Yes I know many of you will say leave the work at home. But my husband and I own a business that does consulting to small businesses and we have a staff of 10 people. We are on call 24/7 but we work hard and play hard. You will find us at trivia games, ping-pong, volleyball, mini-golf, the casino, the shows, the gym, the walking track, etc. but we also get 4-5 hours of work in a day.

Anyway, the Dream looked like a nice opportunity to rest for a week. We’ve been to all these ports so it was just a get-away.

Embarkation. With Carnival pushing the faster to the fun, we arrived about 1pm and felt like we were the “last to arrive”. We had rented a car from Hertz at MCO and returned it near the port. They took us to the boat. WE are Platinum but it didn’t matter at 1pm there were no lines. Read more