Disney Cruise Line reveals new villain-inspired spaces and characters coming to Disney Destiny in 2025

31.07.2024 - 14:52 / thepointsguy.com

A voyage aboard the Disney Destiny will be a unique one within the growing Disney Cruise Line. Unlike the line's current newest ship, Disney Wish, where the theme is one of enchantment with very Cinderella-inspired beauty and light everywhere you turn, Disney Destiny, which sets sail in 2025, has an intriguing "darker" side, too.

As all good storytellers know, for a character to rise above and become a hero, an opposing force must help drive them there. That duality of good and bad, light and dark, and hero and villain is present in virtually every great Disney story ... and in its upcoming new ship.

To that end, Disney Destiny is embracing not only the heroes of the stories, but also the villains who help create them. You'll find those darker, more complicated characters throughout the ship, including in some all-new spaces inspired and dedicated just to them.

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With bookings likely to open in the coming months, Disney Cruise Line is dedicating three days this week to Disney Destiny announcements. On Tuesday, the line shared details about Disney Destiny's all-new "Lion King"-themed dining experience, the ship's home port (Port Everglades), its cabins and more.

But be prepared, because Wednesday's announcement is all about the villain-inspired spaces and characters you'll find when the ship sets sail in late 2025.

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When it sets sail next year, Disney Destiny will have two brand-new lounges celebrating some of our favorite villainous characters you love to "hate" — and one "happy" bad-guy-themed haunt you'll also find on Disney Treasure when it sets sail in December 2024.

All-new to Disney Cruise Line on Disney Destiny will be De Vil's piano lounge, themed to the red, white, black and notorious Cruella de Vil herself.

Sometimes, on a large ship, location is everything, and Disney shares that one side of De Vil's will be open to the Grand Hall, which will make it very easy to pop in before or after doing almost anything else on the ship — such as dropping off your kiddos at the Oceaneer Club.

Leaning into not only Cruella's signature colors (and spots), this adults-only lounge will also feature a glamorous Hollywood regency style you might expect from somewhere this villain would visit.

Inside the lounge, you can expect moody tunes (from a spotted piano!), on-trend cocktails, wine and martinis. After all, Cruella's downfall was, at least in part, her pursuit of style, so you should expect nothing less in her lounge.

Yo ho, yo ho, it's a new pirate-themed watering hole for us!

In addition to the usual beverage lineup, this "Pirates of the Caribbean"-themed pub will feature an