Disney Dream to arrive at Port Canaveral early Tuesday
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By Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel
12:41 p.m. EST, January 3, 2011
The Disney Dream, the newest member of the
Disney Cruise Line fleet, will make its first appearance at its home base of Port Canaveral early Tuesday morning. The 130,000-ton ship is expected to enter the channel at 6:30 a.m. and be visible from Brevard County's Jetty Park.
Arrival at the
Disney Cruise Line terminal and the accompanying fanfare moment is expected at 7:25 a.m. but there won't be any public viewing at the terminal. The Sentinel will have some access to the ship and will provide pictures and video on OrlandoSentinel.com. Reporters will be at the scene and live Tweeting. (Follow them at
http://www.twitter.com/themeparks and
http://www.twitter.com/jason_garcia)
The Dream is Disney's third ocean liner, and it will have a capacity of 4,000 passengers beginning with its maiden voyage on Jan. 26. Aside from the usual Disney-oriented amenities, the Dream will feature an onboard water ride (the "AquaDuck") that will travel over the edge of the ship and "virtual portholes" in interior cabins that will have a live feed of the ocean as well as occasional animated characters popping up.
Disney's fourth ship, to be called the Disney Fantasy, will debut in spring 2012. The combined price tag for the two new ships: More than $1.8 billion.
