After reading the reviews on this website, I was really nervous about our upcoming cruise on the Dream. But having been on 9 previous Carnival cruises, it was hard to imagine NOT having a fantastic time. So I would like to fill in future Dream passengers on what I found to be true and what was just people being overly picky and critical.

We flew into Orlando from Houston with my boyfriend, 75 year old mother, and three kids (ages 7, 12, and 16). No problems meeting up with the Carnival rep to transport us to Port Canaveral, and embarkation was a breeze. It was pouring down rain, but big deal, I knew we would be sailing out of it.

The ship is beautiful...Carnival has definitely toned down their decor. We had 3 cabins for 6 people, two balconies and one inside cabin on deck 9. Cabins are the same as on any other Carnival cruise with the exception of a flat screen television. I was impressed that our cabin steward came to personally introduce himself and let us know when he would be coming into our cabin....never had that happen before. Even more impressive, he knew all our names the second time we saw him. Read more