Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=3711" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Iger Announces Names for Upcoming Disney Cruise Ships</b></a> <p>At today's shareholder's meeting Disney CEO Bob Iger announced the names for the new ships coming to the Disney Cruise Lines fleet. In 2011, the Disney Dream will sail and in 2012 the Disney Fantasy will launch.<br mce_bogus="1"></p>
Originally Posted By Rebekah I like the name Disney Dream. What a collection Magic, Wonder, Dream and Fantasy. R.
Originally Posted By Rebekah The cruise ship name is singular -- Dream, not Dreams as I'd previously typed. R.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy I'm not a big fan of these names since Carnival Cruise Line is already using them. The Carnival Fantasy has been around for a while, and the Carnival Dream comes online later this year. Now, Carnival is naming one of their upcoming liners Magic. I think ship names should be unique and not just something that is easily duplicated across every cruise line in existence. Wonder and Magic were unique to Disney. I don't think it would have been too hard to come up with some great ship names not in use by the other lines.
Originally Posted By avro_imagineer Imagine, perhaps? I was thinking the same thing. Of course Carnival was using names like Celebration, Festivale etc. long before Disney Cruise lines was a glimmer in Disney Corps eye. My first cruise was a Carnival. Carnival is ok, I haven't taken a Disney cruise but I think if I had kids I'd prefer Disney lines. But I'm a RC guy at heart. No matter what the name is, if Disney cruise line keeps up the quality then that's ok.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I'm not a big fan of these names since Carnival Cruise Line is already using them. The Carnival Fantasy has been around for a while, and the Carnival Dream comes online later this year. Now, Carnival is naming one of their upcoming liners Magic. I think ship names should be unique and not just something that is easily duplicated across every cruise line in existence. Wonder and Magic were unique to Disney. I don't think it would have been too hard to come up with some great ship names not in use by the other lines.>> Agreed. I knew Carnival had the Fantasy, but didn't know about the Dream. So now they'll 'share' names ... That's just dumb. I guess they're saving 'Wishes' for the next expansion! ~Let's go cruising!~
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy To be accurate, the Disney liners are named "Disney Wonder," "Disney Magic," etc. Similarly, Carnival includes their corporate moniker in the official registered name of ships under their ownership. So, the names won't be exactly the same. While the naming convention is now consistent with what the cruise line started, I wouldn't mind seeing a change in the conventino altogether. Names like "Mickey Mouse," "Donald Duck," or even "Walt Disney" would be perfectly fine names for a ship.
Originally Posted By TheTexasKid Like alot of you, I'm not happy with the names chosen neither, but I doubt the new cruise ships will ever be mistaken for the ones from Carnival. Carnival cruise ships tend to be glitzy, while Disney cruise ships tend to be stylish. I was also looking at the artistic rendering of the new cruise ships, and while it's probably not the last look for the new ships, I did notice one thing the new ships seem to be lacking. The crews' swimming pool, which is located in the bow of the older ships.
