The trip started out by flying Delta out of Atlanta scheduled for a 9:55 departure. However, an equipment change delayed the flight by a half hour. No big deal as it is a direct flight to Orlando with plenty of time to spare. When the plane landed in Orlando, we booked Carnival's airport transfer service to take us to the port. In Orlando, it is run by Mears Transportation. The service was good and we were transported to Port Canaveral.

We arrived at the port at about 12:30 in the afternoon. Embarkation was awful as there was a 45 minute line outside of the building to check the boarding pass. Once inside we were on the ship within 15 minutes. This was the last Dream departure out of terminal 10, so this might be fixed by moving to the new, larger facility around the corner.

Rooms were ready when we boarded. We stayed in interior room 8418. This was a standard interior room which was in a great location. Two decks up to the aft pool and three decks down to the promenade. We rarely needed to take an elevator. At night we just kept the TV set to the bow camera to make sure we knew when the sun was up. Read more