The Disney Drive Time Podcast - Disney News and Commentary
Sep 22, 2026 · 17 min · 11 segments
Cheryl & Tony bring you the latest Disney news, with commentary, in a podcast sized just right for your commute... Today's podcast is all news
They have a new
That's right.
The Disney Believe, the latest ship in the Wish class, is going to be joining the cruise line in late 2027.
So we're about a year and a half, a year and three months away.
And the first big step for that is that the first gigablock has been floated out over at the Meyerwerft Shipyard in Peppenburg, Germany.
Wow.
gigablock
a gigablock that yeah that is a that's the midsection of the ship it's so funny how
they're just in big chunks yeah
they build it in place uh the rooms are all there all the electrical work is done they kind of close off the sides uh and then they float it out into the big hall where they will be building the aft and the forward section
wow
um and uh then joining those three pieces together it's very neat it is so big step for the disney believe
They have shared a first look at the new class of ships.
That's right.
This actually took place during D23, back at the end of August.
But I found this story.
I figured we were just talking about the newest Wish class ship.
That's going to be the last ship in the Wish class.
And then they're going to launch three ships in a brand new class, which is yet to be named.
They are going to be smaller than the Wish, but bigger than the Magic.
Mm-hmm.
Which could mean they're about the dream or the fantasy size, maybe slightly smaller than that because the dream and the fantasy have the same guest potential as the wish does.
They have a new
That's right.
The Disney Believe, the latest ship in the Wish class, is going to be joining the cruise line in late 2027.
So we're about a year and a half, a year and three months away.
And the first big step for that is that the first gigablock has been floated out over at the Meyerwerft Shipyard in Peppenburg, Germany.
Wow.
gigablock
a gigablock that yeah that is a that's the midsection of the ship it's so funny how
they're just in big chunks yeah
they build it in place uh the rooms are all there all the electrical work is done they kind of close off the sides uh and then they float it out into the big hall where they will be building the aft and the forward section
wow
um and uh then joining those three pieces together it's very neat it is so big step for the disney believe
They have shared a first look at the new class of ships.
That's right.
This actually took place during D23, back at the end of August.
But I found this story.
I figured we were just talking about the newest Wish class ship.
That's going to be the last ship in the Wish class.
And then they're going to launch three ships in a brand new class, which is yet to be named.
They are going to be smaller than the Wish, but bigger than the Magic.
Mm-hmm.
Which could mean they're about the dream or the fantasy size, maybe slightly smaller than that because the dream and the fantasy have the same guest potential as the wish does.
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