Disney Dream
The Disney Dream shortly after undocking
Lloyd 's Register of Shipping
IMO no. 9434254
The Disney Dream ( Dream dt ) is a post-Panamax cruise ship in the American shipping company Disney Cruise Line. She is the first ship that was built by the shipping company at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg (Emsland). With a length of almost 340 meters and a survey of about 130,000 gross tonnage, the Disney Dream was the largest built in Germany cruise ship at delivery in December 2010.
History
On 24 April 2007, the Disney Cruise Line ordered the two post-Panamax cruise ships Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg. On 2 March 2009, the cut of the shipbuilding steel and the end of August of the same year began the keel laying took place. On June 1, 2010, the last building block, a 260 -ton portion of the bow attached. After undocking on 30 October 2010, the Disney Dream was transferred on 13 November 2010 by Papenburg Ems to Eemshaven the pent-up on the night of the 12th, from where the shipyard sea trials began and the ship was equipped.
It was the last transfer under the flag of the Meyer shipyard through Hamburg to Bremerhaven. There was the ship on December 9 - symbolized by the traditional flag change - from the Meyer Werft to the president of Disney Cruise Line, Karl Holz, passed. At the Columbus was still a complete set of equipment and supplies, as well as the ship's crew; Captain Tom Forberg took command of the ship.
The crossing to Florida was made on December 19, 2010. The Disney Dream is used on routes in the Caribbean. The ship was christened on January 19, 2011 by the U.S. singer and actress Jennifer Hudson. After a two- day mini- cruise for members of the press and competition winners, the Disney Dream left on January 26, 2011 Port Canaveral for its maiden voyage.
Technology
The Disney Dream is measured with a gross tonnage of approximately 128,000, 339.5 meters above all long, 36.8 meters wide and has 14 passenger decks and 1,250 staterooms.
Special
The appearance of the ship based on passenger liners of the 1930s and has both design elements of Art Deco as well as elements from the world of Disney on. The hull is black, white superstructure with two red chimneys.
The interior cabins on the Disney Dream all have a "virtual porthole " on which a high-resolution real-time view is shown of the sea. In addition, Disney characters from the animated film Finding Nemo or Mickey Mouse are recorded.
One of the attractions on board is called the water slide, "Aqua Duck". It is 233 meters long and runs over four decks.
The Disney Dream during transfer
The Disney Dream at Meyer Werft
The Disney Dream at Meyer Werft