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

[justmestace]

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?

No idea how much further out they are, but yes, if you look straight down, you'll see part of their verandahs.
Having been on Princess, where most of their verandahs are "tiered", I'm sort of used to this. I just remember to look more straight out. What was the pits one time was when the family above us was at their balcony railing, eating grapes and dropping half of them down onto us.
For that reason alone, I'd rather be on Deck 6 than on 5.

 

[MomOf2DisneyKids]

. What was the pits one time was when the family above us was at their balcony railing, eating grapes and dropping half of them down onto us.
For that reason alone, I'd rather be on Deck 6 than on 5.

good point!

 

[disnemimi]

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.

Thank you for the quick response. I think I will just take my chances with this room since it does not connect with another room. Hopefully the Dream will be well insulated and the noise won't be a problem.
Karen

 

[55dznypal]

we just got our stateroom # on the Dream!!!!

and its 7006 very front of the ship in the corner--

my main concerns is that it looks bigger on the diagram then the other

rooms so Im just hopping its not a handicap room--nothing against handicap

just someone that really needs couldnt get it

and my other concern is the windows? I guess we just have the one straight out the front but is it a big window?

and will be be able to see out good Ive read some posts on here that

with the slant the view might not be so good

yet some on here are saying that in time Disney might charge more for these

corner rooms more room, or better view? Im hopping

thanks all

 

[HallsofVA]

we just got our stateroom # on the Dream!!!!

and its 7006 very front of the ship in the corner--

my main concerns is that it looks bigger on the diagram then the other

rooms so Im just hopping its not a handicap room--nothing against handicap

just someone that really needs couldnt get it

and my other concern is the windows? I guess we just have the one straight out the front but is it a big window?

and will be be able to see out good Ive read some posts on here that

with the slant the view might not be so good

yet some on here are saying that in time Disney might charge more for these

corner rooms more room, or better view? Im hopping

thanks all

Great room assignment! We have 8006 booked for our first Dream cruise, which is the deck above. It is not an accessible room, and has never been marked as one from the beginning. We're not sure what the layout will be inside the corner rooms yet, though the ones on Deck 7 are the only ones without any grey area indicated on the sides of the room (versus Deck 6 and Deck 8 corner rooms.)

It should have one medium size forward facing round porthole window that probably slants upward following the slant of the ship (from what we saw during construction.) "Medium" is a term I've been using, to distinguish it from the large windows on the Cat 8 rooms, and the really small windows in the crew area on Deck 1, while DCL uses large and extra large to describe them. They could very well turn out to be the same size as the large porthole windows on the existing ships, but not seeing them side by side, have no basis for comparison. Despite being covered by decorative rectangle glass panels, there is just a single round window back there. It looks to be the same size as most of the other Cat 9 windows, which you can clearly see on deck 2 or on the 9A rooms on the back of the ship.

Can't speak to the view from inside the room since we haven't seen it yet. I'm curious as to what the view is from the inside. From the construction pictures (see example below) we never saw glass on the windows other than the decorative layer, so hopefully they aren't double covered. The few pictures we saw with the lights on in several rooms the lights were obviously muted by the tinting on the windows (see index post on page 1). Given that the windows are built into the slant, they should be well protected from people seeing in from the teen area!

PearlySwan's picture from page 17 gives you a good sense of what I'm talking about with the windows as you can see them before and after they were covered.

 

[55dznypal]

I feel better now

and even more excited to go if thats even possible

were you really there while they were building the ship

that must have been so neat!!!

I guess another reason I was worried about the view is in the passporter

it said disrinctive views of the bow--I hope were not looking out over the bow!!!

 

[HallsofVA]

I feel better now

and even more excited to go if thats even possible

were you really there while they were building the ship

that must have been so neat!!!

I guess another reason I was worried about the view is in the passporter

it said disrinctive views of the bow--I hope were not looking out over the bow!!!

If you look at the picture, you will notice that the corner room windows (the far left and right windows across the front of the ship) point off to the side as well as slightly upward, so even if you found a way to press your face up against the angled window to look down, I think we'd be looking more to the side of the bow than directly at the bow.

 

[justmestace]

I feel better now

and even more excited to go if thats even possible

were you really there while they were building the ship

that must have been so neat!!!

I guess another reason I was worried about the view is in the passporter

it said disrinctive views of the bow--I hope were not looking out over the bow!!!

While the Magic was in Europe, it offered an excursion (for an ungodly amount of money) for people to tour the ship as it was being built.
The lady in the picture is named Linda...."seaulater" on the DIS and her daughter.

 

[HallsofVA]

I know we've had a lot of discussion about the aft flag pole on the Dream, and what the folks who have the rooms booked near the flagpole can expect. While I don't think we have any shots of a flag in place on the Dream's flag pole, I did notice several good shots of the aft flag on the Wonder during the DCL tilt shift video that I just came across again on You Tube. I thought those who have the aft rooms on the Dream booked may be interested in seeing what it looks like with a flag in place on the current ships since I know it was a hot topic early one in this thread.

The flag is especially visible at the following points: 0.36, 1.36, and 2.18.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOZa7zDz8EI

 

[lugnut33]

I'm a total cruise newbie and thanks to HallsofVA I was easily able to see where our stateroom (10662) is going to be located. However, being the total novice that I am I'd just like some opinions about that room location from the experts here.

Best as I can tell is looks fine to me, but I see the discussions about some rooms being smaller, etc. Am I getting a smaller room?

I know it's right below a restaurant, but it appears that only the outside portion of the restaurant will be over us? Shouldn't be a problem should it? I don't think anybody in my familhy is noise sensitive.

Deck size looks fine also.

Anything I should know?

 

[justmestace]

I'm a total cruise newbie and thanks to HallsofVA I was easily able to see where our stateroom (10662) is going to be located. However, being the total novice that I am I'd just like some opinions about that room location from the experts here.

Best as I can tell is looks fine to me, but I see the discussions about some rooms being smaller, etc. Am I getting a smaller room?

I know it's right below a restaurant, but it appears that only the outside portion of the restaurant will be over us? Shouldn't be a problem should it? I don't think anybody in my familhy is noise sensitive.

Deck size looks fine also.

Anything I should know?

The aft rooms on Deck 10 are all about the same size. The discussions have been about the corner rooms on Decks 9, 8 & 7 being so much larger than the rooms around them, yet they are priced the same. This isn't the case with the rooms where you are.
Looks like you'll have one of the deepest balconies back there, and that's a plus!
The buffet above doesn't look like it has as much seating as the ones on the Magic and Wonder, so it might not be as noisy. And even at that, the only sounds you'd hear would be chairs in the morning. We've found that once we knew what that sound was, it didn't bother us. It was more a matter of waking up that first morning (when you've almost forgotten where you are!) and saying "what was THAT noise?" and once we knew, it wasn't a problem. Kind of like getting familiar with the sounds your own house makes at night.

On page one of this thread, if you look at the third picture down, a sideways shot of the aft, you'll see also that the people at the buffet above won't be able to look down into your balcony, like they could on the Wonder and the Magic. That's also a plus!

 

[paulcrsb]

we just got our stateroom # on the Dream!!!!

and its 7006 very front of the ship in the corner--

my main concerns is that it looks bigger on the diagram then the other

rooms so Im just hopping its not a handicap room--nothing against handicap

just someone that really needs couldnt get it

and my other concern is the windows? I guess we just have the one straight out the front but is it a big window?

and will be be able to see out good Ive read some posts on here that

with the slant the view might not be so good

yet some on here are saying that in time Disney might charge more for these

corner rooms more room, or better view? Im hopping

thanks all

This is my room for the Jan 26 2011 cruise. I'll try not to trash it up!

 

[Hygiene99]

This is my room for the Jan 26 2011 cruise. I'll try not to trash it up!

And I will keep an eye on him!!!!

So excited.....

 

[mnrhannah07]

We are sailing in nov 2011 and have a cat 6b room. So far, they tell us our room is 7680 which im guessing is deck 7. From the looks of the pictures, it seems that our verandah is not totally open...anyone else notice that??

 

[justmestace]

This is my room for the Jan 26 2011 cruise. I'll try not to trash it up!

And I will keep an eye on him!!!!

So excited.....

Peter, maybe you can convince the old man to get out and party at night!
Garry and Vicki are on the cruise after you two. Peter, you're doing the back-to-back, right? Garry wants you to do it, too, Paul. They wanted me to come with them, but no can do.

 

[justmestace]

We are sailing in nov 2011 and have a cat 6b room. So far, they tell us our room is 7680 which im guessing is deck 7. From the looks of the pictures, it seems that our verandah is not totally open...anyone else notice that??

Yes, that's true. It's partially covered by the metal wall.
Plusses: More privacy More coverage if it rains and More shade if it's really hot and sunny! And also, no one on the verandah right "in front" of you....so you wouldn't have to worry about people looking over or any smoke smell if they are smokers.....especially since the rooms forward of you are all portholes.

Any minuses would be what you make them. In other words, go, have fun, be happy!

 

[lcsmom]

Wanted to say thanks for this thread. We were on the Wonder 3-day pre-Thanksgiving and I had to take advantage of the on board booking discount. I'd not even looked at anything to do with the new ships. Told hubby we were taking DD on a cruise for high school graduation in 2012 and taking the cousins, etc. Ended up booking 3 rooms - 9170, 9172, 9174 - for Jun 29, 2012. (needed HA for a BIL) Seeing the pictures has me pretty excited. And thinking I'll like the back of the ship.
Of course, know that I've learned a bit about the Dream, I need to book another cruise before DD ages out of the teen program. She adores Aloft on the Wonder and will be green when she sees the new area on The Dream.

 

[mnrhannah07]

OK, I have another room to ask about..room 7184, where is that on the ship and does it have an obstructed view?

 

[justmestace]

OK, I have another room to ask about..room 7184, where is that on the ship and does it have an obstructed view?

Go to the first page of this thread. The third picture down the page of the ship.
The lowest row that you can see balconies is Deck 5. Yours is two decks above that. You can see the last porthole window, and then you can see what looks like half of a balcony (that's the obstructed one) and the next balcony, the full one, is yours. Except this picture is taken of the opposite side of the ship....you'll be on the other side, but it's the same in this case.

 

[lugnut33]

Justmestace, thanks for taking the time to answer the questions. Much appreciated.