Disney Dream Review

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A Wonderful Birthday Celebration for my Spouse

Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Disney Dream
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10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Feb 2015

Day 1 – Orlando (WDW Port Orleans-Riverside Resort) to Port Canaveral

Transfers and embarkation – we purchased transfers with our cruise. We received a letter in our room the night before with meeting instructions for the next morning. We had to have our luggage ready by 8:30 a.m. the morning of departure for pick up the cruise line. The DCL rep phoned morning of departure with reminder of where to meet in POR. We met at 11:30 a.m. for a planned 11:45 a.m. departure. We left about noon as some guests were late. We walked out to the DCL bus and boarded. Note that if you have carry-on items, check them in the cargo hold as there is almost no in-cabin storage. Seating is tight. Our driver got in and just started driving. No introductions, etc. – strange. One passenger had to remind him to play the introductory video (which was very good and highly entertaining, BTW). We arrived at Port Canaveral around 1 p.m. We were in the terminal and through security in less than 2 minutes and went up to the check-in area. After about ten minutes, we were through that process, including photos. We stopped for an embarkation photo and boarded. A nice touch is being introduced by ship’s staff by name over the PA system and white glove receiving line. We were in our room by 1:30 p.m. It was decorated for my wife’s birthday with a stick on poster as well as a banner across the divider between the bed and the seating area – nice. We checked for items we had ordered, got settled, took photos and video, met our cabin attendant (nice guy) then headed out to do some exploring. We went up to stern deck 11 and took some selfies, FB posts. We had lunch in Cabanas buffet (nice). The mandatory safety drill (without life preservers) was at 4 p.m.; unfortunately, it was very hard to hear the crew’s instructions – it seemed like a gong show getting everyone organized at the muster station. By the time we returned to our room, our luggage gad arrived and we just spent the time unpacking. We had late dining in the Royal Palace dining room. We met our tablemates (we were at a table for six, all older adults like us), and our server and assistant server. Our server was a bit cocky in his attitude but his assistant was great to deal with and talk to all week. The meal was very nice, but, as is my usual complaint, just warm, and this was trend throughout the week in all three dining rooms. After dinner, we went to the shops and bought some items for ourselves and family members. We debated going to the show but were just too tired from previous day’s flying and being up early today.

Day 2 – Nassau

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Cabin 4D

Our Room – Cat 4D, Deck 6, Family Oceanview with balcony, 299 sq ft. I will not go into a lot of detail as this can be researched on the DCL site. We were generally very pleased with the décor and layout; it was certainly very comfortable for two adults. However, we have some observations/complaints:• The room safe is mounted far too low to the floor, making it very difficult to open and close.• There are almost no instructions as to how to operate the curious round tub in the split bath; it took a while to get the temperature and the settings figured out (rain shower, telephone shower or tub fill). When soaping or shampooing, the floor became very slippery.• The fridge is not big enough to hold a bottle of wine properly.• Lighting controls should be on both sides of the bed.• No bathrobes and (disposable) slippers– for this category of room, we expect it.• No bottled water in the room - I suppose it is expected that guests order it from Room Service.• A big issue – only one 110v AC outlet in the entire cabin – ridiculous! There was a 220v outlet for the hair dryer and one for the included shipboard cordless phones. There were two other European-style outlets on one side of the bed for 220v. We realize these ships are built in Europe but how could the designers only have one 110v outlet in a stateroom this size?• A small (22”) flat screen TV. We would expect a larger TV in a stateroom this size.

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