The Disney Wonder is a cruise ship operated by Disney Cruise Line since its launch in 1999. Built by Fincantieri in Italy, she can hold a maximum of 2,400 passengers. MV Pride of Aloha docked in Port of Nāwiliwili, Kaua‘i in the Hawaiian Islands A cruise ship, or less commonly cruise liner or luxury liner, is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the amenities of the ship are considered an essential part... The Disney Cruise Line is a cruise line owned by the Walt Disney Company. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Fincantieri is an Italian shipbuilder. ...

Disney Wonder and sister ship Disney Magic are the first vessels to be designed, from the keel up, as family cruise ships, with the precise goal of accommodating parents and children. Low tech things like the split bathrooms, even in small cabins, and high tech services like the parental pagers are two of the many design features that set them apart from other cruise ships. Disney Magic sails out of Port Canaveral for a 7-day Caribbean cruise. ... A pager that is in use for emergency services A pager is an electronic device used to contact people via a paging network. ...

The bulk of the clientele is made up, as expected, of nuclear families. In addition it is popular for family reunions of medium to large sizes. The ship also attracts honeymooners. Rick Santorum is God! A nuclear family (sometimes known in the British sociological term, cornflake family) is a household consisting of two married, heterosexual parents and their legal children (siblings), as distinct from the extended family. ... A honeymoon is the traditional trip taken by newlyweds to celebrate their marriage, and presumably, consummate it. ...

The Disney Wonder is 294 meters long (965 feet) and has diesel-electric propulsion with five motors feeding 58 megawatts of power to the two propellers. Her maximum speed is 24 knots and her average speed 21. A number of vehicles use a diesel-electric powerplant for providing locomotion. ...

The general allure of the ship follows that of other Fincantieri designs, except for the presence of two stacks instead of one (though one is false and houses a teen club. This gives a silhouette which is reminiscent of the golden age of the ocean liners. Other details, such as the large round portholes instead of the window-like openings common in other cruise ships, also show a desire to foster a nostalgic image of the luxury and prestige of sea travel of the past. The ocean liner Rex of the Italian Line An ocean liner is a large passenger ship, typically a motorized vessel that undertakes longer voyages on the open sea primarily for the purpose of transporting people from one place to another. ...

The interior is a mix of the opulent but clean art deco streamline style of the transatlantic liners of the 1940s and 1950s and the graphic signature of all the Disney movies of the last decades. The Disney characters are also there in abundance. There is no risk of having the impression for more than a short moment of being on the Normandie or the Queen Elizabeth, given such things as a large bronze statue of Ariel, The Little Mermaid right in the middle of the entry foyer to the Triton restaurant. Also, Mickey Mouse is everywhere and the foghorn plays When you wish upon a star. Asheville City Hall. ... The poster Normandie (1935) is Cassandres most famous design The Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France. ... RMS Queen Elizabeth was a steam-powered ocean liner of the Cunard Steamship Company. ... The Little Mermaid is a Disney animated feature adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little Mermaid. ... Mickeys most recognizable look has him wearing red shorts and yellow shoes. ...

The Disney Wonder and her sister ship serve also as supply vessels for Castaway Cay, the private Disney island which is their exclusive port of call. Castaway Cay is a private island or out island in the Bahamas which serves as an exclusive port of call for the Disney Wonder and her sister ship the Disney Magic. ...

References

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