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Disney Dream to offer more Theatrical Performances

*Updated 4/27/11: To better accommodate Guests, Disney Cruise Line® is adjusting both dining and show times onboard the Disney Dream™.

Main dining will begin at 5:45 p.m., with second dining beginning at 8:15 p.m.

There are now only two evening performances in the Walt Disney Theatre: at 6:15 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Your Clients can attend the performance that best complements their assigned dining time. In addition, there are special matinee performances of two popular shows –Villains Tonight! and Disney’s Believe.

Check your daily Personal Navigator for any updates throughout the cruise.

Disney Cruise Line® is pleased to announce that our original Broadway-style productions will be performed three times each evening at the Walt Disney Theater aboard the Disney Dream™. In order to ensure all passengers are accommodated, you will be able to choose a specific performance depending on your assigned dining time. The options for each dining time are as follows:

Dining Time	Option #1	Option #2
6:00 pm	5:00 pm	9:00 pm
8:30 pm	5:00 pm	7:00 pm

If you have existing reservations on the Disney Dream, a theatrical show time has been pre-assigned for your booking. To find out which show time you have been assigned, please contact your Magic Maker®.

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By Off to Neverland Travel|2017-06-27T10:24:19-05:00October 18th, 2010|Categories: Disney News|Tags: Disney Cruise Line Entertainment, Disney Dream, Disney Dream Show Times|0 Comments

Disney Dream Has a Familiar Face

Continuing a favorite feature of the Disney Magic® and Disney Wonder®, the Disney Dream™ will also have a Mickey Pool for children. The shape of the Mickey Pool resembles the beloved Disney character and an oversized version of Mickey’s hand will support a yellow winding slide that will splash down near the pool.

Mickey Pool onboard the Disney Dream

As you can see, progress is being made on the ship’s exterior as it enters the final phase of construction before preparing to leave the shipyard this fall. The Disney Dream™ will sail from Port Canaveral, Florida in 2011 making 3 night and 4 night voyages to Nassau and Disney’s Private Island, Castaway Cay, as well as a few select 5 night cruises that will visit the private island twice. For more information on Disney Cruise Line itineraries, please click here.

Disney Dream Construction

Only 145 days away from the maiden voyage of the Disney Dream. Have you made your reservation yet to sail on this brand new ship?

By Off to Neverland Travel|2017-06-27T10:24:31-05:00September 5th, 2010|Categories: Disney Cruise Line News, Disney News|Tags: Disney Cruise Itineraries, Disney Dream, new Disney cruise ship|0 Comments

Enchanted Garden on Disney Dream Revealed

Disney Cruise Line® has revealed another of the three main restaurants aboard the new Disney Dream™.

Boasting painted frescoes where rolling hills mingle with lush greenery and a magnificent blue sky overhead, Enchanted Garden invites Guests to dine in a serene splendor that recalls an elegant conservatory amid the foothills in France. Guests enter a restaurant inspired by the gardens of Versailles, which they view from inside a conservatory setting. During dinner, the restaurant’s blue-sky ceiling changes into the golden red of a setting sun and then the inky nighttime sky of twinkling stars. Flower light fixtures bloom and become bathed in color, decorative wall sconces fall away to become folding fans, wall paintings project a dusky illumination and the centerpiece 7-foot fountain, home to a fanciful stone cherub Mickey Mouse, is flooded with shimmering light.

The concept of a transforming dining room is similar to the popular Animator’s Palate, which is located on all three Disney ships. Here, black and white sketches magically transform into beautiful works of colorful art.

Menus are described as market-inspired Continental, meaning food is planned to maximize what is in season. Dinner is served in Enchanted Garden as part of Disney Cruise Line’s rotational dining system, in which passengers and their servers move together each evening to a different restaurant. Breakfast and lunch will be served there on select days with open seating. The Daily Navigator will have a schedule of restaurant dining times.

Click here to book your vacation on board the brand new Disney Dream™
scheduled to start sailing early 2011.

*Images Walt Disney Imagineering Concept Art, actual construction may vary

By Off to Neverland Travel|2017-06-27T10:24:35-05:00July 7th, 2010|Categories: Disney Cruise Line News, Disney News|Tags: Disney Cruise Dining, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Dream, Disney Dream Dining, Disney Dream Enchanted Garden|0 Comments

Disney Cruise Line debuts Remy

Disney Cruise Line® debuts Remy, an exquisite, top-deck restaurant with incredible ocean views. Their first premier dining option comes with French-inspired, gourmet cuisine by two award-winning chefs. Remy melds classic and contemporary styles in a sophisticated dining concept exclusively for adults on the new Disney Dream™.

Chef Arnaud Lallement from l’Assiette Champenoise, a Michelin two-star restaurant just outside Reims, France, and Chef Scott Hunnel from award-winning Victoria & Albert’s at Walt Disney World® Resort, are collaborating to create a French-inspired menu featuring superior products and seasonal ingredients sourced from around the world. French-trained Chef Patrick Albert, executive chef for Remy, oversees an all-star culinary team.

Guests dining at Remy will enjoy a lavish and leisurely affair, starting with a signature chilled Champagne cocktail made tableside, followed by eight to nine small courses complemented by a stellar wine list. Lallement’s cuisine is simple and stylish, such as roasted lobster with cream, and fresh asparagus with black truffles and vin jaune. It earns l’Assiette Champenoise two stars (of a possible three) from Michelin, making the experience “excellent cooking and worth a detour.” Hunnel’s innovative dishes offer small tastes of everything from wild caviar to Kobe beef and Japanese Wagyu strip loin. His cuisine earns Victoria & Albert’s the coveted AAA Five Diamonds, a rating accorded a mere 0.19 percent of restaurants in North America and the Caribbean.

Polished touches at Remy include a tableside trolley for serving international cheeses, decanting stations for wines, and post-prandial coffee service including French press and grand crème.

With a subtle nod to the hit Disney•Pixar film “Ratatouille” and its diminutive French star Remy, the softly lit main dining room with seating for 80 is designed in Art Nouveau style with a palate of soft greens, and deep reds and rich gold. The restaurant’s classic French design features graceful sinuous lines on chair backs, etched in glass and in wall treatments, and Nouveau-style floral and leaf design in the carpet, banquettes and warm lighting. The famous Remy character is subtly and artfully integrated into the design.

Tables are elegantly set with Frette linens, Riedel glassware, Christofle silverware and china made exclusively for Remy, with gracious accents such as purse stools for women’s handbags. The attentive serving staff is part of the sophisticated story, dressed in long white aprons, black jackets or burgundy vests and bowties.

The private Chef’s Table dining room seats 16 and offers a glimpse into the kitchen. The room is furnished with rich “Ratatouille”-inspired décor – bold red carpet, chairs and drapes with touches of gold and opulent chandeliers, and scenes of Paris on the walls. The private Chef’s Table dining room has its own entrance to the kitchen to allow the chefs easy access, and offers a special multi-course menu.

A glass-walled wine room with marble flooring has seating for up to 16 amid more than 900 bottles of wine including a fine rare selection of Old World wines balanced with a solid selection of New World wines. Once dinner is booked and Guests are on board, they are invited to meet with a sommelier in Remy’s wine room to taste and pre-select their wines for the evening.

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By Off to Neverland Travel|2017-06-27T10:24:44-05:00April 12th, 2010|Categories: Disney Cruise Line News, Disney News|Tags: Disney Cruise Line Dining, Disney Dream, Remy Restaurant|0 Comments

New Magical Experiences Onboard the Disney Dream

Adding to its impressive list of cruise industry firsts, Disney Cruise Line® is combining technology-infused innovations with Disney imagination to create a whole new level of magical experiences for families sailing on the Disney Dream™.

Throughout their cruise vacation, Guests will encounter unexpected magic – such as a restaurant that transports you under the sea, artwork that magically comes to life and youth clubs filled with immersive gaming environments and personalized character encounters.

New experiences planned for the Disney Dream include:

Animator’s Palate
Disney Cruise Line is re-imagining a fan favorite from its classic ships. Animator’s Palate restaurant will resemble a classic animation studio filled with character sketches, animation maquettes, paint brushes, colored pencils and other tools of the animation trade, while scenes and characters from popular Disney•Pixar films adorn the walls.

Once dinner service begins, the dining room begins a magical transformation as scores of wall-mounted LCD screens switch to scenes of a vivid undersea environment. It’s as if the restaurant was transported to the ocean floor and the LCD screens are windows, providing incredible views of a colorful coral reef and creatures that reside on the reef.

While dining, Crush (the surfer-dude sea turtle from Disney•Pixar’s “Finding Nemo”) makes a special appearance, swimming around the restaurant and engaging in live impromptu interactions with Guests. Crush will ask about their experience onboard the ship and in turn answer questions about life under the sea. While Crush is moving throughout the restaurant, other characters from “Finding Nemo,” such as Nemo, Dory, Squirt and Bruce the shark, swim by and visit with Guests.

Interactive Play-floor
For young cruisers, Disney’s Oceaneer Club and Disney’s Oceaneer Lab will feature an interactive play-floor, a cruise industry first that blends the latest in gaming technology with Disney’s panache for storytelling.

Located in the main gathering space in both venues, the interactive play-floor allows children to engage in team play exercises where their movements control the action on the interactive floor. For example, one activity has children scrambling around the perimeter of the interactive play-floor with their movements controlling the pitch of a virtual tilt maze.

On the interactive play-floor, children will be able to explore a wide variety of gaming options with varying levels of difficulty. Disney Cruise Line youth counselors will use the interactive play-floor during storytelling activities where children will be able to fly over the streets of London with Peter Pan or ride the ocean waves with Crush.

Living Characters
Also in Disney’s Oceaneer Club andDisney’s Oceaneer Lab youth areas, Disney Characters come to life and interact with children in one-of-a-kind experiences. On a 103-inch screen, Crush, the animated sea turtle from the Disney•Pixar motion picture “Finding Nemo,” or the mischievous animated alien Stitch make scheduled appearances to chat, play and joke with kids in live, unrehearsed conversations.

Sometimes using silly props from their digital environments, Crush and Stitch amaze and entertain children during real-time, personalized appearances. These magical experiences with Crush and Stitch continue Disney’s legacy of bringing characters to life in new and incredible ways.

Enchanted Art
Throughout the Disney Dream, Guests will encounter Enchanted Art that immerses them in Disney storytelling in a completely new way. Appearing as traditional framed art, Enchanted Art magically comes alive when your Clients pause to admire the artwork.

In addition, Enchanted Art will be used as part of a one-of-a-kind detective-themed adventure where Guests of all ages can join a ship-wide quest to find either stolen artwork or missing puppies. By using a simple card that serves as a high-tech detective device, Guests can peer behind virtual canvases and discover clues that will lead them to solve the mystery and capture the villain responsible. A self-paced adventure, the game offers six potential villains and features randomized events so each time Guests play, they will encounter a different and unique gaming experience.

Virtual Porthole
The Disney Dream carries on the spirit of innovation with a cruise-industry first for all inside staterooms. Virtual Portholes will offer a “window” to the world with a real-time view outside the ship. High-definition cameras placed on the exterior of the ship feed live video to each Virtual Porthole. The live video feed corresponds to the stateroom location – with a view to port, starboard, forward or aft.

As Guests are observing the outside views, they may glimpse a magical surprise: animated characters may pop by the Virtual Porthole. Characters may include Peach the starfish from the Disney•Pixar film “Finding Nemo,” the flying balloon house from “UP” or even Mickey Mouse.

By Off to Neverland Travel|2017-06-27T10:24:55-05:00April 5th, 2010|Categories: Disney Cruise Line News, Disney News|Tags: Disney Cruise Line new ship, Disney Dream|0 Comments

Upper Deck Activities Unveiled on the Disney Dream

An elaborately themed interactive sports deck, whimsical water play area and relaxing poolside oasis for adults join the first-ever shipboard water coaster – AquaDuck – to provide fun in the sun for Guests sailing on the newest Disney Cruise Line® ship, the Disney Dream™. These additions offer new experiences for Guests of all ages.

Goofy’s Sports Deck

The magic tees off on Goofy’s Sports Deck, located on Deck 13, with Goofy’s Golf – a miniature golf course where “lessons” featuring Goofy and his son, Max, lead your Clients through nine themed holes of wacky fun. Each hole offers special golf instructions – with a goofy twist.

Guests can choose to use the Goofy or Max tee on each hole, offering twice the fun. Family-friendly competitions and tournaments will keep the excitement on par while quirky golf clubs, some crooked and bent, will challenge golfers to stay on course. Goofy and Max may even swing by to interact with you and offer some tips on club selection, stance or just goofing around.

Also on Goofy’s Sports Deck, two digital sports simulators provide a variety of virtual game experiences such as soccer, tennis, basketball and more. With the simulators, you can kick, swing and throw, participating in favorite high-action sports without the hassle of chasing the ball.

Max’s Courts are two, mini-sized sports courts for little ones to enjoy soccer, basketball or group play. There’s full-court basketball that may also be transformed into a mini soccer pitch or volleyball court, plus, table tennis and foosball tables. A walking track rings Goofy’s Sports Deck.

Nemo’s Reef

Little ones discover oceans of fun at this fanciful water-play area overflowing with pop jets, bubblers and lovable underwater friends like Nemo, Dory, Marlin and other favorites from the Disney-Pixar film, “Finding Nemo.”

Shaded for protection from the sun and featuring a soft wet deck surface, the 1,500-square-foot Nemo’s Reef is a place for children to cool off and play among colorful, interactive figures that move and spray water. Children will delight as they splash alongside Nemo swimming in a sea anemone, glide down a pint-sized water slide shaped like Mr. Ray and frolic near Pearl the octopus who “inks” herself with a mist of water. Kids can even get soaked in a water curtain that undulates back and forth like the EAC (East Australian Current).

Nemo’s Reef is surrounded by a glass enclosure, with a main entrance and a wheelchair-accessible entrance.

Quiet Cove and Pool Bar

Reserved exclusively for Guests 18 and older, the Quiet Cove Pool and Cove Bar form a retreat for adults to sunbathe and swim, indulge in a cool drink or enjoy a relaxing dip in a nearby hot tub overlooking the ocean.

One of three fresh-water pools on the Disney Dream, Quiet Cove Pool features varying depths for taking a dip, sunbathing in comfort and enjoying a poolside cocktail. Featuring a series of connected circular pools, this area includes a four-foot-deep plunge pool, and a six-inch-deep sunbathing pool with built-in loungers and a mister. Guests also can splash up to Cove Bar, which is part of the pool, and sip a refreshing beverage.

Nearby, on the sides of Deck 11, you can soak in a whirlpool hot tub while overlooking the ocean. Four “infinity” whirlpool hot tubs – two for families and two just for adults – provide spectacular views of the ocean beyond.

AquaDuck and More!

The Disney Dream will feature the world’s first shipboard water coaster – AquaDuck – which will sweep Guests away on an exhilarating high-speed flume ride featuring twists, turns, drops, uphill acceleration and river rapids – all while traversing the upper decks of the ship.

The Donald Pool is the place for families to gather and enjoy all of the activities up on deck. Overlooking the Donald Pool is the giant Funnel Vision LED screen – more than 30 feet wide and 18 feet high – showing Disney films and other live broadcast events. A retractable floor extends over the pool, providing an ideal dance floor for deck parties.

Continuing a favorite feature of the Disney Magic® and Disney Wonder®, the Disney Dream will also have a Mickey Pool for children. The shape of the Mickey Pool resembles the beloved Disney character, and an oversized version of Mickey’s hand supports a yellow winding slide that splashes down near the pool.

As an added convenience for parents with children of different ages, the Donald Pool, Mickey Pool and Nemo’s Reef are all located within the same vicinity, on Deck 11 between the forward and aft funnel.

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By Off to Neverland Travel|2017-06-27T10:25:00-05:00February 17th, 2010|Categories: Disney Cruise Line News, Disney News|Tags: Disney Cruise Line, Disney Dream, Disney New Cruise Ship|0 Comments

Disney Dream – New Disney Cruise Ship – Now Open for 2011 Bookings

Starting today, you can book your next Disney Cruise onboard Disney’s newest ship, the Disney Dream™. Click here to learn more.

The new Disney Dream™ will take family cruising to all-new heights, embracing the spirit of innovation, magical entertainment and immersive experiences that have made Disney Cruise Line® the preeminent cruise of choice for families since 1998.

For the majority of 2011, the new ship will alternate three- and four-night sailings. During the summer months, the ship will alternate four- and five-night itineraries. The schedule also includes special five-night holiday cruises during Christmas and New Year’s.

The Disney Dream™ will introduce a number of cruise-industry firsts and family-friendly innovations designed to make your experience even more magical. Among the highlights:

AquaDuck — Disney Cruise Line® debuts the first-ever shipboard water coaster! This exhilarating high-speed flume ride featuring twists, turns, drops, uphill acceleration and river rapids — all while traversing the upper decks of the ship.
Virtual Porthole – A cruise-industry first for all inside staterooms! Virtual Portholes offer a “window” to the world with a real-time view outside the ship using high-definition cameras. As you observe the view, they may glimpse a magical surprise: animated characters like Mickey Mouse may pop by the Virtual Porthole.
Enchanted Art — Around the atrium lobby and throughout the ship, Enchanted Art will immerse you in Disney storytelling in a completely new way. Enchanted Art magically comes alive as you pause to admire individual pieces.
Living Characters — In youth spaces, Disney Characters come to life and interact with children in one-of-a-kind experiences. Crush, the animated sea turtle from the Disney•Pixar motion picture “Finding Nemo,” or the mischievous animated alien Stitch make scheduled appearances to chat, play and joke with kids in live, unrehearsed conversations.

By Off to Neverland Travel|2017-06-27T10:25:04-05:00November 9th, 2009|Categories: Disney Cruise Line News, Disney News|Tags: Disney Cruise 2011, Disney Cruise Dream, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Dream, Disney Dream 2011|0 Comments

New Disney Ship – Disney Dream – Celebrates its Keel Laying

Disney Dream Keel Laying Ceremony In order to expand to many more itinerary options all across the globe, the Disney Cruise Line® is expanding its fleet with two newly designed ships. The first of those two ships, Disney Dream, is celebrating its keel laying. The Disney Cruise Line® fleet will see the addition of the Disney Dream in 2011. In 2012, the Disney Fantasy will join as well. Once both ships have arrived, they will more than double the current capacity of Disney Cruise Line®. Each weighs 128,000 tons and has 1250 staterooms onboard.

In order to create these wonderfully appointed new ships, Disney Cruise Line® has called in the team at Walt Disney Imagineering to give the new ships creativity in imaginative storytelling. Along with superb shipbuilding from the Meyer Werft shipyard, they have created a truly distinctive design.

While design details have yet to be released, the two new Disney ships will deliver unique vacations that every family member believes was created just for them. With spaces for kids, venues for families, and secluded spots only for adults, the Disney ships have something for everyone.

Port Canaveral will serve as the homeport for both the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy. The new ships are larger than Disney’s current ships so expansion efforts are currently underway in Florida to accommodate these new vessels.

In addition to an extension of the dock and making the terminal bigger, a new multi-level parking structure will also be built. These new designs will add to the story-telling nature of the new ships, and will provide a seamless transition from land to sea for all cruisers.

Keep an eye out for the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy in the Off to Neverland Travel Disney Vacations Blog as these new ships will be sailing to uncharted magic soon.

By Off to Neverland Travel|2017-06-27T10:25:06-05:00August 27th, 2009|Categories: Disney Cruise Line News, Disney News|Tags: Disney Cruise Line, Disney Cruise New Ships, Disney Dream, Disney Fantasy|0 Comments

Introducing Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy – Disney Cruise Lines Newest Ships

Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy

It’s official! The newest ships in the Disney Cruise Line® fleet now have names – Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy.

Bob Iger, President and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, announced the official names today at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Oakland, Calif. The Disney Dream is scheduled to launch in 2011, with the Disney Fantasy following soon after in 2012.

Like the Disney Magic® and Disney Wonder® Cruise Ships before them, the names of the two new ships were chosen with care to celebrate Disney’s unique heritage – creating incredible worlds of fantasy where your dreams really do come true.

Walt Disney Imagineers and shipbuilders have been working full steam ahead since the fleet expansion was first announced in 2007. On March 2, 2009, construction on both ships began at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany with a special steel-cutting ceremony.

The new ships will more than double the passenger capacity for Disney Cruise Line and create even more family cruise options for you to enjoy.

By Off to Neverland Travel|2017-06-27T10:25:09-05:00March 10th, 2009|Categories: Disney Cruise Line News, Disney News|Tags: Disney Cruise, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Dream, Disney Fantasy|0 Comments

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