The New Cruise Ship ‘Disney Fantasy’ Leaves the Dockyard

The new cruise ship Disney Fantasy leaves the dockyard at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, Jan. 7. It is the largest ship to be built in Germany and can carry 4,000 passengers.

After the float out, next up for the Fantasy will be its convayance down the River Ems from the shipyard at the end of January followed by sea trials before being handed over to Disney in March.

The Fantasy’s debut voyage will be on March 31, 2011. The Fantasy will sail out of Port Canaveral, offering alternating seven-night cruises to the Eastern and Western Caribbean with stops at Castaway Cay, the line’s private island in the Bahamas.