Sail Away on a Disney Cruise
Thursday, Saturday & Sunday of
most weeks you will find me at my computer at 5pm EST. I’ll sit down with a
soda, pull up the Port Canaveral Webcam, turn up the sound on my computer and
sit for 20 minutes or so watching ships pull out of Port Canaveral.
When doing this I’ve noticed that
when a Disney ship pulls out of port there are more viewers online, especially
since they added sound to the live streaming video. What makes the Disney ships
so different?
When any ship pulls out of port they
blow their fog horn. For the standard ship it is a single tone that can near deafen
you. On a Disney Ship the fog horns have trumplets that play songs! When Disney
pull out of Port Canaveral they blast out a song. Magic and Wonder play only 1
song, and just the first 7 notes at that. (When You Wish Upon A Star) The Dream
and Magic play songs, up to 14 notes. (When You Wish Upon A Star, first 14
notes and can break that in ½, A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, An
Actors Life for Me, It’s A Small World, Yo Ho
Yo Ho A Pirates Life for Me and Be Our Guest) I can tell you from
experience what a thrill it is to be on the deck and hear the trumplets blow!
Fish Lips Bar and Grill is at the
water’s edge at Port Canaveral. They maintain the Port Canaveral Webcam. Often
when the Disney ships pass Fish Lips they will sound the trumplets at least
once and sometimes more. It is a fun day when the Dream or Fantasy play all the
songs right as they pass!
Another fun thing that sometimes
happens in ports (sadly I’ve never seen it and I don’t think it happens at Port
Canaveral) is Fog Horn Wars/Battles. This is when two ships take turns blowing
their Fog Horns. The bigger the ship the deeper and louder the Fog Horn. Disney
Ships horns are on the lower to middle end of the spectrum. (Magic/Wonder
smaller with Dream/Fantasy high end of the middle) Disney ships have a hard
time winning a straight out Fog Horn Battle. Still they have a secrete weapon,
the trumplets! The ships will blow their horns until one or the other signals submission
with two quick blasts of the horn. Usually the Disney Ships end up submitting
then they sound one of the songs! With that the bigger ships quickly submit!
Magic and Wonder were never truly beaten in a Fog Horn War until the Dream and
Fantasy came along. I’m hoping when I go on my next cruise in 2014 with the
Basementeers from Walt’s Basement I hope to see a Fog Horn Battle! Scroll to
the bottom of this post for video of a couple of Fog Horn Wars.
Here are some fun things to look at including
a link to the Port Canaveral Webcam and Walt’s Basement where you can check out
plans for the cruise! All are welcome to join the trip!
Walt’s Basement ~ For the Love of All
Things Disney
Basementeers In the Caribbean planning thread
Port Canaveral Webcam (Courtesy of Fish
Lips Bar & Grill)
Fog Horn Wars
Big Ship vs Disney Magic
Disney Magic vs Disney Dream
All the Songs Disney Dream/Fantasy play
I was able to see my daughter and myself waving during the sailaway on the webcam after our August Fantasy cruise.
ReplyDeleteCOOL!!!! That must have been fun!!
ReplyDeleteWe are going to have a big sign for all the folks back home to see when we sail away! Then we will find out where they post the clips and tell folks where to look for us. :-D