Disney cruise ship to get Fantasia-themed splash pool, LCD TVs

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  1. Northern Sorcerer Mickey

    Northern Sorcerer Mickey Member

    From the Orlando Sentinel:

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    Disney cruise ship to get Fantasia-themed splash pool, LCD TVs
    posted by Jason Garcia on Sep 4, 2008 3:28:44 PM

    The Disney Magic cruise ship will get a splash pool themed around the movie "Fantasia," new 22-inch, LCD television sets in cabins and a series of other upgrades during a nearly three-week stay in dry dock later this month.

    Disney says the 385-square-foot "Mickey's Splash Zone" will be added onto the Mickey Pool on the ship's deck nine. Themed around the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment in Fantasia, it will feature star- and moon-shaped fountains and splash zones (including, Disney says, an area for "children not yet toilet trained and in swim diapers").

    The new televisions, meanwhile, will be mounted on swivel arms so they can be watched from different spots in a stateroom.

    Other upgrades to the 2,700-passenger Magic, according to a release Disney issued earlier this week, will include new waterfalls from a pair of hot tubs in the pool at the adult-oriented "Quiet Cove;" plush new chairs at the nearby "Cove Cafe;" and new registration areas to allow "radio frequency identification" at the kid-focused "Oceaneer Club" and "Oceaneer Lab" that will ultimately allow children to check in and out by tapping a sensor with with tag-embedded wristbands.

    Disney also plans to apply a new hull coating during the dry dock in Norfolk, Va., that is designed to reduce surface resistance in the water and improve fuel efficiency.
     
    Northern Sorcerer Mickey, Sep 5, 2008
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  2. mini-canadian

    mini-canadian Member

    Woohoo!!!! ; That is awesome news, can't wait to see it all done!!!
     
    mini-canadian, Sep 5, 2008
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  3. mattfrompa

    mattfrompa Member

    Sweet all new pretty ship for next November ; :eek:
     
    mattfrompa, Sep 5, 2008
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  4. realfam

    realfam Member

    I'll see it in 5 weeks. ............ I'll take some photos
     
    realfam, Sep 5, 2008
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  5. Ham Ham

    Ham Ham Member

    Lucky Realfam & crew get to break in the refurbed magic.
    I wonder if the new TV's will be HD or just SD.
    Hopefully the DD 12 will let us know how the RFID works on the ship.
    When we were on the Magic last October DD 13, at the time, had a behind the scenes tour of the video operation centre. Very cool.
    The stagehand who arranged it for us is named Charlie and she is from the Toronto area.

    Shot of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard
    [​IMG]
     
    Ham Ham, Sep 5, 2008
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  6. mini-canadian

    mini-canadian Member

    That would be very cool to see. ; I would believe that most of the new tv's are HD....do they even make tv's now that aren't??
     
    mini-canadian, Sep 5, 2008
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  7. Ham Ham

    Ham Ham Member

    Most TV's are HD or HD ready but they still make some flat screens in SD.

    http://www.walmart.ca/wps-portal/storel ... goryId=799
     
    Ham Ham, Sep 6, 2008
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