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I have a question but it's not very exciting. We've never cruised..ever! The ship looks huge so I was wondering if they give any sort or orientation or a tour for us newbies. I like to explore but it would also be nice to get a lay of the land so I don't have to wander around looking lost all the time!
First of all ronniek:
Disney does what is called rotational dining. Each night you are scheduled to eat in one of the three restaurants and your servers and waitstaff will rotate with you. When you get on board there is a place where you can check to see what order you will eat at each restaurant. There are other options as well-Palo and Remy are adult only choices. They do cost extra (as they are not included in your cruise fare) and you have to make reservations. I can't say anything about Remy, but DH and I did Palo and loved it when we were on the Wonder.
I know others on this thread have more cruising experience, and they can help you as well. Congratulations on your birthday trip!
Proper motivation for me would include Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and the creepy masked dude from Scream wielding axes and chasing me relentlessly down a very dark alley 
You're so smart....
I remember how but lack the proper motivation for running
Aaaww
We spent last week at DL getting our last use of our annual passes. We had a fabulous trip, of course, and I tried to get DH to re-new our passes, but no luck.
While taking DD trick or treating last night, I met a guy on the next street over who commented on DD's Rapunzel costume. We started chatting and it turns out he works on the Dream! He is obviously off right now, but returns in about a week. Unfortunately, he won't be on our cruise either as he is going to Germany to pick up the Fantasy.
Looking forward to the holidays. I have told all of our relatives that Katie wants Disney gift cards for Christmas so she can use them to shop at WDW and onboard the ship...same goes for me!
They just had you enter the passport numbers for your party, enter the credit card info that you'll use on for your onboard account and pick a port arrival time. Then you print out a contract sheet or something that you sign and bring with you to the check in at port. I guess you do it all beforehand so it'll save you time at the port when you check in...I think! I was just excited to do it because it seems like like I'm one step closer to our cruise.
We're booked on a Dream cruise in October, but DH and I heard some Florida Resident rates were out so I checked them on online and they were too good to pass up. So.....we moved the cruise up and our going on Jan 12!! yay!!
We're not telling the kids yet, may keep it a secret and tell them on Christmas morning. Not sure.
I'm so excited!!!!!
