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

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

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

LOL!!!! cute.....

 

[guess1928]

love the pics.

 

[alamere1496]

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 would love to see some of the photos!!

 

[HallsofVA]

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!

From the deck plan and location, 6086 looks to be a good room. It's across from room 6584, which you can find on the labeled picture in the first post. But honestly, your room is super easy to find just looking at the ship, since you are next to the accessible rooms on Deck 6 on the left side.

Take a look at the picture below. Though it's taken from quite a distance away, you can still see your room! Find the blank white space on Deck 6 midship right above the yellow lifeboats. (There is another blank white space 2 decks up on Deck 8.) The white space on Deck 6 is the additional room for the accessible cabins 6088 and 6090. The verandah window to the left of that blank space is actually room 6088. The next verandah to the left is 6086, just on the other side of the thick white divider. Another way to put it, you're the furthest room to the right above the third lifeboat from the front.

So now that I mentioned you're right above the lifeboats, that could be one limiting factor, if you're on your verandah and trying to look straight down toward the water. Don't think it's going to happen, as you're likely to be seeing a lot of lifeboat. But as we've discussed elsewhere in this thread and others recently, there are very few rooms which you can do that on the Dream, so it's not a special limitation of your room by any means. Location wise, you look to be in a good position located above the port adventures desk. You seem far enough away from the Buena Vista Theatre that noise from the theatre shouldn't be a problem. And you're not over the kids clubs either.

 

[HallsofVA]

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.

I'd personally stick with the aft rooms on Deck 8. But then again I like aft rooms and I like being near the elevators. Part of that preference is because I like to be convenient to the drink station, which we've gotten confirmation is located aft on the Dream. Plus you have easy access to the aft restaurants, especially the Cabanas food court. On the Magic/Wonder, I used to avoid the forward rooms because most of the adult areas were up there, while the family areas were more toward the back. Now they've split up the adult areas, moving the night clubs aft but keeping the adult pool and spa forward, so that part's not so clear.

Since you mention sailing in December, I wanted to mention we sailed 3 times in December, and had great weather when we sailed the 1st week of Dec on our first 2 cruises (12/3 and 12/6). But, on the last night of our December 12, 2009 cruise (Dec 18) we sailed through 15-20 ft seas as we crossed through the storm that went on to drop 2 feet of snow up the east coast. That's the first time I've ever sat in the WD theatre in the front of the ship and felt the front of the ship ride up the waves and come crashing back down like a regular boat. I was very glad we did not have a forward room on that sailing! (It did make the juggler even more exciting, however!)

The kids club access from forward and aft on deck 5 sounds like it still needs to be sorted out a bit. My TA had asked some CMs on the christening cruise, and was told there was no access forward to aft on Deck 5. However, another sailer posted above that you could get there. My TA's back on the ship for the first two cruises, so she's committed to hunting down that answer once and for all (hopefully!) We shall see.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

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

Oh that is good news!

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.

Oh wait- that's even worse than I thought!
See on Dream we have 5011/5009 booked for the first cruise of the b2b, 5192/5190 for the 2nd cruise. With both situations we thought we'd be close to the lab, vibe and be able to get into Buena vista at that level (being that's one of the few things our youngest likes to get us to do with her repeatedly).
But now we'll have to move to other decks to do any of those things?
ugh!
And on Fantasy, assuming she's the same as Dream, we have booked 5050 and 8641 for both cruises. Again still gonna have a bit of issues- getting into Buena vista and vibe not on that level but on deck 4, if I'm reading this right? but wait- technically I guess that won't be an issue since the kids will be in 8641 and 2 of them are going to vibe. The other going to edge for that cruise.... so maybe we won't have such issues on Fantasy (except having to go down for Beauna Vista when I thought it was on the same level. Why do they show it on deck 5 if it's really not? Maybe I'm remembering the deck plans wrong. Maybe it's showing on both- but if there is no opening for it on deck 5 I personally think they shouldn't have shown it on deck 5 plans. It makes people like me book thinking it's just right there, when really we have to go to another deck)

I'm so confused. LOL Like vibe is shown on deck 5 plans, not showing on deck 4... but if I'm reading correctly here you actually get into it thru deck 4? then they should have noted that on the plans- sorta like they have the pools showing on several decks but like showing which one has the entrance to aquaduck/etc they totally make it seem like vibe is only deck 5 and the assumption would easily be that's how you get to it... not thru the "gray area" showing there on deck 4 plans. geesh

I keep forgetting we don't have the extended verandah cat 5E rooms for the upcoming dream cruise. I gotta wait till 2012 for that- if Fantasy is exactly same as Dream. LOL

 

[esc38372]

I'd personally stick with the aft rooms on Deck 8. But then again I like aft rooms and I like being near the elevators. Part of that preference is because I like to be convenient to the drink station, which we've gotten confirmation is located aft on the Dream. Plus you have easy access to the aft restaurants, especially the Cabanas food court. On the Magic/Wonder, I used to avoid the forward rooms because most of the adult areas were up there, while the family areas were more toward the back. Now they've split up the adult areas, moving the night clubs aft but keeping the adult pool and spa forward, so that part's not so clear.

Since you mention sailing in December, I wanted to mention we sailed 3 times in December, and had great weather when we sailed the 1st week of Dec on our first 2 cruises (12/3 and 12/6). But, on the last night of our December 12, 2009 cruise (Dec 18) we sailed through 15-20 ft seas as we crossed through the storm that went on to drop 2 feet of snow up the east coast. That's the first time I've ever sat in the WD theatre in the front of the ship and felt the front of the ship ride up the waves and come crashing back down like a regular boat. I was very glad we did not have a forward room on that sailing! (It did make the juggler even more exciting, however!)

The kids club access from forward and aft on deck 5 sounds like it still needs to be sorted out a bit. My TA had asked some CMs on the christening cruise, and was told there was no access forward to aft on Deck 5. However, another sailer posted above that you could get there. My TA's back on the ship for the first two cruises, so she's committed to hunting down that answer once and for all (hopefully!) We shall see.

Thanks for your input--it makes me feel a lot better about the Deck 8 aft rooms! I guess I'll keep the Deck 8 rooms and not cancel my parents/sister & brother-in-law's rooms yet. And I'll keep reading the boards as people report back about staterooms to see if we'd rather switch to Deck 7.

Thanks also for your feedback about the early December cruises. We are booked on the 12/4 cruise and are hoping for good weather, especially since we will be staying in Disney World for a few days afterwards to celebrate my DD2's 5th birthday!

 

[winniedapooh]

First time cruiser here. Soaking up all the info. I can get for our family trip in 11 months. Can anyone tell me about 7066, 7068, or 7069? Pics, info, good choice, anything? I am loving reading all of the information and ins and outs you all have! Thanks much...

 

[JWG]

Hey cruisers. I'm very interested in pics of both the room and views from any of these rooms on the Dream:
6004, 6502, 7004, 7502, 8004, 8502.

I know where they are, we're booked in 8004 and have a couple of questions:
- Since it is shorter/fatter curious of layout as we'll have 3 in the room
- Wondering about the views and lighting due to the "double" class and how much space is between the port hole and the 2nd set of glass.

I've seen pics from outside, but they don't help much.

 

[HallsofVA]

First time cruiser here. Soaking up all the info. I can get for our family trip in 11 months. Can anyone tell me about 7066, 7068, or 7069? Pics, info, good choice, anything? I am loving reading all of the information and ins and outs you all have! Thanks much...

You are going to have a great time! As to those specific rooms, I haven't seen actual pictures of them. However we have seen various pictures of deluxe verandah rooms, and if you're a fan of the Passporter site, they've posted lots of pictures and video of room 7022, which is also a 5C room like yours. As to location, you're right between the forward and midship elevators, which should be super convenient for getting to other floors even when one set of elevators may be busy. If you look at the indexed pictures in the first post of this thread, your rooms are essentially the same as rooms 7564 and 7566, just on the other side of the ship. You've also picked some of the few rooms with an inside cabin nearby. As to 7069, again no specific pictures that I've seen yet, but there are some pictures of inside rooms, and the Ch13 news guys got some great video of the virtual porthole in action where you can see people walking by outside the ship, and even a clip with Goofy dropping by for a splash!

Here's a link to the Passporter page with their videos and pictures:
http://www.passporter.com/disney-cruises/disney-dream-cruise-ship-photos-videos.html

 

[HallsofVA]

Hey cruisers. I'm very interested in pics of both the room and views from any of these rooms on the Dream:
6004, 6502, 7004, 7502, 8004, 8502.

I know where they are, we're booked in 8004 and have a couple of questions:
- Since it is shorter/fatter curious of layout as we'll have 3 in the room
- Wondering about the views and lighting due to the "double" class and how much space is between the port hole and the 2nd set of glass.

I've seen pics from outside, but they don't help much.

You'll have the join the list of those of us who are anxiously awaiting news of the Cat 9A forward rooms! As of yet, we've heard and seen nothing on those rooms. But I think I can address your concerns about the double glass - from looking at the construction pictures, we don't think there is double glass on those windows. It looks like they put the outer glass directly over the porthole opening in the steel. So hopefully no double glass to worry about.

I know of at least one family in a corner 9A room on the MV, so hopefully we'll get pictures this week, but so far I've seen more people getting pixie dust upgrades out of the 9A rooms that I don't know if anyone has actually sailed in those rooms yet. So stay tuned! There is a separate thread devoted to the 9A rooms as well. As to whether they're likely to be laid out differently, that is likely true given the way they've drawn the deck plans. You can see the pictures in this thread recently of 10658 to see one example of how they've laid out a shorter and fatter room, but that one also had a curved wall to deal with.

 

[SHammett]

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."

Yuck! That really defeats the purpose of me booking 5046 and 5013 for March of this year. I thought since we usually find ourselves going back and forth to the kids clubs more than anywhere else on the ship, deck 5 would be the most convenient. I guess more convenient then would be deck 6, but the ship is booked now. Seems kind of silly that they wouldn't have left a space open to provide access between the rooms and clubs. Oh well, still looking forward to the bigger verandah!

 

[HallsofVA]

Yuck! That really defeats the purpose of me booking 5046 and 5013 for March of this year. I thought since we usually find ourselves going back and forth to the kids clubs more than anywhere else on the ship, deck 5 would be the most convenient. I guess more convenient then would be deck 6, but the ship is booked now. Seems kind of silly that they wouldn't have left a space open to provide access between the rooms and clubs. Oh well, still looking forward to the bigger verandah!

In another thread (the one talking about the 5E rooms I think), someone posted some conflicting information that there might be a way to get through, but others have come back with the same note as my TA. My TA will be back on the ship for the 1/26 and 1/30 cruises, so she's committed to chasing down this answer once and for all (hopefully).

 

[sheryl921]

First time cruiser here...with a few questions, of course! We are booked in room 8012 on the Dream in January 2012 (SOOOOO excited!). I had only looked at categories when we booked--I had been trying for category 9, but it was unavailable when we booked, so we went to 8C. TA said 8012 was the best room available in that category, but I didn't think to ask why or check deck plans at the time. I was just giddy that we were actually booking a Disney cruise!! Anyway, on to the questions...

1. DD13 and I are a little prone to motion sickness. Should I worry about being so far forward on the ship?

2. Once you have been assigned a room, is it possible to change to a guarantee reservation, in hopes of getting upgraded to a verandah (going back to the motion sickness issue--wondering if fresh air would be a good idea).

3. If it is possible, should we switch to guarantee, or is it better to know what room you're in?

DH can't understand how I can be so excited a whole year in advance--I don't understand how he can't be! A whole year to read and plan and read...

 

[dsnydaddy]

First time cruiser here...with a few questions, of course! We are booked in room 8012 on the Dream in January 2012 (SOOOOO excited!). I had only looked at categories when we booked--I had been trying for category 9, but it was unavailable when we booked, so we went to 8C. TA said 8012 was the best room available in that category, but I didn't think to ask why or check deck plans at the time. I was just giddy that we were actually booking a Disney cruise!! Anyway, on to the questions...

1. DD13 and I are a little prone to motion sickness. Should I worry about being so far forward on the ship?

2. Once you have been assigned a room, is it possible to change to a guarantee reservation, in hopes of getting upgraded to a verandah (going back to the motion sickness issue--wondering if fresh air would be a good idea).

3. If it is possible, should we switch to guarantee, or is it better to know what room you're in?

DH can't understand how I can be so excited a whole year in advance--I don't understand how he can't be! A whole year to read and plan and read...

1. Depends upon how sensitive that you are. For me the ship really has to be rockin' before I notice. Being on a high deck and far fore or aft will increase the movement sensation.

2. Book the room that you want first. Then upgrades are pixiedust rather than the lack of upgrade being a letdown. My seasick Prone friend tells me that being able to see the horizon helps him. So stick to an oceanview or verandah.

3. Upgrades come at the whim of DCL and it really doesn't matter whether you are assigned a room or guaranty. If the need to move people up you'll have a shot.

 

[KarlaG4Kids]

just a comment from someone else prone to motion issues....stay away from the front of the ship if at all possible!!!! I made that mistake once...never again. Also, verandas with fresh air are very helpful to me! I can do an ocean view, but the balcony helps a bunch!

 

[Alexander]

You'll have the join the list of those of us who are anxiously awaiting news of the Cat 9A forward rooms! As of yet, we've heard and seen nothing on those rooms. But I think I can address your concerns about the double glass - from looking at the construction pictures, we don't think there is double glass on those windows. It looks like they put the outer glass directly over the porthole opening in the steel. So hopefully no double glass to worry about.

I know of at least one family in a corner 9A room on the MV, so hopefully we'll get pictures this week, but so far I've seen more people getting pixie dust upgrades out of the 9A rooms that I don't know if anyone has actually sailed in those rooms yet. So stay tuned! There is a separate thread devoted to the 9A rooms as well. As to whether they're likely to be laid out differently, that is likely true given the way they've drawn the deck plans. You can see the pictures in this thread recently of 10658 to see one example of how they've laid out a shorter and fatter room, but that one also had a curved wall to deal with.

This is driving me crazy! We have B2B booked in one of those rooms, and I want to know if I am going to want to upgrade us or not! Patience is not my strong point!

 

[HallsofVA]

Justmestace - Do you remember what room number this picture represents? I just noticed it has a murphy bed but no ceiling bed so I was curious.

 

[gismo1554]

First time cruiser here...with a few questions, of course! We are booked in room 8012 on the Dream in January 2012 (SOOOOO excited!). I had only looked at categories when we booked--I had been trying for category 9, but it was unavailable when we booked, so we went to 8C. TA said 8012 was the best room available in that category, but I didn't think to ask why or check deck plans at the time. I was just giddy that we were actually booking a Disney cruise!! Anyway, on to the questions...

1. DD13 and I are a little prone to motion sickness. Should I worry about being so far forward on the ship?

2. Once you have been assigned a room, is it possible to change to a guarantee reservation, in hopes of getting upgraded to a verandah (going back to the motion sickness issue--wondering if fresh air would be a good idea).

3. If it is possible, should we switch to guarantee, or is it better to know what room you're in?

DH can't understand how I can be so excited a whole year in advance--I don't understand how he can't be! A whole year to read and plan and read...

Just wanted to contribute and say that I actually find having a view of the sea from the bedroom worse than not being able to see the sea. Also having the bed facing the same way the ship is moving didn't really help. I much prefer inside rooms!

 

[spaddy]

You'll have the join the list of those of us who are anxiously awaiting news of the Cat 9A forward rooms! As of yet, we've heard and seen nothing on those rooms. But I think I can address your concerns about the double glass - from looking at the construction pictures, we don't think there is double glass on those windows. It looks like they put the outer glass directly over the porthole opening in the steel. So hopefully no double glass to worry about.

I know of at least one family in a corner 9A room on the MV, so hopefully we'll get pictures this week, but so far I've seen more people getting pixie dust upgrades out of the 9A rooms that I don't know if anyone has actually sailed in those rooms yet. So stay tuned! There is a separate thread devoted to the 9A rooms as well. As to whether they're likely to be laid out differently, that is likely true given the way they've drawn the deck plans. You can see the pictures in this thread recently of 10658 to see one example of how they've laid out a shorter and fatter room, but that one also had a curved wall to deal with.

Add me to the list. I have not seen the separate thread so I am off to look now.