Carnival Dream Review

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Carnival Dream 9/25 sailing - great vacation!

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aeneas3
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Sep 2010
Cabin: Interior
Traveled with children

This was our second trip with Carnival and second cruise overall. We are both in our early 30s with a 2.5 year old who went on his first cruise this year. He has traveled a lot - been on long plane rides (Maui) and a bunch of other places. As with our first cruise when the little guy was still a bun in the oven, we went with both sets of Grandparents. Enough about us and background.

Pre-cruise

We flew on our favorite airline from Buffalo - Southwest. We stayed at the la quinta inn west the night before. I was nervous about this hotel because of the reviews on tripadvisor. We booked it for $29 - yes $29 - after booking our flights on Southwest. It is a little dingy and could use some updating but I felt it was a safe, clean place to sleep for one night, especially for $29. Also, the staff was very nice and helpful. I mentioned the air force park in passing while on the shuttle from the airport and we went by it to show my son. Add to that getting us utensils and plates when the Chinese food came with too few of them without us asking and you have a great staff at the hotel.

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Interior

Cabin 4F

We decided on an interior room this cruise - we loved our balcony last cruise on the Legend but figured that a balcony and a 2.5 year old typical boy would not go well together. We were in 8355 which was a great location. We were close enough to the elevators to make them easy to get to but not close enough to hear any elevator noise. Jay our main man for housekeeping was great. I really liked the design of the room. You walk in and the small but livable bathroom is on the left. Three 6 foot tall closets line the right wall. The room then opens up with a king bed in the center flanked by two small night stands each with a lamp. On the wall shared with the bathroom is the mirror with a small table and a vanity stool. The wall past the closets has the nice TV above a small table top with the safe and mini bar. Our room had a pull down bed that folds into the wall. We just kept it down the whole time along with the ladder. We did hit our heads a few times but learned quickly For our purposes, the room was perfect. My only wish is a bath but that will not happen at that price point. It is just easier with a 2.5 year old to use a bath. Any screaming heard from our room was him yelling about the shower, poor kid.

The pull down bed.

For those with young kids - the pull down bed is definitely OK for older kids. There are rails preventing rolling off away from the wall. There is space between the head of the bed and the wall, which was my only source of anxiety. The foot of the bed also has no rails. The ladder is supposed to go on the left foot of the bed but goes at the end foot of the bed since the king bed is below the pull out. We felt comfortable having our 2.5 year old up there, even with me being a pediatrician.

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