Disney Dream Review
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We had a short trip to Port Canaveral from the Tampa Bay area. Our almost 5 year old granddaughter was very excited as this was her first cruise and her birthday is very soon.
The parking garage was still not filled when we got to the parking area 40 min. before our scheduled time to check in the terminal. Parking was not an issue. We had our luggage taken very quickly by the baggage men by the terminal. Check in went very quickly and we took our granddaughter over to get a GPS bracelet as she wanted to join the Oceaneers Club while on board. That went very smoothly and boarding was so quick I'd say less than a half an hour from entering the terminal to being on ship.
We went up to get our lunch at Cabanas buffet on deck 11. The food was good and we then were able to go to our cabin as they let you get in at 1:30 pm. We packed a "day bag" which they suggest you do, as I knew our granddaughter would like to go into the pool or the splash area. She went into the splash area and spent an hour or more in there, she had a ball. We could watch her at all times as it's all glassed in and she just loved the water slide in there. We also enjoyed the family pool and the Mickey pool (which is geared more for the younger kids under 10 I'd say.) She just had a ball playing. Yes, it's crowded in the pools but not so much that it made it difficult to play.
Cabin Review
We had room 8020 on deck 8 of the Disney Dream which is a Superior Ocean view Family Stateroom. Has a floor to ceiling porthole window which the little ones can sit in. We were on the port side. I would get the starboard side next time as your view is better when at Castaway Cay.
The cabin is very spacious, nice size closets, two bathrooms, one with a sink and toilet, the other with sink and shower/round tub combo. It's a good arrangement. We usually get balcony cabins but this stateroom was very large due to all having more room space where the balcony would be. Seems like it can sleep up to 5 people.
It has a refrigerator which is empty, most cruise lines have a stocked refrigerator and charge you for whatever you use. Disney doesn't do that. You can bring bottled water on board or juice packs and store them in there.
The beds are very comfortable, there is a ceiling night light overhead where kids sleep and it's too bright if you are not used to having light on in a bedroom at night. We pulled the blackout curtain across and it was fine. There is an LCD TV in the room and a couple of outlets and a hair dryer. There are small tables on each side of the bed. The couch pulls out into a futon like bed which I was told was very comfortable. There is also a pull down berth in front of the porthole window if needed. The 3 of us had plenty of room.