I Only Go on Cruises That Stop at Disney's Private Island Castaway Cay

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• Before returning to the ship, I send a postcard from the island and check out the special merchandise
• When Will the Disney Adventure Set Sail?
• Florida Teacher Arrested for Indecent Exposure at Walt Disney World Resort Hotel & More: Daily Recap (4/19/
• I only book a Disney cruise if it's going to the company's private island, Castaway Cay
• Getting around the island is easy with the complimentary tram
• In Service

At the time Genting Hong Kong – the parent company of Genting Cruise Lines – declared bankruptcy in January 2022, the new ship was approximately 70% completed. For months, the hull remained in limbo while rumors swirled about cruise purchases or potential scrapping. Disney Cruise Line estimates the passenger capacity of the 208,000-gross-ton ship to be approximately 6,000 with around 2,300 crew members. It is expected to be among the first in the cruise industry to be fueled by green methanol, one of the lowest emission fuels available. The 208,000-gross-ton ship is expected to be among the first in the cruise industry to be fueled by green methanol, one of the lowest emission fuels available.

Before returning to the ship, I send a postcard from the island and check out the special merchandise

I have researched the original design and will discuss how Disney Cruise Line might put its own very individual Imagineering stamp on what is already a ship design that has many things already decided. On March 8, 2018, MV Werften actually conducted two steel-cutting ceremonies - one at the Wismar Shipyard and another at the Warnemunde-Rostock Shipyard. The vessel's production takes place in both yards, with final assembly in Wismar. The construction process involves around 600 companies (subcontractors / equipment producers and suppliers).

When Will the Disney Adventure Set Sail?

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A total of 30 large-sized sections were pre-fabricated and assembled in Stralsund and subsequently shipped to Wismar for final assembly. At Wismar Shipyard's outfitting quay was installed (specially purchased for GHK's Global-class project) a 125 m (410 ft) high gantry crane. On June 11, 2022, Christoph Morgen (GHK's MV Werften's insolvency administrator) announced that the unfinished sistership (the second GLOBAL-class unit/"Global Dream 2") will be sold for scrap. The unit had a completed lower hull with installed machinery (Including the engines) and some of the systems. The plan was for the installed systems and machinery to be removed and sold, and the half-finished hull to be separately sold at scrap prices.

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The pre-Disney design provided for 2,350 passenger cabins allowing for 9,000 passengers, 4,700 of those in lower berths. Disney's announcement of the acquisition stated her expected passenger capacity to be around 6,000 passengers, with a crew of approximately 2,300. In late July 2020, Dream Cruises debuted (on MS Explorer Dream) the "Flexi-Feast" - a completely customized shipboard dining (food and beverage) concept that allows passengers to choose from more venues. Construction will be completed at the former MV Werften shipyard in Wismar, Germany, under the management of Meyer Werft, the Papenburg-based company that built the Disney Dream, Disney Fantasy, Disney Wish, and Disney Treasure.

The ship will sail several roundtrip jaunts, typically 3 to 4 nights, to calls near Syndey, such as Hobart, Tasmania, and Philip and Moreton Islands, Australia. Longer cruises take passengers to Fiji, and Great Barrier Reef calls, including Cairns, Willis Island, and Airlie Beach, Australia. The 2,600-passenger Pacific Adventure is one of the larger ships in the P&O Cruises Australia fleet, homeported in Sydney.

The steel-cut ceremonies were attended by Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay (GHK's CEO and Chairman). Disney Adventure's Maiden Voyage and the inaugural season's itineraries (the exact Asian ports, as well as the relocation voyage from Europe to Asia/RepositionCruises.com) are to be announced sometime in 2024. Disney took over the vessel without warranty claims and stated that would complete/rebuild the liner at its own risk and expense, planning to invest ~EUR 1 billion for its conversion. It was commented that the cheap sale could result in a failure of the guarantees given for this shipbuilding project. Reportedly, GHK-Genting had taken out loans of EUR 650+ million from a consortium of 16 banks for Global Dream. To a large extent, the loans' repayment was secured by guarantees from the federal (Germany's) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state governments.

Getting around the island is easy with the complimentary tram

Disney Cruise Line expects the passenger capacity to be approximately 6,000 with around 2,300 crew members. But a roller coaster at sea is still not a very common attraction on a cruise ship. This is a feature that you find on many other cruise lines, but none of the other ships in the Disney fleet have this facility.

The forward funnels are not mechanically necessary and are for aesthetics. But just as on the other Disney Cruise ships the funnel will have a practical use. You can see though that the split funnel, just as it was on the original design of Global Dream is now a feature on Disney Adventure.

The Disney Fantasy is based out of Port Canaveral but was in the Atlantic Ocean about 180 miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The ship’s crew contacted Coast Guard watchstanders in Sector San Juan regarding the medical emergency. The watchstanders coordinated the medevac, sending an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter and an HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft.

It really has to be, as this was a ship that was already at a very advanced design stage. However, it is a lot of fun to speculate on what this new, and most likely very different Disney Cruise ship will be like. In March 2023, Disney Cruise Line signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Singapore Tourism Board for homeporting the ship in Singapore (at Marina Bay Cruise Centre) for at least 5 years, starting in 2025 (through 2030). The ship's new name (Disney Adventure) was officially announced on September 9, 2023.

Disney Cruise Line has announced the name of its seventh ship joining the fleet. It will be fascinating over the coming months to see all of the details revealed, and then to experience a cruise onboard Disney Adventure. It is very successful on the other ships as spaces usually fill up, so no doubt the concept will be expanded upon in this ship. It will be interesting to see if they are kept in a dedicated space, like on most of the ships, or spread out more, as on the Disney Wish.

What is a very sure bet is that there will be at least two additional high-end restaurants which will have an additional charge. I am sure many will disagree with me, but Star Wars probably just isn’t popular enough for a ship that is going to be sailing in Asia. Likely a stylish nostalgia restaurant, a Princess movie-themed restaurant, and perhaps even a second movie franchise-themed restaurant. Obviously, they are going to have to be a lot larger to serve the increased number of guests. Another feature that most likely will be retained from the original design is the control panel technology. It looks like a good idea, but may not fit in with the design concept for Disney, although it would be great for older kids and even other adults staying in the stateroom.

The costs of finishing the ship and making it part of the Disney fleet will be considerable. We really don’t know to what extent the build was complete or which design decisions can be changed. Whilst we can get some idea of the space, the design will most likely be very very different. However, the ship was acquired by DCL at a stage where interior design choices could still be made, and this is what will make the Treasure so recognizable as a Disney Ship.

The all-new Disney Adventure ship, which saw its big name reveal at the 2023 Destination D23 event, is poised to join the existing six ships (yes, we’re already including the soon-to-sail Disney Treasure!) in the near future. However, because the Disney Adventure is so new, there’s not a whole lot of information available about this upcoming ship. Crew complement will also be bigger on the larger Disney Adventure, with an estimated 2,300 crew members as befits the Global-class design. Some other cruise line's private islands, like Norwegian's Great Stirrup Cay, don't have a dock, so cruisers must take tender ships (small boats) from the cruise ship to the island. Deborah Cogin, vice president of guest experiences at P&O Cruises Australia, expressed enthusiasm about the new offerings, saying, “The crew worked extremely hard in dry dock, and the end result is a great upgrade to an already fantastic ship.