I-Disney Cruise Line iqale ukwakha emikhunjini emibili emisha namuhla ngomcimbi wokusika insimbi endaweni yemikhumbi yaseMeyer Werft ePapenburg, eJalimane. Njengoba ihlelelwe ukuqedwa ngo-2011 no-2012, ama-ocean liners amasha azoqhubekisela phambili ulwazi lwenkampani lwezihambeli zohlobo olulodwa futhi adale izinketho zohambo lomndeni ezengeziwe ngolwazi nezimethembayo zomkhiqizo.
“Ngesikhathi sethula ibhizinisi lethu ngo-1998, sabona isidingo esigcawini sohambo ngomkhumbi olwakhelwe imindeni kuphela,” kusho uKarl L. Holz, umongameli we-Disney Cruise Line kanye neNew Vacation Operations. “Ngale mikhumbi emisha, siyaqhubeka nokwakhela phezu kwalowo mbono wokuhlinzeka imindeni eyengeziwe ngeholide lohambo lohambo engalibaleki kanye nethuba lokuhlola izindawo ezintsha nge-Disney."
Ucezu lokuqala lwensimbi olusikiwe lwemikhumbi emisha lwaluyingxenye ye-art deco inspired scrollwork ezohlobisa umnsalo wemikhumbi. Ngokufanayo nokuskrola emikhunjini ye-Disney Cruise Line, i-Disney Magic kanye ne-Disney Wonder, iphethini eyinkimbinkimbi ikhumbuza ama-ocean liner angawo-1930s, adizayinelwe ukukhombisa ubukhazikhazi benkathi ehamba phambili yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ngokuthinta okungeziwe kwe-Disney whimsy, efana njengendondo ye-Mickey Mouse maphakathi nomklamo.
Kusukela kuphothulwe isivumelwano nesikhungo semikhumbi saseMeyer Werft sokwakha imikhumbi emibili emisha, i-Disney Cruise Line kanye ne-Walt Disney Imagineering badale umklamo ohluke ngempela wemikhumbi emisha. Eminyakeni embalwa ezayo, ukwakhiwa kuzoqhubeka, okwenza umklamo ube ngokoqobo. Imininingwane yomklamo izovezwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
U-Holz uphawule ukuthi ukunwetshwa kwemikhumbi kuzophindeka kabili umthamo wabagibeli be-Disney Cruise Line. Umkhumbi ngamunye uzoba nama-stateroom angu-1,250 futhi uzoba nesisindo samathani ayi-128,000. Ngokufanayo nemikhumbi ekhona, i-Disney Magic kanye ne-Disney Wonder, imikhumbi emisha izokwakhiwa ngenjongo kucatshangwa ngemindeni, enezindawo eziklanywe ngokukhethekile nemisebenzi yelungu ngalinye lomndeni ukuze ivumele kokubili isikhathi esiyikhwalithi ndawonye kanye nokuzizwisa okumangalisayo komuntu ngamunye. Okugxilwe kukho ukuhlinzeka ngesilungiselelo lapho imindeni ingaphinda ixhumeke khona, abantu abadala bakwazi ukushajwa futhi izingane zingakwazi ukucwila emhlabeni wezinganekwane kuphela ezingadalwa yi-Disney.
