On March 26, 2021, Ems-Dollart Media shared a second video showing the first megablock for the Disney Wish under the spring sunshine following the megablock’s overnight float out of Meyer Werft’s shipbuilding facility in Papenburg, Germany.
Special thanks to Ems -Dollart Media for continuing to keep us up to date on the progress of the Disney Wish. Check out their Instagram account for some more views of the Disney Wish’s first megablock.
Additionally, inselvideo shared similar video of the float out along with drone video during the day.
Disney Wish Construction Updates
Neptun Werft – Rostock, Germany
Floating Engine Room Construction
- March 2020 – Floating Engine Room Unit (FERU) Construction Begins – Neptun Werft – Rostock, Germany
- June 2020 – Floating Engine Room Update 1
- August 2020 – Floating Engine Room Update 2
- September 11, 2020 – Disney Reveals the Disney Wish will be delayed
- October 15, 2020 – Disney reveals Disney Wish Maiden Voyage targeted for Summer 2022
- October 24, 2020 – Floating Engine Room Flout out Neptun Werft Rostock, Germany
- October 30, 2020 – Disney Wish Floating Engine Room Unit Kiel Canal Conveyance
- November 1, 2020 – Disney Wish Floating Engine Room At Port of Emden
- November 4, 2020 – Disney Wish Floating Engine Room Arrives at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany
Meyer Werft – Papenburg, Germany
Major Construction
- November 4, 2020 – Disney Wish Floating Engine Room Arrives at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany
- November 28, 2020 – New Blocks of the Disney Wish Spotted Inside Hall 6 at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany
- November 29, 2020 – New Section of the Disney Wish Arrives at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany
- November 28, 2020 – New Blocks of the Disney Wish Spotted Inside Hall 6 at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany – November 28, 2020
- December 12, 2020 – Disney Wish FERU Floated In Hall 6 at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany
- January 11, 2021 – Meyer Werft Webcam Update
- January 13, 2021 – First Disney Wish Funnel Arrives at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany
- January 15, 2021 – Disney Wish Boat Deck Block at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany
- February 22, 2021 – Disney Wish Bow and Keel Blocks Kiel Canal Conveyance
- February 24, 2021 – Disney Wish Bow and Keel Blocks Arriving at Meyer Werft
- February 25, 2021 – Disney Wish Mid Hull Segment Arriving at Meyer Werft
- March 26, 2021 – Disney Wish First Megablock Float Out at Meyer Werft – March 26, 2021
- March 26, 2021 – A Daytime Look at the Disney Wish Megablock Meyer Werft – March 26, 2021
Disney Wish was originally announced for a late 2021 delivery, but due to the pandemic the dates slipped to a spring 2022 delivery with the first sailing slated for Summer 2022. The new class of Disney Cruise vessel will be powered by clean-burning liquefied natural gas.
Here is a look at the tugboat returning after the megablock float out.
I swear I am the only DCL fan that is not looking forward to this ship. Mostly due to. The fact that Disney broke a huge maritime superstition with this ship by publicly naming this ship before the keel laying. I even know crew members who hope they never get offered a contract for this ship. I know I will be in the minority.
Do we actually know for sure that this is what occurred? Just because there wasn’t a public keel laying prior to the naming doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
My info come directly from Captain Henry. When the ship was publicly named in 2018 at D23 the keel nor the steel had been cut yet.