Meyer Werft

I think we're looking at about 1250 state rooms, about 140,000 gross tons, liquefied natural gas for the engines.

And this is going to be built out of Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany.

So, you know, same kind of construction lineage.

But I like the fact that it's not it's not the wish.

... where the Haunted Mansion parlor would be on the Disney Destiny is gonna be a Hau- a Haunted Mansion parlor on the Disney Believe.

Steph had the opportunity to go to the shipyard, to Meyer Werft in Germany, where they build these.

I went on the show last year and talked about it.

That's right, we talked about it-

Disney has also revealed the ship's artwork, featuring Ariel and Sebastian from The Little Mermaid.

Disney Imagination will be built at Germany's Meyer Werft shipyard, with construction expected to begin later this year.

And cruise stocks were mixed Wednesday.

Carnival Corporation down 3%, twenty-five point nine seven.

Um, so Jen from Kids Travel Tales is asking, "Were they under contract and had to build a fourth Wish Class ship?" No, the answer is actually the exact opposite.

This, so they originally were only contracted to build three Wish Class ships, plus the OLC Wish Class ship, and they got offered, as I understand it, um, they got offered this extra slot at Meyer Werft, um, for a good deal, let's call it.

I don't know what it was.

Obviously, I don't know anything about the financial side of it.

We saw a lot of promise in it.

We defended Lookout Key when other people hated it bef- even before they had set foot on it, um, because we saw a lot of promise.

I think part of the reaction I'm having today is when the ship sails out of Meyer Werft, it is what it is, and it won't have an opportunity to be reconfigured or rethemed for at least five years, if not-

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And Disney Cruise Line has marked another construction milestone for its ship, the Disney Believe.

Yeah, the keel laying ceremony was held at Meyer Werft Shipyard in Germany, where a custom-made coin featuring Tinker Bell was placed beneath the ship's keel.

Now, Disney says the ship's first massive construction block floated out in September, while work is underway on the second.

Disney Believe is scheduled to enter service in late 2027.

Okay, next piece of news.

This one is a TBD in terms of h- is this going to come to fruition or not? So Meyer Werft, uh, specifically Papenburg, Papenburg and Rostock, um, those are the specific, uh, uh, what do they call them?

Shipyards.

Places.

Shipyards, thank you.

The specific shipyards, uh, are in negotiations with MSC Cruises about a 80% controlling share of Meyer Werft, Papenburg, and Rostock.

Um, those are the shipyards that produced all of the Disney ships, uh, since the Magic and the Wonder, save for the Adventure, which was actually built in the Wismar shipyard, which is technically a separate entity even though it's part of Meyer Werft.

Um, but anyway, they're in negotiations because right now the government of Germany and Lower Saxony own that 80% share, and it sounds like they kinda want out.