Disney Adventure
Disney Adventure is the upcoming eighth cruise ship owned and operated by Disney Cruise Line, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Scheduled to enter service on March 10, 2026, she is the first and only ship of the, with her originally planned sister ship scrapped. At, Disney Adventure is the eleventh largest cruise ship in the world and the largest cruise ship ever built in Germany. On February 2nd, 2026, the Panama Canal Authority announced the ship is the largest by gross tonnage and highest-passenger capacity Neopanamax cruise ship to cross the Panama Canal, breaking the previous record held by Norwegian Bliss.
Originally ordered in 2016 as Global Dream for Genting Hong Kong's Dream Cruises brand, the ship's construction began in 2018 but stalled following the financial collapse of its builder, MV Werften and Genting, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Disney purchased the unfinished vessel in 2022 for €40million, far below its original €1billion valuation, with a original plan to complete it for $1 billion USD. After the purchase, Disney transferred it to longtime shipbuilding partner Meyer Werft, where it was fitted with an interior with a reduced passenger capacity compared with the original plan. At the time of its completion at the end of 2025, Disney Adventure became Disney's largest cruise ship. The vessel measures in length and contains 2,111 cabins accommodating up to 6,000 passengers. It is also designed to use lower-emission methanol fuel and is equipped with ABB Azipod propulsion.
It is planned to be the company's first ship to be based outside the United States, operating year-round from Singapore for at least five years. The ship will employ a new concept for the company in which it is "both the journey and the destination," offering 3- and 4-night voyages spent entirely at sea with no port calls. The ship was floated out in April 2025 and began sea trials in September of that year. Its maiden voyage is scheduled for March 10, 2026.
History
Construction of the ''Global'' class
ordered two Global class ships in May 2016 from its subsidiary Lloyd Werft for service with Star Cruises, with delivery of the first vessel planned for 2019. In July 2016, Genting reorganized Lloyd Werft, creating MV Werften as a builder of large cruise ships. In March 2018, Genting announced that the ships would instead be transferred to Dream Cruises, operating from Chinese ports in summer and sailing to Southeast Asia, Oceania, and the west coast of the United States during the remainder of the year.Because the design was not yet complete at the time of ordering, construction did not begin until March 8, 2018, when ceremonial steel cuttings were held at MV Werften's shipyards in Wismar and Rostock. Work on the first ship, Global Dream, formally began that day. The keel was laid on September 11, 2018, in Rostock. Major components were built at both yards, with final assembly taking place in Wismar. A large hull section was floated out of the Rostock dry dock on November 22, 2019, and towed to Wismar, where it entered the dry dock the following day.
Construction was scheduled to take just under three years, with the first ship to be delivered in late 2020 and the second in late 2021.
Purchase by Disney and naming
Due to the temporary closure of the shipyard in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, delivery of both Global-class ships was expected to be delayed.The pandemic's impact on tourism contributed to the collapse of Genting Hong Kong. The company sought financial support from the German government to keep the shipyards operating but was unsuccessful. Hours after talks broke down, the company filed for bankruptcy on January 19, 2022.
On November 16, 2022, the insolvency administrator sold the first, partially completed ship, Global Dream, to Disney Cruise Line for €40 million. The second, less-complete ship was sold for scrap. The Wismar shipyard was sold to ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, with a provision allowing Disney’s longtime shipbuilding partner Meyer Werft to lease the facilities until the cruise ship was completed.
Disney redesigned the ship, reducing capacity to 2,111 passenger cabins and 6,000 passengers to improve the service ratio.
Disney worked with Meyer Werft to complete the vessel ahead of entry into service in 2026. She will be the largest Disney cruise ship and the first to be based outside of the United States, operating out of Singapore. On September 8, 2023, the ship was officially announced as the Disney Adventure at the Destination D23 Expo. Interior design work was carried out by Estonia-based firm LTH-Baas.
Construction was originally scheduled to be completed in May 2025, with a maiden voyage planned for December 15, 2025. The ship was floated out on April 19, 2025, and departed Wismar for sea trials on September 1. However, on September 10, 2025, Disney Cruise Line announced that the maiden voyage had been postponed to March 10, 2026. The ship was delivered to Disney Cruise Line on December 13, 2025. It left Bremerhaven on January 4, 2026.
Design
The ship was originally planned to measure, but was increased to 208,000 GT in the final design. The ship is in length, with a beam of and a draft of. The ship is powered by six MAN Diesel & Turbo 48/60CR diesel engines, which make a total of and power three ABB Azipod XO thrusters via ABB ACS6080 variable frequency drives. ABB also supplied major control components and software. The Disney Adventure is the first Disney ship to be powered by methanol. The ship is also the first Disney ship to have more than two funnels, boasting four. She is the first ocean-going passenger vessel to boast four funnels since the RMS Aquitania, which was in service from 1914 to 1950. Like the prior Disney ships, not all funnels are functional. As such, she is also the first four-funnel vessel to have dummy funnels since the Arundel-class liners, which had four funnels until 1937.The ship was planned to use artificial intelligence and robots for many customer-facing services, with extensive use of voice and face recognition. The pre-Disney design provided for 2,350 passenger cabins allowing for 9,000 passengers, 4,700 of those in lower berths. Her crew was to be 2,200. The post-Disney design will provide 2,111 passenger cabins, allowing for 6,000 passengers.