Disney Cruise Line names newest cruise ship
It was bound to happen sometime, but Disney Cruise Line waited until its last of three new sister ships to name one Disney Destiny.
The sister ship to Disney Wish, which debuted out of Port Canaveral in 2022 and the soon-to-debut Disney Treasure arriving to Central Florida this December, the third ship in what was originally called the Trident class had its keel laying ceremony Wednesday at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.
It won’t debut until 2025 and its home port has yet to be named, but among the details revealed for what will be the eighth ship in the cruise line’s fleet were the theme of the vessel, “Heroes & Villains.”
As such, the filigree artwork for the bow will be of Minnie Mouse wearing a superhero-style outfit complete with a cape.
The cruise line said among the characters from which it will mine features on board will be classic Disney animation films, “The Lion King,” “Hercules” and “One Hundred and One Dalmatians.”
Disney of course owns plenty of good vs. evil intellectual property including Star Wars and Marvel.
“The Disney Destiny will celebrate our most legendary Disney stories and characters, bringing them to life in new and exciting ways exclusively for Disney Cruise Line guests,” said Sharon Siskie, senior vice president and general manager for the cruise line, in a press release. “As we continue to expand our fleet, the Disney Destiny will further strengthen our position as a leader in family cruising as we offer even more ways for families to experience Disney magic and world-class service at sea.”
Just like Disney Wish and Treasure, Disney Destiny will be powered by liquefied natural gas, a cleaner burning fuel that’s part of the cruise industry’s efforts to reduce emissions.
All three are the 144,000 gross-ton, 1,254-stateroom vessels but still targeting a 4,000-passenger capacity that of its older ships, 2011’s Disney Dream and 2012’s Fantasy. The line’s first ships are the smaller Disney Magic that debuted in 1998 and Disney Wonder that debuted in 1999. They come in at 84,000 gross tons with 875 staterooms.
The line also is finishing construction for an Asia-bound cruise ship named Disney Adventure that will be the largest in the fleet at 208,000 gross tons.
Disney Wish became the line’s first new ship in more than a decade when it debuted. It continues to do short three- and four-night Bahamas sailings while Disney Treasure will pick up seven-night trips to the Caribbean.
