As Florida residents, we were offered a last-minute cruise at a discounted price. I treated my Daughter, two Grandsons (5 and 7) and Granddaughter (5 months) to the four-day, three-night Bahama cruise on the Disney Dream.
We drove up to Cape Canaveral and were able to board quickly after check in. They do announce your name, but often get the name completely wrong--I did not even recognize our name when it was announced and hesitated to board the ship. The rooms would not be ready until 1:30, but they did not bother to tell us which restaurants would be open and I had to track down one of the crew members to give us this information. She sent us to the Enchanted Garden, which was a zoo. The service was buffet style and I tried to carry plates for myself and my youngest grandson without any sort of help at all. Even dishing the food onto the plates was unassisted, although there were many servers standing around the food area.
We then proceeded to our connecting rooms on Deck 7 Aft--7176 and 7178 which were lovely and quite large. We had the large porthole/window seat which the boys loved along with the bunk beds.
The room was very spacious with a large window seat and pull-down bunk beds. Storage was more than adequate and the split bathroom was very convenient. Please note that the interior of the Deluxe Family Oceanview Stateroom is larger than the Deluxe Family Verandah Stateroom. They are both the same square footage, but the Oceanview has the "verandah" area included in the room. These large Porthole windowseats are very popular with the kids and they are located throughout the ship's corridors--usually with a child sitting in them. Our kids were delighted to have their very own in the room.I was not a fan of Deck 7 aft--see review--due to the constant vibration of the propellers.