Innovative Games Come to Disney Cruise Line's Latest
Press Release from Disney Cruise Lines
“Paintings” become animated. Animated motion picture characters engage in chit-chat with guests. The walls of a dining room transform into “windows” on an undersea world. Interior staterooms have a porthole view of the sea outside. Riders in a watery tube peer down to nothing but ocean – 150 feet below. The floor beneath children at play comes alive to whimsical movements.
They sound like the storylines of dreams. But, in fact, they are some of the real magic and wonder of the newest Disney Cruise Line ship, the aptly named Disney Dream.
Guests will discover this Dream to be sweet with creativity and whimsical technical innovation – whether it’s mealtime, playtime or bedtime. Among the highlights:
AquaDuck
Disney Cruise Line debuts the first-ever shipboard water coaster, AquaDuck, an exhilarating flume ride featuring twists, turns, drops, acceleration and river rapids …
* The ups and downs of the 765-foot-long course cover 46 vertical feet – equivalent to 4½ stories.
* Coaster thrills are provided by high-powered water jets that send about 10,000 gallons of water per minute through the attraction and accelerate guests upward and forward through the ride.
* A “swing out” loop takes riders 12 feet beyond the side of the ship, with guests surrounded only by a clear acrylic flume that provides a thrilling, unobstructed view of the ocean surface…150 feet below.
* A stretch of river rapids 335 feet in length provides a stunning panorama of the ocean and the ship’s upper decks before a whooshing splashdown on Deck 12.
Enchanted Art
Around the atrium lobby and throughout the Disney Dream, nearly two dozen framed pieces of Enchanted Art inspired by Disney classic movies and other animated sequences immerse guests in Disney storytelling in a completely new way …
* As guests pause to admire an individual piece of Enchanted Art, it magically comes alive.
* An example: A work of art that appears to be an animation cel from the Disney classic film “Bambi” springs to life … as Bambi’s friends Thumper and Flower scamper and a butterfly flies through the scene.
* Another example: A vintage photo of Walt Disney at his drawing board creates a magical moment for guests when the character Walt is creating becomes animated.
* Another example: A “painting” of Peter Pan’s Neverland Cove is fronted by a prop of a ship’s wheel. When a guest moves the wheel, the painting comes to life and the guest navigates Captain Hook’s ship around Neverland Cove.
* While Enchanted Art looks like other hanging art pieces around the ship, it is actually a framed LCD screen with technology that recognizes a guest is present and activates several seconds of animation.
* Guests may see new and different animation as they come back and visit the Enchanted Art another time.
Enchanted Art interactive detective game
Enchanted Art also is involved in an interactive game…
* Using a game card that they hold up in front of select pieces of Enchanted Art, guests unveil clues and find missing objects, ultimately determining the villain and saving the day in an interactive detective adventure game.
* Guests obtain game cards at a self-sign-in “detective desk” kiosk where they also receive a map of the Enchanted Art pieces that are part of the game for them to explore.
* The game card has a 2D barcode – a square marker pattern that is read by a camera, causing something to happen. Since each game card has a unique barcode pattern, the progress of each player can be tracked by the game software.
* The detective adventure is a self-paced game that has six potential villains and features randomized events – so each time a guest plays, they will have a different and unique gaming experience.
Magical Porthole
The Disney Dream carries on the spirit of innovation with a cruise industry first for all 150 inside staterooms – a “window” to the world with a real-time view outside the ship…
“Paintings” become animated. Animated motion picture characters engage in chit-chat with guests. The walls of a dining room transform into “windows” on an undersea world. Interior staterooms have a porthole view of the sea outside. Riders in a watery tube peer down to nothing but ocean – 150 feet below. The floor beneath children at play comes alive to whimsical movements.
They sound like the storylines of dreams. But, in fact, they are some of the real magic and wonder of the newest Disney Cruise Line ship, the aptly named Disney Dream.
Guests will discover this Dream to be sweet with creativity and whimsical technical innovation – whether it’s mealtime, playtime or bedtime. Among the highlights:
AquaDuck
Disney Cruise Line debuts the first-ever shipboard water coaster, AquaDuck, an exhilarating flume ride featuring twists, turns, drops, acceleration and river rapids …
* The ups and downs of the 765-foot-long course cover 46 vertical feet – equivalent to 4½ stories.
* Coaster thrills are provided by high-powered water jets that send about 10,000 gallons of water per minute through the attraction and accelerate guests upward and forward through the ride.
* A “swing out” loop takes riders 12 feet beyond the side of the ship, with guests surrounded only by a clear acrylic flume that provides a thrilling, unobstructed view of the ocean surface…150 feet below.
* A stretch of river rapids 335 feet in length provides a stunning panorama of the ocean and the ship’s upper decks before a whooshing splashdown on Deck 12.
Enchanted Art
Around the atrium lobby and throughout the Disney Dream, nearly two dozen framed pieces of Enchanted Art inspired by Disney classic movies and other animated sequences immerse guests in Disney storytelling in a completely new way …
* As guests pause to admire an individual piece of Enchanted Art, it magically comes alive.
* An example: A work of art that appears to be an animation cel from the Disney classic film “Bambi” springs to life … as Bambi’s friends Thumper and Flower scamper and a butterfly flies through the scene.
* Another example: A vintage photo of Walt Disney at his drawing board creates a magical moment for guests when the character Walt is creating becomes animated.
* Another example: A “painting” of Peter Pan’s Neverland Cove is fronted by a prop of a ship’s wheel. When a guest moves the wheel, the painting comes to life and the guest navigates Captain Hook’s ship around Neverland Cove.
* While Enchanted Art looks like other hanging art pieces around the ship, it is actually a framed LCD screen with technology that recognizes a guest is present and activates several seconds of animation.
* Guests may see new and different animation as they come back and visit the Enchanted Art another time.
Enchanted Art interactive detective game
Enchanted Art also is involved in an interactive game…
* Using a game card that they hold up in front of select pieces of Enchanted Art, guests unveil clues and find missing objects, ultimately determining the villain and saving the day in an interactive detective adventure game.
* Guests obtain game cards at a self-sign-in “detective desk” kiosk where they also receive a map of the Enchanted Art pieces that are part of the game for them to explore.
* The game card has a 2D barcode – a square marker pattern that is read by a camera, causing something to happen. Since each game card has a unique barcode pattern, the progress of each player can be tracked by the game software.
* The detective adventure is a self-paced game that has six potential villains and features randomized events – so each time a guest plays, they will have a different and unique gaming experience.
Magical Porthole
The Disney Dream carries on the spirit of innovation with a cruise industry first for all 150 inside staterooms – a “window” to the world with a real-time view outside the ship…
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