DISNEY 'MAGIC' WILL BE 'RE-IMAGINED'

In the new Aqua Lab water playground on the Disney Magic,
families can frolic among pop jets and bubblers. (Credit: Disney)

Disney Cruise Line’s flagship, the Disney Magic, will be “re-imagined” with new spaces and additions that include a new grand atrium lobby and children’s area of “super hero” proportions to a three-story water thrill ride and a space to stimulate the “Senses.” The ship features new experiences with Marvel characters – "the first time Super Hero icons from the Marvel Universe have been introduced on a Disney Cruise Line ship."

Following a dry dock Sept. 7-Oct. 10 in Cadiz, Spain, the Disney Magic will depart Oct. 20 from Miami on a special five-night voyage including two stops at Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay, and a stop at Nassau. Scheduled are two-, three-, four- and five-night cruises from Miami to the Bahamas and Western Caribbean. Beginning Jan. 2, 2014 the Disney Magic will sail from Port Canaveral on alternating three- and four-night cruises. More info at www.disneycuise.com. -- Gerry

'MAGIC' MAKES INAUGURAL STOP IN CROATIA

Disney Magic makes first stop in Croatia. (Photo: Matt Stroshane)

In another first for Disney Magic on her current European voyage, the cruise ship arrived in Dubrovnik, Croatia for the first time as part of the 2013 Mediterranean season. It's the first time a Disney Cruise Line ship has called on a Croatian port.