10:14 a.m. EDT, October 13, 2011
Disney Cruise Line today announced details on some of the new features that will apear on the upper decks of the new Disney Fantasy.
At the top of the list is the AquaLab, a water playgrond on Deck 12 that will be near the signature AquaDuck water coaster, also a feature aboard the Fantasy's sister ship, the Disney Dream.
The AquaLab will sport jets, geysers and bubblers in an 1,800-square-foot space with a backstory featuring Donald Duck's nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie performing water experiments that end up getting the whole family soaked. Disney Fantasy guests will be left in charge as the nephews are away, but left with instructions to "control" the speed and water temperature of the AquaDuck by turning wheels and moving levers.
Also in AquaLab is a leaky wall, inviting children to try to cover up squirting pipes and stop Uncle Donald's row boat from filling up with water. Another feature unique to the Fantasy and also on Deck 12 will be a wading pool with a fountain water feature as well as canopy-covered seating.
New in the "just-for-adults" category, the Fantasy will offer the Satellite Sun Deck, on deck 13 forward in addition to the existing Quiet Cove Pool and Cove Bar. Central to the deck will be Satellite Falls, described as a circular splash pool with benches and a gently falling rain curtain that provides cool comfort. In some ways, it looks like one of those mushroom waterfalls that kids love, but this one is for foiks 18 and over, and instead of a mushroom, it looks like one of those National Weather Service doppler radar stations, or the top of a chess board pawn figurine.
"There's kind of a tongue-in-cheek reference to it being called Satelltie Falls," said cruise line spokesman Jason Lasecki. "It's right under one of the satellites for the ship."
So that's what's new on the Fantasy, but the ship will still feature many of the signature activities of the Dream including the AquaDuck, an array of swimming pools, a giant 30-foot-wide LED screen, Nemo's Reef children's water play area, the adults-only Quiet Cove Pool and Cove Bar, nine-hold mini-golf course and an interactive sports deck.
Over the weekend, the 265-ton portion of the ship's bow was mated with the rest of the vessel, making one complete shape at the . Now more work will continue on the interior of the vessel before eventual sea trials and its . The Port Canaveral-bound ship is slated to make its Florida debut in April 2012 after is maiden voyage on March 31.
The Disney Fantasy, currently under construction at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany is set for its debut voyage on March 31, 2011. The Fantasy will sail out of Port Canaveral, offering alternating seven-night cruises to the Eastern and Western Caribbean with stops at Castaway Cay, the line's private island in the Bahamas. The 4,000-passenger ship is a sister to the Disney Dream, also based at Port Canaveral, that debuted in January 2010 and will up the Disney Cruise Line fleet to four, with the line's two original vessels, the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder.
The Wonder is currently based on the Pacific Coast and the Magic will continue to sail out of Port Canavearl until Fantasy's arrival, when it will migrate to New York.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/disney-cruise-line/vs-disney-fantasy-cruise-upper-deck-update-101311,0,3866821.story
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