Disney Found a Way to Reach Bermuda Without Leaving Florida

Disney Cruise Line has added an eight-night round-trip sailing from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale to Bermuda, departing 18 March 2028. Bermuda cruises almost always leave from the northeast — New York, Boston, Baltimore, Cape Liberty — because the island sits roughly 650 miles off the Carolinas and the run from the mid-Atlantic coast is short. Sailing there from South Florida is a longer and less obvious proposition, and it is the reason the itinerary needs eight nights rather than the customary seven.

The trade for that extra sea time is an unusually dense port list. The sailing includes an overnight call at King’s Wharf, Bermuda’s cruise terminal at the western end of the island, which gives passengers two full days ashore instead of the single day most Bermuda itineraries allow. It also calls at both of Disney’s private Bahamian destinations: Castaway Cay, the line’s original island, and Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point on Eleuthera, the newer development. Combining Bermuda with both private islands on one ticket is not something the line has offered before.

The cruise falls within Disney Fantasy’s first season at Fort Lauderdale. The 2012-built ship moves to the new home port in December 2027 for a season running through April 2028, which is itself part of a broader Disney repositioning as newer vessels take over the Port Canaveral and Miami sailings that have anchored the line for years. Fort Lauderdale gives the Fantasy a second South Florida base with its own catchment and its own airport, and Bermuda is the itinerary meant to distinguish it.

The sailing was announced as part of Disney’s fall 2027 to spring 2028 deployment, and booking windows for that block open on the usual tiered schedule, with the highest Castaway Club tiers and returning guests getting first access before general sale. Bermuda’s cruise season is short and heavily weather-dependent, which is why a March departure is notable: it sits at the very start of the island’s season, when the Atlantic crossing can be brisk and the beaches are quieter than in summer.

Sources: Cruise Industry News, The Disney Cruise Line Blog