Memories of the DREAM come true .. 08/09 All 30 days done!

[melmar136]

cathching up!

Wow...getting to be on the ship when it was practically empty must have been great!

We're headed over to check out your new TR now!

 

[HowieHowie]

which were incredible with Mickey shaped mirrors and tiled walls.

We have the same picture. Once Rachel saw that bathroom, she had to take a picture.

 

[dizneeat]

The next disney trip that I am getting dh to go on will be our 25 year anniversary. He agreed to go to WDW for food and wine. Now though, since I will be doing that this year... I wonder if going on a cruise would be a better idea.

It would be a wonderful idea! Go for a 4 night cruise and add a few WDW days! You are going to love it!

cathching up!

Wow...getting to be on the ship when it was practically empty must have been great!

We're headed over to check out your new TR now!

Hi!
Good to see you again! This is going the cruise you were on too!
It is such a wonderful feeling to have the ship all to yourself. For about an hour we were the only people "snooping" around!
There were so many things to check out ... the hour just flew by.

We have the same picture. Once Rachel saw that bathroom, she had to take a picture.

They were so neat .... it would have been hard NOT to take a photo!

 

[dizneeat]

Day 13, August 25

Crossing paths with Irene - Part 4

We still stayed for a while, before we went to the Enchanted Garden for lunch again.
This time we were much earlier and the restaurant was still empty and the line at the buffet fairly short.

We signed in, were led to a table and ordered our drinks, then walked up to the buffet to get some lunch. I am not a fan of buffets, so this time I decided to just get a real meal lunch plate and put some salad, some asparagus, mashed potatoes and a slice of prime rib with gravy on my plate.

I was really happy with my plate. Tom tried a lot of different things again and enjoyed his lunch too.

There were lots of yummy desserts so we returned for a sweet treat. I picked up a piece of

Key Lime Pie and

two Chocolate Chip Cookies, while Tom opted for

a Fruit Bowl and Chocolate Chip Cookies as well.
Since we could not get to our stateroom by then we walked around the ship

and started to play the MidShip detective agency.

Shortly before 1.30 we walked up the stairs to our stateroom and came across a couple that was wearing bride and groom ears. We knew that there was a couple on board that we knew from the Tagrel Board and was to get married the next day.
They looked familiar, but what are the odds of it being them on a ship that has 4000 passengers? We stopped and I just asked the young woman if she was Michelle.
Low and behold she was! We hugged and chatted about her wedding for a few minutes and were sure we would meet again soon. Laughing we walked up to deck 10 and were finally able to get back to our stateroom and say hello to our stateroom host again.

To be continued ..........

 

[annmarieda]

It is cool you ran into someone. Crazy how with so many people you can recognize someone you know from online. It happened on our december trip too. The internet sure makes our world a bit smaller.

 

[dizneeat]

It is cool you ran into someone. Crazy how with so many people you can recognize someone you know from online. It happened on our december trip too. The internet sure makes our world a bit smaller.

The fun thing is that we actually cruised together in 09, but we never met face to face. We talked on the board about cruising in 2011 together, but I never ever imagined that we would just "run into her".
It was so fun to meet her and she actually let us know where and when they were to get married, but then it started to rain and they had to go to another location, so we missed it!

Now that you mention it ... we too met someone from this board by accident in the summer. L-Harper, who was on my pre-trip report (and I am on hers). I saw her standing with her family and just walked up and asked her if it was her. Well, it's a small world after all

 

[dizneeat]

Day 13, August 25

Crossing paths with Irene - Part 5

Laughing we walked up to deck 10 and were finally able to get back to our stateroom and say hello to our stateroom host again.
Since we didn't have to unpack we just sat out on the veranda for a while after redecorating our door.
We were just chatting in the stateroom when I heard a knock at the door and went to open it. There were people outside who looked somewhat familiar and once we started talking we discovered that they were indeed members of the DISboards and in our Fish Extender Group.
AlisonUK and her family had been checking out the DREAM, passed our stateroom and had recognized our Fish Extender and we had caught them when they were looking at all our magnets.
We invited them in and they had a good look around our stateroom, which still had Stefy and Dave’s decorations up. When they left we sat outside on the veranda again for a while and watched them load the DREAM again and the passengers getting on.
When it was time for our DISmeet we walked down to the Vista Cafe, ordered

some coffee, which was delivered and cute cups and saucers and they even served

some Chocolate Chip Cookies to go with it. We were very pleased and settled in the comfy chairs and waited for our new DISfriends to make their way over to the cafe. It didn't take long for the first DISers to arrive and we all sat together and chatted. More and more people joined

and all too soon it was time to take a few photos.

We asked the very friendly Cast Member that had served our coffees to take some photos and he agreed, not knowing that he was about to take the same photo again and again with several different cameras.
It was time to say goodbye and then head our own ways as it was time for the safety drill. We walked back to our stateroom, dropped the cameras and off we went to the Buena Vista Theatre for the safety drill

where we remembered that we were again "in station F with our new friend Jeff".
The weather wasn't really good, so the Sailaway party took place in the Atrium and we decided not to watch, but walk out on the veranda to see the DREAM sail out. We grabbed another drink out of the fridge and checked if there was an update on our itinerary because of Hurricane Irene.

We sat out on the veranda and watched them pull in the ropes

and then it was time to sail out of the harbour.

You could tell that it was very windy and that the seas were rough, but we didn't mind. The only difference to other cruises were that there were lots more tugboats going out next and behind the DREAM.

Because of the weather there were not as many people watching and waving from the restaurants, but there were still quite a few.

No policeman this time, and the further we went out the more you could feel the ship moving. Having been on the ship for four days already we didn't mind too much and went out to hand out the first Fish Extender gifts.

To be continued ..........

 

[jenseib]

I watched you guys sail out that day!!!

 

[AlisonUK]

Day 13, August 25

Crossing paths with Irene - Part 5
We were just chatting in the stateroom when I heard a knock at the door and went to open it. There were people outside who looked somewhat familiar and once we started talking we discovered that they were indeed members of the DISboards and in our Fish Extender Group.
AlisonUK and her family had been checking out the DREAM, passed our stateroom and had recognized our Fish Extender and we had caught them when they were looking at all our magnets.
We invited them in and they had a good look around our stateroom, which still had Stefy and Dave’s decorations up. When they left we sat outside on the veranda again for a while and watched them load the DREAM again and the passengers getting on.

Hey, that's me!!!

 

[dizneeat]

I watched you guys sail out that day!!!

Oh, how sweet of you! Did you see me wave just at you?

Hey, that's me!!!

Hi Alison, wasn't it fun to meet the way we did?
And our meet on Nassau day was fun too!

 

[annmarieda]

I don't know... those waves look kinda scary for me. baby steps though... I am getting more and more used to the idea of a possible cruise... but those waves..

Yay on setting sail

And YUM on the coffee and cookies. I can't believe the detail they take even in making the coffee. So cool!!

 

[jecskc]

We are having our dismeet in the Vista cafe, too. Twenty three more days for us .... I absolutely can't wait !!!!

 

[englishrose47]

I'm here too today !!!A record for me lately!!

 

[dizneeat]

I don't know... those waves look kinda scary for me. baby steps though... I am getting more and more used to the idea of a possible cruise... but those waves..

Yay on setting sail

And YUM on the coffee and cookies. I can't believe the detail they take even in making the coffee. So cool!!

Ann, the waves might look scarier than they are. And then .... do you really NEED to travel during the hight of hurricane season?

I so wish you decide to cruise some day .... it is SO much fun!

The cookies are SO good and attention to detail is what Disney does best ... even if it is only coffee!

We are having our dismeet in the Vista cafe, too. Twenty three more days for us .... I absolutely can't wait !!!!

The Vista Cafe is such a neat place to be! And perfect for a Dismeet! Easy to find, even for first time cruisers! and you always have some in your group!

I'm here too today !!!A record for me lately!!

Glad you made it, Rosie! We have missed you around here!

 

[dizneeat]

Day 13, August 25

Crossing paths with Irene - Part 6

Having been on the ship for four days already we didn't mind too much and went out to hand out the first Fish Extender gifts. We picked up another one of the Midship detective agency card and started playing but sadly we never finished the game.

When we got back to our room our stateroom host had left us another towel animal.

We skipped the Golden Mickeys in the theatre and instead watched it on TV for a while.
From time to time we would walk out onto our veranda and we could tell that we were cruising pretty close to the Florida shoreline.

Our dinner that night was at Animator's Palette and we walked down a little early to find a line waiting to get into the restaurant. By then the ship was rocking quite a bit and several people had "lost their lunch" all over the ship.
Once they opened the restaurant we were seated quickly and low and behold we were assigned a table for two. Ana and Sapto were over quickly to greet us and Ana told us that it was the first time she felt really seasick.
Many other diners must have felt the same way, as half the dining room was half empty and the servers had more than enough time to tend to the remaining diners.
Funnily enough Tom and I were really hungry that day. We again had brought some candy for our servers and they thanked us for it over and over again.

And then it was time for dinner. First we were served some bread. It was

Herb Foccacia and Ciabatta bread and a

Roasted Garlic dip. We both enjoyed it very much and went on to even order a drink that day. Tom had the

Blueberrillicious, Tequila, fresh blueberries, passion fruit juice, triple sec and sour mix, while I ordered the

Golden Breeze, Vodka, amaretto, galliano, orange juice and pineapple juice. After we had placed our order for the food it didn't take long until our starters arrived.
I had ordered the

Black Truffle Pasta Purseittes, Pasta purse filled with truffle scented cheese and coated with a delicate champagne sauce and Tom had decided on the

Smoked Salmon Tartare, Capers, onions and micro greens topped with American black caviar, seasoned with Celtic salt and both were very good. Being so hungry that day we both had ordered a soup as well.
We both had decided on the same soup, the

Baked Potato and Chedder Cheese Soup with bacon bits and chives. Then it was time for our entrees. There were lots of yummy things to have and I had my heart set on the

Animator's T rio of Veal, Grilled tenderloin, pulled shank and tortellacci pasta with a sun-dried tomato and sage reduction and garnished with a potato crisp and Tom had ordered the

Grilled Pacific Black Cod, with sauteed morel mushrooms on a yellow split pea puree. We were in food heaven.
While we were enjoying our food the walls next to us came alive and Tom had a fun little conversation with Crush, who swam by. Then it was time for dessert. Again there were quite a few things on the menu, and when I was finally able to make my mind up I ordered the

Lemon Mousse with mango coulis and dark chocolate, while Tom got the

Dense Chocolate Cake, a Brownie, caramel sauce and whipped cream. We were pretty full when we had finished our dinner and we said goodbye to Ana and Sapto.
Tom and I were pretty tired and used the elevator to get up to our deck. When we walked towards our stateroom we could see that there were already some presents in our Fish Extender again. We took them inside and had a look at all the goodies we had got.

Tom took a beer out of the fridge and I had a Diet Coke and we sat out on the veranda for a while before we called it a day and went to bed.

To be continued ..........

 

[jenseib]

Dinner looked fabulous. I think I would like the drink you had...I love amaretto.

 

[dizneeat]

Dinner looked fabulous. I think I would like the drink you had...I love amaretto.

It really was nice and relaxed ... and the drink was YUMMY!!!!!!!

 

[annmarieda]

Dinner again looks great! Sorry to hear all those people were not feeling well. I can only imagine if the ship was rocking what that would feel like.

 

[englishrose47]

Your dinner looked wonderful!!Ithink I would have gone with Tom for the appie and you for the entree and dessert !!Great Fish extender gifts !! I have a feeling Samantha will be visiting Freiburg in Germany as it was a town they had to write about , is that anywhere near Austria ????

 

[jedijill]

I can't believe I missed reading this report. I've spent the afternoon and evening reading it instead of doing my laundry and cleaning the house!

Jill in CO