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I believe we came up the mid-ship elevators to head to Cabana’s. And before too long I saw Melissa & her family. I’m pretty sure I had a big ol’ grin on my face the moment I saw her and like you read in her report big hugs were soon exchanged! It was so good to see her and finally meet Chad & Hope in person. We may have all been quiet at first meeting, but this afternoon would definitely change all that! Melissa watched our things while we went to get some food. They took off when they were done and went to do some things. After we were done eating we went to kill some time before our room was ready. We had carried on way too much stuff and I didn’t want to have to keep lugging it around. I believe we headed back to mid-ship to check out Shutters when we ran into Captain Hook. The boys met him and then Lukas went back again later by himself to see him. He loved Captain Hook! I’m not sure where the fascination came from, but besides Cinderella & Minnie, Hook was a favorite on this cruise.
Finally it was 1:30pm and we set off to find our room. I think we took the mid-ship elevators up to deck 9 and then walked all the way back and finally found our room! It was conveniently located right by the staircase and elevators. We just took 2 decks up and we were at Cabana’s. Later in the trip Dylan noticed that one side of the hall had fish next to the door (used to hang notes and fish extenders) and the other side had seahorses. That kid is too smart! We had sea horses and by looking for those little hangers we knew if we were on the right side or not. Our stateroom was 9652 which had a Navigator’s Verandah (aka obstructed view). We loved it and would definitely book the same room again. As those that have been on a cruise before you know about the size. I was pleasantly surprised by just how much room there really was. I didn’t think it was that much smaller than a value room at AKL and I KNOW the storage is WAY better on the Dream! I took pictures of everything and even unpacked the stuff I had with me. And of course decorated our door – which there was no mistaking which one was ours.
someone (Dylan) made themselves at home right away as noted by the shoes in the middle of this picture
view - you can see the pole on the right was the 'obstructed view' but it didn't really bother us
I think I took this in case we didn't make it back to the room to find our muster station.
Mike & I both really loved the lamps on either side of the bed
all of these I made, except for the captain wheel near the top - that was a DVC magnet which I don't know how they knew we were DVC members as we didn't book through DVC, but still cool! later there will be more as Melissa made us a few.
We then decided to head out and explore the ship a bit more before it was time for our muster drill. I had noticed the DVC member meeting so we were going to try and go to it. We had a little trouble finding it, since we were looking for it, but found it soon enough and got our goodies and grabbed a seat. Little did we know that Melissa & her family were somewhere in that theater as well! I enjoyed the presentation and dreamed of adding on. On the way out we got some more swag. It was nearing the muster drill so we were heading back to the room when we ran into Melissa & family. We chatted a bit and then the announcements came that it was time to head to your designated spot. We had “P” which ended up being Evolution. This would be the only time I visited one of the nightclubs/lounges. Since we were early we got a seat – score! I knew Melissa was outside and felt bad that they had to stand out there during all this time. Once we were let go we followed the herd and went up some back staircase that I assume is just for CMs and for this purpose as it was just metal staircase and after 5 decks up we finally made it back to our room. Our suitcases had arrived so I quickly unpacked some things, put the Halloween lights up and awaited our friends for our own private sail away party.
Carnival ship also in port
Your stateroom looks great! That pole isn't much of an obstruction--I'd take a cheaper room and put up with that quite happily. Love your door magnets also. DVC always knows you're on a cruise! I've never booked through DVC, but they always leave a note, pin or magnet!
I have a whole collection of DVC cruise magnets! And seeing your door reminds me, I need to start printing magnets!
Love the swag you get at those DVC parties - especially when they also serve free drinks!!
Ah, just seeing your stateroom again makes me go again right now! I love Captain Hook, he's the most debonair villain of all. I was surprised by the DVC magnet too - how'd they know? (cute door, BTW)
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That view doesn't look bad at all. Even though it is obstructed! I've been debating what kind of room I want to book for our cruise in 2016. I love the idea of a verandah, but I hate the idea of paying for it. Maybe I'll go your route...
Love the door decorations. And Lukas isn't the only one who enjoys Captain Hook. I told Cam that Captain Hook lives at Mickey's house and he keeps talking about how he's going to meet Captain Hook and tell him "tick, tock" and scare him. I think the boy has watched a little too much Jake and the Neverland Pirates.
Your stateroom looks great! That pole isn't much of an obstruction--I'd take a cheaper room and put up with that quite happily. Love your door magnets also. DVC always knows you're on a cruise! I've never booked through DVC, but they always leave a note, pin or magnet!
There was a bit of an overhang too - I think I'll have a picture later, but still was fine. We got something every night from DVC!
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I have a whole collection of DVC cruise magnets! And seeing your door reminds me, I need to start printing magnets!
Love the swag you get at those DVC parties - especially when they also serve free drinks!!
Get to printing! We unfortunately missed the free drinks.
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Ah, just seeing your stateroom again makes me go again right now! I love Captain Hook, he's the most debonair villain of all. I was surprised by the DVC magnet too - how'd they know? (cute door, BTW)
Funny - looking at them again, made ME want to go right now too!
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What a lovely stateroom.
Thank you! We really enjoyed the room.
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Love how your door looks with all the magnets!
Thanks! We were by far one of the most decorated.
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That view doesn't look bad at all. Even though it is obstructed! I've been debating what kind of room I want to book for our cruise in 2016. I love the idea of a verandah, but I hate the idea of paying for it. Maybe I'll go your route...
Love the door decorations. And Lukas isn't the only one who enjoys Captain Hook. I told Cam that Captain Hook lives at Mickey's house and he keeps talking about how he's going to meet Captain Hook and tell him "tick, tock" and scare him. I think the boy has watched a little too much Jake and the Neverland Pirates.
There are only a few of these staterooms so be sure to book early!
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Stateroom looks great! I could handle your "obstructed" view too!
It was just fine by us. Only had trouble when I was trying to take a picture of the skyline as the pole would get in the way.
It's weird with the shipping so big that we kept running into each other, and we were even right under the other one's nose and didn't even realize it. I still can't believe you were able to unpack AND decorate, all before we got to your stateroom.
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I still can't believe you were able to unpack AND decorate, all before we got to your stateroom. 
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