Technological Innovations Bring Stories and Characters to Life on the Disney Fantasy
CELEBRATION, Fla. – Throughout the Disney Fantasy, guests will discover creative and
whimsical technical innovations – whether it’s mealtime, playtime or bedtime.
The Muppets make their debut in a new adventure game. Guests’ own drawings dance with
Disney characters. “Paintings” spring to life. Interior staterooms have a porthole view of the sea
outside. Animated characters chat with guests.
Among the highlights:
“Animation Magic” at Animator’s Palate
Animator’s Palate on the Disney Fantasy brings the magic of Disney animation into the dining
room with a new show called “Animation Magic.” The dinner show celebrates the magic of
Disney animation and allows families to create and participate in a whole new way.
As guests are seated at their tables, they are invited to draw a character of their own using a
simple template on their placemat. Then, just before dinner, house lights dim and a sprinkling of
pixie dust illuminates the room.
During dinner, Mickey invites guests to sit back, relax and enjoy a taste of animation as a
montage of memorable food-themed moments from Disney and Disney-Pixar films is displayed,
set to the show tune “Be Our Guest.” After dinner, Mickey returns for the exciting finale. With a
musical crescendo, he works his magic and conjures the guests’ drawings – now fully animated
and brought to life – into the onscreen action.
A parade starts as Mickey leads the guests’ drawings in a march across the screens around the dining room. The animation of the drawings becomes increasingly more elaborate, and then the drawings step into scenes from beloved Disney movies and skip, skate and dance side-by-side with characters such as, Mickey Mouse, Jiminy Cricket, Cinderella and Snow White.
At the conclusion of the show, Mickey returns to say “so long” while credits roll on screen
showing each guest’s name listed as a guest animator. To commemorate the experience,
guests’ drawings are returned to them – with an added touch: a golden seal proclaiming them
an Official Disney Animator.
The Themed Entertainment Association awarded Disney Cruise Line the “Ingenious Use of
Technology” award for the “Animation Magic” show at Animator’s Palate on the Disney Fantasy.
Muppets Adventure Game
The Muppets are coming to the Disney Fantasy! While playing “The Case of the Stolen Show,”
guests take an interactive adventure quest around the ship, uncovering clues via more than a
dozen pieces of Enchanted Art and physical “evidence.”
The adventure begins with the cast of Muppets preparing to stage a big performance. But
there’s a problem: Kermit’s banjo is missing, Fozzie’s squirting flower has vanished, Gonzo’s
crash helmet has gone astray, Animal’s drum sticks have disappeared and the Swedish Chef
can’t find his cleaver! All of the props for the big show have been stolen by a cunning thief (or
more likely, another Muppet).
Guided by a map and holding a unique game card in front of select pieces of Enchanted Art,
guests unveil clues and find missing props. Elsewhere on the ship, guests may check a
Muppets message board and find a Muppet-sized stateroom door to discover clues. Their
mission is to solve the crime before it’s time to raise the curtain and light the lights on the
Muppets’ big show.
“The Case of the Stolen Show” is one of a trio of self-paced, Midship Detective Agency games
that may be played through the ship’s Enchanted Art. Each game features several possible
endings and multiple randomized events – so each time a guest plays, they have a different
adventure.
Enchanted Art
Throughout the Disney Fantasy, more than 20 pieces of Enchanted Art, inspired by classic
Disney characters and animations, 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.
Some examples of Enchanted Art new to the Disney Fantasy:
• Dual circus art posters featuring Dumbo and Timothy Q. Mouse flying from one frame
into the other – a nod to the Disney Fantasy stern characters.
• Walt Disney animating three new clips that spring from his sketch pad featuring the “Fab
Five” (Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Pluto).
• Fanciful animations of “Alice in Wonderland” inspired by Disney Legend Mary Blair’s art.
• “Pinkie Daisy” inspired by Thomas Lawrence’s painting “Sarah Barrett Moulton: Pinkie.”
While Enchanted Art looks like other hanging art pieces around the ship, it is actually a framed
LCD screen that utilizes technology to create special effects. Enchanted Art “recognizes” a
guest is present and activates several seconds of animation. Guests may see new and different
animation when they visit the Enchanted Art another time.
Living Characters
In Disney’s Oceaneer Club and Disney’s Oceaneer Lab youth areas, Disney characters come to life and interact with children in one-of-a-kind experiences:
• Crush, the animated sea turtle from the Disney-Pixar motion picture “Finding Nemo,”� and
Stitch, the mischievous animated alien from the motion picture “Lilo & Stitch,” appear on
a 103-inch plasma screen.
• The characters chat, play and joke with kids in live, unrehearsed, personalized
conversations, using sophisticated, voice-activated animation.
Magical Porthole
The Disney Fantasy 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”
• High-definition cameras on the exterior of the ship feed video to each Magical Porthole.
The view corresponds stateroom location – port or starboard – forward, midship or aft.
• Animated Disney characters may pop by the Magical Porthole, including Peach the
starfish from the Disney-Pixar film “Finding Nemo,” Dumbo the flying elephant or even
Mickey Mouse.
• All new Magical Porthole animations include a swinging Rapunzel from “Tangled,” a
waving Mr. Potato Head from “Toy Story,” and Scuttle and Flounder from “The Little
Mermaid” peeking in as they fly by.
Magic PlayFloor
Disney’s Oceaneer Club and Disney’s Oceaneer Lab feature a Magic PlayFloor, a cruise industry first that blends the latest in gaming technology with Disney’s panache for storytelling
• Located in the main gathering space in both venues, the interactive floor allows children
to engage in group activities where their movements control the action.
• The PlayFloor is designed with 16 light pads on the perimeter that detect motion and
location and trigger actions. There are 28 monitors integrated with one another to create
a grid display 15 feet by 15 feet on the center of the PlayFloor.
• The games are thematically tied to Disney stories and characters – from “Cars” and
“Tron” to “Peter Pan” and “The Princess and the Frog.”
• Youth counselors use the Magic PlayFloor during storytelling activities where children fly
over the streets of London with Peter Pan, help a frog feast on a bug banquet, leap over
lasers with Stitch, race a car like Lightning McQueen and step into the world of Tron.
Skyline
On the Disney Fantasy, adult guests step into a world that’s all their own at Europa – a
nighttime entertainment district exclusively for guests 18 and older that features sophisticated
bars and lounges inspired by the very best in European travel.
Skyline is a chic bar that provides ever-changing birds-eye views of stunning city skylines. The
venue’s nine “windows to the world” are actually 65-inch LCD screens that depict different
locales in panorama. Guests glimpse ever-changing views of spectacular cities, such as Paris,
London, Barcelona, Florence, Athens, Budapest and St. Petersburg.
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