Carnival Dream Review
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As others stated, the embarkation and debarkation processes are pretty smooth. We were on the ship by 11:30am and most were off the ship before 9:30am after we returned.
The decor was not as loud as some ships, but we had to laugh that they decided to glue circles onto lights, glass windows and glass walls....many are now missing and it looked a bit shabby.
The balcony room we had was roomy and fit the 4 of us just fine. We had plenty of room for our stuff and storage for the luggage (7 pieces!) The "lip" at the bottom of the shower is too short so there was a flood in the floor every time we took showers. We tried everything from turning the water pressure down, facing the shower head to the inside of the shower, and getting a longer shower curtain. Nothing worked so keep things off the bathroom floor. Our room steward, Gedi (pronounced GeeDee), was very good and knew each of our names from day one. The hair dryer is not very good so if your hair is long and takes a while to dry as ours do, bring one from home.
Cabin Review
The room is nice, clean, roomy enough for all 4 of us and has a great view while cruising. This room is basically right under the the walkway out of the "Gathering" buffet onto the Lido deck. This means that you will hear chairs being dragged around anytime from 11pm to 2am while they clean the pool deck. If you are up at this time, it is not a problem....otherwise, you may be irritated. This room is right near the middle elevators. They shut these elevators off to cruisers on the first day and last sea day of the cruise to move luggage...this was bad with a 64 yr old parent who cannot walk long distances very well.