''Disney Adventure'' is the upcoming eighth

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owned and operated by

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, a subsidiary of

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, due to enter service on December 15, 2025. ''Disney Adventure'' is the first and only ship of the , with her then-planned sister ship scrapped due to Genting Hong Kong, Star Cruises, Dream Cruises, and MV Werften all filing for bankruptcy from January to June 2022. She will enter service in 2025. The other seven ships in the Disney fleet are , , , , , , and (first sailing in November 2025).

History

Genting Hong Kong ordered two ships of the

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in May 2016 from its subsidiary Lloyd Werft Group for service in the Star Cruises fleet, with delivery of the first vessel planned for 2019. In July 2016, Genting Hong Kong reorganized Lloyd Werft Group, resulting in the formation of MV Werften as a builder of large cruise ships; accordingly, the ''Global'' class order was transferred to Dream Cruises. At the time they were ordered, the design of the ships had not been completed, and as a result construction did not begin until March 2018, when ceremonial steel cuttings for the first ship in the class were held at shipyards in

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and

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. Major components of the ships were constructed at both shipyards, with assembly taking place in Wismar. Construction was scheduled to take just under three years, with the first ship to be delivered in late 2020 and the second in late 2021. In March 2018, Genting Hong Kong announced that the two planned ''Global''-class ships would be operated by Dream Cruises upon delivery, sailing from Chinese ports during the summer season and further afield in Southeast Asia, Oceania and the west coast of the United States during the remainder of the year. The construction of the first ship, ''Global Dream'', started on 8 March 2018 at the facilities in Wismar and Rostock. The

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was laid on 11 September 2018 in Rostock. A big part of the ship left the drydock in Rostock on 22 November 2019 and was towed to Wismar, where she entered the drydock on 23 November 2019. Due to the temporary closure of the shipyard in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the delivery of both ''Global''-class ships was expected to be delayed. On November 16, 2022,

purchased ''Global Dream'' for €40 million, a discount from the original value of €1.8 billion. The post-Disney design will provide 2,111 passenger cabins, allowing for 6,000 passengers. Disney worked with the shipbuilding company

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to complete the ship by the time she enters service and embarks on her maiden voyage in 2025. She will be the first Disney Cruise Ship to be based outside of the United States market, set to be homeported in

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. On September 8, 2023, the ship was officially announced as the ''Disney Adventure'' at the Destination D23 Expo. The interior design was done by Estonia-based group LTH-Baas. Construction is planned to be completed in May 2025, with a maiden voyage on December 15, 2025. The ship was floated out on April 19, 2025.

Design

The ship was originally planned to measure , but was increased to 208,000 GT in the final design. The ship is in length, with a beam of and a

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of . The ship is powered by six

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48/60CR

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s, which make a total of and power three

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XO thrusters via ABB ACS6080 variable frequency drives. ABB also supplied major control components and software. This will be the first Disney ship to be powered by

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. The ship was planned to use

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and robots for many customer-facing services, with extensive use of voice and face recognition. The pre-Disney design provided for 2,350 passenger cabins allowing for 9,000 passengers, 4,700 of those in lower berths. Her crew was to be 2,200. The post-Disney design will provide 2,111 passenger cabins, allowing for 6,000 passengers.

References

External links

Official Website
* First picture from board the ship, published in August 2024

{{Ships built at Meyer Werft Ships of Disney Cruise Line, Adventure Ships built in Papenburg