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wHmpllS®s respectful of an ancestral lineage but unmistakably contemporary," said Mike Reininger, vice presi- dent product development, Disney

Cruise Line (DCL).

While the outside is an instant classic on sight, and "all-Disney" — by virtue of its dark hull, bold red funnels, yellow striping and lifeboats — the inside of the ship is state-of-the-art maritime, incorpo- rating the latest products and sys- tems from some of the world's pre- mier ship equipment suppliers (please see Particulars list below).

Disney's approach to building it's new fleet was to plan the ships, detail, and then approach a m shipyard to build the design. "Our design work was done far advance of the shipbuilding con in

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The ship's exterior was researched and designed by

Norway's Jjal R. Eide, one of the world's most recognized ship designers. He consulted with an industrial engineer from

Frogdesign, a firm know for its package design for such clients as

Acer and Macintosh, which shows how non-ship insights entered and affected the overall equation.

Disney Magic Main Particulars

Shipyard Fincantieri, Trieste

GOT 85,000

Contract date April 1995

Scheduled delivery April 1998

Passengers 1,750

Crew 915

No. of Staterooms 87

Outside Staterooms 73%

Registry Bahamian

Length 964 fi. (294 m)

Width 106 ft. (32.3 m)

Draft 25.3 ft. (7.7 m)

Speed, max 24 knots

Speed, cruising 21.5 knots

Designer Fincantieri ipellers Lips Italiana

Generator engines Grandi Motori Trieste

Thruster engines Fincantieri

Steering controls Ulstein Frydenbo

Propeller shafts SDF

Engine licensee Wdrtsilo NSD

Intermediate shafts Lucchini Siderugica

Flap Rudders Bot Groningen

Main switchboard panels N Magrini Galileo

Oil fired burners Aalborg Boiler

Exhaust gas boilers Rizzi

Centrifugal and screw pumps Garbarino Pompe

Axial flow pumps Frank Mohn

Air conditioning ATISA

Air compressors Sperre; Ingersoll Rand

Air fans and ventilation Boldrocchi

HVAC compressors Carrier Transicold

Freshwater generators Alfa Laval Desalt

Fuel oil modules and oil separators Alfa Laval

Pipe antifouling Cathleco

Paints Jotun Brignola

Lifeboats Harding Safety

Liferafts Viking

Lifesaving equipment Stearns Manufacturing

Fire Detection Autronica

Carbon dioxide and sprinkler systems Silvani

Water spray Helen Larssen

Navigation equipment Sperry Marine

Communications equipment Telmar

Passenger information Scandinavian Micro

Stairways Mobilgiri

Elevators MacGregor

Galley Equipment Electrolux

Waste treatment Scanship

Atrium Hopeman Brothers

Restaurants Vitrani

Upper indoor areas and children areas. .Mivan Marine

Teak deck and pool area Henning Frokjaer

Teak deck covering Thaiphong Sawmill 57