Talk:Disney Cruise Line/Archive 1

Archive 1

Infoboxes

Silly question: why does the Magic have a "Disney Theme Park" infobox, but the Wonder has a generic infobox with cruise ship-type categories? Powers ^T 12:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

That's what I was wordering so I fixed it,--70.162.46.19 02:28, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

number of staterooms

The DCL website says that both ships have 875 staterooms. Can someone cite a source for saying that the Wonder has only 874?Thomprod 21:14, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Seeing none since June, I have changed the main article to say each ship has 875 staterooms and linked the DCL website.Thomprod (talk) 17:50, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Subtle enhancements have been added to Parrot Cay?

The currect article states that "Subtle enhancements have been added to Parrot Cay restaurant that change every evening during dinner." Can someone cite a source for this? I believe this may actually refer to Animator's Palate, which is the restaurant which gradually changes from black-and-white to color throughout the meal.Thomprod 17:24, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Again, seeing no citation of a source, I have removed the line from the article.Thomprod (talk) 18:09, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Fireworks

On our Disney Magic cruise they had fireworks after a deck party. They made an announcement that Disney is the only cruise line that has a live fireworks show. Can anyone confirm this to be true? ````

That is correct. DCL obtained a special permit for a limited amount of fireworks to be used once safely out of port. I moved your query and my response to its own section. Please remember to sign your posts by typing four tildes. Thomprod (talk) 13:57, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Ship prefixes

Does anyone know what the prefixes for the ships are? SS, MS, etc. --Chaz (talk) 18:50, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

You can find a fairly comprehensive list at Ship prefixes. Maralia (talk) 01:31, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Future ship names

Information about possible names for the third and fourth ships in Disney's fleet does not belong in the article unless it can be verified by a reliable source. See WP:CRYSTAL for more information about rumor and speculation in Wikipedia articles. —Whoville (talk) 14:07, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

However if we use words such as however and rumored we can put down rumored names as found on screamscape.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lancerboy (talk • contribs) 30 June 2008

It doesn't work that way. Read WP:RS to understand why the claims made in Wikipedia articles should be verifiable by reliable sources. —Whoville (talk) 20:02, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Article split?

Most cruise line articles are about the line itself - the individual ships have their own articles. See the articles for Norwegian Cruise Line or Celebrity Cruises for examples of how they are structured for other cruise lines. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

That was quick - thanks for splitting it out. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:07, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Additional Citations for Verification Caption

I just added additional sources from multiple reputable websites. I was wondering when the caption for additional citations needed can be taken down. In other words, how many sources should there be so that it isn't neccessary for that caption to still be there? I think that most statements in the article have been verified for. If anyone has any additional references that they would like to add, please feel free to. I hope my edits have helped the verification of the page. BalticPat22Pat 21:07, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

They have, and I decided to be bold and remove the tag. Thank you very much for adding all those sources. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 21:12, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! I love to research things in general and on top of that, I am an avid cruise enthusiast. I just thought that there is ample information available for Disney Cruise Line on the internet, and it was just a matter of finding the sources. I am glad to be able to help. BalticPat22Pat 16:13, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Ship Class?

Do the Disney ships fall under any designated "class" of vessel? "Sister" ships built according to similar specs usually are classified under a named class. For example, Royal Caribbean has the Sovereign Class ships (Monarch of the Seas, Majesty of the Seas, and before it was sold.. Sovereign of the Seas), Vision Class ships (Vision of the Seas, Grandeur of the Seas, etc..). The Wonder and the Magic would likely comprise one class, while the two new ships would fall under another class. TampAGS (talk) 14:37, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Generally, a ship class shares the name of the first ship built under the design; but I've never seen anywhere that Disney officially recognized a specific class name for their ships - but then, with only two ships existing thus far, they haven't had a need to distinguish the classes as yet. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:53, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

While it's kinda fun to refer to the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder as the Magic-class, and while I've done so with friends, barring Disney starting to implement that usage, it doesn't really belong here. Talk pages? No worries. In the articles? Worries. **puts 2 cents in the jar** --McDoobAU93 (talk) 22:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

I know this is an older subsection now ... but as far as ship class goes, the Magic and Wonder are being referred to as the Classics and the Dream and Fantasy are Dream class. But ship classification is much more important to the cruise lines that mass produce ships. Magic and Wonder will probably be the only 2 ships ever like themselves. There may some day be more ships like Dream and Fantasy, but the next 2 ships are in the rumor mills as being in between in size. So yet another "class" of ship for those that follow that enough. HawkeyeFLA (talk) 05:47, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

The cruise line is not American

Technically the ships in the cruise line are not American. There are registered in the Bahamas as stated on the Disney web site. I believe the lead sentence in the article in incorrect. Disney is not an American cruise line. See the Jones act for why this is important. DaleDe (talk) 21:20, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

The company is headquarted in the United States, and the ships' home ports are in the United States. That's good enough for me; alternative maritime flagging is a widespread "loophole" practice but doesn't change the essential character of the companies. Powers ^T 00:42, 13 April 2012 (UTC)