Disney Dream Sep 17 Port Arrival report

[DisneyCowgirl]

We tested at 11:30 (PAT was 11:!5) and had our test results at 12:28. Overall - quite pleased with how it went, we got to wait in our car in the garage, which I much preferred over having to sit in a tent.

The car waiting was the way to go. We used the time to pre-order our new iPhone 13s!

 

[TheBigErn]

Post-Cruise Update

As was stated earlier, the ship finally departed PC around 5:15 pm on a "slow" trip to CC. The ship traveled directly to just west of CC passing Freeport, Grand Bahama around dawn at a very leisurely pace of around 10 mph. The ship then completed numerous loops in the sea west of CC until docking at CC the next morning. The loops were very large and slow, so you could not really tell that the ship was turning unless you noticed the sun changing position from ship or the large-arc of the ship's wake.

There was no Pirates Night during the cruise - I am thinking it was replaced with Halloween events.

There was a single firework show at 10:30 PM the second evening - for some reason, the firework show was not listed on the day's agenda but was announced late afternoon on the PA system.

CC: Getting on and off the ship was quick and easy. We had a 9:00 am port adventure, so we were told that we did not have to use the virtual queue to disembark. We departed around 8:40 and were only ones in the lobby to depart. As on the ship, the meals were plated by CMs with all restaurants severing the same food - except for Serenity Bay, which also offered grilled steak (which was surprisingly tasty!). The beach at Serenity Bay was fairly busy but when we were walking back toward the ship just after noon, the family beach was empty (there were rain showers earlier which might have encouraged folks to return to the ship. Getting back on the ship, again was very easy and quick - there was no one else on the dock boarding which was around 2:00 pm.

The return back to PC was at a much higher speed, around 22 mph. We arrived into port around 5:30 am and you were allowed to depart starting at 7:15 am. Passengers were given set breakfast times after which they could then disembark - this was to space out the passengers as they disembarked and proceeded through customs. Since we drove to PC, we were given a later (maybe last) breakfast slot of 8:35 am and finally disembarking around 9:15 am.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

When did you get your breakfast times for the morning of departure? We are using a car service to get back to the airport so I'm now wondering how to schedule that.

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

When did you get your breakfast times for the morning of departure? We are using a car service to get back to the airport so I'm now wondering how to schedule that.

As soon as I was logged into the app on the DCL WiFi, I could see my breakfast time on the last day. We drove to port, had early dining rotation and our breakfast time was 7am. Cabanas was open though so if your assigned breakfast is not at a good time, you can go to Cabanas.

My past experience with the car services is that they won't let you schedule too early (that is, before they can be pretty certain DCL has gotten the all-clear from customs). So just schedule by 9:15 (when they're really going to be pushing you off the ship).