Cruise Meet Sept, 9th 2012 Dream

[Tinkerbellcrafter]

At wilderness Lodge Villas..headed to the Dream in very short Time!

 

[ctomblin]

Finally, I think I'm more excited than my kids!!!!!!! We will look for you all at sail away, I'm wearing a black Mickey tee and jean shorts!

 

[Jeisur]

Packed up an left the hotel this morning. Told kids we would stop and look at the ship on the way home. Pulled into garage and got out to look. Then broke the news... Two excited kids!

 

[rachelm23]

We changed rooms!! We are now in 9592

 

[Jeisur]

Wow wow wow! Our entire family thanks all of you for your generous fE trinkets! The kids were so excited each day to find their treasures.

What an amazing vacation. Even if it rained a little we loved it. I'd rather have rain than scrub sunscreen off of the kids!

We are home and mostly settled. Laundry a going.

Sorry to hear a FEs got taken as well as some gifts. Total bummer and also very shocking!

It was nice to meet those of you That we did.

Btw platnimcruizer sorry... Old movies aren't my forte! Haha fun either way!

 

[ctomblin]

Thank you everyone for the awesome gifts! The kids had such a wonderful time, we ended up booking another cruise for June on the fantasy for our 10 year anniversary! I didnt realize some people's stuff got stolen, that's awful that someone would do that. Thanks again for helping make our trip extra special!

 

[rachelm23]

Thanks for all the great gifts everyone! We had a great time. We did have 4 magnets that were stolen. Not sure if any gifts were taken. Hope not. We still had a blast.

 

[Lady Duchess]

Hello everyone, thank you so much for the wonderful FE gifts, it was a lot of fun to participate. I unfortunately had a magnet stolen off my door too Still had an awesome time

 

[Jeisur]

Hello everyone, thank you so much for the wonderful FE gifts, it was a lot of fun to participate. I unfortunately had a magnet stolen off my door too Still had an awesome time

That is totally rotten! We had placed extras on our door and most were gone by the end. Some we traded with others. It is frustrating. The ones we were gifted all stayed safely on the pass through door to the adjoining room until last night. We didn't want to risk it after we heard some were running away.

I really can't believe the caliber or some people. But they have to live with the guilt. ;(

 

[Teri1]

We are staying near USF after the cruise. We had a great cruise on the Dream. It was nice meeting PerfectMatch and her husband at the sail away. We didn't have any magnets taken and I am sorry that some of you did. I had heard from my friend on her second cruise of her back to back in Aug. on the Dream she had gotten her magnets and FE gifts taken. We were on deck 9 aft 9672 and it was quiet. Loved the extended verandah. Hated to have to leave the ship. Can't wait for the Fantasy next year!

 

[mommymade]

Thank you all too! Loved all the items,handmade to spices! Its such fun! Hated to get off . I recommend personalize ur magnets and. fe extenders to ward off thieves! I was joking with husby i am going to make a fake camera magnet for my door. But i just might now. I forgot my fish extended so i was totally doing craft war in the car cutting up a t-shirt cussing how could i forget mine lol!

 

[jacklynnsteven]

Finally back in Wisconsin after a wonderful (but rocky) cruise on the Dream. Steven and I were fortunate that we were able to upgrade to a cabin on the concierge level, #11002. What an incredible cabin! We had one of the bump-out verandas, two bathrooms each with it's own rain shower, and a jacuzzi tub! The mirror in the bathroom has a TV in it. Wow! Thanks for the FE gifts that found their way to us, before and after the move (Jeisur, OhioWDWDuo, C. Tomblin, Mansiongirl, Rachel23, and of course LadyDuchess and Mommymade, who sat at the table next to ours each night at dinner). I got our gifts out the afternoon on Nassau day. Most everyone got a zippered bag and some luggage handle wraps. The kid's gifts were in Jake the Pirate bags, and I don't think I labled them with our name.

I can now say I've been on a cruise - but would have to think long and hard about doing it again - the motion of the ocean was a bit too much! I'm still feeling it now sitting at my desk at home!

 

[Jeisur]

Finally back in Wisconsin after a wonderful (but rocky) cruise on the Dream. Steven and I were fortunate that we were able to upgrade to a cabin on the concierge level, #11002. What an incredible cabin! We had one of the bump-out verandas, two bathrooms each with it's own rain shower, and a jacuzzi tub! The mirror in the bathroom has a TV in it. Wow! Thanks for the FE gifts that found their way to us, before and after the move (Jeisur, OhioWDWDuo, C. Tomblin, Mansiongirl, Rachel23, and of course LadyDuchess and Mommymade, who sat at the table next to ours each night at dinner). I got our gifts out the afternoon on Nassau day. Most everyone got a zippered bag and some luggage handle wraps. The kid's gifts were in Jake the Pirate bags, and I don't think I labled them with our name.

I can now say I've been on a cruise - but would have to think long and hard about doing it again - the motion of the ocean was a bit too much! I'm still feeling it now sitting at my desk at home!

So sorry that you found the boat rocky. Being in a higher level room you feel it a lot more. Also the front of the ship takes more of it. I am super sensitive and get motion sickness very easily and seem to feel every bump and shift. my husband does not get sick no matter what. i felt a little motion the first day but we were really cruising the last night and i felt it a lot more. if you are in a room on decks 6 and 5 or below it isnt as noticeable especially midship.

As for still feeling it... most people do! I still feel like i am rocking. Arrr ye matey those them are sea legs! Now you got yours! haha I think the technical term is "land sickness". JOYOUS! I suffer too!

We did the first Mediterranean cruise with disney and his 30-40 foot seas.... I am not kidding. it was NUTS! AND i was 6 weeks preggers and couldn't do didly squat to feel better. I was green for most of the trip and then a week afterwards.

If you still feel icky this weekend... google MdDS.

it will pass in a few days.

 

[sunita35]

Thank you for the gifts!! We delivered one to a door without a fe...think thats the one that moved... hope you checked that cabin... i don't know if we recieved 12 fe gifts but what we recieved was nice. thanks to you all!!!!

 

[mansiongirl]

Hi Everyone!!

First off, Thank you so much for the wonderful FE gifts, loved the bottlecap magnets and luggage wraps for the handles as well as many others. I did get a few things stolen out of mine, as well as magnets that were on my magnetic board. Noticed I made my FE WAYYY too wide.. so I will be making another one for the next trip. I did not want to get off the boat at all, rain or not.. it was a great time. If any of you did the adult activities at night, my mother and father were in Match your Mate.. couple number two.. we had a great time in evolution every night. Palo was delicious! Once again thank you all for the wonderful gifts!

 

[jacklynnsteven]

Annie Marie is now working on the Concierge Level, she was one of three on the Concierge Team on this cruise. Very nice young woman, married to the restaurant manager Zan that was working with our server team. We tried to play them off each other and we still couldn't get them to sell me a carriage bread basket from the Royal Palace. Enjoy your cruise!

 

[Tinkerbellcrafter]

HI,

Thank you all for the gifts! We had a magnet or two get stolen even in the back of the ship..one was our 2011 DVC sailing magnet..go figure

I hope everyone figured out the music cd..I didn't have time to make it all pretty, sorry! We spent most of our time in the adult only areas and really had a wonderful time on Castaway Cay on Serenity Bay.

 

[perfectmatch300]

We are staying near USF after the cruise. We had a great cruise on the Dream. It was nice meeting PerfectMatch and her husband at the sail away. We didn't have any magnets taken and I am sorry that some of you did. I had heard from my friend on her second cruise of her back to back in Aug. on the Dream she had gotten her magnets and FE gifts taken. We were on deck 9 aft 9672 and it was quiet. Loved the extended verandah. Hated to have to leave the ship. Can't wait for the Fantasy next year!

Teri, we loved meeting you, too! We had a great cruise and booked onboard for Sept 28, 2013 on the Fantasy, Western Caribbean. I'm already counting the days!
Sorry to hear about the magnets and FE gifts that were stolen. Hope that doesn't discourage people frpm participating in the future.

 

[cwilliams2145]

Has anyone who sailed on the dream in this thread sailed on the fantasy since then? If so, in your opinion how does it compare?

 

[geekboy]

Has anyone who sailed on the dream in this thread sailed on the fantasy since then? If so, in your opinion how does it compare?

As you know, the size of the ships are the same. The restaurant venues are the same. The shops are the same. The staterooms are the same. (There are some slight differences on Deck 13 as far as the concierge sundeck on the Dream versus the Satellite Falls on the Fantasy.)

Differences, the adult entertainment area is entirely themed differently. The Fantasy has more of a European feel. I personally liked the Dream's District adult entertainment area.

Additional differences are in the programming. The Fantasy, being a 7-night itinerary has much more shows and variety of shows (from stage productions to comedians and jugglers). In my opinion, the programming on the Fantasy is more diversified. Great programming is a necessity since there are more seadays (days without port calls) on the Fantasy itineraries.