Posted on Wednesday, 31st August 2011 by Dave Parfitt

On the final day of Disney’s D23 Expo, Walt Disney Imagineers Joe Lanzisero and Bob Zalk presented “Imagineering the Dream and the Fantasy: Designing for Disney Cruise Line.”  They discussed how they used their background in animation and theme park design to create a 3D storytelling experience to captivate an audience for 3-7 days.  One of the [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 25th June 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Disney Cruise Line is working furiously constructing the newest ship in their fleet, the Disney Fantasy.  The Maiden Voyage is March 31, 2012, and Disney has released details regarding some of the restaurants, shows, and experiences that await passengers on the new ship.  To whet our appetite even further, the DisneyParks Blog’s Jason Lasecki recently released this [...]

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Posted on Wednesday, 6th April 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Disney Cruise Line (DCL) has released the remainder of the 2012 itinerary, and it’s full of new ports and destinations.  They have finally confirmed the rumor that families will be able to cruise on the Disney Magic from home ports in New York City and Galveston, Texas.  The Disney Wonder will continue to summer in Alaska, but [...]

Tags: Aulani, Castaway Cay, Disney Dream, Disney Fantasy, Disney Magic, Disney Wonder, Galveston, Hawaii, New York City, San Francisco, San Juan, Seattle
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Posted on Saturday, 12th February 2011 by Dave Parfitt

It’s a busy time right now for the Disney Cruise Line.  Amidst the hullabaloo of the christening and maiden voyages of its newest cruise ship, the Disney Dream, a fourth ship is quickly coming down the pipe.  Friday, February 11, Disney Cruise Line celebrated the keel laying of the Disney Fantasy at the Meyer Werft shipyard in [...]

Tags: Disney Cruise Line, Disney Dream, Disney Fantasy, Karl Holz
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Posted on Monday, 18th October 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Update December 21, 2010: The Maiden Voyage of the Disney Fantasy has shifted from April 7, 2012 to March 31, 2012 because Disney Cruise Line will take possession of the ship earlier than originally planned.  The March 31st Maiden Voyage will be a Western Caribbean itinerary. October 18, 2010: The Disney Dream has yet to [...]

Tags: Caribbean, Castaway Cay, Disney Dream, Disney Fantasy, Disney Magic, Disney Wonder, Mexican Riviera, the Bahamas
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Posted on Monday, 30th March 2009 by John Magi

Disney Cruise Line has confirmed what we have been speculating for some time now, that one of the Disney Cruise ships, the Disney Wonder, will be repositioned to the West Coast in 2011. Disney Cruise Line has signed a multi-year arrangement with the Port of Los Angeles. Moving the Disney Wonder from Port Canaveral Florida to [...]

Tags: Disney Cruise Line, Disney Dream, Disney Fantasy, Disney Wonder, Port of Los Angeles
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Posted on Tuesday, 10th March 2009 by Pete Werner

Bob Iger announced the names of the two new Disney Cruise Line ships to shareholders today – the Disney Dream (launches 2011) and the Disney Fantasy (launches 2012).  I’m pretty sure we got both these right when we predicted it last year (I know we got the Disney Dream right, not 100% sure about the [...]

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