I don't know that that's an accurate characterization of the situation. If you are talking about total number of people worldwide that take cruises per year, then yes,
DCL numbers will not be nearly as high as quite a few others because of the number of ships. But to say they are a blip and just have a cult following is not entirely accurate either. I guarantee you many, if not most all, people that take cruises are well aware of
Disney Cruise Line and their reputation. I've spoken with many people that regularly take cruises, but have never done a
Disney cruise, that will tell you that their impression of DCL is that of a top quality cruise experience. So I would not choose to describe it as niche, and it's just a small number of cult people that are interested. That is not accurate at all. And every major travel/cruise publication in the world would say otherwise as well. I assure you if that were the case, we would not be engaging in these conversations, because there just would not be enough people interested.