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

[HallsofVA]

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 )

Yea Amy (iamgrumpy)! I was hoping someone would get a shot. Dividers on Deck 6! Though quite small ones on Deck 5, however that don't seem to go all the way to the railing. And good shot of how the flag looks when it's place when in port.

 

[Rhode Island Quahog]

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.

I can see my room, 8188...I love it! Nice big balcony, dead center! YAY!

 

[binab]

I can see my room, 8188...I love it! Nice big balcony, dead center! YAY!

Awesome - I saw that picture and knew that was one of the aft rooms still available for my sailing. I went ahead and booked a few minutes ago based on that photo. Guess I'm going AFT-afterall.

 

[Rhode Island Quahog]

Awesome - I saw that picture and knew that was one of the aft rooms still available for my sailing. I went ahead and booked a few minutes ago based on that photo. Guess I'm going AFT-afterall.

Another excellent part of 8188, is its a non-connecting stateroom too!

 

[atinkerbellmom]

Yea Amy (iamgrumpy)! I was hoping someone would get a shot. Dividers on Deck 6! Though quite small ones on Deck 5, however that don't seem to go all the way to the railing. And good shot of how the flag looks when it's place when in port.

What is the space with thee door under the flag that opens to the verandah? Did I miss that?

 

[dsnydaddy]

What is the space with thee door under the flag that opens to the verandah? Did I miss that?

I believe that to be the crew access to the flag.

 

[ShyMiss]

This thread has been awesome; I can't tear myself away. lol. Would you experienced crusiers give me your opinion? (First time cruiser) Should I go for a room by the mid/front elevators or one that is further back? (about 10 rooms in front of the back elevators) Thanks in advance!!!
ShyMiss

 

[HallsofVA]

This thread has been awesome; I can't tear myself away. lol. Would you experienced crusiers give me your opinion? (First time cruiser) Should I go for a room by the mid/front elevators or one that is further back? (about 10 rooms in front of the back elevators) Thanks in advance!!!
ShyMiss

I gave you some input in my PM, but let us know what rooms you're thinking about, and we'll be glad to give you our two cents! It's likely that you can't go wrong with either one, but that advice may change once we get reports back this month from the folks who are starting to sail on the Dream, to know how the elevators and traffic patterns appear to be working. I've always preferred the aft elevators on the Magic/Wonder, but am on the fence on the Dream given the different layout. Plus, it just looks like it's such a long way from those aft elevators to the middle of the ship. I'm also looking for the location of the drink station, since that's usually my last stop after Shutters before heading to bed each night.

 

[HallsofVA]

What is the space with thee door under the flag that opens to the verandah? Did I miss that?

I believe that to be the crew access to the flag.

Yep! We covered that way way way back in post #1 I think!! (It's been awhile!)

 

[ShyMiss]

Thanks for your response! Sorry to be redundant; I didn't know if you responded to PMs. Oops.

 

[princess stich]

Any opinions on rooms 5156, 5656, 5650, or 5150???

Thanks!

 

[dsnydaddy]

This thread has been awesome; I can't tear myself away. lol. Would you experienced crusiers give me your opinion? (First time cruiser) Should I go for a room by the mid/front elevators or one that is further back? (about 10 rooms in front of the back elevators) Thanks in advance!!!
ShyMiss

I usually end up near the front elevators (just works out that way). I prefer the aft because of the proximity to the dining rooms and drink station. The Dream will be a whole new beast. I don't know where the drink station is and dining is not as far aft. So we'll know more later. I'm very excitedly waiting the trip reports from the next few months.

 

[HallsofVA]

Any opinions on rooms 5156, 5656, 5650, or 5150???

Thanks!

I personally wouldn't book those rooms because they are located above the night clubs, specifically Pink. While the entire room isn't directly over Pink, I have to imagine at least a portion of the room will be directly over the club.

 

[Minnie321]

Thank you very much for this Thread - I was having so much trouble deciding on rooms, but being able to see them all labeled was great!!! Now I know exactly where the rooms would be - I am getting so much closer to booking my first cruise!!
Thanks for great info!

 

[Silverfox97]

Just off the Magic this AM - while on board, booked our Fantasy 6/16/12 cruise (and a dummy cruise!!!). Originally, I wanted an aft cat 5E. After this thread came out, DH talked me into Cat 6A, and we booked 9674. I am a little bummed about the solid white wall verandah, but I think the location might be super sweet. HallsofVA (and anyone else wanting to weight in) - what do you think?? Will I regret the decision?? I will have a 5 year old at time of sailing - will she be able to see over the rail?

 

[HallsofVA]

Just off the Magic this AM - while on board, booked our Fantasy 6/16/12 cruise (and a dummy cruise!!!). Originally, I wanted an aft cat 5E. After this thread came out, DH talked me into Cat 6A, and we booked 9674. I am a little bummed about the solid white wall verandah, but I think the location might be super sweet. HallsofVA (and anyone else wanting to weight in) - what do you think?? Will I regret the decision?? I will have a 5 year old at time of sailing - will she be able to see over the rail?

I think you've made a great room choice! The "solid whitewall" on the dream verandah rooms is about shin or knee height on an adult. It's plexiglass the rest of the way up. Your 5 yr old will have no problem seeing through the railing in the same way she'd see through the other plexiglass verandah railings, unless she is extremely short for her age, or seeing over the railing if she's pretty tall (my 5yr old was pretty short and the railing on the Magic was about his height.) Go back and look at the very first picture posted in the first post of this thread. You'll see a bunch of engineers or construction guys standing on your verandah. It's not a mirage, you can clearly see their knees over the verandah wall!

 

[Silverfox97]

I think you've made a great room choice! The "solid whitewall" on the dream verandah rooms is about shin or knee height on an adult. It's plexiglass the rest of the way up. Your 5 yr old will have no problem seeing through the railing in the same way she'd see through the other plexiglass verandah railings, unless she is extremely short for her age, or seeing over the railing if she's pretty tall (my 5yr old was pretty short and the railing on the Magic was about his height.) Go back and look at the very first picture posted in the first post of this thread. You'll see a bunch of engineers or construction guys standing on your verandah. It's not a mirage, you can clearly see their knees over the verandah wall!

Phew! I thought that is what it looked like on the 1st post (I saved your pic to a folder on my desktop to use when looking for rooms!), but the more recent pics looked different. 9674 was the only back aft room left, except for the deck 10 rooms, which I wanted to avoid. Room choice is important to me. I can tell you, we were in 2628 on the Magic (booked 11C, were upgraded to 9C) and we were not fans at all. Noisy, noisy, noisy (will write a stateroom report for sure). Would've rather had an inside stateroom on a higher, quieter deck. Can't wait to get back to higher decks and verandahs!!! (Wasn't going to pay for a verandah for a Jan cruise -- good thing we didn't, it was cold!!).

Thanks for your input as always!!
~Emily

 

[dsnydaddy]

Any opinions on rooms 5156, 5656, 5650, or 5150???

Thanks!

I personally wouldn't book those rooms because they are located above the night clubs, specifically Pink. While the entire room isn't directly over Pink, I have to imagine at least a portion of the room will be directly over the club.

While I agree with HallsofVA, I'd like to add that from what I'm seeing, those Deck 5 Verandahs look to be very large. Kind of a trade off. Location may be noisy and some don't like the fact that the verandah's above will have a partial view of yours in return you get some room to spread out in.

 

[HallsofVA]

Phew! I thought that is what it looked like on the 1st post (I saved your pic to a folder on my desktop to use when looking for rooms!), but the more recent pics looked different. 9674 was the only back aft room left, except for the deck 10 rooms, which I wanted to avoid. Room choice is important to me. I can tell you, we were in 2628 on the Magic (booked 11C, were upgraded to 9C) and we were not fans at all. Noisy, noisy, noisy (will write a stateroom report for sure). Would've rather had an inside stateroom on a higher, quieter deck. Can't wait to get back to higher decks and verandahs!!! (Wasn't going to pay for a verandah for a Jan cruise -- good thing we didn't, it was cold!!).

Thanks for your input as always!!
~Emily

If it's photos like this one that are concerning you, I wouldn't worry. While you can only see the bottom of the deck 9 rooms in this picture, the verandah isn't much different from the ones on deck 8 and below. What I think you're missing is the perspective of seeing people standing there, and the angle of being at the same or higher level. If you look at the deck 5 verandah, you can easily see the chair or table that's out on the verandah, since this picture is taken closer to the level of that deck. We didn't see any apparent difference in the height of that metal railing on the earlier pictures and I doubt they've raised it since she floated out! The person who took the picture below took a lot of pictures of the aft of the Dream. You could always look at the rest of her pictures (the address is in the picture properties) to see more aft pictures.

 

[hdmeza]

Please advise 5528....I know the level itself will be busy...do you think it will be bearable?