PORT CANAVERAL, Florida — Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Disney Fantasy, will be christened in New York on March 1, then sail to her home port of Port Canaveral, Florida, according to a Disney Cruise Line press release.  With a maiden voyage on March 31, the Disney Fantasy will sail seven-night cruises to the Caribbean and Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay.

The Disney Fantasy arrived in New York yesterday after traveling nearly 3,800 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from Bremerhaven, Germany. 

The 4,000-passenger Disney Fantasy is the sister ship of the Disney Dream, has 1,250 state rooms, 14 decks, over 1,400 crew members, and a 22-knot cruising speed.

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