Disney Magic
{{short description|Cruise ship}}
{{about|the ship operated by Disney Cruise Line|the cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line|Carnival Magic}}
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| display title = ital }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship caption = Disney Magic at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = Disney Magic | Ship owner = The Walt Disney Company | Ship operator = Disney Cruise Line | Ship registry = Nassau, {{flag|Bahamas|civil}} | Ship route = | Ship ordered = 1996 | Ship builder = Fincantieri Marghera, Italy | Ship original cost = {{US$|400 million}} | Ship yard number = 5989 | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = October 31, 1996 | Ship launched = May 13, 1997 | Ship christened = September 16, 1998 | Ship completed = June 30, 1998 | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = July 30, 1998 | Ship in service = 1998–present | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = {{IMO Number|9126807}} | Ship fate = | Ship status = In service | Ship sponsor = Patricia Disney | Ship flag = {{flag|Bahamas|civil}} }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Magic-class (Disney) | Ship type = Cruise Ship | Ship tonnage = {{GT|83,338}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|984|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|106|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{convert|25.3|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = 11 | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = {{convert|57600|hp|kW|disp=flip|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = Diesel-Electric; *5{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}Sulzer 16ZAV40S; two shafts | Ship sail plan = | Ship speed = *Cruising {{convert|21.5|kn}},
| Ship capacity = 1,750 passengers (double occupancy) 2,713 passengers (maximum) | Ship crew = 945| }} |
Disney Magic is a cruise ship owned and operated by Disney Cruise Line, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.{{cite web|url=http://www.cruisecritic.com/reviews/review.cfm?ShipID=33 |title=Disney Magic - Disney |publisher=Cruisecritic.com |access-date=September 8, 2009}} She is the line's first vessel, later followed by the Disney Wonder, Disney Dream, Disney Fantasy, Disney Wish, and Disney Treasure. She has 11 public decks, can accommodate 2,700 passengers in 875 staterooms, and has a crew of approximately 950. The interior of Disney Magic is decorated in the Art Deco style.
The ship has 20 bright yellow lifeboats which, along with the black, red, and white colors of the ship itself, match the colors of Mickey Mouse. This change from the standard safety orange took a waiver of international maritime rules.{{cite news|first=Julie V. |last=Iovine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/16/garden/now-it-s-heigh-ho-off-to-sea-we-go.html |title=Now It's Heigh-Ho, Off to Sea We Go - New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=January 16, 1997 |access-date=December 30, 2013}} As with other Disney cruise ships, the ship's horn blast plays a snippet of "When You Wish Upon a Star".{{cite news|last=Aronson |first=Tara |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0925/p12s01-altr.html |title=Disney Magic grows up |publisher=csmonitor.com |date=September 25, 2002 |access-date=September 8, 2009}} Disney Magic{{'}}s "godmother" is Patricia Disney, former wife of Walt Disney's nephew, Roy E. Disney.
History
= Planning and construction =
Disney had cruise ship designs drawn up by February 1994.{{cite news|last1=Dezern|first1=Craig|title=Disney Contemplating Creation Of Cruise Line|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1994/02/20/disney-contemplating-creation-of-cruise-line/|access-date=May 4, 2016|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=February 20, 1994}} Disney Cruise Line in 1995 ordered Disney Magic and Disney Wonder from Fincantieri in Italy. The ship was built in two halves with the bow built at Fincatieri's Ancona shipyard and the stern at their Marghera shipyard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fincantieri.com/en/products-and-services/cruise-ships/disney-wonder/|title=Fincantieri | Disney Wonder|website=www.fincantieri.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://thekingdominsider.com/where-do-disney-cruise-line-ships-come-from/|title=Where Do Disney Cruise Line Ships Come From? | The Kingdom Insider|date=March 23, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2010/10/archives-disney-magic-float-out/|title=Archives: Disney Magic Float Out at Fincantieri - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News|website=Cruise Industry News}}{{Cite tweet|user=HistoryAtDisney|number=954111299461541888|title=Disney Magic Construction, Disney Cruise Line. The Magic was famously built in two halves at separate ship yards in Italy. Once both halves were completed they were floated to one another and welded together. In case you were wondering. They fit perfectly.}}
The planned maiden voyage was for March 12, 1998.{{cite book|last1=Saunders|first1=Aaron|title=Giants of the Seas: The Ships that Transformed Modern Cruising|date=October 1, 2013|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|isbn=978-1848321724|pages=76–78,179 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DeCZBgAAQBAJ&q=dISNEY+mAGIC&pg=PA76|access-date=May 4, 2016}} In January 1997, the first ticket for Magic
= Itineraries =
With livery and design evocative of the RMS Queen Mary,"Now it's heigh-ho, off to sea we go," Ocala Star Banner (newspaper), 1997-01-26, Section D pg8 Disney Magic set sail on her maiden voyage on July 30, 1998, out of her home port, Port Canaveral in Florida. The ship's initial cruises were to Nassau, Bahamas with a stop at Disney Cruise Line's Castaway Cay over three to four nights.
Originally, from 2000, Disney Magic had been undertaking weekly cruises to Castaway Cay and the Caribbean islands out of Port Canaveral.{{cite news |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/47466905.html?dids=47466905:47466905&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Dec+26%2C+1999&author=Associated+Press&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=DISNEY+CRUISES+TO+BE+LONGER&pqatl=google |title=Disney Cruises To Be Longer |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=December 26, 1999 |access-date=September 8, 2009 |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019214641/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/47466905.html?dids=47466905:47466905&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Dec+26,+1999&author=Associated+Press&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=DISNEY+CRUISES+TO+BE+LONGER&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/62509649.html?dids=62509649:62509649&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+15%2C+2000&author=Edwin+McDowell%2C+NY+Times+News+Service&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=SEA+CHANGES+THE+LATEST+TRENDS%3A+MORE+SHIPS+BRING+BIGGER+DISCOUNTS&pqatl=google |title=Sea Changes The Latest Trends: More Ships Bring Bigger Discounts |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=October 15, 2000 |access-date=September 8, 2009 |first=Edwin |last=McDowell |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019214707/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/62509649.html?dids=62509649:62509649&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+15,+2000&author=Edwin+McDowell,+NY+Times+News+Service&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=SEA+CHANGES+THE+LATEST+TRENDS:+MORE+SHIPS+BRING+BIGGER+DISCOUNTS&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}
In May 2005, Disney Magic was dispatched to the West Coast as part of Disneyland's 50th Anniversary celebrations and as a test for California expansion. The transfer cruise sold out quicker than expected. Bookings from first time Disney cruisers were up for these cruises by at least 60%.{{cite news|last1=Jackson|first1=Jerry W.|title=Disney ship line on cruise control |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2005-06-13-cover13-012-story.html|access-date=April 13, 2016|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=June 13, 2005}}
In May 2007, Disney Magic started her inaugural Mediterranean cruises out of Barcelona, Spain. At the end of the summer, she returned to her home port of Port Canaveral.{{cite news|first=Barb |last=Nefer |url=http://traveltips.usatoday.com/disney-cruise-line-history-20748.html |title=Disney Cruise Line History |newspaper=USA Today |publisher=Gannett |access-date=December 30, 2013}} In the summer of 2008, Disney Magic was moved to Los Angeles once again.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2009/03/disney-will-homeport-a-ship-in-los-angeles.html|title=Disney will homeport a ship in Los Angeles|author=Jason Garcia|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=March 30, 2009|access-date=March 30, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524041733/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2009/03/disney-will-homeport-a-ship-in-los-angeles.html|archive-date=May 24, 2011|df=mdy-all}} The ship returned to Barcelona in 2010 for another summer of Mediterranean cruises, as well as several northern European cruises before again returning to Port Canaveral in September.
In May 2012, Disney Magic was relocated to New York City, where she sailed 8-night cruises to the Bahamas, New England, and Canada. In September, she was relocated to Galveston, Texas for the remainder of the year and offered 4-night Caribbean cruises, 6, 7, and 8-night Western Caribbean cruises, and 8-night Bahamian cruises.{{cite web|url=http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/5349-disney-to-galveston-in-2012-canadanew-england-too.html |title=Disney to Galveston and Canada/New England in 2012 |publisher=Cruise Industry News |date=April 5, 2011 |access-date=December 30, 2013}} In June 2013, Disney Magic was re-positioned to Barcelona for the summer.{{cite news|last=Sloan|first=Gene|title=Disney kicks off first cruises from Texas|url=http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2012/09/disney-cruise-galveston-texas/70000988/1|work=USA Today Travel|publisher=USA Today|access-date=October 22, 2012|date=September 24, 2012}}
Disney Magic was put in for an overhaul at Navantia shipyard, Cadiz, Spain.{{cite news|last1=Tribou|first1=Richard|title=Upgraded Disney Wonder headed back to the U.S.|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/the-daily-disney/os-upgraded-disney-wonder-headed-back-to-the-us-20161028-story.html|access-date=April 13, 2017|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=October 26, 2016}} In October 2013, Disney Cruise Line completed renovations to the ship,{{cite news|last1=Lomer-Camarena|first1=Kyara|title=South Florida Parenting|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/the-daily-disney/sfp-disney-magic-relaunch-20131028-story.html#page=1|access-date=October 31, 2014|publisher=Orlando Sentinel|date=September 28, 2014}} including updates to the ship's cabins, lounges, restaurants and spa and introduced new features including; "Marvel's Avengers Academy", a play area based on Marvel's Avengers characters, the AquaDunk and the AquaLab, consisting of a pool and waterslide.{{cite news|last=Sloan|first=Gene|title=Disney Magic to get a major makeover|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/cruiselog/2013/04/26/disney-magic-cruise-ship-overhaul/2110755/|access-date=April 26, 2013|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 26, 2013}} The short-lived Carioca's restaurant replaced Parrot Cay, which would later be replaced with Rapunzel's Royal Table in 2018. Club Disney Junior replaced the Mickey Mouse Club and other changes were made.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/os-disney-magic-tangled-restaurant-20171117-story.html|title='Tangled' restaurant to replace Carioca's on Disney Magic|last=Tribou|first=Richard|website=dailypress.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-14}}
In 2010, Disney Magic sailed Disney Cruise Lines' inaugural Northern Europe itineraries, homeported in the port of Dover, 70 miles from London, England. She sailed to Norway, the British Isles, and the Baltic Sea during her brief three-month season. With the October 6, 2017 cruise from New York to the Bahamas, Disney Cruise Line held its first Marvel Day at Sea.{{cite news |title=Disney Cruise Line announces Marvel Day at Sea on select 2017 Disney Magic sailings |url=https://attractionsmagazine.com/disney-cruise-line-announces-marvel-day-sea-select-2017-disney-magic-sailings/ |access-date=September 9, 2019 |work=Attractions Magazine |date=October 21, 2016}}
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney Magic was anchored in Dover, England on and off from May 2020 and was due to stay until at least August 2021.{{Cite web|last=Wright|first=Joe|date=27 February 2021|title=Disney Magic set to continue long stay in Dover after cruise schedule postponed until August|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/disney-cruise-ship-set-to-stay-in-kent-until-summer-243151|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227120634/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/disney-cruise-ship-set-to-stay-in-kent-until-summer-243151/ |archive-date=February 27, 2021 }} At that time, she sailed a series of "staycation cruises" (no port visits or excursions, subject to restrictions) exclusively in the United Kingdom.{{Cite web|last=Wallace|first=Katie|date=2021-04-16|title=BREAKING: Disney Magic At Sea Dates Revealed!|url=https://thekingdominsider.com/breaking-disneys-magic-at-sea-dates-revealed-kw1/|access-date=2022-02-01|website=The Kingdom Insider|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2021-03-26|title=BREAKING: "Disney Magic at Sea" UK-Only Disney Cruise Line Itinerary Confirmed|url=https://wdwnt.com/2021/03/breaking-disney-magic-at-sea-uk-only-disney-cruise-line-itinerary-confirmed/|access-date=2022-02-01|website=WDW News Today|language=en-US}} UK cruises concluded on October 4, 2021, when Disney Magic repositioned to Miami, Florida and commenced cruises to the Bahamas. Then, in the summer of 2022, she returned to Europe for European cruises before returning to the US for the fall.
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In May 2023, Disney Magic completed a three-week dry dock maintenance period in the Bahamas, followed by trials and operations from San Juan, Puerto Rico, serving the Southern Caribbean and ABC itineraries.
Recreation
= Entertainment =
Entertainment on Disney Magic includes live Broadway-style shows with many Disney characters at the Walt Disney Theater, the Buena Vista movie theater, which features both Disney films and first-run movies, several night clubs and lounges, several pools, and many Disney-themed parties and celebrations, including a Sail-Away Celebration, Pirate Night, and sometimes a Marvel or Star Wars Day at Sea.
On the ship's forward funnel, there is a 24-by-14 foot LED screen known as the Funnel Vision, due to its location on the rear of one of the ship's funnels, where guests can watch various movies and shows either from the deck or from inside Goofy's Pool.
Shows from the Walt Disney Theatre may include: All Aboard, Let The Magic Begin, Twice Charmed: A Twist on the Cinderella Story, Tangled the Musical, Disney Dreams: An Enchanted Classic,{{cite news|last1=Tribou|first1=Richard|title='Tangled' takes center stage aboard Disney Magic|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/the-daily-disney/os-disney-magic-tangled-the-musical-debut-20151115-story.html|access-date=October 28, 2016|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=November 15, 2015}} and A Final Farewell Show.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} Former shows included Villains Tonight!, which was replaced by Tangled.
= Dining =
Disney Cruise line is known for pioneering the rotational dining setup, in which guests and their wait staff rotate through three differently themed restaurants throughout their cruise. The Disney Magic{{'}}s restaurants include Lumiere's (serving primarily French Cuisine), Rapunzel's Royal Table (serving German-inspired food), and Animator's Palate (which is present on three of the other Disney cruise ships). Additionally, the upscale, adults-only restaurant Palo, situated at the rear of the ship, requires a separate reservation and serves high-end Italian cuisine.
= Youth Clubs =
The ship features a nursery, Oceaneer Club, Oceaneer Lab, Edge, and Vibe for kids entertainment.{{cite web |title=Youth Clubs |url=https://disneycruise.disney.go.com/onboard-activities/list/youth-clubs/ |website=disneycruise.disney.go.com}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|IMO 9126807}}
- {{Official website|http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/ships-activities/ships/magic}}
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