Watch: Disney christened its new cruise ship with an eye-popping 1,000-plus drone present

It’s nonetheless routine follow 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a bottle of the best champagne alongside the bow, however for Disney’s newest cruise ship – the Treasure – an everyday outdated bottle wouldn’t be sufficient.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 evening sky. Merely, it was eye-popping…however these drones weren’t simply programmed to rock a bottle of champagne.

These 1,000 drones had 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?

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All in all, it was an eye catching expertise and one which caught the eye of unsuspecting New Yorkers, as evidenced by TikToks posted. You may as well catch the whole christening ceremony and drone present beneath. 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 supplied a drone present at Disney Springs in Orlando, Florida.

Would possibly Disney add a drone present as an everyday deal with for patrons onboard its cruises? That continues to be to be seen, however the Treasure’s first voyage is ready for December 21, 2024.

WATCH LIVE: The Disney Treasure Christening | Disney Cruise Line – YouTube