Disney Cruise Line diverts ship away from climate protests in Amsterdam
Disney Cruise Line has decided to divert Disney Dream away from Amsterdam due to ongoing protests at the port which could prevent the ship from passing through the locks.
Several lines in recent weeks have struggled to dock their ships in the Dutch city with some deciding to sail to IJmuiden, around an hour’s drive away, instead.
Planned Extinction Rebellion protests have forced lines to amend itineraries with Amsterdam calls.
According to Cruise Hive, Disney Dream will now spend an additional day in Zeebrugge, Belgium, and skip the planned call in Amsterdam instead during its seven-night sailing starting from Southampton on 1 September.
The 4,000-passenger ship will arrive in Zeebrugge on 6 September – rather than Amsterdam – and spend two days in the Belgian port before returning to the UK on 8 September.
Disney is offering each cabin an onboard credit of $250 for shipboard services during the cruise following the amendment.
All pre-reserved excursions in Amsterdam have been cancelled and passengers have reimbursed them.
TTG has contacted Disney Cruise Line for further comment.
Itineraries operated by Royal Caribbean International’s Serenade of the Seas, Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ Seven Seas Mariner and both Ambassador Cruise Line’s vessels – Ambition and Ambience – have all been affected by climate action groups in recent weeks.
Cruise ships have also been the focus of protests in France this summer. Activists from the Stop Cruises BZH Collective and Extinction Rebellion groups banded together to block another Regent ship Seven Seas Voyager from entering Concarneau in north-west France.
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