A Teen's Perspective of the Disney Dream: March 3-6, 2011 **FINISHED** 8/6/11

[Tink rules]

Sorry to hear about your mom.... hold on to her love and memories..

 

[adkins561]

Day 3

To start the morning off, I was woken up by the ship vibrating. As a word of warning all of the aft cabins will vibrate as the ship is docking. I went outside to my balcony and saw Castaway Cay. Unfortunately, the weather was not as good as I thought it would be. The previous nights were characterized by huge waves and wind. Due to the weather, we were unable to dock in CC. I was sad because I hadn't been to CC since my cruise in 08. After the announcement, we headed up to Cabanas for breakfast. By this time they had already come out with new navigators for the now "sea day". If anybody wants me to scan my navigators let me know. Our group split up that day to do things that we hadn't done. My mom's friend and my friend did an arts and crafts thing and rode the Aquaduck while I went to check out the Vibe with my friend from the DIS meet, Ashlyn.

Now the Vibe is an AWESOME place for teens to hang out. There were plenty of activities to do there. The private sundeck for teens was a really nice touch! While I was at the Vibe, we played Mad Gab, made smoothies, and did the Ghost Hunting activity which was really fun. I also made a couple of new friends along the way.

After checking out the Vibe, Ashlyn and I saw the afternoon performance of Disney's Believe. That show was fantastic! I was almost in tears after the show was over and I highly recommend it.

Day 4 Disembarkation
We woke up and got breakfast at Animator's Palate. It wasn't a BIG breakfast like Cabanas, but It was delicious. Disembarkation was not that bad. There was a line to get off but we waited in that about 20 min and we were off the boat by 9:30 or 10.

Overall this trip was a success! Leading up to this, my mom had asked me if I wanted to do RCI over the Dream but I refused. Rock walls and Flow Riders are not for me! The Dream had everything I wanted and more. It exceeded my expectations and I have a cruise booked for next year!

 

[SoCaOC-Mom]

So sorry about the delay guys. My mom passed away shortly after my last post so I've been dealing with that mess.


Anyway, here are 2 albums from my facebook page of the cruise!
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2261360381630.134627.1477051954&l=68c9b5f609&type=1

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2263947766313.134750.1477051954&l=6735d3f376&type=1

Oh no, I am so sorry.

 

[adkins561]

Oh no, I am so sorry.

Thank you so much

I see you're going on the dream in about 5 months. lucky!

 

[jerseygal]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TRIP REPORT! SO HELPFUL!

VIBE SOUNDS LIKE SUCH A COOL PLACE!

MAY YOU CONTINUE TO BE BLESSED THROUGH THIS VERY DIFFICULT PERIOD!!!!

 

[adkins561]

To make it easier for everyone to view, here's some pictures of 9170 in one post:

Queen bed with closet area

Room with all three beds made (I slept on the top! lol)

Balcony

Pull down bed and couch bed

 

[adkins561]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TRIP REPORT! SO HELPFUL!

VIBE SOUNDS LIKE SUCH A COOL PLACE!

MAY YOU CONTINUE TO BE BLESSED THROUGH THIS VERY DIFFICULT PERIOD!!!!

You're welcome! If you have anymore questions about the Vibe let me know. I'll be happy to answer them. And thank you

 

[iloverags2]

Kathleen, I am so sorry for the loss of your mom. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

 

[zippyzo]

Hello
Am so sorry for your loss.

Thank you ever so much for posting the pictures they are brilliant I was just wondering, were there any chairs on the balcony at all?
Thanks

 

[SoCaOC-Mom]

Thank you so much

I see you're going on the dream in about 5 months. lucky!

Yes. I have been DREAMING about it since before the DREAM even came true. I first took notice of DCL when AVF had the Wonder and Magic on their show.

 

[adkins561]

Yes. I have been DREAMING about it since before the DREAM even came true. I first took notice of DCL when AVF had the Wonder and Magic on their show.

I'm glad your Dream came true and I hope you have an awesome cruise! Ours next year is only a 3-Day but I'm still happy to even be ON the ship!