ProudMommyof2
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- Feb 21, 2007
Signing on! Your pics are amazing! We take our 1st cruise aboard the Dream in April and I can't wait!
The books you made look great. Your kids are so lucky to have all those memories preserved. We've come such a long way from those awful plastic sleeve albums. I used to get so frustrated and many of my pics stayed in shoe boxes to be organized some day.. (still waiting for that day!)
Looking forward to the next installment and more of your beautiful pics. I love how you share so much about yourself. It brings a nice dimension to your report. Cool!
Great ideas! Thanks for sharing them and all the info we needed!! I'm going to check out those links right now.
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Signing on! Your pics are amazing! We take our 1st cruise aboard the Dream in April and I can't wait!
Love, love, love the room pics! How did your kids like the beds? I am particularly interested in the bed that pulls down from the ceiling. I figure we will stick DS12 up there. It's tough being the youngest!
Did the "lifeboat view" bother you when you were on the verandah? They seem so prominent.
I had NO idea those cute red pillows cost $200! We won't be getting one of those!
Hi Tammy!!!
I'm going on my first cruise in March (Dream for 4 nights) and I'm loving your report!!! I'm very excited and I love seeing all your pics..thanks so much!!
Loving all the photos! We're going on our first disney cruise in Jan can't wait
Lurker here! Thanks for all the great pics and info. We leave on the dream in 8 days and I'm getting all the last bit of info my mind can handle!
My first cruise EVER!!! I'm so very excited! It has been a dream of mine since I was a CP CM in 2008 (great discounts as a CM) but my DBF surprised me with the trip in March so I won't be using any CM discounts (I'm a seasonal CM now) but I doubt they'll have any the week before Easter haha.
That bathroom is gorgeous! (and I mean YOUR bathroom!).
Love the bathrooms!!!!
We do get a good discount as a CM but they only post them 45 days out and my boyfriend got me the cruise as a surprise for xmas/birthday (he can't keep a secret!) He doesn't live in FL and right now they aren't offering anything and we're going the week of Easter so I'm guessing they won't offer anything lol.
I'm seasonal at Sunset Ranch Market at DHS so it's hit or miss if I'm there and I have 6 location within SRM so there's no telling where I might be lol.
Seems like Vibe was open even later on some nights.I love the mickey head mirrors , awesome ! Me too! OK , so I see you mentioned some other cruise lines , you seem to have experience where I have none . Is Disney cruise line your first choice ? It depends. Disney does not have as good of food as other lines do. RCCL had a lot of food sculptures that added elegance to the food presentations. We saw sculpted food art made out of pretzels, cheese, vegetables, fruit, chocolate....you name it. They had ice sculptures everywhere. Dinner was more like a party, so it was fun. Even Carnival's presentation of food and the offerings overall was better than DCL, but they did not have the art (on our cruise) that RCCL had. The shows and theater's on the super sized ships are a lot more Vegas like than DCL. However, DCL I enjoyed more because I'm a huge Disney fan. The theater itself felt a little too tight for my liking on DCL but I loved the shows. I loved our cabin on DCL. There are characters everywhere all the time, so if you love meet and greets DCL is the best! For teenagers I think DCL has all the other ships beat. The clubs for the kids are exquisite. We don't care for casinos, BINGO, etc. If you cruise only for that kind of thing I'd definitely avoid DCL (Unless I was there with someone who appreciated Disney). They offer BINGO, but no casinos on Disney ships! You could always gamble in port if you really wanted to. Destinations...DCL doesn't do Belize and we really want to go there. I wish DCL had more stops out of Port Canaveral that stopped at Key West instead of Nassau, but I feel sure they have an agreement with Nassau since they are registered there. If I was not a Disney fan (or traveling with someone who likes Disney) I'd avoid DCL. Does that make sense? I was looking at RCCL , Carnival and especially the NCL and they looked pretty good too at much smaller fares than Disney , can you tell me if Disney is far above the rest , especially sailing with teens ? My teen/tween aged kids LOVED DCL! They have a lot of things families can do together. The Aqua Ducks are fun too, but at the same time other lines have entire water parks on them. I would advise you to try a few different lines. Start with DCL since you guys are Disney fans. Maybe do a 4 day with one and a 7 day on another. I'd say do a 3day/4day but you would end up at the same ports more than likely unless you travel out of Miami. Then you could find a Key West stop in there on a short cruise.
My kids have already informed me that they will not go to the kids clubs , but i'm thinking they will , especially knowing they can party at the vibe till midnight , I am sure they will make friends and never want to leave , that made me consider a 7 night cruise instead ...... we can do Universal another time .....
Beautiful bathrooms! I think so!
Showed DS your pics from the clubs-made him even more excited Good. He is going to be there the whole time...
To answer your questions: We are sailing in March for our FIRST Disney cruise and yes I may have posted on earlier reports.