| Could Global Dream end up at Disney?

UNCONFIRMED speculation from German news reports suggests Genting Hong Kong’s gigantic unfinished Global Dream could be going to Disney Cruise Line.

The 9,000 plus-passenger ship is reportedly 75% complete, with construction halted when Genting Cruise Line was placed into administration earlier this year (CW 31 Jan).

German radio station NDR 1 cites Christoph Morgen, the administrator of the collapsed company, saying the ship will now be completed in Wismar, under the direction of the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg.

“Meyer has already built three ships for the Disney Cruise Line,” the report notes.

Disney hasn’t commented on the rumours, but if confirmed the completion of the ship would secure about 950 jobs of former employees at the Genting-owned shipyards.