A Dreamy Kind of Vacation!! Topped off by 4 Parks in One Day!

Wow, wow, wow. It was just amazing. I love cruises, this was my 6th, and this ship did not disappoint!!:sohappy:

What: This was a Disney Dream preview cruise. Earmarked agencies like Kingdom Konsultants were able to attend. This was the cruise before the maiden voyage. Pam was awesome and took as many agents as she could.

Who: This ended up being another girl’s cruise! My hubby’s base is preparing for a large inspection so he knew he couldn’t get away. I just took the kids out of school in October for a week at WDW, so they were out! Girl's cruise!

Here’s me, travel agent forced to go to Disney and take Disney cruises as often as possible. Now a preview cruise on the Dream? Man this job just keeps getting harder.:lol::

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My sister. See the resemblance?

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My mom. She’s been on a few of my cruises and did not want to miss this one!

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My dear friend Misty. She is a Disney fanatic. Has been as long as I’ve known her. When I called and asked her to go, she was literally screaming into the phone! Now that's the kind of reaction I like!

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Last but certainly not least, several of the Kingdom Konsultants were on this cruise, so here we are! Not a great picture, but it's a funny story that will be told later in the trip report. :lookaroun From left to right here's Marie, Richard, Pam, Me and Jenell:

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After Christmas ended, I felt like I was finally able to get excited for this trip. The first thing I did after all my out of town company left was get out my suitcase!! :sohappy: The next thing I did was look at our flight times again. As it was, I was the last to arrive. I can’t stand that!! My sister and mom would be calling me from Disney and torturing me while I was still in transit! I decided to call United and see what they could do about that. Well what do you know, they had an earlier flight they could switch me to! I was getting there 30 minutes after the first person to arrive, my sister. I wasn’t even going to let her leave the airport without me!

It's going to take a few days to process all of my pics so this report may take a while! Here's a sneak preview though. This is a video of our first trip down the Aqua Duck! You have a lovely view of my toes in this video. I don't know if this will work or not. If no one can start the video let me know:


 

Tiggerish

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Premium Member
ummmmmm...I'm going directly from this trip report to the DCL website to check things out. :cool: :D

Haven't been on a cruise since my honeymoon (that'll be 25 years ago in May).
 

Disneyfalcon

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Tuesday, January 25th – Castaway Cay

This morning was breakfast at Cabanas with the other KK agents. I wanted to try one of the main restaurants for breakfast but I didn’t think about it until too late.

A little cloudy out this morning but it was still early:

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We’re pulling in!! Woo hoo!!

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Disneyfalcon

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Today our session was from 8-11. It was a good session but man was it hard to sit there when I knew where we were!!

Here’s some pics of the shopping area I took on the way in:

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Here’s my embarrassing moment of the trip:
During our break I suggested we go up to deck 4 and take a group picture. Pam asked who would take it and I said I’m sure we could find someone up there. There’s like 1000 people onboard and there are always people willing to take your picture right?

Sure enough there was a man sitting on the comfy chairs up there so I asked him if he would mind taking our picture.

He then took off his sunglasses and told me he was blind. Oh my word. How incredibly horrifying. How, out of the 1000+ people onboard did I pick the one to ask whom I may offend?:lookaroun

The next person we picked had apparently never touched a camera before in her life so it’s a miracle that we got any kind of picture whatsoever. Here it is in case you missed it:

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Disneyfalcon

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When we got back from break we had a special surprise. Jodi Benson (the Little Mermaid!) was there! At first I thought that was cool but it I wasn’t blown away. Until she started singing!! And then - . She was amazing. She had some great stories from the past too.

They told us all goodbye then and I raced around to take some pictures before I got off the ship! This would have been the perfect time for pictures of anything because there was barely anyone still on. But I couldn’t resist the siren song of Castaway Cay and I was quick.

Look at all these people already getting off. It had turned into a beautiful day while we were inside the theater! Yay!!

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Disneyfalcon

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I tried to get in Palo and Remy. Sadly Remy was locked. Palo was open and it’s been revamped. It was gorgeous!

Here’s the entrance:

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Check out the view:

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sweetpee_1993

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Late again but I'm not missing the fun! :wave: It's been a crazy month or so for us....

I'm a bit under the weather parked in a bed that's not mine in Oklahoma. I know there's stuff I wanted to comment on but then I can't remember what it was. Stupid cold meds, I suppose. Anywhoo, fab pictures as always, Tammy. I love the one when you set the camera on the ground. That's really a great perspective. You know I've never done a cruise and have my little box o'worries about the thought of doing one...but your pics and all this fab info really gets me thinking maybe I should toss that silly box out the window and do it. Warmer weather sure would be a Godsend right now. :D

Wonderful report. Can't wait for more. Looks like y'all are really having a great time.

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Disneyfalcon

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Late again but I'm not missing the fun! :wave: It's been a crazy month or so for us....

I'm a bit under the weather parked in a bed that's not mine in Oklahoma. I know there's stuff I wanted to comment on but then I can't remember what it was. Stupid cold meds, I suppose. Anywhoo, fab pictures as always, Tammy. I love the one when you set the camera on the ground. That's really a great perspective. You know I've never done a cruise and have my little box o'worries about the thought of doing one...but your pics and all this fab info really gets me thinking maybe I should toss that silly box out the window and do it. Warmer weather sure would be a Godsend right now. :D

Wonderful report. Can't wait for more. Looks like y'all are really having a great time.

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I'll convince you to toss that box one day!! :D

Thanks for reading, Kelly!:)

Awesome update Tammy, can't wait to read more!

It's coming! Hopefully tomorrow!:)
 

WDWFigment

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I've only read bits and pieces so far, but the photos look AWESOME! This makes me really want to go on the Dream. Can't wait until I actually have time to come back and read!
 

Disneyfalcon

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Finally on solid ground in paradise! Look at the Aqua Duck way up there!

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I called the girls on the Wave Phone and we met for lunch at Cookies BarbQ.

I love love this island. I could spend every day of the cruise there.
 

Disneyfalcon

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I went to tour the Cabanas real quick. They were great. They’d make for an even better day at Castaway.

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Cabana guests have their own private beach:

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Disneyfalcon

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The new children’s splash area:

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After my tour we rode bikes.

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Here’s the ship from the tower:

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The adult beach from the path:

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Disneyfalcon

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We went back to the beach to lay out and get some snacks! For a couple of hours in the afternoon Cookies changes from lunch food to snacks:

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Finally we decided to get back on the ship. Took a few pics on the way back

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