The
Disney Magic is a cruise ship operated by the
Disney Cruise LineDisney Cruise Line is an American cruise line company owned by The Walt Disney Company and headquartered in Celebration, Florida. The business is run by President Karl Holz as part of the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division...
, a subsidiary of
The Walt Disney CompanyThe Walt Disney Company , often simply known as Disney, is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world, known for its family-friendly products...
. Its sister, the
Disney WonderThe Disney Wonder is the second cruise ship operated by Disney Cruise Line and was launched in 1999. The ship had its inaugral cruise from the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, stopping in Southampton UK and arrived in Port Canaveral 2 weeks later. The Disney Wonder's Godmother is Tinkerbell.The...
, was launched in 1999. The Disney Magic's Godmother is
Roy E. DisneyRoy Edward Disney, KCSG is a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt founded. He is still a shareholder , and currently serves as a consultant for the company and Director Emeritus for the Board of Directors...
's ex-wife Patty Disney.
Built in 1998 by Italian shipbuilder
FincantieriFincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. is a shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy.-Overview:It designs and builds merchant vessels, passenger ships, offshore, and naval vessels, and is also active in the conversion and ship repair sectors...
, the
Disney Magic can hold approximately 2,400 passengers. Since the summer of 2000, the
Disney Magic has been offering weekly cruises to
Castaway CayCastaway Cay is a private island or "out island" in the Bahamas which serves as an exclusive port of call for the Disney Cruise Line ships Disney Wonder and Disney Magic. It is located at near Great Abaco Island, and was formerly known as Gorda Cay...
and multiple
CaribbeanThe Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts...
islands.
The
Disney Magic is a cruise ship operated by the
Disney Cruise LineDisney Cruise Line is an American cruise line company owned by The Walt Disney Company and headquartered in Celebration, Florida. The business is run by President Karl Holz as part of the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division...
, a subsidiary of
The Walt Disney CompanyThe Walt Disney Company , often simply known as Disney, is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world, known for its family-friendly products...
. Its sister, the
Disney WonderThe Disney Wonder is the second cruise ship operated by Disney Cruise Line and was launched in 1999. The ship had its inaugral cruise from the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, stopping in Southampton UK and arrived in Port Canaveral 2 weeks later. The Disney Wonder's Godmother is Tinkerbell.The...
, was launched in 1999. The Disney Magic's Godmother is
Roy E. DisneyRoy Edward Disney, KCSG is a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt founded. He is still a shareholder , and currently serves as a consultant for the company and Director Emeritus for the Board of Directors...
's ex-wife Patty Disney.
Built in 1998 by Italian shipbuilder
FincantieriFincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. is a shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy.-Overview:It designs and builds merchant vessels, passenger ships, offshore, and naval vessels, and is also active in the conversion and ship repair sectors...
, the
Disney Magic can hold approximately 2,400 passengers. Since the summer of 2000, the
Disney Magic has been offering weekly cruises to
Castaway CayCastaway Cay is a private island or "out island" in the Bahamas which serves as an exclusive port of call for the Disney Cruise Line ships Disney Wonder and Disney Magic. It is located at near Great Abaco Island, and was formerly known as Gorda Cay...
and multiple
CaribbeanThe Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts...
islands.
In June 2005, the
Disney Magic was dispatched to the
West CoastThe "West Coast", "Western Seaboard", or "Pacific Coastline" are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. It most often comprises California, Oregon and Washington...
in honor of Disneyland's 50th Anniversary.
The
Disney Magic entered scheduled 10-day drydock refurbishment on October 1, 2005 at the Norshipco shipyard in
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. Several enhancements took place during this time. The Vista Spa and Salon received a expansion including three new spa treatment suites. Three conference rooms on deck 2 were transformed into an additional children's area called Ocean Quest. A 24-by-14 foot
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screen was affixed to the forward funnel in the family
swimming poolA swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest and deepest is the Olympic size...
area where movies and major sporting and broadcast events are shown.
Beginning April 24, 2010, the
Disney Magic is scheduled to return to the Mediterranean, with available 10 and 11-night vacations sailing from
BarcelonaBarcelona is the capital, most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008. It is the 11th-most populous municipality in the European Union and sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris,...
. In addition, Disney Cruise Line will be offering 12-night Northern European capitals itineraries, sailing from
DoverDover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; west of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings...
. The
Magic will be making two 14-night repositioning cruises, sailing from
Port CanaveralPort Canaveral is a cruise, cargo and naval port in Brevard County, Florida. It is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world with nearly 1.3 million multi-day cruise passengers passing through during 2007. As deep water cargo port, it has a high volume of traffic. Over of bulk cargo moves...
to Barcelona on April 10, 2010, and from Barcelona to Port Canaveral on September 18, 2010. Also, there will be two 8-day repositioning cruises, from Barcelona to Dover on June 5, 2010, returning on July 30, 2010.
, the
Disney Magic holds the record for the highest regular toll paid for passage through the
Panama CanalThe Panama Canal is a ship canal which joins the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific ocean. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, it had an enormous impact on shipping between the two oceans, replacing the long and treacherous route via the Drake Passage and Cape Horn...
, at US$331,200. The ship's horn blast plays an excerpt of the famous tune,
When You Wish Upon A Star"When You Wish upon a Star" is a popular song written by Ned Washington and Leigh Harline and introduced in the 1940 Walt Disney movie Pinocchio, where it is sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, over the opening credits and again in the final scene of the film...
.
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