# 24K Magic AI: Dance on the Cruise Ship Deck Like Dracula > The 24K Magic AI trend turns the Dracula deck dance from Hotel Transylvania 3 into a live-action video with your own face: you tug your collar, then dance alone on a sunny cruise ship deck to "24K Magic". Canonical: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/24k-magic-ai-trend Updated: 2026-11-02 Published: 2026-11-02 Author: MakeViral Team (https://www.makeviral.ai/about) Publisher: MakeViral (https://www.makeviral.ai) The **24K Magic AI** trend turns the Dracula deck dance from Hotel Transylvania 3 into a live-action video with your own face: you tug your collar, then dance alone on a sunny cruise ship deck to "24K Magic". An AI remake with 5.1 million TikTok views started it in October 2026. You need one photo, or two for the duo. Tug your collar, then dance alone on the sunny deck of a cruise ship: slides, kicks and a deep lunge, while a friend peeks out of the corridor in disbelief. Add one photo, two for the duo, or your pet. Also called: Dracula cruise ship dance, Looking Good Dracula dance, 24K Magic deck dance, Hotel Transylvania AI dance. **Make it now:** [Make this video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/24k-magic-ai-trend/create). 1 photo · 10 s · 9:16 with sound · 160 credits, charged once · ready in up to several minutes · no prompt to write. Keyword: 24k magic ai. 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The scene came back on TikTok on 11 October 2026: a phone clip of it by @jst.daf has 6.7 million views. A day later, on 12 October, the AI creator @theraguler posted a live-action AI remake, shot for shot, with two real-looking young men on a real cruise deck. It has 5.1 million views and 957,200 likes by 2 November, and its comments are a long fight over whether it is AI or CGI. Google searches for "hotel transylvania dance" hit their 12-month high that same week. On 31 October an Argentine AI remake reached 858,200 views, a CapCut template for the 24K Magic AI dance trend went out, and "how I made the 24K Magic AI dance" tutorials started the same day. Spanish speakers call it Dracula bailando en el crucero, the Dracula cruise ship dance; others call it the 24K Magic deck dance. ### 24K Magic AI trend timeline - **2018-07-13**: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation opens in the US. Its "Looking good, Dracula" scene is a solo deck dance to "24K Magic" on a cruise ship. Source: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m80_Xdng3_Y). - **2026-10-11**: A TikTok clip of the Hotel Transylvania 3 24K Magic scene by @jst.daf goes viral: 6.7 million views and 591,700 likes by 2 November 2026. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@jst.daf/video/7695469937082600734). - **2026-10-12**: @theraguler posts the first live-action AI remake of the deck dance: 5.1 million views, 957,200 likes and 122,400 shares by 2 November 2026. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@theraguler/video/7695580335483981087). - **2026-10-31**: An Argentine AI remake of the 24K Magic cruise ship dance by @niquito89 goes up: 858,200 views and 198,500 likes by 2 November 2026. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@niquito89/video/7702630099358682376). - **2026-10-31**: A CapCut "24K Magic AI dance" template spreads with how-to tutorials; the hashtag #24kmagicaidance is created the same day. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@zaylajade10/video/7702856099229109517). ## What the 24K Magic AI video looks like The clip at the top is the trend's first AI remake by @theraguler, with its own sound: made with AI, not a MakeViral result. Your video is this same clip with your face in it (Human and Pet: the first 10 seconds, the dance; Duo: the first 15 seconds, the dance and the friend), wide 16:9 like the original. - **Example 1** (30 s, 9:16 MP4 with sound): The original AI remake by @theraguler: the collar tug, the solo deck dance on a cruise ship, the friend who peeks out of the corridor and the flare gun gag at the end. Shown: the wide clip in a vertical frame. - Video: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/24k-magic-ai-trend/original-tall-v2.mp4 - Poster: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/24k-magic-ai-trend/original-tall-v1.jpg ## How to make the 24K Magic AI video on MakeViral Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no watermark. ### The one-tap way (no prompt to write) 1. **Add your photo.** Press "Make yours" and add you, face clear. Take it with the camera or pick it from your library. Start here: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/24k-magic-ai-trend/create 2. **Press Generate.** The button shows the price. Seedance 2.5 puts your photos into the 24K Magic AI trend clip and copies it shot by shot for 10 seconds, with the reel's original song. You write no prompt. 3. **Download or share.** The video is ready in up to several minutes as a 16:9 MP4. Download it, share it from your phone, or find it later in My videos. ### The by-hand way, with the exact prompts The one-tap flow runs this prompt for you. The video prompt animates your own photo directly. To change it, copy it and edit it in AI Video. #### Variant: Human Settings: 1 photo (you, face clear) · Seedance 2.5 · 10 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 160 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt: ```text Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: the same sunny cruise ship deck, the same camera angles, cuts, timing and dance moves. The ONLY change: the young man who dances is now the person in [Image 1]. The dancer = the person in [Image 1], in EVERY shot: copy the exact face from [Image 1] - face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles exactly as in the photo. The dancer wears the clothes from [Image 1]; if [Image 1] shows only the head or the upper body, add the rest so it matches, with dark trousers and dark shoes. The same real person in every frame, from the first second to the last, so their friends recognize them at once, also in the wide shots and during kicks and spins. Never morph, never drift back to the original dancer's face. NO short light-brown hair and NO dark grey T-shirt unless [Image 1] shows them. If [Image 1] shows an animal, the dancer is that animal standing upright, with its own face, fur and markings, not a person. The shots, matching [Video 1] second by second: Shot 1 [0-2.1s]: indoor close-up in a warm wood-paneled cabin doorway: the dancer looks into the camera with a proud grin and tugs the collar of the shirt with both hands. Shot 2 [2.1-3.8s]: hard cut, a wide shot of the open wooden deck of a cruise ship on a sunny afternoon, white railing, blue sea and sky: the dancer, small in the frame, starts to dance. Shot 3 [3.8-5.7s]: hard cut, a low close-up of the dancer's legs and dark shoes sliding, kicking and stepping on the deck boards. Shot 4 [5.7-10.2s]: hard cut, a medium-wide shot in front of white deck stairs: the dancer does loose leg kicks, knee drops, arm swings and a deep lunge, on the beat, fully committed. The dancer copies every move of the original dancer at the same moment, in the same direction and at the same speed. Real live-action footage, clear facial features. Anatomy rules: one head only, on the dancer's shoulders. A face never appears on knees, legs, hands or clothes. Two arms, two legs. Exactly one person in every shot. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/24k-magic-ai-trend/create #### Variant: Duo Settings: 2 photos (you, the dancer, face clear + your friend in the corridor, face clear) · Seedance 2.5 · 15 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 228 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 15 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt: ```text Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: the same sunny cruise ship deck and the same side corridor, the same camera angles, cuts, timing and moves. The ONLY change: [Image 1] replaces the young man who dances, and [Image 2] replaces the bearded man who peeks out of the corridor. Both change: no one from the video stays, also in the wide shots and when a face is small. The dancer = the person in [Image 1], in EVERY shot: copy the exact face from [Image 1] - face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles exactly as in the photo - in the clothes from [Image 1]. NO short light-brown hair and NO dark grey T-shirt unless [Image 1] shows them. The friend in the corridor = the person in [Image 2], in EVERY shot, copied from [Image 2] in the same way, in the clothes from [Image 2]. NO dark beard, NO dark swept-back hair and NO olive button shirt unless [Image 2] shows them. When a photo shows only a head or an upper body, add the rest so it matches. The same two real people in every frame, so their friends recognize them at once. Never morph, never drift back to the two men from the video, never blend the two faces: [Image 1] is only the dancer, [Image 2] is only the friend. The shots, matching [Video 1] second by second: Shot 1 [0-2.1s]: indoor close-up in a warm wood-paneled cabin doorway: the dancer looks into the camera with a proud grin and tugs the collar of the shirt with both hands. Shot 2 [2.1-3.8s]: hard cut, a wide shot of the open wooden deck of a cruise ship on a sunny afternoon, white railing, blue sea and sky: the dancer, small in the frame, starts to dance. Shot 3 [3.8-5.7s]: hard cut, a low close-up of the dancer's legs and dark shoes sliding, kicking and stepping on the deck boards. Shot 4 [5.7-10.2s]: hard cut, a medium-wide shot in front of white deck stairs: the dancer does loose leg kicks, knee drops, arm swings and a deep lunge, on the beat, fully committed. Shot 5 [10.3-13.5s]: hard cut, a cream-walled side corridor of the ship with an open end to the sea: the friend leans out from behind the wall on the left, then steps out and walks toward the camera, amazed. Shot 6 [13.5-15s]: hard cut, a close-up of the friend against the sea and the railing: a hand on the back of the head, staring off to the side at the dance in disbelief. Real live-action footage, clear facial features. Anatomy rules: one head each, on its own shoulders. A face never appears on knees, legs, hands or clothes. Exactly one person in shots 1 to 4, exactly one in shots 5 and 6. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/24k-magic-ai-trend/create?variant=duo #### Variant: Pet Settings: 1 photo (your pet, whole body) · Seedance 2.5 · 10 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 160 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt: ```text Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: the same sunny cruise ship deck, the same camera angles, cuts, timing and dance moves. The ONLY change: the young man who dances is now the pet in [Image 1], standing upright on its hind legs and dancing like him. The dancer = the pet in [Image 1], in EVERY shot: the same species and breed, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings as in [Image 1], with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything. It stays that animal, with animal paws, never human hands, never a human face. The same pet in every frame, from the first second to the last, so its owner recognizes it at once. No person appears at all: never drift back to the original dancer. The shots, matching [Video 1] second by second: Shot 1 [0-2.1s]: indoor close-up in a warm wood-paneled cabin doorway: the pet looks into the camera, proud, and tugs at its own chest fur with both front paws. Shot 2 [2.1-3.8s]: hard cut, a wide shot of the open wooden deck of a cruise ship on a sunny afternoon, white railing, blue sea and sky: the pet, small in the frame, starts to dance on its hind legs. Shot 3 [3.8-5.7s]: hard cut, a low close-up of the pet's hind paws sliding, kicking and stepping on the deck boards. Shot 4 [5.7-10.2s]: hard cut, a medium-wide shot in front of white deck stairs: the pet does loose kicks, knee drops, front-paw swings and a deep lunge, on the beat. Real live-action footage, a real animal. Anatomy rules: one head only, one muzzle, four legs, no extra animals, no people. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/24k-magic-ai-trend/create?variant=pet ### Which photo works best? You need **one photo** for Human or Pet, **two** for Duo, one person in each. - **A sharp face, turned to the camera**, in good light. The first shot is a big close-up, so a clear face matters most. - **Your clothes come along.** The dancer wears the clothes from your photo; a shirt with a collar makes the collar tug look best. A head-and-shoulders photo works: the model adds dark trousers and shoes. - **Photo order in Duo:** photo 1 is the dancer, photo 2 is the friend who peeks out of the corridor. - **Pets:** a clear photo of the whole animal, its face to the camera. It dances on its hind legs. - Use your own photo or the photo of an adult who said yes. Never a celebrity, a stranger or a child. ## How many credits does it cost? You pay per video in credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. The one-tap price covers the scene photo and the video, charged once. The cheaper models are there if you run the prompts by hand in AI Video. | Video model | Settings | Credits | | --- | --- | --- | | Seedance 2.5 (this template) | 10 s, 720p, copies the trend clip, one tap | 160 | Credits come with a plan; see [pricing](https://www.makeviral.ai/pricing). A failed video gives its credits back. ## What happens in the 24K Magic AI video? Your video copies the viral AI remake shot for shot, with you in it. Human and Pet are 10 seconds, Duo is 15. | Time | What happens | |---|---| | 0 to 2 s | Close-up in a wooden cabin doorway: you grin at the camera and tug your collar | | 2 to 4 s | Wide shot of the sunny cruise ship deck, blue sea behind the railing: you start to dance | | 4 to 6 s | Low close-up of your feet sliding and kicking on the deck boards | | 6 to 10 s | By the white deck stairs: loose kicks, knee drops, arm swings and a deep lunge on the beat | | 10 to 15 s (Duo) | Your friend leans out of a side corridor, walks out amazed, then stares at the dance in a close-up | **How MakeViral makes it:** your photo goes with the remake clip to the best AI video models available, including Seedance 2.5, which redraw the clip with your face in every shot. The clip's own sound, the "24K Magic" part, goes back on after the run. The create page shows the exact price on the Generate button. ## Human, Duo or Pet: which 24K Magic version should you pick? | Version | Photos | What you get | |---|---|---| | Human | 1 | You are the dancer: collar tug, deck dance, feet close-up and the big kicks, 10 seconds | | Duo | 2 | Photo 1 dances, photo 2 is the friend who peeks out of the corridor and stares in disbelief, 15 seconds | | Pet | 1 | Your dog or cat stands on its hind legs and does the whole dance, 10 seconds | All three are wide 16:9, like the viral clips of the 24K Magic AI trend. The Duo is the full joke of the Dracula dance meme: one friend dances like nobody is watching, the other can't believe it. More dance trends with a famous funk song: the [Uptown Funk street crew](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/uptown-funk-ai-trend), the [APT pink studio duo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/apt-ai-trend) and the [Thriller dance](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/thriller-dance-ai-trend). ## What goes wrong, and how do you fix it? | What goes wrong | What our prompt does, and what you can do | |---|---| | Your face looks less like you in the wide shots | The face is small there; it comes back sharp in the close-up. A sharp, front-facing photo helps most | | The dancer from the clip comes back for a moment | The prompt locks your face in every shot. Run it again | | Two faces blend in Duo | Use photos with one person each, never a group photo | | A fast kick blurs your legs | That is the clip's motion blur. Run it again for a cleaner kick | | The pet dances stiffly | Animals copy a human dance less cleanly. Run it again | If a run fails, the credits come back. ## Which sound, caption and hashtags fit? Your clip keeps the sound of the viral remake, the "24K Magic" part, so the kicks land on the beat. You can turn it off on the result screen. The song belongs to its owners and MakeViral gives you no rights to it: on TikTok you can also pick the official 24K Magic sound when you post. **Caption ideas:** "Looking good, Dracula", "Me on day one of the cruise", "My friend watching me after one drink on the ship". **Hashtags** (TikTok, 2 November 2026): #24kmagic (231,185 videos, 1.06 billion views), #hoteltransylvania (218,055 videos, 14.2 billion views), #draculadance (5,876 videos, 16.9 million views) and the new #24kmagicaidance. Keep the platform's AI label on. ## 24K Magic AI trend questions ### What is the 24K Magic AI trend? It is an AI video trend from October 2026: a live-action AI remake of the Dracula dance from Hotel Transylvania 3, where someone tugs their collar and dances alone on a cruise ship deck to "24K Magic". The 24K Magic AI trend started with @theraguler's remake on 12 October; now people put their own face, a friend or a pet in it. ### Is the 24K Magic AI dance from Hotel Transylvania? Yes. The moves, the deck and the friend in the corridor copy the Dracula dance scene of Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018), the "Looking good, Dracula" moment. People search for it as the Hotel Transylvania dance, the Hotel Transylvania 24K Magic scene, "Dracula dance Hotel Transylvania", the Looking Good Dracula dance or the Dracula dance meme; the AI version is also called the Hotel Transylvania AI dance. MakeViral has no link to the film or its makers, and your video shows you, not the cartoon. ### Is the viral 24K Magic cruise ship dance real or AI? AI. The clip by @theraguler is tagged with an AI video tool, and its comments argue over AI or CGI. The 24K Magic cruise ship dance never happened: an AI model drew it from the animated scene. ### How do I make the 24K Magic AI video? Press "Create your own", pick Human, Duo or Pet, add your photo (two for Duo) and press Generate. The button shows the price first. You write no prompt and need no CapCut template or app, and the video waits in My videos when it is ready. ### Is this the CapCut 24K Magic template? No. The CapCut 24K Magic template is a separate template that tutorials on TikTok show since 31 October 2026. MakeViral makes the same 24K Magic AI dance from your photo here, on the web, with the remake clip as the guide. ### Does the video have the 24K Magic song? Yes. Your clip gets the sound of the viral remake back after the run, the same "24K Magic" part, and you can turn it off on the result screen. MakeViral has no link to Bruno Mars or his label, and this is not the Bruno Mars 24K Magic dance from his own music video. ### Is this the 24K Magic dance challenge? No. The 24K Magic dance trend on TikTok is mostly dancers learning a routine from a 24K Magic dance tutorial. This 24K Magic trend is the AI one: the AI does the Dracula deck dance with your face, and you learn no steps. ### What does Dracula bailando en el crucero mean? It is Spanish for "Dracula dancing on the cruise ship", the name Spanish-speaking TikTok gives the trend. The Argentine AI remake of 31 October 2026 made the Dracula bailando version big in Latin America. ### Can my dog or cat do the 24K Magic dance? Yes. Pick Pet and add one photo of your pet: it stands on its hind legs and does the collar tug, the deck dance and the kicks. Animals copy a human dance less cleanly, so run it again if it comes out stiff. ### How long is the video and what format is it? Human and Pet are 10 seconds, Duo is 15 seconds. All are wide 16:9 at 720p, like the viral clip, as an MP4 with the sound and no watermark. For an AI dance video on TikTok or Reels, the app shows it with bars above and below. ### Is the video real? No. It is made with AI from your still photo, and you never danced on that ship. Use only your own photo or the photo of an adult who agreed, never a child, and keep the AI label on when you post. ## Other AI video templates and tools - [Uptown Funk AI: Lead the Funk Crew Down the Street](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/uptown-funk-ai-trend): You strut down a sunny retro street in a sharp suit at the front of a funk crew: shoulder pops, a spin, the hand-up freeze and a lapel pose. Add one photo, two for a duo, or three for your crew. - [APT AI Video: You and a Friend in the Pink APT. Studio](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/apt-ai-trend): One of you plays the red drums, the other kneels on the pink floor and sings into the mic, then you hug, sing to the camera and dance side by side. Add two photos, or two pets, and get the 15-second clip with its sound. - [Thriller Dance AI: Do the Zombie Dance With a Friend or Your Pet](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/thriller-dance-ai-trend): Arms swung out with a deep lean, head rolls, claw hands and shoulder shrugs: the Thriller zombie dance. Add two photos to dance it as a duo, or one photo of your pet, and get a 15-second clip with the song. - [AI TikTok Video](https://www.makeviral.ai/tools/ai-tiktok-video-generator): Eight native TikTok formats, one prompt or product URL, a finished 9:16 video with captions burned in. - [AI Reels](https://www.makeviral.ai/tools/ai-reels-generator): Pick a format, give it a topic or a product link, and get a finished vertical reel with voice and captions. Nothing to film, nothing to edit. - [AI photo generator](https://www.makeviral.ai/ai-photo-generator) - [All AI video templates](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates) ## Make your own 24K Magic AI video Add one photo and press Generate. No prompt to write. 160 credits, charged once. [Make this video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/24k-magic-ai-trend/create)