Tampa

[cruisin1982]

Why don’t disney cruise from tampa.

 

 

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[ivanp91]

Many possible reasons...

 

Disney already has well-established infrastructure to seamlessly get guests between Disney World/MCO/Port Canaveral. Their fleet is too small to support a second Central Florida homeport. The majority of cruises out of Tampa seem to only visit the Western Caribbean, there's no point in DCL transferring a ship from elsewhere, when they can offer not only Western, but also Eastern Caribbean and Bahamian cruises from PC.

[PopFla]

One simple reason is that the Sunshine Skyway Bridge's vertical clearance limit (distance between high tide waterline and the underside of the bridge) is 180 feet, and all of the Disney ships' height above the waterline exceeds 180 feet. A 2014 FDOT study noted that the Skyway's low bridge clearance prevented larger vessels from using the Port Tampa Bay terminals, but made no recommendation about options as the air draft of most new cruise ships exceeds the bridge's height limit at 180 feet (55 m).

[cruisin1982]

Thanks that could be a problem getting stuck under the bridge.

 

 

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[1025cruise]

Also, Disney only has 4 ships (at the minute). Only so many places to put them.

[chemistrynerd]

One simple reason is that the Sunshine Skyway Bridge's vertical clearance limit (distance between high tide waterline and the underside of the bridge) is 180 feet, and all of the Disney ships' height above the waterline exceeds 180 feet. A 2014 FDOT study noted that the Skyway's low bridge clearance prevented larger vessels from using the Port Tampa Bay terminals, but made no recommendation about options as the air draft of most new cruise ships exceeds the bridge's height limit at 180 feet (55 m).

 

Super interesting. The Magic and Wonder are listed at 171.5 ft, but maybe that's too close for comfort. The Dream and Fantasy are 216 ft. Back when the bridge was built, I doubt anybody anticipated that cruise ships would be so tall.

[moki'smommy]

In addition to the bridge issue, Tampa doesn't really add any options to the cruises now available. It is more a "why would they?" rather than a "why don't they?"