Disney Cruise Ship To Call San Pedro Home

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Source: Disney Cruise Lines

The Disney Cruise Line ship Disney Magic will make the Port of Los Angeles its home port in 2008, with 12 seven-night cruises to the Mexican Riviera departing from the port from May 25-Aug. 10, 2008, a port official said today.

Two 15-night repositioning cruises will also be offered as the 2,700- passenger ship sails to the Port of Los Angeles from Port Canaveral, Fla.

The ship received several major enhancements while in dry dock in 2006, including adding a 24-by-14 foot jumbo LED screen for poolside movies; an expanded spa and fitness center and an area designed for children ages 10-14.

The Disney Magic was last homeported at the Port of Los Angeles in the summer of 2005.

"The Disney Magic experience is unique and it is only fitting that it return to the port of such a unique city, Los Angeles," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said. "The West Coast experience that Disney will offer exclusively out of the Port of Los Angeles will generate much business and tourism revenue that will bolster our local economy."

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