A Disney Dream... Day 1
So in the summer I went on my first Disney Cruise to the Bahamas on board the Disney Dream. I had never thought about going on a cruise before and didn't know if it would be for me or not, we went for the 4 night cruise to the Bahamas over the 3 night cruise so that we would have a day at sea to experience the ship.
We arrived at the terminal by magical express from Walt Disney World, the magical express is not included with the cruise line like it is with the parks and costs and additional fee.
The terminal check in process is pretty similar to that of an airport, except that you don't have your luggage with you as you leave everything on the magical express and that is taken to your stateroom for you, you just take a day bag with you.
When you check in you get given your room keys and told that your rooms will be ready after 1:30pm. Everyday on the ship you get a personal navigator to help you decide what to do that day, you get the first of these navigators on check in, you are also informed of the dinner rotation you will be in either the 1st sitting at 5:45pm or the 2nd sitting at 8:15pm. We were in the 2nd sitting and found this much better as we weren't ever hungry enough at 5:45pm plus when it comes to debarkation day 1st sitting dining has breakfast at something ridiculous like 6:45am and 2nd sitting eats at 8am.
On the first day there is a mandatory safety practice where each room has to go to their specified lifeboat, however other than this you are free to do whatever you want the rest of the day.
At 4:30pm was the sailing away party which we went along to, it's like a dance party mixed with a castle show, super fun with some Disney magic and you get to watch as the ship leaves Port Canaveral.
After setting sail we went to see our room and to see if our luggage had arrived to our room, your luggage gets left outside your room, and as safe as Disney is, we didn't feel too comfortable thinking that our luggage could just be sitting in the corridor even with locks on.
We had chosen an inside state room as it was the cheapest option and we didn't plan on spending much time in the room, you get a virtual window which does succeed in making the room feel more roomy, however if I went on another cruise I would definitely pay the extra £100 for a room with a large window and seat or even a balcony room as it would be cool to hang out there while everyone's getting ready.
We had chosen an inside state room as it was the cheapest option and we didn't plan on spending much time in the room, you get a virtual window which does succeed in making the room feel more roomy, however if I went on another cruise I would definitely pay the extra £100 for a room with a large window and seat or even a balcony room as it would be cool to hang out there while everyone's getting ready.
As we were on the 2nd sitting for dining it meant we could go and see the nightly show at 6:45pm, as it was already gone 5:30pm we decided to get changed ready for the night. The show on the first night was called the Golden Mickeys and is an awards show where they will announce candidates for best villain and hero and these characters will come on and perform a song from the movie, it's a really nice show and features some more unusual characters, including Quasimodo singing 'Out There' which is a song I love and always want to see in a musical setting.
Our dinner that night was at Animators Palate and combines a restaurant with the experience of turtle talk with crush, it was really cool and crush had a conversation with our table and was surprised by our extensive turtle knowledge :)On the ships you have 2 waiters who follow you to each restaurant you go to so you get to know your servers and they get to know you, it's a nice feature and it's nice to see a friendly face everyday.
After dinner we went to the adult section of the boat to evolution, which is the Dreams nightclub, that night there was a team challenge quiz thing which was really fun and then a magic show. After a fun filled day we went to bed ready for the next day in Nassau...
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