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    Close-up of the funnels, showing the working one aft (on the right in the photo) with all the main engine, generator and boiler uptakes; and the dummy one forward with lattice metalwork made to represent more uptakes. Back in the days of the old three and four-funnelled liners it was common to have one dummy funnel as the shipowners felt it made the ship look more powerful and therefore faster in the eyes of prospective passengers. I think Disney have gone for the way filmgoers would expect a cruise ship to look in a cartoon and the result is very pleasing to the eye.

    The small vessel in the foreground in the photo is the DHB dredger "David Church" which has been conducting an unusual amount of dredging in the outer harbour recently, possibly associated with the work commencing shortly to remove most of the blockship "Spanish Prince." I would not be surprised if mud and silt stirred up by this dredging was the source of Keith's recent observation that the water was dirty off the beach.





    For more photos of "Disney Magic" alongside on the Admiralty Pier, and then departing, see collection below:

    http://shipsintheportofdover.fotopic.net/c1860650.html

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