The Dr3am is out

This is a panorama shot I did of the yard from the D1sney viewing tent. Click on the picture for a larger view.

Night shot from http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/0,1518,726320,00.html

A single tug aligns itself with the stern of the Dr3am. This tug pulls while a smaller one inside helps align the Dr3am as she comes out.

Half way out

Here is the small tug positioned to the port of the Dr3am.  I left at 9PM the night before the float out and this vessel was not there. I took some pictures right next to this tug that night and it was not there. Rumor has it that the main crane lifted the small tug into the building and dropped her next to the Dr3am.   There was less than six feet between the ship and the wall of the wet dock.  I cannot explain how the yard moves such large items; they make it look like they are moving cotton candy.  -- photo from http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/0,1518,726320,00.html

Meyer Werft employee watching the small tug align the Dr3am as she is pulled out.

Great shot from inside looking out - http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/0,1518,726320,00.html

photo from http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/0,1518,726320,00.html

The stern characters from the D1sney Dr3am photo by http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/0,1518,726320,00.html

Firework show photo by http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/0,1518,726320,00.html

This is a movie link

The yard wasted no time after the hoopla to push the Dr3am across the harbor where they had the masts, funnel tops and other large pieces waiting on cranes to install now that she is outside.