We are experienced cruisers, who enjoy Carnival and Royal Caribbean. Our party for this cruise was myself(38), my DH(41), our 2 DS's, our 2 DD's and my mom(72). We choose the Dream because it's Carnival's newest addition and we were excited to compare it to the Freedom classes on RCI.

We stayed at the Comfort Inn and Suites, which we LOVE. This was our fourth stay, and again, we were not disappointed. We took the shuttle included in the park and cruise package and were at the pier by 10:35am. We were on-board with our first DOD by 11:10am. Port Canaveral has the BEST terminal out there. If you've never sailed from here, you're in for a treat!

First, the ship: The Dream is lovely. In particular, we enjoyed the lanai and the easy access Deck 5 provides to everything. I'll be honest here...she's no Freedom class from RCI, but we've yet to experience anything as lovely as those ships. RCI's bank account is also showing the strain of those beauties. With that being said, aside from asthetics, the Dream had just as much, if not more in the way of activites, as any ship we've ever been on. Read more