The latest vessel in Disney Cruise Line’s growing fleet left its shipyard home Friday making the slow 20-mile river trip so it can complete sea trials ahead of a debut from Port Everglades later this year.

The Disney Destiny, a sister ship to Port Canaveral ships Disney Wish and Disney Treasure, left the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany making its way on the Ems River toward the North Sea.

The inland shipyard requires a tugboat-assisted conveyance of the 1,119-foot-long, 128-foot-wide ship traveling on the river facing in reverse.

A live stream of the conveyance was broadcast by YouTube channel Hamburg Port Live .

The vessel is first headed to Eemshaven, Netherlands, before it heads out for sea trials in the North Sea. The shipyard has a lot of practice getting vessels up t

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