Disney starts work on new cruise ships

Disney Cruise Line on Monday announced that construction has started in Germany on two new shipsthat will be stationed at Port Canaveral.



The massive ships, being built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, are scheduled to arrive in Florida in 2011 and 2012.

They were part of a deal announced last year between Disney and Port Canaveral that will have the cruise line sailing from Brevard County for the next 15 years.

Each of the new ships will carry 4,000 passengers. That is 1,300 more than the existing Disney Magic and Disney Wonder liners that operate from Port Canaveral now.

Port Canaveral officials are spending up to $10 million to build Disney a 1,000-space parking garage. The port will borrow an additional $22 million to finance upgrades to Disney's custom terminal. The construction work must be complete by Oct. 1, 2010.

Each ship will have 1,250 staterooms and will weigh 128,000 tons.

Norwegian Cruise Line said it would begin seven-day cruises from Port Canaveral in 2010.

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Went to check out the Meyer Werft builders ofthe new DCL ships.


I think this will be a link to the web cam to one of the new DCL ships under construction


Translated from German to English using Babel Fish.
http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang= ... 0&did=1631


Link to press release from meyerwerft.de
Starting signal for first ship of Disney Cruise Line

Papenburg, 2 March 2009 -
Start freely for the building of the first of two cruise ships for Disney Cruise LINE (Orlando/USA) in Papenburg. At the 02.März 2009 the building of the new and innovative ship begins after an intensive planning and construction phase on the MEYER THREW. At this special moment one could not naturally be missing: Mickey Mouse, Disney's symbolic figure.
Together with Karl wood (president Disney Cruises) as well as throwing boss Berne pool of broadcasting corporations Meyer and the projects manager Philip Gennotte (Meyer threw) and franc de Heer (DCL) pressed Mickey Mouse the activate button of the computer-controlled electronic torch and introduced thereby the commencement of construction of the new ship.
The name of the new Disney of cruise ship is announced at a later time. It stands firmly however that the Design of the ship will adhere strong to classical models from the 30's. Engineers and designers let themselves inspire when planning of the new ship generation of the transatlantic cruisers at that time. These had one powerful black trunk, two chimneys and portholes.
Outwardly the ship will carry the colors of Mickey Mouse like the fleet already existing. Generous, family-friendly cabs round the Design concept off. To at the end of of 2012 will the MEYER THREW these two special ships at Disney Cruise LINE (DCL) to deliver. Each of the ships has a measurement of 128.000BRZ, a length over everything of 340 meters and is 37 meters wide.

 

So, under the laws of supply and demand, this means cruise prices will come down due to all that new capacity!!!!! ; ; :

 

that supposes the demand is fixed, and was satisfied with earlier supply...

Neat to see the ships being built.

 

One of the excursion DCL is offering on the 2010 European cruises is day trip to the ship yards where the new ships are being built with an exclusive tour of them. ; How cool is that!

 

Where did you hear that! ; That would be way kewl!

 

We were told that last october while aboard the Magic by the cruise director Brent