If you're taking a holiday cruise aboard the Disney Dream, you'll get to see Beauty & The Beast like never before.

"It's a first for us," show producer Kelly Benton told us. "Nowhere in Beauty and the Beast productions have you seen puppets used to actually represent them in the scale they were meant to be."

The nearly hour-long Broadway-style show is an adaptation of the live-action, record-breaking movie that hit theaters in March.

"There's a ton of detail in these characters, and even an Easter egg or two," smiled puppetry designer Jeff Conover. "[There] may be a hidden Mickey or something else."

Actor Chris Blem portrays Cogsworth. He says he clocked nearly 200 hours to master his beloved puppet.

"Whenever we pick up each other's puppet, we're like, 'What is this?!" he laughed, referring to his co-stars and their uniquely-operated puppets. "But that's the great thing. We've learned how Cogsworth works versus, say, Lumiere."

Creators say the 'Be Our Guest' number is like you've never seen before. Disney describes it as a 7-course fine French meal by way of a Moulin Rouge-inspired circus.

"For a cast of 23, it looks like a cast of about 100 people," said choreographer Justin Peebles. "In 'Be Our Guest,' some performers have 3-4 costume changes just within the 7-minute number."

As for the costumes, the wardrobe designer says they're all made to look like 18th century French clothes.

Disney Cruise Line doesn't have an end date for the Beauty & The Beast production. Just last year, Disney debuted its stage adaptation of Frozen.
You can see that hour-long show aboard the Disney Wonder.

VIDEO: Meet the actors behind Lumiere and Cogsworth