Thought I should add disembarkation day, so here it is!
DAY 5 - April 29th, 2010 - Port Canaveral
We woke up at about 7:30 (as we were scheduled to have breakfast at 8:30 in Tritons). Oh how rough getting up was. I went out on the verandah and was sad at the sight I saw. We were indeed back at Port Canaveral...darn! We got ready, did a last minute scan of the room to make sure we didnt forget anything, and headed down to deck 3 for our final meal. The line to get into Tritons was wrapped allll the way around the side, all the way to the back entrance to the restaurant. Eeeeks! Shortly after we got in the line, the doors opened and into the restaurant we went.
The menu is fairly basic, but you can get practically whatever you want, or mix and match as you please. I ordered the Route 66 dish would includes a nice assortment of food. By 9:00, we were done with our meal and proceeded to get off the ship. As we got to the terminal, the lines were stopped so they could get the luggage hold clear of people before sending in another group. About 5 minutes later, we were allowed to go down there, so they swiped our cards one last time and down the escalator we went to claim our luggage. We spotted our luggage very quickly, and got into the line to go through customs (which thankfully was nonexistent as we found our luggage so fast and we were the first ones down there anyway). They took our customs forms and that was it. Out the door we went thus ending our wonderful cruise experience. A short walk to the car, and we were on our way home.
To sum up, we had a FANTASTIC time. Not only did we book the second voyage of the Dream while onboard, after we got home, we ended up booking a 3-night Wonder cruise in September as well! That cruise will be my fifth, so by the Dream sailing, I will be a Gold
Castaway Club member! Yahoo!
**I failed to mention one thing on the
Castaway Cay day that was actually brought to my attention via another user in a PM: My mom had bought a postcard at the shop on Castaway Cay, filled it out quickly, and was going to mail it out at the post office before we got on the ship. Well, when we got to the post office, the doors were locked and there was NO one there! Ummm...what?! The sign outside showed the hours of operation, and clearly it should have been open! After some frustration from my mother, we got on the ship, and she went straight to Guest Services. They seemed unaware of the situation, but said that the lady who was to be working it must not of come over from her island that day. Thats kind of not good as they advertise the fact you can mail a postcard from Castaway Cay and get the special postmark! The took the money for the amount the postage would be from my mother, and said they would get the postcard sent out for her. It was a disappointing situation, but she was thankful her postcard would get sent out. The postcard was a little note to my grandmother and it wasnt a big deal at all...my mom just wanted it sent from Castaway Cay. Just thought I would include that little tidbit that I forgot to mention.
You're right, though...the girls did indeed have a good system going. No keeping of the t-shirt...although keeping it didn't cross our minds, haha. 
