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The Disney Magic entering the Miraflores Locks	Disney Cruise Line is owned by The Walt Disney Company and headquartered in Celebration, Florida. It operates two cruise ships, the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder. Beginning May 25, 2008, the Disney Magic is scheduled to sail 12 consecutive seven-night cruise vacations from the Port of Los Angeles to the Mexican Riviera ports of Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán and Puerto Vallarta. Disney Cruise Line will also offer two 15-night repositioning cruises, sailing from Port Canaveral through the Panama Canal, departing May 10, 2008, with the return sailing to Florida on August 17, 2008. See the Miraflores Locks Camera - Disney Magic Record of Inaugural Transit on May 20, 2005 here on the Pancanal.com  Website. Pictures from the Pancanal.com's LiveCam.
	The Disney Magic's magical touch :-)
The Disney Magic leaving the Miraflores Locks	The Disney Magic Placed in Service: 1998 Built: Fincantieri Shipyard, Italy Status: in service Tonnage: 83,000 gross tons Length: 964 feet Beam: 106 feet Speed: 21.5 knots Decks: 11 Complement: 2,400 passengers, 945 crew Registry: Bahamas Reuters reported here: A U.S.-owned cruise ship has paid a record $331,200 to cross the Panama Canal as vessels fight for space in the increasingly congested waterway, authorities said on Tuesday. The 964-foot (295-meter)-long Disney Magic  broke the transit record on May 16, the Panama Canal Authority said.