Rendering of Disney Imagination at sea, with a dark blue hull and red funnels
Disney Cruise Line Wish Class

Disney Imagination

The first ship of Disney Cruise Line Japan, a Wish-class variant run by Oriental Land Co. from Tokyo from spring 2029.

2,500 passengersLNG-poweredDebuts in Tokyo in spring 2029

The ship in figures

Ship history
  1. 2028
    Year built
    Meyer Werft (Papenburg, Germany)

Ariel from The Little Mermaid, with Sebastian and friends, will spell out the ship's name on the stern with her dinglehopper.

Disney Imagination will be the first ship of Disney Cruise Line Japan, the Disney-branded cruise business owned and operated by Oriental Land Co. (OLC), which also runs Tokyo Disney Resort under licence from Disney. She is a Wish-class variant under construction at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, with designs by Walt Disney Imagineering, about 1,250 staterooms and LNG propulsion, and she will be registered in Japan and sail from Tokyo all year round from spring 2029. Her name and theme, creativity, optimism and imagination, were announced on 13 October 2026, with Ariel and Sebastian from The Little Mermaid on the stern. Venues, itineraries and stateroom categories have not been announced yet.

Attractions

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    Stern artwork
    Ariel from "The Little Mermaid", with Sebastian and friends from under the sea, writes the ship's name with her dinglehopper.
Sustainability
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion, like the other Wish-class ships.

In pictures

Disney Imagination: Stern artwork with Ariel writing the ship's name (artist concept)
Stern artwork with Ariel writing the ship's name (artist concept)
Photos: Stern artwork with Ariel writing the ship's name (artist concept): Disney (artist concept), via Disney Parks Blog · Cover: Rendering: Disney, via Disney Parks Blog