March 13th (part 1): 3 pack and plays and there is STILL room for activities
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Like I said before, these chapters are mostly going to be pictures without a ton of commentary. We went on this cruise with Meg and that is something I don’t want to talk about. I had a great time on this cruise, but... yeah I'm just not gonna get into ranting right now.
We parked about a mile from the port, which is where we parked last year. It is SO much cheaper than actually right at the port, and we have never had problems with this place. They have shuttles running back and forth to and from the ships.
We hopped aboard the shuttle and it drops you off right in front of the terminal for Disney.
And oh btw! This cruise started on Mum's birthday! Happy really really really belated birthday to the best Mum ever!
Almost there!
Check in was a breeze, as per usual. I mean, we are
Castaway Club and all, and that has its perks.
After we were all set, we met Goofy who was out in the terminal! I have never seen a character out there before so that was cool.
Before we knew it, this was our view.
And 3 nights on the beautiful Dream started now!
First stop was Cabanas because let's be real now. I am hungry 24/7, I never stop eating, food is what makes the world go round, and I needed to eat my weight in food in 3 days. Real talk, I gained five pounds in 3 days. I wish I was joking.
Cabanas wasn't too crazy yet, which was shocking. but we had gotten on the ship pretty early.
And LOLOLOLOLOL this was our next stop. Who is even surprised.
Ice cream counter: #1
Why we went into the clubs next, I have no clue. I do love this chandelier in Pink though.
At this point, it was about 1:30, and my fellow cruisers know what that means!
CABIN ROPE DROP TIME!
We had cabin number 8504, and I don’t know if I can go on another cruise again without getting this stateroom.
HOLY. POOPS.
This is one of the "special" staterooms aboard the Dream. There are several of these rooms and they are category 9A, which is a deluxe oceanview. It is a corner room at the forward of the ship.
Let me just post these pictures, we can all die together, and then I will rave about how amazing this room was, ok? Ok.
Photobomb by the birthday queen.
As you can probably tell, this room is GIGANTIC. It is almost like an attic room with the slanted wall. But oh my god, the amount of room I had for activities! I could seriously do carpet angels in the middle of the floor and roll around and not hit anything. Usually, you have no room in a regular stateroom, but this is on a whole other level. It sleeps the regular four with a bed coming down from the ceiling and then the couch bed thing. If you have kids, you wouldn’t be squished at all and you would have room to set up like 3 pack and plays and still have room for activities. I'm not even kidding.
You still have the split bath which is always wonderful. I can do my business on the toilet in one and then someone can shower in the other. So perfect.
You always have the slanted window, which is whatever. Who needs natural light when there is SO MUCH ROOM FOR ACTIVITIES. That made no sense at all. Who cares. You have a view of like the whole ocean and yes, the Vibe is at the front of the ship but we didn’t hear a single noise from that joint. Those annoying teenagers didn’t ruin anything, trust me.
Book this room. Except if I am there. You are paying SO much less than a verandah or something and you are getting A TON OF SPACE. Like I said, 3 pack and plays and there is still room for activities. Who doesn’t want that?! Oh my god that should be this room's motto. You're welcome, Disney. Call me.
Moving on...
We checked out the Senses Spa next! They were giving away some spa treatments later that afternoon and we had to drop our little slip with our info on it, and while we were there, we demanded a tour. Yes, demanded. We will go with that.
I got to try out the best thing ever though. I have no clue what it was called, but you lay down in this thing and it practically folds you up into a cocoon and then you come out as a beautiful butterfly and it is amazing and I don’t know how I lived before experiencing this. Go to the Senses Spa, ask for this amazingness, and then thank me later.
And if you were wondering, we went back to the spa later and didn’t win nothin'. At least I became a beautiful butterfly for free so that is what matters most.
We had our wonderful lifeboat drill next just in case we hit an iceberg and had to know what to do. It wasn't thrilling. People were standing too close to me. I didn't enjoy it very much.
At least the sail away party was next!
But dear god people have big heads and block my view. I wasn't pleased.
BUT GET IT DALE!
MY BAEEEEEEEEEEEEE
When is our wedding
(remember when I said there wouldn't be a ton of commentary in these updates? Well yeah, this is what you guys get when I write these things at almost 11 at night)