The huge new Disney Treasure cruise is a theme park experience at sea
The huge new Disney Treasure cruise is a theme park experience at sea
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The 1,119 feet long Triton-class ship is perfect for everyone. I see dead people. Ballroom-dancing phantasms – the waltzing dead – whirl within a large gold-framed mirror behind a moodily-lit bar area where servers open square boxes with a flourish to reveal spirits of the alcoholic variety.
![[The interior of The Haunted Mansion Parlor on the Disney Treasure including the aquarium centrepiece (Disney/Kent Phillips/PA)]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/29/08/26171157-96923a7d-3a5e-4b55-b574-6b4ae9c727fd.jpg)
Eyes of painted portraits move silently, surveying a spooky sanctum dominated by an extravagant aquarium filled with skeletal fish and seahorses swimming above tiny gravestones. “Here lies Ol’ Bobby – served with wasabi”, eulogises one algae-encrusted memorial.
![[Genie’s Lamp lights up by the bronze statue of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine in the Grand Hall of the Disney Treasure (Disney/Kent Phillips/PA)]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/29/08/26171342-28ab4efb-3da6-4c46-8fd4-384574b23fb5.jpg)
Floating alabaster bones sporadically gleam in whipcracks of lightning as a raven statue caws in the shadows and impressive practical effects realise the doomed love story of a sea captain and his mermaid bride-to-be in 30 minutes of multi-sensory stimulation.
![[A circular wooden booth filled with memorabilia in Skipper Society on board the Disney Treasure (Disney/Kent Phillips/PA)]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/29/08/26171635-c2b47c58-f76d-4c7e-9c7a-620d34697dce.jpg)
Welcome all ye who dare to enter The Haunted Mansion Parlor, a showstopping drinking den of the dead exclusive to the Disney Treasure… at least until the Disney Destiny launches in November. Located on deck three of Disney Cruise Line’s latest and undeniably best ship, the capacity-limited bar is open until 9pm for all ages then becomes an adults-only space. The immersion is intoxicating. I feel like I have walked off a Haunted Mansion doom buggy and settled into one of the scenes from the phantasmagorical ride.
![[The interior of Periscope Pub with a curved glass ceiling that gives the impression of fish swimming overhead (Disney/Kent Phillips/PA)]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/29/08/26171753-3b5aa598-eec5-4804-8282-3e5a13a9b3a9.jpg)
Artistic attention is jaw-dropping. Iridescent spectral cyclones magically appear inside swirled bottles of themed soft drink (Creepy Crawly Cola, Grim Grinning Grape, Screaming Soda and Sour Shivers Lemonade) exclusively formulated by the UK-based Potions Cauldron Group.
![[The interior of The Aristocats-themed Scat Cat Lounge on the Disney Treasure including a paw print-covered piano (Disney/Kent Phillips/PA)]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/29/08/26171848-d9907dc6-e8a0-4ebc-becc-2d8c2959a921.jpg)
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