US EditionAll Aboard! First New Ferryboat in 50 Years to Join Magic Kingdom Fleet
The 120-foot double-decker vessel will join the Magic Kingdom fleet in 2027 and honor former Walt Disney World president Meg Gilbert Crofton.
- Walt Disney World Resort is expanding its Magic Kingdom ferry fleet for the first time in nearly 50 years, naming the new vessel after former President Meg Gilbert Crofton.
- A longtime company executive, Crofton spent about 35 years at the Walt Disney Company, leading the resort from 2006 to 2013 and overseeing major expansions like New Fantasyland.
- The 120-foot-long, double-decker ferryboat is under construction at an undisclosed Florida marina, joining an existing fleet named for Admiral Joe Fowler, General Joe Potter, and Richard F. Irvine.
- Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her, with a portrait and plaque detailing her career placed on the vessel's first deck.
- Shipping to Walt Disney World in pieces over the next few weeks, the vessel will undergo assembly before a planned 2027 debut, providing transport between Magic Kingdom and the Ticket Center.
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