URAYASU, Japan - Walt Disney and Japan's Oriental Land Company unveiled plans on Tuesday to launch a new cruise ship that will set sail from Tokyo in 2029, adding a ninth vessel to the brand's growing fleet.The new ship will be modelled after the Wish, the largest vessel in Disney's fleet. OLC, the operator of Tokyo Disneyland, will also operate the new cruise vessel.Disney currently has five cruise ships in operation.
"Forty percent of the people on those ships today will say, 'The only reason I'm on a cruise ship today is because Disney's here,' which means we're creating a market," D'Amaro said."When we are in Singapore, with this unbelievable ship that we're building, the same thing is going to happen," he added. "We know there's an insatiable demand for everything Disney.