Disney Magic

The Disney Magic at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Career
Name:	Disney Magic
Owner:	Disney Cruise Line
Operator:	Disney Cruise Line
Port of registry:	Nassau,  Bahamas[1]
Route:	7 Night Eastern and Western Caribbean Cruises, Special Cruises
Builder:	Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy[2]
Maiden voyage:	July 30, 1998[2]
In service:	1998
Status:	In active service
General characteristics
Type:	Cruise ship
Tonnage:	83,000 gross register tons (GRT)[2]
Length:	964 ft (294 m)[2]
Beam:	106 ft (32 m)[2]
Draft:	25.3 ft (7.7 m)[2]
Decks:	11
Speed:	Cruising 21.5-knot (39.8 km/h), maximum 24 kn (44 km/h)[2]
Capacity:	2,400 passengers
Crew:	945

The Disney Magic is a cruise ship operated by the Disney Cruise Line, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.^[3] Its sister, the Disney Wonder, was launched in 1999.

Built in 1998 by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, the Disney Magic can hold approximately 2,400 passengers. Since the summer of 2000, the Disney Magic has been offering weekly cruises to Castaway Cay and multiple Caribbean islands out of its home port in Port Canaveral, Florida.^[4][5]

Disney Magic departing Port Canaveral.

In June 2005, the Disney Magic was dispatched to the West Coast in honor of Disneyland's 50th Anniversary celebrations.

Disney Magic held the record for the highest regular toll paid for passage through the Panama Canal, at $331,200. The title went to Coral Princess after paying $400,000 to transit the canal.^[6] The ship's horn blast plays an excerpt from Disney's famous flagship tune, When You Wish Upon A Star.^[7] ( As all Disney Cruise Line ships have this horn)

For the first time ever, Disney Cruise Line will deploy the Disney Magic to both Galveston, Texas & New York City, New York. In May 2012, she will sail to the Bahamas and New England from New York until September 2012. She will then be moved to Galveston for the remainder of the year.^[8]

References

1. ^ Asklander, Micke. "M/S Disney Magic (1998)" (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. http://www.faktaomfartyg.nu/disney_magic_1998.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-12. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Ship Facts". Disney Cruise Line. http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/dcl/en_US/onboard/about/listing?name=ShipFactsListingPage. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 
3. ^ "Disney Magic - Disney". Cruisecritic.com. http://www.cruisecritic.com/reviews/review.cfm?ShipID=33. Retrieved 2009-09-08. 
4. ^ "Disney Cruises To Be Longer". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 1999-12-26. 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. Retrieved 2009-09-08. 
5. ^ McDowell, Edwin (2000-10-15). "Sea Changes The Latest Trends: More Ships Bring Bigger Discounts". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 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. Retrieved 2009-09-08. 
6. ^ "Disney cruise ship pays record fee to cross Panama Canal". Business (International Herald Tribune). 2008-06-11. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/10/business/LA-FIN-Panama-Canal-Record.php. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 
7. ^ Aronson, Tara (2002-09-25). "Disney Magic grows up". csmonitor.com. http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0925/p12s01-altr.html. Retrieved 2009-09-08. 
8. ^ http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/5349-disney-to-galveston-in-2012-canadanew-england-too.html

External links

• Disney Cruise Line
• Disney Magic