Disney Cruise Line in Florida supports communities, conservation efforts, and the state’s economy through its operations at its homeports, Port Canaveral in Brevard County and Port Everglades in Broward County. From youth and career-readiness programs to coastal cleanups, marine conservation work and tourism activity, Disney Cruise Line helps create a positive impact in the places where its ships sail and guests begin their vacations.
That commitment has also been recognized across the industry: Disney Cruise Line was recently named the highest-ranked cruise line on the Forbes 2026 Best Brands for Social Impact list, which ranks companies based on social stances, sustainability and community support.
How Disney Cruise Line Supports Florida Communities
Disney Cruise Line supports Florida community programs through hands-on learning, education initiatives, and career exploration opportunities that benefit students, families, and local organizations in Broward and Brevard counties.
- Empowering Youth: Disney Cruise Line annually participates in Back-to-School readiness for students and educators, including with local organizations such as the Brevard Schools Foundation and the Jack & Jill Center in Broward County.
- Career Readiness: Disney Cruise Line supports Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward and Central Florida through hands-on learning experiences, including ship tours, community projects, and education activities that introduce students to new skills and future career possibilities.
- Developing Young Professionals: Disney Cruise Line invests in career readiness programming with Junior Achievement of South Florida and Space Coast with opportunities that introduce students to the maritime industry and help build professional skills.
- Community Wellbeing: Disney Cruise Line teamed up with the Starlight Children’s Foundation and Broward Health to bring the joy of movie nights to patients and families, helping to create a more positive experience during a child’s time in the hospital.
- Food Insecurity: Disney Cruise Line VoluntEARS support the Children’s Hunger Project in Brevard County each year through Back-to-School efforts, donating their time to help provide hundreds of meals for local children, with additional financial contributions to help expand access to meals throughout the school year.
Disney Cruise Line’s Economic Impact in Florida
Each sailing from Disney Cruise Line’s Florida homeports at Port Canaveral and Port Everglades helps drive economic activity beyond the terminal, supporting Florida cruise tourism, local businesses, hotel stays and jobs across the state.
- Operations Hub: Florida is home to many of Disney Cruise Line’s shoreside cast and crew members who contribute to local communities and global operations from offices across Central Florida and at its homeports in both Brevard and Broward counties.
- Connection to Central Florida Tourism: With its proximity to Walt Disney World Resort, Port Canaveral is part of a larger Central Florida tourism network, where visitor travel to the region helps support local businesses, hotel stays, and jobs beyond the port.
- Supporting Florida Tourism: As one of the world’s busiest cruise ports with convenient connections to Central Florida, Port Everglades can be part of longer, multi-stop Florida vacations for Disney Cruise Line guests — supporting tourism activity across the state.
- Investing in Future Generations: Through support of community-led education and workforce initiatives, Disney Cruise Line helps create opportunities for students and young people to explore careers connected to the maritime and tourism industries.
Disney Cruise Line's Conservation Efforts in Florida
Disney Cruise Line supports marine conservation and environmental sustainability in Florida through efforts that help protect coastal and marine environments, reduce emissions, minimize waste, and conserve natural resources.
- Restoring Coral Reefs: Building on its long-time commitment to helping protect and restore coral reefs, Disney collaborated with other coral reef management and conservation leaders to establish the Florida Coral Rescue Center in Orlando. The center is the largest facility of its kind in the United States and is part of a national network coordinated by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
- Protecting Sea Turtles: Disney Cruise Line supports Tour de Turtles in collaboration with the Sea Turtle Conservancy and Disney Conservation. This annual event at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort supports research that enables scientists to track sea turtles from their nesting beaches to foraging grounds while collecting vital data about turtles’ habits at sea.
- Beach Cleanups: In collaboration with local organizations, Disney Cruise Line VoluntEARS help clean up the coastlines of both Broward and Brevard counties.
- Educational Programming: Disney Cruise Line provides annual funding to Brevard Zoo’s youth education programs, including “Be Outside with Brevard Zoo.”
- Beautification Collaborations: Crew VoluntEARS joined the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida for a beautification project at Brevard Zoo’s “Paws On” play area, which included educational sessions about conservation and animal care.
Together, these programs reflect Disney Cruise Line’s long-standing commitment to supporting Florida communities, advancing conservation, and contributing to the state’s tourism economy through its operations at Port Canaveral and Port Everglades.
To learn more about all that Disney Cruise Line does to support its port communities, go to disneyexperiences.com/cruise-line-community