Disney Wish to Debut First-of-its-Kind Interactive Experience

Disney Cruise Line has revealed more about the fleet’s newest ship, the Disney Wish, setting sail for the first time next summer.

The latest details include the debut of Disney Uncharted Adventure, a first-of-its-kind interactive experience into the worlds of iconic Disney and Pixar characters.

Guests will be in charge of their own adventure, choosing when and how to play. Some guests may not complete every quest but can still enjoy the finale event; others may choose to play again and again, only to discover new surprises and rewards each time. Families can play together on up to six devices at once or team up on only one or two devices at a time.

“With the Disney Wish, we have an incredible opportunity to immerse our guests in the worlds of their favorite stories in surprising, interactive, and completely unique new ways,” said Davey Feder, software product manager, Walt Disney Imagineering. “With Disney Uncharted Adventure, we’re literally putting the power in our guests’ hands to become the heroes of a grand adventure that can only be done on a Disney cruise.”

Using the Play Disney Parks app — and with some help from their guides, Captain Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse — guests will use their mobile devices as an enchanted spyglass, a tool that allows them to magically set sail for the worlds of Moana, Tiana, Peter Pan, Nemo and more. “The spyglass will be their key to unlocking adventures, solving puzzles, conquering quests, and ultimately saving the day,” Disney Cruise Line said.

“While guests will need a mobile device to play, this isn’t a traditional mobile gaming experience,” Feder said. “This is a heads-up, active experience that can be played with family and friends. The magic will happen all around the ship. The spyglass is not where the adventure takes place — it’s just the tool that brings the ship to life, opening portals into new worlds and allowing guests to interact with them.”

Leading up to a cruise on the Disney Wish, the app will reveal a special greeting from Captain Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse, who will help guests prepare for the journey ahead.

Once onboard, guests will use their spyglasses to reveal never-before-seen views of the stars above, where enchanted constellations take shape as recognizable icons from Disney and Pixar stories. Captain Minnie will need guests to help navigate the ship to uncharted worlds to find the missing pieces of the wishing star that suddenly bursts and shatters.

Guests will choose where to go next, charting a course toward adventurous locales such as Motunui, New Orleans, Never Land, Sydney and more. Characters inhabit each destination on a mission to find the star fragment that landed there. They’ll team up with Moana, Tiana, Tinker Bell, and Nemo.

Each quest will take them on a journey throughout the Disney Wish as they are lead to find artwork, signs and props that magically transform to bring the characters and settings of these story worlds to life all around them.

 “We are infusing the Disney Wish with innovative technology, like augmented reality and physical effects, to create a hidden layer of magic that can only be unlocked with Disney Uncharted Adventure,” Feder said. “Guests might admire a beautiful painting today without realizing that, hiding right beneath the surface, there’s a hoard of mischievous Kakamora from the world of Moana just waiting to escape and wreak havoc on the ship. A digital menu board might showcase what’s for lunch in the afternoon, but later it will host a cooking lesson in Tiana’s own kitchen.”

The adventure culminates in a grand finale hosted in one of the ship’s entertainment venues. During this live interactive experience, “guests will gather with other players to battle an infamous Disney villain (who’s been pulling the strings all along) and finally restore the wishing star to its rightful place in the sky.”

The Disney Wish will sail its maiden voyage on June 9, 2022, followed by a season of three- and four-night cruises to Nassau, Bahamas, and Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay, from Port Canaveral, Florida.