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What a great TR! I'm considering a 4 day Bahamas cruise on the Dream this November, so I was interested in all the details, what your room was like, coming in the night before and staying at MCO, etc. Would you stay at the Hyatt again? What was the room rate? Great pics, and I loved the update from your pets' point of view! Is the walking comparable to what you'd do in the parks? Sorry for all the questions, but any advice you can give would be great. Ooh, and dress code! You looked pretty casual; did you feel like you had the right clothes? How dressy is dinner? How long are the shows? So much to ponder!
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The World is a book. Those who do not travel read only a page." - Augustine
I have only three simple rules I expect us all to follow on this trip:
1. No buzzkills. We’re on vacation! – let everyone else enjoy themselves.
2. I insist we eat dinner together every night. I don’t care if we’re in the main dining rooms or eating pizza by the pool, but I insist on having this time every day to reconnect and share the stories about our day.
3. Don’t follow me around like a puppy dog just because I paid for this trip. It’s your vacation too – see and do the things you want, and go home without regrets! If you want to see the show and I’m going as well, let’s go together, but don’t go because you think I’d be lonely by myself.
I think these are going to be my rules with my husband. Especially #1.
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What a great TR! I'm considering a 4 day Bahamas cruise on the Dream this November, so I was interested in all the details, what your room was like, coming in the night before and staying at MCO, etc. Would you stay at the Hyatt again? What was the room rate? Great pics, and I loved the update from your pets' point of view! Is the walking comparable to what you'd do in the parks? Sorry for all the questions, but any advice you can give would be great. Ooh, and dress code! You looked pretty casual; did you feel like you had the right clothes? How dressy is dinner? How long are the shows? So much to ponder!
We adored the Hyatt, although it was quite a splurge; our AAA rate for a room with two queens and complimentary breakfast buffet was $208... But the peace of mind it gave me was priceless - you simply cannot risk missing the boat! The pool looked lovely, BTW, although it was closed for refurbishment while we were there.
The shorter cruises do not have a formal night, so my dinner dress was either a skirt or slacks with a simple top. I never felt uncomfortable about my attire at a meal, and even saw people in jeans and tshirts at dinner (which I thought was frowned upon).
There is nowhere near as much walking as you do in the parks, except if you go ashore: in Nassau you could walk from the ship until your legs fell off if you wanted to but there are plenty of transportation options. On Castaway Cay you walk from the ship to the tram stop and ride to the beach of your choice; from the tram stop it's a short walk (through the sand) to find a beach chair. Even if you chose to walk from Serenity Bay all the way back to the ship it's quite doable, although I would need to take a rest break because I'm a weeble...
Our room was super-far forward and I thought walking to breakfast would be exhausting but it wasn't because we walked on deck 11, where the changing scenery broke up the walk. I'll never walk the full length of deck 9 like that again because I felt so tired simply because my brain thought it was a longer walk.
Have a great trip!!
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Great TR Linda, we are going on our first Disney cruise on the Dream in November. It's a three night cruise, which I thought would be fine for our first but after reading your TR I don't think its gonna be long enough.
I loved your trip report. We cruised about the same time of year...except we did a 4 day...with WDW before and after. I'm glad to hear that the motion wasn't bad that far forward!
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