Dream 5516, Cat 8D-Murphy bed?

[jmpurdy]

Murphy bed Yes or No? Seeing conflicting reports everywhere I look. Thanks.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

These are the reports here.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/cruise-new/roomreport.cfm?Room=5516


" This stateroom was in excellent condition. We are a family of four and this stateroom sleeps five. We liked having the extra space. I heard noises at night. Not sure where they were coming from. Sounded like carts being rolled. The noise wasn't enough to bother us. We would book this stateroom again."

" Notes: Overall this room was nice. It has large porthole with seat but has a blocked view when looking to the left. Has the split bathroom with the round tub. Lots of storage space and my daughter loved the pull down bunk. Was a bit awkward in trying to find since deck 5 forward is cut off so you can't walk from aft to forward directly. We got the hang of it after about a day though. It was a little noisy at times with a crew member door close by and various banging sounds sometimes throughout the night. Could never really tell where they were coming from. Didn't seem to bother my daughter but I'm a light sleeper and heard it all. "

 

[jmpurdy]

I have read each one previous to posting, and no confirmation

 

[lanejudy]

Post #2 of this thread lists the number/types of beds for most Dream and Fantasy staterooms. It confirms a Murphy bed for 5516.
http://www.disboards.com/threads/dc...pdated-list-of-rooms-needed-1st-post.3194826/

Enjoy your cruise!

 

[FigmentSpark]

You could peruse this link and see if it helps:

https://www.cruisedeckplans.com/DP/deckplans/Disney-Dream

 

[jmpurdy]

Post #2 of this thread lists the number/types of beds for most Dream and Fantasy staterooms. It confirms a Murphy bed for 5516.
http://www.disboards.com/threads/dc...pdated-list-of-rooms-needed-1st-post.3194826/

Enjoy your cruise!

So, if the Fantasy cabin has it, then the Dream does for certain?

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

So, if the Fantasy cabin has it, then the Dream does for certain?

Yes.

 

[Starwind]

I have read each one previous to posting, and no confirmation

The review that the PP quoted re: family of four and the room sleeps five, confirms it. If it sleeps five, the only way it can do this is by having a murphy bed: queen bed (2), sofa bed (1), pull down bed (1), murphy bed (1).

Where one gets into challenges determining room configuration for the cat 8 is when the room only sleeps 3 or 4 -- which bed is "missing" ? e.g. on our first 2 cruises we were in a cat 8A that sleeps 3 - queen + sofa, no pull down, no murphy. We now like the cat 8B and one has to be careful with them because some of the rooms sleep 4 because they don't have a murphy (eg 9010 and 9510 have the pull down but no murphy). The category definition says the rooms hold 3-5 so it is possible some 8B on other floors than we are considering don't have the pulldown AND the murphy and only sleep 3 (OTOH, the "3-5" might be referring to all of cat 8, as I am never 100% sure how Disney does its category definitions). HOWEVER, if a cat 8 sleeps 5 then by definition it has all of the beds as that is the only way you can total 5.

Since we like cat 8, and right now the 8B, I went through and made a list of the cat 8B rooms (and some other cat 8 as backup) and used online reviews and info from threads in sites like here to come up with which ones had murphy beds and not (that is what we care about), and where I could verified by pricing a fake cruise with 5 passengers. In addition to the list I marked them on a deck plan. Makes it much easier when planning a cruise so we know which staterooms will meet our needs.

FWIW, I did discover some interesting things, such as on the Dream/Fantasy there are 4 8B cabins on deck 9 forward (2 on each side of the ship, mirrors of each other) that NEVER seem to be available, even on opening day for silver people. For ANY sailing that I could find. Which makes me suspect that DCL has them blocked out of inventory for some reason.

SW

 

[Flossbolna]

FWIW, I did discover some interesting things, such as on the Dream/Fantasy there are 4 8B cabins on deck 9 forward (2 on each side of the ship, mirrors of each other) that NEVER seem to be available, even on opening day for silver people. For ANY sailing that I could find. Which makes me suspect that DCL has them blocked out of inventory for some reason.

We booked a 8B on deck 9 forward for our next cruise. We did not book this until a few weeks after the itineraries were released. But I thought there were more than 4 8B staterooms in that area? I am counting 12 in total.

 

[tiggger1]

according to this photo.. it doesnt look like it has a Murphy bed
http://www.cruiselinerooms.com/Site/view_cabin.php?ship=Disney Dream&cabin=5516

 

[PrincessShmoo]

according to this photo.. it doesnt look like it has a Murphy bed
http://www.cruiselinerooms.com/Site/view_cabin.php?ship=Disney Dream&cabin=5516

I rather imagine that's just a stock photo of that type room. Not specifically showing the room in question. I'd be more inclined to believe individual reports (room reviews) from people who were in the room.

 

[tiggger1]

I rather imagine that's just a stock photo of that type room. Not specifically showing the room in question. I'd be more inclined to believe individual reports (room reviews) from people who were in the room.

I thought so too but they next picture is a picture of the room number?

 

[jmpurdy]

OP here: part of my confusion was that one reviewer said it sleeps 4, another says 5 and our TA says 4. Guess we will find out when we board!

 

[FigmentSpark]

Did your TA get that info directly from Disney? Surely they know which have murphy beds and which do not.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Did your TA get that info directly from Disney? Surely they know which have murphy beds and which do not.

Do mean the Disney people know? Not necessarily. I've often gotten the wrong information from them, when calling.

 

[tiggger1]

you could try to do a fake booking. it wont let you book 5 people if it only sleeps 4...

 

[Imahikergirl]

This thread they say they stayed in 5516 Fantasy.

We loved 5516 on the MV last year. That is the room we will be booking from now on when we cruise on the Fantasy. No noise issues at all!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

you could try to do a fake booking. it wont let you book 5 people if it only sleeps 4...

Well, after many attempts, I found that 5516 was not available to me if I had 5 people on my reservation. But was available if I had 4. Of course, that could have to do with life boat limits, also.

 

[Imahikergirl]

I found this thread where the same poster is saying that it has a Murphy bed. The mystery continues.

Room #: 7522
Category: 5C
Sleeps: 4
Bunk?: Y
Murphy?: N

Room #: 5516
Category: 8D
Sleeps: 5
Bunk?: Y
Murphy?: Y

 

[FigmentSpark]

I have to say, I looked up the room we booked and were told absolutely has a murphy bed, but in that DIS thread, it says not. Yet the connecting room does. It won't really impact us, but one of my guys wanted dibbs on the murphy bed, so he'll be bummed if it's not there. Also, since the DCL rep (when our TA booked it) confirmed it did have the murphy bed, I will be expecting it to be there and the thread info to be outdated. We will find out which next year.