Dream CAME true! June 21-26, 2011 TR w/LOTS of pics! Update 8/1 Day 6, Part 4
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Awesome so far!! There is no feeling in the world like walking onto your first cruise! And seeing how beautiful the ship is.
Those drinks look great! I love the drinks on cruise ships...not sure yet what I will have for sailaway in a few weeks, but it may just be a mojito!
Can't wait to read more! How addicted are you now?
Those drinks look great! I love the drinks on cruise ships...not sure yet what I will have for sailaway in a few weeks, but it may just be a mojito!
Can't wait to read more! How addicted are you now?
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I'm in. Love your pics and report so far!!
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*Before I continue, I wanted to show you the picture that they take of you before you board the ship*
Please join me now for a fantastic dinner at Remy's!
Remy's is a French restaurant that is not on the rotational dining and is $75 extra per person. Us being huge foodies, we knew we had to check this restaurant out. We booked it at exactly the 75 day mark and there was only one dining option available which happened to be the first night of the cruise and the first seating (6pm).
We walk into a very gorgeous, yet comfortable (and very empty) dining room and are seated at the front of the restaurant up against the window, and this was our view:
The table near us:
And if you look closely, you'll see Remy hiding up there in the chandelier. One of the waiters told us, that is around $15,000 so they not only put it up there to make it look like Remy was 'overseeing' the dining room, but so that it wouldn't get stolen.
Makes sense to me! 
After we got seated, the manager came over and brought a miniature table and sat it right next to me, which was for my purse
Thank you for treating my purse with such care gentlemen 
. It got a little weird at this point, because I look over to my right, and up against the back wall were about 5 different waitstaff, just kinda standing there, looking like they were guarding us. 
I felt awkward for taking pictures while they were watching me, then FINALLY a second couple came into the dining room and started giving attention to that party (thank goodness). A drink waiter came over and started making us a chilled champagne cocktail which has champagne, mint, raspberries, and another liquid which I thought was vodka. It was very refreshing and I believe it also helped cleanse your palette between every course.
You can see it in this picture of moi:
And a picture of the hubby (and you can see the Champagne Cocktail cart that the drink waiter rolls out to make your cocktail on in the background)
*Dress code: as you can see, my husband is wearing a suit with no tie. The gentlemen behind DH that you see in the picture was wearing a full on tuxedo with a vest. Other men that came in that evening wore sports jackets, suits and tuxedos, some with ties, some without ties. But everyone did wear a jacket. Ladies wore nice cocktail dresses and some wore dressy pant suits. Everyone came out in their best attire, so plan accordingly if you decide to dine here*
And a shot of the plates and cocktail
Here's the menu:
There are two tasting menus you can choose from: The French menu or the American menu as you can see from the top portion of the menu. The bottom portion allows you to mix and match what you'd like to eat. I went for the French menu and DH went for the American menu with a few modifications.
A bread waiter comes around and there were 3 different types of bread you can choose from, and we chose a truffle brioche which is to DIE for! Another waiter comes out and gives you, like a, pre-amuse bouche, which we got so quick, I didn't have time to take a picture of it. It was as small as a cube of cheese, and the waiter said to put the entire thing in your mouth because it was runny inside. It nearly EXPLODED in my mouth! DH was caught off guard too because some shot out of his mouth! Definitely not appropriate for this environment! 
So beware of the Pre-amuse!
The 'real' amuse bouche came out afterwards:
It tasted like an avocado puree with a baked parmesan cheese flake on top. It was very refreshing and delicious.
We decided to get order a bottle of wine, and the Drink waiter helped DH choose a nice red wine:
The wines range in price from $50 all the way to $25,000! So if you feel like OVERLY splurging on wine that night, check out the nicer menu that they give you which looks like a huge book.
Continued in next post....
Please join me now for a fantastic dinner at Remy's!
Remy's is a French restaurant that is not on the rotational dining and is $75 extra per person. Us being huge foodies, we knew we had to check this restaurant out. We booked it at exactly the 75 day mark and there was only one dining option available which happened to be the first night of the cruise and the first seating (6pm).
We walk into a very gorgeous, yet comfortable (and very empty) dining room and are seated at the front of the restaurant up against the window, and this was our view:
The table near us:
And if you look closely, you'll see Remy hiding up there in the chandelier. One of the waiters told us, that is around $15,000 so they not only put it up there to make it look like Remy was 'overseeing' the dining room, but so that it wouldn't get stolen.
Makes sense to me!
After we got seated, the manager came over and brought a miniature table and sat it right next to me, which was for my purse
Thank you for treating my purse with such care gentlemen . It got a little weird at this point, because I look over to my right, and up against the back wall were about 5 different waitstaff, just kinda standing there, looking like they were guarding us. I felt awkward for taking pictures while they were watching me, then FINALLY a second couple came into the dining room and started giving attention to that party (thank goodness). A drink waiter came over and started making us a chilled champagne cocktail which has champagne, mint, raspberries, and another liquid which I thought was vodka. It was very refreshing and I believe it also helped cleanse your palette between every course. You can see it in this picture of moi:
And a picture of the hubby (and you can see the Champagne Cocktail cart that the drink waiter rolls out to make your cocktail on in the background)
*Dress code: as you can see, my husband is wearing a suit with no tie. The gentlemen behind DH that you see in the picture was wearing a full on tuxedo with a vest. Other men that came in that evening wore sports jackets, suits and tuxedos, some with ties, some without ties. But everyone did wear a jacket. Ladies wore nice cocktail dresses and some wore dressy pant suits. Everyone came out in their best attire, so plan accordingly if you decide to dine here*
And a shot of the plates and cocktail
Here's the menu:
There are two tasting menus you can choose from: The French menu or the American menu as you can see from the top portion of the menu. The bottom portion allows you to mix and match what you'd like to eat. I went for the French menu and DH went for the American menu with a few modifications.
A bread waiter comes around and there were 3 different types of bread you can choose from, and we chose a truffle brioche which is to DIE for! Another waiter comes out and gives you, like a, pre-amuse bouche, which we got so quick, I didn't have time to take a picture of it. It was as small as a cube of cheese, and the waiter said to put the entire thing in your mouth because it was runny inside. It nearly EXPLODED in my mouth!
DH was caught off guard too because some shot out of his mouth! Definitely not appropriate for this environment! So beware of the Pre-amuse!The 'real' amuse bouche came out afterwards:
It tasted like an avocado puree with a baked parmesan cheese flake on top. It was very refreshing and delicious.
We decided to get order a bottle of wine, and the Drink waiter helped DH choose a nice red wine:
The wines range in price from $50 all the way to $25,000!
So if you feel like OVERLY splurging on wine that night, check out the nicer menu that they give you which looks like a huge book.Continued in next post....
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cont..
Our waitress was wonderful in explaining each course that came out and answered any questions that we had (we had a great conversation on Truffles)
I didn't get a picture of the first course because I was too interested in eating it. Sorry!
But I did get the next course of mine, Asperge Verte:
OH SOOOOO GOOD! This was fresh asparagus laying in a truffle puree with small truffle jellies on top. Ridiculous! If you haven't tried truffles, PLEASE try it. It's so flavorful and has a very distinct taste that is absolutely divine!
Along with the Asperge, came out a poached organic egg, with sliced asparagus and a truffle foam. Delicious!
DH and I were bad about passing the camera back and forth so we didn't get some of his dishes and we missed a few more of mine.
Next up for me was the Sea Bass Atlantique:
So fresh and yummy and the thai sauce was unbelievable. I was super embarrassed of how fast I gobbled this up.
DH received the Seared Tuna with Quail eggs:
Of course, he devoured it without giving me a bite
There were about two more plates each after this (which I didn't get pictures of), but after the main dishes, they bring out a CHESSE cart! And the people that know me on the Dis, know I ADORE cheese!
And sooo many good ones to choose from!
Here's my plate:
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All of these were fantastic, but the most memorable one, is the small goat cheese on the right along with the fresh honeycomb on the small spoon.
The combination of the two were absolutely UNREAL.
DH went to the restroom at this point and one of the waitstaff came over with a tray and tongs. With the tongs, he picked up the clean napkin from the tray and set it down on the table in front of DH's chair, and picked up the dirty napkin with the tongs! The service is impeccable!
The manager came around right before dessert was brought out to us and handed me a fresh, lovely red rose.
Dessert came out. I received a dessert, DH received his own dessert and they also brought out two additional plates of desserts!
My dessert which consisted of raspberry flavors:
And the two additional plates of dessert, which you can barely make out...
This had small chocolate bars and a type of truffle on the right.
This had FRESH homemade lollipops and were incredibly delicious!
By now, it was close to 9:30 (yes, 3 hours of pure gluttony) and we were exhausted. So we payed for dinner and stumbled back to our room, overloaded with food (and vino). And this is what we found on our bed:
The letter from Remy read,
"Dear Guest,
A memory is a way of holding on to something we love, like great food. It is our hope that we were able to create many new memories this evening, to last you for many years to come. Please enjoy these handmade chocolate truffles from Remy.
Merci!
Your Remy Team"
This was a superb ending to a fantastic evening!
Our waitress was wonderful in explaining each course that came out and answered any questions that we had (we had a great conversation on Truffles)
I didn't get a picture of the first course because I was too interested in eating it. Sorry!
But I did get the next course of mine, Asperge Verte:
OH SOOOOO GOOD! This was fresh asparagus laying in a truffle puree with small truffle jellies on top. Ridiculous! If you haven't tried truffles, PLEASE try it. It's so flavorful and has a very distinct taste that is absolutely divine!
Along with the Asperge, came out a poached organic egg, with sliced asparagus and a truffle foam. Delicious!
DH and I were bad about passing the camera back and forth so we didn't get some of his dishes and we missed a few more of mine.
Next up for me was the Sea Bass Atlantique:
So fresh and yummy and the thai sauce was unbelievable. I was super embarrassed of how fast I gobbled this up.
DH received the Seared Tuna with Quail eggs:
Of course, he devoured it without giving me a bite
There were about two more plates each after this (which I didn't get pictures of), but after the main dishes, they bring out a CHESSE cart! And the people that know me on the Dis, know I ADORE cheese!
And sooo many good ones to choose from!
Here's my plate:
All of these were fantastic, but the most memorable one, is the small goat cheese on the right along with the fresh honeycomb on the small spoon.
The combination of the two were absolutely UNREAL. DH went to the restroom at this point and one of the waitstaff came over with a tray and tongs. With the tongs, he picked up the clean napkin from the tray and set it down on the table in front of DH's chair, and picked up the dirty napkin with the tongs! The service is impeccable!
The manager came around right before dessert was brought out to us and handed me a fresh, lovely red rose.
Dessert came out. I received a dessert, DH received his own dessert and they also brought out two additional plates of desserts!
My dessert which consisted of raspberry flavors:
And the two additional plates of dessert, which you can barely make out...
This had small chocolate bars and a type of truffle on the right.
This had FRESH homemade lollipops and were incredibly delicious!
By now, it was close to 9:30 (yes, 3 hours of pure gluttony) and we were exhausted. So we payed for dinner and stumbled back to our room, overloaded with food (and vino
). And this is what we found on our bed:
The letter from Remy read,
"Dear Guest,
A memory is a way of holding on to something we love, like great food. It is our hope that we were able to create many new memories this evening, to last you for many years to come. Please enjoy these handmade chocolate truffles from Remy.
Merci!
Your Remy Team"
This was a superb ending to a fantastic evening!
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Loving your TR! We leave for our cruise on the Dream in a week and a half. Your TR is just making me even more excited 
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Yes! Definitely give the deck breakdown a look over so you're not running all over the ship!
And from what one of the CM's told me, try and always use the forward and aft elevators, not the midship elevators because you can wait for a long time for an elevator On board for your trippie...waiting for more
Hello!
AWWW LUCKY!
Hi ***********! Good to see ya!
great TR so far, keep it coming!
Thanks Anka!
Awesome so far!! There is no feeling in the world like walking onto your first cruise! And seeing how beautiful the ship is.
Those drinks look great! I love the drinks on cruise ships...not sure yet what I will have for sailaway in a few weeks, but it may just be a mojito!
Can't wait to read more! How addicted are you now?
Bonnie...we're ADDICTED! And i can't believe your trip is coming up so soon now!
And I believe a mojito is an excellent choice!
I'm in. Great report! Love the pics.
Having read your PTR, I have to say, I am a bit suprised that your DB has been fully clothed in all the pics so far!
Can't wait for more!
I know, right?! Well just wait for it Thank you!
You got on the ship! I hope your dinner at Remy was F*A*B*U*L*O*U*S!
Alison, it was spectacular!
Loving your TR! We leave for our cruise on the Dream in a week and a half. Your TR is just making me even more excited
You should be so stoked right now! I wish I was leaving again soon
The pics from Remy are awesome!!! I am really starting to second guess our decision not to eat there.
I think I'm going to run to the DCL site and see if there are any reservations left.
I'm so thankful we did Remy! It's something that I think everyone should try (if you're an adventurous foodie that is). And to be completely honest with you, throughout the whole 3 hours we were there, the tables were never completely filled? Although when I booked through the website there was only one day and one time available. I"m thinking that if you really want to dine there, once you board the ship, call and see if they have any availability. I'm wondering if folks cancel a day before the sail date or cancel once they get on the ship, but definitely give it a shot!
I thought it was so worth it! It's quite an adventure! Yes, you're correct, we paid extra for the bottle of wine (or you can add the wine tasting to your meal, not sure how much that is) and the champagne cocktail was included in the price
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Awesome report!!
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enjoying your trip report, I want to sail the Dream again after reading so far
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That looked like an awesome meal! Chateau Neuf de Pape was a great choice! Can I ask what they charged for that bottle?
Tell me, when you finish eating a meal like that, do you both just go back to the room and pass out or do you run down to the gym and jump on the elliptical?
Where did your DB and SIL dine while you were at Remy? I assume that they were on the same dining schedule as you two, had you not gone to Remy. Also that you all dined together for the rest of the trip. I hope you got to go to Artist's Palette or whatever they call that restaurant. We really enjoyed that the most, except for Palo when we sailed on the Wonder.
I bet by the end of your trip I will be begging her to book a Mexican Riviera Cruise on the Wonder because we don't have to travel to get there!
Tell me, when you finish eating a meal like that, do you both just go back to the room and pass out or do you run down to the gym and jump on the elliptical?
Where did your DB and SIL dine while you were at Remy? I assume that they were on the same dining schedule as you two, had you not gone to Remy. Also that you all dined together for the rest of the trip. I hope you got to go to Artist's Palette or whatever they call that restaurant. We really enjoyed that the most, except for Palo when we sailed on the Wonder.
I bet by the end of your trip I will be begging her to book a Mexican Riviera Cruise on the Wonder because we don't have to travel to get there!
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I love your Welcome Aboard photo! Remy's looks amazing! Looks like fine dining at its best!
Yes, our trip is coming up very soon...one month from today, or 30 days from today! But, I haven't made a packing list yet...yes, this is ME! And I haven't written my list yet, which I usually do months in advance! I will get to it probably early next week at the latest...just busy right now, tomorrow is my parents' anniversary, been cleaning the house a lot since summer break started yesterday and I have more time, and spending time with my boys. After our BBQ on the 4th, I will get to the rest of the cruise preparations. I did enter our passport info online though, and I booked our Atlantis shore excursion for when we dock in Nassau.
I knew you would be addicted to cruising after this!
Yes, our trip is coming up very soon...one month from today, or 30 days from today!
But, I haven't made a packing list yet...yes, this is ME! And I haven't written my list yet, which I usually do months in advance! I will get to it probably early next week at the latest...just busy right now, tomorrow is my parents' anniversary, been cleaning the house a lot since summer break started yesterday and I have more time, and spending time with my boys. After our BBQ on the 4th, I will get to the rest of the cruise preparations. I did enter our passport info online though, and I booked our Atlantis shore excursion for when we dock in Nassau. I knew you would be addicted to cruising after this!
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Great updates. Keep them coming....
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alright!! can't wait for more....I am so doing remy...hopefully my kids can hang for 3hrs in nursery/oceaneers club...
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CASTAWAY CAY DAY!
*I forgot to post the Navigator from Tuesday, June 21, 2011, so i'm posting it here and will post 'todays' navigator in the next post*
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This morning I woke up a little later than I wanted. I originally wanted to get up at around 630 to go workout, then go up to Cabanas and grab some breakfast before we head out to Castaway Cay. Buuuuut, the alarm clock in that room is a little tricky, which leads me to another LESHA tip:*Use the wake-up call service on the phone over the alarm clock in the room. After you press 0 on the phone, press 2 then it asks you to set the time you want , so you would press 0645 for 6:45, then press 1 for am. PLUS when you receive the wake-up call, you get woken up by a familiar Disney character.
Well I woke up at 8am and went immediately outside on the verandah to check out this beautiful view:
Yup. This is what my camera did each morning when I stepped outside. It ALWAYS fogged up!
But it cleared up so I can finally see everything:
We had 2 excursions planned for today. Parasailing at 9am and Snorkeling at 1pm, however, the night before we received a note saying that the Snorkeling was cancelled due to problems with the vessel. I was a little bummed out, but it turned out to be a blessing.
So we head down to the 2nd deck to get off the ship. There are carts and CM’s handing out beach towels as you walk by Gotta love Disney!
We went straight to Marge’s Barges to sign-in (it’s one of the first huts on the left as you head into the island)
After we checked-in, we took some pics to pass the time..
Finally, a little after 9, it was time to board the small boat. There were a total of about 10 of us on the boat and it was really fun talking to them. The driver and his assistant are super fun and awesome to talk to as well!
So how it works, is the driver tells you that it’s a ‘tradition’ to dunk people in the water (if you really didn’t want to, I’m sure he wouldn’t) but of course EVERYONE wanted to. I told him I wanted to take my camera up in the air with me and to just dunk as high as he was able to, which he was happy to do!
We were the last couple to ‘fly’ so we put on the harness’s sat on the back of the boat and up we went!
This was an AMAZING experience! At first I thought it was going to be so loud do to the wind up there, but it was so calm and peaceful! We were up there for about 7 minutes, looking at everything and really enjoying the moment. You guys HAVE to try this! It is definitely worth the money (I think it’s $79 per person?) You don't have to, but we tipped when we got off the boat, because they did a tremendous job!
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*I forgot to post the Navigator from Tuesday, June 21, 2011, so i'm posting it here and will post 'todays' navigator in the next post*
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This morning I woke up a little later than I wanted. I originally wanted to get up at around 630 to go workout, then go up to Cabanas and grab some breakfast before we head out to Castaway Cay. Buuuuut, the alarm clock in that room is a little tricky, which leads me to another LESHA tip:*Use the wake-up call service on the phone over the alarm clock in the room. After you press 0 on the phone, press 2 then it asks you to set the time you want , so you would press 0645 for 6:45, then press 1 for am. PLUS when you receive the wake-up call, you get woken up by a familiar Disney character.
Well I woke up at 8am and went immediately outside on the verandah to check out this beautiful view:
Yup. This is what my camera did each morning when I stepped outside. It ALWAYS fogged up!
But it cleared up so I can finally see everything:
We had 2 excursions planned for today. Parasailing at 9am and Snorkeling at 1pm, however, the night before we received a note saying that the Snorkeling was cancelled due to problems with the vessel. I was a little bummed out, but it turned out to be a blessing.
So we head down to the 2nd deck to get off the ship. There are carts and CM’s handing out beach towels as you walk by
Gotta love Disney!We went straight to Marge’s Barges to sign-in (it’s one of the first huts on the left as you head into the island)
After we checked-in, we took some pics to pass the time..
Finally, a little after 9, it was time to board the small boat. There were a total of about 10 of us on the boat and it was really fun talking to them. The driver and his assistant are super fun and awesome to talk to as well!
So how it works, is the driver tells you that it’s a ‘tradition’ to dunk people in the water (if you really didn’t want to, I’m sure he wouldn’t) but of course EVERYONE wanted to. I told him I wanted to take my camera up in the air with me and to just dunk as high as he was able to, which he was happy to do!
We were the last couple to ‘fly’ so we put on the harness’s sat on the back of the boat and up we went!
This was an AMAZING experience! At first I thought it was going to be so loud do to the wind up there, but it was so calm and peaceful! We were up there for about 7 minutes, looking at everything and really enjoying the moment. You guys HAVE to try this! It is definitely worth the money (I think it’s $79 per person?) You don't have to, but we tipped when we got off the boat, because they did a tremendous job!
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