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Does anyone know the dinning rotation on the dream 5 day cruise to the Bahamas? Im taveling the May 29th cruise Wondering what night to book at Palo. Thanks
What are typical hours of the It's A Small World Nursery?
What are the charges?
How busy does it get?
Are advance reservations really necessary?
What type of activities are in there?
What are typical hours of the It's A Small World Nursery?
What are the charges?
How busy does it get?
Are advance reservations really necessary?
What type t to you activities are in there?
Anyone already been on Cream and used it?
Around 9:00 am to 1:00 am
$6 per child per hour
They don't let you make a lot of advance reservations before you sail. Book what's most important in advance, and the rest while on board. You do need reservations of some sort, as it's not a drop-in facility. They need to manage the child to staff ratio. Visit the afternoon you board, and discuss your needs with the staff.
No busier than they can handle. They have a maximum child to staff ratio, and that's why they require reservations. The nursery on the Dream is huge (look at our video). It seems they'd need an infants convention on board to fill it up.
Age-appropriate toys and activities. Mostly unstructured play with lots of staff interaction. Also some movies and simple group games.
Been On the Dream, toured the facility, took lots of photos, but our son is now too old to use it (used it often on the other ship's when he was younger - highly recommended).
I saw the Video & Prices of the Teen Spa but didn't see similar for the Adult spa. Do you have details? Can view them yet on DCL site (not until 19th May)
I've got lots of photos, but Jennifer hasn't turned them into a video. We've got a couple of other major projects on the burner, like a certain update to a certain guidebook.
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Does anyone know the dinning rotation on the dream 5 day cruise to the Bahamas? Im taveling the May 29th cruise Wondering what night to book at Palo. Thanks
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Originally Posted by ppartekim
The rotation is almost never known in advance (not how one would find out if one could). I do now that you will be eating a all three locations (Garden, Palace and Animators) at least once during the cruise and you will be eating at two of them twice. That is all you know until you get your KTTW cards. ...
Over on the DIS board, a gentleman has posted this info based on an email with DCL
These are the current dining rotations per an email from DCL.
Is there a "secret" Deck 7 Aft Overlook like on the Magic and Wonder?
You know how you can walk/run all the way around on Deck4 on the M and the W, including going thru the anchor room? Can you go thru there on the Dream, and what Deck is it?
No, there aren't any "secret" outside decks, but there's a very large but unheralded sun deck on 13 forward. The center is the Concierge sun deck, and it's surrounded by adult-only and family deck areas. Overall, it's a very quiet, relaxing place.
The Dream also has its promenade deck on 4, and, yes, you can still circle the ship. The passageways between port and starboard don't offer interesting things to see, mostly white, steel walls.
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I finaly got a resevation at Remy, for my May 28th cruise . Now my question is are jackets required. One place on the Disney web d site says yes and after I got the resivation it said it was not require. Also are there character breakfast on the 5 night cruises thanks.
We're wanting a very adult experience when we cruise next year. If we opted to rotate between Palo and Remy for dinner all four nights of our cruise, how would we make sure that we could still catch the nightly shows? Is it just a matter of making dinner reservations at appropriate times, or is there more to it? We have the option to use the pre-arrival concierge services, and I'm sure that will be helpful, but I'd like to hear your advice.
Thanks!
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