Day 7
Friday September 23rd
The day had finally arrived. Today we board the Disney Dream for the first leg of a back to back 7 night in total cruise. The first leg was 3 nights....
We got our usual first and second breakfast. Then had showers and made pretty. Well Jo was I was my usual self but clean! We could not wait to get on the road. Sadly our satnav had given up the ghost a couple of days ago so we had got a new one in Walmart. Jo was just fiddling with it and I was giving her a Paddington stare. This means a very firm attentive stare for those non Brits not familiar with the stories of cute little Paddington Bear. I wanted to hit that road!
Soon she declared the satnav road worthy and we left the room double checking the usual places you leave items. The safe being a real gotcha. Things like to lurk in corners.
We were soon on our way to Port Canaveral. It was a pleasant day so far. This cruise was conceirge all the way so we had no port arrival time booked. We can go onto the ship as soon as it is declared cleared. We wanted to make full use of that.
No issues on the way down. It's not the most exciting journey. We had to drop off the car to the depot as no point paying rental and parking for a week of no use. We did stop on the way for rest room breaks and drinks.
Then she appeared in the distance....
What a sight. It makes her heart skip a beat.
There was some confusion for us as to where the Alamo car drop off was. Eventually we found it with the help of a guy at the port. It would be easy to find in future now. This was the first time we had dropped off a car before the cruise and picked one up after. It was super easy. We will do this again to save tons of cash.
We got the Alamo shuttle back to the port. It dropped us off right by The Dream. Soon we were into the terminal as security was easy. This time I had made sure I had no rogue items in my bag...
We were then into the Terminal which at that time was quite empty. We we through and sat in the Conceirge lounge which is at the front of the terminal. Jo relaxed.. Until she sees what comes out of my rollator bag..
Oh yes she is coming onboard folks!
Soon The Dream was was cleared and we boarded. We got a photo as the next leg you don't get one. I learnt this from Alison's TR! I haven't been able to get Jo to scan that in yet.
We went to the conceirge lounge on deck 12 to meet the fellow guests and hosts. Also to submit any requests or changes. The lounge is nice. They had snacks and drinks for us. Jo had a pastry and a glass of champagne.... Oh poor Jo look who joined us. Slow mo ...Polllyyyyyyy Noooooo.....not in concierge....
The hosts were lovely! They introduced themselves. Ashley from India, Tracey from Australia and Angelina from South Africa.
After this we went up to Cabanas to have lunch. Oh how we love this buffet. Jo kindly found me a place to sit out of harms way and went to get me and her a plate of food. She knows what I like...
Whilst I waited for Jo I like to people watch. People think it sad that as an adult I self studied 6 long years in addition to my job to do a Psychology degree to go into this field of work but just as I graduated my health turned and I never got to live that dream. However I did not waste my time. I enjoyed it very much and use that knowledge every day. I saw a mother leaving a child with a family member and then saw the child go loopy hugging the the mother who returned. Ainsworth has an attachment theory based all on this reaction... Well it is based on leaving a small child with a stranger and then when the mother returns it is determined what attachment type the child is based on this reaction. The mother looked super stressed. I felt like saying I would not fret. According to Ainsworth it's the child that ignores you that you have to worry about!
Minnie had joined us...
When we had finished we checked out the Eye Scream station which is the self serve soft ice cream machine on the deck. Just to see if it was up to the usual standard. We were pleased to find it was and smooth as silk. Today they had chocolate or vanilla or a twist which is nice. I was hoping for banana and strawberry tomorrow. I love that best. I had vanilla and Jo had a twist.
Then we decided to go see our new home. A one bed suite. I know right. What! This started as an inside on The Magic. Cancelled due to ill health, then moved to an Ocean view on a Christmas cruise. Cancelled due to ill health. No more more bets please....all on black...roll the dice... Hey presto a one bed suite off season this year. We booked this to join up with the 4 night we had already booked for September 26th for our 10 year wedding anniversary. Our anniversary was actually earlier in the year in Feb but guess where I was! The super deluxe resort Basildon hospital and spa...
To be continued ...next up the one bed suite, Muster drill and DVC meeting.
and our beloved Castaway Cay.
So, those Coke Freestyle machines will certainly warm his heart as he really likes them and they will get him free Disney soda. I guess we will make plenty of stops there to enable his soda stealing habit (without me having any reason to tell him off for it). 
Good to know that we should not expect much else of the place. Do they let you take the drinks with you when you leave the lounge?
