24K Magic AI: You Do the Dracula Cruise Ship Dance, Your Friend Steals the Ending

Open this page, upload a photo of the dancer and a photo of the friend, and press Generate. You get a 14-second widescreen video with sound of you doing the Dracula cruise ship dance, usually within a few minutes.

The 24K Magic AI trend is a live-action remake of Dracula's solo cruise ship deck dance from Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018), set to Bruno Mars's 24K Magic. The scene resurfaced on TikTok on October 11, 2026, when @jst.daf posted it as a mashup, and AI remakes with real people followed.

It's also called the Dracula cruise ship dance, Looking Good Dracula and Dracula bailando en el crucero. The second name comes from Dracula's line in the scene, and the Spanish one from Spanish-language TikTok; posts also use #24kmagicaidance and #draculadance.

0–2s, the dancer grins in a cabin doorway and tugs their collar; 2–4s, a wide shot as they start dancing on the sunny deck; 4–6s, low close-ups of their feet sliding and kicking on the boards; 6–10s, kicks, knee drops and arm swings by the white stairs; 10–11s, the friend crawls into the foreground; 11–14s, the friend takes over the deck by the ship's funnels.

No. You stay a real person with your own face, hair and outfit from your photo. There's no cape, fangs or pale makeup unless you're wearing them in the photo.

Yes. The video comes with music, so you can post it as it is. If you want the exact trending sound, pick 24K Magic from the TikTok sound library when you post.

Yes. Upload your photo as the dancer and click Use example under the friend slot, so our sample person crawls in at the end. Both slots need someone, because the video has two roles.

No. This is a web template, so there's nothing to install: upload two photos in your browser and download the MP4. The CapCut version is a separate template.

Not completely. New accounts get 75 free credits, and one 24K Magic AI video takes 280. The one-time $4.99 trial pack (540 credits) covers one video for about $2.59 and leaves 260 credits in your account, with no subscription. The exact cost shows on the Generate button, and failed renders are refunded automatically.

About $2.59 for one video. That is 280 credits for a 14-second, 480p widescreen clip with sound; our test rendered in about 5 minutes.

Four reasons: you look like your photos, it costs less, you get a clean video, and it's ready to post. (It makes the dance video, not a song.)

Looks like you: your face, hair and outfit stay yours from the doorway close-up to the footwork shots, and each of you keeps your own look. This setup held up on our first run, so you don't spend credits on retries.

Costs less: about $2.59 per video with a one-time $4.99 pack and no subscription, the lowest price among the tools we found with a listed price.

Clean video: no watermark on any plan, free credits included, and if a render fails your credits come back automatically.

Ready to post: 14 seconds with music, so it goes straight to TikTok, Reels or Shorts with no editing or dubbing.

Usually it's a small face cropped from a group photo, a side angle or a cap pulled low, and the fast footwork makes it worse. Use a sharp, full-body photo of one person facing the camera, then run this template again.

No. It's a fan-made template, not affiliated with Sony Pictures Animation, Hotel Transylvania, Bruno Mars or TikTok. Only upload photos of yourself or adults who agreed; photos of celebrities, public figures or children aren't allowed.

Add the 24K Magic sound if you want the trend's audio, tag the friend who crawls in, say it's AI, and use #24kmagic, #24kmagicaidance, #draculadance or #hoteltransylvania.

Your photos and videos stay in your account, so you can download them again from My Videos at any time. They are never used to train AI models and are not sold or shared, except with the video model provider that renders your clip.