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

[dsnydaddy]

I think that the distance between the bed and the wall is the same in the ships. If I were to guess the angle compounded by the nearness of the entertainment center to the bed create the illusion of a tight fit.

 

[gmlgml]

We have booked our first cruise on the Dream for Cat 5D room 6528. DH gets motion sickness sometimes. Is this room a good one for minimal motion? Also, I am concerned of noise/bass level over the theater and near the teens club. Will we hear anything even with deck 5 between us? Any thoughts or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[TexasDreamer]

We were just able to get aft room, 8188 for our upcoming Dream cruise on 12/04/2011. We are very excited. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

That is the room we have for our Feb cruise. I'll give you a report when we return.

 

[HallsofVA]

We have booked our first cruise on the Dream for Cat 5D room 6528. DH gets motion sickness sometimes. Is this room a good one for minimal motion? Also, I am concerned of noise/bass level over the theater and near the teens club. Will we hear anything even with deck 5 between us? Any thoughts or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Your room is a bit forward on the ship since you're several rooms in front of the forward elevators. On the Magic/Wonder, you'd probably have slightly more up/down motion than you'd have in the middle or back part of the ship, but I have no idea if that is the case on the Dream given her size. My assumption is her size will reduce that motion, but she is still a ship. We sailed in a forward oceanview room on the Wonder, and didn't have any motion issues that we noticed. Check out the reports from the first people who sail the Dream to see what feedback they have on what it's like to be actually on the ship.

I don't think you'll be bothered by the theatre, since you have a deck of rooms between you and the theatre's balcony level. Plus the Walt Disney theatre doesn't usually go too late into the evening, unlike the movie theatre that can have late night movies. And you're well back of the teen club on Deck 5 so I don't think that will be a problem for you.

While I've historically preferred aft on the Magic/Wonder, on the Dream/Fantasy, the forward and midship rooms seem to be the most convenient to the main restaurants and other items, so I may be changing to forward rooms. I'm currently booked forward on the Dream, and aft on the Fantasy just to try them out.

 

[hdmeza]

If you look at the following picture, rooms 5524/5024, 7520/7022, 8520/8022, and 9512/9012 all seem to have some obstruction to the verandah, though some is quite slight. Anyone who books 5024 or 5524 should really complain, since the verandah is seriously obstructed, and that verandah is not extended out as the rest of the 5E verandahs ended up being.

I had room 5524 booked!!! 11/20, just changed it to a room down the hall!!!! Thanks for your pics and detailed explainations, if not for you I wouls have been VERY upset to only get half a verandah...our very first cruise!!!

 

[gmlgml]

Thanks HallsofVA!

I am hoping DH won't feel a thing so we can keep cruisin!

 

[shoes99]

We have 7680 6B on the May 19, 2012 cruise on the Fantasy. I saw that on the DCL deck plan it is classified as 6C. I called DCL and they said, "oh no", it is a 6B and there is no price change. I guess we will all have to wait for cruiser experiences.
Michele

 

[annabug]

hi guys!! i just did it.....i booked a 5 night double dip for june 2012
i cant seem to locate my room....and im gonna ocd until i find it.....#9098
family/verandah on deck 9
anyone see it?? please tell me its a keeepr!!
thanks so much
annabug

 

[Jays14]

We are also booked for room 7680 in June 2012 and would love to know if I should explore switching rooms.

 

[HallsofVA]

We have 7680 6B on the May 19, 2012 cruise on the Fantasy. I saw that on the DCL deck plan it is classified as 6C. I called DCL and they said, "oh no", it is a 6B and there is no price change. I guess we will all have to wait for cruiser experiences.
Michele

We are also booked for room 7680 in June 2012 and would love to know if I should explore switching rooms.

We noticed that "6C" classification awhile back, and DCL continues to assure us it's a typo, yet they've done nothing to change it. There are also a couple of obstructed verandah rooms classified as oceanview rooms on the virtual deck plan. Continue to keep an eye on this, as it seems too specific to be just a random programming error!

As to room 7680, it does appear to be one of the most obstructed aft verandahs on the ship, along with the equivalent ones on Deck 8. However, as noted in the 1st post, they are advertised as metal walled verandahs, and even though the primary wall isn't as metal as on the existing ships, they could possibly hold to their description as being fair. Don't think anyone could argue, though, that those rooms are equivalent to the verandah next door, so it seems that some reclassification should be in order.

If you're concerned, and can get a less obstructed room for no additional cost, then I'd probably explore switching rooms. If it would cost me more, and you'd be okay with just 1/2 a verandah open, then keep it. At least you're on the ship, and 1/2 open verandah is better than no verandah! But I would complain and protest pretty loudly if you continue to have to pay the same amount for that room as the room next door. That's what was successful in having the special rooms on the Magic/Wonder reclassified.

 

[HallsofVA]

hi guys!! i just did it.....i booked a 5 night double dip for june 2012
i cant seem to locate my room....and im gonna ocd until i find it.....#9098
family/verandah on deck 9
anyone see it?? please tell me its a keeepr!!
thanks so much
annabug

9098 looks to be a great room! Centrally located, 2 decks up to the pool from there, between elevators. Looks good! It is a connecting room, but those don't generally cause problems though my personal preference is to have a non-connecting room except when we're travelling with family or others. But it's quite difficult on the Dream/Fantasy to find non-connecting rooms, and I don't think you'll have any problems.

My apologies that I haven't gotten around to mapping the left side of the ship, but if you look at the picture below, your room is equivalent to 9598, just on the other side of the ship.

 

[elgerber]

Now if we can just get some verification of the situation with the balcony dividers on the aft balconies.....

 

[HallsofVA]

Now if we can just get some verification of the situation with the balcony dividers on the aft balconies.....

I think we've see all of the aft dividers in place, with the exception of the ones on the middle aft rooms on Decks 5 & 6, if my memory serves me well. I don't know that I've seen a great picture of them still.

The picture below was from their "All Aboard" video released during the transatlantic crossing. Not sure when this video was taken, but there still aren't any dividers between the deck 5 & 6 middle verandah rooms.

 

[annabug]

ohhhhyea!!!!!!!!!!!
im sooo happy!
btw.....i did change my room to 9090(still midship, but not connecting)
thanks HallsVA for your your fantabulous explanations/photos
it really helped me to choose my location, ad be comfortale with my decision
i cant believe i have to wait ather year and a half!! Ugghhh
happy cruisin!
annabug

 

[rangermom]

Because of the pictures in this thread I upgraded to a verandah room today. I am so excited!

 

[policycobb]

I am in cabin 8010, July 10th. Is that one of the large portholes?

 

[HallsofVA]

I am in cabin 8010, July 10th. Is that one of the large portholes?

Yes, it's a Cat 8 room, and all Cat 8 rooms have at least 1 large porthole window. (The square 8A rooms have two large windows.) Enjoy! It's identical to 8508, just on the opposite side of the ship.

 

[binab]

I'm looking at a 2012 sailing and there are still a few afts available. We've sailed many times (never DCL) and have been in all categories of rooms. DH says no cruises in 2011, so I'm willing to splurge a little on the cabin for 2012. We've had balconies, but never aft before, but I'm not sure how much we'll like it since they aren't really private to the cabins above. Should we go with a regular balcony or go aft? Any opinions?

I really loved the Cove balconies on our recent Carnival Dream cruise; is there anything even remotely equivalent on DCL Dream?

 

[LV Disney Fan(atic)]

Now if we can just get some verification of the situation with the balcony dividers on the aft balconies.....

Someone just posted a link to their smugmug account with some pretty good pictures of the back of the Dream in their thread: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2628731

Looks like all the dividers are up! (Which is good because I'm in 6690 this July, although I'm not liking the way that flag is making itself at home on my balcony )

 

[elgerber]

Someone just posted a link to their smugmug account with some pretty good pictures of the back of the Dream in their thread: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2628731

Looks like all the dividers are up! (Which is good because I'm in 6690 this July, although I'm not liking the way that flag is making itself at home on my balcony )

Yay!!!!!!! Boy the dead center rooms aft, have much bigger verandahs don't they?? Not as big as the are they/aren't they handicapped rooms on the corner LOL.