Cruising the Dream on our 1st cruise ever!!! (5 Night Double Dip)

[Pinkocto]

Looks like I did something funky with photobucket so I'm going to try and figure it out and fix all the pictures that aren't there now. Last night everything was there so I'm confused at what happened.

 

[MEK]

Wow - that is some seriously yummy looking pasta!

Thanks for all the detail pictures! I enjoy really seeing the way things flow together.

Lovely artwork. Ahhhh - such great details!

 

[SharonK0527]

All caught up and looking foward to more!

 

[dgbg100106]

I tried to answer this earlier but with how slow the DIS is going it timed out. I would agree with everyone else here. Even though it was 10 years ago that we took our cruise on the Disney Wonder we really didn't have any problem with kids.

We do the second seating for dinner, the places we hang out are the spa, the adult pool, the lounges, Palo, etc so we don't run into the kids so much. At Castaway Cay we had lunch at the adult beach before we went parasailing and barely saw any kids all day, except maybe when we were snorkeling in the morning.

I have been reading a lot of Mexican Riviera TRs (even familes, not just couples) and from what it sounds like, their kids are dying to go back to the Club and the Lab. Some of the families, one of the parents would take a break during dinner to drop the kids off at the club, and the parents enjoyed the remainder of their dinners child free. Disney does a GREAT job keeping the kids entertained. The places are themed like Andy's Room and they can play in giant toys designed after awesome Disney cartoons, so what kid would want to be sitting in a restaurant or lounge? They have their own pool. The pictures of that pool look like a total zoo, but I've heard that people with kids under 18 are quickly and quietly escorted from the Adult pool if they try to look like they want to stay.

I'm crossing my fingers for the next Disney Cruise. I've been reading the Navigators and it looks like we'll have a great time even without the excursions. There's so much to do, and most of this is all in the "without kids" activities!

You're not late, it's less than 24 hours since starting



I totally agree with the other comments. We never felt overwhelmed by the amount of kids. And if you don't want to see any there are places they're not allowed to go where you can escape. The only time we were overwhelmed by the sheer amount of people, was at the Family Beach where we wanted to do some snorkling, but they have the adults only beach, Serenity Bay, which is a slice of Heaven. Even on the sea day we never felt overwhelmed with kids, and this was a sold out sailing with 4000 guests. We also did the late seating where we were paired with adults, who I will later describe in more detail, but they were perfect dining companions.

I think you should absolutely try DCL at least once to see how it compares. I felt like the CMs were even a step above the ones at the parks, they were all so fabulous. I have tons more photos and will share our experiences in length so hopefully I can sway you a little

thank you so much for everything guys! I am so looking at this...

 

[Disney9.9.10]

More great updates I am loving all of the pictures so far. Cabanas looks so tropical and pretty and I agree with you about the special Disney touches in the theming. When I went on my previous DCL cruise on the wonder, it was a bad time of year for illness (colds, flus, etc.) and we were amazed at the DCL staff and how well they cleaned. If someone touched a handrail, there was a CM there to wipe it down after they left - the ship was spotless the entire cruise! I am glad to read in your TR that they have kept this up!

 

[TaniaU]

Great start on your TR Can't wait for more updates!

 

[Pinkocto]

I am so mad at myself. I totally messed up a bunch of the links between photobucket and my pictures so I had to redo them all. I had moved them into another folder after posting them on here. Ugh! Hours wasted. They're all fixed now. Sorry if anybody had a problem viewing.

Wow - that is some seriously yummy looking pasta!

Thanks for all the detail pictures! I enjoy really seeing the way things flow together.

Lovely artwork. Ahhhh - such great details!

It was all so delicious! Since we had a complete year before the trip I swore to myself I'd lose so my weight, of course I didn't.... And then any thoughts of dieting were thrown out the window the second we boarded.

I'm glad that's coming across, that's one of the things I wanted to convey


There was artwork everywhere! It was all such a treat to see. The only thing I was a bit disappointed with was the 'enchanted artwork' because they all had dust inside their frames. It just looked unsightly. I thought they would do a better job keeping those looking perfect since it's one of their new touches.

 

[Pinkocto]

All caught up and looking foward to more!

Lots more to come

 

[Pinkocto]

More great updates I am loving all of the pictures so far. Cabanas looks so tropical and pretty and I agree with you about the special Disney touches in the theming. When I went on my previous DCL cruise on the wonder, it was a bad time of year for illness (colds, flus, etc.) and we were amazed at the DCL staff and how well they cleaned. If someone touched a handrail, there was a CM there to wipe it down after they left - the ship was spotless the entire cruise! I am glad to read in your TR that they have kept this up!

Every time we entered a restaurant they handed you an antibacterial hand wipe. They were so on top things!

 

[Pinkocto]

Great start on your TR Can't wait for more updates!

Welcome! Thank you Lots more to come.

 

[Cheryl726]

I am enjoying reading your TR, although it is making me miss it and wish I was there! We went in July and the looking at your pics makes it feel like I'm there! I showed DS13 and he misses the Dream too! Looking forward to reading more and seeing more pics!

 

[franandaj]

Looks like I did something funky with photobucket so I'm going to try and figure it out and fix all the pictures that aren't there now. Last night everything was there so I'm confused at what happened.

I am so mad at myself. I totally messed up a bunch of the links between photobucket and my pictures so I had to redo them all. I had moved them into another folder after posting them on here. Ugh! Hours wasted. They're all fixed now. Sorry if anybody had a problem viewing.

I was going to say to the first quote, make sure you didn't make any new folders or move the images. I made that mistake on my first TR too! But there are still a few that are not showing up. You may have to edit the posts and repaste the image link.

 

[Pinkocto]

I was going to say to the first quote, make sure you didn't make any new folders or move the images. I made that mistake on my first TR too! But there are still a few that are not showing up. You may have to edit the posts and repaste the image link.

Thank you so much for telling me some were still not showing up. I have literally gone through each post 5 times to make sure they're all showing up, and then they magically mess up again. This has been amazingly frustrating to say the least. Yes, that's what I had to do and thought they were all fixed and then they messed up again. I'm not touching anything else in photobucket! Hopefully I now know what not to do.

 

[Pinkocto]

I am enjoying reading your TR, although it is making me miss it and wish I was there! We went in July and the looking at your pics makes it feel like I'm there! I showed DS13 and he misses the Dream too! Looking forward to reading more and seeing more pics!

Welcome! I know, seeing the pictures again are making me feel I wish I was there too! Lots more pictures to come.

 

[Pinkocto]

Thank you everybody for your patience, sorry if you weren't able to see some pictures. They are all there now.

So, with lunch checked off the list the next thing on the agenda was the 1:00 Ship Tour. We were to meet in front of the picture of Walt I showed you earlier, so that's the direction we went. Of course we explored while getting there, we still had about 40 minutes to get there in time.

We explored the District, which is the bars and nightclub area. There was nobody there except CMs, which was perfect for photos.

The inside of Evolution, the dance club, sorry it's a little blurry.

687 the Sports Bar. 687 was the block number the Dream had while in the shipyard being created.

I thought the carpet was fabulous.

They also had tons of games in 687, boards games and such, which I really wanted to get back to but we just ran out of time.

I'm pretty sure this was the District Lounge, it was in the middle of all the rest of the clubs. On certain late night they also had snacks available here. I think it was things like tacos and brownies.

And then of course there's Pink. This little beauty might be one of the cutest little places on the ship.

Some sort of Disney magic makes these glass 'bubbles' actually look like little bubbles are coming off of them if you look through certain cameras. We found this out on the tour later, and our camera did make it happen. You don't have to take a picture, just look through your camera lens. It was a very cool effect.

The detail to everything was just amazing!

I have a picture of the special champagne that is specially made for the Dream and only served in Pink but for some reason it won't remain rotated when I post it. You can also buy bottles of it in the duty free shop to take home.

We never made it into Skyline, which is a bar that changes its 'skyline' to different cities around the world every 15 minutes. The drink menu is also supposed to change when the skyline changes. However, I have read many people have never seen it change no matter how many times they've been in there. Perhaps it's a glitch or perhaps they just happen to go in the same 15 minute cycle. Have any of you seen it change like it's supposed to?

I don't know if the boards are wonky, or photobucket still hates me, but some of the pictures remain huge no matter that they're saved a smaller size in photobucket, and some will not remain rotated when I post them. I'm going to wait and see if it works in a bit.

 

[Toria]

Great start! Glad to see that you have been on your first cruise! DH and I are taking our second one in July. Leaving the kids with my mom. I can't wait. Looking forward to reading more.

 

[Pinkocto]

Great start! Glad to see that you have been on your first cruise! DH and I are taking our second one in July. Leaving the kids with my mom. I can't wait. Looking forward to reading more.

Hi! Good to see you again thanks for coming over. I meant to ask on your TR, is your DH softening on the resister front? Looks like it since he's going again. Im so glad

The cruise was more amazing than I ever imagined. I know why people go back to Disney, everything is just so fabulous!

 

[Toria]

Hi! Good to see you again thanks for coming over. I meant to ask on your TR, is your DH softening on the resister front? Looks like it since he's going again. Im so glad

The cruise was more amazing than I ever imagined. I know why people go back to Disney, everything is just so fabulous!

Yes he is becoming soft. We looked at other lines for our next cruise, but he wants to stick with Disney. I have absolutely no problem with that
I also managed to work in a trip to Disney World in May. I told him that we would take DD for her birthday. He said that he knew that I would get the kids to Disney before we left(some how, some way) I told him that he could stay in the room while we went to the parks and look on his face was priceless, followed by you are leaving me in the room!

 

[Pinkocto]

Yes he is becoming soft. We looked at other lines for our next cruise, but he wants to stick with Disney. I have absolutely no problem with that
I also managed to work in a trip to Disney World in May. I told him that we would take DD for her birthday. He said that he knew that I would get the kids to Disney before we left(some how, some way) I told him that he could stay in the room while we went to the parks and look on his face was priceless, followed by you are leaving me in the room!

I love it! That is too cute! sounds like he's coming around

 

[Pinkocto]

Since we didn't realize we missed Skyline we headed out of the District thinking we'd seen everything there was to see.

Heading out for more exploration

We found the D Lounge which is where lots of fun activities take place, the family games shows, dance classes, ect.

I thought the door handles were fabulous!

Made our way to the Atrium and then down to deck 3

Look at this fabulous detailing!

This was on the opposite side but same deck as we walked in the morning.