Originally built by Hong Kong-based Genting’s Dream Cruises, Disney picked up the unfinished, billion-dollar ship at a “favourable price” (exact amount unrevealed) when Dream Cruises fell into receivership during the pandemic. Disney then reduced the originally planned capacity of 9000 down to 6700. Even so, at 208,000 gross tonnes, it’s easily the biggest ship in Disney’s fleet and the cruise line’s first to be based in Asia, launching from Singapore – its home for the next five years.