Sunday, September 7, 2014 (Embarkation day at Port Canaveral, including detailed info about the ship)
They picked up our luggage at 8 AM today, as they said they would. Check out time at Disney resorts is at 11:00 AM. Since the bus was meeting us at 12:15 PM, we had a little over an hour until we had to check in for our bus. I had a snack at Old Port Royale. I was surprised that the Magic Bands still allowed us to charge to our room even after checkout time. At 12:15, we went to Shutters to meet our bus. I was surprised that we were the only people staying at Caribbean Beach who were taking the bus to the cruise. I would have expected Caribbean Beach to be especially popular with people going on the cruise, since it seems like a nice preview of the Caribbean! The bus first stopped at the Art of Animation resort where a lot of people boarded, and then went to Port Canaveral. It started pouring as soon as we got on the bus, but the weather improved by the time we got to the port!
When we arrived at Port Canaveral, we were able to use the
Castaway Club checkin line since we were repeat cruisers! But it didn't really matter, since the lines weren't long at all, and it too just a few minutes to check into the cruise! A slight disadvantage to using Disney's transportation to get to the port is that it gets you there fairly late. But that is also an advantage, since your room is ready by the time you board, so it allows you to drop off your carryon luggage. Since it's hard to enjoy the first day when encumbered by carryon luggage, this seems like a reasonable tradeoff.
An exciting moment is always when you first walk onto the ship into the lobby! The lobby on this ship was really beatiful, as was the entire ship, and we knew that this was going to be an excellent cruise!! Since our room was ready, we took the elevators up to Deck 7, where our room was. We were staying in Room 7650, a Category 5C Deluxe Stateroom with Verandah, located on Deck 7 Aft, on the starboard side. The elevators were crowded; it seems that every ship, no matter what cruise line, does not have enough elevators to handle peak times. An advantage on the Disney Dream is, from the lobby, you could walk to all 3 elevator lobbies; on the Carnival Dream-class ships, you could only access the forward elevators from the lobby, although Carnival has 10 elevators in the forward elevator lobby compared to the 6 that Disney has.
Another exciting moment on a cruise is entering the stateroom for the first time, and putting my wallet and keys and everything else away in the safe!! That really gives me the feeling of being away from everything. Our stateroom was very nice; a slight upgrade over the staterooms that I've seen on other cruise lines. The room had a king-sized bed and a seperate sitting area with a curtain in between. The room seemed to have more storage space than the rooms I've been in on other cruise lines, which of course is a good thing. A feature unique to Disney which is very useful is the split bathroom. This means the room has 2 seperate bathrooms: one with a toilet and sink, the other with a shower and sink. This is very useful, especially when somebody is taking a shower. The bathrooms themselves were a slight upgrade over the bathrooms on other lines since they had a tub, rather than just an extremely small shower stall.
In order to save energy, in order to operate the lights in your room, you must put your keycard (or any similarly-sized card) in a slot by the door. When you remove the card, the lights stay on for about a minute or so. Definitely a noble idea; just be sure to remember to take your card from the slot before leaving the room (or else you'd be locked out), and remember that if somebody else is in the room when you remove the card, the lights will go out, so you will want to put another card in the slot before you leave. Another unique feature on Disney was the Wave Phone, which we did not use at all, so I can't comment at all.
Our verandah was very nice!! We had one of the rooms that has that skin that causes a slight obstruction on one side of the verandah. However, this obstruction was extremely minimal, and I would have no problem at all booking this room or a similar room again. There was plenty of room for my wife and I to arrange the chairs so that we could both see the ocean, so I really would not count that as an obstruction at all. From reading other posts, it seems that most people agree that the obstruction (I hesitate to even use that word) is insignificant.
As I said, we were on Deck 7. Two decks below is Deck 5, and the rooms in this section of the ship on that deck have extended verandahs that extend beyond the verandahs on the upper decks. This did not cause any obstruction at all when sitting; you could see the ocean with no obstruction, and could not even see the Deck 5 verandahs. However if you stood at the edge of the verandah and looked down, you could see the Deck 5 verandahs. Not a problem for me, but if you have a Category 4E extended verandah on Deck 5, you should be aware that it is not exactly private. I have no idea whether or not somebody standing at the edge of a Deck 5 extended verandah looking back could see us or not. Maybe somebody who has been in one of those rooms could comment. It seems unlikely that they would be able to see as high as Deck 7.
As I said, the view from Deck 7 was excellent when sitting! What I don't know is, whether or not the view from Deck 6 would have been as good or not. Has anyone who stayed on that deck know? When booking this cruise, we avoided the room directly below us (6646) since it has a "mystery area" below us. From our room, the mystery area appeared to have an oddly shaped verandah, and would be just forward of Room 5650 (which, by the way, appeared to have a huge verandah). Does anybody know what that mystery area forward of Room 5650 is, and whether or not it is anything noisy? I never saw anybody on the mystery area verandah.
One negative (if you want to call it that) to this ship is that stateroom selection is tricky. There are very few inside or oceanview staterooms. The vast majority have verandahs, but that increased supply does not reduce their prices, since demand for Disney cruises are so high, and there are only 4 ships. All of the midship verandah rooms are the larger (and more expensive) family sized rooms (Cat. 4x). If you want a regular-sized verandah room (Cat. 5x) you have to go forward or aft. Our room was the forward-most (closest to midship) aft Cat. 5C room. Also, the vast majority of the rooms are connecting rooms. Most of the non-connecting rooms are next to the stairs and elevators. In fact, our room (and its twin on the port side, 7152) are the only Cat. 5C rooms that are not connecting rooms and are not next to an elevator or stairway, making these the most desireable rooms if you just want to book a single room. One slight disadvantage to being near the aft part of the ship is that the midship and aft elevators are very far apart, but the forward and midship elevators are very close together, meaning that you have a longer walk to get to the midship elevators. The aft elevators are hard to get to from the pool area (it requires walking through the buffet, and cannot be accessed at all from Deck 12 above the pool area), but this is a very minor point. A forward 5C room would be more convenient, but again, you're stuck with either a connecting room or a room next to the elevator and stairs.
Enough about the room! Although our luggage was ready, we didn't unpack yet, since we wanted to have lunch! We took the aft elevators up to Deck 11 to Cabanas, which is where the lunch buffet is. Cabanas was very nice, and had a pleasant tropical feel. We enjoyed our first lunch!! Just so you know, the port side and starboard side both have the same food, so there is no need to check both of them out. Also, if you need to switch between sides for whatever reason, use the aft end of Cabanas. We walked forward toward the pool deck, and then you have to walk quite a distance forward before you can cross over. Aft of the elevators is where the desserts are, though we never had any desserts at lunch. There was also an outdoor seating area at the far aft end. There were stairways leading up that were marked as emergency exits.
I had heard many comments (including from the bus driver) that Cabanas is set up very differently than buffets on the older ships, and it more like a food court. I'm honestly not sure what the difference is. I assume they are referring to the fact that there are different stations, which change each day. But that was a similar setup to the buffet on the Carnival ships that we've been on recently. And, if my memory is correct, that was also how the buffet was set up on the Disney Wonder when I was on it in 2006. Although, given how long ago I was on the Wonder, it is very possible that I mis-remembered the buffet setup on the Wonder.
In any case, I enjoyed the food a lot, and there was always a great variety of food! But, to be honest, I though that the lunch buffet on Carnival was even better, since it offered stations such as a burrito station, an Indian tandoori, and a Mongolian barbecue which Disney did not offer. When I was on the Disney Wonder in 2006, I thought that I remembered a taco station one day, but I did not ever see that on this cruise on the Dream, unless it was on the
Castaway Cay day (unlikely) when we did not eat on the ship.
After lunch, I always enjoy exploring the ship! The focal point of any warm-weather cruise is the pool deck!! The main pool deck was on Deck 11 midship, just forward of Cabanas. The main pool deck was very fun and festive, with 2 pools (the Mickey pool for children and the Donald pool for families), a water play area for young children (Nemo's Reef), a slide for children (Mickey's slide), the Funnel Vision which showed movies (similar to Carnival's seaside theater), and there was usually music playing! The unique feature here was the Aqua Duck, a watercoaster completely circling this deck (entrance from a stairway on Deck 12). I will talk more in tomorrow's section (Monday, Sept. 8) about the pools and the Aqua Duck, when I would get to use them!! But it was interesting even seeing the Aqua Duck from below and seeing others sail through it! The pools and Aqua Duck were all closed today due to weather (not sure why, it wasn't raining), but it didn't matter since we didn't have time to use them today anyway. Also, unlike Carnival, there was no bar by the main pool, but that wasn't a problem, since there were plenty of bars on the outdoor decks.
On both sides of the forward funnel, there were several quick service food locations. Didn't eat at any of them, with so many food options elsewhere, so I can't really comment on them. Forward of the funnel was the adult-only area, which was a very nice and quiet section of the ship. It included the Quiet Cove pool, which was a very peaceful alternative to the main pools, and featured a few sitting areas, as well as the Cove Bar, which included barstools both in the water and on the deck. There was also the Cove Cafe, and indoor coffee shop. It looked very nice, but I didn't spend much time in there.
The adult-only section of Deck 11 reminded me of the aft pool area on the Carnival ships, since it was a quieter alternative to the very fun and festive main pool deck. Unlike Carnival, it was easier to get to, since it did not require walking through the buffet (with wet swimsuits) or bypassing the buffet on the next deck to get to it, but the forward funnel still provided enough seperation to make it quiet and feel like a distinct area. In fact, for what it's worth, on the Disney Dream, you can't use Deck 12 to bypass the buffet area and get to the aft elevators, since you are blocked by Palo and Remy (you may be able to use one elevator that goes to Deck 13, but I never tried it, and needing to go up 2 decks would defeat the purpose anyway).
Next was Deck 12, which encircles both of the pool areas below and has a lot of seating. People on every cruise line (not just Disney) complain about a lack of deck chairs on the pool deck. But if you are willing to go up a deck (to 12 in this case), there is plenty of seating available for everyone! I just suggest that you wear your flip flops when walking down to the pool area, since the deck can get hot! The most notable feature on Deck 12 is the entrance to the Aqua Duck, which, again, I will talk about in more detail tomorrow! Deck 12 also has a completely seperate aft area, accessible from the aft elevators only, which has Palo and Remy (the two extra-charge restaurants, which we did not eat at) and Meridian, but we did not explore that area at all yet.
Deck 13 has 2 distinct areas (plus the Edge tween club in the forward funnel). The forward section is an adult only sun deck, which offers great views, and is the only outdoor access to the front of the ship! It reminds me a lot of the adult-only serenity area on Carnival's Dream-class ships. It offers seating with beautiful views of the ocean, and another bar, called Currents. There was also a concierge sundeck, for concierge guests only, which I could not access, since we were not staying in a concierge level room. Since when we were on the ship we were mostly using the pools and Aqua Duck, we didn't use this area much.
The seperate aft section of Deck 13 is the sports deck. Didn't spend much time here either, but it seemed to have basketball, mini-golf, and a sports simulator (not sure what it was). If we were on a longer cruise (rather than first going to Disney World), we may have played mini-golf, but didn't have time on this shorter cruise. Unlike the Carnival Magic (and Breeze, but not Dream), there was no ropes course on this sports deck. Honestly, that was not a problem for me at all, since I found the ropes course on the Carnival Magic to be scary wen I was on it in 2012, so it didn't bother me that this ship didn't have it.
Since Deck 5 mostly has venues for children, we didn't explore that deck at all, and next we explored Deck 4. This is the 2nd deck of the atrium, and offers a nice view of the lobby. The forward section had the balcony of the Walt Disney Theater (will talk more about that later), as well as the Buena Vista movie theater (which we were never in). Near the lobby was the Shutters photo shop, which was set up like a library! At first, I didn't know that it was the photo shop. I really liked the way the photo shop was set up; you scan your card, and it tell you what section and book number your photos are in. This was a much better setup and made it much easier to find your photos than just about any other ship that I've been on, including the Disney Wonder. Nearby was the art gallery, which we never really explored. Next was the D Lounge, which was a very nice family entertainment area. We weren't in that space that much, since we were just 2 adults travelling without any children, so we mostly spent our evenings in the adult-oriented areas.
The aft section of Deck 4 was the adult entertainment area, known as The District. This is where we spent most of our time in the evenings, and I will describe specific activities later in the review. The District reminded me of the adult entertainment section of the Carnival ships that I've been on. Both on the Disney Dream and on the Carnival Conquest Class and Dream Class ships, I like the way that most of the nighttime entertainment venues are clustered together, since it makes it easy to hop from one venue to another, and tends to make the nightlife more lively. In this case, even the D Lounge was nearby. The Disney Wonder also had the adult entertainment venues clustered together (but not the family club), but on the Dream, this area is far bigger and has far more venues than the Wonder has. There was also food available in the District area at night, and it looked good, but I never had any of it, since any time I was there, I was either saving my appetite for dinner, or I was full from dinner.
Again, I will talk more about the venues that we visited later in the review when discussing specific activities, but briefly: the District Lounge had comfortable seating, a bar, and a stage. There would typically be a trio performing there, who I really enjoyed listening to. Unlike the Carnival ships I've been on, the Disney Dream does not have a piano bar, although I felt that the District Lounge kind of served the purpose that the piano bar served. If I remember right, the Disney Wonder also has or had a piano bar. Next was Pink, which was a very unique-looking space, patterned after the inside of a champagne bottle. I beleive it is mostly a champagne bar. Next was 687, which primarily served as a sports bar. Next was the Evlolution Club, which was a nightclub where we spent the majority of our time during the night. This club had a very cool atmosphere with a butterfly theme, and was a lot of fun! Finally was the Skyline lounge, which is another very unique bar, in this case, featuring city skylines from around the world.
The one adult entertainment venue that Disney ships lack is a casino. I'm not a big gambler, so the lack of a casino in itself is not a major loss for me. However, casinos are a good source of revenue for cruise lines, and help reduce the cost of cruises. The one major disadvantage to Disney is the cost, so having a casino to reduce the cost would have been helpful.
It was now getting close to the muster drill, so we stopped our tour of the ship (we will complete it tonight). We went back to our room, and very briefly began unpacking. When the alarm sounded for the muster drill, around 4 PM, we went to our muster station. Your station is marked on your card. In our case, we followed the directions and took a stairway (normally for crew only) to the outdoor deck on Deck 4. They had a scanner where at least one person from every stateroom had to scan their card to prove that they were at the muster drill. We did not have to bring our lifejacket to the drill. If I remember right, when I was on the Wonder in 2006, we had to bring the lifejacket to the drill. The drill was basically the same as any other cruise I've been on. They said that families will be kept together.
The sailaway party was at 4:30, so we had a little time to return to our stateroom for more unpacking. And then we went up to Deck 11 for the sailaway party! The sailaway party is always a part of a cruise that I look forward to!! Our tradition is always to buy the drink of the day in a souvenier glass at the sailaway party; in this case, the drink of the day was the Bahama Mama, which is appropriate, since we are going to the Bahamas!!
We then returned to our room to finally finish unpacking, and to take our showers and get dressed for the evening. Since we have late dining (which I highly recommend for adult couples who want to enjoy lunch and want to enjoy the ports). We then went to the Golden Mickeys show at 6:15 in the Walt Disney Theater. Since we were running late (we got there as soon as the show started) we went straight to the balcony on Deck 4, figuring we'd have a better chance of getting a seat up there. I like the way that Disney times their shows far better than the way Carnival typically times their shows. On Disney, if you opt for late dining, your show time is before dinner. On Carnival, if you opt for late dining, or have Anytime dining and eat later (as we usually do), the shows are usually (not always) after dinner, and they tend to conflict with nightclub activities. I find that Disney's scheduling allows for more efficient use of time. It would have been helpful if the show was slightly later and ended just before dinner, but I'm guessing that the cast member of the show eat dinner in between the two shows.
Before the show, they introduced our cruise director, Christian, who seemed very nice! Although, on a short cruise like this one, you don't get to see the cruise director as much as you would on a longer cruise. The theater was very beautiful, and even the balcony gave good views of the stage. Understandably, entertainment is a strength of Disney's. We enjoyed the Golden Mickeys show a lot. It was different from the show we saw in 2006 but with a similar theme. This is designed as an award show, and is a tribute to past Disney productions.
After the show, since we had some time before dinner, we went to the District Lounge, and listened to Nina Benvenuti. She sang and played the piano, and had a very beautiful voice. Tonight, she sang mostly in a jazz style; the rest of the week she was part of a trio. There was also the Dreem Duo, who performed throughout the cruise in the lobby. On all of our cruises, we enjoy listening to the lobby singer.
At 8:15, it was time for dinner!! Dinner is always one of the highlights of any cruise!! We really enjoy Disney's rotational dining, since it allows you to rotate to 3 different dining rooms, each with a completely different atmosphere. The rotational dining is completely unique to Disney; I am not aware of any other cruise line that offers anything similar. On Carnival, you can choose either fixed-time dining or anytime dining, but either way, you will be in the same dining room for the entire cruise, which is not as much fun as rotational dining. Anytime dining on Carnival gives you the flexibility to eat whenever you want (depending on your schedule and appetite that day), which you don't get with Disney, but you don't get the same servers every day. I was also on a Norwegian cruise in 2007, which offers freestyle dining, where you an eat whenever you want and can choose from several different dining rooms each night, which I also enjoyed a lot, but again, you don't get the same servers every night. Basically, every cruise line dining system has its pros and cons, but Disney's rotational dining is unique.
Our rotation was ERRA. We had thought that the 2nd night would be the formal night, so we thought that rotation would have us in the formal night in Royal Palace. However, due to the Halloween activities on the 2nd night, the formal night was on the 4th night, so we were in the more casual Animator's Palate for formal night. Honestlly, since formal night on the 4th night didn't have much participation, it didn't really matter to me. I wonder if they put adult couples with no children in the ERRA rotation so that we go to Royal Palace twice.
In any case, tonight's dinner was at Enchanted Garden, which is on Deck 2 midship! To get there, use the midship elevator (you can probably also use the forward elevator, but not the aft elevator), or take the stairs down from the lobby. Enchanted Garden is a very beautiful restaurant, one of my favorites!! This is patterned after the garden of Versailles, and is very beautiful, with a fountain near the entrance. It also changes to show a transition from day to night. I also noticed several unique round booths; we were not seated in one; I assume that they are used for a family that is sized appropriately to fill one. We were seated with 2 other couples; a total of 6 at our table. We got along very well with both of the couples and enjoyed talking with them about their cruise and about other vacations that they have been on.
Our serving team was very nice. They told us that Enchanted Garden specializes in seafood, so I ordered a seafood dish! I enjoyed the food a lot! Unlike Carnival, Disney's meals have an extra course: appetizer, soup or salad, entree, and dessert.
My wife seems to think that Carnival's food was slightly better, although I did not notice much difference between cruise lines. Interestingly, when we were on our first Carnival cruise in 2011, my wife commented that she felt Disney's food (and NCL's food) was slightly better. I think that what happens is that when it's your first time on a cruise line (or the first time in many years, such as this one), you may not know which items are the best to order. On our first Carnival cruise in 2011, we may have ordered some items that were not the best, thinking Disney's food was better. But on subsequent Carnival cruises in 2012 and 2013, we knew which items we enjoyed most, and ordered those items. But since this was our first
Disney cruise since 2006, we were less familiar with the menu, and may have ordered some items that were not the best (for example, my wife ordered a pasta dish at Animator's Palate the last night, which she said wasnt that good; obviously she won't order it again on a future Disney cruise). One thing that Carnival did have which Disney did not have was several items that are available every day, although I never ordered any of those items on Carnival, so not having them on Disney was not a big loss. However, for dessert, Carnival does have a signature dessert available every night, the warm chocolate melting cake, and also offers a cheese platter and a fruit platter for dessert every night, and Disney does not offer anything comparable to either of those. Although, I did enjoy Disney's desserts very much.
After dinner, we went to the Evolution Nightclub, which, as I said, was where we spent most of our time at night. Tonight, there was live music with Mandy and Josh. Mandy was the singer, and she had a very beautiful voice, and Josh played the guitar (later in the week, they'll be joined by Nina to form a trio). Since we have to get up early tomorrow for an early excursion (plus we got up early today to go to church), and we were still tired from our Disney World trip, we didn't stay too late at the club (we didn't stay for the Match Your Mate show, which probably would have been fun). Since I am a non-smoker, and I hate cigarette smoke, I am glad that Disney does not allow smoking in the nightclub. Carnival does allow smoking in the nightclub, though to be honest, I saw very few smokers on Carnival, so it wasn't a huge difference. But the less smoking, the better, especially since smoking on a ship seems dangerous.
We did however, complete our exploration of the ship by exploring Deck 3. As I said, the lobby is very beautiful. Every Disney ship has a different character statue in the lobby; this ship has Donald. The lobby includes the front desk and includes a bar, just like every cruise ship we've been on. It also includes the entrance to Royal Palace. Going aft, there is a long hallway leading to Animator's Palate. Unlike the Carnival Conquest class and Dream class ships, you can walk the entire length of the lobby deck and get to both dining rooms on that deck. You are not blocked in the middle, since there is a hallway around it. The Wonder also has this hallway. It's a very minor point, but it makes navigating the ship slightly easier, and it allows you to do more walking on the more interesting Deck 3, rather than the less interesting stateroom decks.
Forward of the lobby has the shopping area with 3 shops. Two of them, Mickey's Mainsail, and Sea Treasure, mostly sold Disney items. Mickey's Mainsail seemed to include a seperate Disney Princess section. I don't remember what the difference was between the two shops. The third shop, Whitecaps, was the duty free shop selling higher end jewlery and alcohol. We're not big shoppers, so we didn't do much shopping. On every cruise ship I've ever been on, on any cruise line, the shops seem to focus more on souveniers, rather than necessities, and this ship was no exception. At the forward end of Deck 3 was the main level of the theater, with a mural of Walt Disney outside. I've already described the theater earlier.
On Deck 4, we stopped by the photoshop, Shutters, to buy our embarkation photo. As I said earlier, the library setup was very unique, and made it very easy to find your photos. Deck 4 also includes an ourdoor deck, which we did not explore tonight; I will talk about it in tomorrow's section of the review.
One final note: the deck plans showed a space called Outlook, on Deck 14 midship, above the Edge tween club, which so far, we had not found. The stairs on Deck 12 midship going up are marked only as going to Edge, so we did not use them. However, we did notice that one of the midship elevators goes up to Deck 14. By total chance we got that elevator when we called for an elevator going up, so we took it all the way up to Deck 14, out of curiosity. There was an entrance to radio studio (I assume it's not open to the public, so I did not attempt to enter), and what appered to be an emergency exit, but was really the entrance to Outlook. I am not sure what the intended purpose of Outlook is, maybe just a quiet space. There didn't seem to be activities scheduled for there, and I didn't see a bar or anything else in there. There was a piano which was not being used. I heard from one of our tablemates that it is used for weddings. Is that true? It's also interesting that as far as I could tell, it is accessible only by elevator, and not by stairs. Is that true? Or is there some way to access it by stairs? I assume it must have an emergency exit using stairs.
On the topic of elevators: one of the aft elevators goes to Deck 13; the others do not. I was never in that elevator going up, so I never pressed 13. Does it go to the sports deck? The deck plan does not show the elevators going up there. I was only on that deck once, and didn't notice if an elevator went up there. Does it go to the sports deck, or to somewhere else?
Also, we went up to Deck 12 Aft, an isolated area only accessible by the aft elevators and stairways, in order to explore. That is where Palo and Remy are located. We did eat at Palo back in 2006 on the Wonder, when it was only $10, a great deal! However, we do not see any purpose in paying $50 or $70 for Palo or Remy with the current price structure, so we did not go to either restaurant this time. Keep in mind that it is not just $50 or $70, but $50 or $70 plus the loss of a main dining room meal. Yes, I realize that in theory, you could eat at both the main dining room and Palo or Remy, but realistically, I can't eat that much! Since we enjoy the rotational main dining rooms very much, and we frequently go out to nice dinners on land usually for a lot less than $50 per person, we saw no point in booking Palo or Remy. But they do seem popular. This isolated area also had a bar called Meridian. This looked like a nice space and also had an outdoor area. My impression was that Meridian was mostly intended for people having a drink before or after dinner at Palo or Remy, or for cigar smoking. Given the isolated location, it's not an area that you'd pass by chance, and I don't recall seeing activities scheduled for it.
In any case, we went back to our room, and sat on the verandah for a while to watch the ocean. We always enjoy sitting on our verandah at night to watch the ocean; it is something that we look forward to each night on a cruise. Again, we have an early excursion tomorrow morning, so we didn't stay up for too long tonight.
Had a really great time on our first day of the cruise, and a great follow up to our stay at Disney World! Also, it was nice being able to rest my feet somewhat tonight after our time at Disney World! If you've ever been to Disney World, you know what I am talking about! Excited about our snorkeling excursion tomorrow!!
So much for writing a trip report. 
