🚢 Cruise Pulse

Key Attraction Temporarily Unavailable on Disney Treasure

The AquaMouse waterslide aboard Disney Treasure has been closed for the first two days of the May 23, 2026 sailing due to maintenance, according to notifications sent through the Disney Cruise Line app. The ship's departure from Port Canaveral was also delayed roughly three and a half hours, from 3:45 p.m. to about 7:30 p.m., with scaffolding and a crane seen working on the slide beforehand; no port calls were affected. The itinerary includes two sea days, then stops in St. Thomas on Tuesday and Tortola on Wednesday, another sea day Thursday, Castaway Cay Friday, and return to Port Canaveral Saturday, May 30. Guests have reportedly been told by crew the slide should reopen Monday, May 25, pending completion of maintenance and safety testing. Some past guests have noted a leak in the section where the crane and scaffolding were focused. There have been no reported injuries.
💡 What This Means For You

If you're sailing on Disney Treasure's May 23, 2026 Eastern Caribbean cruise, expect the AquaMouse slide to be unavailable for the first two sea days, with crew indicating a possible reopening on Monday, May 25. Check the Disney Cruise Line app for updates, as reopening depends on maintenance and safety testing being completed. Port calls to St. Thomas, Tortola, and Castaway Cay are not affected by the delay.

📝 Mark's Take

A three-and-a-half-hour delay out of Port Canaveral, with a crane and scaffolding parked on deck, tells me this wasn't routine downtime — something needed fixing before the ship could sail. The leak reports from an April sailing, right where the repair crew focused their work, line up too neatly to ignore, though Disney hasn't confirmed a cause. My read is guests booked on the May 23 sailing lose access to a marquee attraction for two of their busiest sea days, which is a real loss on a ship built around that slide's draw. No injuries reported and port calls stayed intact, so this is an inconvenience, not a safety crisis. If I were on that sailing, I'd check the app daily rather than count on Monday's reopening — crew estimates aren't guarantees, and past guests say this slide seems to close often.

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