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Watch: Disney christened its new cruise ship with an eye-popping 1,000-plus drone present
Nov
It’s nonetheless routine observe to christen a ship by cracking a bottle of the best champagne alongside the bow, however for Disney’s newest cruise ship – the Treasure – an everyday previous bottle wouldn’t be sufficient.
As a substitute, the Disney group anchored the Treasure within the Hudson River and did the christening very on-point by kicking issues off with a 65-foot-tall bottle of champagne. No, it wasn’t a feat of wine-bottle engineering, however one created by 1,000 drones excessive up within the night time sky. Merely, it was eye-popping…however these drones weren’t simply programmed to rock a bottle of champagne.
These 1,000 drones have been spinning above the Hudson River in New York Metropolis, creating iconic Disney scenes and icons, together with a magic lamp and a genie – sure, that one – and varied moments from Coco and Moana. The latter is probably going a nod to the forthcoming Moana 2 movie that opens in theaters later in November.
However for Disney followers, what stood out probably the most was a floating head and three hitch-hiking ghosts from the Haunted Mansion attraction. However do you know the Treasure additionally boasts a bar themed round that very attraction?
All in all, it was an attention grabbing expertise and one which caught the eye of unsuspecting New Yorkers, as evidenced by TikToks posted. It’s also possible to catch the whole christening ceremony and drone present under. This isn’t Disney’s first drone present both; the corporate routinely makes use of drones and fireworks throughout nighttime spectacles, most notably with the ‘Nighttime Electrical Parade’ at Disneyland Paris, and earlier this 12 months, it provided a drone present at Disney Springs in Orlando, Florida.
May Disney add a drone present as an everyday deal with for patrons onboard its cruises? That is still to be seen, however the Treasure’s first voyage is about for December 21, 2024.
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