Disney Dream Review
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The Dream is the newest ship in Disney's fleet. It is beautiful, grand and loaded with fun! So much to do and (what seems) so little time.
Let's start at the terminal. You will be assigned an arrival time when you register online. I tend to disregard that and always arrive as early as possible so we can enjoy most of the day aboard in port. We got there at 9:30 AM while the previous cruise was still disembarking, and there was already a line to get in. We were allowed to enter the terminal around 10:00 and given a number (3) indicating where, in order, our party was for boarding. You can register your children for the kids clubs while waiting to board, and that was also a HUGE line. Unfortunately, my wife waited in the line with my daughter only to find out she did not have to register because of her age. It would have been helpful if someone from Disney was at the beginning of the line informing parents whose children looked to be in that age group. So make sure you ask before you get on line. Anyway, the real disaster was when they began calling numbers for boarding, around 11:45 AM. The assigned numbers indicated that you were part of a group for boarding. The problem here was passengers with higher boarding numbers were waiting directly in front of the queue area, resulting in a mass exodus when their numbers were called. For example, everyone who was in the "3" group had not yet made it to the gangway when "4" was called. So, the passengers in that group, who were already blocking the gangway entrance, simply pushed forward and created a huge mess. This went on all the way down the list of numbers. Disney should have several staff members managing the queue, with separate areas of the terminal for each boarding number group. This would make boarding more efficient and maybe even enjoyable.
Once onboard, it was breathtaking. The main atrium is spacious and beautiful. While the staterooms are not ready until 1:30 PM, you now have the entire morning to explore the ship. Pools are open and food is available, so make sure you have a carry-on bag with swimsuits, a change of clothes, medication, etc.
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Standard Inside Stateroom
We always stay in the lowest price interior staterooms, since we spend so little time there. I'd rather spend that extra cash on something else. Our staterooms (2015 and 2017) were spacious and CLEAN. The attentiveness of our host was excellent. A bonus was how close Deck 2 is to all the restaurants, shopping and entertainment. The only long haul was up to decks 11 and 12 for sun and water activities. Again, NO PROBLEM!