   Port Canaveral, FL port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore

2. Day 2 · At sea

3. Day 3 · At sea

4. Day 4

   Philipsburg

   St. MaartenPort

   A one-street town on Great Bay: Front Street for duty-free liquor and jewelry, Back Street behind it, and a boardwalk of bars on the sand. The island's real draw is elsewhere — Maho Beach at the end of the Princess Juliana runway, where arriving jets pass a few dozen feet overhead, and the French side at Marigot and Grand Case for lunch.

   • Maho Beach plane spotting
   • Great Bay boardwalk and Front Street
   • Orient Bay on the French side
   • Loterie Farm zip line and hiking on Pic Paradis

   Getting ashore

   Docked at the A.C. Wathey pier; town is a 20-25 minute walk around the bay or a few dollars each way by water taxi.

   Best months

   Dec-Apr; Sep-Oct is the hurricane peak, and damage from Irma in 2017 is still visible in places

5. Day 5

   Castries

   St. LuciaPort

   Castries burned down repeatedly and was rebuilt in concrete; almost nobody comes for the town. The island's draw is 90 minutes south at Soufrière — the two Pitons rising straight out of the water, a drive-in sulphur crater that genuinely stinks, and Diamond Falls. That drive is the day, and the road is winding enough to matter if you get carsick.

   • The Pitons and the town of Soufrière
   • Sulphur Springs drive-in volcano and mud baths
   • Diamond Falls Botanical Gardens
   • Marigot Bay

   Getting ashore

   Ships dock at Pointe Seraphine across the harbor from town (small ferry or a 15-20 minute walk around) or at La Place Carenage on the town side.

   Best months

   Dec-Apr dry season; Jun-Nov is wetter with Aug-Oct hurricane risk

6. Day 6

   St. John's

   Antigua and BarbudaPort

   Antigua sells itself on beaches — the local line is 365 of them — and St. John's is a working town with two restored quays of shops right at the dock. The thing genuinely worth the day is Nelson's Dockyard at English Harbour, a Georgian naval yard from the age of sail that still operates as a marina, with the Shirley Heights lookout on the ridge above it.

   • Nelson's Dockyard and Shirley Heights
   • Dickenson Bay
   • Valley Church Beach on the west coast
   • Stingray City Antigua

   Getting ashore

   Docked at Heritage Quay in the middle of town; English Harbour is about 40 minutes by taxi across the island.

   Best months

   Dec-Apr; Antigua is drier than most of its neighbors. Aug-Oct is hurricane season

7. Day 7

   San Juan

   Puerto RicoPort
   San Juan port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore

8. Day 8 · At sea

9. Day 9

   Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point

   BahamasPort

   Disney's second Bahamian destination opened in June 2024 at Bannerman Town, on the southern tip of Eleuthera. Ships tie up at an open-trestle pier and a half-mile elevated walkway, served by a tram, runs to shore - a design chosen to leave the point itself largely intact. The layout is Mabrika Cove for families, Serenity Bay for adults, and the Goombay Cultural Center between them. Disney ships only.

   • Mabrika Cove, the family beach
   • Serenity Bay, the adults-only stretch
   • True-True BBQ, the included lunch
   • Bahamian artists' work and Junkanoo-inspired installations at the Goombay Cultural Center

   Getting ashore

   Ships dock at Turbot Berth; a half-mile trestle walkway and a tram connect the pier to the beaches, about ten minutes.

   Best months

   Dec-Apr for the driest, calmest conditions; Aug-Oct is hurricane season

10. Day 10

    Castaway Cay

    BahamasPort

    Disney's island near Great Abaco was a smuggler's airstrip before Disney leased it, and it is one of the few private beaches with a real pier, so there is no tender queue. Families get Pelican Plunge and Scuttle's Cove; adults get Serenity Bay at the far end of the island. Lunch at Cookie's BBQ and the bicycles are included in the fare; cabanas, floats, snorkel gear and excursions cost extra. Disney ships only.

    • Serenity Bay, the adults-only beach
    • Pelican Plunge, the floating water platform offshore
    • Cookie's BBQ, included with your fare
    • The Castaway Cay 5K along the old airstrip

    Getting ashore

    Ships dock at a pier and you walk off; trams run to the family beach and on to Serenity Bay, about ten minutes away.

    Best months

    Dec-Apr for calm weather; Aug-Oct calls are sometimes redirected around storms

11. Day 11

    Port Canaveral, FL

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    Port Canaveral, FL port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore