Oriental Land Co., the operator of Tokyo Disney Resort, named Japan's first Disney cruise ship Disney Imagination at a ceremony at Tokyo International Cruise Terminal on October 14, 2026. Ariel and Sebastian from The Little Mermaid will sit on the stern, which reads "Tokyo." The fifth Wish-class ship is being built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, and is the first ship of Disney Cruise Line Japan.

The ship will be about 340 meters long and about 140,000 gross tons, the largest Japanese-flagged vessel, with about 1,250 staterooms and room for up to about 4,000 passengers. Oriental Land is investing about 330 billion yen in construction and related costs. It will mainly sail 2- to 4-night trips from Tokyo starting in spring 2029, with standard-cabin fares of about 100,000 to 300,000-plus yen per person and bookings opening about six months before launch.

Editorial lens: Tokyo Disney Resort operator Oriental Land is turning Disney cruising into its next business pillar, putting about 330 billion yen into Disney Imagination, a roughly 140,000-ton Wish-class ship that will be the largest Japanese-flagged vessel, and selling it as short 2- to 4-night Tokyo sailings that families can pair with a Tokyo Disney Resort trip when it debuts in spring 2029.

Photo: WDWMAGIC — sister ship Disney Wish, docked (Wish-class exterior).

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