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Schemin' and Dreamin' - a July 2014 (4-night Bahamian/Dream) Trip Report!
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Ariel484
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Day 2: Sunday, July 20, 2014, Part 3 (Embarkation!!)
Eventually, our boarding number was called. SQUUUEEEEEEE
The CM confirmed that they would not take our boarding picture with my camera (boo!
) so we passed that photo stop and the next thing we knew...
"Disney Dream, please welcome the Ariel484 Family!"
YAY!!!
We were onboard at about 11:30. So, so happy to be back on this ship!!!
We drank it all in for a bit before heading to Guest Services. I had a few things I wanted to get out of the way, but I guess they were still turning stuff over from the last cruise. The only thing I could take care of was to put some Disney Visa Rewards onto our room for charging. So I'd have to come back for the other stuff.
After that, we headed over to Royal Palace to check on our dining requests - I'd already seen on our Key To The World cards that we got the dining rotation I'd requested, and now I wanted to check to see that we’d get our own two-top table. We did! Huzzah for my awesome TA!!
Now that we had a few housekeeping items out of the way, it was lunch time! We headed up to Cabanas and Will was really impressed by the variety and quality of the food. Everything was really good!
After lunch we made the trip back to Guest Services and were able to get the rest of our items taken care of (signing up for the Castaway Cay 5K and a Mixology class on our at-sea day). Now the only thing left was to give Will the grand tour!
We headed up. I have approximately 1000 pictures of this chandelier. Love it!
I have been on this ship twice now and still have not yet used this pool. Maybe I will some day!
Almost empty!
When I was younger, I was a lifeguard at Six Flags in Ohio. Nightmare-ish job (I mean, literally...I would have nightmares about it)! When this pool is full, I swear I get flashbacks.
Eek!!!
Nemo area!
And we're back on the adult deck.
Time to check out the gym! We had big plans to work out every morning (except for embarkation and debarkation day)...would we do it?!
Back inside. The Big Goof was meeting!
Sidenote: A lot of my pictures from this trip are blurrier than I'd like. Sadness!
And now with the 'munks! The lighting in this area is not the best for photos, but at least this one is sharper...
Whew. Well, I don't know about you, but after all of that activity...I'm thirsty!
Bon Voyage became one of our favorite spots on this trip, along with Vista Cafe. Great to just sit at either place, have a drink and people-watch. The CMs recognized us as regulars quickly.
I had a goal for this trip to try every drink of the day, and I think I did end up missing just one. But not today! Bahama Mama...yum!
Duck times 2!
For some reason, we ended up over near Animator's Palate. Love these bathrooms!
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Eventually, our boarding number was called. SQUUUEEEEEEE
The CM confirmed that they would not take our boarding picture with my camera (boo!
) so we passed that photo stop and the next thing we knew..."Disney Dream, please welcome the Ariel484 Family!"
YAY!!!
We were onboard at about 11:30. So, so happy to be back on this ship!!!
We drank it all in for a bit before heading to Guest Services. I had a few things I wanted to get out of the way, but I guess they were still turning stuff over from the last cruise. The only thing I could take care of was to put some Disney Visa Rewards onto our room for charging. So I'd have to come back for the other stuff.
After that, we headed over to Royal Palace to check on our dining requests - I'd already seen on our Key To The World cards that we got the dining rotation I'd requested, and now I wanted to check to see that we’d get our own two-top table. We did! Huzzah for my awesome TA!!
Now that we had a few housekeeping items out of the way, it was lunch time! We headed up to Cabanas and Will was really impressed by the variety and quality of the food. Everything was really good!
After lunch we made the trip back to Guest Services and were able to get the rest of our items taken care of (signing up for the Castaway Cay 5K and a Mixology class on our at-sea day). Now the only thing left was to give Will the grand tour!
We headed up. I have approximately 1000 pictures of this chandelier. Love it!
I have been on this ship twice now and still have not yet used this pool. Maybe I will some day!
Almost empty!
When I was younger, I was a lifeguard at Six Flags in Ohio. Nightmare-ish job (I mean, literally...I would have nightmares about it)! When this pool is full, I swear I get flashbacks.
Eek!!!
Nemo area!
And we're back on the adult deck.
Time to check out the gym! We had big plans to work out every morning (except for embarkation and debarkation day)...would we do it?!
Back inside. The Big Goof was meeting!
Sidenote: A lot of my pictures from this trip are blurrier than I'd like. Sadness!
And now with the 'munks! The lighting in this area is not the best for photos, but at least this one is sharper...
Whew. Well, I don't know about you, but after all of that activity...I'm thirsty!
Bon Voyage became one of our favorite spots on this trip, along with Vista Cafe. Great to just sit at either place, have a drink and people-watch. The CMs recognized us as regulars quickly.
I had a goal for this trip to try every drink of the day, and I think I did end up missing just one. But not today! Bahama Mama...yum!
Duck times 2!
For some reason, we ended up over near Animator's Palate. Love these bathrooms!
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Ariel484
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Day 2: Sunday, July 20, 2014, Part 4 (Our stateroom)
It was closing in on 1:30, which meant that our room should be ready!
For my first cruise in September 2013, one of my roommates ended up dropping out, meaning that my BFF and I ended up with a category 4D all to ourselves! Lots of space for 2 people. I liked both it and the location (mid-ship) so much that we booked the same thing for this cruise. This was part of my plan to get Will addicted to cruising - I wanted that same location and all of that space!!
Home sweet home! (You can see another bit of schemin' to get Will addicted to cruising - adult dining!
)
Lovely!
Will was very impressed with the room! You can see he is getting in some last-minute quality time with his phone. We were both looking forward to being unplugged for a few days, though! (Having said that, I did use the DCL app while onboard and liked it.)
Castaway Club gift for meeeee! Beach bag with a magnetic dry erase board (which now lives on our fridge), marker and highlighter.
My pictures of the bathroom didn't come out well, but we had a split bathroom with the rainfall shower/round tub. Split bathrooms are a must!
Current view from the verandah:
I'd ordered a few things for our room - a bottle of champagne for our anniversary and some bottled water. And by that I mean...my Travel Agent ordered them for me.
There were some other things waiting for us in the room as well - Rainforest Room passes (more on that later) as well as documents for our onboard credits. Now...without going into too much detail, there was a mix-up with our credits (someone - ahem - stiffed us when they shouldn't have. Not impressed
). My TA warned me that this could happen ahead of time, so I was sort of expecting it. And even though it wasn't her fault, she fixed it and made it right.
Okay...I need a snack. Cheese plate! I mean, really - pick up the phone and a CM brings you cheese. I think this went a long way in Will warming up to this whole cruising thing.
I really wanted to check out the kids' clubs before it was muster drill time. What did we do instead? We fell asleep.
For, like, an hour+! Oops!
By the time we woke up it was almost muster drill time! But our bags weren't there yet!
I was starting to panic and just so happened to pop my head out the door to find my suitcase being wheeled down the hallway about 10 minutes before mustering...followed by Will's. Whew!
Then it was muster time. We had an outside station.
If you ask Will, I think he'll tell you that this was one of his least favorite parts of the cruise (the other comes up on Castaway Cay day). It was hot, we were all bunched together, and people from our station were late - 3 staterooms! We ended up having to go through the entire drill twice. Come on, people - be on time!
Post-muster:
Okay, so we have mustered (some of us have mustered twice...). Time for the Sail Away party!
Uh-oh...this doesn't look good:
Nope nope nope nope nope nope
Let's not focus on that. Let's focus on the party!
As you can see, we didn't get a great vantage point. Oh well, whatever. We could see well enough to know that the main guy running the Sail Away party was, like, super impressively energetic. Dude was jumping around and dancing everywhere, even in the July heat. It was hilarious!
I think these people had the right idea:
So the party went on, and we got to the part where we counted down to Sail Away...
And we counted down...
And the horn played...
And we just stayed put.
Most anti-climactic Sail Away ever!! What the heck?! It was funny because I was sure Will was getting super nervous, because here we were - Sail Away. It's go time. The ship's leaving. And he was actually disappointed that the horn played and nothing happened! Not gonna lie...I was too. But hey, at least we didn't get rained on.
We had early seating on this cruise, so we headed back to the room to unpack a bit and get ready for dinner. Somehow I missed this (maybe I was in the bathroom or something?) but Will informed me at some point that he saw people running on to the ship - so I guess that's why we didn't sail away. Weird!!
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It was closing in on 1:30, which meant that our room should be ready!
For my first cruise in September 2013, one of my roommates ended up dropping out, meaning that my BFF and I ended up with a category 4D all to ourselves! Lots of space for 2 people. I liked both it and the location (mid-ship) so much that we booked the same thing for this cruise. This was part of my plan to get Will addicted to cruising - I wanted that same location and all of that space!!
Home sweet home! (You can see another bit of schemin' to get Will addicted to cruising - adult dining!
)
Lovely!
Will was very impressed with the room! You can see he is getting in some last-minute quality time with his phone.
We were both looking forward to being unplugged for a few days, though! (Having said that, I did use the DCL app while onboard and liked it.)
Castaway Club gift for meeeee! Beach bag with a magnetic dry erase board (which now lives on our fridge), marker and highlighter.
My pictures of the bathroom didn't come out well, but we had a split bathroom with the rainfall shower/round tub. Split bathrooms are a must!
Current view from the verandah:
I'd ordered a few things for our room - a bottle of champagne for our anniversary and some bottled water. And by that I mean...my Travel Agent ordered them for me.
There were some other things waiting for us in the room as well - Rainforest Room passes (more on that later) as well as documents for our onboard credits. Now...without going into too much detail, there was a mix-up with our credits (someone - ahem - stiffed us when they shouldn't have. Not impressed
). My TA warned me that this could happen ahead of time, so I was sort of expecting it. And even though it wasn't her fault, she fixed it and made it right. Okay...I need a snack. Cheese plate! I mean, really - pick up the phone and a CM brings you cheese. I think this went a long way in Will warming up to this whole cruising thing.
I really wanted to check out the kids' clubs before it was muster drill time. What did we do instead? We fell asleep.
For, like, an hour+! Oops!By the time we woke up it was almost muster drill time! But our bags weren't there yet!
I was starting to panic and just so happened to pop my head out the door to find my suitcase being wheeled down the hallway about 10 minutes before mustering...followed by Will's. Whew!
Then it was muster time. We had an outside station.
If you ask Will, I think he'll tell you that this was one of his least favorite parts of the cruise (the other comes up on Castaway Cay day). It was hot, we were all bunched together, and people from our station were late - 3 staterooms! We ended up having to go through the entire drill twice. Come on, people - be on time!
Post-muster:
Okay, so we have mustered (some of us have mustered twice...
). Time for the Sail Away party!Uh-oh...this doesn't look good:
Nope nope nope nope nope nope
Let's not focus on that. Let's focus on the party!
As you can see, we didn't get a great vantage point. Oh well, whatever. We could see well enough to know that the main guy running the Sail Away party was, like, super impressively energetic. Dude was jumping around and dancing everywhere, even in the July heat. It was hilarious!
I think these people had the right idea:
So the party went on, and we got to the part where we counted down to Sail Away...
And we counted down...
And the horn played...
And we just stayed put.
Most anti-climactic Sail Away ever!! What the heck?! It was funny because I was sure Will was getting super nervous, because here we were - Sail Away. It's go time. The ship's leaving. And he was actually disappointed that the horn played and nothing happened! Not gonna lie...I was too. But hey, at least we didn't get rained on.We had early seating on this cruise, so we headed back to the room to unpack a bit and get ready for dinner. Somehow I missed this (maybe I was in the bathroom or something?) but Will informed me at some point that he saw people running on to the ship - so I guess that's why we didn't sail away. Weird!!
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emilyindisney
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Just checkin' in quick to say hi and that I'm subbed in and will catch up soon! Very excited to hear about your cruise!! 
Ariel484
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Hi Emily!! Thanks for checking in!
Ariel484
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Day 2: Sunday, July 20, 2014, Part 5 (Dinner at Enchanted Garden)
So the ship did finally start moving - we were on our way! And now it's time to eat!
During the girls cruise, Animator's Palate was my favorite of the 3 main dining rooms, so I sort of have this idea in my mind that that's the one I want to have dinner in during the last night of any cruise I go on - save the best for last and all that. So in the planning stages I did some research and requested the rotation that ended with Animator's, meaning that our first dinner was in Enchanted Garden.
Before heading into the dining room, we took a detour down one of the hallways to do some research. Way back when Disney released their pricing for this summer, we booked a cruise on the Fantasy (the Dream's sister ship, so the deck plans are very similar - just 143 days to go!! Not that I'm counting or anything...) for this coming July. We settled on a porthole room on Deck 2, right outside of Enchanted Garden. We originally wanted a verandah room, but after some sticker shock (seriously...going from a 4-night to a 7-night is a big price difference! Not sure why I was so surprised), I discovered these Deck 2, oceanview midship rooms and made the switch to save some cash. Ever since that switch happened I'd been questioning it, so one of my goals for this trip was for us to come to a decision as to whether we'd keep that Deck 2 room, or switch back to a verandah room on a higher deck.
After seeing where our potential future room was, we headed into Enchanted Garden and were led to our table, #29. I held my breath as we slowly approached those cool circular booths at the front of the dining room, but it wasn't in the cards this time! Instead we were shown to a 4-top table that was next to one housing a party of 15. I have, to say, I was a little disappointed in the location of our table. Not because of the big family sitting next to us (lots of super well-behaved kiddos...everyone just seemed happy to be there), and not because we didn't get a cool booth (okay, I was a little disappointed in that, but obviously those assignments are rare), but because it felt like we were shoved into the back corner of the dining room. I think Enchanted Garden is so pretty, but we couldn't really see any of it due to where we were seated. Oh well, I guess someone has to sit in the back.
The good thing about where we were seated, though, was the nearby porthole. Will and I sat across from one another, so there was a wall directly to my right...to the left was the larger party, and then the porthole window was behind them. Since it was right there we both would find ourselves looking at it, and we quickly figured out that doing so while the ship was moving was just not agreeing with us. I had expected to feel the ship moving in the dining room on this day (I experienced the same thing in September), but I was surprised at how much looking out that window was bothering both of us. Not on the higher decks, just here where it was more eye-level. It didn't make us feel sick, but it definitely made us both feel off.
This was really making us think about that Deck 2 room we had booked for this summer. Not that we're planning on spending a TON of time in the room, but if looking out the window wasn't making us feel well...maybe we needed to re-think some things. We were finding that the only way either of us could feel normal was to just stare straight ahead; the early indication was that a switch was in our future.
Okay, so anyway...we feast!
Chickpea Garlic Purée yuuummmm
This picture kind of gives you an idea of where we were seated. The CM in the photo is one of our servers.
I don't have the names of our servers on me, but we definitely liked them, and they definitely liked to give us a LOT of food. Fun fact about one of the guys on our team - the other day I was watching the "Disney Cruise Line: Behind The Magic" special that aired on Destination America, and who should I see leading a little princess into Enchanted Garden but our server!! He's famous!
Messing around with my camera settings...this CM posed for me.
Aaaaand food.
Will's appetizer. The Applewood Smoked Bacon Wild Mushroom Tart:
My appetizer - the Cucumber Garden Roll. YUM!
I think we both got the same thing for the second course - the Romaine Wedge. YUM YUM
Will's entrée - I believe this is the pork dish:
The picture of my entree came out really badly, so I'm going to cheat and use the one I took in September 2013 since I got the same thing - the prime rib:
I remember thinking it was good, but I'm most likely going to try something else next time just to mix it up.
Dessert!
Will - Sticky Date Pudding:
Me - Apple Cinnamon Crunch Sundae OMGGGG YUM
And now here comes our first experience with getting more food shoved at us! We also were brought candy...
...a dessert trio...
...AND another cake for our anniversary celebration! Yowza!!!
Overall we thought the food was really, really good. Two thumbs up for Enchanted Garden!!
And out we go.
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So the ship did finally start moving - we were on our way! And now it's time to eat!
During the girls cruise, Animator's Palate was my favorite of the 3 main dining rooms, so I sort of have this idea in my mind that that's the one I want to have dinner in during the last night of any cruise I go on - save the best for last and all that. So in the planning stages I did some research and requested the rotation that ended with Animator's, meaning that our first dinner was in Enchanted Garden.
Before heading into the dining room, we took a detour down one of the hallways to do some research. Way back when Disney released their pricing for this summer, we booked a cruise on the Fantasy (the Dream's sister ship, so the deck plans are very similar - just 143 days to go!! Not that I'm counting or anything...
) for this coming July. We settled on a porthole room on Deck 2, right outside of Enchanted Garden. We originally wanted a verandah room, but after some sticker shock (seriously...going from a 4-night to a 7-night is a big price difference! Not sure why I was so surprised), I discovered these Deck 2, oceanview midship rooms and made the switch to save some cash. Ever since that switch happened I'd been questioning it, so one of my goals for this trip was for us to come to a decision as to whether we'd keep that Deck 2 room, or switch back to a verandah room on a higher deck.After seeing where our potential future room was, we headed into Enchanted Garden and were led to our table, #29. I held my breath as we slowly approached those cool circular booths at the front of the dining room, but it wasn't in the cards this time! Instead we were shown to a 4-top table that was next to one housing a party of 15. I have, to say, I was a little disappointed in the location of our table. Not because of the big family sitting next to us (lots of super well-behaved kiddos...everyone just seemed happy to be there), and not because we didn't get a cool booth (okay, I was a little disappointed in that, but obviously those assignments are rare), but because it felt like we were shoved into the back corner of the dining room. I think Enchanted Garden is so pretty, but we couldn't really see any of it due to where we were seated. Oh well, I guess someone has to sit in the back.
The good thing about where we were seated, though, was the nearby porthole. Will and I sat across from one another, so there was a wall directly to my right...to the left was the larger party, and then the porthole window was behind them. Since it was right there we both would find ourselves looking at it, and we quickly figured out that doing so while the ship was moving was just not agreeing with us. I had expected to feel the ship moving in the dining room on this day (I experienced the same thing in September), but I was surprised at how much looking out that window was bothering both of us. Not on the higher decks, just here where it was more eye-level. It didn't make us feel sick, but it definitely made us both feel off.
This was really making us think about that Deck 2 room we had booked for this summer. Not that we're planning on spending a TON of time in the room, but if looking out the window wasn't making us feel well...maybe we needed to re-think some things. We were finding that the only way either of us could feel normal was to just stare straight ahead; the early indication was that a switch was in our future.
Okay, so anyway...we feast!
Chickpea Garlic Purée yuuummmm
This picture kind of gives you an idea of where we were seated. The CM in the photo is one of our servers.
I don't have the names of our servers on me, but we definitely liked them, and they definitely liked to give us a LOT of food. Fun fact about one of the guys on our team - the other day I was watching the "Disney Cruise Line: Behind The Magic" special that aired on Destination America, and who should I see leading a little princess into Enchanted Garden but our server!! He's famous!
Messing around with my camera settings...this CM posed for me.
Aaaaand food.
Will's appetizer. The Applewood Smoked Bacon Wild Mushroom Tart:
My appetizer - the Cucumber Garden Roll. YUM!
I think we both got the same thing for the second course - the Romaine Wedge. YUM YUM
Will's entrée - I believe this is the pork dish:
The picture of my entree came out really badly, so I'm going to cheat and use the one I took in September 2013 since I got the same thing - the prime rib:
I remember thinking it was good, but I'm most likely going to try something else next time just to mix it up.
Dessert!
Will - Sticky Date Pudding:
Me - Apple Cinnamon Crunch Sundae OMGGGG YUM
And now here comes our first experience with getting more food shoved at us! We also were brought candy...
...a dessert trio...
...AND another cake for our anniversary celebration!
Yowza!!!
Overall we thought the food was really, really good. Two thumbs up for Enchanted Garden!!
And out we go.
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disfamilycruise
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Nov 3, 2014
Day 2: Sunday, July 20, 2014, Part 4 (Our stateroom)
It was closing in on 1:30, which meant that our room should be ready!
For my first cruise in September 2013, one of my roommates ended up dropping out, meaning that my BFF and I ended up with a category 4D all to ourselves! Lots of space for 2 people. I liked both it and the location (mid-ship) so much that we booked the same thing for this cruise. This was part of my plan to get Will addicted to cruising - I wanted that same location and all of that space!!
Home sweet home! (You can see another bit of schemin' to get Will addicted to cruising - adult dining!
Lovely!
Will was very impressed with the room! You can see he is getting in some last-minute quality time with his phone.
Castaway Club gift for meeeee! Beach bag with a magnetic dry erase board (which now lives on our fridge), marker and highlighter.
My pictures of the bathroom didn't come out well, but we had a split bathroom with the rainfall shower/round tub. Split bathrooms are a must!
Current view from the verandah:
I'd ordered a few things for our room - a bottle of champagne for our anniversary and some bottled water. And by that I mean...my Travel Agent ordered them for me.
There were some other things waiting for us in the room as well - Rainforest Room passes (more on that later) as well as documents for our onboard credits. Now...without going into too much detail, there was a mix-up with our credits (someone - ahem - stiffed us when they shouldn't have. Not impressed
Okay...I need a snack. Cheese plate! I mean, really - pick up the phone and a CM brings you cheese. I think this went a long way in Will warming up to this whole cruising thing.
I really wanted to check out the kids' clubs before it was muster drill time. What did we do instead? We fell asleep.
By the time we woke up it was almost muster drill time! But our bags weren't there yet!
I was starting to panic and just so happened to pop my head out the door to find my suitcase being wheeled down the hallway about 10 minutes before mustering...followed by Will's. Whew!
Then it was muster time. We had an outside station.
If you ask Will, I think he'll tell you that this was one of his least favorite parts of the cruise (the other comes up on Castaway Cay day). It was hot, we were all bunched together, and people from our station were late - 3 staterooms! We ended up having to go through the entire drill twice. Come on, people - be on time!
Post-muster:
Okay, so we have mustered (some of us have mustered twice...
Uh-oh...this doesn't look good:
Nope nope nope nope nope nope
Let's not focus on that. Let's focus on the party!
As you can see, we didn't get a great vantage point. Oh well, whatever. We could see well enough to know that the main guy running the Sail Away party was, like, super impressively energetic. Dude was jumping around and dancing everywhere, even in the July heat. It was hilarious!
I think these people had the right idea:
So the party went on, and we got to the part where we counted down to Sail Away...
And we counted down...
And the horn played...
And we just stayed put.
We had early seating on this cruise, so we headed back to the room to unpack a bit and get ready for dinner. Somehow I missed this (maybe I was in the bathroom or something?) but Will informed me at some point that he saw people running on to the ship - so I guess that's why we didn't sail away. Weird!!
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disfamilycruise
Earning My Ears
- Joined
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I have joined in and thoroughly enjoying your TR!! We were on the Dream in January 2015 and CANNOT wait to go again next year!
disfamilycruise
Earning My Ears
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Would love to know if you kept the deck 2 room?! We are planning to do the same thing on our next cruise (downgrade from a balcony to deck 2 ocean view room to save some $).
Ariel484
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Thank you!! Yes isn't DCL addicting?!
We actually did NOT end up keeping the Deck 2 room. I ultimately left the decision up to my husband and he decided he really wants a room with a balcony.
We discussed it quite a bit during the cruise and decided that the rooms just down the hall from ours might be a good compromise - they still have verandahs and are still mid-ship (which is one of our big must-haves), just a little smaller than what we were booked in on the Dream. So ultimately we setlled on a Category 5C (Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah) - losing about 50 square feet of space compared to our 4D room on the Dream. It's still PRETTY pricey but we think the verandah is worth it...especially for a longer itinerary.
I'd definitely be open to trying the Deck 2 porthole room at some point, but probably on a shorter cruise.
sager1969
Mickey Momma
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- Sep 19, 2012
Awesome looking meals! I always have a rough start and end to cruises. It seems like when the ship moving fast that I start to feel off. I get a little dizzy and can't walk. It amuses my son to no end. I take Bonine the day before we embark and every night at bedtime. This keeps it to a minimum. Can't wait to hear what you thing of the rainforest no Remy. We are going to Remy for the first time next cruise.
Ariel484
DIS Veteran
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- Dec 27, 2011
Ugh, I know! The first and last nights on the 2 cruises I have been on have been a little rougher, so at least I really know to expect that now.
You will LOVE Remy! It is soooo good! I can't wait to go back.
Ariel484
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Day 2: Sunday, July 20, 2014, Part 6 (End of Night 1)
First stop after dinner...BOOM.
We re-booked our Fantasy sailing to get the onboard credit and booked 3 other staterooms for the Med cruise (which has since fallen through). The annoying thing was that they wouldn't let me attach ANY of these reservations to our travel agent. My TA warned me that this might happen, and I tried to insist that he connect the reservations to her, but dude wasn't budging. At the time I wasn't sure if this was a change in their policy or just the guy I got...once I got back home and talked to others it sounded like it was just the guy I was working with. At any rate, my TA transferred everything to her agency once we got home.
Oh, it's you again!!
The Captain is meeting and greeting while second seating is heading in for dinner...
Next up for this evening...The Golden Mickeys!
Loved it. Goosebumps. Chills. Tears (okay, not really - although "I See The Light" does make my eyes water). I'm not sure Will loved it QUITE as much as I did, but he did enjoy it!
After the show, we checked out the shops and I made some mental notes on things I wanted to get. At the top of my list was a Christmas ornament (I always get one for every trip) and this is the one I ended up coming back for:
After the show, we headed to Skyline to get some drinks. I don't remember what we got, but I'm pretty sure this is Will's:
Mine:
After our drinks, we walked around a bit and headed back to our room. We got some good towel animals on this trip...this little creep was waiting for us, sporting Will's sunglasses:
He sort of reminded us of a cloaked villain rising out of the dust. We both really got a kick out of him!
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First stop after dinner...BOOM.
We re-booked our Fantasy sailing to get the onboard credit and booked 3 other staterooms for the Med cruise (which has since fallen through). The annoying thing was that they wouldn't let me attach ANY of these reservations to our travel agent.
My TA warned me that this might happen, and I tried to insist that he connect the reservations to her, but dude wasn't budging. At the time I wasn't sure if this was a change in their policy or just the guy I got...once I got back home and talked to others it sounded like it was just the guy I was working with. At any rate, my TA transferred everything to her agency once we got home. Oh, it's you again!!
The Captain is meeting and greeting while second seating is heading in for dinner...
Next up for this evening...The Golden Mickeys!
Loved it. Goosebumps. Chills. Tears (okay, not really - although "I See The Light" does make my eyes water). I'm not sure Will loved it QUITE as much as I did, but he did enjoy it!
After the show, we checked out the shops and I made some mental notes on things I wanted to get. At the top of my list was a Christmas ornament (I always get one for every trip) and this is the one I ended up coming back for:
After the show, we headed to Skyline to get some drinks. I don't remember what we got, but I'm pretty sure this is Will's:
Mine:
After our drinks, we walked around a bit and headed back to our room. We got some good towel animals on this trip...this little creep was waiting for us, sporting Will's sunglasses:
He sort of reminded us of a cloaked villain rising out of the dust.
We both really got a kick out of him!Continued in Next Post
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PiperGirlInWondrland
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nice update - i had to laugh at the cloaked villain rising out of the dust lol
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Thanks for writing another great trip report! Not that I didn't already want to book another cruise but this has brought that up another couple notches.
This is definitely the highest priority for us.
You are definitely going to love the Fantasy. Even though they are sister ships, the Fantasy wins hands down over the Dream for us. The adult area is layed out much better and Satellite Falls is great! With 2 people you are not going to miss the 50sq. ft. but the thing I prefer about the family category rooms is the tub and rainfall shower.
We have only stayed in the upper decks on the Dream and Fantasy so I cannot say if deck 2 would be bad. On the Classics we have stayed anywhere from deck 2 through 8 (inside, oceanview, almost navigator verandah, verandah, and concierge) and have never had any bad rooms. I would take a week above the engine room or below a bad juggler at the night club on a DCL ship over more snow and ice here.
This is definitely the highest priority for us.
Thank you!! Yes isn't DCL addicting?!
We actually did NOT end up keeping the Deck 2 room. I ultimately left the decision up to my husband and he decided he really wants a room with a balcony.
We discussed it quite a bit during the cruise and decided that the rooms just down the hall from ours might be a good compromise - they still have verandahs and are still mid-ship (which is one of our big must-haves), just a little smaller than what we were booked in on the Dream. So ultimately we setlled on a Category 5C (Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah) - losing about 50 square feet of space compared to our 4D room on the Dream. It's still PRETTY pricey but we think the verandah is worth it...especially for a longer itinerary.
You are definitely going to love the Fantasy. Even though they are sister ships, the Fantasy wins hands down over the Dream for us. The adult area is layed out much better and Satellite Falls is great! With 2 people you are not going to miss the 50sq. ft. but the thing I prefer about the family category rooms is the tub and rainfall shower.
We have only stayed in the upper decks on the Dream and Fantasy so I cannot say if deck 2 would be bad. On the Classics we have stayed anywhere from deck 2 through 8 (inside, oceanview, almost navigator verandah, verandah, and concierge) and have never had any bad rooms. I would take a week above the engine room or below a bad juggler at the night club on a DCL ship over more snow and ice here.
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I don't think I am much of a cruise person...too many people in a small space...but I am still intrigued by the idea of disney cruises!
I am obviously biased because of the horse theme, but SSR looks beautiful, I would love to stay there one day!
LOL at the DVC sales guy...the same thing happened to me, a CMs pins caught my eye in the park and I walked up to talk to him before realizing he was a sales guy. He gave us the hard pitch when we are not in a position to buy and made it really awkward/difficult to walk away.
Ugh, Bullseye with the rose blanket, I'm dying of the cuteness!
And now Captain Mickey. I'm dead.
The room is gorgeous and looks giant! And I love the idea of unlimited room service...hmmm
Did you guys have tablemates? I am sort of confused about how that works on cruises. That looks like a disappointing seating arrangement for sure. The restaurant in general looks beautiful though.
Yup, that towel thing is definitely a little creepy...but funny!
Can't wait to read more!
I don't think I am much of a cruise person...too many people in a small space...but I am still intrigued by the idea of disney cruises!
I am obviously biased because of the horse theme, but SSR looks beautiful, I would love to stay there one day!
LOL at the DVC sales guy...the same thing happened to me, a CMs pins caught my eye in the park and I walked up to talk to him before realizing he was a sales guy. He gave us the hard pitch when we are not in a position to buy and made it really awkward/difficult to walk away.
Ugh, Bullseye with the rose blanket, I'm dying of the cuteness!
And now Captain Mickey. I'm dead.
The room is gorgeous and looks giant! And I love the idea of unlimited room service...hmmm
Did you guys have tablemates? I am sort of confused about how that works on cruises. That looks like a disappointing seating arrangement for sure. The restaurant in general looks beautiful though.
Yup, that towel thing is definitely a little creepy...but funny!
Can't wait to read more!
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