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[Kurby]

have they even started building the new ship?

 

[HallsofVA]

Will the Fantasy have the same layout/deck plans as the Dream? So if we figure out the "perfect" room on the Dream will it be the same on the Fantasy?

Thanks

Yes

have they even started building the new ship?

Yes. Look for a post from truck1 discussing the Fantasy Blocks. You can now see the Fantasy pieces in the MW webcam. I heard keel laying is 2/3 or thereabouts

http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=2&subs=0&did=826

 

[disneymagicgirl]

Well looks like we have connecting rooms 9174 and 9176. What do you think? I wonder if it will have a divider? If not, cool, more room. If so, cool more privacy. If there is a divider, I hope that the deck connects too.

HallsofVA thanks for this thread, your posts, your opinions and your humor!

we will have those same rooms

 

[doombuqqy]

hallsofVA maybe you can help me, I had a thread yesterday about our cat 9GTY turning into a cat 9a accessible. I am confused, on the full page layout of the decks and cabins it shows our cabin 6686 as accessible but when I pulled up the virtual deck plans on the Disney site it is not showing it as accessible just a normal (odd shaped) cat 9a. Do you know the answer? I would love to have a split bathroom. Thank you

 

[HallsofVA]

Inside the Magic posted pictures today of room 10658 and it's verandah. It's one of the larger 6A verandahs on Deck 10 aft:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/**************/5370084905/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/**************/5370688588/in/photostream/

 

[HallsofVA]

hallsofVA maybe you can help me, I had a thread yesterday about our cat 9GTY turning into a cat 9a accessible. I am confused, on the full page layout of the decks and cabins it shows our cabin 6686 as accessible but when I pulled up the virtual deck plans on the Disney site it is not showing it as accessible just a normal (odd shaped) cat 9a. Do you know the answer? I would love to have a split bathroom. Thank you

6686 is supposed to be an accessible Cat 9A room located on Deck 6 aft, with two medium porthole windows on it. My TA had previously confirmed that the aft 9As were both accessible. We've seen quite a few errors and inconsistencies in the virtual deck plan versus the plans the agents and others are given to use. I just looked on the DCL website, and I can see when you hover over your room low, it mentions the category and what it connects to, but doesn't mention it being accessible. However, if you hover over it to the top, I see a blank message box that pops up. When I hover over the other corner 9A accessible room, the pop-up shows a picture (that we know isn't of the actual room, but describes the accessible rooms.) However, because of that pop-up, I can't get it to display the same grey message box as on your room.

I'd be prepared for it to be accessible, since that's what everyone was told previously, without the uncertainity surrounding the accessible aft verandah rooms. And enjoy it if it's not.

 

[doombuqqy]

6686 is supposed to be an accessible Cat 9A room located on Deck 6 aft, with two medium porthole windows on it. My TA had previously confirmed that the aft 9As were both accessible. We've seen quite a few errors and inconsistencies in the virtual deck plan versus the plans the agents and others are given to use. I just looked on the DCL website, and I can see when you hover over your room low, it mentions the category and what it connects to, but doesn't mention it being accessible. However, if you hover over it to the top, I see a blank message box that pops up. When I hover over the other corner 9A accessible room, the pop-up shows a picture (that we know isn't of the actual room, but describes the accessible rooms.) However, because of that pop-up, I can't get it to display the same grey message box as on your room.

I'd be prepared for it to be accessible, since that's what everyone was told previously, without the uncertainity surrounding the accessible aft verandah rooms. And enjoy it if it's not.

Thank you so much, I will be sure to let everyone know when we get off the ship so others are not wondering the same thing

 

[HallsofVA]

Have we got any pictures and/or confirmation of the "set up" of the midship deck 5 verandahs yet?!? We need em! LOL

I created a separate thread, but here's what I posted. Be glad you didn't choose room 5524/5024!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=39615651#post39615651

This video on the Passporter site shows the verandah for room 7022, an obstructed 5C verandah. They take some video looking down on the extended parts of the 5E verandahs below. I know there were lots of folks looking for this shot, so thought it would be good to point out.

The extended verandah you see is actually room 5026, which is down and one room over. Directly down from 7022 is room 5024, and you can clearly see (37 second mark) that it does not have the extended verandah, as discussed in the Special Rooms thread. The equivalent rooms on the right side of the ship are 7520, 5524 and 5526.

http://www.youtube.com/user/PassPorterGuides#p/a/u/1/aQhvwxHacLQ

 

[FAUguy]

Inside the Magic posted pictures today of room 10658 and it's verandah. It's one of the larger 6A verandahs on Deck 10 aft:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/**************/5370084905/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/**************/5370688588/in/photostream/

I like the size of the verandah there, but TV and desk is on the same side as the bed, meaning no watching TV in bed.

 

[HallsofVA]

I like the size of the verandah there, but TV and desk is on the same side as the bed, meaning no watching TV in bed.

Hmm. You're right though I guess you could lie in bed on your side to see the TV. But I don't see a curtain here to separate the couch bed from the main bed so I don't know if it would be a good room for families. Bummer!

 

[FAUguy]

Hmm. You're right though I guess you could lie in bed on your side to see the TV. But I don't see a curtain here to separate the couch bed from the main bed so I don't know if it would be a good room for families. Bummer!

Yeah, until you see one of these different shaped rooms, it's hard to tell how they will look. That's why some of us are interested in see a Cat 8A room, as the bathroom might be on the are opposite the bed, since the room is square and not rectangle.

 

[elgerber]

I like the size of the verandah there, but TV and desk is on the same side as the bed, meaning no watching TV in bed.

Wow,that is dumb. I hope all the rooms aren't like that?

 

[HallsofVA]

Yeah, until you see one of these different shaped rooms, it's hard to tell how they will look. That's why some of us are interested in see a Cat 8A room, as the bathroom might be on the are opposite the bed, since the room is square and not rectangle.

I have friends in 8A rooms on the 8/16/11 cruise so we're interested in them as well.

From what you've pointed out on the one smaller corner room we've seen thus far, I'm now quite concerned about room 8006, that we have booked on the 8/16/11 cruise. If it has no curtain to separate adults from kids, we're in trouble! I'll anxiously await MJ's feedback from the MV since she's in a corner room.

Unfortunately, that sailing is currently sold out for 4 people, and prices have risen anyway since we originally booked. The good news is I'm also booked on the 8/21/11 cruise, but that would leave my friends, who I talked into their first DCL cruise, alone on the 8/16 sailing in their connecting Cat 8A rooms.

 

[Polarone]

We're sailing on Feb 24 for a 3-day and just found out that we got a special dose of pixie dust and were upgraded to a veranda room! We're going to be in 9528 - so excited! First cruise for DW and me since our honeymoon (20 years ago!) and first cruise at all for the kids. We've managed to keep the cruise under wraps for almost a year now - and with all the Dream commercials on TV the kids keep asking if we'll ever get to go on it!

Thanks for posting the images with the room locations - we can't wait!

 

[HallsofVA]

We're sailing on Feb 24 for a 3-day and just found out that we got a special dose of pixie dust and were upgraded to a veranda room! We're going to be in 9528 - so excited! First cruise for DW and me since our honeymoon (20 years ago!) and first cruise at all for the kids. We've managed to keep the cruise under wraps for almost a year now - and with all the Dream commercials on TV the kids keep asking if we'll ever get to go on it!

Thanks for posting the images with the room locations - we can't wait!

That is awesome! Congrats on the pixie dust! Looks like it'll be nice and convenient to the forward elevators, and you'll have a good view of Castaway Cay from that side. I have friends and their family who I rebooked on that cruise when I was on our last cruise, so they'll be on there with you!

I still can't fathom how quickly a 3nt cruise will fly by, but better to be on the boat than not!

 

[Sunshineminnie]

HallsofVA - Okay, one more question please.
If you had the choice of connecting rooms of connecting rooms 10164 and 10166 OR 9174 and 9176 which would you choose?

It looks like deck 10 's verahdas are a bit bigger but are right underneath cabanas.

Thanks again for your input!

 

[HallsofVA]

HallsofVA - Okay, one more question please.
If you had the choice of connecting rooms of connecting rooms 10164 and 10166 OR 9174 and 9176 which would you choose?

It looks like deck 10 's verahdas are a bit bigger but are right underneath cabanas.

Thanks again for your input!

I'd pick the Deck 9 rooms to separate you a bit more from the public areas on Deck 11, plus there are fewer rooms on Deck 9 Aft.

 

[UmmGooD]

I have to say this is probably the best thread on Dis right now. I am an overplanner and I love seeing all the numbers on the side of the ship. I saw one photo of the Concierge that was done in green and I thought that was the easiest to read over the white and black.

Anyway thanks so much for this thread!

I have 8188 AFT on a 2012 cruise and I am excited after seeing pictures of the back of the ship. It looks like that verandah will pretty wide and it isn't connecting. I also saw 10658 I think which was on the corner and I tried to book that but someone got it out from under me but now that I saw those inside photos I am glad. Having the TV on the wall with the bed would have been a deal breaker.

I hope someone takes some photos of 8188 and the verandah on the MV so I can see it. I am pretty excited as this is our first cruise. Does anyone know what will be in the white space next to 8188 on the deck plan?

 

[disneymagicgirl]

Did I read somewhere that on connecting rooms, the verandah's connect as well. We have rooms 9174 and 9176. This thread is so long, it was taking me too long to skim thru. Thanks!

 

[UmmGooD]

Did I read somewhere that on connecting rooms, the verandah's connect as well. We have rooms 9174 and 9176. This thread is so long, it was taking me too long to skim thru. Thanks!

I believe they connect. There is a door on the end of the veranda divider that can be hinged open.

Now the AFT verandah's might not have doors. Not sure if those open or how they do. The only door I have seen was a little door that looked like a doggie door to me.