Michele, how long was your delay? It it makes you feel any better our flight was delayed 4 hours on Wed due to a lightning storm and incompetent control tower and grounds employees.
So everyone, how was the cruise? How was the Dream? was it crowded? was the food and restaurants good? I need to know so I can live it thru you guys
Michigan was good, but I kept thinking...we could be boarding the Dream, we could be having a Konk Kooler at Castaway right now
Hey Mojodisney,
Here is a brief recap of my trip:
Got down to Florida four days before the cruise. Had a good time relaxing and we visited MK Sunday evening for the light parade and fireworks
Left Kissimmee at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning so that I wouldn't get to the port too early. Arrived at Budget around 10:30 a.m. and only one person working the counter
They only had one shuttle to the port so after waiting until around 11:30 a.m. we decided to share a van with another family to get to the terminal.
By the time we got to the terminal around 12:00 noon they were calling boarding number 22
There was a long line to check in and we got our boarding photo around 12:50 p.m.
The ship is beautiful and the crowds only were noticable at the character greetings and shows. We had RAEER rotation and we loved it. I think that I may want the equal restaurant to Royal Palace on the first night of our 2012 Eastern Carribean Cruise. This is because it is midship deck 3 and you didn't feel much movement as in the other restaurants.
The food was good and sometimes great! Listen to your server's advice. They were on point. The seating is tight in the restaurants. The princesses walked around RP both nights that we were there. They didn't take pictures.
We had connecting 4D staterooms and they were the perfect size for a family of five. My youngest DD started out in the top bunk bed but finished the cruise sleeping in the murphy bed. My middle DD slept in the top bunk the first night but preferred the bottom bunk in her cabin for the rest of the trip.
We had an excellent stateroom host and he gave us ice daily and opened the divider between the cabins for more veranda space. You don't need to bring door stops anymore. The doors have a magnet that keeps them open.
Shows were good but we may miss a few the next time if they are the same in order to enjoy other activities. We went to the Golden Mickey's matinee and went to see "The Help" movie in the evening.
Ate at Cabannas on the last morning, we asked our stateroom host if we could leave our carryon's in one of the cabins if we got back by 8:00 a.m. He said no problem and we were through customs on our way back to budget by 8:30 a.m.
Any other questions
You will see DH with a cooler and a beer
I promised the taxi driver a big tip if he got me to the airport in 20 minutes
we got free internet for the length of our stay
Everyone is in there own room catching up with FB, texts, emails, and the DIS Boards
