Dream special rooms - now that we see the pictures! ** Index now in Post 7 **

[robin09]

There are a small handful of issues they're going to have to address already!
Like the difference in square footage of the aft 6A's and 6B's, for one thing.

The only thing that I'm thinking would also be a "minus" with those enclosed verandahs would be the moisture build-up from the humidity. I could live with that, but I have a feeling there will always be complainers.

I just booked 6A room 9172... what is the issue with square footage? Good ,bad or?

Thanks!

 

[HallsofVA]

Some pictures of the Dream in dock Elbe 17 at Blohm and Voss in Hamburg today. I must apologise for the quality of a couple of them but visibility was rubbish and is getting worse all the time...

Thank you very much for the photos! Great to see some of the missing details!

 

[HallsofVA]

I just booked 6A room 9172... what is the issue with square footage? Good ,bad or?

Thanks!

There's no issue, it's just that the size of the aft verandahs vary significantly from room to room, with some being much larger than others, so the sq. footage measurements aren't consistent from room to room within a category, especially when you consider the verandah size. Apparently on other ships there are even more subcategories to charge more for larger rooms or larger verandahs.

 

[justmestace]

I just booked 6A room 9172... what is the issue with square footage? Good ,bad or?

Thanks!

The problem so far, until DCL decides to change it, is that for example on Deck 9...9170 and 9670 are larger rooms with larger balconies. 9170 is a handicap room, so that makes sense, but it doesn't make sense to charge the same amount of money for 9172, 9174, 9176, 9674, and 9672 as they do for 9670...same amount of money, but one room is larger than the others.

As far as your room, 9172, I think it will still be great. It still has quite a bit deeper balcony than the other rooms that are more to the center.

I think until DCL decides to make those corner rooms a bit more expensive, it's going to be tough to nab one of them. They'll be the first to sell out.

 

[justmestace]

Has anyone booked deck 11?

I'm searching for next year and it always puts me on deck 12, every week I checked?

Did you try inputting an exact room number on Deck 11? That's the only other way I could think of to try it. And if that doesn't work, then those rooms must be booked up already.

 

[HallsofVA]

Has anyone booked deck 11?

I'm searching for next year and it always puts me on deck 12, every week I checked?

I believe there have been folks on this thread or the "see my room" thread who booked deck 11. I have not....

 

[jdybnsn]

We have booked 9174 and 9176 as they are connecting room and was assured that the balconies would connect too...though this was based on the advice from DCL, that all the verandas connect on the Dream.

.....just a bit worried that this could just be "blanket" advice, and that this may not necessarily be the case when the finer details of the ship emerge.

Hope they do though, as this should give us one heck of a big verandah at the back there !!!

 

[whithouston]

Similarly deck 5 verandas starboard side aft... below the jib of the crane you can see one divider that now extends all the way out.

I am assuming that the dividers will still be able to collapse between connecting rooms? We have 5662 and 5664! With the extended balconies for the Cat. 5E's, that would be a very, very large balcony!!

 

[HallsofVA]

I am assuming that the dividers will still be able to collapse between connecting rooms? We have 5662 and 5664! With the extended balconies for the Cat. 5E's, that would be a very, very large balcony!!

Hopefully, since they said that the verandahs can be opened for connecting rooms and haven't announced any exceptions. But until we get reports from people on the ship, it's all assumption at this point!

 

[mouseears1]

My husband and I will be on the Fantasy in 2012. We are waiting for the Dream to sail to get a better idea of the room we booked for our April 28, 2012 cruise. What information is available for the room we booked which is room 12002. Also, we just got back from our 2010 cruise and the Cat 1's were named "Roy O Disney Suite" which was ours and the "Walt E Disney Suite" are the "R" rooms themed as such? Thanks to all for any information

 

[justmestace]

I am assuming that the dividers will still be able to collapse between connecting rooms? We have 5662 and 5664! With the extended balconies for the Cat. 5E's, that would be a very, very large balcony!!

We don't know for sure. They should. They used to open on the Magic and Wonder, but don't any more. There's a portion of the divider that opens just like a door, but there is still a frame around that "door", so it isn't 100% open....but better than being closed.

 

[justmestace]

My husband and I will be on the Fantasy in 2012. We are waiting for the Dream to sail to get a better idea of the room we booked for our April 28, 2012 cruise. What information is available for the room we booked which is room 12002. Also, we just got back from our 2010 cruise and the Cat 1's were named "Roy O Disney Suite" which was ours and the "Walt E Disney Suite" are the "R" rooms themed as such? Thanks to all for any information

I did see a video of one of the "R" suites somewhere....can't remember where now. I think they'll still have the pictures of Walt & Roy in the rooms, but I don't think they're quite as "themed" as they are on the Wonder and Magic. I haven't heard if they will still be called the "Walt" and the "Roy". I haven't heard them referred to that way at all.

I have to say, after having stayed in both the Walt and the Roy a couple of times, I will NOT be staying in one of the Royal suites on the Dream or Fantasy. I HATE the new layout. Hate that there isn't a second bedroom. And the extra bed in the bedroom just looks awkward. The only redeeming feature might be the hot tub on the balcony. We had an Owner's Suite on a Norwegian cruise once that had a hot tub. I filled it with cold water to make my own little "mini pool" after hot excursions in the Caribbean.

 

[disnemimi]

Thank you for all the pictures; they are so helpful. I have room 10614 on the Dream and I notice from your index we have the arcade above us. Does anyone think this room under the arcade could be noisy? We never entered the arcade last year on the Wonder, so now I am a little worried about the noise level for sleeping. How late does the arcade stay open?
Thanks for any help.
Karen

 

[HallsofVA]

Thank you for all the pictures; they are so helpful. I have room 10614 on the Dream and I notice from your index we have the arcade above us. Does anyone think this room under the arcade could be noisy? We never entered the arcade last year on the Wonder, so now I am a little worried about the noise level for sleeping. How late does the arcade stay open?
Thanks for any help.
Karen

Karen - I'm impressed that you managed to get one of the few non-connecting Deck 10 rooms! I was about to respond that the arcade is in the middle of the ship, and shouldn't be a problem, but I just double-checked the deck plan, and it does appear that the arcade may be above at least a portion of your room. I can't tell you any more than that, as I haven't had a room in that location on the current ships.

 

[HallsofVA]

I received a request to add some numbers to one of remorse's pictures posted today. So here you go!

Apologies for the DISgreen font, but had a hard time getting something to be visible around the crane, and this color looked best to me.

 

[dsnydaddy]

Similarly deck 5 verandas starboard side aft... below the jib of the crane you can see one divider that now extends all the way out.

Whoo Hoo! Looks like my bet on the Cat 5E room is a winner. that verandah is quite a bit deeper than those above.

 

[justmestace]

Thank you for all the pictures; they are so helpful. I have room 10614 on the Dream and I notice from your index we have the arcade above us. Does anyone think this room under the arcade could be noisy? We never entered the arcade last year on the Wonder, so now I am a little worried about the noise level for sleeping. How late does the arcade stay open?
Thanks for any help.
Karen

I'm taking a guess that the arcade closes by 10:00....midnight at the absolute latest.....but I think it's far enough toward the center of the ship that the noise shouldn't bother you. Be prepared for scraping chair noises early in the morning, though. Once we got used to that noise (knew what it was) it didn't bother us so much.

 

[IleneF]

Just booked room 9166 for Oct 30, 2011 Can anyone confirm this is an unobstructed view with a plexiglass barrier? Should be a good room, staterooms above and below, elevator or stairs just below Palo and several floors above dining rooms. Only thing really far is the theaters in the front of the ship. Hoping it's a good one!

 

[MomOf2DisneyKids]

hmm, I have a question.... from a deck 6 verandah, if you looked straight down over the railing, would you see the edge of the deck 5 verandah right below it? Any idea approx how much further out the deck 5 verandahs are?

 

[justmestace]

Just booked room 9166 for Oct 30, 2011 Can anyone confirm this is an unobstructed view with a plexiglass barrier? Should be a good room, staterooms above and below, elevator or stairs just below Palo and several floors above dining rooms. Only thing really far is the theaters in the front of the ship. Hoping it's a good one!

Should be great. No obstructions, and plexiglass.

The theater being further away shouldn't be a problem, because you'll go either before dinner or after, and you're already halfway there by then!