On Feb. 11, 2011, Disney Cruise Line® celebrated the keel laying of the Disney Fantasy™ at the Meyer Werft shipyard. This is the second of two newly designed ships that take the family cruise experience to all-new heights. The sister ship to the Disney Fantasy, the Disney Dream™ entered service on Jan. 26, 2011.
The keel laying ceremony is a significant milestone in the ship building process when the first block, or section of the ship, is lowered into the building dock and a coin is placed under the keel for good fortune. Placing the coin was Karl Holz, President of Disney Cruise Line, assisted by Minnie Mouse.
The Disney Fantasy will offer many of the innovations that the Disney Dream currently features and brought to the cruise industry for the very first time, including AquaDuck — the world’s first shipboard water coaster. However, the Disney Fantasy will feature a few new design elements and Guest experiences that will give the ship a unique identity all her own.
The 4,000-passenger Disney Fantasy will sail weeklong Eastern and WesternCaribbean cruises from Port Canaveral, Fla., beginning with its maiden voyage scheduled for March 31, 2012. In addition, the Western Caribbean itinerary will change to feature a stop at Costa Maya.
Bookings are now open for sail dates through August 2012.
The Disney Dream is on our bucket list. We will wait for the price to settle this year and start looking next year. Maybe we will get on the Fantasy can’t wait what to see what the difference are between the sister ships.
Beautiful blog
Gloria
http://www.secondstartravel.net
Hi Gloria,
We’re sailing back to backs on the Dream beginning next Sunday and I can’t wait!
Still trying to decide when to book our first Fantasy cruise!
Rhonda