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Love your pictures, Cheryl! Cannot wait to board! Did you do length of cruise rainforest passes? Do you remember the cost? I love those heated tile loungers on the Magic. Looks like they added little reading lights on the Dream?
We did get length of cruise Rainforest passes. Now I'm pretty sure they were $75 each ($25 a day), but I've seen information saying that they're between $16-$18, so now I'm not sure if we paid $75 each or for the two of us. I think it was each, but it was worth it either way.
Boy, ain't that the truth.
I am so jealous you get to go on all these trips. What magic are you using on your DH? I need to learn it.
No tricks. : I'm very lucky in that he loves Disney just as much as me. I really have found my soulmate, as we both love to travel and to spend time together.
Awesome pictures! Did this short cruise spoil you for the upcoming Alaska cruise?
I'm actually more worried that the Dream will spoil me and I'll spend the time on the Wonder thinking "this is better on the Dream" - that's certainly how I feel about the Rainforest. I already want Disney to do some knocking through, so that you can have the views from there that you get on the Dream!
I can't wait for the Alaskan cruise though - the photos I've seen from people's trip reports look amazing. And I am so looking foward to at sea days and longer time on board. The three night just went far too quickly!
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We walked round and up on to deck 12 and Mark got himself a very good spot and was able to get some excellent photos of the sailaway party.
As for me, it was just far too hot for me. There’s absolutely no shade up there at all, so I went and hid in the shade and just watched it all on the big screen. It was a mob scene up there, as I think nearly every single cruiser was either on deck 11 or 12. We saw Sean, Sharon and Ciaran on deck 11 and Mark even managed to get a photo of them enjoying the show.
If I’m honest, the sailaway party did disappoint me. The ship’s horn was the real downer though. It just didn’t wow me. It came very quickly, but I couldn’t make out a tune, so either they messed it up or they did it later. Why do I say that? Because once the sailaway party was done, nothing happened. : We didn’t move at all. It was probably about 15-20 minutes later that we moved, so things obviously didn’t go to plan.
We headed back to the room and got changed for dinner, as our early seating was coming up very quickly, getting some photos of our virtual porthole, as we finally sailed away....
The crowds at the deck parties were too much for me on the Magic and Wonder, so I'd probably skip them on the Dream. I love the art all around the ship.
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You got a picture of me on the pilot boat!!! That is me in the multicolored top and black slacks, standing at the front looking up at the Dream!! I hoped you had gotten a photo! So glad you did.
You got a picture of me on the pilot boat!!! That is me in the multicolored top and black slacks, standing at the front looking up at the Dream!! I hoped you had gotten a photo! So glad you did.
How is that!!!
Loving the TR so far Cheryl! The sail away party looks cute but waaaayyyy too crowded - we'll catch the first one for the kids, but on the 2nd leg of our B2B we'll find something else to do!
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Your sailaway was so different than mine! And we didn't move for a LONG time after it...but we had such a different experience with the rain and storms. But it was all fun.
The sailaway party does look crowded. One of my favorite things about the Disney ships is the horn, and it disappointing that it was hard to make out the tune.
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: I'm very lucky in that he loves Disney just as much as me. I really have found my soulmate, as we both love to travel and to spend time together. 
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Love the photos and I love how you got Terri in it without knowing!! 
And we didn't move for a LONG time after it...but we had such a different experience with the rain and storms. But it was all fun.
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