Disney Declares Main Cruise Line Enlargement with 4 New Ships

Disney Cruise Line plans so as to add 4 new ships within the coming years, bringing its whole fleet measurement to 13.

The brand new ships, which Disney introduced as a part of its D23 occasion this weekend, will arrive between 2027 and 2031. Disney stated the names of the brand new ships, their design, and the place they might sail have been nonetheless in growth.

“At Disney Experiences, Imagineers dream, create, design and construct these tales into actual locations… every little thing we’re going to share with you is in energetic growth,” Josh D’Amaro, the chairman of Disney Experiences, stated in an announcement. “Plans are drawn. Grime is transferring.”

Along with the newly introduced ships, Disney presently operates 5 ships and is planning on including 4 extra within the close to future, together with the Disney Future, which the corporate plans to launch in 2025. That ship will characteristic a heroes and villains theme together with recently-announced new eating places like a “The Lion King”-themed spot full with home windows that transition from dawn to sundown as you eat, tiered risers made to appear to be African drums, dwell musicians and storytellers, and favourite songs just like the “Circle of Life” and “Hakuna Matata.”

The corporate can be getting ready for the launch of the Disney Treasure, which is about to hit the excessive seas late this yr. Over the weekend, D’Amaro detailed a brand new onboard stage manufacturing all about “Moana” on the ship, which is able to characteristic a larger-than-life 15-foot-tall puppet model of the fiery Te Kā.

“I’ve had an opportunity to see this in particular person, and it’s beautiful,” D’Amaro stated, including the puppet was “the most important we’ve ever produced for a Disney Cruise Line present.” 

At the moment, Disney sails to the Caribbean, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, Alaska, Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, Australia, and past.

Along with giant ocean cruises, Disney operates a sequence of expedition and river cruises by way of its Adventures by Disney model.