A new report by Forbes reveals that Disney Cruise Line accidentally overstated their emissions by 30+ times for two years.

Disney Cruise Line Overstated Emissions

Though it operates as Disney Cruise Line, Disney’s cruise company is actually run by Magical Cruise Company, a subsidiary based in the United Kingdom. The Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regulations introduced by the U.K. government in 2018 require large companies using more than 40,000 kilowatt-hours of energy in the country to provide detailed emissions disclosures beginning in April 2019.

As Forbes notes, all cruise lines are under pressure to be more environmentally friendly and clearly communicate regarding their emissions. Financial statements reveal that Magical Cruise Company had to recalculate their 2021 and 2020 emissions reports, revealing that they actually overestimated their emissions by a significant amount.

The cruise line’s 2021 financial statements showed that the energy consumption used to calculate emissions was 5,046,135,433 kilowatt-hours for the period ending on October 2, 2021. The same statements showed that the energy consumption used to calculate emissions was 2,043,627,827 kilowatt-hours for the period ending on October 3, 2020.

The 2022 financial statements retroactively reduced these numbers to 170,763,841 kilowatt-hours for 2021 and 56,583,468 kilowatt-hours for 2020. Respectively, these are 30 times and 36 times lower.

The statements reveal similar retroactive updates to the tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) numbers. The old statements indicate Disney Cruise Line generated 1,302,416 total gross tCO2e for the 2021 period and 527,992 total gross tCO2e for the 2020 period.

The 2022 statements have lowered these numbers to 46,000 total gross tCO2e (2021) and 15,242 total gross tCO2e (2020). These numbers are 28 times and 35 times lower, respectively.

The 2022 financial statements do not give a reason for the reductions to previous years. Disney declined to give an official statement to Forbes but did explain the updated numbers.

Last year, Disney Cruise Line discovered that the previous emission figures had been miscalculated. Before realizing the error, they calculated emissions based on fuel used in U.K. waters as well as unused fuel remaining on ships when they left and re-entered the area. This method led to unused fuel being counted on multiple occasions.

Disney Cruise Line recalculated the previous emissions and is now only reporting the fuel used while the ships were in U.K. waters.

Forbes pointed to a recent survey by facilities management and services provider company Mitie that found more than half of U.K.-based sustainability professionals found the SECR reporting requirements too complicated, which could explain how Disney made such a glaring error.

Though emissions being lower than originally reported is good, a lack of accurate reporting could be a problem. U.S.-based environmental organization Friends of the Earth gives Disney Cruise Line an overall C grade but an A for transparency, stating “Disney is one of the cruise lines that responded to our inquiries about its environmental practices with specifics.”

Despite the overall C, Disney Cruise Line is still near the top of Friends of the Earth’s Cruise Ship Report Card, falling behind only Regent Seven Seas Cruises, which has a C+. Disney was recently downgraded from the top position for its development of Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point, which Friends of the Earth states could cause destruction to the ecologically rich area of the Bahamas.

Disney Cruise Line currently has five ships sailing, with the Disney Treasure launching this December. The Disney Destiny and Disney Adventure will follow in 2025. Tokyo Disney Resort owners Oriental Land Company are developing a ship for a 2029 launch. And Disney announced four more ships in development, bringing the total to 13 ships sailing by 2031.

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We recently stayed in one of the renovated “Mickey & Friends” deluxe rooms of Disney’s Hollywood Hotel at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. The renovated rooms opened this spring featuring Art Deco artwork and architecture inspired by old Hollywood.

Mickey & Friends Deluxe Room at Disney’s Hollywood Hotel

Entryway

By the front door is a spacious open closet. It has a dark brown bench/shelf with gold-tone trim. The rod and hangars are also brown, with gold-tone metal hardware.

The artwork along the back of the closet features Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby Vanderquack from “DuckTales.” This may be the first time Webby appears in a Disney hotel. The group is peeking around a red curtain, as though looking backstage.

The safe and slippers are in cubbies below the bench. The slippers, a standard offering of Asian hotels, are red and feature golden silhouettes of Mickey and Minnie. The entryway and living space have fake light wood flooring.

Next to the closet is a small marble countertop with gray diamond-patterned walls. There is a Philips coffee maker and one outlet converter.

In the above photo, you can also see the hotel’s new retro movie ticket-inspired key cards.

Below the coffee-maker is the mini-fridge, which is pretty small (even for a mini-fridge). Mugs, Hollywood Hotel-branded coasters, and an ice bucket are on shelves on the side of this structure.

Restroom

Across from the closet is the bathroom, with a full-length mirror on the door. The frame is silver-tone and rounded at the top and bottom to channel Art Deco vibes.

The bathroom’s floor is white marble tile with the occasional black accent stripes, reflecting the entire room’s new black-and-white color palette. The toilet has a built-in fold-down kid’s seat.

The Art Deco-style vanity has a black and white marble top. There are cubbies for towels on the front sides. A small glass shelf is in the corner. Tall lights in silver sconces are on either side of a rectangular mirror with a black film strip-inspired frame.

The shower curtain is appropriately red with black silhouettes of Mickey and friends marching along the bottom. The exterior of the bathtub and the walls of the shower are gray marble tile.

We noticed all the facets of the shower except the tile and curtain are the same as those at Shanghai Disney Resort. We recently stayed in a Buzz Lightyear-themed Toy Story Hotel room at Shanghai Disney Resort.

The mounted Rituals amenities are conditioner, shampoo, and shower gel.

As of April 22 (Earth Day), Hong Kong Disneyland Resort no longer offers free amenities, as part of environmentally-friendly efforts. You can still buy those amenities, and here at Disney’s Hollywood Hotel, they come in a cute red clapboard-inspired wristlet. This set is HK$40 (about US$5.13).

“Disney’s Hollywood Hotel” is on the front and Goofy’s silhouette is on the back. There are enough amenities like toothbrushes and toothpaste inside for four people. The items aren’t thematic.

Bedroom

The bedroom is definitely a glow-up, especially considering most recent Disney hotel remodels are taking away theming. This is a perfect example of how theming and immersion can still be modern and clean.

For reference, above is what these rooms used to look like.

Climate controls are on the wall next to the beds. There is also a pair of standard Hong Kong outlets on that wall, which is a deep red.

The end table between the beds is a light-up “Now Showing” marquee. Note that there are no drawers in the table — in fact, there are no drawers in the room. There is plenty of space but not a lot of spots to hide things.

On top of the end table are various coupons and the phone. Above the table are outlets and light controls. There are two standard Hong Kong outlets and four USB outlets.

Another note when it comes to storage: they didn’t opt to lift the beds off the ground, making space for luggage to go underneath.

The beds have white subtly-striped sheets. The stark whiteness is offset by black accent pillows with golden silhouettes of Mickey and Minnie.

There is a built-in yellow-gold headboard that runs the length of this wall behind both beds.

Above the beds is a cute new mural with its own lighting. On either side of the mural are small film strip-inspired pillars.

The mural features a gray Art Deco background. Mickey and friends are pictured mostly wearing red with yellow as an accent color.

Their fashions and art styles are inspired by their 1930s appearances, although Hong Kong Disney has taken some liberties. The most obvious vintage style is Minnie’s skirt and flower hat.

Donald is also depicted in a style similar to his first appearance in “The Wise Little Hen.”

A TV is mounted on the white wall across from the beds.

Painted on the wall is a Mickey-branded stage light. A painted spotlight points down at a black film strip-inspired stool.

There are also real versions of that painted spotlight in the form of the room’s standing lamp. It’s black with two stage lights.

They are adorned with gold Mickey heads.

The chairs are yellow with black seats. They each have brown legs with gold-tone feet.

The top of the table between them resembles a golden film reel.

A circular mirror above the seats has another film reel-inspired frame.

Watch our full video tour of the Mickey & Friends room below.

Disney’s Hollywood Hotel also has a remodeled lobby. Marvel-themed rooms are coming soon.

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