What's on the Menu Aboard Disney's Newest Ship?
Disney just pulled back the curtain on the Disney Believe, the next ship in its cruise fleet — and the reveal is stacked with new places to eat and drink. According to the Disney Parks Blog, which unveiled the ship on October 7, 2026, the Believe will debut on December 18, 2027, sailing four- and five-night itineraries to The Bahamas and the Caribbean from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The headline for dining fans: a brand-new family restaurant called Oaken’s Table: A Frozen Family Feast, plus a lineup of themed lounges, cafes, and a returning gelato shop with nearly 20 flavors.
If you follow Disney Cruise Line dining the way we do, this is the announcement to bookmark. It tells you exactly where the ship’s culinary energy is going — a new show-dining restaurant, two returning rotational favorites, and a set of bars pulled straight from Disney’s animated catalog. Below is what the Disney Parks Blog actually confirmed, plus our read on what it means for anyone already eyeing a 2027 sailing.
The big new restaurant: Oaken’s Table
The marquee dining addition is Oaken’s Table: A Frozen Family Feast. Per the Disney Parks Blog, this is “a new restaurant” built around “a brand-new, untold chapter in the Frozen story,” set in a Scandinavian forest courtyard. Guests sit down to a feast accompanied by “rousing, reimagined renditions of famous tunes from the popular Frozen soundtracks,” with appearances from Anna and Kristoff.
That framing matters. Disney is describing Oaken’s Table as a show-and-feast experience — entertainment woven directly into the meal — rather than a straightforward table-service restaurant. We won’t speculate on the menu, because the Disney Parks Blog didn’t publish one; what the announcement confirms is the concept (a Frozen-themed family feast) and the characters involved (Anna and Kristoff). If you’ve enjoyed Disney’s other story-driven dining at sea, this looks like the Believe’s signature sit-down experience.
The rotational dining you already know
Alongside Oaken’s Table, the Believe carries two rotational family restaurants that the Disney Parks Blog says are “joining its sister ships within the Wish class”:
- 1923
- Worlds of Marvel
Rotational dining is the backbone of the Disney Cruise Line experience — you and your serving team move through different themed restaurants across your voyage. The presence of 1923 and Worlds of Marvel signals that the Believe slots into the same Wish-class dining structure Disney has been building out, rather than reinventing the format.
Lounges and bars pulled from the animated vault
The Believe’s drink scene leans hard into recognizable Disney stories. Here’s how the Disney Parks Blog described each venue:
| Venue | Theme / inspiration | What’s served |
|---|---|---|
| Wishing Well | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | A bar evoking the castle, with stained glass artwork |
| Gazelle | Zootopia entertainment hub | Family fun by day; adult-exclusive entertainment by night, with a new show featuring Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde |
| Sea Notes | The Little Mermaid (Ariel’s grotto) | “An expertly crafted menu of cocktails and non-alcoholic sips” at a pearlescent piano lounge |
| Skygazers | Observatory-themed pub | ”Custom-made craft brews, specialty cocktails and light bites” |
| Haunted Mansion Parlor | The Haunted Mansion | ”A brand-new selection of ghoulish delights for its thirsty visitors” |
The Haunted Mansion Parlor is a returning concept — it’s been a standout on newer Disney ships — and the Believe gets a refreshed drink selection for it. Sea Notes and Skygazers are the venues to watch if cocktails or craft beer are part of your vacation ritual.
Sweets and coffee
For the daytime and dessert crowd, the Disney Parks Blog confirmed three spots:
- Inside Out: Joyful Sweets — a returning favorite featuring “nearly 20 flavors of gelato and ice cream, daily handcrafted gelato specials and a colorful lineup of signature sweets.”
- Big Hero Sips — a Big Hero 6-inspired cafe serving “coffee, tea and specialty beverages.”
- Café Kakamora — a Moana-themed cafe offering the same coffee, tea, and specialty-beverage menu.
Two coffee cafes on one ship is a notable detail. It suggests Disney is designing the Believe for the grab-a-coffee-and-go rhythm that long sea days encourage, with the gelato counter doing the heavy lifting on the family-treat side.
Why this matters for your 2027 planning
Here’s our take. A ship reveal this far ahead — the Believe doesn’t sail until December 18, 2027 — is really a planning signal. Dining reservations and onboard experiences on Disney Cruise Line fill up fast, and knowing now that Oaken’s Table is the Believe’s headline experience lets you prioritize it the moment booking windows open. The same goes for the adult-leaning venues: if Gazelle’s nighttime programming and the Sea Notes piano lounge are on your list, those are the kinds of experiences that reward early awareness.
A few grounded numbers to anchor your planning from the announcement: the Believe debuts December 18, 2027, runs four- and five-night Bahamas and Caribbean sailings out of Port Everglades, and its gelato shop promises nearly 20 flavors. Everything else about menus and pricing is still to come — and when Disney publishes those details, we’ll break them down here.
For the full reveal, see the primary source: Disney’s official Disney Parks Blog post on the Disney Believe.
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