Disney kicks off first cruises from Texas

Kent Phillips

By Gene Sloan, USA TODAY

Is Texas ready for the Mouse?

The first Disney cruises out the Lone Star State kicked off over the weekend with a celebration at the Port of Galveston.

The 1,754-passenger Disney Magic set sail from the port on Saturday for the first of several dozen four-, six-, seven- and eight-night sailings to the Caribbean and Bahamas. The ship will be based in Galveston through May, when it repositions to Barcelona for the summer of 2013.

Disney already has announced plans for more cruises out of Galveston over the winter of 2013-14 aboard the Disney Magic's sister ship, the Disney Wonder.

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