Disney Cruise Line presented yesterday at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, in a solemn ceremony, the Disney Dream on keel. It is the first of two new vessels to expand with the Walt Disney Company, its cruise offerings for families. The Disney Dream in 2011 added to the Disney Cruise Line fleet. The second new ship, the Disney fantasy, follows 2012th The two ocean liners will have each more than 1,250 luxuriously appointed rooms and have a size of 128,000 gt. Disney Cruise Line will ensure that their passenger capacity to more than double.
After several years of planning, the Disney Dream takes now on the keel shape. The keel is a key milestone in shipbuilding, in the first block of the vessel is lifted into the building dock. This put Tom Forberg, the future captain of the Disney Dream, a coin for good luck on the bracing. Forberg can look back on a long career with Disney Cruise Line. He already had the first two ships, the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder, run as a captain from the deck.
The new Crusader is a Blockbauprozess – the “Lego principle” – are constructed, prefabricated sections being connected to each other in block units and assembled to the hull. The Disney Dream will consist of 80 such blocks, the first weighing about 380 tons.
Disney Cruise Line ships combine an innovative ship design with the creativity and the world, Disney. Disney has created, together with the Meyer Werft an unusual design. Similar to the existing ships, the Disney Dream and the Disney fantasy is fully geared to the needs of families and guarantee a memorable travel experience. Details for interior design will be announced in the fall.
Home port of the two new vessels will be Port Canaveral in Florida, where already running expansion measures to accommodate the larger vessels and their guests’ every need. In addition to a Dockerweiterung and the expansion of the Disney terminal creates a multi-level parking facility which allows a seamless transition from land to sea. The Disney Wonder will sail in 2011 from the port of Los Angeles to sea and sail the west coast of the United States.
Besides the construction of new Crusades Disney Cruise Line is expanding its routes continuously. Thus, for example, the Disney Magic in the summer of 2010 once again sail the Mediterranean region. In addition to ports in Spain, Italy and France, the ship also Tunis, Malta and Corsica is launched. Furthermore, it will first go in Warnemünde and St. Petersburg at anchor and control additional ports in Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm.
