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

[wiljans]

Hello all first time poster here. Just trying to figure out our room that we have booked on the Dream for Feb 10. When we booked our cruise back in November we booked a Deluxe oceanview stateroom.
Well I was just looking over our reservations and it states it is a category 9a and the room number is 5182. When I look at the deck plans and the pics from this thread it shows that this room has a veranda. Am I wrong in assuming this?
Thanks for the info if possible.
BTW I cannot wait to get on it. Been on one cruise before 10 years ago and this is our daughters first cruise and she will not know till we get to port. She is 9 and turns 10 on valentines day. Got her a birthday celebration registered when we booked. Hope it will be as good as her 5th bday she had at WDW.

 

[motherofallfans]

You've been upgraded! Enjoy. And remember to post a room review.

 

[wiljans]

Woohoo thats what I was thinking but was just not sure. Oh I for sure will post some pics and a review of it on here. Thanks for the info.

 

[disneymagicgirl]

Woohoo thats what I was thinking but was just not sure. Oh I for sure will post some pics and a review of it on here. Thanks for the info.

congrats!

 

[gerberdaisy1234]

You've been upgraded! Enjoy. And remember to post a room review.

Woohoo thats what I was thinking but was just not sure. Oh I for sure will post some pics and a review of it on here. Thanks for the info.

Yay! So happy for you. Have a magical cruise. My DD turned 7 on our first cruise. It was very magical! Your daughter will have a birthday that others "DREAM" of.

 

[DisneyDudet]

Hello all first time poster here. Just trying to figure out our room that we have booked on the Dream for Feb 10. When we booked our cruise back in November we booked a Deluxe oceanview stateroom.
Well I was just looking over our reservations and it states it is a category 9a and the room number is 5182. When I look at the deck plans and the pics from this thread it shows that this room has a veranda. Am I wrong in assuming this?
Thanks for the info if possible.
BTW I cannot wait to get on it. Been on one cruise before 10 years ago and this is our daughters first cruise and she will not know till we get to port. She is 9 and turns 10 on valentines day. Got her a birthday celebration registered when we booked. Hope it will be as good as her 5th bday she had at WDW.

Ours is exactly like that. We were 9a and now have a verandah. In fact, we are neighbors!! We are in 6184!! Yes, for the Feb 10 cruise!

 

[msbiscuit]

Hello all first time poster here. Just trying to figure out our room that we have booked on the Dream for Feb 10. When we booked our cruise back in November we booked a Deluxe oceanview stateroom.
Well I was just looking over our reservations and it states it is a category 9a and the room number is 5182. When I look at the deck plans and the pics from this thread it shows that this room has a veranda. Am I wrong in assuming this?
Thanks for the info if possible.
BTW I cannot wait to get on it. Been on one cruise before 10 years ago and this is our daughters first cruise and she will not know till we get to port. She is 9 and turns 10 on valentines day. Got her a birthday celebration registered when we booked. Hope it will be as good as her 5th bday she had at WDW.

Congrats on your upgrade! I'm on the Feb. 10 cruise, as well! It will be here before we know it!

 

[jenseib]

Hello all first time poster here. Just trying to figure out our room that we have booked on the Dream for Feb 10. When we booked our cruise back in November we booked a Deluxe oceanview stateroom.
Well I was just looking over our reservations and it states it is a category 9a and the room number is 5182. When I look at the deck plans and the pics from this thread it shows that this room has a veranda. Am I wrong in assuming this?
Thanks for the info if possible.
BTW I cannot wait to get on it. Been on one cruise before 10 years ago and this is our daughters first cruise and she will not know till we get to port. She is 9 and turns 10 on valentines day. Got her a birthday celebration registered when we booked. Hope it will be as good as her 5th bday she had at WDW.

My b-day is on Valentines day too. Yay for your upgrade!

 

[ladypirate]

looks like some family that was booked was booked into 6678. to me, this looks like an obstructed balcony. I am thinking of moving them to the rear cabins (is that aft?) with those big verandahs that are cat 6A, they are booked in 6B? Thoughts?

Oh, this is for a Fantasy June 2012, so i am thinking no rush but i would like to get it switched asap...!

 

[HallsofVA]

Hello all first time poster here. Just trying to figure out our room that we have booked on the Dream for Feb 10. When we booked our cruise back in November we booked a Deluxe oceanview stateroom.
Well I was just looking over our reservations and it states it is a category 9a and the room number is 5182. When I look at the deck plans and the pics from this thread it shows that this room has a veranda. Am I wrong in assuming this?
Thanks for the info if possible.

Congratulations! And you are continuing the trend of 9A folks getting upgraded out of the 9A rooms.

looks like some family that was booked was booked into 6678. to me, this looks like an obstructed balcony. I am thinking of moving them to the rear cabins (is that aft?) with those big verandahs that are cat 6A, they are booked in 6B? Thoughts?

Oh, this is for a Fantasy June 2012, so i am thinking no rush but i would like to get it switched asap...!

6678 is one of the obstructed verandah rooms, so if you have the chance to switch them, you might want to go ahead and do so, if it would be a concern to them. There is the possibility that those obstructed verandahs could be reclassified, but given that they are billed as metal walled verandahs, it's not a guarantee. So if you want to take the chance between now and then that they might get recategorized, then keep it and you might get some benefit. Or they might move you, which could split you up if you have family all in the same locale.

 

[Matt@WDWR]

We will be in room 7584 on the June 10th 2012 Cruise. We wanted a verandah and we were told staying midship would be more convenient and lessen the seasickness!

 

[livingis2me]

I can't seem to find any conversation about aft rooms 7688 or 7190. Are these or aren't these accessible. The deck plans I've seen list them as being accessible, but the photo in post one does not mention it as being so.

Ron

 

[HallsofVA]

I can't seem to find any conversation about aft rooms 7688 or 7190. Are these or aren't these accessible. The deck plans I've seen list them as being accessible, but the photo in post one does not mention it as being so.

Ron

I think these rooms may still be shrouded in mystery. Originally listed as accessible, a subsequent deck plan removed them from the accessible list. Then after float out, we saw them replace the regular verandah doors with accessible verandah doors, and some people were told by DCL CMs that these rooms were still being evaluated to determined whether they would be accessible or not.

So last I heard, the jury was still out, and we were awaiting reports from actual cruisers as to what the story on these rooms is.

 

[mjf]

Any pictures of the Cat 5A rooms? I'm really hoping there is a divider. We are in #10652.

Thanks there is a wealth of information on this thread.

 

[HallsofVA]

Any pictures of the Cat 5A rooms? I'm really hoping there is a divider. We are in #10652.

Thanks there is a wealth of information on this thread.

All of the standard rectangle rooms we've seen have the privacy divider if that's what you're concerned about. I have no reason to suspect your room will have any problems. It's only the non-standard rooms (square or rounded in some way) that have had problems with no privacy curtains in the room.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Yes, there's another porthole window in the living area.

The split bathroom never meant much to my family. If our daughter was in either one, she had the door locked and no one else could get in there....likewise with our son. We all just take turns.

haha
Yeah... I racked my brain trying to think of a time it really came in handy.. and I think there was only ONCE that we both took a shower at the same time in our cat 3 at the time... and it wasn't really necessary. I mean it wouldn't have caused any problems if I'd gone in first and then him- he showered the same time as me and STILL had to wait for me to complete getting 'ready'.. he could have been showering during that time. HAHA and we've been married long enough that there's no need to lock the other one out while one is in the shower. haha

I am totally confused by the one post that said a "lower category verandah" cost less than the 8a?!?!

 

[livingis2me]

I think these rooms may still be shrouded in mystery. Originally listed as accessible, a subsequent deck plan removed them from the accessible list. Then after float out, we saw them replace the regular verandah doors with accessible verandah doors, and some people were told by DCL CMs that these rooms were still being evaluated to determined whether they would be accessible or not.

So last I heard, the jury was still out, and we were awaiting reports from actual cruisers as to what the story on these rooms is.

Thank you.

 

[HallsofVA]

I am totally confused by the one post that said a "lower category verandah" cost less than the 8a?!?!

It's probably more accurate to say that a higher category verandah cost less than an 8A. When we booked the Fantasy MV cruise on 1/17/11, the Cat 6A cost was less than the Cat 8B or 8A cost for the same number of people. And it was only $100-$170 to downgrade from the verandah to a 8C or 8D room. So we booked the 6A though we keep considering the 8D rooms.

Here are the prices I see for that cruise with the ones that are out of sequence highlighted:
11A - $5813
8D - $5827
8C - $5897
10A - $5981
6A - $5995 This is what we booked and is now sold out
8B - $6037
8A - $6219
5D - $6247

 

[justmestace]

I am totally confused by the one post that said a "lower category verandah" cost less than the 8a?!?!

Did I say that? If I did, don't pay any attention to me. I shouldn't even be ON the boards at all.....my brain has just not been functioning correctly the last couple of weeks.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

It's probably more accurate to say that a higher category verandah cost less than an 8A. When we booked the Fantasy MV cruise on 1/17/11, the Cat 6A cost was less than the Cat 8B or 8A cost for the same number of people. And it was only $100-$170 to downgrade from the verandah to a 8C or 8D room. So we booked the 6A though we keep considering the 8D rooms.

Here are the prices I see for that cruise with the ones that are out of sequence highlighted:
11A - $5813
8D - $5827
8C - $5897
10A - $5981
6A - $5995 This is what we booked and is now sold out
8B - $6037
8A - $6219
5D - $6247

That is so weird. Why on earth would a verandah cat 6A cost more than an 8A? someone is smoking something with DCL? I do not understand that, at all.

And please explain why you're considering 8D at such a little cost savings? I'm confused.

Did I say that? If I did, don't pay any attention to me. I shouldn't even be ON the boards at all.....my brain has just not been functioning correctly the last couple of weeks.

No, I do not think it was you. But your post made me laugh.