DCL Buys Unfinished Mega Cruise Ship - Genting Golden Dream ???

[monothingie]

Rumor mill heating up about this.

Disney Could Be Interested in 9,000-Passenger Global Dream Cruise Ship

Reports that the 9,000-passenger Global Dream cruise ship from bankrupt Genting may have been purchased by Disney Cruise Line.

www.cruisehive.com

Disney Cruise Line potential buyer of 9000-passenger mega ship | Crew Center

The unfinished mega cruise ship Global Dream, set to be the world’s biggest by capacity could be joining Disney Cruise Line. The German news agency NDR, reports that Disney Cruise Line has tied up a deal to buy the vessel, however, there has been no official confirmation.

crew-center.com

@wdwmagic apologies if this has been done already or is in the wrong place.

 

[John park hopper]

Don't think I want to be on a ship with 9000 passengers

 

[monothingie]

Don't think I want to be on a ship with 9000 passengers

It's a theoretical maximum capacity. The layout of the ship and number of cabins was primarily designed for the East Asian cruise market. If it were purchased by Disney, it would certainly be configured for less passengers.

For perspective, this ship is no where near the largest cruise ship in the world.

The Wonder of the Seas from Royal (current largest) is 236,000 GT and has a max passenger capacity of almost 7000, but typically handles around 5700 passengers.

The Golden Dream is only 208,000GT and shorter.

 

[Santa Raccoon 77]

And I thought the virtuosa was big when it rocked up here in the summer

MSC Virtuosa - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[monothingie]

And I thought the virtuosa was big when it rocked up here in the summer

MSC Virtuosa - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Oasis Class is gigantic compared to the Wish.

 

[Doberge]

208,000 GT is still very big for Disney. 50% more than the Dream and 45% more than the Wish?

 

[Santa Raccoon 77]

Oasis Class is gigantic compared to the Wish.View attachment 671535

 

[monothingie]

208,000 GT is still very big for Disney. 50% more than the Dream and 45% more than the Wish?

It is a game changer for DCL.

 

[Doberge]

The layout of the ship and number of cabins was primarily designed for the East Asian cruise market. If it were purchased by Disney, it would certainly be configured for less passengers.

Could still be assigned to the same market and kept super-mega-sized. Might need some changes to things like rotational dining because I think they'd need more dining or atbleast multiple more specialty dining options ($$) and specialty entertainment options. Maybe.

 

[ToTBellHop]

We loved Wonder of the Seas.

Go right on ahead, Disney.

 

[Disone]

I was just on the wish, I was on that four night cruise that turned into a six night cruise due to hurricane Ian.

Some of the crew said they had heard rumors that the third Triton class ship would be canceled. Neither one of these articles mentions that, but it makes me wonder if that's the deal. Buy the bigger ship instead of the third Triton? Purely speculation on my part.

 

[SplashJacket]

If this is real. Wow. My interest in TWDC stems primarily from DCL, and just, wow.

 

[aaronml]

Isn’t finishing someone else’s ship kind of…. below Disney standards? I imagine a lot of work would be needed to bring it in line with DCL standards. I would expect the 3rd Triton class ship to be canceled if this comes to fruition.

 

[SplashJacket]

Isn’t finishing someone else’s ship kind of…. below Disney standards? I imagine a lot of work would be needed to bring it in line with DCL standards. I would expect the 3rd Triton class ship to be canceled if this comes to fruition.

They would primarily be paying for a really cheap superstructure. They’d fill it with their own finishes and layout.

It makes sense why Disney would pull the trigger. There’s not many cruise lines with substantial available capex, but this allows Disney to get a new huge ship on the cheap.

I’d assume the third triton wouldn’t get canceled, bringing the third ship was definitely negotiated as part of the contract with Meyer Werft.

The ship was originally designed for the Asian market, and while they can very thoroughly retrofit, they could use this ship to break into new markets and be fully different. There’s nothing stopping Disney from making a new cruise brand.

Royal Caribbean has countless lines, so there’s nothing stopping Disney from starting “xyz cruise line.” What makes DCL great is the service, I would love to go on another cruise line’s cruise with that same service guaranteed. Perhaps a more adult-targeted audience like how Touchstone originally functioned for Disney.

Very interesting move, but likely a very smart and exciting move.

 

[lostpro9het]

Isn’t finishing someone else’s ship kind of…. below Disney standards?

Marvel, Star Wars, every other profitable IP…

 

[peter11435]

They would primarily be paying for a really cheap superstructure. They’d fill it with their own finishes and layout.

It makes sense why Disney would pull the trigger. There’s not many cruise lines with substantial available capex, but this allows Disney to get a new huge ship on the cheap.

I’d assume the third triton wouldn’t get canceled, bringing the third ship was definitely negotiated as part of the contract with MW, granted, this ship was also being built at MW, so they could’ve renegotiated as part of the purchase.

The ship was originally designed for the Asian market, and while they can very thoroughly retrofit, they could use this ship to break into new markets and be fully different. There’s nothing stopping Disney from making a new cruise brand.

Royal Caribbean has countless lines, so there’s nothing stopping Disney from starting “xyz cruise line.” What makes DCL great is the service, I would love to go on another cruise line’s cruise with that same service guaranteed. Perhaps a more adult-targeted audience like how Touchstone originally functioned for Disney.

Very interesting move, but likely a very smart and exciting move.

This ship was not being built at Meyer Werft

 

[peter11435]

It actually was.

Global Dream

Check out the Reviews of Global Dream with opinions, advice and cruise passenger experiences. Offers, information and departure calendars on Cruising Journal.

www.cruisingjournal.com

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2022/02/06/golden-dream-now-a-nightmare-for-german-port-town/

Here's a video of it chilling in Meyer Werft

No, It wasn’t.

MV Werften is not Meyer Werft.

That video is the ship at MV Werften. That is not the same as Meyer Werft. It’s an entirely different ship yard on the opposite side of Germany. They are not related

 

[Disone]

It actually was.

Global Dream

Check out the Reviews of Global Dream with opinions, advice and cruise passenger experiences. Offers, information and departure calendars on Cruising Journal.

www.cruisingjournal.com

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2022/02/06/golden-dream-now-a-nightmare-for-german-port-town/

Here's a video of it chilling in Meyer Werft

MV Werften and Meyer Werft are not the same. I can understand why, perhaps with similar names, you thought they were but they're actually not the same.

 

[SplashJacket]

MV Werften and Meyer Werft are not the same. I can understand why, perhaps with similar names, you thought they were but they're actually not the same.

Oh that is fascinating! My bad!

 

[peter11435]

Oh that is fascinating! My bad!

No worries. The current rumor is that the ship would be completed at the MV Werften shipyard under the direction of Meyer Werft.

I have serious doubts that DCL is involved