Disney Fantasy Heading to Port After Suffering Mechanical Issues

UPDATE: The Disney Fantasy has finally started to sail around 7:00p Eastern Time. You can watch a rare Port Canaveral night sailing right now on the Port Canaveral Webcam.

UPDATE: Although Disney Cruise Line expected today’s cruise to leave as scheduled, it seems they are still experiencing some delays:

Captain Thord on Disney Fantasy announced our departure is delayed due to maintenance & would update us later if need be #starwarsdayatsea — TheDisneyWord (@TheDisneyWord) February 6, 2016

You can monitor the Fantasy by viewing the Port Canaveral Webcam.

PREVIOUSLY:

Although passengers aboard the Disney Fantasy were scheduled to visit Castaway Cay — Disney’s private island in the Carribean — today, it has been announced that the ship will instead head back to port after one of its engines stopped functioning properly.

According to the Disney Cruise Line Blog. the Fantasy seems to be moving a bit slower than normal (about 17 knots compared to the typical 22 knots). Castaway Cay would have been the last stop before returning to Port Canaveral and guests were informed that the stop was being skipped to ensure an on-time arrival.

Inconvenienced travels will apparently be offered 20% off future Disney Cruises as well as $200 in credit to be used on the ship

Some travelers aboard the ship have tweeted about the situation:

The Disney Fantasy is experiencing a mechanical problem and will not be able to dock at Castaway Cay tomorrow 😭 @TheDCLBlog — Heather (@hkeller) February 4, 2016

Wow, ongoing mechanical "challenges" prevent Fantasy from stopping at Castaway Cay tomorrow. Straight to Port Canaveral. 💩 /cc @TheDCLBlog — This Is Our Next (@thisisournext) February 4, 2016

DCL is giving us 20% off a future cruise. Not helping at the moment but it will at some point. — Heather (@hkeller) February 4, 2016

DCL Blog also reports that, as of now, there is no scheduled delay for the next Fantasy Cruise departing on February 6th.