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We are leaving on Monday for our first cruise so I really enjoyed your report. Are there any specific things that you wished you had packed or did and really did not need?
We did not need the case of water we bought - it was readily available at the beverage station and at all meals. Next time,we will only bring what we need for shore excursions.
We did not eat the (gluten-free) snacks we brought - DCL accomodates dietary issues extremely well.
We brought more cash than we needed - we only used cash for shopping/eating at Nassau, stamps on Castaway Cay, and room service tips.
I always travel with shampoo, conditioner, soap, and lotion, but the products on DCL are great, so I won't be packing those next time.
Can't think of anything we needed and didn't bring. I do wish I had taken even more photos, and that I had picked up extra Personal Navigators (to keep).
Wishing you a wonderful cruise! Our family agrees that our cruise was one of our best family trips ever!
we are also going on our first disney cruise this month!! the 24th of april. 4 nights to Bahamas. i have been reading that on the disney wonder they have a pirates of the caribean night where you dress up like pirates & they play music, theres dinner, etc. i was wondering if they do that on the Disney Dream cruise as well??
thanks
Laura
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we are also going on our first disney cruise this month!! the 24th of april. 4 nights to Bahamas. i have been reading that on the disney wonder they have a pirates of the caribean night where you dress up like pirates & they play music, theres dinner, etc. i was wondering if they do that on the Disney Dream cruise as well??
thanks
Laura
First, welcome to the boards!
Yes, Pirate Night is a regular feature on all the DCL ships, Dream included. It is a lot of fun!
we are also going on our first disney cruise this month!! the 24th of april. 4 nights to Bahamas. i have been reading that on the disney wonder they have a pirates of the caribean night where you dress up like pirates & they play music, theres dinner, etc. i was wondering if they do that on the Disney Dream cruise as well??
thanks
Laura
Yes, Laura,
All DCL cruises include a pirate night and it's fantastic! If you have second seating dinner, be sure to head up on deck right after dinner to catch the show. I think the show on the Dream has been updated to include more PoC and Captain Jack. We like to get a spot on the upper deck looking down on the stage - it's a good view. The whole thing is a lot of fun and the fireworks are amazing!! Good times, good times!!
The pirate show is between 1st and 2nd seatings for dinner on the dream. about 10:30 is the fireworks show. I didn't go by the stage for tyhat, so if Captain Jack was there for that one, I never did see or hear him. I was up top near the forward part of the ship for fireworks. The early show was cute though and my DD loved it.
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We did not need the case of water we bought - it was readily available at the beverage station and at all meals. Next time,we will only bring what we need for shore excursions.
We did not eat the (gluten-free) snacks we brought - DCL accomodates dietary issues extremely well.
We brought more cash than we needed - we only used cash for shopping/eating at Nassau, stamps on Castaway Cay, and room service tips.
I always travel with shampoo, conditioner, soap, and lotion, but the products on DCL are great, so I won't be packing those next time.
Can't think of anything we needed and didn't bring. I do wish I had taken even more photos, and that I had picked up extra Personal Navigators (to keep).
Wishing you a wonderful cruise! Our family agrees that our cruise was one of our best family trips ever!
We are planning our first family vacation, and first cruise, on the Dream 10/02/2011 -- thanks for making our planning easier and giving us an 'insiders' perspective!!!!
Thanks so much for your stories...I just love to read about others experiences. We are setting sail on our 1st DCL in Feb 2012 (it will be our 1st cruise at all). I am planning it as a surprise for my family... We are so excited and I just get more excited when I read others stories. Again, thanks for sharing
Thank you soo much for sharing your experience. I'm going back and reading people's experiences from a few months ago...so I can get a wider feel for people's feelings about their experiences.
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the 24th of april. 4 nights to Bahamas. i have been reading that on the disney wonder they have a pirates of the caribean night where you dress up like pirates & they play music, theres dinner, etc. i was wondering if they do that on the Disney Dream cruise as well??
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