"Dream" Leaves Papenburg Today

[Ed]

Disney Dream is due to depart the Meyer Werft shipyard at about 1pm Eastern Time today, enroute to Eemshaven where she will undergo sea trials in the North Sea, final outfitting and any necessary adjustments before heading across the Atlantic to arrive in Port Canaveral in early January.

The schedule for the transit of the Ems river can be found here (http://redaktion.meyer-neptun.de/exfiles/8/ueberfuehrungsplan%20disney%20dream%20englisch.pdf ).

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[Melanie]

Very cool! I know all you getting ready to cruise the Dream are very excited. :captain:

[Ed]

Dream just docked inside a massive drydock in Hamburg, Germany about an hour ago. Some adjustments and final work will be done there, after which she will do some more sea trials in the North Sea before heading across the Atlantic in late December, arriving at Port Canaveral on January 4th. Yours truly and his trusty camera will be on hand to welcome her.

Here's her temporary home:

[Ed]

Drydocking is completed, and Dream is back in the North Sea for another round of sea trials.

A large group of DCL crew members flew out of MCO today, bound for Germany, where they will be part of the very first crew.

The ship is to be officially delivered to DCL by the builder, Meyer Werft, on December 9th in Bremerhaven, Germany.

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[ElenitaB]

Wow... it's really getting close now.