I cruised on the Dream with my DH on January 23rd. Our ages are 40/42 and this is our 3rd cruise with Carnival. We loved the Dream and found it to be an engaging, visually stimulating ship with good food and good service. I'm already plotting our next Dream vacation.

Embarkation / Debarkation. Embarkation was super fast. We arrived at the terminal at 11:30 and were on the Lido with a DOD in hand by noon. Debarkation was likewise very fast... we did self-assist and were off the ship by 6:45 a.m. Note: Carnival enables donations for the Red Cross Haiti relief effort directly via Sign and Sail for anyone who might be interested, which I thought was very cool.

Cabin. Our spa cabin was ready at 1:30 p.m. when we scoped it out. It was comfortable and had lots of storage space. The balcony was a bit narrow but perfect for enjoying morning coffee or an evening drink. Our cabin steward was extremely efficient, whether it was keeping a bottle of champagne iced for us for half the week, making sure everything in our room stayed shipshape, or amusing us with nightly towel critters. The Spa Deck location was both good and bad. On one hand it was rather exclusive with only about eight cabins port side, just steps away from the various spa facilities. On the other hand, the balcony was partially exposed to passersby above and we occasionally heard deck chairs being moved over our heads in the early morning hours. Read more