This 4-night Bahamian cruise was booked months before the Disney Dream had her maiden voyage. Since then, we have been reading posts from former guests, and I confess we was pretty scared about what to expect from this cruise. It seemed that Disney Dream's crew wasn't prepared to face a 50%-bigger ship, what can explain all those angry posts related to crazy embarkation and disembarkation process, crowded areas, and so on. Furthermore, we are near-seniors without kids. We love all that peace aboard a cruiseship. So, why cruising with Disney? The answer is, we are Disney fans. We LOVE Disney stuff, we love Disney parks. We had to cruise, at least once, with Disney.

But, to our conclusion, Disney Dream crew made the homework. The cruise was excellent, with no glitches. Embarkation process was one of the fastest we have ever faced (we have been cruising with several 100.000+ tons ships over the last 10 years), buffet area was always with lots of people, but we could always find a place to sit and eat, adults pool was an oasis and public areas were only crazy when a character made an appearance, to photo sessions. Main pool area was also crazy, with hundreds of kids and their parents, but it didn't bothered us, for we had our small oasis, a few meters to the forward. Even dining rooms, with lots of kids having meals around (what isn't usual in other cruises), were a "safe" place.

Talking about the dining rooms, we loved this Disney's system that makes guests to have dinner each night at a different restaurant, so we all had the opportunity to know all three. We didn't used the specialty restaurants. Disney has put the prices too high, compared to other cruise companies. It wasn't worthy, that's it. And regular dining rooms are not to be missed. Read more