Disney Fantasy Moves a Step Closer to Reality During Keel Laying Ceremony

Today, Disney Cruise Line celebrated the keel laying of the Disney Fantasy at the Meyer Werft shipyard. This is the second of two newly-designed ships that take the family cruise experience to all new heights. Sister ship to the Disney Fantasy, Disney Dream, entered service on Jan. 26, 2011.

The keel laying ceremony is a significant milestone in the ship building process when the first block, or section of the ship, is lowered into the building dock and a coin is placed under the keel for good fortune. Placing the coin was Karl Holz, President of Disney Cruise Line, assisted by Minnie Mouse.

The Disney Fantasy will offer many of the innovations that the Disney Dream features and brought to the cruise industry for the very first time, including AquaDuck -- the world's first shipboard water coaster. However, the Disney Fantasy will feature a few new design elements and guest experiences that will give the ship a unique identity all her own.

The 4,000-passenger Disney Fantasy will sail week-long Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral, Fla. with its maiden voyage scheduled for March 31, 2012.

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[Supa3ricX]

If you have kids I would recommend the Disney dream because the fantasy is more of food and clubs

[SuperTitanicfreak]

What's with the coin? I don't see coins on Liners of the pass. Titanic didn't have a coin on her keel.

[TheTraveltube]

@rosas42 its the structural element of the ship without it there would be nowhere to start to attack the rest of the ship blocks on sailing yachts its the fins that stick out of the bottom of the hull to provide stability in larger ships it provides the starting point for the construction process

[rosas42]

What is a keel?