The Disney Wonder is nearing the end of her time at the Navantia dry dock in Cadiz, Spain. While on vacation last week, Jorn Jokker was able to capture a number of interesting photos of the Disney Wonder from a public park near the shipyard.
The bow is receiving a few coats of Monica Blue before the scroll work and superstructure receive coats of Mickey Yellow and white.
Scaffolding extends around the bridge and Senses Spa & Salon.
In the following photo from Jorn, you can see what appears to be a concierge sundeck being added above the Outlook Café.
The stern awaits primer and paint.
I cannot recall if I shared this on the site, but below is a tweet showing the ducktail and the removal of deck 7 aft to allow the installation of another generator and the extension and transformation of Beach Blanket Buffet to Cabanas.
Meet the #DisneyWonder's ducktail and adios deck 7 aft pic.twitter.com/Otlx2ICaq7
— Scott Sanders (@TheDCLBlog) September 27, 2016
A look at the new Twist N Spout slide that is being added as part of the new AquaLab replacing the Mickey Pool.
While Jorn was taking photos, contractors were beginning to re-install the fiber optic letters on the starboard Disney Wonder name plate.
I’d like to thank Jorn for sharing these photos and I encourage you to check out his website with some additional shots of the Disney Wonder.
The Disney Wonder has about one more week in Cadiz, before she is reintroduced to the sea and sets a course on her second Westbound Transatlantic voyage across the Atlantic with work continuing into early November.
What do you mean by “goodbye deck 7 aft”. Are you referring to rooms being removed or something else?
I am referring to an open deck area that was originally part of the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder. The space was transformed from a public space in 2013 on the Magic and now on the Wonder.
The secret sun deck and the back stairs to Beach Blanket were sweet. Sad to them them go.
The back staircase remains on the Disney Magic.
Scott,
With regard to the Sundeck above the concierge lounge – on the Magic, is the sundeck on the starboard side of the lounge, rather than above it? Not saying you are wrong at all, just saying it would be a difference between the two sisters ships, wouldn’t it?
PS Nice win by the Bucks last night in OT in Camp Randall stadium!
November 10 is just around the corner … is it on schedule to be finished in time?
“Jorn Jokker was able to capture a number of interesting photos of the Disney Magic from a public park near the shipyard.” Make that the Disney Wonder, not the Magic.
Yup!
Love these updates, thanks for the post. I think, if memory serves me correctly, the Wonder was our first cruise back in ’09 and we haven’t been back on it since, mostly because I absolutely love Castaway Cay, but perhaps after these updates are finished, I may have to re-look the Wonder itinerary.
David, The Wonder visits Castaway Cay. We took a cruise out of Galveston last December that called on Castaway Cay on New Years Eve.
We also visited Castaway Cay this Spring on a Disney Wonder cruise out of Miami.
Do you think that them not adding the aqua dunk to the wonder has something to do with the Panama Canal by any chance?
Nicholas, I am not sure what the official reason is as to why there is no AquaDunk.
No. With the new locks and the Bridge of America’s not being an issue, there’s really no reason for the Canal to be a reason. I read somewhere and I forget where, that the AquaDunk wasn’t very popular on the Magic so it may have been deleted on the Wonder.
I guess based on wind barrier installed on the forward deck, looks to me the Wonder will continue her Alaskan sailings for the foreseeable future. Makes you “Wonder” when the 2 new ships are home porting out of PC, if the she will be permanently in the Pacific (alternating between China and the US East Coast)…hummmm.
I was wondering the same. NCL just announced that their newest ship, Bliss, will call Seattle home year round with Alaska itineraries during the summer months.
So, it seems that Vibe may become the new Concierge Lounge and they may leave Outlook alone? One can only hope…
Ana, the Vibe is staying the Vibe.
So it seems clear from the photos that the once relatively large deck 7 area at the stern is now much smaller. But will there still be public access to this now reduced deck area or will the stern now be a closed off area? The deck plan still seems to show a deck 7 area that can be accessed?
This space is no longer public. It is being used for a backup generator.
I’m not sure why, with a ship the age of the Wonder, that DCL has now decided that they needed another generator? But I’m sure that DCL had their reasons….
That being said, I surely hope that this generator is not run very often as the noise and vibration from it could negatively impact the quiet of the cabins located near the stern on decks 6 , 7 and 8?
We have usually booked a cabin in the stern area, and we are certainly going to miss the stern deck on deck 7. Sad to see the deck disappear – not a positive change in our books.
I asked that question somewhere else and this is what I found out. That generator on deck 7 is an emergency generator for Cabanas. If something on the magnitude of the Carnival loss of power that happened a few years ago happened to DCL the crew and passengers would have hot food and drinking water.
Thanks Chris,
Your explanation makes sense. But with the weight of a diesel engine and generator – maybe that is part of the reason for the added duck tail ? (I understand that the duck tail also has something to do with hull efficiency as well as added buoyancy?)
From what I understand, the generator weighs around 16 tons with its associated equipment. Not including the extra weight of the extended deck for Cabanas. Add to that the SOLAS regs changed regarding centers of gravity for ships and she was probably too close to the new rules. The ducktails do several things. 1 is to change a ships center of gravity which improves stability. Another is to improve fuel economy. What typically happens when ship moves is the stern tends to squat down, and the bow comes up. (Look at a stern pic of the ships at sea then look at one while there tied to pier) A ducktail will help keep that from happeneing. By minimizing the amount of area on a ship that makes contact with the water, the ships move easier, which means a savings in fuel. It’s also the reason that the ships true bottom paint is grey. It’s a special polymer that inhibits marine growth and helps with fuel efficiency also.
Chris,
Thanks so much for your detailed and knowledgable explanations about some of the changes to the Disney Wonder!
Your very Welcome Ed.
What is the purpose of the ducktail does it improve stability or efficiency?
Keith,
There is a bit about the ducktail near the end of this post.