Editing Disney Magic (section)

=== Planning and construction ===
Disney had cruise ship designs drawn up by February 1994.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dezern|first1=Craig|title=Disney Contemplating Creation Of Cruise Line|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1994/02/20/disney-contemplating-creation-of-cruise-line/|access-date=May 4, 2016|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=February 20, 1994}}</ref> [[Disney Cruise Line]] in 1995 ordered ''Disney Magic'' and ''Disney Wonder'' from [[Fincantieri]] in [[Italy]]. The ship was built in two halves with the bow built at Fincatieri's Ancona shipyard and the stern at their Marghera shipyard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fincantieri.com/en/products-and-services/cruise-ships/disney-wonder/|title=Fincantieri &#124; Disney Wonder|website=www.fincantieri.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thekingdominsider.com/where-do-disney-cruise-line-ships-come-from/|title=Where Do Disney Cruise Line Ships Come From? &#124; The Kingdom Insider|date=March 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2010/10/archives-disney-magic-float-out/|title=Archives: Disney Magic Float Out at Fincantieri - Cruise Industry News &#124; Cruise News|website=Cruise Industry News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|user=HistoryAtDisney|number=954111299461541888|title=Disney Magic Construction, Disney Cruise Line. The Magic was famously built in two halves at separate ship yards in Italy. Once both halves were completed they were floated to one another  and welded together. In case you were wondering. They fit perfectly.}}</ref>

The planned maiden voyage was for March 12, 1998.<ref name="gos">{{cite book|last1=Saunders|first1=Aaron|title=Giants of the Seas: The Ships that Transformed Modern Cruising|date=October 1, 2013|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|isbn=978-1848321724|pages=76–78,179 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DeCZBgAAQBAJ&q=dISNEY+mAGIC&pg=PA76|access-date=May 4, 2016}}</ref> In January 1997, the first ticket for ''Magic''<nowiki/>'s first trip was raffled off on [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime channel]], while ticket sales would begin in September 1997.<ref name="nyt" /> Delays on the construction of [[MS Rotterdam|MS ''Rotterdam'']] kept additional workers from the ''Magic''. Thus, by November 1997, the cruise line initially rescheduled the ship's initial voyage to April 30, 1998. However, further delays from suppliers and poor weather conditions at Fincantieri pushed back the maiden voyage even further by a few months. The bow was towed to the Marghera shipyard where the halves were joined.<ref name="gos" />