Disney Dream Review
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We went on the Disney Dream with our extended family to celebrate my sister's birthday. Our group of 25 was diverse with ages 1 ½ to 60 and my wife and I are in our late 50's. MY wife and I cruise once or twice every year.
Embarkation: We stayed overnight at the Hyatt at Orlando airport and the Hyatt and Disney arranged to have our luggage moved from our room at the Hyatt to our stateroom on the ship. Check-in for the ship was in the lower area of the airport and was also very easy. We boarded our bus for Port Canaveral for a quick 40 minute drive. The wait for boarding the ship was about 1 ½ hours and we were not sure why because we had already checked in at then airport. The terminal was crowded, hot and busy with limited seating and not very comfortable.
Ship: The ship was brand new and nicely decorated. Our stateroom was excellent with two large hanging closets and a dresser for each of us. The toilet and bath were in separate rooms with a sink in each which made it very convenient and saved us a lot of time getting ready. Really lovely rooms. Our cabin steward worked alone and his name was Ronald. My wife always tips the cabin staff a little when we check in and it always assures us of top notch service. There were extra pillows, blankets, towels and a fresh bucket of ice every day for my afternoon scotch. Disney allows one bottle per passenger for personal use in our cabin so we did not have to sneak it aboard! Oh yes, I almost forgot, the ship provided personal communicators, two per room, so you could call friends and family anywhere on the ship. It took us two days to figure them out, you have to dial the room number and a 1 or 2 to call other phones. We didn't use them much but could see they would be a nice option to have on longer cruises. The rest of the ship, not so good. Was it too many passengers or too little public spaces? Either way there were crowds of kids everywhere all or the time and the promised "adult only" areas were limited and also packed. Most of the shows were Disney oriented, great if you like that sort of things but for me I don't care for it. I was kind of Disney'ed out in the first two days.