Carnival Dream Review
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We could not get a room close to port due to the space shuttle launch, so if you are cruising from this port and need a pre-cruise stay, be sure to book early. Thankfully, we just live on the other coast of Florida, so we drove to Port Canaveral on Saturday morning. Embarkation was not bad, pretty easy, really - but not as easy as Tampa.
We were onboard about 1:00 pm and waited a bit, then decided to find our room and we were in it by 1:25 pm. It was a couple of hours later that we got our bags. It was a bit disappointing, as we had an inside room, which seemed a lot smaller than our last cabin (a balcony) on the Legend. But it was clean, had a great, very comfortable bed, large bathroom (handicap), sufficient closet space for the two of us and under bed storage as well. Our room steward was Jenny and she was great, but we only saw her a couple of times - quiet, but efficient. There was no chair, except for a small vanity stool and I thought we were told we'd have a table and 2 chairs. But it was a tiny room (7336), so that would not have fit. We were midship, near the elevators which was convenient - a bit noisy a few times as kids ran down the hall, but not too bad --- except the one night when they did the colors bar hop or whatever it is - when a bunch of loud, obviously drunk (adults?) danced, ran, screamed and sang through our hallway just after midnight - interrupting our blissful sleep. First time that's ever happened to us and this was our 5th cruise on Carnival.
Ship: HUGE - really was too big for us. We have decided we really prefer the smaller ships - especially the Legend, which is Spirit class. However there was a lot to do - full court basketball, mini golf, lots of hot tubs - and when we got in, water was perfect temp - not scalding, but not lukewarm as some have said, lots of computer hubs, cornhole(bean bag toss), friendly crew. Overall, I just have this to say: Carnival Dream - you ROCK! (literally) I miraculously didn't get seasick, but had trouble several times walking steadily - and I am still feeling that "motion of the ocean" for a day or two after the cruise!