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Day 23 – Goodbye OKW, Hello Disney Dream
*** TODAYS VIDEO *** – SAIL AWAY PARTY AND ANIMATORS PALETTE
The next few days cannot be justified by my text efforts, so that is a good excuse for the vast amount of photographs to follow.
We were all washed and dressed by 7:00 am and completed the final packing. One last visit was in order to POR for breakfast. We also managed to spend our last three snack credits in the shop on bags of sweets. On returning back to OKW we did one final sweep of the room and then loaded the suitcases into the car. We left OKW at 9:30 am in convoy, together with Martin and Wayne. The journey to Port Canaveral was uneventful except for an emergency stop off at a petrol station because Martin was running on fumes! We arrived at Port Canaveral a little early and were directed to drive slowly around the block. On returning back to security, after showing passports etc. we offloaded our luggage with one of the many porters at the kerb side, and then proceeded to park the car in the multi story car park. The terminal entrance was reached via a covered walkway and this gave us our first close up sighting of the Disney Dream.
At check in we were given our silver Castaway lanyards since this was our second Disney cruise. After checking in we grabbed a few photos with various characters that were wandering round.
Initially we were given boarding card 15, however one of the Disney photographers gave us a boarding card 4, which got us onto the ship a lot earlier.
We were announced aboard and greeted by a number of the crew, before making our way to our first of many visits to Cabanas. The quality and selection of food was amazing. Whilst I concentrated on the seafood selection, both Sue and Emma made light work of the numerous desserts. All of which was washed down with a couple of cocktails of the day!
We arrived at our stateroom (7562) at 13:30, to find our Castaway Club gift on the bed.
After a little unpacking we decided to have a wander around the ship to find our bearings and also take a few photos along the way.
We decorated our cabin door with a few magnets, and as a surprise, we fixed a few to Martins door before knocking it and running off!
At 16:00, we gathered in the Walt Disney Theatre for the lifeboat drill. This was a lot quicker that our first cruise where everyone assembled on deck wearing life vests. We returned back to the cabin to collect my camera and then made our way onto the upper deck ready the sail away party. It was quite a while before I realized we were moving, cruising past the waving onlookers outside the various restaurants. At one point an Orange County Sheriff gave us a good long blast of his patrol car sirens.
When the sail away party finished, we returned to our cabin, to shower and change ready for our evening meal which tonight was at Animators Palette. I had read a lot of how the theming had changed from the other two Disney ships, but what we were about to witness later, was totally amazing.
continued in next post.........
*** TODAYS VIDEO *** – SAIL AWAY PARTY AND ANIMATORS PALETTE
The next few days cannot be justified by my text efforts, so that is a good excuse for the vast amount of photographs to follow.
We were all washed and dressed by 7:00 am and completed the final packing. One last visit was in order to POR for breakfast. We also managed to spend our last three snack credits in the shop on bags of sweets. On returning back to OKW we did one final sweep of the room and then loaded the suitcases into the car. We left OKW at 9:30 am in convoy, together with Martin and Wayne. The journey to Port Canaveral was uneventful except for an emergency stop off at a petrol station because Martin was running on fumes! We arrived at Port Canaveral a little early and were directed to drive slowly around the block. On returning back to security, after showing passports etc. we offloaded our luggage with one of the many porters at the kerb side, and then proceeded to park the car in the multi story car park. The terminal entrance was reached via a covered walkway and this gave us our first close up sighting of the Disney Dream.
At check in we were given our silver Castaway lanyards since this was our second Disney cruise. After checking in we grabbed a few photos with various characters that were wandering round.
Initially we were given boarding card 15, however one of the Disney photographers gave us a boarding card 4, which got us onto the ship a lot earlier.
We were announced aboard and greeted by a number of the crew, before making our way to our first of many visits to Cabanas. The quality and selection of food was amazing. Whilst I concentrated on the seafood selection, both Sue and Emma made light work of the numerous desserts. All of which was washed down with a couple of cocktails of the day!
We arrived at our stateroom (7562) at 13:30, to find our Castaway Club gift on the bed.
After a little unpacking we decided to have a wander around the ship to find our bearings and also take a few photos along the way.
We decorated our cabin door with a few magnets, and as a surprise, we fixed a few to Martins door before knocking it and running off!
At 16:00, we gathered in the Walt Disney Theatre for the lifeboat drill. This was a lot quicker that our first cruise where everyone assembled on deck wearing life vests. We returned back to the cabin to collect my camera and then made our way onto the upper deck ready the sail away party. It was quite a while before I realized we were moving, cruising past the waving onlookers outside the various restaurants. At one point an Orange County Sheriff gave us a good long blast of his patrol car sirens.
When the sail away party finished, we returned to our cabin, to shower and change ready for our evening meal which tonight was at Animators Palette. I had read a lot of how the theming had changed from the other two Disney ships, but what we were about to witness later, was totally amazing.
continued in next post.........
