Disney Believe: First Look at the 2027 Cruise Ship

Disney Cruise Line has shared its first substantial design details for the Disney Believe, the next ship in the fleet, currently under construction at Meyer Werft and due to set sail in late 2027. Claire Weiss, Portfolio Executive Creative Director, presented the update at the Horizons: D23 Disney Experiences Showcase, covering the ship's Grand Hall and its exterior artwork, including sculpture models for the stern and the design to be embossed on the bow.

Onboard, the ship is being built around a set of original venue concepts and entertainment experiences drawn from well-known Disney stories, among them Encanto, Frozen, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Moana and The Little Mermaid.

The Grand Hall follows the pattern set by sister ships Disney Wish, Disney Treasure and Disney Destiny, functioning as the central gathering space and taking its theme from a single story. Here that story is Moana, with the room shaped around the films' spirit of exploration. A bronze cast statue of Moana, alongside Pua and Heihei, anchors the space and looks out toward the horizon. The rendering shown for the first time also pointed to the South Pacific setting of the films, rendered through artisanal Polynesian finishes intended to honour the region's cultural traditions.

Outside, the ship continues the line's habit of giving every new vessel its own character artwork. On the Believe, oversized sculptures of Woody and Buzz Lightyear appear at the stern, working together to write the ship's name in large yellow crayons. Rather than the looped calligraphy used across the rest of the fleet, the lettering mimics the blocky font associated with the Toy Story films.

The bow takes a quieter approach, with a hand-painted filigree design featuring Tinker Bell as she looked in the 1953 animated Peter Pan. Silhouettes of Peter, Wendy, Captain Hook and other characters from the film fly through the swirling pattern around her. Weiss told the audience the ship is about "belief in magic, family, the power of nature, and belief in yourself", describing that idea as the thread linking every story told onboard.
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Disney is also running an ongoing Ship's Log, promising behind-the-scenes access to the building dock, to artists' sketchwork and to rehearsals for the ship's Broadway-style stage shows, with teams from Disney Cruise Line, Walt Disney Imagineering and Disney Live Entertainment involved.