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ship designs — adding its own embellishments —to ensure that the ships go to market on time. "Our design work was done far in advance of the shipbuilding con- tract," said Arthur Rodney, DCL president. All of the preparatory work on behalf of Disney was cru- cial to making the ships a reality, (buise Line as "we went out and pre-designed the ship with all of the architectur- al and technical elements defined...the shipyard was actually an extension of this process," said

Mr. Rusten.

The coordination of shipowner with shipyard, consultants, design- ers and naval architects from all four corners of the world was another large logistical challenge in Mr. Rusten's estimation, a chal- lenge which was only met with a detailed and successful communi- cations process.

The Ship

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