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Watch the Dream leave port!
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Billy6
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Awesome...is that stateroom in the rear of the boat? The DC planner recommended a stateroom for me with a similar # (7690) I think...I would need a verandah for my clausterphobia..
It is on the back of the boat, and she said the verandah was larger than most on the ship. I am excited beyond words, mostly because my fiance agreed to it if we could just go to a beach the rest of the week... Just you and the hubby, or are the boys going too??
Phonedave
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Awesome...is that stateroom in the rear of the boat? The DC planner recommended a stateroom for me with a similar # (7690) I think...I would need a verandah for my clausterphobia..
Just you and the hubby, or are the boys going too??
I got "upgraded" to room #5682 last cruise (Dream in July 2011). I say upgraded because I had booked a porthole room and this was an upgrade to a verandah.
Out of the three DCL cruises I have been on, this was easily the worst room (both previous rooms were verandah rooms too). Room #5682 is RIGHT over the night clubs. I could hear music - not just the bass line, the entire DJ speil and everthing, until 2:00 AM - every night. Each night I would call. It would get quiet about 20 minutes after I called, for about an hour or so, and then it was back to loud. DCL was very nice about it and gave me a bunch of gifts and shipboard credit, but what I wanted was to sleep at night.
When the club was not jumping, you could also hear engine noise, and if you were comming into port, the noise from the chain lockers was loud enough to wake the dead.
Now you are two decks higher, so you may not have these problems, but it is back to center of the ship for me.
-dave
Awesome...is that stateroom in the rear of the boat? The DC planner recommended a stateroom for me with a similar # (7690) I think...I would need a verandah for my clausterphobia..
Just you and the hubby, or are the boys going too??
Oh yeah. Back of the boat is good. Not as much foot traffic passing by outside plus those are big verandahs. If you go to DCL's website and look at the deck plans you can search by the stateroom number and see exactly where you're located. I think people actually prefer those back staterooms for the big verandahs so yay for you!
Definitely taking the boys although we don't expect to see much of them on the cruise. Those teen hangouts are amazing. Heck, I wanna go there and play some Rock Band myself!!!! :lol: With the time of year and having "met" some people that will be on our same cruise online (thru cruise groups on other website/forums) we know of ther families that have boys the ages of our 2 who also homeschool so it'll be neat for them to make buddies with other kids they have stuff in common with. Seriously. We told them they'd each have a Wave phone to use and be responsible for. If they lose or damage it they will be the ones paying for it. As long as they show up for planned family times such as meals, etc. they're free to go and do on their own. Of course we'll have ground rules like a curfew, no guests in our room, no going in other people's rooms, etc. Tracey already made the statement to me: "I don't know about you but I plan to do some drinking on the cruise." Very unusual for him considering we rarely drink anymore. :wave:
There's a website you can go to and give reviews of specific staterooms. You should definitely give that info on that "upgrade". Terrible! If you aren't familiar let me know. I'll get you a link. That way, for future cruises you can also have the advantage of checking out a stateroom before accepting a possible "upgrade". :wave:
ChuckElias
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I love these links, thanks!!!
People asking about rooms and balconies.
My wife, daughter, and I went on our first Disney cruise from July19-24 2011 on the Dream. We had a BLAST!!!! Daughter is 17 and loved the Vibe, she would come into the room at 2 or 3 in the morning. Thank god for the wave phones. Wife and I are going on a birthday gift to ourselves on a three night Dream cruise in December, wife and I are treating my mother-in-law to a 7 night cruise on the Fantasy in August, and the whole family is going on the Magic for Thanksgiving 2012. We loved the whole cruise! Only complaint I have is that we had a level 4b statement #10614. Liked the room, but we didn't know that smoking was allowed on the balcony, and we were next to a heavy smoker. Food was excellent, entertainment was first class, saw the new Winnie the Pooh movie, Cars 2 3D, and the new Pirates Movie. Would also recommend swimming with the stingrays on Castaway Cay, the deep sea snorkle on Castaway Cay too. Stayed on the ship during our Nassau day, it seemed to be VERY touristy and shopping was pitched a lot, Not our thing. Rainforest Spa is a MUST do! For my wife and I it was $120 for the five days, and we got two private whirlpools, heated ceramic lounge chairs, three steam rooms, and aroma showers that I could spend the whole cruise using. Pools were small, but adult pool was enjoyable. Aqua Duck was fun. First class experience, and I guess I am now spending all my school teacher pay on DVC and DCL. Fill free to ask any questions, more then willing to help.
My wife, daughter, and I went on our first Disney cruise from July19-24 2011 on the Dream. We had a BLAST!!!! Daughter is 17 and loved the Vibe, she would come into the room at 2 or 3 in the morning. Thank god for the wave phones. Wife and I are going on a birthday gift to ourselves on a three night Dream cruise in December, wife and I are treating my mother-in-law to a 7 night cruise on the Fantasy in August, and the whole family is going on the Magic for Thanksgiving 2012. We loved the whole cruise! Only complaint I have is that we had a level 4b statement #10614. Liked the room, but we didn't know that smoking was allowed on the balcony, and we were next to a heavy smoker. Food was excellent, entertainment was first class, saw the new Winnie the Pooh movie, Cars 2 3D, and the new Pirates Movie. Would also recommend swimming with the stingrays on Castaway Cay, the deep sea snorkle on Castaway Cay too. Stayed on the ship during our Nassau day, it seemed to be VERY touristy and shopping was pitched a lot, Not our thing. Rainforest Spa is a MUST do! For my wife and I it was $120 for the five days, and we got two private whirlpools, heated ceramic lounge chairs, three steam rooms, and aroma showers that I could spend the whole cruise using. Pools were small, but adult pool was enjoyable. Aqua Duck was fun. First class experience, and I guess I am now spending all my school teacher pay on DVC and DCL. Fill free to ask any questions, more then willing to help.
Crush Dude!
Back from WDW!Counting down to DLP in November!
How bad was the cue for the Aqua Duck???
We would go on it in the late evening, 11ish and the longest wait we had was maybe 15 minutes. Not bad at all.
Crush Dude!
Back from WDW!Counting down to DLP in November!
Im guessing best to hit it first thing early or late at night?
Correct. During the day the line was all the way down the steps and had a 40-45 minute wait. Never went in the early morning. Late night was never crowded.
Crush Dude!
Back from WDW!Counting down to DLP in November!
It is worth to try. It doesn't go to fast, but going out over the ocean was fun, there is a pretty good drop, and part has no roof over the tube so it can get pretty scary too.
Crush Dude!
Back from WDW!Counting down to DLP in November!
Sweet :sohappy::sohappy::sohappy:
ChuckElias
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Port Canaveral is pretty overcast today.
mickeysshoes
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That is cool...I was on that boat when you guys were watching leave port on the 25th!! We had the sail away party inside because of the high winds. One of CM told us that all the Disney CM call the other ship "MILK CARTONS" beasue they look like white boxes compared to the Disney ships. We were in Nassua and 3 Royal ships pulled in and all I could do was laught when I thought about it...they are so plain on the outside. But I hear the inside is top notch tech and very nice. They can keep it I woud rather have Mickey and his pals any day!!!
It's the Dream. The Dream is on a 4 & 3 day rotation right now. She "turns over" at PC on Thursdays and Sundays. Not sure the regular time she sails in but I think her regular departure time is 5 EST (which is 4:00 my time)). I'm not sure when the Magic comes back over. :wave:
That is cool...I was on that boat when you guys were watching leave port on the 25th!! We had the sail away party inside because of the high winds. One of CM told us that all the Disney CM call the other ship "MILK CARTONS" beasue they look like white boxes compared to the Disney ships. We were in Nassua and 3 Royal ships pulled in and all I could do was laught when I thought about it...they are so plain on the outside. But I hear the inside is top notch tech and very nice. They can keep it I woud rather have Mickey and his pals any day!!!
I watched you sail away! That's so funny about the milk carton comment. So true! :sohappy:
ChuckElias
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My daughter and I watched the webcam at 5:00 and saw the Dream pull out of the port. We got so "homesick", even though our "home base" is most often the Magic. Just made us miss the cruise so much.
Since there's no sound on the webcam, we played this link in the background: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQDGG51Qq3I
So much fun for sickos like us!
Since there's no sound on the webcam, we played this link in the background: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQDGG51Qq3I
So much fun for sickos like us!
Y'all got to watch when we sail out on 9/15! I'm gonna get an old sheet & paint a sign so you'll all see us!!!