We knew we were heading into hurricane Irene when we flew down 2 days before the cruise.We stayed in Universal. The Harry Potter section is pretty cool. Many people buying those $30 wands that they will be selling for 50 cents at a garage sale 2 years from now. After watching the weather channel for 2 days we called Disney the morning of the cruise and were shocked and honestly disappointed the cruise wasn't canceled. Having been on a few cruises and living on the Jersey shore my entire life, I've seen bad ocean weather and knew there would be problems. I'd rather have a canceled cruise with a full refund ,than go on a bad cruise at full price. No, Disney can't control the weather, but there's no way this ship should have sailed. But the fine print in the cruise contract says they can change anything they want to. They sailed knowing full well Castaway Cay was getting hammered and the Dream wasn't stopping there. Of course Castaway Cay is the highlight of any Disney cruise. Without it, their Caribbean Cruises just wouldn't sell.

The first night we sailed out of port into 25 ft seas and wind at at least 25mph. We were rocking and rolling. The shipped hugged the coast on the way down. Dinner that night was an adventure. Puke everywhere in the hallways. These were the people who couldn't make it back to their stateroom. It's a shame because the food was very good. All our meals were very good. This was surprising. We sailed on the Wonder 2 years ago and the food was terrible. The only bad thing we had was the lobster raviolis ,they were fishy. Many diners couldn't stay and took their meals to go. Two in our group had to stay in their cabins that night.

There were some other positives. Two shows, Believe and Golden Mickeys were good. Villains was lame. Saw a couple of 3D movies we had missed. Cars 2 and another one of those Pirates of The Caribbean movies.You know the ones with the same plot in each one. They get captured, they escape, they get captured again, they escape again,etc.. Read more