Thread: Disney Dream Ready for Debut

Last Sunday, Disney revealed it newest ship, Disney Dream, with a “float out” ceremony in Papenburg Germany.

The ship, which has been under construction for the last two years, emerged from undercover when the shipyard filled the dry dock and tugged the ship into the River Ems where it is now independently afloat for the first time. There is still plenty of work to be done on the ship before the official debut sailing this Jan 26, 2011.

Disney Dream is only the third ship built by Disney, while a fourth ship, Disney Fantasy is scheduled to debut in April 2012. For the last 11 years the cruise line has only sailed the same two smaller ships it started with in 1999, a pretty small fleet compared to the 23 ships of Royal Caribbean or the same number by Carnival Cruise Lines.

Disney Dream Ready for Debut - FoxBusiness.com

Dream is leaving Papenburg today for the trip down the Ems to the North Sea, where she'll do sea trials before the trans-Atlantic trip to Port Canaveral in early January.