Disney Returns, AI Shopping, Life at Sea

Disney Cruise Line is returning to New York in 2027, with the Disney Wish sailing seven voyages from the city between September 29 and November 5 to Bermuda, Canada and New England, and one-way to San Juan, alongside maiden Panama Canal calls at Fuerte Amador and Colon. A new study from advertising intelligence company Verve finds that 91 percent of U.S. consumers using AI tools research only one cruise brand, with the average shopper considering 1.12 cruise lines, Royal Caribbean drawing 37.1 percent of branded search activity, and price and value guiding 60 percent of consumers. And Ulyssia Residences, chaired by Frank Binder, has signed a letter of intent worth up to 1.5 billion dollars with China Merchants to build a 323-meter residential yacht carrying 122 residences and 22 guest suites, with a planned 2031 launch.