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

[HallsofVA]

These are two examples that I drew lines on to show what I meant.

This first one is still showing an opening from the verandah on the right. I believe that they WILL have a divider for this one. I can't imagine any cruise line expecting total strangers to share what is billed as "private" space. The divider you can see beyond it, is the one for the stateroom to its left.

I agree that they hopefully have these dividers going all the way to the edge. Would be weird not to. I went back to a youtube video from the day the Dream arrived at PC, and it looks like they have all the dividers the same size, so hopefully they'll be putting them back up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS4NL0Ir314

And this is what I meant by saying I wouldn't want my other neighbors (to the right of this extended balcony...the obstructed view roo,) to be able to simply look to the side and basically see my whole balcony. IMO, there should be a wall to the right of the extended balcony...even if that meant it would obstruct the other view even more.

This is what MSTANG88 must have been referring to when they said they have serious privacy concerns about their room.

Remember us saying the same thing way back at the beginning of this thread about the folks on the bridge wings being able to see into the rooms right nearby (until we realized those rooms were off the grid anyway, so must be officer or crew rooms.)

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

My TA just got off the christening cruise today. She posted the following comment about whether you can get from the forward to the aft part of deck five. She had originally been told that there was a way, but from her first reports, it doesn't seem that you can. But she did have good things to say about the lack of noise from the theatre during a show, and confirmed that the Vibe access is on Deck 4, not Deck 5 as many had feared.

Here's what she posted: "You cannot get from aft to forward on deck 5. You can only get aft from aft, mid from mid and forward from forward.

The access to the Vibe is also on deck 4, not deck 5. Forward deck 5 was very quiet last night during the show."

Oh no.
so I guess booking a verandah room on deck 5 along with an inside room on deck 5- with a kid in lab and a kid in vibe wasn't exactly as "convenient" as I thought. That means both of them would have to go to another deck (deck 4 for vibe, another deck and back up to deck 5 in another area to get to lab) to get to their clubs.
yuck

Like you said, I bet because they're new, they'll drain much better.
But yes, there's a pretty good amount of coverage from the overhang above on those extended balconies.

Yes, I totally see what you're saying.
And likewise- out on the extended verandah from what I'm reading and seeing in pictures it appears they also have full view of the non-extended obstructed view verandah next to the extended verandahs (where the photos were taken from)
Not a lot of privacy in any either of them (last big verandah and obstructed view verandah) Those would be our 2 least favorite verandahs on that deck.

 

[Silverfox97]

I also don't see the privacy curtain that is in most rooms to separate the one sleeping area from the other. With kids that go to bed early, that'll make it hard for us!

Do all the rooms not have the privacy curtain? I really don't understand their thought process on some things.
I mean I really REALLY would not like not having a sofa in the room. Only one of us could have a seat and the other would have to sit on the bed?
I don't get the tv being the same wall as the bed so you can't watch it while in bed either. And no privacy curtain in the room is a HUGE bummer. (probably mainly because DH is an early bird and I'm a nightowl. We NEED that curtain!) I mean seriously. NEED. If my room doesn't have it I'll have to bring a blanket or tarp or something and try to pin it up. Seriously. Not joking.

My comment on the privacy curtain is directly only at the pictures of room 10658. I don't see a curtain in that room to separate the couch from the bed. (Hopefully I'm just missing it.) Since I have 8006 booked for our Dream cruise, which is also a corner room, this part greatly concerns me, since we rely on that curtain to enable DH and I to lounge on the bed and go and come as we please once the kids are down for the night.

I am hoping that we get more confirmations about this curtain situation - we are also in the NEED category. DD takes a nap on the bed in the afternoon and we close the curtain and used the desk/couch/verandah. Then, at bedtime, she sleeps on the open couch, we close the curtain (duh). This also helps because DH gets up and leaves at 5am to take pics, then comes back and I go to the gym. With the curtain closed, DD sleeps thru all of it and usually wakes up after 7am when I am showering after the gym. I like the fact that the curtains make it less like a hotel room......

 

[HipToBeKyle]

Hi there!
I just saw some posts about deck five and wanted to clear some things up. We just came off the christening cruise and you can intact go from forward to aft of deck five. You just have to pass through a door that seemed to scare many people off.
As you are walking from forward to aft on deck five you walk past the oceaneers club, follow the hallway left and then it turns right, right there is a door! In my opinion the door is there to act as a buffer from the oceaneers club to the staterooms as those kids can get loud due how awesome that place is. This door is not a secret door or crew only, it's just acting more or less as a sound buffer.

Also there were some questions on verandahs on aft deck 5. We had stateroom 5658 which had a beautiful extended type verandah. Yes they are whitewall dividers. The pictures you are seeing of the front half of white wall open is because they were refinishing the verandah decks so they had them all open to finish up work. They were all closed and divided up like normal on Wednesday afternoon.

I have lots of pics of the stateroom and verandah for 5658 if anyone is curious.

Hope this helps with some of the confusion!

-Kyle

 

[justmestace]

Hi there!
I just saw some posts about deck five and wanted to clear some things up. We just came off the christening cruise and you can intact go from forward to aft of deck five. You just have to pass through a door that seemed to scare many people off.
As you are walking from forward to aft on deck five you walk past the oceaneers club, follow the hallway left and then it turns right, right there is a door! In my opinion the door is there to act as a buffer from the oceaneers club to the staterooms as those kids can get loud due how awesome that place is. This door is not a secret door or crew only, it's just acting more or less as a sound buffer.

Also there were some questions on verandahs on aft deck 5. We had stateroom 5658 which had a beautiful extended type verandah. Yes they are whitewall dividers. The pictures you are seeing of the front half of white wall open is because they were refinishing the verandah decks so they had them all open to finish up work. They were all closed and divided up like normal on Wednesday afternoon.

I have lots of pics of the stateroom and verandah for 5658 if anyone is curious.

Hope this helps with some of the confusion!

-Kyle

We're talking about going from the forward staterooms numbered 5001-5052 and 5501-5552...toward the aft. The balcony of the Buena Vista theater comes after those rooms (with no access on deck 5 to the balcony) and then (if you could walk back that way) restrooms, mid-ship elevator, nursery, Oceaneer's Club....

There doesn't seem to be ANY way to get from those far forward rooms to the aft, without going either up to deck 6 or down to deck 4.

This was confirmed by a TA who was on the Dream.

 

[sweetinmaine]

Hi there!
I just saw some posts about deck five and wanted to clear some things up. We just came off the christening cruise and you can intact go from forward to aft of deck five. You just have to pass through a door that seemed to scare many people off.
As you are walking from forward to aft on deck five you walk past the oceaneers club, follow the hallway left and then it turns right, right there is a door! In my opinion the door is there to act as a buffer from the oceaneers club to the staterooms as those kids can get loud due how awesome that place is. This door is not a secret door or crew only, it's just acting more or less as a sound buffer.

Also there were some questions on verandahs on aft deck 5. We had stateroom 5658 which had a beautiful extended type verandah. Yes they are whitewall dividers. The pictures you are seeing of the front half of white wall open is because they were refinishing the verandah decks so they had them all open to finish up work. They were all closed and divided up like normal on Wednesday afternoon.

I have lots of pics of the stateroom and verandah for 5658 if anyone is curious.

Hope this helps with some of the confusion!

-Kyle

Hi Kyle,

We just booked a Disney Dream cruise and will be in the back of the ship. What is your opinion of the white wall vs plexiglass on the verandah? Does it block the views? Any pics would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[justmestace]

Here are pics of a couple of different rooms. They have the privacy curtain. I think they will all have them.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

^^ thank you. that is wonderful news.
So it's just a few rooms with odd things like no sofa, tv on same wall as bed, etc?

 

[gerberdaisy1234]

Here are pics of a couple of different rooms. They have the privacy curtain. I think they will all have them.

Thanks. It is nice to see they have the privacy curtain.

 

[goingsouth]

Thanks. It is nice to see they have the privacy curtain.

Love this pic of the cat V-thanks!

 

[HallsofVA]

Here are pics of a couple of different rooms. They have the privacy curtain. I think they will all have them.

Will someone please point out the privacy curtain to me in this picture of room 10658?? Or even where you think it might go if they plan to add one later! This is the picture that has me concerned that my corner room 8006 might not have a privacy curtain for the same reason this one doesn't have one! Thanks!

 

[Piecey]

Oh no.
so I guess booking a verandah room on deck 5 along with an inside room on deck 5- with a kid in lab and a kid in vibe wasn't exactly as "convenient" as I thought. That means both of them would have to go to another deck (deck 4 for vibe, another deck and back up to deck 5 in another area to get to lab) to get to their clubs.
yuck



Yes, I totally see what you're saying.
And likewise- out on the extended verandah from what I'm reading and seeing in pictures it appears they also have full view of the non-extended obstructed view verandah next to the extended verandahs (where the photos were taken from)
Not a lot of privacy in any either of them (last big verandah and obstructed view verandah) Those would be our 2 least favorite verandahs on that deck.

Hi there!
I just saw some posts about deck five and wanted to clear some things up. We just came off the christening cruise and you can intact go from forward to aft of deck five. You just have to pass through a door that seemed to scare many people off.
As you are walking from forward to aft on deck five you walk past the oceaneers club, follow the hallway left and then it turns right, right there is a door! In my opinion the door is there to act as a buffer from the oceaneers club to the staterooms as those kids can get loud due how awesome that place is. This door is not a secret door or crew only, it's just acting more or less as a sound buffer.

Also there were some questions on verandahs on aft deck 5. We had stateroom 5658 which had a beautiful extended type verandah. Yes they are whitewall dividers. The pictures you are seeing of the front half of white wall open is because they were refinishing the verandah decks so they had them all open to finish up work. They were all closed and divided up like normal on Wednesday afternoon.

I have lots of pics of the stateroom and verandah for 5658 if anyone is curious.

Hope this helps with some of the confusion!

-Kyle

I'm the same as you-- I'd be a little lost if I have to go to a different floor in the forward elevators, and then walk to midship, to get my kids to Oceaneers/ Flounders. That just seems really strange.

 

[justmestace]

I'm the same as you-- I'd be a little lost if I have to go to a different floor in the forward elevators, and then walk to midship, to get my kids to Oceaneers/ Flounders. That just seems really strange.

One of the nice things about DCL is that you didn't have to do this. On most ships, you do...and it's very confusing and annoying.

 

[justmestace]

Will someone please point out the privacy curtain to me in this picture of room 10658?? Or even where you think it might go if they plan to add one later! This is the picture that has me concerned that my corner room 8006 might not have a privacy curtain for the same reason this one doesn't have one! Thanks!

You're right...I don't see it....but in all of the layouts in the large brochure, they show a line for the privacy curtain. In some of the lower categories, it looks like it is smack next to the desk, almost on top of it.

 

[KingRichard]

Doesn't DCL say that 90% of veranda's are private.

Are we finding the ones that are not?

 

[HallsofVA]

Doesn't DCL say that 90% of veranda's are private.

Are we finding the ones that are not?

I think we've just misread the deck plans and didn't realize that the "E" in Cat 5E stands for "Exposed"!!

 

[pirate]

This thread is so huge that I haven't had a chance to go through it all. If anyone can give me some info on Room 6086 I would really appreciate it!
Thanks!

 

[motherofallfans]

Halls:
According to the deck plan, this room (10658) IS shorter unlike your room which appears to have more sq footage and therfore plenty of room for a curtain. 10658 does have a larger balcony though but without the curtain and having the tv there, I wouldn't want this room unless maybe it was just for two people. I'm sure your room (not including verandah of course) will be better and you paid way less for it.

 

[esc38372]

We are booked in connecting 8C rooms: #8666 and #8668, but we could switch to connecting rooms #7508 and #7510. Which do you think are the better set of rooms? I am a little worried about elevator noise for the Deck 8 rooms, but I wonder if the Deck 7 rooms would cause DH to be seasick.

We have 2 DDs (7 & 4) and my brother/sister-inlaw have 2 DSs (8 & 6) so access to the kids' club is important, and I'm a little confused about access to the kids' clubs on Deck 5. My TA just wrote me that it's been confirmed that the deck plans are correct, and that the only way to access the kids' clubs is through the middle elevators.

My TA booked 7508 and 7510, but when she called DCL to switch the rooms (my brother/sister-in-law were initially on Deck 9), the DCL agent convinced her that the Deck 8 rooms would be better, but he wouldn't explain why. She thought that he may have some inside knowledge that he couldn't reveal since he was so insistent to her that the Deck 8 rooms are better.

Oh, here's one more possibility: I currently have #7514 and #7516 booked for my parents and my sister/brother-in-law, but I don't think they're coming anymore. So we may be able to switch to 7514 and 7516 if I cancel their reservations.

WWYD? 8666/8668, 7508/7510, or 7514/7516?

Thanks for your help--this is our first cruise, so I'm not sure what would be best (although I've read all 60 pages of this thread--it's pretty awesome!)

p.s. We are going in early December, so pool access might not be an issue, depending on the weather.

 

[piglet33]

Will someone please point out the privacy curtain to me in this picture of room 10658?? Or even where you think it might go if they plan to add one later! This is the picture that has me concerned that my corner room 8006 might not have a privacy curtain for the same reason this one doesn't have one! Thanks!

I have 10160 booked. Does anyone have a picture of the room and verandah of it? I'm hoping it doesn't look like 10158, because I'm not liking the tv on the same wall as the bed. Thanks!