The Orlando Sentinel reports that Disney Cruise Line will debut a new stage show on the Disney Wonder this spring. The show, Toy Story - The Musical, will evidently take the place of long-running Hercules - A Muse-ical Comedy.

Video of the new show can be seen at the Sentinel link above and additional information has been posted at DCLNews.com.

It will be sad to see Hercules leave DCL for many reasons. It was one of the original shows on both the Magic and Wonder, it has a more adult-oriented slant, and it was regularly updated with humor based on current events. These are some things the other shows can't emulate. Everything runs its course however and event the most successful shows on Broadway eventually close.

Lets hope Toy Story is a good replacement.

In the Sunday (December 16, 2007) edition of the St. Petersburg Times:

Cruising returns to St. Croix

St. Croix is readying its brightly painted colonial buildings and centuries-old sugar mills to welcome cruise ship passengers again.

Disney Cruise Line announced new eastern Caribbean itineraries for 2009, with one seven-night cruise that will feature a day stop in St. Croix, the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Most major cruise lines suspended visits to St. Croix five years ago, citing crime and a lack of consumer demand.

Cruise ship cancellations were estimated to cost roughly $50-million a year in lost revenues in St. Croix, which went from hosting about 230,000 passengers a year to a couple thousand from lines that made short nighttime stops to refuel.

Interesting reasons as to why many cruise lines discontinued visits to the port. I bet Disney got quite the deal to make visits to the island and I'd venture a guess that those savings certainly were not passed onto the guests. Guess they never overlook the opportunity to make the big bucks, huh?