Port Canaveral-bound Disney Treasure cruise ship leaves shipyard on way to sea trials
The latest vessel in Disney Cruise Line’s growing fleet left its shipyard home Wednesday making the slow 20-mile river trip so it can complete sea trials ahead of a debut from Port Canaveral later this year.
The Disney Treasure, a sister ship to Disney Wish that debuted in 2022 and also calls Port Canaveral home, left the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany making its way on the Ems River toward the North Sea.
The inland shipyard requires a tugboat-assisted conveyance of the 1,119-foot-long, 128-foot-wide ship traveling on the river facing in reverse.
A live stream of the conveyance was broadcast by YouTube channel Hamburg Port Live.
The vessel is first headed to Eemshaven, Netherlands, before it heads out for sea trials in the North Sea. The shipyard has a lot of practice getting vessels up the river, traveling at only 3-5 mph over several hours.
In the past, parts of bridges had to be disassembled to allow for a ship’s passing, although Disney Treasure, while the largest in Disney’s fleet along with Wish to date, isn’t the biggest transported from Meyer Werft.