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迪士尼邮轮公司灯塔角瞭望礁

八月 20, 2025 • 12:29 下午 • 由 Scott Fais

岛屿天堂如何在大西洋中崛起

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伊柳塞拉岛是最真实的岛屿。

就在巴哈马拿骚以东，等待着迪斯尼游轮公司最新的岛屿天堂，它本身就是一个自然景点：灯塔角瞭望礁。这座占地 900 英亩的岛屿位于伊柳塞拉岛的南端，伊柳塞拉岛是巴哈马群岛中一个长 110 英里的小岛。该岛以其粉红色的沙滩、崎岖的海岸线、碧蓝的海水以及生活在大西洋近海的数量繁多的绿海龟而闻名。

"迪士尼游轮公司保护项目经理布拉德利-沃森（Bradley Watson）说："我们希望带领游客亲近自然，但又不干扰自然。

以巴哈马文化和环境保护为重点，迪斯尼体验公司（迪斯尼公司旗下负责运营主题公园、度假村、游轮和设计消费品的公司）以负责任和尊重自然的方式打造了一个自然景点。

该景点将于 2024 年 6 月开放，迪斯尼游轮公司邀请 Funworld 来到灯塔角的瞭望礁，参观这个自然景点如何从巴哈马文化、传统、音乐和艺术中汲取灵感，同时保持原汁原味。

所有伊柳塞拉岛，所有时间

从各种实际意义上讲，灯塔角瞭望礁本身就是一个主题公园。岛上的景点有一个类似迪斯尼动物王国的前门，乘客可以在这里扫描身份证（就像门票一样）。客运电车就像 EPCOT 停车场里的电车一样，将游客从西海岸的码头运送到岛屿东侧的开发区。一个名为 "冲出去，涌出来"（Rush Out, Gush Out）的水上游乐场有两个水滑梯和互动喷水装置。没错，这里还有商品销售点。

那么，还缺什么呢？一个虚构的背景故事。

相比之下，迪斯尼游轮公司的第一个私人岛屿--卡斯特威岛（1998 年 7 月开业）--有一个围绕三个探险家的精心设计的背景故事，并以沉船建筑为特色。与之截然不同的是，望风礁岛允许游客以文化和宁静为中心来做自己。

"在这种特殊情况下，我们必须真实。迪士尼游轮公司娱乐运营副总裁雷切尔-奎恩解释说。"我们在这里讲述巴哈马文化的故事，分享巴哈马的美丽。要做到这一点并不容易；当你做到这一点时，道路就会变得艰难一些，但这是非常充实和令人兴奋的。

Quinn 和她的团队与巴哈马国家 Junkanoo 委员会合作，确保每天的 Junkanoo 巡游--巴哈马充满活力的街头巡游--真实可信。

伊柳塞拉岛的一名驻校教师在位于中心位置的 Goombay 文化中心带领孩子们完成艺术和手工项目。

"我们不打算告诉她我们希望她如何教我们的客人。相反，她在教我们！这就是它的特别之处，"奎恩告诉 Funworld。

伊柳塞拉岛有 8000 名居民。许多在瞭望礁扮演角色的演员都是岛上居民。伊柳塞拉珍宝 "零售店专门出售巴哈马居民创作的艺术品、珠宝和手提袋。

在自然景观方面，当地植物环绕的沙路通向迪士尼在 2019 年 3 月初购买这片土地时继承的 1901 年灯塔。指示牌解释了沿途发现的自然动植物的意义。每个标识都有一个二维码，可提供更多信息。

突出自然的一面

在大西洋中部设计和建造一个景点并非易事。保护自然景观更是难上加难。为了最大限度地减少对环境的影响，迪斯尼幻想家们设计了一个栈桥码头，避免了疏浚的需要。人工礁石的建立和 800 多个珊瑚的迁移旨在保护海洋生物。高架桥网络横跨望风礁东向海岸线，防止了因人流造成的栖息地损失。

"沃森解释说："我们希望找到一种既能利用海洋，又能保持沙丘山脊的方法。沃森说，当发现一片成熟的木质素树（巴哈马国树）生长在未来道路的路径上时，迪斯尼改变了道路的路线。"我们说，'不，不是那里。我们要把它移到别的地方去。

迪斯尼在岛上建造的许多建筑都采用了弧形屋顶，其灵感来自于海滩上的贝壳。它们的帆布封面展示的是当地艺术家的放大画作。

沃森说，一个位于游客视线之外的太阳能发电场，可以提供望风礁岛运营所需的 90% 的电力。

一堂物流课

经过多年的精心规划，灯塔角的建设工程于 2022 年春季开始。

"沃森说："我们进行了环境影响评估，通过这个过程，我们真正了解了这个地方的很多情况。"它为我们提供了一种明智的方式，让我们能够就建筑物的位置和建筑结构的方式做出决定"。

华特迪士尼幻想工程公司的助理建筑经理安吉拉-吴（Angela Wu）分享说，从工具到硬质景观，所有东西都必须从佛罗里达州本土订购、包装和运输。

"这个过程并不容易。所有运到这里的东西大部分都是从港口乘船运来的，"她说。迪斯尼建造了一个小型码头，用于接收从沼泽港运来的材料，沼泽港是位于劳德代尔堡的一个邮轮和集装箱港口，距离伊柳塞拉岛以西约 260 英里。(作为一项可持续发展的举措，原来的这个码头现在用来协助为六十多个餐饮点提供食品和饮料）。

"我们的团队需要做很多计划工作，以确保我们能按时将材料运到这里，"Wu 分享道。"当你在佛罗里达州建造时，你会想，'嘿，我需要一些螺母、螺栓和垫圈。'让我跑一趟家得宝（Home Depot）。'而这里没有这些东西。

施工期间，吴在伊柳塞拉岛住了两年。从灯塔角以北的联排别墅通勤需要 40 分钟，这让她有机会结识邻居。

"她说："你知道人们开什么车，也知道什么时候会有人从你身边经过。"她说："我能够与当地社区的人们建立很多关系，这是我非常珍惜的。

自然是未来

迪士尼计划将公司购买的 900 英亩土地中的 192 英亩归还给巴哈马政府进行保护。2024 年 6 月开园时，岛上只有 16% 的土地被开发。今后，迪斯尼承诺开发的面积将少于总面积的 20%。

在景点运营的第一年，迪士尼游轮公司听取了游客的反馈意见，现在又增加了几项设施。

家长可以用马车拉着孩子沿着码头前往马布里卡海湾的入口。在到达前门之前，游客还可以得到一条清凉的冷毛巾。

在 Goombay 文化中心附近，有四个额外的卡通人物见面地点，可以容纳更多的游客。

游客返回邮轮后，还可再次享用冷毛巾和免费调味水。

新增的设施与不断扩大的船队相得益彰。新的迪士尼命运号计划于 2025 年 11 月首次亮相，是迪士尼愿望号和迪士尼宝藏号之后的第三艘愿望级邮轮。

灯塔角望远礁目前拥有五艘游轮，另有八艘游轮正在开发中，将一直持续到 2031 年。

Bradley Watson, Conservation Program Manager. Credit: Scott Fais — Bradley Watson, Conservation Program Manager at Disney Cruise Line. Credit: Scott Fais

Eleuthera is as real as it gets.

Just east of Nassau, Bahamas, awaits Disney Cruise Line’s newest island paradise that’s a natural attraction within its own right: Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point. The 900-acre property is located on the southern tip of Eleuthera, a thin 110-mile-long island in the Bahamas archipelago. The island is known for its pink sand beaches, rugged shorelines, turquoise blue waters, and a thriving population of green sea turtles living just offshore in the Atlantic.

“We want to take our guests as close to nature—without interfering with nature,” says Bradley Watson, conservation program manager at Disney Cruise Line.

With an emphasis on Bahamian culture and environmental conservation, Disney Experiences (the arm of the Walt Disney Company responsible for operating theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, and designing consumer products) created a natural attraction in a responsible and respectful way.

“We had such a great team working on this project. With all those smart minds together, we figured out a way to get it done.”

— Bradley Watson, Conservation Program Manager

Opened in June 2024, Disney Cruise Line invited Funworld to Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point for a tour of how the natural attraction draws inspiration from Bahamian culture, tradition, music, and art while remaining authentic.

disney cruise line lighthouse point junkanoo parade — Credit: Scott Fais

All Eleuthera, All the Time

In every practical sense, Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point is a theme park in its own right. The island attraction features a front gate like Disney’s Animal Kingdom, where passengers have their ID cards scanned (just like a ticket). A passenger tram—like those found in the parking lot at EPCOT—transports guests from a dock on the west coast to the developed east side of the island. A water playground named Rush Out, Gush Out features two water slides and interactive spray jets. And yes, there are merchandise locations.

So, what’s missing? A fictitious backstory.

By comparison, Castaway Cay—the Disney Cruise Line’s first private island (opened July 1998)—has an elaborate backstory centered around three explorers and features shipwreck architecture. Decidedly different, Lookout Cay is allowed to be itself with culture and serenity at heart.

“In this particular case, we have to be authentic. That was the commitment from the start,” explains Rachel Quinn, vice president of entertainment operations at Disney Cruise Line. “We are here to tell the story of Bahamian culture and share the beauty of the Bahamas. It’s not always easy to do that; It makes the road a little harder when you do, but it’s so fulfilling and very exciting.”

Quinn and her team partnered with the National Junkanoo Committee in The Bahamas to ensure the daily Junkanoo parade—a vibrant Bahamian street parade characterized by colorful, elaborate costumes, energetic music, and lively dancing—is authentic.

A resident schoolteacher in Eleuthera leads children through arts and crafts projects at the Goombay Cultural Center, that is centrally located.

“We were not going to tell her how we want her to teach our guests. Instead, she was teaching us! And that’s what makes it so special,” Quinn tells Funworld.

Eleuthera is home to 8,000 citizens. Many of the cast members filling roles at Lookout Cay are island residents. The Treasures of Eleuthera retail store is dedicated to selling art, jewelry, and tote bags created by Bahamian residents.

On the natural side, sand pathways surrounded by native plants lead to the namesake 1901 lighthouse Disney inherited when purchasing the land in early March 2019. Signage explains the significance of the natural flora and fauna found along the way. Each sign features a QR code that provides additional information.

Accentuating the Natural Side

Engineering and constructing an attraction in the middle of the Atlantic is no easy feat. Preserving the native landscape is even more difficult. To minimize environmental impact, Disney Imagineers designed a trestle pier that avoided the need for dredging. The creation of artificial reefs and the relocation of more than 800 corals aim to protect marine life. A network of elevated bridges across Lookout Cay’s eastward-facing coastline prevents habitat loss from foot traffic.

“We wanted to find a way to take advantage of the ocean but also maintain the dune ridges,” explains Watson, who shares that Disney stays flexible in the name of conservation. When a grove of mature Lignum Vitae trees (the national tree of the Bahamas) was discovered to be growing in the path of a future road, Watson says Disney rerouted the road. “We said, ‘Nope, not there. We’re gonna move it somewhere else.’”

Many of the structures Disney built on the island feature a curved roofline that’s inspired by seashells found along the beach. Their canvas covers display enlarged paintings from local artists.

Watson says a solar farm, outside of guest view, produces 90% of the power Lookout Cay needs to operate.

A Lesson in Logistics

Construction at Lighthouse Point began in spring 2022, following years of meticulous planning.

“We did an environmental impact assessment, and through that process, we really learned a lot about this site,” Watson says. “It gave us an informed way to make decisions about where we would place buildings and how we would build structures.”

Angela Wu, an assistant construction manager with Walt Disney Imagineering, shares that everything—from tools to hardscape—had to be ordered, packaged, and shipped from mainland Florida.

“It is not an easy process. Everything that came here mostly arrived on a boat from a port,” she says. Disney built a small dock to receive materials arriving from Port Everglades, a cruise and container port located in Fort Lauderdale approximately 260 miles west of Eleuthera. (In a sustainable move, this original dock is now used to assist with provisioning the more than half dozen food and beverage locations.)

“There’s a lot that our team had to do to plan to make sure we had materials here on time,” Wu shares. “When you’re building in Florida, you’re like, ‘Hey, I need some nuts and bolts and washers. Let me run to Home Depot.’ You don’t have that here.”

“You never know when a new connection will help you in the future.”

— Angela Wu, Assistant Construction Manager

Wu spent two years living on Eleuthera during construction. Commuting 40-minutes from a townhouse north of Lighthouse Point gave her the opportunity to meet her neighbors.

“You know what cars people drive and when somebody passes you,” she says. “I’ve been able to build a lot of relationships with people in the local community, which is something that I just absolutely treasure,” she says.

disney cruise line lighthouse point docked ship — Credit: Disney

Natural is the Future

Disney plans to return 192 acres of its 900 acres the company purchased to the Bahamian government for preservation. When the island opened in June 2024, only 16% of the property was developed. Moving forward, Disney pledges to develop less than 20% of its total acreage.

During the attraction’s first year of operation, Disney Cruise Line listened to guest feedback and now provides several additional amenities.

Wagons are available for parents to use when pulling their children along a pier to an entrance at Mabrika Cove. Before arriving at the front gate, guests are offered a refreshing cold towel.

Near the Goombay Cultural Center, four additional character meet-and-greet locations allow for greater capacity.

And once guests return to the ship, cold towels are provided again, along with complimentary flavored waters.

The additional amenities join an expanding fleet. The new Disney Destiny is slated for a November 2025 debut as the third ship in the Wish class joins the Disney Wish and Disney Treasure.

With five ships in the current fleet and eight others already in development through 2031, Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point will remain a natural attraction in demand for its serenity and connection to nature.