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Sorry Palo wasn't quite up to snuff but still sounds like it was a pretty good meal. I can't believe your cruise is over already - so quick. You say 3 days is not enough. I'm doing the weekend cruise from NY next year and already thinking I'll need more time. You are heading back into the bubble after the cruise right?
Sorry Palo wasn't quite up to snuff but still sounds like it was a pretty good meal. I can't believe your cruise is over already - so quick. You say 3 days is not enough. I'm doing the weekend cruise from NY next year and already thinking I'll need more time. You are heading back into the bubble after the cruise right?
Sorry that parts of the meal was not as good as as expected or hoped, but glad other elements did make the meal enjoyable. Love the pictures of the sunset...I can't believe that the end of this cruise is here...the three day is definitely too short.
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I can't beleive how quickly this cruise is almost over! Mark's dessert looks amazing.... who cares what it was called!!!
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Sunday 17 April – part one: time to say goodbye to a Dream....
I don’t think either of us wanted to know when the alarm went off at 6.00am, but we got going and were at breakfast by 6.45am.
We were the first ones at our table for once, although Sean, Sharon and Ciaran weren’t too far behind. Sadly, the rest of our table never appeared, but at least we said goodbye to them last night.
It was quite a subdued breakfast. Sean wasn’t feeling great, not having slept at all well and Mark wasn’t fully functioning yet either, after very little sleep.
When we were done eating, we said goodbye to Joyce. She had been a wonderful server and gave us all big hugs. Powel was nowhere to be seen, so we never said goodbye to him. Sean and Sharon later told us that they had spoken to him and he really wasn’t enjoying his time with Disney Cruise Line. He’s on a six month contract and is trying to leave early, which is a shame.
We headed outside and, after a quick restroom stop, we got some photos with the statue of Donald in the Atrium.
Then we could put it off no longer. It was time to leave the Dream. I was disappointed with the farewell we got. Last time, they had great big “see you real soon” banners, but this time, there was nothing and just a couple of Cast Members waving you off, which was a bit underplayed.
We had our Key To The World cards swiped one more time and then we headed downstairs to get our luggage. We immediately found a very helpful guy to help us with that and we soon located all three cases and then it was into the non-US line, longer than when we arrived, but we were up in about five minutes. We cleared customs and immigration with no problem and had quite a cheery guy.
Then it was outside and back towards the car with a couple of last photos on the way...
The guy loaded the cases into the car, we tipped him and we were off to pay for our parking. For three nights, $45 isn’t bad, but I doubt we’ll be parking when we’re on the Fantasy. I still need to work out what we’re going to do then, but seven nights of parking charges doesn’t appeal to me.
Anyway, back to now. We set off, getting some great parting shots of the Dream, as we left the port.
Soon we were heading back and it was a pretty easy drive back.
We were back on Disney property about an hour later and headed straight for the Contemporary to check in for our room at Bay Lake Tower.
We were checked in by Natasha from Plumstead in London, who was earning her ears and when I said that I used to study at the Elephant and Castle in south London, we got chatting about the number 53 bus route, that runs between the two.
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Yay, you are back at WDW!
The cruise truly sounded amazing, and the shots from land with her moored up were great.
Sorry your departure from the Dream was a bit subdued.
Looking forward to reading some more...
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